[Tokyo]: No date. Original boards. Small oblong 16mo. Accordion fold book with 24 pp color illustrations. Text in English and Japanese. Green & gilt paper covered boards with illustrated & printed title label to front cover; all edges silver. Small scrape to title label else fine. The story of the..... More
bostonBoston: Little Brown and Company; A New York Graphic Society Book, 1983. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition.SIGNED by Ansel Adams on half-title page. 8vo. x, [2], 210 pp. Index. Black & white photo-reproductions. Black cloth with silver lettering to spine in photo-illustarated dustjacket. A fine copy, as new. Book 3 of..... More
New York: George H. Doran, 1921. First Edition with Publisher's colophon on title page. 8vo. 187 pp. Illustrated by E. R. Higgins. Green cloth with color illustrated plate on front cover, illustrated endpapers; in uncommon publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. A near fine copy (minor wear; previous owner name in pencil)..... More
[San Francisco, CA]: [Grabhorn Press], 1923. First Edition. Limited to 250 copies. INSCRIBED "To alleviate Chicago/M.D./San Francisco/June 5, 1924." 4to. [45] pp. Illustrated with seven full-page woodcuts from drawings by Dixon. Title page printed in red and black and with Dixon's thunderbird device. Publisher's tan boards with black lettering &..... More
York, PA: George Shumway Publishing, 1984. First Edition, Limited to 1600 copies. Large 4to. 260, [2pp Index] pp. Maps; Illustrations. Tan cloth in publisher's pale yellow & black illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy with a hint of wear to the dustjacket. A detailed study of the gunsmiths who worked in..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. xxxvi, [3], 183; [1], 185-383 pp. With photographs with tissue guards throughout (45 by Edward Curtis), 39 color plates with tissue guards; in-text illustrations, and 5 maps (1 fold-out showing routes of Alaska and the United States). Includes list of members..... More
Pasadena, CA: Published by the author, 1911. 1st. Original boards. First Edition. INSCRIBED by James 4to. 377 pp + 5 pp advertisements. Photo-illustrations on most pages. Tan cloth with gilt lettering. Light wear to extremities; white marks to front cover; minor bumping to corners; a very good copy. A souvenir..... More
Los Angeles: General Publishing Group, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author "To ***/Life is a wave, enjoy the ride! Drew". Below is a drawing of a huge wave towering over a tiny surfer with the inscription 'Your attitude is your surfboard! Enjoy". First Edition. Oblong Quarto. 216 pages. Profusely..... More
Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing Limited, 2003. First Edition. Ovtavo; xiv, 395pp. New copy in stock, unread. Table of Contents: Introduction: Classifying functional dairy products. Part 1 The health benefits of functional dairy products: Cancer; Coronary heart disease; Osteoporosis; Probiotics and the management of food allergy; Dairy products and the immune function..... More
Harbor Springs, MI: Printed and published at the Holy Childhood Indian School, 1897. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. large 8vo. [4], xci, 516, [1]. Frontispiece; 50 illustrations (most full-page). Original pebbled dark brown cloth with gilt lettering; illustrated endpapers. Light wear & rubbing else a fine copy. "The most complete..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, 1949. Jo J. Mora. First edition. INSCRIBED by Mrs. Jo J. Mora to noted San Francisco author and historian. Octavo. 175pp. Numerous full page and in-text illustrations. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and vaquero spur stamp to front cover in Jo Mora designed dustjacket and..... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Company, 1891. 1st. Original cloth. First American Edition. Small octavo; 352pp in publisher's navy cloth lettered in grey to upper board and gold to spine. Slight extremity wear, owner stamp to fep (ffep may be excised) and name to half title, else a Near Fine copy..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Zamorano Club, 1988. 1st. Softcover. First Edition. 4to. 21, [1] pp. Stiff paper sheets with text placement adhered with tape along with the final publication in original blue wrappers with white paper label mounted to front. Although not specifically indicated, this unique offering is from the library..... More
Joliet: P.F. Volland, 1918. Early printing. Hardcover. Small 8vo. [40] pp.7 full page color illustrations and several smaller ones throughout the book by Johnny Gruelle. Black cloth spine, color pictorial paper-covered boards; color pictorial endpapers. Housed in publisher's color illustrated lidded box. The book is in near fine condition (hint..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. First Edition. 8vo. 367 pp. Illustrated from photographs by the author. Index. Gilt illustrated green cover with color image of mountain scenery; gilt lettering; in uncommon publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (wear & chips to extremities; general darkening & soiling). "A..... More
San Francisco: Determined Productions, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author. Square 12mo. [64] pp. black & white illustrations. Pictorial ictorial boards in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Minor wear to extremties; light rubbing on rear cover; else a near fine copy. The eighth title in this series of square-shaped books..... More
Published by the author, 1935. Paperback. Softground etching (5 1/2" x 3 7/8"). Dated '35 Title written in black ink in Sloan's hand and SIGNED by him beneath the etching; signed and dated in the plate. Fine condition. While the title of the plate indicates the mission bells are located..... More
Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1943. First Edition, Limited No. 89 of 152 copies. 4to. 18 pages, plus a facsimile letter from Edith Wagner from Steinbeck. Printed for members of the Rowfant Club at the Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. Red decorative boards on a light gray background; black buckram spine; red..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. (vii), 132 black & white reproductions of calligraphed texts from France, Germany, Britain, and Iberia with descriptions on facing pages. Printed by W. S. Cowell Ltd. at the Butter Market, Ipswich. Green cloth with gilt lettering, upper page edges stained..... More
North Vancouver, BC: Charles Van Sandwyk Fine Arts. 8.5 x 10.5". A lovely and bright color giclee printed on handmade paper. This image is taken from Van Sandwyk's book "Animal Wisdom." Fine condition. Charles Van Sandwyk is a Vancouver artist and author who has attained renowned status and won numerous..... More
Sanbornville NH: Wake-Brook House, 1957. First Edition. SIGNED "Sincerely Yours, A. G. Warshawsky". Quarto; 116pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Forward by Paul Scott Mowrer. Fine copy in publisher's 1/4 grey linen and paper-covered marbled boards in very good grey-green slipcase (edgewear, light staining to rear of slipcase) with..... More
Beford, PA: Old Bedford Village Press, 1982. First Edition. 4to. 98 pp. Profusely illustrated. Stiff illustrated softcover in near fine condition (previous owner name; light agetoning to spine). A history on the early gunsmiths of Bedford County along with images of their rifles. More
Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, Limited, 1934. First Edition, Limited to 500 numbered copies, this being #413. Original cloth. Quarto; (xvi), [4], 177, [3], xvii-xxii pp., 5 maps and plans plus 187 special plates, Index. A Near Fine copy (scattered light foxing) in publisher's brown cloth, front cover and spine lettered..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Neville Publishing, 1989. First Edition Limited No. 109 of 300 copies SIGNED by James Lee Burke. 8vo. ii, 91, [2] pp. Illustrated with a red and black wood-engraved vignette of cockfighting on the title page by Laurence Donovan. Photo-illustration of Warren Oates and Charles Willeford. Red cloth..... More