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Oliver Twist Fagin Theatrical Poster - Anti-Semitic Images
by Charles Dickens; George Cruikshank
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- 1950s
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$1,000.00
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ANTI-SEMITIC FAGIN POSTER
[Anti-Semitism] [Charles Dickens] [George Cruikshank] Oliver Twist Fagin Theatrical Poster. Calhoun Print Co., Hartford, Connecticut. [Circa 1950s?] 39 1/8 x 73 1/4 inches. Wooden dowels (42 in.) affixed to top and bottom margins. The original poster was issued with text at the bottom that read "Fagin – The Jew" but the words "The Jew" were cut from the… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,000.00
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Map of Galveston Island Lots.
by Robert Trimble and William Lindsey
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- First
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- 1879
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- Map
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- 1
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$7,500.00
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EARLY MAP OF WEST GALVESTON ISLAND
[Texas] [Cartography] Map of Galveston Island Lots. Galveston, Texas: Clarke & Courts. [1879-1900?] Map 55.4 x 33.2 cm on sheet 60.5 x 38 cm. Map Surveyed by Robert Trimble and William Lindsey. Fold splits, edge splits, stains, else very good.
OCLC shows no holdings. Rosenberg Library has a copy. Rare Book Hub has no auction or… Read more about this item Item Price
$7,500.00
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Colt's Revolvers, Automatic Pistols
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- 1923
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- Wraps
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$125.00
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1923 COLT PISTOL CATALOG
[Colt] Colt's Revolvers, Automatic Pistols. Hartford, Conn.: The Company. 1923. Tan wraps with gilt colt and text.10.5 x 13.4 cm. Illustrated. 40 pp. Soiling to cover. Very good.
OCLC shows one holding (NY Hist. Soc.) Price list for 1922 laid in. Illustrated lists of cartridges and various models of pistols and parts. It mentions machine guns on title… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
Geological Sketch
by Frederich Adolph Wislizinus
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- 1848
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- Map
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$150.00
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1848 TEXAS GEOLOGY MAP
[Cartography] [Geology] [Frederich Adolph Wislizinus.] Geological Sketch. [Washington]: [U.S. Congress] 1848. Map. 31 x 28 cm on sheet 34.5 x 29 cm. Has been folded. Very good.
OCLC shows 5 holdings (Newberry; Harvard; Univ. Mich.; Mus. NM.; BYU-Provo & Bayerische Staatsbib.) Originally prepared for: Memoir of a tour to northern Mexico. Printed without author or publication details in… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
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Gallup's Map of the Central-Southern Oil Fields of the United States
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- 1921
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- Map
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$250.00
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1921 OIL & GAS MAP
[Cartography] [Oil & Gas] [Texas] Gallup's Map of the Central-Southern Oil Fields of the United States. Kansas City: F. E. Gallup Map Co. 1920. Color map 68 x 84 cm on sheet 70 x 88 cm folded into covers 23 x 11 cm. Rear cover has edge tears. Some serious nibbles at the folds and a… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
Lick Observatory Road, Half way Up Mt. Hamilton
by Isaiah West Taber
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- 1888
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- Cabinet Card
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$200.00
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1880S LICK OBSERVATORY PHOTOGRAPH
[Astronomy] [Photography] [California] Isaiah West Taber. Lick Observatory Road, Half way Up Mt. Hamilton. San Francisco, California: Taber. [Circa 1888] Cabinet card 24.4 x 20 cm mounted on curved card 24.5 x 20.6 cm. A few spots. Very good.
The collection at UC-Santa Cruz holds this image, which is Taber Negative No. 5874. OCLC and the Online Archive… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
The 36-inch Telescope, Lick Observatory
by Isaiah West Taber
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- 1888
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- Cabinet Card
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$200.00
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1880S LICK OBSERVATORY PHOTOGRAPH
[Astronomy] [Photography] [California] Isaiah West Taber. The 36-inch Telescope, Lick Observatory. San Francisco, California: Taber. [Circa 1888] Cabinet card 24.4 x 20 cm mounted on curved card 24.5 x 20.6 cm. Very good.
OCLC and the Online Archive of California show that UC-Berkeley has several Taber photographs of the Lick Observatory without detailing the individual images. The collection… Read more about this item Item Price
$200.00
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Memories of Old San Antonio.
by James Slayden Maverick
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- 1984
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$250.00
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PRIVATELY PRINTED SAN ANTONIO MEMOIR
[Texas] James Slayden Maverick. Memories of Old San Antonio. [San Antonio, Texas]: [J. Maverick] 1984. Tan pictorial wraps. 22 cm. Spots and wear to cover, else very good.
OCLC shows one holding (SA Pub. Lib.) "This little booklet was written by my father, Jim Maverick, at age 92. [He] was the eighth child of eleven children of… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
Unlucky Dinah Crow
by Edwin Pierce Christy
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- 1852
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$125.00
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1850S SONG SHEET – DEATH OF A SLAVE
[Slavery] [Music] Edwin Pierce Christy. Unlucky Dinah Crow. Salem, Massachusetts: Joshua Peckham. [Between 1852 and 1858] Broadside. 23 x 15 cm. Ornamental border.
OCLC shows ten holdings for this Salem printing (AAS; NYU; Univ. of KY; Cornell; Stanford; Boston Public Lib.; Univ. Maryland; Lewis & Clark Col.; Old Dominion & Brown Univ.) Library Company,… Read more about this item Item Price
$125.00
La Salud en el Hogar
by José Guadalupe Posada
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- 1890-1900
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$150.00
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POSADA RECIPES FOR HEALTH BOOKLET
Posada, José Guadalupe. La Salud en el Hogar. Primera série de las 300 recetas utiles de medecina. [Cover title] Mexico: Imprenta de Antonio Vanegas Arroyo. [Circa 1890-1900] Color pictorial wraps. 14 cm. Illustrated. 16 pp. Very good.
OCLC shows two holdings for this booklet (Ohio State & Ibero-Am. Inst.) and two holdings for the third booklet in… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
Como Murió Pancho Villa.
by Elías L Torres
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- 1955
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- Wraps
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$150.00
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HOW PANCHO VILLA DIED
[Pancho Villa] Elías L Torres. Como Murió Pancho Villa. México: El Libro Español. 1955. Color pictorial wraps. 17.8 cm. 188 [index][2][1] pp. Stated limitation of 2000 copies. Age toning, a few edge chips else very good.
OCLC shows 12 holdings (Cornell; NY Pub. Lib.; Stanford; UC-Berkeley; UC-Irving; LOC; So. Ill. Univ.; Univ. Pitt.; UT-Austin; UT-SA; & Flinders Univ.)… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
Vida y Hazañas de Pancho Villa.
by Elías L Torres
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- 1962
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- Wraps
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$150.00
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LIFE & EXPLOITS OF PANCHO VILLA
[Pancho Villa] Elías L Torres. Vida y Hazañas de Pancho Villa. México: El Libro Español. 1962. Color pictorial wraps. 17 cm. 194 [index][1] pp. Stated limitation of 2000 copies. Very good.
OCLC shows 12 holdings (Ariz. St. Univ.; Cal. St. Univ.-Sacramento; Stanford; UC-Reg. Lib.; UC-Sant Barbara; Harvard; Univ. Mo.-Columbia; UTEP; Univ. Calgary; Ibero-AM. Instit.; Col. De… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
La Cabeza de Pancho Villa.
by Elías L Torres
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- 1963
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$150.00
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THE HEAD OF PANCHO VILLA
Pancho Villa] Elías L Torres. La Cabeza de Pancho Villa. México: El Libro Español. 1963. Color pictorial wraps. 17.5 cm. 126 [index][1][ad][2][1] pp. Stated limitation of 200 copies (perhaps a typo for 2000?) Cover wear, corner bumps, else very good.
OCLC shows 9 holdings (San Diego St.; UC-N. Reg. Lib.; Univ. NM; Univ. Pitt.; UT-Arlington; UT-Austin; UTEP;… Read more about this item Item Price
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Memorial of Mrs. Mary A. Marcy.
by Mary A Marcy
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- 1878
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$350.00
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1878 ACCOUNT OF A WESTERN MILITARY WIFE
[Texas] [Women] [Mary A Marcy, Mrs.] Memorial of Mrs. Mary A. Marcy. For private distribution. Trenton, NJ: Naar Day & Naar, printers. 1878. Black boards with silver lettering. 25.4 cm. 17 pp. Cover chipping; interior very good.
OCLC shows five holdings (Columbia; Rochester Pub. Lib.; Autry Museum; Princeton & Wis. Hist. Soc.) Mary A. Mann… Read more about this item Item Price
$350.00
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Map of the Pacific Northwest showing Rail, River and Stage Lines.
by Oregon Railway and Navigation Company.
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- Pocket Map
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$250.00
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UNRECORDED 1903 RAILROAD AND STAGE LINE MAP OF THE NORTHWEST
[Railroad] Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. Map of the Pacific Northwest showing Rail, River and Stage Lines. [Panel title] Portland: Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. 1903. Color map 60 x 54 on sheet 64.5 x 57 cm., folded into blue printed covers 15.2 x 10.4 cm. Map has a few small… Read more about this item Item Price
$250.00
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Hutchinson‘s Republican Songster for the Campaign of 1860.
by John W Hutchinson
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- 1860
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$1,250.00
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[Lincoln] [Anti-Slavery] John W Hutchinson, George W. Bungay. Hutchinson's Republican Songster for the Campaign of 1860. New York: O. Hutchinson Publishers. 1860. Blue printed wraps. 16 cm. 72 pp. Minor edge splits and age toning. Very good.
OCLC shows 35 holdings. Scarce today. Rare Book Hub shows two auction appearances since 1958. This is a booklet prepared for the 1860 presidential… Read more about this item Item Price
$1,250.00
Gold Rush Letter
by William H. Davenport.
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- 1852
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$275.00
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[California] William H. Davenport. Autograph Letter, Signed. San Francisco, April 21, 1852. To Roswell Phenning. [New York]. One sheet folded into four leaves, self-envelope. 25 cm. Some 275 words.
A very interesting letter referencing (unsuccessful) gold mining: "I have not realized any good from my quartz operations, notwithstanding my high hopes therefrom." The bulk of the letter is about trying to… Read more about this item Item Price
$275.00
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Buffalo Bill March.
by J. R. Wellington
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$450.00
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Unrecorded Buffalo Bill image & Music
[Buffalo Bill] J. R. Wellington. Buffalo Bill March. London: Charles Sheared & Co. 1892. Tan pictorial wraps. 36.5 cm. With music. 8 pp. With additional music, "Dance Music by the Best Composers." 8 pp. Unfortunate tear to upper right corner, not affecting image or music, edge splitting, else very good
OCLC shows no holdings for this… Read more about this item Item Price
$450.00
Decree After the Loss at the Battle of Cerro Gordo
by Francisco M. de Olaguíbel
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- 1847
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- Broadside
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$750.00
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[Mexican-American War] Francisco M. de Olaguíbel. El gobernador del estado libre y sobrano de mexico, a sus habitantes. Toluca, Mexico: [No publication information] Abril 21, 1847. Broadside printed on laid paper 31 cm. Signed in type: Francisco M. de Olaguíbel
OCLC shows no holdings for this apparently unrecorded decree, issued three days after the battle of Cerro Gordo, which saw Winfield… Read more about this item Item Price
$750.00
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Cohuilla and theTreaty of Mesilla
by Luis García de Arellano
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- 1856
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Houston, Texas, USA
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$600.00
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[Mexican-American War] Luis García de Arellano. Esposición al Soberano Congreso Constituyente por el c. Luis García de Arellano y documentos relativos a la misma. México: Imprenta de Lara. 1856. Yellow printed wraps. 22.5 cm. 33 pp. Has been folded. Corner bump, stains & wear to covers, interior very good.
OCLC shows five holdings, two in the U.S. (SMU & UT-Austin). This… Read more about this item Item Price
$600.00