Wausau, WI: Done into types at The Philosopher Press and published in Wausau Wisconsin by Van Vechten & Ellis, 1897. Gardner C. Teall. 1st. Half leather. First Edition Thus, Limited Edition #26 of 333 copies. The first publication of The Philosopher Press. Large 12mo. [93] pp; 9 illustrated plates, diagrams... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 208 pp. Bibliography; Index. Illustrations. Black cloth in photo-illustrated dustjacket. A hint of sunning to the spine else a fine copy. "...the first book-length study in English, and the most comprehensive in any language, of one of the greatest letterers of... More
np: Unpublished, [1948]. 1st. Paperback. Folio. 7pp (single-sided) holograph manuscript. 17 reference works cited. "If you have read a fair selection of the above you are already an 'expert' and will need no further guidance, beyond the references and bibliographies encountered." - pg. 7 - Eggan manuscript. Cream lined paper... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1972 - 1985. 1st. Hardcover. First Limited Editions. Various paginations & illustratred bindings. All volumes in fine condition; unusual to find this series complete. An invaluable set for the enthusiast of Los Angels history. Includes such topics as manhole covers; filmaking; early cemetaries; barrio calligraphy;... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1942. 1st. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 81pp. Grey cloth in blue dustjacket with white lettering. INSCRIBED "And with the kind regards/of Herbert Hoover." A near fine copy in very good dustjacket (price-clipped; some wear to extremities; scraping to lower front). Hoover's personal memoirs of the first... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Arpel Graphics, Inc. 1989. 1st. First Edition. INSCRIBED (over a drawing of a huge wave curling over a tiny surfer) "Life is a wave,/Your attitude is your surfboard./Drew Kampion." Original blue cloth with gilt stamping to front cover and spine in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy... More
Los Angeles: General Publishing Group, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author 'Your attitude is your surfboard! Drew Kampion" First Edition. Oblong Quarto. 216 pages. Profusely illustrated with color photographic reproductions. Foreword by legendary surf filmmaker (The Endless Summer) Bruce Brown. As new in dust jacket; a great gift for... More
Los Angeles: N. A. Kovach, 1946. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition, 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. Half dark blue morocco & cloth, gilt lettering to spine in printed dustjacket... More
Boston: Alexander Moore, 1871. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 71 pp. Half-title. 10 mounted albumen photographs attributed to John Payson Soule with red captions, tissue guards; 3 wood-engravings in text. Original blue cloth with front cover & spine decorated in black & gilt, rear cover with same design in blind, AEG. A.... More
Shafter, CA: Published by the author, 1936. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 8vo. 209 pp. 34 photo-plates. SIGNED and dated by the author. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A fine copy. As Told to F. F. Latta by 15 Native Americans. A Collection of California Indian Folklore Tales... 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
New York: Macmillan, 1919. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 189pp + 3pp publisher's advertisements. Foreword by William Lyon Phelps. Orange, black & yellow decorative binding with black lettering; publisher's tan & brown illustrated dustjacket. About near fine in very good dustjacket (some wear to extremities; short closed tears; small loss at spine... More
Baldwin City, Kansas: Published by the author, 1972. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition, Limited #186 of 300 copies. 8vo. 505 pp. Photo-illustrations. Orange cloth with black lettering. Light foxing to ffep and page edges; a near fine copy. And others of the surname with material on early Methodist history in Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio. More
Seville, Spain: John Fulton Gallery, 1995. Limited Edition. Hardcover. #69 of 100 copies SIGNED by Michener and Fulton. 4to. 107 pp. Color illuminated title and colophon; full-page illustrations; lithographic portrait of Michener SIGNED & numbered by both Michener and Fulton; 2 SIGNED dry point etchings. Mustard cloth stab stiched; housed... 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
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1971. 1st. Paperback. 8vo. 380pp. Index. INSCRIBED "To ***/Best wishes and/regards/Sincerely/Leon." Laid in is a TLS with envelope thanking the owner for their support in his 1976 campaign for U.S. Congress. Also laid in is a Vote Democratic slate door hanger for the campaign. Photo-illustrated wrappers in very... More
New York: Viking Press, 1947. Pene du Bois, William. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. 180pp. Black & white illustrations by William Pene du Bois. Quarter red cloth spine over patterned paper boards; original color illustrated dust jacket. Previously owned by the children of Ansel Adams, with their names, Michael and... More
London: Neville Spearman, 1955. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED in Miller's hand "For Bob Young" and SIGNED by both Miller and Perles on a paper slip affixed to ffep. Bookplate to front pastedown signed 'Robert Young Jr.' Young was the author of 'From a Different Angle: A Personal Memoir of... More
Los Angeles: Quivira Society, 1929-1958. 1st. Original boards. First Edition; 13 titles in 15 volumes, each limited, from 400 to 665 copies; mixed limitation. Large 8vo. Illustrated with plates and folding maps. Original 4 pp prospectus announcing the series laid in. Original half vellum or white cloth backed paper-covered boards;... More
New York: Hastings House, 1958. 1st. Hardbound. First Edition, Limited to 199 copies SIGNED by the author. Fold-out color frontispiece; black & white photo-reproductions with descriptions. xiv, 527 pp. Half cream linen spine over green paper covered boards; gilt illustration and lettering to spine; housed in publisher's slipcase. From the... More
London: Printed for, and under the Direction of, John Bell, 1788. Frist Bell Edition. Small 8vo. Copper-plate engravings, with tissue guards. Contemporary tree calf boards; rebound with new gilt decorated leather spines, red and black labels, gilt dentelles; marbled page edges. This is the 1st edition of John Bell's collected... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1929. Original boards. First Edition Thus. 4to. xlvi, 154 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Whitman reproduced from a portrait made in 1876 by Frank Pearsall. Introduction by Carolyn Wells. Designed by Frederic Warde and SIGNED by him on the colophon; printed by William Edwin Rudge... More
Brooklyn: Brookly College Press, 1943. Revised Edition. Original wrappers. 4to. 16 lessons, complete in three volumes plus Appendix volume. Various paginations. Prepared by Prof. J.M. Wolfe of the Mathematics Department of Brooklyn College. Includes a separately issued Appendix that is comprised of miscellaneous articles, classifications of monographic plaintext idiomorphs, and... More
New York: Random House, 1942. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 662pp. Black cloth in color printed dustjacket designed by George Salter. The author's second book (following her prize winning book 'Whistle Stop.' "Night Shift' was made into the movie 'The Man I Love' in 1947 starring Ida Lupino. More