Hartford: E.T. Pease & Co., 1854. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Pamphlet, 51 pp, sewn binding, original printed wrappers. Some paper loss to spine and at corners, binding tight, text clean. On March 2, 1854, a recently installed 50-horsepower steam boiler exploded at the railroad-car factory Fales & Gray Car..... (Item #21005)

Modern three-ring binder containing 27 black and white 8” x 10” photographs showcasing high-end vehicles for rent from the Iowa Garage, owned by former race car mechanic Eugene Lajunie of Pasadena. Each photo is accompanied by a typed caption giving the model number, color, some specifications, and the price per..... (Item #20563)

Philadelphia: J.H. Johnson. Broadside. Very good. Song sheet, 6 x 9.5 in., with wood engraved vignette of a bearded man (king?) removing the hat of a supplicant, decorative border. Undated, possibly late 1850s. Light foxing. A song descrying the ineffectiveness of Philadelphia's city council and the overzealous use of the..... (Item #20742)

Wausau, WI: G.D. Jones Land Co., [1914]. Large folding brochure printed in black and green, with plat map on one side and extensive text on the other. 9"x 5" when folded; unfolds to 18" x 20". Fair to good condition only: rumpled and has staining, small amount of text obscured..... (Item #21481)

[Kansas City]: T.J. Green & Co. Undated, likely early 20th century. Four cards measuring approximately 2.5 x 4.5 inches, each advertising a differrent residential development in Kansas City: Eaton Place, Forest Park, Melba Park, and Chesterfield Each card has brief promotional text ("fine residence lots," "magnificent view, every lot 2..... (Item #21482)

Hemet Land Company, 1902. Softcover. Very good. 7.5 x 4 inches, 39 pp, with many illustrations from photographs and a folding map titled "Lands of the Hemet Land Co. Situated in Sections...Riverside Co. Cal." Light handling wear, some chipping to edge of last page, some loosening at staples; very good..... (Item #21756)

Milwaukee: Geo. Brunder, [1883]. Softcover. Good. 13 cm (ca. 5"),  pp 110 , [2] (index); original sewn wrappers, with decorative initials and wood-engraved illustrations in the text.  Final leaf (index of songs) and back cover are damaged, with some loss, chipping to corners of front cover; otherwise very good. An uncommon..... (Item #21644)

Austin: University of Texas, 1916. Softcover. Good. 172 pp. Original wrappers present but heavily chipped, front wrapper detached. Binding sound, text unmarked. Old dampstin to lower outer corner of last 65 pp. Relatively scarce report resulting from Texas Governor James E. Ferguson's efforts to have several people he disliked for..... (Item #21463)

Undated, likely mid-1970s. 34 x 25-inch map showing hundreds of small lots for sale in this subdivision in Weed, near Mount Shasta in Siskyou County. Folding creases, one split along a fold, a few minor notations; very good. Development at Lake Shastina began in 1968 and focused on enticing well-heeled..... (Item #21486)

[Concord, NH]: [1918]. Two items -- a handbill or small broadside (11.25" x 6") titled "What's Sauce for the Goose is Sauce for the Gander! Do in 1918 What You Were Urged to do in 1898. Stand by the Administration that is Waging the War!" and a circular (11.25" x...... (Item #21374)

Undated and uncredited albumen photograph (image size 4.75" x 7.75"), identified in a handwritten caption on the mount as Forest City, a town in Sierra County, California, where gold was discovered in 1852. Slight fading and spotting, crack in the glass negative appearing in lower left, but still a clear..... (Item #19245)

Cincinnati: Feicke-Desch Printing Co. Softcover. Very good. Undated, ca. 1912. Oblong 8-1/4 x 5-1/2" brown paper wraps printed in black and copper gilt, with a photo-gravure lozenge depicting the Covington suspension bridge tipped onto the upper wrap; [64} pp, each illustrated with a photograph colored in blue (imitating cyanotype) in..... (Item #20300)

Collection of 21 manuscript financial documents from one of the first American companies dedicated to extracting and selling oil outside the United States. Known variously as the Peruvian Refinery Company, Peruvian Refining Company, Peruvian Petroleum Company and Peruvian Petroleum and Refinery Company, the company was founded by James Bishop --..... (Item #21378)