Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher Press, 1903. 1st. Original boards. 2 volumes first edition; 1 volume 3rd edition. Limited Edition to 425 copies printed on vellum, from the Brocade Series of boxed sets. 12mo. Various paginations. Head and tail-piece illustrations. Each book in dustjacket is housed in a floral paper... More
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
Los Angeles: White-Thompson, 1939. 1st. Original cloth. SIGNED by the author, with textual ink corrections in his hand. First Edition. 8vo. 200 pp. 11 illustrated plates by N.G. Thompson, including frontispiece of a dog team on the Copper River. Blue cloth with gilt illustration and lettering. Light wear to extremities;... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; xi, [2],106pp, 760 text illustrations, color plate (Facade of Small Mycenaean Temple from Fresco found in the Palace of Knossos) at rear. A Very Good copy (edge bumps, extremity wear, front hinge tender) in publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in gilt... More
Ridgefield, CT; Tokyo: CPC Publishing; Taro Kaneda: Treville, 1989, 1992. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. both volumes warmly inscribed on the half title by the photographer in 1993 in Los Angeles. Tall quartos; unpaginated. Stunning black & white photographhic plates (some fold-out). Fine copies with a hint of wear; small mark... More
Boston: Little, Brown, 1943. Second printing in month of publication. Hardcover. 8vo. 158pp. Green cloth in color printed dustjacket. SIGNED by both James Hilton and Dr. Wassell, scarce thus. A near fine copy in very good plus dustjacket (minor wear to extremities; short closed tear and small chip to upper... More
Los Angeles: The Hoagland Company, 1932. Revised. Hardcover. Deluxe Standard Edition, Revised and Approved by World Famous Aviators, Eminent Historians and Aeronautical Authorities. 4to. 292 pp. Index. Photo-illustrations. Blue textured boards with silver lettering & silver clouds, blindstamped design of a bi-plane on front board; striking Art Deco designed endpapers... More
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
New York: Hafner Publishing, 1960. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 4to. xvii, 695 pp; 696-1239 pp; 1240-1845 pp. Bibliography; Index. More than 700 Illustrations. Maroon boards with gilt lettering housed in publishers slipcase. Books are in fine condition; light wera to slipcase & 2" split at upper edge of open... More
San Francisco: Published by the author, 1905. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition, dated October 1905. Oblong 8vo. 38, [6] pp. Photographic illustrations of various buildings, parks and streets around San Francisco 6 months before the 1906 earthquake. Original green wrappers with gilt lettering & ruling. A fine copy of an... More
Nicasio, CA: Hawk Hill Press, 1997. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED by the authors. 4to. 303 pp. 336pp. Over 900 color photographs. Glossary; Bibliography; Index; 2 pp for notes at rear. Black cloth with red lettering in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy, as new. This title presents 123 contemporary... More
Bozeman, MT: Nygard Publishing Company, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Limited First Edition #84 of 250 copies. Oblong 4to. 126 pp. Chronology; Awards; Bibliography; List of 103 plates (3 black & white). SIGNED color print of "Flamenco Dancers" in portfolio volume. Text volume SIGNED on limitation page by Donald Teague; additionally inscribed... More
San Francisco: Whitaker & Ray Company, 1904. First edition. 4to. 228pp; 538pp. Frontispiece portraits; Illustrations; Map; Index. Original red cloth with glit lettering to spines; blindstamped portrait to front covers. Slight fading to spines; minor wear to extremities; a near fine set. An extensive history on the early development of... More
Monterey, CA: Jo Mora Trust, 2007. Limited Edition to 40 copies. Black & white pictographic map. Image size 21 14" x 28 1/2". Printed on 30lb. coated bond paper measuring 24" x 30". Includes signed provenance from the Jo Mora Trust. The original artwork for this carte was discovered several... More
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1889. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 8o. vii, 338 pp; 16 pp publisher's catalog. Wood-engraved frontispiece of "The Bund, Shanghai" with tissue guard, vignette of "The Little Orphan" on title page; fold-out map in blue and black. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt dragon and red &... More
Los Angeles: Suttonhouse, 1935. 1st. Hardcover. Limited Edition to 250 copies (this copy not numbered) SIGNED by Willy Pogany (illustrator) and all seven authors. 4to. 180, [1] pp. Seven mounted full-page color plates; in-text illustrations throughout. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, illustrated end-papers, in color illustrated dustjacket & publisher's color... More
New York: Whittlesey McGraw Hill, 1930. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 238 pp. 9 photo-plates (including frontispiece). Yellow cloth with black lettering to spine & front board, illustrated endpapers in yellow printed dustjacket. A near fine copy in very good dustjacket (darkening to spine; corners clipped with price intact; chips to extremities;... More
Honolulu: East-West Center Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 24 pp introductory text & illustrated book plus tan cloth covered accordion folding (orihon) book housed in publisher's box (lower corner split); else fine condition. Consists of reproductions of 4 scrolls depicting frolicking animals and people, attributed to Toba Sojo, which... More
Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1922. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. "Printed by order of the Board of Communications of the Chinese government."--Preface. 8vo. [4], 216 pp. Folding railway map of China; tables; diagrams. Red cloth with gilt & black lettering. A very good copy (some fading to covers, more so... More
Hartford, Conn: American Publishing Company, 1899. Leather bound. First Edition. The original prospectus with a reproduction of the title page for Volume II of "The Innocents Abroad" and the sample leather spine affixed inside rear cover. 16 photogravures (including frontispiece portrait of Twain) with titled tissue guards, complete. [20] pp... More
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1932. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 248 pp. Photo-illustrated plates, including frontispiece portrait of Kurten. Red cloth in pale grey & black printed dustjacket. Near fine (light foxing to page edges & inside front board) in very good dustjacket (darkening to spine; short closed tears; light... More
San Francisco: [Grabhorn Press], 1930. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition, Limited to 43 copies privately printed for Douglas S. Watson and SIGNED by him. 4to. (ii), (10) pp. With an original leaf in Spanish from "Relación Histórica de la Vida y Apostolicas Tareas del Venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra y.... More
New York: Henry Holt, 1884. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 313pp. Index. Frontispiece portrait engraving with tissue guard. Green cloth with gilt lettering & decoration; blindstamping to rear cover. Minor wear to extremities; light, general wear & soiling; decorative owner bookplate of James Strohn Copley, journalist and newspaper publisher of the San... More
Washington: John T. Towers, 1850. 1st. Hardcover. Presentation copy, on the front endpaper: "Hon. S. Cameron, with compliments of J. Ross Browne" in neat ink. 8vo. 479, [1], xlvi, [2] pp. Appendix (xlvi). Original brown blindstamped cloth; gilt lettering to spine. A very good copy (wear to extremities with corners... More