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Who's Who in the Rock 'Roll Hall of Fame (SIGNED by Bo Diddley, Chyde McPhatter, Big Joe Turner,...

Who's Who in the Rock 'Roll Hall of Fame (SIGNED by Bo Diddley, Chyde McPhatter, Big Joe Turner, Frankie Lymon and members of The Platters, Drifters, Teenagers, Flamingos, Colts and others)

Savannah, GA: Super Attractions, 1956. First Edition. Original wrappers. Souvenir Program Pictorial Album. 9 x 12". 24 pp, unnumbered. Black & white photo illustrations. Color illustrated wrappers in near fine condition (some rubbing & wear to covers). Souvenir Program Pictorial Album for the biggest rock 'n roll show of 1956... More about Who's Who in the Rock 'Roll Hall of Fame (SIGNED by Bo Diddley, Chyde McPhatter, Big Joe Turner,...

Price: $750.00

A Friendship: Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Simoneau. A. A. Brown

A Friendship: Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Simoneau

Brown, A.A.

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 about A Friendship: Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Simoneau

Price: $250.00

Notes of a Military Reconnaissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in...

Notes of a Military Reconnaissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers

Emory, William Hemsley

Washington DC: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. 1st. The House issue of the Emory report, including the reports of J.W. Abert, Joseph Johnston, and Philip St. George Cooke. 8vo. 614pp. 62 lithographic plates; 3 battle plans; 3 folding maps (including the large map of New Mexico Territory, not often found... More about Notes of a Military Reconnaissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in...

Price: $950.00

The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn (16 volumes). Lafcadio Hearn

The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn (16 volumes)

Hearn, Lafcadio

boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. Limited Edition #369 of 750 large paper copies, with a leaf bearing Mrs. Hearn's autograph (in Chinese) in Volume I. Hardcover. 8vo. Color frontispiece in each volume with titled tissue guards; photogravure plates, most from photographs by Charles S. Olcott, with titled tissue guards. partially unopened;... More about The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn (16 volumes

Price: $450.00

The Outer Shores (2 parts). Joel W. Hedgpeth

The Outer Shores (2 parts)

Hedgpeth, Joel W.(editor)

Eureka, CA: Mad River Press, (1978). 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. xii, 128; x, 182 pp. Compiled, edited, and introduced by Hedgpeth. Black & white photo-reproductions; maps; illustrations. Sitff illustrated wrappers. Light wear else a fine set. Part I is titled "Ed Ricketts and John Steinbeck Explore the Pacific Coast;"... More about The Outer Shores (2 parts

Price: $300.00

The Southern Mines of California: Early Development of the Sonora Mining Region (SIGNED - 1 of 25...

The Southern Mines of California: Early Development of the Sonora Mining Region (SIGNED - 1 of 25 special presentation copies)

Holmes, Roberta Evelyn

San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1930. 1st. Original boards. First Edition thus; 1 of 25 special copies (of a limited edition of 250 copies) with a special hand binding. Small folio. 60pp. Bibliography, Fold-out map; illustrated with photographs and reproductions of early lithographs. Red morocco backed marbled boards with gilt lettering... More about The Southern Mines of California: Early Development of the Sonora Mining Region (SIGNED - 1 of 25...

Price: $950.00

From the Royal City of the Holy Faith of St. Francis of Assisi (SIGNED). Paul Horgan

From the Royal City of the Holy Faith of St. Francis of Assisi (SIGNED)

Horgan, Paul

Santa Fe, NM: Printed by The Rydal Press for Villagra Bookshop, 1936. 1st. Hardcover. Originally published in The Yale Review. 8vo. 27pp. Illustrations by the author. SIGNED by Horgan on ffep. Rust cloth with gilt lettering to front cover. A near fine copy (minor darkening to boards; slight tarnishing to... More about From the Royal City of the Holy Faith of St. Francis of Assisi (SIGNED

Price: $200.00

The Horse How to Buy and Sell. Giving the Points Which Distinguish a Sound from an Unsound Horse....

The Horse How to Buy and Sell. Giving the Points Which Distinguish a Sound from an Unsound Horse

Howden, Peter

New York: Orange Judd Company, 1882. First Edition. Original cloth. 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... More about The Horse How to Buy and Sell. Giving the Points Which Distinguish a Sound from an Unsound Horse

Price: $250.00

The 1910 Trip of the The H.M.M.B.A. to California and the Pacific Coast (SIGNED). George Wharton...

The 1910 Trip of the The H.M.M.B.A. to California and the Pacific Coast (SIGNED)

James, George Wharton.

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 about The 1910 Trip of the The H.M.M.B.A. to California and the Pacific Coast (SIGNED

Price: $250.00

A History of California Newspapers, 1846-1858 (Deluxe edition). Edward C. Kemble, Helen Harding...

A History of California Newspapers, 1846-1858 (Deluxe edition)

Kemble, Edward C. (Helen Harding Bretnor, editor and Foreword)

Los Gatos CA: The Talisman Press, 1962. 1st. Half leather. First Edition. Limitied to 50 copies, numbered and SIGNED by the editor. Octavo, 398pp. Printed on Ticonderoga text, extra-illustrated with facsimile reproductions of eight early California newspapers. specially bound with black morocco leather spine and marbled paper covered boards; gilt... More about A History of California Newspapers, 1846-1858 (Deluxe edition

Price: $250.00

To Australia via Java by the K.P.M. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappi

To Australia via Java by the K.P.M.

Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappi

[Sydney, Australia]: K.P.M., ca. 1919. 1st. Original wraps. First Edition. (7 1/4" x 9 3/4"). 62 pp. With numerous illustrations from photographs; many color maps, including folding map of the Netherlands East Indies (now Indonesia). Illustrated title page signed (in the print) J.H. Pateman and dated '19 (assuming this is... More about To Australia via Java by the K.P.M

Price: $450.00

The Life of Sir Harry Parkes, K.C.B., G.C.M.G. Sometime Her Majesty's Minister to China & Japan...

The Life of Sir Harry Parkes, K.C.B., G.C.M.G. Sometime Her Majesty's Minister to China & Japan (2 volumes)

Lane-Poole, Stanley

London: Macmillan & Co., 1894. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. Complete in 2 volumes. 8vo. xxvi, 512; xxi, 477, [2] pp. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard; 3 fold-out maps; plan. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt lettering; dark green endpapers. Minor wear to extremities; small mark on spine of Vol. II;... More about The Life of Sir Harry Parkes, K.C.B., G.C.M.G. Sometime Her Majesty's Minister to China &...

Price: $600.00

The San Francisco Directory for the Year 1858: Embracing a General Directory of Citizens, a...

The San Francisco Directory for the Year 1858: Embracing a General Directory of Citizens, a Business Directory, and an Appendix...

Langley, Henry G. (compiler)

San Francisco: Commercial Steam Presses: S. D. Valentine & Son, 1858. First Edition. Original boards. 8vo. 413, [1] pp. Table of Contents; Index to Advertisments. Original black sheep gilt-lettered spine over printed boards. Corner boards starting to show; general age spotting and wear; internally clean with occasional age-toning & spotting;... More about The San Francisco Directory for the Year 1858: Embracing a General Directory of Citizens, a...

Price: $2,000.00

Frankie and Johnnie: A Love Story (SIGNED). Meyer Levin

Frankie and Johnnie: A Love Story (SIGNED)

Levin, Meyer

New York: The John Day Company, 1930. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo; 212 pages. A Very Good to Near Fine copy in original orange cloth (with gilt lettering at spine and gilt device to front board) in good illustrated dust jacket with several large chips and wear, especially along folds... More about Frankie and Johnnie: A Love Story (SIGNED

Price: $250.00

Mabie in America: Writing Instruments from 1843-1941. David L. Moak

Mabie in America: Writing Instruments from 1843-1941

Moak, David L.

New York: Mabie Todd & Co., 2007. 3rd. Hardcover. Third Edition. 4to. ii; 245 pp. Bibliography; Index. 750 illustrations (some in color); maps. A fine copy in dustjacket; still in original shrinkwrap. The most complete history of a single pen company in print. This 3rd and final edition of this... More about Mabie in America: Writing Instruments from 1843-1941

Price: $350.00

Acapulco: A Portfolio of Little Paintings (SIGNED). Louisa Robins

Acapulco: A Portfolio of Little Paintings (SIGNED)

Robins, Louisa

New York: F.A.R. Gallery, 1947. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Limited to 100 copies, this being copy #47, SIGNED by Ms. Robins. Small folio portfolio. Large single sheet quarter fold, [1] pp text; [12] leaves of color plates laid in. A near fine copy. An uncomon collection of charming prints done... More about Acapulco: A Portfolio of Little Paintings (SIGNED

Price: $950.00

Corpus Nummorum Sinicorum Recentiorum: A Tael Coinage for Kirin. Guiseppe Ros

Corpus Nummorum Sinicorum Recentiorum: A Tael Coinage for Kirin

Ros, Guiseppe.

Hankow: Printed by the author for private circulation, 1921. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. 12mo. 17, [2] pp. Illustrations. Tan staplebound wrappers with black & red lettering. Fine condition of a scarce title on Chinese coins, only 2 copies located in institutional holdings (Peabody & Basel). Giuseppe Ros was an... More about Corpus Nummorum Sinicorum Recentiorum: A Tael Coinage for Kirin

Price: $250.00

The Blood Of The Grape: The Wine Trade Textbook. Andre Simon

The Blood Of The Grape: The Wine Trade Textbook

Simon, Andre

London: Duckworth & Co., 1920. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 301, (2) pp. Index. Green cloth with red lettering and decoration in uncommon publisher's dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (darkening to spine; light wear to extremities; chips to spine ends). Being the substance of lectures delivered at the... More about The Blood Of The Grape: The Wine Trade Textbook

Price: $275.00

Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist (SIGNED). Hunter S....

Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist (SIGNED)

Thompson, Hunter S.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition, Limited to 300 copies in this format (although not numbered), SIGNED by Thompson. Large 8vo. 756pp. Index. Foreword by David Halberstam; edited by Douglas Brinkley. Full burgundy leather with gilt lettering and decoration to spine with 8 raised bands;... More about Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist (SIGNED

Price: $950.00

Archive of Rudy Valley Letters & Original Photograph (SIGNED). Rudy Vallee

Archive of Rudy Valley Letters & Original Photograph (SIGNED)

Vallee, Rudy

New York; Chicago: 1937-1959. Six typed letters to Kenneth Brown SIGNED on Rudy Vallee's personalized stationary and one autograph letter SIGNED on Vallee's personalized stationary from his lodge in Lake Kezar. 9" x 7" black & white original photograph of a young Rudy Vallee INSCRIBED "To Ken, In friendship, Rudy... More about Archive of Rudy Valley Letters & Original Photograph (SIGNED

Price: $250.00

Prehistoric Siskiyou Island and Marble Halls of Oregon (SIGNED). C. B. Watson

Prehistoric Siskiyou Island and Marble Halls of Oregon (SIGNED)

Watson, C. B.

Ashland, OR: Published by the author, 1909. 1st. Hardcover. 12mo. 147pp. Portrait frontispiece. INSCRIBED by the author. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to front board; near fine (light spotting; minor wear to extremities). The author's best known and scarce work on regional geology, natural resources, and mountain scenery. Watson—attorney..... More about Prehistoric Siskiyou Island and Marble Halls of Oregon (SIGNED

Price: $350.00

West Wind : The Life Story of Joseph Reddeford Walker. Douglas S. Watson

West Wind : The Life Story of Joseph Reddeford Walker

Watson, Douglas S.

Morongo Valley, CA: Sagebrush Press, 1984. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition Thus.Limited to 999 copies. 4to. 109pp. Foreword by Ardis Manly Walker. Newly constructed Index; Bibliography. Fold out map; five plates, chapter head piece illustrations. Rust cloth in illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy. One of the earliest biographies of this... More about West Wind : The Life Story of Joseph Reddeford Walker

Price: $300.00

Tombs of Old Lo-Yang, A Record of the Construction and Contents of a Group of Royal Tombs at...

Tombs of Old Lo-Yang, A Record of the Construction and Contents of a Group of Royal Tombs at Chin-ts'un, Honan, Probably Dating 550 B.C.

White, William Charles; foreword by John C. Ferguson

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 about Tombs of Old Lo-Yang, A Record of the Construction and Contents of a Group of Royal Tombs at...

Price: $1,500.00

Zamorano 80: A Selection of Distinguished California Books Made by the Members of the Zamorano...

Zamorano 80: A Selection of Distinguished California Books Made by the Members of the Zamorano Club

Zamorano Club; Homer D. Crotty

Los Angeles: The Zamorano Club, 1945. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies, this being #273. Hardcover. 8vo. x, 66pp. Black & white illustrations; fold-out frontispiece illustration. Orange cloth covered boards; gilt illustration to front board; gilt titles to the spine; original dust jacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket... More about Zamorano 80: A Selection of Distinguished California Books Made by the Members of the Zamorano Club

Price: $350.00

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