623 pp. expansive volume on American typefaces produced by the San Francisco outpost of the noted Keystone type foundry, together with a catalogue of printing equipment including type case stands, make-up tables, galley racks, presses, newspaper presses, paper cutters, binding machines, and stitchers. Profusely illustrated throughout with woodcut borders, text..... More

68 pp. restricted military publication on amphibious warfare including chapters on the preparation of panoramic drawings, the development of beach sketches, the development of shoreline sketches, variations in design, and technical information for drafting and reproduction. Profusely illustrated throughout with diagrams, 15 large folding maps and diagrams, and transparent overlays..... More

Collection of 73 flyers documenting assorted performances from the influential Texas hardcore punk band, Big Boys, the performances taking place mainly within Texas but also with some flyer examples from out-of-state shows in California and Washington D.C., for concerts where the Big Boys headlined, played with, or opened for other..... More

A remarkable diary kept by Private Thomas P. Wilkinson, of Newark, Delaware, a soldier in the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, a Union Army regiment from the Civil War also known as the "Zouaves d'Afrique" which served under Colonel Charles H. T. Collins and were known for their colorful Americanized..... More

A collection of approx. 65 pamphlets, mostly religious in nature though peppered with some secular tracts, most published in the United States in the first half of the 19th century but with a few before and after, including a wealth of sermons relating to the nature and practice of religion..... More

A beautiful group of 16 examples of early to mid-20th century American sheet music, most 4-8 pp., the covers noteworthy for their bright and colorful patriotic imagery, including Uncle Sam, military figures, war scenes, the Statue of Liberty, and women wearing flags, by a wide range of composers. Some minor..... More

Small group of seven flyers from the late 1970s and 1980s, advertising various cowboy-themed nights at bars and clubs in San Francisco, including: "Desperados Cowboy Night", offering a cash prize for "Worst Cowgirl Drag"; "J&Ds Chuckwagon" at The Stables; "Areno Rodeo Bar-B-Q" at the Arena; live Country & Western Sundays..... More

Photo album with approximately 94 mostly black-and-white photographs collected by a member of the Bay Area BDSM community in the late 1980s and early 1990s, pictures depict events including the Pride parade, a pageant with women in assorted bondage restraints, portraits, and candid shots, most with community members dressed in..... More

Original walnut and glass case housing two separate mechanical moving scrolls, each one 30 ft. in length and printed with a continuously joined chromolithographic panorama of the coastline from Providence to Block Island, RI and back again. The first one presenting the Eastern Shore starting at Fox Point in Providence..... More

The first five of six total issues printed of the small-press poetry journal and review from the important 1970s Bay Area poetry scene, edited by J. Rutherford Williams, issues ranging from 93-163 pp., with written and artistic contributions from Clifford Burke, Beverly Dahlen, Eugene Ruggles, David Meltzer, David Gitin, Hale..... More

A complete run in 9 issues, each issue approximately 4 pp., of a scarce newsletter printed on board the USS Lejeune as it transported a group of soldiers back to the United States, the issues containing such varied sections as war news, other world news, humor, events on board the..... More

Collection of photographs of approximately 150 different businesses and associations in the St. Louis area and throughout Missouri and Illinois utilizing Butler rigid-frame pre-engineered buildings, including manufacturing, distributing, civic buildings, small businesses, bowling alleys, car manufacturers and dealerships, and bottling companies, organized alphabetically into two photo albums with alphabetized indices..... More

Altogether 23 issues, each circa 19 pp., of the rare postwar German film magazine documenting the lives and work of German and American film actors, each issue including profiles of actors such as Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire, Orson Wells, Rita Hayworth, Ingrid Bergman, Marlon Brando, and Marilyn Monroe..... More