Search Results: Titles starting with O from McBride Rare Books

Tokyo: Hattori Shoten, 1908. About very good.. [2],3,6,448,50,[1]pp., plus twenty-two plates. Original publisher's cloth, decoratively stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. Some abrading to boards and spine, modest edge wear, one small chip to spine. Occasional minor foxing, hinges a bit tender, small chip to front pastedown. A Meiji-era writer travels across the United States and sails for Europe, then makes the same trip in reverse on a different route. Togawa reports on the state of the West in 1906. His "observations are clear and witty, and the reader is encouraged to seek out his work for its sheer entertainment value" - Susanna Fessler in Musashino in Tuscany: Japanese Overseas Travel Literature, 1860-1912, p.182. The work is illustrated throughout with reproductions of gorgeous illustrations by Japanese artists, including Okada Saburosuke, featuring American and European scenes. Some are tipped in; others are printed on inserted plates, including several color lithographs, and a… Read More

[California, 1947. Overall, very good.. 21pp. typescript, together with maquette illustrated with eighteen photographs. Folio. Typescript stapled, minor soiling and toning. Maquette is large folio, original pictorial printed boards. Photographs pasted in, some loose. Light chipping and wear. A large maquette with original typescript designed as a book proposal for Will Lane's work on the activities of the Seventh Air Force during World War II. The work sought "to narrate the complete circle of events that started with the Pearl Harbor attack...and ended only with the unconditional surrender of the Japanese." Formed in October 1940 as the Hawaiian Air Force, the Seventh was stationed at Fort Shafter and charged with protecting the Hawaiian Islands. On February 5, 1942, the Hawaiian Air Force was re-equipped and officially became the Seventh Air Force in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The unit was active for four years of operations across the Pacific, including the Battle of Midway and the… Read More

[Mexico City]: Oficina de Dona Maria Fernandez de Jauregui, 1814. Still very good.. 39pp. Contemporary plain paper wrappers. Several wormholes neatly straight through text, some slight worming in margins. Minor wear and soiling. "A day by day case report of the lengthy but successful drainage of a hydrosarcocele [swollen testes]...it includes an account of the preliminary attempts at a medical cure, and the conferences of physicians headed by Rafael Sagaz. Verses by the grateful and rejuvenated patient, Jose Florencio de Mora Palacios, a householder merchant, close the account" -- Wellcome Catalogue. Medina calls for a portrait, but this is believed to be a ghost as it is not found in the copies at the Wellcome, Huntington, the Bancroft, or the National Library of Medicine. A scarce and rather grim Mexican medical work, with only a handful of copies in OCLC. Medina 10967. Wellcome Medical Americana 192.

Fort Worth, 1877. Very good.. Broadside, 11 x 8.5 inches. Previously folded. Two very short separations at top edge. Light tanning. This handbill, dated June 4, 1877, announces the closing of the California and Texas Bank and the formation of a new entity, the City National Bank of Fort Worth. The directors of the new company included W.J. Boaz and J. Markee, the directors of the California and Texas Bank, as well as J. Nichols, C.R. Morehead, Jr., and A.M. Britton, who as the bank's first president. It reads in part: "Having assisted in the formation of a being interested in the City National Bank of Fort Worth, we beg to announce to our correspondents, customers and friends that on and after this dates, the California and Texas Bank of Boaz, Marklee &Co., will discontinue business. All unfinished business remaining in our hands will be attended to by the City National Bank, and we respectfully solicit for the new bank a continuance of the liberal patronage enjoyed by us, believing that our former… Read More

Butte City, 1887. Very good.. [3]pp., on a bifolium. Signed in manuscript. Light tanning. Scare report of an 1887 meeting of shareholders in the Black Pine Mining Company, whose subject was the imminent failure of the Butte, Montana, mining venture. The root of the problem seem to have been a failed bond issue, which attracted only a minimal number of subscribers and raised just $21,000. The report proposes the sale of all company property and the formation of a new company in which current shareholders will be able to maintain their current level of ownership via additional investment amounting to a further twenty cents per share. We locate only one copy of this interesting announcement and resolution, at Yale.

Dallas, 1885. Very good.. Broadside, 18.5 x 8.25 inches. Printed header and map with typed text. Previously folded, with a few short separations and minor losses along old folds. Light tanning. Scarce broadside promotional for property in Presidio County, Texas, offered by land agent J.S. Daugherty in Dallas. Daugherty came to Texas from Kentucky in 1872 and opened his real estate office in 1873. He was also involved in several other ventures -- he laid out the town of Eastland, Texas; her supplied grain to Texas military posts; promoted the excavation of a deep water harbor in Galveston; and more. In addition to information on Daugherty's offices and services, the broadside prints a map showing several blocks and forty-one smaller sections of land available in the West Texas county organized in 1875, which at the time comprised nearly all of the Big Bend. The area in question actually now lies in Brewster County, which was separated from Presidio in 1887. Below the map, a lengthy typed text… Read More

[St. Louis, Mo, 1948. Good plus.. [40]pp. Original yellow wrappers printed in red and black. Some uneven sunning, a few ink notations, moderate dust-soiling and edge wear to wrappers, soft central vertical crease throughout. Minor dust-soiling to most of text, a few ink notations. The official souvenir program for the 1948 national convention of the Imperial Council Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, an African American shriner's organization. The program begins with a Foreword by the group's Imperial Potentate, Raymond E. Jackson, followed by photographic portraits of the Imperial Council, portraits of the women of the Imperial Court, greetings and notices (with photographic portraits) from dozens of chapters, and two pages of greetings from the Grand Chapter of Missouri. The two-page centerfold prints the schedule of events for the convention, which took place from August 15-20, and included dozens of sessions run by the Imperial Council and Court, as well as the… Read More

Richmond, In, 1929. Very good.. 48pp. Quarto. Original blue wrappers printed in gilt, string tied. Minor wear, light soiling and creasing. An unrecorded souvenir program for the 1929 annual meeting of the African American Masons in Richmond, Indiana. The work includes the text of the organization's 1784 charter, a description of Richmond, a passage about the Underground Railroad in Wayne County, the schedule of events for the meeting, biographical passages on figures such as William Paul Quinn, background on the organization, and more. One page prints a "1929 Directory [of] Churches, Fraternities, Clubs, Etc." including women's clubs such as the Sojourner Truth Club. The latter portion of the work is comprised of numerous well wishes and advertisements for local businesses; the latter includes Bundy's Studio, which claims that "All the Pictures in This Book Were Made at This Studio." The work is profusely illustrated throughout with dozens of photographic portraits of the officers, members, well… Read More

Austin: State Highway Commission, 1937. Very good.. Folding map, 26 x 31.25 inches. Light wear and a few minor separations along folds. Light toning. An attractive, color-printed map of the state highway system in Texas as it was in 1937, with eleven inset maps of the major arteries into and around the state's principal cities. The reverse comprises a photographic collage of scenes and attractions in towns and along highways across the state. "The [highway] department devised the first statewide marking system in the 1920s, and in 1929 it placed state and federal route signs including mileages and directions on designated highways in Texas. That same year Texas had 18,728 miles of main highways, 9,271 miles of which was hard-surfaced. The period of the 1930s was marked by the Great Depression and the efforts of the department to provide employment through road construction.... In 1936 there were 1,525,579 registered vehicles in Texas, and the state highway system comprised more than 21,000 miles of… Read More

Montgomery, Al, 1958. Very good.. [92]pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs. Quarto. Original textured wrappers, printed in blue and gilt, stapled. Moderate soiling and minor edge wear. Some foxing to initial and terminal leaves, but mostly clean internally. An unrecorded souvenir program from the seventy-fifth annual convention of the Alabama State Teachers Association. The text includes extensive program notes, biographical sketches of guest speakers, lists of local association officers, reprinted letters of support from various officials, well wishes and congratulatory greetings from practically every Black school and college around Alabama, lyrics to selected songs (including James Weldon Johnson's "Life Every Voice and Sing"), a handful of advertisements, and more. The program is profusely illustrated with portraits of the association's officers, guest contributors, teachers of the year and recently retired members, photographs from schools around the state, line drawings. The cover title… Read More

Richmond, In: The J.M. Coe Printing Co, 1938. Very good.. 48pp. Quarto. Original blue wrappers printed in gilt on the front cover, stapled. Light soiling to wrappers, minor rubbing to gilt, former owner's signature to front cover. An unrecorded program for the 82nd Annual Communication of the Prince Hall Masons of Indiana, which took place between August 16-18, 1938 in Richmond, Indiana. In addition to the schedule of events, the program includes lists of officers, the original 1874 charter, various essays about the group, and more. The work is also profusely illustrated with photographs of buildings, organizational groups, and portraits of members interspersed throughout; many of the portraits are attached to well wishes offered in the classified section at the rear, which also includes advertisements for various businesses. We could locate no copies in OCLC.

Mexico City, 1936. Very good.. 83pp. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Some tanning to covers and text, minor edge wear, minor marginal chipping to top of first text leaf. Presentation copy of a rare work printing the rules and regulations of American football, compiled by the founder of La Federacion de Futbol Americano, Dr. Francisco Contreras. The author includes a full-page inscription on the inside of the front wrapper, signed "Coach Dr. Panche," dated September 22, 1935. The illustrations interspersed throughout the work include a plan of a football field, various gameplay techniques such as hiking the ball, blocking, and tackling (both legal and illegal ways), as well as a handful of common referee's signals. An interesting work indicating the initial popularity of American football in the first half of the 20th century, which waxes and wanes with the generations in other countries around the world. OCLC lists only one copy of the present work, at the Biblioteca Nacional,… Read More

Buenos Ayres: Imprenta Niños Expositos, 1808. About very good.. [3]pp., on a small quarto bifolium. Removed from a sammelband, with later manuscript pagination at top edge. Some separation along gutter from top edge; minor loss at lower inner corner. Light toning and soiling. An interesting publication from the Niños Espósitos press in Buenos Aires, announcing the invasion of Spain by Napoleon in 1808. The text comprises a letter from Spanish authorities in Galicia to the Viceroy of Rio de la Plata, Santiago de Liniers, informing him of state of war exists between France and Spain and introducing him to Joaquin Somoza de Monsoriu, the captain of the frigate charged with bearing the news of the situation in Spain to South America. The missive goes on to say the Somoza has been charged with returning to Spain with royal funds from the Viceroyalty to aid in the war effort, and continues to solicit financial aid and military volunteers from the residents of the Rio de la Plata. Scarce, OCLC locates… Read More

Boston, 1868. Very good.. Broadside, 13 x 9.75 inches. Printed on purple paper. Light fading and minor soiling at edges. Broadside advertising the rail line from North Bridgewater, East Stoughton, and East Randolph departing for Boston for passengers to take in the afternoon and evening theatre shows in the city. Times are listed for all three departure locations, with returns from Boston departing at 11:15p.m., tickets costing 75 cents round trip. The Old Colony & Newport Railway operated in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island from 1845 until 1893.

Philadelphia: Prichard & Hall, 1789. Good.. [1]p. in a slightly incomplete omnibus volume. Quarto. Contemporary sheep. Some chipping and wear to boards. Scattered foxing throughout. A notable American periodical appearance by the first African American poet, Phillis Wheatley, in an issue of the first sectarian magazine published in the United States. Page 403 of the present volume includes Wheatley's poem, "On the Death of a Child, Five Years of Age. (By Phillis Wheatly, a Negro)," first collected in 1773. Published five years after the poet's death and hinting at her literary connection to the Methodists, the poem here has a variant title (changed from the original "On the Death of a Young Lady of Five Years of Age," and inextricably cuts the final sixteen lines. Sadly, Wheatley's literary reputation cooled in America in the last decade of her life though the Methodists in America and England did much to keep her verses in front of the public in those later years. The Arminian Magazine was founded… Read More

Oakland: National Association for the Promotion of Civil Rights, 1947. Very good plus.. 120,[1]pp., including photographic portrait frontispiece. Original black textured wrappers, gray titles on front wrapper, stapled. Very minor wear. Internally clean. Without the publisher's reply card mentioned on verso of the final leaf (usually absent). A rare and impactful work created by Daniel W. Ford, a businessman from California, intended to educate "young Americans" on civil rights issues and explicitly published "to help raise funds for the establishment and maintenance of a National Radio Broadcast in the interest of the Civil Rights Program" of the obscure National Association for the Promotion of Civil Rights. Ford was born and raised in "a small Texas town" where he was subject to the vicissitudes of "the system of jimcrow government." At the tender age of twenty-three, just after he moved to California, Ford began examining racial inequality and other civil rights issues. The present work contains… Read More

Syracuse, 1910. Very good.. [24]pp. manuscript, 10pp. typescript, [19]pp. correspondence, plus a map, blueprint, five leaves of technical drawings, and thirteen original photographs. Together with two pamphlets on the subject. Folio. Original green binder, manuscript paper labels. Most items hole-punched into the binder, a few laid in. Wear at edges, two of the larger photographs split in half. Overall strong condition. Archive compiled by Henry G. Throop, the construction engineer in charge of the Syracuse Rapid Transit Company, which operated the Oneida Railway. The Oneida Railway was an electrified rail line which ran between Syracuse and Utica. Established in 1907, the line used a third rail pickup for power rather than the overhead electrification used in most street cars. It remained in business until 1930. Throop was a Cornell graduate (1905) who worked as a railroad engineer in New York for most of his career. The present archive details Throop's work on the construction of the rail shop… Read More

Cincinnati: Enquirer Print, 1858. Good.. Broadside, approximately 14.5 x 7 inches. Matted. Internal tear near top edge, slightly affecting text. Light dust soiling, heavier at foot; some creasing and foxing at edges. An attractive broadside advertisement for the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad, promoting its newly completed line from Cincinnati to St. Louis. The broadside highlights the O&M as the "Shortest and Quickest" route from Cincinnati to Indianapolis, Vincennes, and St. Louis, travelling on the "Only Wide Gauge in the West," with two trains leaving Cincinnati daily and arriving in St. Louis "two hours in advance of any other route." Ohio & Mississippi passengers enjoy "wide and spacious Saloon Cars, unattainable on narrow gauge Roads, and cross the River at Illinoistown, on arrival." By contrast, the dimwitted passengers of the Terre Haute and Alton, "wait on bank of River one hour before crossing." With a woodcut illustration and a bracing combination of woodcut types. Not in OCLC; the line was… Read More

[Mexico]: En la Imprenta Imperial, 1821. Very good.. [4]pp., on a half-sheet bifolium. Removed from a sammelband. Minor wear at edges. Light dust soiling and faint foxing. Scarce printing of a speech by Manuel de la Barcena upon the arrival of news to Michoacan of the signing of the Treaty of Cordoba. Barcena opposed the early Insurgent movement in Mexico, but came to support the Plan of Iguala. He wrote several impassioned arguments for the liberty of Mexico, was a signer of the Mexican Declaration of Independence, and became a member of the interim government between independence and the First Empire. This short but emphatic speech, delivered in the cathedral in Michoacan where Barcena was a priest on September 6, 1821, celebrates the signing of the Treaty of Cordoba and the independence of Mexico granted by the agreement. Barcena tells his listeners that they have at last crossed the Red Sea and arrived in Israel, and invokes religion, unity, and independence as the "tres inmobles columnas, que… Read More

Mexico City, 1746. Near fine.. [2],22pp. Folio. Contemporary plain paper wrappers. An occasional fox mark. Scarce revision of the laws and orders governing silversmithing in colonial Mexico. The guild of silversmiths was one of the oldest and most powerful in New Spain, and ordinances governing the fashioning and decoration of silver go back to soon after the conquest and the discovery of large quantities of precious metals in the mountains of central Mexico. The present work contains thirty-seven ordinances that regulated the organization and governance of the confraternity of silversmiths, and governed the location, operation, and organization of silver shops in Mexico, as most recently revised and promulgated by the ruling Viceroy of New Spain. The traditions of several of these laws, such as the one requiring unique maker's marks for each silver shop, have continued to the present day. OCLC locates only three copies of this edition, at the University of New Mexico, the Biblioteca Nacional de… Read More