Baltimore: H. Niles, 1811-1815. First Edition. 8vo. Various paginations. Vol I: No. 1-26; Vol II: No. 27-41, 44-52; Vol III: No. 1-16, 18 plus Appendix; Vol IV: No. 1-12, 14-26 (missing pg. 329-330) with map of the Rapids of Miami and Appendix; Vol V: No. 1-16 with Index and Appendix;..... More
bostonBoston: Little Brown and Company; A New York Graphic Society Book, 1983. 1st. First Edition.SIGNED by Ansel Adams on half-title page. 8vo. x, [2], 210 pp. Index. Black & white photo-reproductions. Black cloth with silver lettering to spine in photo-illustarated dustjacket. A fine copy, as new. Book 3 of The..... More
(New York): Printed at the Porcupine Press by Pasquin Petronius, 1807. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition 8vo. xv, [1], 331, [11] pp. Illustrated with 8 engraved plates, including frontispiece and title page. Contemporary brown leather with gilt decoration & lettering on red label to spine. Wear to extremities; rubbing to..... More
Shanghai: American Women's Club, 1921, 1922-1923. First Edition. 8vo. [4], 256, [4pp advertisements] pp. Blue cloth & tan paper covered boards, tied with silk ribbon; black lettering on front cover; covering stiff brown wrappers with black lettering. Wera to extremities; spotting & darkening to covers; a very good copy. The..... More
1983-1992. Archive includes: 8" x 10" hand colored image of Jimmy Lewis standing in front of an Olympia Beer truck "The Worlds Greatest Beer Truck Driver" with handcolored mailing envelope to Mr. & Mrs James Lewis from John Best; 4 1/2" x 6" hand colored Christmas card with envelope; 6..... More
Beverly Hills, CA: Beverly Hills Woman's Club, 1929. 1st. Cloth. 8vo. 189pp. Illustrated with woodcut title headpieces and black & white full-page advertisements. Black & grey illustrated cream cloth. Introduction by Will Rogers. Compiled by the Book Section Beverly Hills Womans Club. Cover design and illustrations Vivian V. Robeson. Recipes..... More
London: The Babylonian and Oriental Record, 1889?-1894. First Edition. Octavo; 258pp. A Very Good copy (assembled from Lacouperie's serial publication in The Babylonian and Oriental Record over a period of 5 years or so and hand-numbered; occasional marginal penciling) in later rose cloth; spine lettered in gold. It was Lacouperie's..... More
London: Arrowsmith, 1929. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. xii, 532 pp. 9 black & white plates (including 4 from wood-engravings of drawings by Lady S. Murray). Green cloth in green dustjacket with black ruling & lettering; map endpapers. Near fine in good plus dustjacket (separated along rear joint; some loss to spine..... More
New York: Random House, 1941. First Edition. Original cloth. "Inscribed with love to Leslie Roos - Sincerely, Robinson Jeffers. Hollow Hills Farm, May 1943." 8vo. 156 pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering in publisher's dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (price-clipped; age toning). "Like much of Jeffers' previous..... More
Kyoto: Kansainaiki Co. (manufacturer), N.d. First Edition. Oblong 8vo (8 1/2 x 10 1/2"). 50 pp of color paper samples. Illustrated covers. A very good copy (wear to extremities; 3" closed tear to upper corner with small triangle loss of paper; handwritten page numbers in upper corner). Uncommon sample book..... More
Berkeley: Heyday Books, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by Tom Killion. Oblong 8vo. Beautifully illustrated with Killion's color and black & white woodcuts. Tan linen cloth in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy in like dustjacket. The result of a unique collaboration between Killion and Snyder, both lifelong lovers of..... More
London: William Ball & Co, 1841. First Edition. 8vo. xii, 342 pp. Woodcut frontispiece & in-text illustrations. Publisher's blindstampedbrown cloth with gilt illustration of a Chinese person on front cover; gilt illustration on spine. A good copy (2 1/2" loss of cloth at spine head; splitting of cloth along front..... More
Arroyo Grande, CA: Garland Publishing Company, 1965. First Edition. Original wrappers. 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 a...... More
Glendale: Arthur C. Clark, 1974. 1st. Original cloth. INSCRIBED by Magnussen in the year of publication. First Edition. 8vo. 339pp, including appendices, bibliography and index with lists of officers under Terry & Custer's command. Black & white illustrations; maps; photographs; large fold-out map frontispiece. Single page prospectus laid in. Blue..... 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. Fine condition. The carte will be shipped unframed. The..... More
Victoria, B.C. Printed by William H. Cullin, 1914. 1st. Hardcover. PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION by W. A. Newcombe, son of the author who assisted him with this book. First Edition. 8vo. 69pp. 8 map plates (one folding) protected with descriptive tissue guards. From the library of noted naturalist and author, Harry Schelwald..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. First Edition. INSCRIBED "For my friend & pupil, Jerry/with hopes that this book/will help you/enjoy this great game/of golf to its fullest./I look forward to lots of better golf for you, and/association./Harvey Penick." Inscription date of 5/22/92. Small 8vo. 175 pp. Introductions by Tom..... More
Karachi: Orangi Pilot Project, 2002. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. Oblong 8vo. Vol I: 507pp, +7pp survey guidelines; Vol II: 472pp. Black and grey-tone illustrations throughout; city layouts. Color illustrated boards. Light wear to extremities; small previous school label in each volume else a fine set. Volume One: The First Hundred..... More
Basel & Boston: Birkhauser, 1994. 2nd. Original cloth. Reprint of Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. Large oblong 4to. 437 pp. Includes bibliographical references and index. Illustrations; plans; drawings (most black & white, some color). Light grey linen cloth with black stamped illustration & lettering in publisher's white cardboard slipcase. Light..... More
Newtown, Powys: Gwasg Gregynog, 1993. First Edition. Leather bound. Limited Edition of 400 copies, this being one of twenty copies sold as sheets and privately bound by Pacific Northwest bookbinder, Derek Lowe. Tall 8vo. 150, [4] pp. Title page, illustrations in red & black by Quentin Blake, Hans-Joachim Burgert, Michael..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1969. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. (vii), 132 black & white reproductions of calligraphed texts from France, Germany, Britain, and Iberia with descriptions on facing pages. Printed by W. S. Cowell Ltd. at the Butter Market, Ipswich. Green cloth with gilt lettering, upper page edges stained..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901. First Edition. An emotional manuscript sentiment by Washington "We lift ourselves up in proportion as we lift others, we degrade ourselves in proportion as neglect or oppress others. Booker T. Washington. Oct. 20, 1901" is written on a slip of paper affixed to..... More
San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1949. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies. Hardcover. Quarto; unpaginated (complete as issued); 1 photo, 5 facsimiles, some on colored paper; chronological index, appendix. Original 1/4 red linen and red and gold illustrated paper-covered boards. A fine copy. The classic bibliography containing 241 annotated entries..... More
Elk River, MN: Track of the Wolf, 2001. First Edition. 4to. 192 pp. Numerous illustrations of guns, with makers identified. Includes brief biographies of gunmakers. Index. Glossy blue illustrated boards in fine, as new, condition, without dustjacket as issued. More