Carmel, CA: Monterey County Archaeological Society, 1972. First Edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 48 pp. Photographic reproductions. Black & white photo-illustrated wrappers in near fine condition (light spotting to rear cover). Gary Breschini (1946-2018) was a historian and expert on the local area’s Native American people and lands. As an archaeologist... More
Carmel, CA: Monterey County Archaeological Society, 1973. First Edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 55, [1] pp. Photo-reproductions of lost adobes. black & white illustrated wrappers in near fine condition (light rubbing on lower front cover; previous owner stamp). More
Carmel, CA: Antiquities Research Publications, 1981. First Edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 55, [1] pp. Illustrations; maps; plot plans. Black & white illustrated wrappers in near fine condition (small previous owner initial; light age toning). More
Carmel, CA: Antiquities Research Publications, 1975. First Edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 71 pp. Illustrations; maps. Bibliography. Photographic credits go to Mildred Waltrip and Steve Crouch. Black & white illustrated wrappers in fine condition. An Archaeological History of the Monterey Peninsula. More
Carmel, CA: Antiquities Research Publications, 1978. First Edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 80 pp. Illustrations. Stiff illustrated wrappers in fine condition. "This treatise is intended to give the reader a facsimile view of Mexican land grants through caligraphy, cartography, cattle brands, and rare pictures of land owners and places." - Acknowledgements. More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1972. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. 254, [16] pp. Bibliography; List of Ranchos of Monterey County; Index. Many photo illustrations; map endpapers. Fine in near fine dustjacket (fading to spine; minor wear to extremities). A comprehensive and readable account of the history of Monterey, from the Native... More
New York: Doubleday, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to. xxxvi, [3], 183; [1], 185-383 pp. With photographs with tissue guards throughout (45 by Edward Curtis), 39 color plates with tissue guards; in-text illustrations, and 5 maps (1 fold-out showing routes of Alaska and the United States). Includes list of members... More
Santa Clara/Spokane: CA. Mission Studies Assn./Arthur H. Clark Co., 2004. First Edition, Limited to 150 Hardcover copies. Hardcover. Octavo, 153 pp. Illustrations. Notes; Glossary; Refereces Cited; Index. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Original tan cloth stamped in burgundy on front cover and spine. Fine condition, as new. The diary and copybook... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Folio; xii; 105pp. 6 page index. 41 illustrations and black & white photo reproductions. Limited to 450 copies, this copy is in Fine condition. More
Kestrel Press: Carmel Valley, CA, 1991. 2nd. Hardcover. 4to. 737pp. Bibliography; Index. With more than 2700 place name entries, 4000 cross references, 610 bibliographic references and 525 map references and citations. Red cloth with gilt lettering; map endpapers in publisher's red printed dustjacket. Near fine (minor splaying to boards) in... More
Vancouver, BC: Charles Van Sandwyk Fine Arts, [no date]. Music / audio compact disc. Housed in gold & black illustrated folding case. A fine copy, as new. Includes favorite, old time classics such as Grandfather's clock, Quality Time, Healing Hands of Time, the Imperial Clock, Star Dust and As Time... More
University of Oklahoma Press, 2010. 1st. Paperback. First Edition. 4to. 160 pp color and black & white illustrations. Stiff color printed paperback in fine condition; as new. still in shrinkwrap. An acclaimed rawhide braider of horse gear, Luis Ortega elevated his craft to collectible art and influenced a generation of... More
Santa Ynez & Los Angeles: Dos Lindas Publishing, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. 26, [1] pp. Photo-illustrations (most in color). Stiff color printed wrappers in fine condition. Luis B. Ortega (1897-1995) is known as the world’s best and foremost rawhide braider. A fifth generation Californian, Ortega traced his ancestry to... More
Osaka, Japan: Published by the author, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 36 pp. Text in English & Japanese. Striking color serigraph illustrations accompanied by Earle's poetry. Glossy paper covered boards in color printed dustjacket. Fine in fine dustjacket; still in original plastic sleeve. An unusual title on Earle's works; as... More
Monterey, CA: Jo Mora Publications, 1945. Color pictographic map. Image size 24 3/8" x 18 1/4". short closed tear to upper edge else fine condition; colors are strong and bright. This was the second and smaller California map Jo Mora drew as well as his last map. The Del Monte... More
Carmel, CA: Published by the author, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. SIGNED by Sharon Lawrence. 4to. 55 pp. Photo-illustrations of early Carmel.Publisher's photo-illustrated wrappers. small stain to front cover else fine. Louis S. Slevin was the first photographer to shoot a full range of black & white images of the fledgling... More
New York: Random House, 1934. First American Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 767, [1] pp. Foreword by Morris Ernst. Cream cloth with red and black lettering. Dampstaining to covers; minor wear to extremties; internally clean; a very good copy. Ulysses is a modernist novel by Irish writer James Joyce. It was first... More
New York: Stage Publishing Company, Inc., 1936. First Edition. 4to. 4to. 132, [2] pp. Illustrations (some in color). The personal copy of Beatrice Mathieu with her custom bookplate; TLS to Miss Beatrice Mathieu from the editor tipped in. Special publsher's binding of padded pale green moire cloth with gilt illustration... More
Oakland, CA: Published by the author, 1905. First Edition. Original wrappers. INSCRIBED "For Miss Lyke / May Gibbons Cooper). Small 8vo. 50 pp. 6 illustrated plates (including 4 original photographs with location written in pencil, most likely by the author). 11 poems. Handmade paper. Stiff green ribbon tied wrappers; color... More
New York: Random House Inc, 1987. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 277 pp. Fine in fine dustjacket. A story by one of the grand masters of American fiction about "... the pleasures and perils and occasional penalties of closeness, about love and loyalty, about certain kinds of steadfastness and fidelity... More
New York: Random House Inc, 1987. First Trade Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED "To ----/gratefully/Wallace Stegner.8vo. 277 pp. Fine in fine dustjacket. A story by one of the grand masters of American fiction about "... the pleasures and perils and occasional penalties of closeness, about love and loyalty, about certain kinds of... More
New York: Viking Press, 1947. First Illustrated Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. 213 pp. 17 color paintings by Peggy Worthington. Black cloth spine over teal paper coverd boards in color wraparound art illustrated dustjacket; color illustrated endpapers. A near fine copy (previous owner name; faint spine lean) in very good dustjacket... More
Tortilla Flat, AZ, Southwest Publishing, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 166 pp. Appendix. Photo-plates; maps. Rust cloth in fine condition (previous owner name). This book was the basis for the 1949 film "Lust for Gold" starring Glenn Ford, Ida Lupino and Gig Young. "In Thunder Gods Gold are epitomized incredible... More
Paris: Denoel, (1982). First Edition. Hardcover. 4to.252. [4] pp. 400 illustrations (including 60 in color). Catalogues; Index. Text in French. Fine in near fine dustjacket (short closed tear; faint age toning). The monograph on Paul Iribe (1883 – 1935), a French illustrator, and designer in the decorative arts. He worked... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950. First Edition. 8vo. 234 pp. Glossary of Indian Words. Introduction by John Haynes Holmes. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (minor wear to extremities; light scrap to front cover). "In no other book known to me are we brought so close and so... More
