Fresno, CA: Panorama West Books, 1986. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. SIGNED by William and Maymie Kimes. 4to. 179 pp. Index. Illustrations. Cream and brown pictorial boards. Minor wear; a near fine copy. The bibliography includes citations to Muir's nearly 300 published pamphlets, journal articles, speeches, and other writings. This..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1873. 8vo. 2 preliminary leaves, [11]-255 + [4pp] publisher's advertisements. Map; illustrations. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decorative black stamping; brown endpapers. Light wear to extremities; slight darkening to spine; previous owner bookplate dated Jun 27, 1873 inside front cover; small pull on front..... More
Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press, 1963. First Edition Limitied to 1000 sets. 8vo. 457; 458-825 pp. Index. Facsimiles of Jefferson maps in rear pocket. Fold-out map of the California-Oregon Trail and errata sheet in Volume 2. As New in dust jackets (as bright & fresh as the day issued!). 'An edited..... More
Sanbornville NH: Wake-Brook House, 1957. First Edition. Quarto; 116pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Forward by Paul Scott Mowrer. Fading to spine; a near fine copy in publisher's 1/4 grey linen and paper-covered marbled boards in very good grey-green slipcase (corners are taped; some fading & wear) with large..... More
Monterey, CA: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1986. First Edition. 4to. 72 pp. color and black & white illustrations. Essays by Roger Aiken and Richard Lorenz. Stiff color illustrated wrappers. Gift inscription else a fine copy. The uncommon catalog for a retrospective exhibition held at the Monterey Museum of Art..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. Jo J. Mora. Early printing. Octavo. 246pp. Numerous full page and in-text illustrations. Grey cloth with red lettering and Longhorn skull stamped to front cover in Jo Mora designed dustjacket and endpapers. Upper corners lightly bumped; spotting inside front cover; else near fine in..... More
Monterey, CA: Hotel Del Monte, 1935. First Edition. Friday, November 1, 1935. 10" x 4 3/4" bi-fold; 10" x 9 1/2" opened. Cream heavy card stock with a distinctive black illustration by Mora on front cover; information and menu printed inside. Slight age toning else fine. The artwork on the..... More
San Francisco: John Howell Books, 1967. Third edition, edited and corrected from Davis's own copy of the 1889 original edition. Limited edition of 2500 copies and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. 4to. 345pp. 19 plates (some in color; 4 folding). Editied with an historical foreword and index by Douglas..... More
San Francisco: William Doxey, 1895 - 1896. First edition, second issue of issue No. 1 with the Doxey imprint replacing the C. A. Murdock imprint. 8vo. Illustrations throughout mostly by Gellett Burgess, but also some by Florence Lundberg, Ernest Peixotto, Willis Polk, Reginald Rix and others. Publisher's tan pictorial cloth;..... More
Carmel, CA: Carmel Art Association, 1999. First Edition. Square 8vo. 184 pp. Over 100 color plates; some black & white illustrations. Stiff color printed softcover in fine condition. Catalog for exhibition held at the Carmel Art Association August 6 - September, 1998. Essays by Barbara Dayer Gallati, Alfred C. Harrison..... More
Hollywood, CA: Arthur H. Cawston, Publisher, 1937. First Edition. 4to. 292; 320 pp. Engraved portrait plates; photographic illustrations; plans; maps. Index. Blindstamped brown fabricoid with gilt lettering. Minor wear to extremities; a near fine set. Volume I provides historical narrative; Volume II provides biographies of early pioneers. The author came..... More
Venice, CA: Wet Enterprises, Inc, 1977 - 1981. First Edition. Issues include #6, 10, 14, 15, 18, 23, 25, & 31. Small folio. Various paginations. Color illustrated staplebound wrappers in uniformly very good plus condition (minor wear to extremities; light general wear). WET: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing, also known..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1940. First Edition. Large 8vo. [28] pp. Color illustrations by Pelagie Doane. Color illustrated boards with same color image on endpapers; in uncommon publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. Light wear to extremities; gift inscription else near fine in very good dustjacket (wear to extremities; slight darkening..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, (1943). First Edition. "Created and produced by the Duenewald Printing Corporation, New York, N.Y., Sole agents for Wehr animation, Patent No. 219763." 8vo. [24] pp. Seven movable color illustrations, all in working order; in-text color illustrations, all by Julian Wehr. Publisher's color-illustrated pictorial..... More
St. Paul, MN: J. E. Haynes Publishing, 1905. First edition. 8vo. (xxxi), 122 pages; 3 pages of plates. Numerous photo-illustrations. Dark blue cloth with red stamped pictorial cover and gilt lettering to cover and spine; without dust jacket as issued. A fine copy! The complete story of the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition..... More
New Haven; Princeton; New York: Yale University Press; Princeton University Press; Alfred A. Knopf, 1944; 1948; 1957. Each volume is INSCRIBED to the poet's good friends. The collection also includes an ALS, a TLS, an INSCRIBED postcard with poem, and INSCRIBED "2 pages from a Colorado River Journal". Love Letter..... More
Koln; London: Taschen, 2009. First Limited Collector's Edition, Number 268 of 1500 sets. SIGNED by Hugh Hefner and includes a 7 x 7 cm piece of Hef's famous red silk pajamas, worn by the gret man himself. Complete in six volumes plus a facsimile edition of Playboy #1 from 1953..... More
Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press, 1963. First Edition, Limited to 100 copies. SIGNED by the author. Two Volumes. 8vo. [8], 9-457; 458-825 pp. Index. Two folding sheets displaying four maps in rear pocket of Vol. I; one fold-out map & errata sheet in Vol II; black & white illustrations. Black leather..... More
Published by The Riveriera Country Club, 1995. First Edition. SIGNED by Jim Murray, SCGA Hall of Famer whose writing on golf in the LA Times was both a pure delight to read, and an inspiration to all those who followed. Oblong 8vo. 196 pp. Color and black & white photo-reproductions..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1976. First Edition. 8vo. 521 pp. Photographic illustrations. A brief ALS on Ray Floyd's letterhead laid in. Green cloth in color printed dustjacket showing Jack Nicklaus on front cover. A fine copy (with a hint of wear). The ninth volume in this popular and long-lived modern annual..... More
New York: Smithmark Publishers & RainCoast Books, 1999. First Box Edition. 4to. Box collection includes: How to See Fairies (in dustjacket); The Fairy Journal; 3 fairy cards with envelopes; a fairy bookmark; and 8 1/2 x 11" color print. Housed in color illustrated clamshell box. A fine set. Charles Van..... More
San Francisco: John Howell, 1925. First separate edition; published in December, 1924 as Vol. III, No. 4 of the Quarterly of the California Historical Society. INSCRIBED "Dear Bob, Another sleep chaser as our friend Louis R. Hall called the 'Spanish Southwest,' please accept with my compliments and best wishes. H...... More
New York: The Platt & Munk Co., (1936). 4to. 126 pp. 6 color plates (including frontispiece); in-text illustrations on most pages showing various types of cowboy equipment, scenes of cowboy life, horses and their equipment and much more. Orange cloth, map endpapers in color illustrated dustjacket. Gift inscription else fine..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1939. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. [30] pp. Color illustrations by the author. Red & silver illustrated boards in color illustrated red dustjacket. Previous owner bookplate; "1939" inked on copyright page; slight age toning; else near fine in good dustjacket (price-clipped; wear; chips and tears along..... More
New York: Henry Z. Walck, Inc., 1963. First Enlarged Edition. Small square 8vo. [35] pp. Color illustrations by Tasha Tudor; Calligraphy by Hilda Scott. Green cloth in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. Front inner flap is clipped by price is intact. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (minor wear to..... More