San Jose, CA: San Jose Mercury Publishing and Printing Co., 1896. 2nd. Original wrappers. Second Edition. Oblong 8vo. 322, [5] pp. Index. Profusely illustrated with photographic reproductions of public buildings, homes, farms, agriculture, portraits of citizens, and much more ; full page map. Introduction by Chas. M. Shortridge, editor San... More
[New York]: [Wittemann Bro.], [1881]. 1st. Original boards. First Edition. 16mo. Accordian-fold view book with 20 heliotype views from photographs on 6 leaves (13 x 100 cm, folded to 13 x 9 cm). Cream cloth with black design & lettering to front cover. Stain to front cover else a near... More
Washington: G.P.O., 1846. 29th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Doc. 438, Serial 477. Original wraps. 8vo. 75pp. 12 lithograph plates; large folding map. Stitched wraps (disbound). Light dampstaining throughout, otherwise fine condition (and scarce thus) in modern cloth case with gilt-lettered morocco label at spine. Under Fremont's orders, Abert travelled from... More
New York: John Filmer, 1876. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition. Two volumes in one. Large 4to. 206; 274pp. Illustrations by George C. Bell and other eminent artists. Full-page plates (some fold-outs); in-text illustrations. one-half brown morocco over black pebbled cloth boards; gilt lettering & ruling; all edges gilt. Minor wear... 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
Hollywood, CA: Edward H. Bohlin, (1951). 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. (9 x 12"). 36 pp. Black & white illustrations of Bohlin silver and leather products on every page with product details & pricing including 2 pp color displaying cowboy boots. Green illustrated staplebound wrappers. Age toning; some... More
New York: Whittlesey House, 1930. 1st. Hard Cover. 8vo. (xiii) 278pp. Illustrations. Tan linen spine with red lettering; marbled boards; top edge stained red in scarce color printed dust jacket. "...an intimate, authentic record of three adventurous years in one man's career, as well as a vivid picture of the... More
Mitchell, S.D. Educator Supply Company, 1924. 1st. Original Cloth. Small octavo. 80pp. 6 photo-illustrations. Red cloth with gilt lettering to cover. SIGNED by the author. Mild wear to spine ends; gilt lettering somewhat faded; darkening to end papers; two owner bookplates; very good plus condition. "Only a few of these... More
Boston: Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, 1927. 1st. Original wrappers. SIGNED by anarchist Emilio Coda; a follower of radical anarchist Luigi Galleani. First Edition. 8vo. 127 pp. Tan printed wrappers. Uneven fading to covers; slight wear to extremities; a near fine copy. Nicola Sacco, Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Emilio Coda were all deciples... More
Saint Louis: Laryngoscope Press, 1918. 1st. Octavo. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering; without dust jacket as issued. #95 of an edition limited to 300 copies. This volume was produced to make available again Louis Fagan's 'Collectors' Marks,' updated by the authors. Includes as Part I, Fagan's Collectors' Marks; Part... More
Berkeley: Printed for A.M. Bender by Wilder & Ellen Bentley, 1938. 1st. Original wraps. First Edition Thus, Limited to 150 handprinted copies for Albert M. Bender by Wilder & Ellen Bentley with Vignettes by 'Hans. INSCRIBED by Bender to David Magee, renowned San Francisco antiquarian bookseller. 8vo. 28pp. Illustrated wrappers... More
N.P. Privately Printed, ca. 1918. 1st. Paperback. Square 8vo. 37 pp, typescript. Handmade booklet with panoramic photographic image of Brest as the covers held together with fragile silk ties. Minor pencil notations,most likely in Flude's hand. This is possibly the only copy as Flude directs at the beginning of the... More
Santa Fe. NM: Published by the author, 2014. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition, Limited to 1,000 copies, SIGNED by the authors. Oblong 4to. 370 pp. Detailed color photographs of over 300 historic weapons from the Gordon and Taylor collections. Brown leatherette boards with gilt illustration and lettering, without dust jacket... More
Norwalk, Conn: Easton Press, 1996. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition, Limited to 1350 numbered copies, this being #625, SIGNED by B. B. King. Large 8vo. 336 pp. Index. Publisher's Certificate of Authenticity laid in. Dark blue leather with gilt decoration to front cover & spine, gilt lettering to spine; AEG;... More
Ramsen: Heribert Tenschert, 2005. 1st. Hardcover. Folio. 320pp. Bibliography. Text in German. 200+ color illustrations. Glossy black color illustrated boards, without dustjackett, as issued. Small scratch to upper board edge; small bump to spine head; else a fine copy. This is a heavy volume and may require addiitional shipping. Next... More
Arroyo Grande, CA: Garland Publishing Company, 1965. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author. Oblong 8vo. 64 pp. Black & white photo-reproductions of scenes in and around Santa Maria, California, along with prose text by the author. Introductory poem by John Matlack. Photo-illustrated wrappers in fine condition, with... 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
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1978. 1st. Hardcover. A brief, but particularly emotional inscription from the author to Stanford University President J. Wallace Sterling, appears on the front flyleaf. "For Wally - / who was there, / With warm regard, / Nate/May 1978." Dr. Pusey was the former President of Harvard... More
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
New York: The Billiard Encyclopedia, 1994. 1st. Hardcover. First Deluxe Edition, Limited to 350 numbered copies. Large 4o. 499 pp. Directory; Illustration Credits; Bibliography. Over 800 illustrations (including 525 color plates). Half black leather spine over cream linen boards, illustrated endpapers; housed in publishers clamshell case covered in Simonis 300... More
London & Glasgow: Hamilton, Adams & Co & Thomas D. Morison, 1887. 1st. Original cloth. Octavo. (xi) 300pp + 8pp publisher advertisements. List of Golfing Societies; Golfing Glossary. Original red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration to spine. From the library of golf author Bob Jones with his decorative bookplate... 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
San Francisco, CA: Visalia Stock Saddle Co., 1935. 1st. Original wrappers. 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... More
Waco, TX: Privately Printed, 1924. 1st. Hardcover. SIGNED and dated by the author. First Edition. Small 8vo. 128pp. Green cloth with black lettering to spine. A very good copy (light spotting to covers; minor wear to extremities; some internal foxing). Short history of the islands from from early Polynesia to... More