[Tokyo]: No date. Original boards. Small oblong 16mo. Accordion fold book with 24 pp color illustrations. Text in English and Japanese. Green & gilt paper covered boards with illustrated & printed title label to front cover; all edges silver. Small scrape to title label else fine. The story of the..... More
Southern Pacific Lines, ca. 1950s. Poster measures approximately 23 x 16" (27 x 20 overall on linen backing). Black & white photographic image of the 18th hole on the Pebble Beach Golf Course with blue and black lettering. The photographer is unknown. A small crowd is watching the golfers on..... More
E. B. Lewis, distributor, ca. 1880s. Leporello album (3 1/4 x 5"). 12 captioned photolithographic images of various buildings in early San Jose. Gold embossed dark green covers, red cloth spine. Minor wear else a fine copy of this scarce tourist souvenir; we find only two copies of this size..... 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
Valencia: Joseph y Tomas de Orga, 1787. First Edition Thus. Octavo; 90pp (of which 60 pages are prologue) plus Index at rear. Near Fine copy in orginal pigskin lettered at spine. A scarce, early work of Despreau's poetry. The poetic art of Nicolas Boileau Despreau, translated from French verse into..... More
Leningrad: The Academy of Sciences Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo; 107, viipp. Near Fine copy in later green leatherette; original printed wrappers bound in at rear. Text in Russian, Chinese and partial English; 3-page English summary at rear. Transactions of the Marr Institute of Language and Mentality Vol..... More
Palo Alto: Pacific Books, 1950. First Edition. 4to. 159 pp. Bibliography. Illustrations of music chords, dance forms, and costumes. Green cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy, as new. "By going direct to the old timers who still remembered the original dances of early California days and their music..... More
Fort Riley, Kansas: The Cavalry School, Army of the United States, 1924. 1st. Leatherette. First Edition. 4to. 168pp plus 12 plates (shadow images of horse/rider at polo, jumping, etc. by York von Riedel) on heavy stock at rear; photo-reproductions, illustrations, advertisments throughout. A Near Fine copy (faint foxing to plates..... More
Detroit, MI: Published by the author, 1899. 1st. Hardcover. 12mo. 202 pp. Portrait frontispiece. Publisher's brown leatherette spine over illustrated paper boards; floral endpapers. Owner notation indicates this copy was purchased, in person, from the author on Jan. 1, 1900. A very good copy (wear to extremities; some paper loss..... More
[Oregon House, CA]: The Petrarch Press, 1994. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition Thus, Limited to 100 copies, 60 special copies printed on handmade Alcantara paper, SIGNED and numbered by Laura Davis, this being copy #20; and 40 unnumbered copies on all-rag Arches text and Fabriano Ingres. small 8vo (5 x...... More
Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1915. First Edition. Complete in three volumes. 4to. 466, 480, viii, 505-935 pp. Illustrated with portraits and photographic plates (with tissue guards). Vol. I: Historical Information; Vol. II & III: Biographical Information, with Index. Three-quarter maroon leather with maroon moire cloth covered boards; gilt lettering..... More
SIGNED by the poet. 19" x 8" broadside in simple & handsome wood frame (20" x 9"). The broadside depicts a conversation between General Putnam and Death regarding the various times Putnam evaded Death until he no longer could. Arthur Guiterman (1871 – 1943) was an American writer best known..... More
Louisville, KY: Jobson Printing & Mfg. Co., ca. 1909. 1st. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author to a member of the tour group. 8vo. [104] pp. Handcolored illuminated title page. Red decorative borders & ruling to each page; red & black initials. 22 tipped-in duotone photo-illustrations depicting scenery, people, various..... 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
Shanghai: The Commercial Press, 1935. 1st. Original boards. First Edition. 8vo. xxi, 245 pp. Statistical tables; maps; fold-out tables. Index. Text in English. Black pebbled cloth with gilt lettering in grey dustjacket with black lettering. Decorative bookplate with name in English and Chinese. Rear hinge partially cracked; fainting offsetting to..... More
Spokane, Wash. W. D. Allen, 1926. First Edition Thus; the "Big Bend Edition" limited to 105 copies of which 100 copies are SIGNED and numbered by the author, this being #72. 8vo. 35 [2]pp. Frontispiece group portrait of Big Bend pioneers; photo-illustration at rear of the first post office in..... 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
[Tucson]: [Saltbush Studio], 1991. First printing of this format. Quarto broadside (32 x 21 cm). SIGNED by Ward Ritchie; INSCRIBED by Powell for his occasional publisher of later years, Noel Young of the Capra Press. Designed by Ward Ritchie and printed at Saltbursh Studio for the occasion of Powell's 85th..... 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
New York: Dodd Mead, 1911. First U.S. Edition. 8vo. 514 pp. 4 black & white illustrated plates by Maynard Dixon. A fine copy in about near fine dustjacket (wear to extremities & along joints; minor creasing along lower front edge). Robert William Service (1874 - 1958) was a British-Canadian poet..... More
[San Jose]: 1916. First Edition. Original stiff brown wrappers. 8vo. 68 pp. Laid in are several old newspaper articles (with corresponding offsetting), among them an April 4, 1937 San Jose Mercury Herald printing of a 1912 photograph of 20 'distinguished pioneers' including Stephens. The author's March 2, 1921 death notice..... 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
chicago: The Caxton Club, 1911. First Edition Limited to 300 copies. 1pp TLS tipped inside front board. 4to. xviii, [1] - 204pp. 181 illustrations (including 8 plates). Edited with Historical Introduction, Original Latin Text with English Translation on Opposite Pages and Notes; Bibliography; Index. Printed on English hand-made paper. Vellum..... More
Morongo Valley, CA: Sagebrush Press, 1984. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition Thus.Limited to 999 copies. 4to. 109pp. Foreword by Ardis Manly Walker. Newly constructed Index; Bibliography. Fold out map; five plates, chapter head piece illustrations. Rust cloth in illustrated dust jacket. A fine copy. One of the earliest biographies of this..... More