San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1918. First Edition Thus. 8vo. vii, 282pp. Edited, with an introduction, by Porter Garnett. Illustrations by Maynard Dixon. Half-bound with rough-weave linen spines/tips & blue paper-wrapped boards; printed paper title labels to spine. Lightt age toning to spine; small chip to spine lable; minor wear to..... More
Monterey, CA: City of Monterey, 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Square 8vo. 94pp. Photo-illustrations; maps. Color printed stiff spiral bound wraps in fine condition. Uncommon history on area in Monterey which overlooks the original capital of Alta California having the distinction of being the only residential neighborhood in California continuously inhabited..... More
Bogota, Columbia: Ediciones Fondo Cultural Cafetero, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. INSCRIBED by the author on the first page. First edition. Small square octavo. 320pp, plus [xiv] pp of bibliography and index. Full color and black & white illustrations; photographs; drawings. White, black & blue colored stiff wrappers. Light wear to..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: University Art Museum, 1996. First Edition, Limited to 2500 copies. 4to. 174 pp. Illustrations. Stiff green printed softcover. Small number label affixed to lower spine else a fine copy. Catalog for exhibition held at the University of California, Santa Barbara, November 24, 1996 to February 2, 1997..... More
Carmel, CA: William A. Karges Fine Art, 1999. First Edition. Paperback. 4to. 63 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Bibliography. Introduction by Tom Burgess. Color illustrated wrappers in fine condition, as new still in shrinkwrap. The monograph on Walter Howlison Mackenzie "Zarh" Pritchard (1866 – 1956), a British-American artist..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1967. First Edition. Octavo; 94pp, facsimiles, maps. Fine copy in brown cloth; gilt-lettered spine. 600 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. Baja California Travel Series 9. More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1968. First Edition. Octavo; 93, [1]pp illustrations, facsimiles, map. Fine copy in lime green cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Consag mounted three expeditions (in 1746, 1751 and 1753) systematically exploring previously unknown parts of the Baja peninsula. 500 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; 76pp illustrations, facsimiles, maps (one folding). Fine copy in gold cloth with gilt-lettered spine and illustrated boards. Translation of Entrada a la Nación Chora. Includes bibliographical references and unpublished materials (pages 75-76); 500 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1975. First Edition. Octavo; 161pp, illustrations, cartographic endpapers. Slight rubbing, else a Fine copy in 1/2 grey cloth with gilt-lettered spine and illustrated boards. Travelers: Hernando de Alcarón -- Melchoir Diaz -- Juan de Oñate -- Eusebio Kino -- Francisco Garcés -- José Velásquez --..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; 143pp, illustrations, color map. Fine copy in blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. The narrative from the time their drifting began until their arrival in America, and their sojourn at the town of San José [del Cabo]--The account of the homeward voyage from..... More
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1953. First Edition. 12mo; 103pp; illustrations; Notes; Bibliography. A Near Fine copy in red-brown cloth with illustration of a steamer on front cover and silver lettering to spine. One of only 300 copies printed at the Cole-Holmquist Press in Los Angeles; binding by Earl Grey. Swiss-born..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1949. First Edition thus. 16mo; [2], v, [1, blank], 35pp. A Near Fine copy in blue cloth lettered in gold at spine (very slight fading; small previous owner initials). First book edition, first published in the Los Angeles Evening Express, 1878. Foster was a delegate..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2010. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. [44] pp, unpaginated. Color plates. Stiff tan wrappers in fine condition. Keepsake designed for the members of the Book Club of California. Includes brief biography of Mora and 16 color and 2 black & white images, with textual descriptions..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988. Hardcover. 8vo. 546pp. Index. Photo Illustrations. Signed by Ms. Black . Fine in Fine dust jacket. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
Monterey, CA: Hilleary and Petko, 1988. First Edition, Limited to 100 copies. Miniature book 2 1/2 x 2 1/4". 4 tipped-in etchings by George G. Sutherland (including frontispiece) of Eugene O'Neill; his wife, Carlotta Monterey; and of Tao House. Cream linen covered boards; purple endpapers; purple lettering to spine. A...... More
Hampshire: Nimrod Press, 1988. Small 4to. v, 126 pp. Black & white illustrations. Green cloth in cream, red & green illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy. Harrison Weir is recognised as one of the finest animal and bird artists ever produced in the U.K. His accurate and life-like portraits of Game..... More
[Read Country Books], [2013]. 8vo. 197 pp. Light brown printed softcover in fine condition. First published in 1911; in this book the author has undertaken to treat fully every subject pertaining to the Game Fowl in which the practical cocker and breeder may be interested. He has had over thirty..... More
Lima, Peru: Talleres Graficos de Serinsa, 2001. First Edition. 8vo. 260 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Bibliography. Color illustrated softcover in fine condition. Contents include: Historia del gallo de combate. Clasificación taxonómica del gallo de combate. Los ancestros de nuestros gallos de combate. Origen y difusión del gallo..... More
Reprint of an article originally appearing in the American Mercury May, 1929. 4to. 18 pp, printed single sided. Staplebound printed tan wrappers in fine condition. More
London: The Feathered World, 1937. First Edition. Small 8vo. 343 pp. Index. Illustrations; Business Advertisements. Includes (12) pp Illustrated Supplement: Best Books of the Year. Green illustrated cloth in good condition (wear to extremities; some fading & spotting to covers; rear hinge cracked; business card for Nichols Poultry Farm tipped..... More
Hampshire: Spur Publications, 1973. First Edition. Small 8vo. 61, (2) pp. Illustrations. Bibliography. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Minor wear; a near fine copy. The first book in the "Poultry Fanciers Library" More
West Sussex: Beech Publishing House, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. 159, (1) pp. Color and black & white illustrations. black cloth in yellow, color illustrated dustjacket. A near fine copy (slight rippling to first few pages; tap reinforcement along dustjacket front fold). An illustrated guide to the poems and prints which..... More
Quezon City, Philippines: Omar Publications, 1972. First Edition; A genuine and legal copy of this book bears a serial number and the signature of the author. 8vo. iii, 103 pp. Stiff blue wrappers with illustrated dustjacket. A near fine copy (bookseller label covers publisher name/location on title page. "... an..... More
Alton, Hampshire: Beech Publishing House, 1993. First Edition. Large 8vo. 138 pp. Two color plates; black & white illustrations. Modern Cockfighter's Dictionary; Bibliography. Green cloth with illustration of a cockfighter on front cover; lettering on spine. A fine copy. A survey and analysis of the sport of cockfighting in Britain..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1972. First Hardcover Edition. 8vo. 247 pp. Yellow cloth in illustrated dustjacket. A very good copy (spotting to front board; wear to dustjacket extremities with small paper loss along lower edge of front & rear cover). "... a probing analysis of a man caught in the..... More