First Edition. Webb's book "explains more about Texan culture, even today, than just about anything written, or shown on television"—A. C. Greene, The Fifty Best Books on Texas. "The single greatest book about the Plains. Webb surveys all life on the Plains, and much of what he discusses relates directly.....
Price: $600
A rare promotional brochure for agricultural development in San Bernardino County, with a detailed color-coded map showing proposed subdivisions. This real estate promotion celebrates the region's history of vineyards dating to the Mexican land grant period while promoting its potential for fruit growing. Illustrated with halftone photographs and featuring a......
Price: $250
A pair of Second World War-era photographs of American scientists cultivating the coca plant at the US Plant Introduction Station near Miami, Florida. 6-3/8 by 7-3/8 inches. Gelatin silver prints with mimeographed captions mounted to the back (verso) of the image. Both photos are fine.
Price: $85
First Edition. "A biography of the well known Issei pioneer, Ushijima Kinji (1864–1926), designed especially for young readers. Known in English as George Shima, the Potato King, the subject [of the book] was a native of the city of Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture who came to America in 1888. His.....
Price: $1,250
The second ediiton of this reprint of Cobbett's 1820s book on home economy with Chesterton's introduction. With a plate from the original redesigned by Eric Gill. xi, 220 pages. A very good to near fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light chipping to the edges of the.....
Price: $85
First Edition. "An exuberant first-hand accout of cattle ranching in Montana on the Crow Indian Reservation...In the 1940s and the 1950s Edmund Randolph spent twelve years as a partner in the Antler Ranch, one of the most important institutions in this still sparsely settled area, one of the greatest beef.....
Price: $150
A homefront poster produced during the Second World War by private industry to promote the installation of insulation in houses. The text continues, "Install it yourself, flame proof cotton insulation." 14 by 20 inches. This is an original World War II poster, not a reproduction. A near fine copy, folded.....
Price: $100
