Los Gatos, California: Published by the author/Times Printing Company, 1953. First Edition. 8vo. 78 pp. Illustrations. Tan illustrated stiff wrappers in near fine condition (minor wear; light marks on rear cover). Personal stories of early pioneers of the Santa Clara Valley in the mid-to-late 1800's. "The Cats" along the Santa..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan & Pearce, 1947. First Edition. Quarto; [8], 58, [220]pp of more than 250 illustrations (chiefly b/w photographs); Index. A Fine copy in like dust jacket printed in black and red (with a hint of browning, scarce in this condition) in original blue-grey paper-covered boards printed in..... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Colony, 1980. First Edition. 8vo. 253 pp. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine in fine condition. Contains the lines of Mayflower descent, plus a short biography of each current member of the Los Angeles Colony, as well as some members who have transferred to other..... More
University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 1983. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. Folio. vi, 243pp, including literature cites and index. Black & white illustrations; drawings; photographs; maps. Blue cloth covered boards; silver titles to the spine; original illustrated dust jacket. Book in near fine condition (previous owner's stamp to end..... More
New York: Macaulay, 1927. 1st. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 251pp. Green cloth with black lettering. Author's first book. A story of romantic attraction and tragedy set in Oklahoma. More
Chicago, New York & San Francisco: Laidlaw Brothers, 1931. Reprint. Original boards. Early printing. INSCRIBED to a friend by both authors; original pencil drawing by Edwin Deming. Small 8vo. 96 pp. Pictorial brown cloth with minimal wear; inscription on separate paper pasted inside front board; a near fine copy (light..... More
Chicago, New York & San Francisco: Laidlaw Brothers, 1932. Reprint. Original cloth. Early printing. INSCRIBED to a friend by both authors; original pencil drawing by Edwin Deming. Small 8vo. 191 pp. Pictorial brown cloth with minimal wear; inscription on separate paper pasted inside front board; a near fine copy (light..... More
[San Francisco]: Published by the author, 1952. First Edition. Accompanied by two typed letters SIGNED by the author to C.M. Goethe (1875 – 1966), an American eugenicist, entrepreneur, land developer, philanthropist, conservationist, founder of the Eugenics Society of Northern California, and a native and lifelong resident of Sacramento, California. 8vo..... More
New York: John Lane Company, 1913. Will Crawford. First Edition thus. 12mo; 80p; frontis and 2 other illustrations by Will Crawford. Both books are bound in red cloth titled in gold with green leaf motif and are in Very Good condition. The dummy includes the 3 illustrations and 16pp of..... More
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1886 [and] c. 1902. First Edition. History of the Joint Anniversary Celebration at Monterey, Cal. of the 110th Anniversary of American Independence and the 40th Anniversary of the taking possession of California. 8vo. 29, (1) pp. Text in double column. Portrait plate of Major Edwin A. Sherman, 'Orator of the..... More
New York: Hearst's International Library Co., 1914. First Edition. Full-page & wram INSCRIPTION to Larry Chittenden from the author. Chittenden, the Poet Ranchman of Texas, created theunique Christmas Cove Library in Maine, for which he asked authors to autograph their books and donate them to the library. He designed a...... More
Jerusalem: Jacques Soussana-Graphics, 1991. 1st. Hardcover. Quarto; 103 pages. Illustrated with numerous drawings, color paintings (many full page and one double page), including one fold-out. Biographical footnotes, list of exhibitions, frontis of the artist. Label roughly removed from title page, else a Fine copy in original red cloth stamped in..... More
Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1957. 1st. Original wrappers. First Editions. Octavos; [6], 666pp; 667-1306pp. Title in English and Chinese. Text in Chinese only. Printed grey wrappers (age toning; foxing to upper page edges, very light extremity wear); else near fine copies. Lists 1,777 ancient classic works, which are organized..... More