Boise, ID: LithoCraft, Inc., 1995. First Edition. SIGNED and dated by Francis Whitaker. 4to. 122 pp. Black & white photo-reproductions. Two articles about Whitaker are laid in. Black leather with gold lettering. A fine copy. The autobiography of one of the United States' leading artist blacksmiths. Francis Whitaker (1906 –..... More
Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Association, 2001. Unknown. 500 pieces; image size 18 x 24." Full-color reproduction of Mora's Yosemite carte, New in cardboard box, shrinkwrapped. This 500-piece jigsaw puzzle was made from the 'Yosemite' carte drawn by Mora in 1931 (Grandeau & Shorts Cartes 5b). As well as many humorous..... 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
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo; xxii, 419pp. Fine copy in publisher's blue cloth lettered in gold in a Very Good dust jacket. 'Addenda to Tabula Gratulatoria' laid in. Studies in the History of Christian Thought Volume XIX. More
Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1988. First Edition. Octavo; xix, 450pp. Near Fine, unread copy in publisher's illustrated wraps. STUDIEN UND MATERIALIEN ZUR GESCHICHTE DER PHILOSOPHIE Band 27. Clemens Timpler was a German philosopher, physicist and theologian. Along with Jakob Degen (1511–1587), he is considered the most important Protestant metaphysician, establishing..... More
New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; x, 219pp. Fine, unread copy in publisher's brown cloth lettered in gold. (From the library of noted Stanford University scholar Lewis W. Spitz with his name to ffep). More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966. First Edition thus. Octavo; xxxi, 506pp. A Fine copy in publisher's blue cloth lettered in gold at spinel dust jacket toned with a few edge tears & tiny chips, but complete. A compilation of the history of Islamic authors and writings, A Literary History of..... More
Princeton, NJ and Providence, RI: Princeton University Press; Brown University Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by Anne Brown 'To Bob and Charlotte Fergusson/without whose able assistance/the biography of Verger/would be missing from this volume/with affectionate regards/Anne S.K. Brown/Providence/15 January, 1973' (General Fergusson, who served as Chief of Staff of..... More
Washington DC: Bollingen Foundation/Pantheon Books, 1948. First Edition. Quarto; xx, 113pp plus 99 pages of photographic illustrations. A Near Fine copy in publisher's 1/4 blue linen and black cloth with Bollingen's design to front cover, spine lettered in gold in edgeworn dust jacket (spine faded). From the library of Samson..... More
(Los Angeles): Ebell Club of Los Angeles; 75th Diamond Anniversary Committee, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto; 47pp. Photo-illustrations. Near Fine copy in stapled illustrated wraps. 'The Ebell of Los Angeles is an educational and philanthropic organization founded by women, for women in 1894. Our mission is to participate in and..... More
(Los Angeles): Ebell Club of Los Angeles; 75th Diamond Anniversary Committee, 1969. First Edition. Quarto; 47pp. Photo-illustrations. Near Fine copy in stapled illustrated wraps in original glassine. 'The Ebell of Los Angeles is an educational and philanthropic organization founded by women, for women in 1894. Our mission is to participate..... More
Baltimore, MD: Press of George W. King Ptg. Co., 1912. First Edition. INSCRIBED 'Rudolph Glaser./With the compliments of/Caswell Grave' (the editor) inked to ffep. Glaser has then added 'My work P. 328/R.W. Glaser' in pencil. Octavo; 376pp. Maps, tables, plates. Spine scuffed and stained, 2" scrape to front board, hinge..... More
Namur, Belgium: Secrétariat des Publications, Facultés Universitaires, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. INSCRIBED by the author to noted Stanford historian Lewis Spitz. Octavo; xi, 410pp. Index. Preface by H. de Lubac. A Very Good copy. Etude de la lettre a P. Volz et de la “Ratio Verae Theologiae” (1518). (Bibliothèque de..... More
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1978. First Edition. INSCRIBED to noted Stanford historian Lewis Spitz. Octavo; x, 3017pp. Fine copy in blue cloth lettered in gold in printed dust jacket. (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought XXIV). More
Dordrecht: Springer, 2013. First Edition. Octavo; xvii, 382pp. Bibliography; Index. A Fine unread copy in publisher's illustrated boards. (Phaenomenologica 209). The first study in 50 years of the theory of the social world of Husserl; a new approach to Husserlian phenomenology and a new perspective on the relationship between phenomenology..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1904. First Edition. Octavo; 512pp. Near Fine copy in original blind-embossed black cloth lettered in gold at spine. More
Ottawa: Collectors Research Monograph, 1964. First Edition. Octavo; iv, 31pp. Fine copy in publisher's yellow wrappers lettered in black. B/w iIllustrations throughout. From the library of noted numismatist Howard Franklin Bowker with his address label at rear. More
Leiden: Brill, 2005. First Edition. Octavo; x, 285-682pp. Index. As New copy in illustrated blue binding. More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1959. First Edition. Octavos; x, 597pp, 13 maps; viii, 536pp, 21 maps; frontis photo of Jackson in each volume. Laid in is the publisher's information flyer. Complete in two Fine volumes in red cloth (lettered in gold at spine) in grey paper-covered slipcase with..... More
np: The Scouting Fleet, (1924?). First Edition. Octavo; 16pp plus map of the island ('Culebra, Guide Map of Bays, Roads and Trails') inside rear cover. Near Fine copy in brown printed wraps, now protected in a later stiff wraps cover (with label to front) produced to provide an overview of..... More
London, Paris, New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, n.d., [ca. 1890s]. First Edition. Miniature. 3 3/4 x 3 1/4". [10] pp. 5 full-page chromolithographs. Illustrations by T. R. Kennedy, etc. Designed at the Studios in England and printed by the "Rafolith" Process at the Fine Art Works in Saxony. Color..... More
Stanford CA: Stanford University Libraries, [2008]. First Edition. Quarto; [20] p. + 1 sheet (folded to [8] leaves in pocket) on inside fold-out lower cover as panoramic view of The Cordillera Blanca; numerous photo-reproductions. A fine copy; as new. Published in conjuction with an exhibition in the Bing Wing of..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1932. 8vo. ix, 381 pp. 8 photographic plates. Beige cloth with green lettering & ruling in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Light wear to extremities else a fine copy. "Earth Horizon" is both an account of Mary Austin's personal life and of her development as a writer. As..... More
New York: Random House Inc, 1987. First Trade Edition. INSCRIBED "To ----/with every good wishWallace 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..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Sixth printing. Hardcover. INSCRIBED "Bon Appetit/to Penny/Julia Child" on half-title page. Square 4to. 511pp. More than 800 recipes and 600 color photographs. Near fine (light, general wear) in near fine dustjacket (slight fading to spine; light wear to extremities; minor on rear). This is..... More