Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1895. 1st. Hard Cover. 1st edition thus. Quarto; [vi], 407 pages. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
Orland, CA: Orland Unit Water Users' Association, c. 1915. Softcover. Single sheet, folded (6/18 x 31/8"). Black & white photo-illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers printed in red, & sepia. A promotional pamphlet from the Orland Unit Water Users' Association to encourage newcomers to their charming and newly developing part of California..... More
Berkeley, CA: Students Co-operative Society, [1911]. First Edition. Oblong 4to (10 1/2" x 12 1/2"). 1 leaf of text; 22 mounted albertype images (5 3/4" x 8") of UC Berkeley (including 1 fold-out image (5 3/4" x 24") of the Greek Theatre. Printed by the Albertype Co. in Brooklyn, NY..... More
Bell Telephone Laboratories School for War Training, ca. 1944. Fourth Edition. 4to. 194, [3] pp. Illustrations. This is Copy No. D 190. The first page in the book indicates the work as Restricted and provides the name to whom the copy was charged. Printed staplebound wrappers in very good condition..... More
Los Angeles: Warner Bros. 1927. First Edition. (12 1/4" x 9"). [16] pp. Photographic illustrations; red and black lettering & decorations. Stiff brown wrappers with dark green lettering; cream oval bas-relief of Barrymore and Costello leaning in for a kiss on front cover. A fine copy. 'When a Man Loves'..... More
Washington: American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers, 1947. 1st. Softcover. 8vo. 38pp. Illustrated with 10 mounted bookplates and 7 full-page black & white plates. Original mauve wraps with silk tie. From the personal library of Clare Ryan Talbot , noted collector, appraiser, dealer, writer, and historian of bookplates. Ms..... More
San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1979. First Edition. 4to. [12] pp. Photo-illustrations. Introduction by Alfred Frankenstein, Curator of American Art at M.H. de Young Memorial Museum; brief section on John Muir and single page history of Yosemite Valley and the Origin of a National Park by..... More
Fresno, CA: Dumont Color Lithography, ca. 1940s. Color proof sheet (23" x 14 1/2") depicting 12 iconic images of Yosemite National Park on the front side and a description of each image with Post Card & stamp notation on the back side. Fine condition. The images include: Arched Rock on..... More
Washington DC: The Norris Peters Co., 1905. Color topographic map (24"x26" plus margins), of Yosemite National Park showing township grid, towns, mineral lands, park and county boundaries, existing and proposed roads, existing and proposed trails, suggested patrol stations and military posts, and notable physical features, waterways colored in blue. Identifies..... More
New York: Dell Publishing, October, 1951. Paperback. Vol. 5 No. 8: Cowboy of the Plains; 2pp with 2 illustrations. More
London: Bell and Daldy, 1864. First Edition. 12mo; vi, 122pp plus 32pp publisher's catalog at rear. Previous owner name to ffep, slightly cocked, minor wear, else a Near Fine copy in original green cloth binding, Front cover and spine lettered in gold. 65 'Double Acrostics' followed by 45 'Double Acrostics..... More
Milan: Cisalpino, 2007. 1st. Paperback. Quarto;382 pages. Near Fine copy. Quaderni di Acme 95. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 15th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
London: Punch Office and Bradbury & Evans, 1847-[1852]. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. (xii)320pp; (xii)304pp; (xii)308pp. 30 color steel engravings and 338 woodcuts by John Leech. Half-titles (The Comic History of England in red; The Comic History of Rome in black) and title pages in red and black, with vignette. Contemporary full..... More
Washington DC: Committees on Far Eastern Studies, American Council of Learned Societies, 1943. Preliminary Lithoprint Edition. 4to. xxiv, 361 pp, single-sided. Includes extra numbered leaf 74b. Preface in Chinese, Introduction and text in Chinese and English. Although not indicated, this book is from the library of Howard F. Bowker (1889–1970)..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition octavo; xxiii, 512pp. Fine copy in dust jacket (hint of wear). INSCRIBED on ffep "To Dr. Richard W. Lyman-/With Warm Regards/and High Esteem,/A. Leon Higginbtham/June 23, 1978" More
[Berkeley, CA]: A. S. U. C. Publicity Bureau, 1924. 1st. Paperback. 4to. [48] pp, unpaginated. Black & white photo-illustrations (color advertisements inside covers). Color printed staple-bound wrappers in very good condition (owner name; light, general wear; creasing to lower corners). The scarce official souvenir program for the Cal-Stanford annual "Big..... More
Annapolis: United States Naval Academy, 1932. 1st. Hardcover. Large quarto, 454, (2), [53] pages, silver binding with carrier and insignia stamped on front board and spine. This copy 'presented to Laura Luker Compliments of her son George Robert Luker.'. More
Paris: Institute for Security Studies, 2008. 1st. Paperback. Octavo; 121 pages. As New copy. Chaillot Paper, No. 113. More
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1971. First Edition. Folio. 143, [1] pp. Bibliography. Color photographs by Philip Hyde. Two-page color map showing Proposed Highways, Existing Roads, Escalante Wilderness Area, Capitol Reef National Monument, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, and Canyonlands National Park. Introduction by John G. Mitchell, Sierra Club Books editor..... More
Algerie: APIC, 2005. 1st. Paperback. Quarto; 175 pages. More
Casablanca: Croisee des chemins, 2012. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Three octavo volumes. 239pp; 240pp; 206pp. in publisher's illustrated wrappers in original publisher's printed slipcase. Fine, unread set. Volume I : Temps et espaces Volume II : Ruptures et recompositions Volume III : Entre mémoire et nouveaux horizons. Actes du..... More
Oakland: Bray & Mulgrew Press, 1919. 1st. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo. [92] pp. 43 black & white photo-reproductions; text description of image on facing page. Blue cloth spine with burnished gold cloth boards; dark blue lettering and bear design to front board. 3-hole stab-stitched with yellow-gold string. A fine copy (minor..... More
New York: Ives Washburn, 1936. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. ix, 317 pp. Index. Photo-illustrated plates. Orange cloth with silver lettering in orange, black & white printed dustjacket. A near fine copy in very good dustjacket (fading to spine; chips with small loss to spine ends; light wear to extremities). An historical..... More
Tiburon, CA: Philo K. Holland, Jr., 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Oblong 4to. 95pp. Color plates. Mauve cloth boards with gilt lettering; color plate adhered to front cover. A fine copy, as new. "The paintings included in this book reflect Marilyn's love of nature, the state's diversity, its beauty and its..... More
Washington: G.P.O., 1846. First Edition. 29th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Doc. 438, Serial 477. 8vo. 75pp. 11 lithograph plates; 2 lithographed maps (1 large and folding). Stitched wraps (disbound). Light dampstaining throughout, otherwise fine condition (and scarce thus) in modern cloth case with gilt-lettered morocco label at spine. Scarce first..... More