Richmond, Virginia: Allen & Ginter, Tobacconists, 1890s. Oblong small 8vo (6 x 9"). 10 chromolithographic plates (single-sided) depicting various tropical birds, each with a title, and images of exotic locations. Lithographed by George S. Harris & Sons of Philadelphia, New York and Chicago. Pritned on cardstock with chromolithograph covers, string-tied..... More
[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
Japan: ca. 1880s. Album measures 4 1/2 x 7"; the hand-colored original photographs measure 3 3/4 x 5 1/2" (some with tissue guards and manuscript titles). Half of the images depict Japanese women of various ages in native dress and the other half are landscapes, buildings, native peoples going about..... More
New York: Scholars' Facsimiles and Reprints, 1947. Reprint. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint. 8vo. vii, [1], facsimile of original title page, 196 pp. Double-page map; genealogical table. Blue cloth with gilt lettering in publisher's dustjacket which is trimmed 1/2" shorter than the book. Near fine (corners lightly bumped) in near fine dustjacket..... More
Berkeley - Los Angeles - Oxford: University of California Press, 1992. First Edition. Complete in 4 volumes. Vol I: Interpretation of Codex Mendoza; Vol. II: Description of Codex Mendoza; Vol. III: A Facsimile Reproduction of Codex Mendoza; Vol. IV: Pictorial Parallel Image Replicas of Codex Mendoza, with transcriptions and translations..... More
London, Leipsic: T. Fisher Unwin, 1912. 1st. Hardcover. Tall 8vo. 282 + [4] pp publisher's advertisements. Index. 48 photographic plates. Translated from the Dutch By C. Thieme. Blue cloth with gilt lettering; elaborate gilt design of foo dog perched on a platform; TEG. From the library of Payson J. Treat..... More
London: A. & C. Black, 1907. First Edition. Large 8vo. xviii, 272 pp.Index. Fold-out map at rear. 77 full-page watercolor plates by T. Mower Martin, with titled tissue guards. Crimson cloth signed by CS, with a design blocked in gilt and printed in green and light crimson on front cover..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2001. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. First Edition, Limited to 450 copies. Folio. xiv, 144pp [1]. Notes; Bibliography. Foreword by James McClatchy. Beautifully illustrated throughout with color and black & white reproductions, many for the first time in print. 4 page color..... More
Melrose: Theodore R. Crom, 1980. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. Folio. xiv, 678pp, including bibliography and index. Preface by Tom Crom. Black & white illustrations. Brown cloth covered boards; gilt titles and decoration to front board; gilt titles to the spine. All edges neat and clean. Fine. An invaluable reference for..... More
Sacramento: Valley Press Printing House, 1881. First Edition. Octavo; xix, 1-373, [25 blank leaves], 375-417pp (list of Officers of City of Sacramento 1849-1881 plus Index). Original full tan sheepskin, front cover printed and ruled; red title label to spine, splitting black compilor label laid in. Poor condition (front board detached..... More
Kyoto, Japan: The Ponsonby Memorial Society, 1959. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 465 pp. More than 80 illustrations, chronological tables and explanatory indexes. Large folding genealogical table in envelope laid in delineating ancestry from Jimmu to Taisho. Red cloth in white dustjacket with blue lettering and photo-illustration to front cover. Near fine..... More
1822. ~ 23" x 27 1/2", full vellum, map of subject properties, wax seal. Between John Rolls of Britonferry Heath in the County of Glamorgan... and John New of Jamaica Row Bermondsey in the County of Surrey. Near fine condition John Rolls of The Hendre was a native of Bermondsey, in..... More
New York: Random House, 1946. Third Printing. INSCRIBED by the author at his home, Tor House in Carmel in 1949. Tall 8vo. 107 pp. Black cloth spine over orange paper covered boards with gilt lettering in publisher's dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (some age toning). 'Medea' is..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to American master photographer, Wynn Bullock. 8vo. 306 pp. Bibliography; Index. Blue cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. A near fine copy (minor wear to extremities). "Like Freud, Proust investigated the unconscious mind; but for literary rather than scientific..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. 2nd. Hardcover. "Published October 10, 1938; first and second printings before publication." 8vo. 631, [1] pp. Teal cloth with gilt lettering in color illustrated dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (price-clipped; wear, chips and short closed tears to extremities, moreso to spine ends;..... More
Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1963. First Edition. Hardbound. INSCRIBED by the author. 8vo. 249pp. Index; Sources and Bibliography. Fold-out map; photo-illustrations. Brown cloth in illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (small chipping to spine head; minor creasing to lower front edge). Western Land and..... More
London: Neville Spearman, 1955. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED in Miller's hand "For Rollo Peters" and SIGNED by both Miller and Perles on a paper slip affixed to ffep. Charles Rollo Peters III was the son of noted California artist, Charles Rollo Peters, Jr. Two handwritten postcards (one an image..... More
London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1923. First Edition. 4to. 148, [1] pp; 64 plates (8 in color). Index. Original tan cloth with gilt lettering. Some wear to extremities; small remnant of label to lower spine; front hinge cracked; foxing, not affecting the plates; minor pencil notations; a good copy of an..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1958. First Edition, Limited #96 of 320 copies. Hardcover. First Limited Edition #96 of 320 copies. SIGNED by Saul and Lillian Marks, Irene and W.W. Robinson, and Lawrence Clark Powell. 4to. 86pp. Eighteen color illustrations by Irene Robinson; additional illustrations in one color or black;..... 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
Boston: Published by the committee in charge of the pilgrimage; Alfred Mudge and Sons, 1884. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. Large 8vo. xv; 400, (1)pp.Two tissue protected steel engravings; textual illustrations; full-page map. Gilt & black enbossed brown cloth; AEG. Near fine (minor wear to extremities; contemporary gift inscription); a...... More
Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 434pp, including appendix. Six black & white photographic plates. Red cloth covered boards; gilt titles to front board and spine in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Light wera to extremities; darkening to spine; else a near fine copy..... More
Japan: Libroport, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 4to. 307; 361 pp.Text in Kanji. Illustrations; diagrams; plans. Cream cloth in cream illustrated dustjackets. Housed in publisher's lightly rubbed slipcases. Fine copies. An important work on theatrical lighting by Toyama Shizuo, a specialist in theatrical lighting at Toho, a Japanese film, theater..... More
Watsonville, CA: Pastor's Aid Society of the Christian Church, ca. 1900. 1st. Original wrappers. Most likely first and only edition. 8vo. [2], 288 pp. Date of publication based on advertising matter. Index. Advertising matter of local merchants interspersed throughout. Publisher's orange wrappers with black lettering. A good copy of an..... More