London: Punch Office and Bradbury & Evans, 1847-[1852]. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. (xii)320pp; (xii)304pp; (xii)308pp. 30 color steel engravings and 338 woodcuts by John Leech. Half-titles (The Comic History of England in red; The Comic History of Rome in black) and title pages in red and black, with vignette. Contemporary full..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1927. First Edition. Small 4to. [10], 223, [1] pp. 4 color plates (including frontispiece); black & white in-text illustrations. Blue cloth with gilt lettering & illustration; illustrated endpapers; in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (small hole to upper..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892. First Edition, Limited to 250 unnumbered copies. 8vo. 333 pp. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to front cover, gilt lettering on red leather spine label. Scraping to upper spine label affecting part of Jane Austen's name, faint offsetting from decorative bookplate on ffep, with light..... More
New York: James Miller, ca. 1870s. 8vo. 64, (2pp advertisements). With 90 black & white engravings. Dark green cloth with black blindstamping; color plate affixed to front cover; gilt decoration; green & black illustrated endpapers. Minor wear to extremities with corners starting; paper along front hinge starting; small tape to..... More
London: Simpkin Marshall Hamilton Kent & Co. Ltd., [1914]. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. 4to. xx, 286, [1] pp. Translated from the Italian by C. Mathews. Frontispiece portrait of the author; photo-illustrated plates. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering to front cover & spine; photo-illustrated plate affixed to front cover;..... More
Wausau, WI: Done into types at The Philosopher Press and published in Wausau Wisconsin by Van Vechten & Ellis, 1897. Gardner C. Teall. First Edition Thus, Limited Edition #26 of 333 copies. Half leather. The second publication of The Philosopher Press. Large 12mo. [93] pp; 9 illustrated plates, diagrams &..... More
New York: Vanguard Press, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 309 pp. Orange cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in fine dustjacket (light age toning to rear cover; minor wear to extremities). Basis for the1947 film of the same title starring Gladys George, who is best known for her role..... More
Sherman Oaks, CA: The Compulsive Printer, 1981. First Edition, Limited $15 of 75 copies. First Edition, Limited to 75 copies. 2 3/8 in. x 2 7/8 in. [38]pp. 3 wood block prints, numbered and signed by d'Ambrosio. Colophon: This edition has been set in Bulmer and printed on Ingres Oyster..... More
Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 1949. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. [88] pp. Includes 33 lithographs and 10 drawings. With a foreword by Carl Zigrosser. INSCRIBED "Cordial greetings from the/artist to ***/and ***/Caroline Durieux." Rust cloth in illustrated dustjacket.. A fine copy very good plus dustjacket (wear to extremities; two small tape..... More
Boston: Trustees under the Will of Mary Baker Eddy, ca. 1930. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Square 4to. 18 leaves, printed in Moon type. The first leaf is printed in Moon & English as a guide to the language. Printed and bound at the Braille Institute of America in Los..... More
San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1919. First Edition Thus, Limited to 250 copies (this being #179), SIGNED at colophon by Russell. Hardcover. Quarto; (xiv); 158pp. With an Introduction by Herbert Ingram Priestley. A Fine copy in original tan linen spine over blue-grey boards with printed paper spine label in Fine..... More
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1906. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. INSCRIBEd by the author. From the library of Adele Bechdolt, Carmel, with her signature in pencil. Small 8vo. 340 pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Brown cloth with design in black of palm leaves and white lettering on front..... More
New York: Stroefer & Kirchner, 1875. First American Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. Illustrated with 20 mounted albumen photographs (including frontispiece) after paintings from the Royal Picture Gallery in Dresden, each with an accompanying leaf of descriptive text. Index leaf. With comments by Julius Hübner; translated by J. Pond. Brown cloth..... 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
Covelo, CA: Yolla Bolly Press, 1993. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition, Limited to 175 copies, SIGNED by Garth Jeffers on limitation page in Volume 2. 8vo. Volume 1: The Building of Tor House, 34 pp.; Volume 2: Memories of Tor House, 38 pp. Written by Donnan Call Jeffers and illustrated..... 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
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 267pp. 22 illustrations by Jo Mora. Red cloth with black lettering and Jo Mora design to front cover in like dustjacket. A fine copy in very good plus dustjacket (darkening to spine and edges; wear to extremities; short..... 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
Chicago: A.C. McClurg and Company, 1891. 1st. Original cloth. First American Edition. Small octavo; 352pp in publisher's navy cloth lettered in grey to upper board and gold to spine. Slight extremity wear, owner stamp to fep (ffep may be excised) and name to half title, else a Near Fine copy..... More
Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum, 1988. 1st. Original cloth. First Edition. Quarto. (xv), 111 pages. Chronology and Bibliography.With essays by Harvey Jones and Mary Jean Haley, and a biographical chronology by Mildred Albronda. Beautiful color reproductions of Granville Redmond's drop-dead gorgeous landscape paintings. Black cloth in color printed dustjacket. A fine..... More
Fullerton, CA: Joe D'Ambrosio for Lorson's Books & Prints, 2002. First Edition Thus, Limited to 50 copies. SIGNED by Joe D'Ambrosio. Miniature book (2 3/4 x2"). The book opens with a purple & brown tissue butterfly pop up surrounded with the printed verse. Green floral cloth spine over green paper..... 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
San Francisco: Humble Publications, 1974. 1st. Paperback. 8 issues. 8vo. Various paginations. Illustrations. Light color illustrated wrappers in near fine condition. An uncommon run of early North Beach coffee house poetry. The "Coffee Gallery" was arguable the heart of the early North Beach Bohemian art movement. Here was the stage..... 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