[Salinas, CA]: E.S. Harrison, [ca 1889]. 1st. Leather bound. Souvenir Edition. First Edition Thus. Originally published in wrappers, the front cover likely served as the title page, as this edition has no title page, apparently as issued. 4to. 88 pp. Double-page map of Monterey County showing school houses, original rancho... More
[San Francisco]: Published by the author, 1978. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Adams "For Rick Warner" and dated Carmel 6-16-82. Single 12" x 18" glossy heavy stock (folded to 12" x 9"). Photo-reproduction of one of Adams' iconic images "Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite Valley." Printed... More
Chicago: Ingersoll Beacon, 1906. Second edition. Hardcover. New and revised edition. 12mo. 231 pp + 4 pp advertisements. Numerous illustrations (some full-page) by H. R. Heaton. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to front cover & black lettering to spine. Front hinge starting; mild spine fading; upper front corner lightly... More
Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1930. First edition. original cloth. 4to. (ix) 546; 456; 451pp. Index, Maps; numerous photo-illustrations; portrait engravings with tissue guards. Dark green embossed boards with gilt lettering to spine; marbled page edges and endpapers. Minor wear to extremities; front hinge split at title page in... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Suzanne/Julia Child" on half-title page. Square 4to. 511pp. More than 800 recipes and 600 color photographs. Near fine (light, general wear; previous owner name) in very good to near fine dustjacket (slight fading to spine; light wear to... More
London: Hugh Rees, 1912-14. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition in English (originally published in 1910-11 in the Revue d'Infanterie as 'Les japonais en Mandchourie'). Small octavos; original red vertical-rib cloth, gilt lettered spines and front covers, map case with brown cloth ties intact. Text volumes Very Good (somewhat soiled, Volume 2... More
Santa Fe: Laboratory of Anthropology, 1947. Napolitano, P.G. 1st. Original boards. First edition. Presentation copy with ALS in envelope, laid in. 8vo. [ii], 281pp, including bibliography and index. Preface by Maurice Ries and foreward by Mary Austin. Black & white photographic illustrations; green ink drawings by P.G. Napolitano. Book design..... More
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1947. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Octavo; xvii, 301pp. Good copy in original decorated yellow cloth (with dust jacket remnants laid in). INSCRIBED on ffep "Dear Lynn and Johnnie Faulk-/We are sending you this to say-/Que vaya con dios. We/look forward to seeing you /back..... More
San Francisco: Alta California Publishing House, 1880. 1st. Original cloth. 8vo. 258pp. 5 full-page lithograph plates (including frontispiece) with tissue guards by G. F. Keller. Original rust cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt decoration to front cover of a Chinese man surrounded by the words 'The Ruler... More
London: Macmillan, 1900. Original cloth. First Edition. 8vo. lviii, 386, [2 pp advertisements], 16 pp catalog Autumn Season 1900. Folding plan of Peking. Index. Black cloth with gilt illustration to front & rear boards; gilt lettering & illustration to spine; TEG. Light wear to extremities; foxing to endpapers; small bookseller... More
New York: William Morrow, 1967. First Edition. Original cloth. INSCRIBED by the author. 8vo. xiv, 271, (1)pp. Photo-reproductions (some in color). Blue cloth in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy with a hint of wear. "A colorful raconteur, Mr. Gardner relates some of his earlier experiences with ships and the... More
Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaiian Gazette Co., Ltd., 1917. 1st. Cloth. Octavo. 119pp. Index. Frontispiece. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Scarce. A Narrative of Whaling and Ocean Adventure between 1833 & 1870. The Advertiser Historical Series No. 3. Reprinted by permission from The Ojai, a little country California newspaper of the... More
Berkeley: Friends of Bancroft Library, 1966. 1st. Cloth. Folio, 118pp. Color frontispiece; 11 sepia photo-plates; 3 maps (1 fold-out). Original green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. From the library of noted collector Irving Robbins, with the original offering prospectus and his book label laid in. INSCRIBED "For Irving Robbins/A... More
Cincinnati, OH: Tom Jones, 1904. 1st. Paperback. Oblong 4to. [40]pp; unpaginated. Photo-reproductions of historic sites & people up & down California. Stiff orange wrappers with black illustration & lettering to front cover; string tie. A very good copy (minor wear; some darkening to covers; spine ends starting to separate )... More
San Francisco: Frank H. Dukesmith, 1895. 1st. Hardcover. Large 4to. 413, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrations throughout, mostly black & white photo-illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration; floral endpapers. A very good copy (wear to extremities; corners starting; small snag to front edge; light fading & small spots... More
Los Angeles: N. A. Kovach, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 1 of 10 copies from a Limited Edition of 35 numbered copies; this copy unnumbered and with a dash at copy number location. 8vo. (xi) [4] 58pp. Errata slip laid in at rear. Facsimile of Gibbes Map of the Southern Mines... More
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1951 - 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 11 Volumes complete. 4to. Illustrated including frontispieces from early photographs and other sources. Includes Index (Volume XI) by Ana Marie and Everett G. Hager; it was not published until 4 years after completion of the main... More
Havanna, Cuba: A. M. Gonzalez & Bro. [ca. 1930]. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. 24 pp (unnumbered). 22 numbered reproductions of old Cuban prints from the collection owned by Conrado W. Massaguer; nine of the prints are from Andueza's Isla de Cuba, 1841. Engraved and printed by "Sindicato... More
Marysville, CA: Lockwood & Dawson, Publishers, 1878. 1st. Original boards. First Edition. 8vo. [i-iv, ads], [1-9], 10-50, [2, gilt & color lithographs on card stock for Marysville Appeal], 51-104, [2, ad for Heald's Business College on pale yellow paper], 105-428 pp. Original gilt-lettered black sheep over grey printed boards, advertisements... More
New York: Printed for George H. Broughton Jr. at the Calumet Press, 1899. First Edition, Limited No. 163 of 250 copies. Original boards. 8vo. 20, (2) pp. Original cream linen backed blue-grey paper covered boards with black & red illustrated paper label to front cover. A near fine copy (light... More
San Francisco: Britton & Rey, 1889. 1st. Print. 24" x 17." Single sheet depicting 9 black & white photographic images of Stanford University buildings under construction prior to its opening in 1891. Light foxing else a fine and uncommon print; we locate only two copies at Stanford University, 1 copy... More
New York: Pynson Printers, 1936. 1st. Hardcover. 1st edition thus. 8vo. 30, (1)pp. Printed as Christmas gifts for 5 subscribers - 50 copies for Elmer Adler, 100 for Frederick B. Adams, Jr., 150 for Ben Abramson, 50 for Edwin J. Beinecke, and 20 for Howard Mott. This is one of... More
Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 19711992. Hardcover. 2 volumes, complete. 8vo. 435; 436-885 pp. Maroon leather with gilt decoration & lettering; all edges gilt; ribbon markers. A fine set. The Winds of War is Herman Wouk's second book about World War II, the first being The Caine Mutiny (1951). Published in... More
New York: Little Brown & Co, 1971. 12th printing. Hardcover. SIGNED "Best Wishes, Herman Wouk". TLS from Arthur H. Thornhill, President and Chairman of the Board for the publisher with the following statement: "This edition is limited to three hundred copies and will not be offered for sale anywhere. We... More
