Conyers, GA: Museum Publishing Company, 1990. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition, Limited to 1100 numbered copies; this copy is not numbered. 4to. 552 pp. Introduction by Norm Flayderman. Index. Color plates of over 250 antique Bowies - the cream from over 50 outstanding collections. Cream boards in color printed dustjacket. A.... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1966. 1st. Original cloth. 8vo. 345, [4] pp. Blue cloth in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy of the author's first novel. "...a novel about a community of Negroes who imitate among themselves the white code of discrimination by color." More
New York: Francis P. Harper, 1902. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. Large 8vo. Total page count is 1029pp. Plates; large folding map of the Mississippi Territory. Frontispiece in Vol. I & II. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spines. A very good set (hinges cracked in each volume but... More
Oakland: WIM, 1989. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the authors on title page. Folio, 382 pp. Bibliography; Index. 168 numbered color plates. Essays by Arthur Millier, Joseph Armstrong Baird, Jr., and Nancy Dustin Wall Moure. Mauve cloth with color plate adhered to front cover; white lettering... More
Los Angeles: Historical Record Company, 1924. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition. Thick 4to. 1328 pp. Photographic illustrations. Three-quarter black pebble grained morocco over green cloth covered beveled boards; gilt lettering to spine; marbled endpapers. Splitting to leather along lower front joint, but holding firm; wear to spine head & corners;... More
New York and London: George D. Sproul, 1902. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition Thus; Autograph Variorum Edition. Introduction by Percy Fitzgerald and SIGNED by him; Bibliographhical Note by F. G. Kitton and SIGNED by him; three original copper-engraved frontispieces SIGNED by the illustrator, Harry Furniss (volumes I, III, and V)... More
San Francisco: Alta California Book and Job Office, 1864. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 31pp. Original printed wrappers in quarter orange leather slipcase. Very good condition (lower front hinge starting to separate; chipping to spine head; light soiling; minor dampstaining to lower covers; decorative owner bookplate of George Clinton Ward, early California... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1961. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies, SIGNED by the author. Folio. 178 pp. Tables; Index. Color frontispiece and black & white Illustrations by Peter Helck. Black cloth spine over cream cloth illustrated boards, silver lettering to spine in color printed slipcase... More
New York: Random House, 1968. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 335 pp. Red quarter cloth spine over red paper covered boards in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. Red stain on top page edges water spotted;small erasure marks to ffep; minor wear to spine ends; else near fine in very good dustjacket... More
Redlands, California: San Bernadino County Museum, 1975. 1st. Paperback. Quarterly of San Bernadino County Museum Association, Volume XXII, No. 3 & 4, Spring & Summer, 1975. First edition. Folio. 124pp, +[5]pp illustrative plates. Stiff cream wrappers; black titles to front cover. Light age toning & wear else a near fine... More
Laramie: Powder River Publishers, 1954. 1st. Hardcover. First, unexpurgated edition. Octavo. x, 277 pp. Illustrated with the pageant of personalities. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering. Fine copy in fine dustjacket. As nice a copy as you will find, with the corrected pages laid in, providing an opportunity to compare... More
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. 1932. 1st. Hardcover. Small octavo. 267pp. 22 illustrations by Jo Mora. Red cloth with black lettering and Jo Mora design to front cover in like dustjacket. A near fine copy (lminor staining to top and bottom page edges) in very good plus dustjacket (darkening... More
Monterey, CA: Del Monte Properties, 1933. 1st. Paperback. 12 x 5" bi-fold (12 x 10" opened). 28pp (printing on recto). Cream glossy card stock with a black crest of the Hotel Del Monte on the front cover. a fine copy. This scarce booklet contains the twelve striking magazine advertisements for... More
Carmel, CA. Paperback. Near fine copy. 3 3/8" x 5 3/8;" mural image 1 3/4" x 5 18" with the words 'Carmel Dairy Murals by Jo Mora" centered under the image. The postcard was sent to Miss Blanche Partington in 1939 from her friend who describes a tasty breakfast ('yum-yum!'), likely... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1869. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition. Royal 4to. 11-323 pp. Two full page chromolithograph frontispiece with tissueguard and additional title page. Decorative illustrations throughout, including initials. Publisher'sbrown blindstamped leather boards with gilt decoration and lettering; all edges gilt. A very good copy (rubbing to boards; fading... More
Karachi: Orangi Pilot Project, 2002. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Vol I: 507pp, +7pp survey guidelines; Vol II: 472pp. Black and grey-tone illustrations throughout; city layouts. Color illustrated boards. Light wear to extremities; small previous school label in each volume else a fine set. Volume One: The First Hundred... More
New York: William Morrow, 1944. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 281 pp. Blue cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. Small bumping to upper front corner; slight fading to edges else a near fine copy in very good dustjacket (corner tips clipped but price intact; chipping to spine... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1933. 2nd. Hardcover. Second Edition. SIGNED by the author on ffep. 8vo. xix, 552pp. Photo-illustrations; maps (one large fold-out). Blue cloth with gilt lettering in scarce double dustjackets (cream illustrated with crest and lettering; plain brown paper). Near fine (small rubbing to upper corner of... More
London: Grant Richards, 1901-1903. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition Thus, Limited #803 of 1000 copies, numbered & SIGNED on Volume 1 limitation page "T. & A. Constable", Printers to her late majesty, Edinburgh. 6 (of 10) volumes, various pagination. Engraved frontispiece portraits with tissue guards. Tatle pages with red &... More
Bradenton, FL: Opuscula Press, 1986. 1st. Hardcover. First Separate Printing, Limited #31 of 300 copies, INSCRIBED by the publisher to Msgr. Francis Weber. Business cards for Hanson & Weber tipped in at rear. 8vo. 19 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Steinbeck. Brown bukram spine over brown cloth boards with cream title... More
Los Angeles: Pictorial California, 1946. 1st. Paperback. First edition. Folio. Ten issues bound in a single volume. Sepia-toned illustrations. Illustrated brown and tan wrappers; title on front cover. Light wear and creasing to extremities, more so to spine ends; age toning; else Very good. Vol. XVIII, No. 3, Vacation 1943;... More
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1894. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 432pp. Frontispiece portrait of Twain with tissue guard; in-text illustrations on every page. This is the first state of the first edition with the bulk of the text block measuring 1 1/8" and title page not tipped-in. Also the first state frontispiece... More
San Francisco, CA: Visalia Stock Saddle Co. 1935. 1st. Softcover. First printing. Octavo. 128pp. Index; Advertisements. Profusely illustrated throughout; 1pg. illustration by Jo Mora of the first printing of the 'Evolution of the Cowboy' along with the best description we've seen of the carte. Black & white staplebound printed wraps... More
New York & Washington: Neale Publishing, 1905. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo, 401 pp. INSCRIBED by the author on title page. Translated from the Russina by the author, with the assistance of madame de Wollant. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front cover; TEG; deckled page edges; many pages... More