New York: Fleet Street Corporation, 1984. 1st. Hardcover. [1984]. 8vo. 304pp. Photo-illustrations. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine in white photo-illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy (two minor pencil notations) in fine dustjacket (short closed tear to upper rear). The biography of a multidimensional man whose life was one of... More
London: William Heinemann, 1937. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. ix, 324 pp. Illustrations; photographic reproductions. As told to Manuel Chaves Nogales; translated from the Spanish and with a note on bullfighting by Leslie Charteris. Orange cloth with gilt lettering in publishers color illustrated dustjacket. A very good copy; chips and... More
Bishop Museum Press, 1911. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Volume III (text volume only, does not include the portfolio). 4to. iv, 473 pp. Color frontispiece; 48 plates (most black & white, some sepia tone and 1 color). Brown wrappers with black lettering & decoration to front cover. Wear to extremities;... 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
Middletown, CT. Wesleyan University Press, 1971. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 409pp. Bibliography; Index. Photo-illustrations. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (price-clipped; minor wear to extremities). Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence and of the Articles of Confederation, was one of the most influential and least known statesmen of revolutionary... More
Salt Lake City: Crockwell (for the Albertype Co., NY), 1893. 1st. Hardcover. Oblong 12 mo. [2] pp. 14 (of 16) plates of views, some with multiple images, picturing the town, hotels, churches, the opera house, people, government buildings, and private residences. Original gilt-stamped cordovan boards, stab-stitched tied. The last two... More
New York: Assouline, 2016. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED by the author, Ken Gross; and the photographer, George Saitas. First Edition. 4to. 168 pp. Over 100 striking color photo-reproductions. Black cloth in color printed dustjacket. A fine, new copy. "...the first book dedicated to a legend finding new life under... 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
7 1/4 x 9 3/4". Black & white original photograph of Don Lorenzo Hubbell standing by a tree in front of his home in Ganado, Arizona. From his appearance, the photograph most likely was taken ca. 1920. Pencil notations on the verso indicate that Hubbell’s wife is buried near the... More
Honolulu, HI: American Factors, Ltd. 1949. 1st. Print. Complete set of 10 color images (single sheets, suitable for framing). 18" x 14" Housed in publisher's titled envelope with printed bi-fold brochure & single page essay titled "Peter Hurd Paints Hawaii for Hawaii" by Frank Fredericks (reprinted from The Art Digest... More
New York: Prentice Hall, 1993. 1st. Paperback. First Edition; 8vo. xii, 415 pp. Bibliography; Index; Figures; Examples. Stiff wrappers in near fine condition (fading to spine; light wear to extremities; corners lightly bumped). Partial evaluation reconciles generality with efficiency by providing automatic specialization and optimization of programs. Proceeding from a.... More
Austin: State Democratic Executive Committee of Texas, 1963. 1st. Paperback. First Edition folio; 2pp. Near Fine copy w/slight rubbing. Only one institutional holding (Baylor University). Next day shipping. Celebrating our 20th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request. More
Harbor Springs, MI: Printed and published at the Holy Childhood Indian School, 1897. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. large 8vo. [4], xci, 516, [1]. Frontispiece; 50 illustrations (most full-page). Original pebbled dark brown cloth with gilt lettering; illustrated endpapers. Light wear & rubbing else a fine copy. "The most complete... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1893. Owen, Juliette A.; Wain, Louis. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. xv, 310pp, [2]pp publisher's advertisements. Black & white in-text illustrations by Juliette A. Owen and Louis Wain. Brown cloth covered boards; black and red titles and illustration to front board; red titles the spine... More
San Francisco: Pillsbury Picture Company, 1910. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Small oblong 8vo. [20] leaves bearing 10 tipped-in original Pillsbury photographs (with captions) of Yosemite and environs. Publisher's photo-illustrated stapled wrappers. An early and scarce photographic pamphlet on Yosemite; no copies located in OCLC and unknown to the Yosemite... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1919. 1st. Hardcover. 12mo. 43pp. Orange and white paper boards with repeating design of doves and bombs with fuses lit; black lettering in the scarce matching dustjacket. A near fine copy in a very good dustjacket (minor wear to extremities; slight fading to spine; darkening... 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
Worchester, England: Grant Books, 200. 1st. Full Leather. First Edition, Limited #15 of 200 hand-numbered copies. SIGNED by Simmonds, Bonallack and Campbell on the limitation page 8vo. (xvi) 280pp. Color frontispiece; numerous black & white photo-illustrations. Foreword by Sir Michael Bonallack; Afterword by William C. Campbell. Beautifully bound in full... More
San Francisco: Britton & Rey, 1889. 1st. Print. 24" x 17." Single sheet depicting 9 black & white photographic images of Stanford University buildings under construction prior to its opening in 1891. Light foxing else a fine and uncommon print; we locate only two copies at Stanford University, 1 copy... More
New York: Longmans & Green, 1942. Berry, Erick. 1st. Hardcover. First edition. 8vo. viii, 248pp, including baking recipes. Black & white illustrations by Berry Erick; illustrated end papers. Green cloth covered boards with black illustration to front cover and lettering to spine; illustrated endpapers; in original illustrated dustjacket. A fine... More
New York: Paul B. Hoeber Inc. 1928. 1st. Original boards. First Edition. 4to. xxvii, 473; xv, [3], 477-1120 pp. Bibliography; Index. 557 illustrations (some in color); tables. Foreword by Henry Fairfield Osborn. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, illustrated endpapers. LIght, general wear; owner name; a very good set. With chapters... More
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1942. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. 288 pp. Orange cloth with black lettering. A very good copy (owner name; light wear to extremities, more so to spine ends; slight fading to spine; light soiling), still a nice copy of the uncommon first edition of this classic work... More
San Francisco: Walker's Manual, Inc. 1954. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 255pp. Index to Advertisers. Register Volume No. 1352, date and subscriber name noted inside rear board. Original green cloth with gilt lettering. A near fine copy (minor dampstaining to first third of books' upper page edges & corners; small dampstain to... 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