London: Adam and Charles Black, 1914. First Edition. INSCRIBED "Los dias del sol dilaten del Alma. May we prove it true is the wish of Mary Austin, July - 1915". Large 8vo. 178 pp. Fold-out map of California at rear. 32 tipped-in color plates (including frontispiece) with titled tissue guards..... More
San Francisco: Printed for A.A. Brown by Taylor, Nash & Taylor, 1911. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition, Limited to 400 copies. 8vo. 8, [1] pp. Etched title page vignette; title page in black and red. Stiff tan wrappers housed in custom cloth folder. Previous owner bookplate else fine condition. Brief..... More
New York: American Sports Publishing Company, 1900. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo; 183pp plus 25pp advertisements. Good copy (text block pulled away from tape-repaired spine; light wear and soiling) in stapled wrappers. Cover title is 'Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide 1900.'. More
Boston & Cleveland, OH: John P. Jewett & Company & Jewett, Proctor and Washington, 1854. 1st. Original boards. First Edition. Small 8vo. xi, 356 pp. Folding hand-colored lithographed map of California with an inset of San Francisco, by J.H. Colton, dated 1854. Publisher's brown blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering and..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1890. First Edition. Folio. [26] leaves. New Verses by Helen Gray Cone. Six full-page chromolithographs and in-text red line drawings by Maud Humphrey. Red cloth spine over color pictorial boards. Light wear; a near fine copy. Maud Humphrey (1868 – 1940) was a commercial..... More
Medellin; Sarasota, FL: Compania Litografica Nacional; Dodson Trust. Complete in 5 volumes. 4to. Various paginations. 1000+ color plates and anatomic drawings. Black cloth in color printed dustjackets. All volumes are in fine condition. This is a heavy set and may require additional shipping. Calaway Homer Dodson (1928 – 2020) was..... More
Dallas, TX: Cecil Baugh, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xiv, 376pp. Black & white illustrations. Brown cloth with silver lettering and image of cowboy & his horse on front cover in uncommon red and black dustjacket. Unused single sheet letterhead for "The Fort Worth Press" with C.L. Douglas as Managing..... More
[Oregon House, CA]: The Petrarch Press, 1994. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition Thus, Limited to 100 copies, 60 special copies printed on handmade Alcantara paper, SIGNED and numbered by Laura Davis, this being copy #20; and 40 unnumbered copies on all-rag Arches text and Fabriano Ingres. small 8vo (5 x...... More
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1882. First Edition. 8vo. 131, [1 pp advertisement] pp. Index. Frontispiece of a standing horse with tissue guard. Publisher's brown blindstamped cloth with gilt illustration and lettering; floral endpapers. Minor wear to extremities else a fine copy of the uncommon first edition. "The object of..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1900. Monterey Edition. Monterey EditionComplete in two volumes. 8vo. xxxv, 310; 308 pp. Illustrated plates with titled tissue guards from drawings by Henry Sandham. Introduction by Susan Coolidge. Binding designed and signed by Amy Sacker. Cream, & green illustrated blue cloth with gilt lettering &..... More
Los Angeles: Compliments of the Fremont Hotel, 1903. First Edition. Original wrappers. Small 8vo. [30] pp. Photo-illustrations. Publisher's stiff grey wrappers with gilt lettering and gilt crest designed by Jesse Fremont. Light wear else a fine copy of an uncommon G. W. James title. A brief historical account of John..... More
Washington, D.C. Academy of American Franciscan History, 1966. First Edition. 1966-1981. Small 4to. Red cloth wtih gilt lettering in fine condition. An Invaluable reference work. More
Shafter, CA: Published by the author, 1936. 1st. Half-leather. First Edition, Limited Edition #4 of 10 copies printed on special paper and hand-bound by the Santa Barbara Bindery as noted by the author in his own hand; SIGNED by Latta. 8vo. 209 pp. 34 photo-plates. Latta's business card as Directory..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1920. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 189pp. Foreword by William Lyon Phelps. Orange, black & yellow decorative binding with black lettering; publisher's tan & brown illustrated dustjacket. Fine in near fine dustjacket (minor wear to extremities, more so to spine head; light scrape on spine). A nice copy..... More
Ontario, Canada: Peace Research Reviews, 1984. First Edition. Volume IX, Numbers 4 & 5. 8vo. 111,[3]; 121-202, [2] pp. Bibliography; Glossary. Photo-reproductions and biographies of Dean Babst, David Morrison, Robert Aldridge, Alex Dely, and David Krieger.Yellow & black printed softcovers in very good condition (minor underlining; small scrape to front..... More
Houston, TX: Stagecoach Press, 1961. 1st. Hardcover. Limited Edition to 450 copies. SIGNED by the author. Square 12mo. 49 pp. Green cloth in green illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in about near fine dustjacket (slight fading to covers; short closed tear to lower front edge; small chip to upper rear..... More
New York: Brentano's, 1928. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To my dear friend and co-worker Mrs Belcher with my affectionate regards. Margaret Sanger". 8vo. 446 pp. Blue cloth in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. A very good copy. Margaret Sanger (1879 – 1966) was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and..... More
Cincinnati: Printed by Robert Clarke & Co., 1877. First Edition. Large 8vo. 10 leaves; 7 mounted original photographs dated 1876 on heavy card stock, each with a page of text with Shakespeare’s quotable “age” printed on the facing page, showing a man from infancy to old age. Of note, is..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1941. Second Printing Before Publication. SIGNED by Steinbeck on title page. Large 8vo. 143pp. 136 black & white photo-illustrations. The text and photographs are from Herbert Kline's production of "The Forgotten Village", a documentary film released in Autumn 1941. Original cream buckram stamped in green; top..... More
Santa Ana: Press of the Santa Ana High School and Junior College (Fine Arts Press), 1930. First Edition, Limited to 250 numbered copies. SIGNED by the author and the printer. This edition precedes the revised limited edition printed in an edition of 500 copies later in 1930, as indicated in..... More
Santa Fe: Pictograph Press, 1950. First Edition. Octavo. 18pp. Hand-made stapled wrappers in dust jacket. 8 color serigraphs illustrating various Indian dances (including a block print on the front cover). Bibliography; Calendar of Dances. Minor wear to extremities and hint of soiling to covers otherwise fine condition. The artistic block..... More
San Francisco: Walker's Manual, Inc., 1954. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 255pp. Index to Advertisers. Register Volume No. 1352, date and subscriber name noted inside rear board. Original green cloth with gilt lettering. A near fine copy (minor dampstaining to first third of books' upper page edges & corners; small dampstain to..... More
Manchester, NH: Standard Book Compan, 1917. First Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. 240 pp. 16 plates, including frontispiece portrait of the author. With an Introduction and Biographical Sketch by George Waldo Browne. Publisher's tan cloth stamped in black & gilt; illustrated paper label affixed to front cover; in uncommon publisher's cream..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 303 pp. Rust colored cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. Fine in fine dustjacket, with a hint of wear; dustjacket flap corners clipped but price is intact; a lovely copy. The source for the 1954 Robert Aldrich movie, "Apache," with a blue-eyed Burt..... More