New York: Reporter Publications, 1949 - 1976. First Editions. Folio. Various paginations. Contains a variety of fabric swatches, color and black & white illustrations, and advertisements. Issues included: 9, 12, 19, 22-27, 34, 55-57, 81, 83-84, 87-88, 91, 94-96, 106-170. Stiff color illustrated softcovers in Uniformly near fine condition (light..... More
Chicago & New York: Rand McNally & Co., (1920). 12mo. 32 pp text; large color folding map (20 1/2 x 27 1/2"); printed on both sides. The front side shows railroads, electric lines, steam and electric, counties, cities, towns, villages, post offices, lakes, rivers, etc. The verso shows the Montana..... More
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
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
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1928. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. 305 pp. 32 photo-illustrated plates. Green cloth in cream dustjacket with photo-reproduction of three lions on front cover. Near fine (minor wear to extremities; small dampstain inside front cover) in very good dustjacket (chips & short closed tears; wear to extremities;..... More
New York: S.A. Rollo & Co., 1859. Later edition with the same text as the first edition published in 1850. Original cloth. This copy was owned by William H. Brewer, noted author of "Up and Down the California Coast in 1860-1864" with his signature on ffep. Small 8vo. [2 leaves]..... More
Tientsin, China: Chihli Press, 1931. First Edition. ISCRIBED "To my friend and fellow numismatic/Howard F. Bowker/from Arthur B. Coole/Nov. 11, 1949". Under the inscription, the author has written his name in Chinese. 4to. 110 pp. 2 large folding maps (1 loose at rear as issued); numerous photo-illustrations; some text in..... More
New York and London: George D. Sproul, 1902. 1st. Leather bound. First Edition Thus; Autograph Variorum Edition. Introduction by Percy Fitzgerald and SIGNED by him; Bibliographhical Note by F. G. Kitton and SIGNED by him; three original copper-engraved frontispieces SIGNED by the illustrator, Harry Furniss (volumes I, III, and V)..... 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
New York: Henry Holt, 1945. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition, trade issue. INSCRIBED in year of publication "Robert Frost/to/***/1945." 8vo. 23 pp. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (light wear to spine ends; short tear to upper front..... 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
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, Printed at the Riverside Press, Cambridge, 1892. First Edition with Illustrations by Howard Pyle. 8vo. 78, [1] pp. Printed on rectos only. Full page and in-text iIlustrations by Howard Pyle. Tan suede with brown lettering & decoration, gilt lettering to spine, black endpapers; in..... 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
San Francisco: Adelyn Brickley Jones, (1924). SIGNED "With Oblong 12mo. [8] pp of photographs by W.E. Worden. Original brown wrappers, title in gilt, with a photoprint of the Ferry Building mounted on front cover. A fine copy. A charming booklet illustrated with photographs of San Francisco accompanied by highly decorative..... 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
Sacramento: State Office, 1889. First Edition. Octavo; 252pp: 14 plates illustrating 17 olives varietals plus budding and grafting techniques. Fine copy in publisher's black cloth lettered in gold. More
New York: Dodd Mead, 1938. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED by John Steinbeck on card affixed to ffep. 8vo. 527 pp. Index. black & white photo-illustrated plates. Black cloth in photo-illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy with a hint of wear (dustjacket flap corners clipped). 19th Annual Issue. Includes "Of Mice..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. 2nd. Hardcover. "Published October 10, 1938; first and second printings before publication." 8vo. 631, [1] pp. Teal cloth with gilt lettering in color illustrated dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (price-clipped; wear, chips and short closed tears to extremities, moreso to spine ends;..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark, 1938. First edition. 4to. 182pp. Illustrations by Hernando Villa. Orange cloth with black lettering to spine in scarce pictorial dustjacket. Minor wear to lower corners else fine in very good dustjacket (chips along upper edge; cover separated along front joint & flap; darkening to spine). One..... More
[Peking]: Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. 2 preliminary leaves, 53 black & white photographic plates with various views of temples, gardens & landscapes, public & private buildings throughout China. List of plates in English & Chinese. Blue cloth with gilt lettering in English & Chinese and elaborate..... More
New York: M. Witmark & Sons, (1936). First edition in English, "especially revised by the author" 8vo. xvi, 363 pp. Index. Translated by Lyle & Eleanor Dowling. Blue cloth with gilt lettering in publisher's brown & yellow dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (wear to extremitie with 1/4" loss..... More
Monte-Carlo: Editions Andre Sauret, 1984. 1st. Hardcover. 4to. 250 pp. Text in French. Preface by Robert Marteau. Color plates; black & white illustrations. Cream linen with black lettering in blue & black illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (light wear to extremities & upper edge). Next day..... More
Privately Printed, 1938. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies, this being No. 448. 4to. [16] pp (on double leaves, untrimmed). Designed and set in Hammer Unciale type by the author. Beautifully illustrated throughout by E. C. Line. Printed in 29 colors and gold initials on Roma paper made by hand..... More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1897. New Edition Revised and Compared with the Latest Authorities by Maria Hornor Lansdale. 8vo. 510 pp. Index; large folding color map at rear. Illustrated plates with titled tissue guards. Elaborate gilt decorated maroon cloth;ribbon marker; top edge gilt; in publisher's maroon cloth gilt-lettered..... More