London; Hong Kong: Sampson Low, Marston and Company; Kelly & Walsh, Ld. 1892. First Edition. Octavo; (iii), 419, xiii pp. Index. A Very Good copy in brown cloth lettered in gold; errata slip tipped in at rear. Ball was considered the most capable and knowledgeable European speaker of Cantonese of..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1896. First English Edition, preceded by the American edition, published one month earlier. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author. Smal octavo. 204pp + 4pp publisher's advertisements. Frontispiece of the author's mother (with tissue guard), about whom the book was written. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in beautiful..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1853. First U.S. Edition. Original cloth. Small 8vo. viii, [1], 10-301 pp + 6pp advertisements at rear. Translated from the French, With a Supplementary Chapter, Narrating the Most Recent Events, by John Oxenford. folding map of the Provinces of China Covered by the Insurrection from..... More
Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1815. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. Octavo; xv, 506, [2 ads]pp. Index. Rebound in tan buckram, text damp-stained throughout with grey spotting to lower margins, ink note to ffep and rfep, which has a 2-inch closed tear, else Very Good. 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
Newtown, Powys: Gwasg Gregynog, 2004. First Edition. Leather bound. Limited Edition to 215 copies, this being #41 of 200 unbound sheets privately bound by Pacific Northwest bookbinder, Derek Lowe. 4to. 96 pp. Color plates, including 1 fold-out at rear. Striking black full morocco with elaborate red morocco griffen design on..... More
Washington DC: Wendell and Van Benthuysen, 1848. 1st. The House issue of the Emory report, including the reports of J.W. Abert, Joseph Johnston, and Philip St. George Cooke. 8vo. 614pp. 62 lithographic plates; 3 battle plans; 3 folding maps (including the large map of New Mexico Territory, not often found..... More
New York: Little, Brown and Co., 1939. 1st. Hardcover. First American Edition. 8vo. 294 pp. Dark blue cloth with orange lettering & illustration in color illustrated dustjacket designed by Roland F. Cosimini. Fading to spine ends & light foxing else near fine in very good dustjacket (wear to extremities with..... More
Saint Louis: Missouri Historical Society, 1916. 2nd. Original boards. Second Edition, Limited to 365 copies; reprint of the very rare 1846 original edition printed in Waterloo, Illinois. 8vo. 316pp, [i]p of publisher's advertisements. Black & white tissue-guarded illustrative plates; map. Frontispiece and facsimile of 1846 title page included. Quarter black..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1907. 2nd. Original cloth. INSCRIBED by the author to Harold A. Taylor to the half-title page. Second edition. 8vo. xxi, 268pp + [3] advertisements pp. Bibliography. Black & white photo-illustrations (including frontispiece with tissue guard). Biege cloth covered boards; red, white, and brown illustration to..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. First Edition. Includes a personal inscription from Robinson Jeffers to Lester Donahue; a handwritten postcard to Mr. Donahue from Una & Robin; two original black & white photographs of Jeffers dated 1934, one showing Robinson & his two sons riding horses; an undated &..... More
Tientsin: La Librairie Francaise, 1925. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 8vo. xxvii, 401 pp. Three large folding maps at rear. Black & white illustrations. Publisher's tan cloth with black lettering. A very good copy (bumping & light wear to extremities; some rippling & soiling to covers). Karamisheff, was a Russian..... 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). More
San Francisco, CA: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1927. First Edition Thus, Limited to 260 copies; this copy unnumbered/signed. Hardcover. 4to. xiv, 158 pp. Folding map; facsimiles of original German and English edition title-pages, 2 portraits (of Langsdorff and Rezanov), 5 plates from engravings in the original German..... More
Koror, Palau Islands: Privately Printed, 1954. First Edition. Personally INSCRIBED by the author. 8vo. 55, [1] pp. Woodcut illustrations by Adachi, Marino and Tatsuo. Covers designed by the author and Adachi. Printed wrappers in very good condition. An uncommon regional cookbook; only 4 copies located in OCLC. Includes recipes of..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1958. First Edition, Limited #96 of 320 copies. Hardcover. First Limited Edition #96 of 320 copies. SIGNED by Saul and Lillian Marks, Irene and W.W. Robinson, and Lawrence Clark Powell. 4to. 86pp. Eighteen color illustrations by Irene Robinson; additional illustrations in one color or black;..... More
London: Printed by J. M'Creery and Sold by J. Edwards, 1795. First Edition. Leather bound. Two volumes. Vol.I: Frontispiece engraved portrait with tissue guard, [2], [1], (ii- xxvi), 320 pp; 136 pp Appendix. Vol. II: [3], 4-312; BOUND With 'Poesie Del Magnifico Lorenzo de Medici, Tratte da Testi a Penna..... More
New York: William Morrow, 1944. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 281 pp. Blue cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. Small bumping to upper front corner; slight fading to edges else a near fine copy in very good dustjacket (corner tips clipped but price intact; chipping to spine..... More
Amsterdam: Chez J. H. Schneider, 1766. New edition; Corrected and Expanded. Leather bound. 12mo. [4], vi, 213, [1] pp. Half-title; engraved frontispiece and vignette on title page; 22 original hand-colored folding maps and 2 folding plates. "Avec Nouveau Traité de la Sphere"with the same imprint, maps numbered XXIII and XXIV..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. First Edition. 8vo. 438 pp. Introduction by Bernard DeVoto. Spectacular fold-out panoramic view of the Canyon; illustrated plates. Near fine (some splitting along fold lines of fold-out panorama) in very good dustjacket (some wear to extremities, moreso to spine ends with chipping). In this fascinating..... More
Berkeley: Shambala Publications, Inc., 1973. First English Edition. INSCRIBED on half title "Henry Miller, my friend,/giving you this book/is one of the happy/days of my life/C.S./Pac. Pal. 16 May 73". Octavo; 116pp; Translation of Le vrai mystère de la passion de Judas./ Includes bibliographical references. Very Good copy in publisher's..... More
Oakland: Mills College, 1934-1941. First Edition. Square 8vo. Various paginations. Black & white plates. Advertisements. Orignal color wrappers bound in to dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Fine condition. An uncommon & complete collection of the Friends of Far Eastern Art at Mills College exhibiton catalogs; oddly, no..... More
Ashland, OR: Published by the author, 1909. 1st. Hardcover. 12mo. 147pp. Portrait frontispiece. INSCRIBED by the author. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to front board; near fine (light spotting; minor wear to extremities). The author's best known and scarce work on regional geology, natural resources, and mountain scenery. Watson—attorney..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1942. First Edition. Original cloth. Limited to 300 copies. Folio. [8], ix-xlii, [2], 3-152, [1] pp. Illustrated wtih 26 maps, of which 10 are in color and 17 are folding. Bound in natural linen, light brown cloth spine, white spine label printed in red. Light fading..... More