Philadelphia: Printed By Thomas Dobson, 1796. "A New Edition", Second American Edition. 12mo. viii, [9] - 412; vi, [7] - 430 pp. Full tree-calf with gilt on spine with gilt lettering on red morocco labels. Early previous owner name "John Brown" with price notation at rear in Vol. I; "John..... More
Vienna: Österreichischen Staatsdruckerei, 1950. First Edition. Quarto; 135pp plus plates. A Very Good copy in light blue linen and grey paper-covered boards; upper board titled in grey, spine in gold in somewhat worn and tape-reinforced dust jacket. Bookplate of author, publisher and bookplate collector Clare Ryan Talbot to front pastedown..... More
Jersey City NJ: Weider Publications Inc., 1952-53. First Edition. Offered here are six 8 1/2" x 11" issues; December, 1952 and January, February, March-April, May & June, 1953. Also sub-titled 'The Muscle Building and Physical Culture Magazine' and 'The Virile Magazine.' Each issue was 66 to 82pp; light extremity wear..... More
[Washington DC]: United States Patent Office, 1920. First Edition. 8 1/2" x 11" U.S. Patent Office application (attached to a 7" x 11 1/4" sheet containing 3 drawings illustrating the concept. Fine condition. On October 23, 1919 Winifred S. (Mother) Stoner (c1870-1931) applied for a patent for 'a new and..... More
Monterey, CA: Presented as a community service by Monterey Savings and Loan to celebrate the Monterey Bicentennial of 1970, 1970. Large color map (30" x 40"). Includes inset map of portion of city of Monterey showing walking and driving tours, locations of historical sites, tourist activities; with decorative border composed..... More
Indianapolis: The Art Press, 1916. First Edition. 4to. 154 pp. Beautiful color and black & white plates after photographs by various photographers, with captioned tissue guards. Large folding panorama showing Ashland town in four panels. The text includes stanzas by various poets and authors. Green, black & gilt pictorial cloth..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1940. First Edition. SIGNED by Edward & Charis Weston. 4to. 127 pp. Black & white photographic prints by Edward Weston with commentary by Charis Weston. Black cloth with silver lettering. Some wear to extremities and minor spotting to covers; a very good copy in..... More
Spokane, WA: Lindgren Bros. 1936. Color pictorial map (16 1/4" x 16"). Illustrated with geysers, mountains, lakes, roads and other features, and filled with cartoonish figures, jokes and puns; includes original mailer envelope with "Haynes Inc., Yellowstone Park, Wyoming" printed in lower left corner. Hatched and scratched by Jolly Lindgren..... More
1978. Draft script for what became the pilot for the television series 'Battlestar Galactica.' Pale green titled wrappers. Undated (last revisions dated on the front wrapper 5/8/78). Title page present, undated, with credits for Exec. Producer: Glen A. Larson; Supv. Producer: Leslie Stevens; Producer: John Dykstra. 200 leaves, with last..... More
Spokane, WA: Lindgren Bros. 1948. Color pictorial map (16 1/4" x 16") illustrated with whimsical puns and vignettes related to the early history of the Yosemite National Park; includes original mailer envelope (tears to flap). Drawn in broken English by Jolly Lindgren. Old fold lines, as issued. The colors are..... More
Victoria, Australia: Thomson Wolveridge & Assoc, 1993. First Edition Limited #181 of 1000 copies. SIGNED by the author. Large 8vo. 150 pp. Illustrations, many in color. Foreword by G.P.H. Burgess; Prefaces by Peter W. Thomson and Don Lawrence. Green leatherette with gilt lettering; color plate mounted on front cover. A...... More
Hollywood CA: Alkire Aviaries, 1915? First Edition. 12mo; 23pp; 14 illustrations. A Near Fine (rusted staples) promotional piece in grey wrappers lettered in brown, oval diecut to front wrapper revealing an illustration of a pheasant. Sections incluse 'Pheasants' (11 varieties), 'Waterfowl' (3 varieties), 'Aviary Birds' ('Owing to the constant changing..... More
Monterey, CA: Jo Mora Publications, 1942. First printing. Color pictographic map. Image size 30 1/4" x 22 7/8". Printed on white paper (a small quantity of this map were printed on tan, butcher paper in the same run for unknown reasons). "This carte, in either variation, is among the rarest..... More
1917. "Five hundred copies printed by Taylor & Taylor at their press in San Francisco." 8vo. 18 unnumbered pages. Illustrated by Anna Ville with 1 mounted color frontispiece and 1 black & white illustrated plate. Pale green, string-tied wrappers with mounted black & white illustration on front cover surrounded by..... More
San Francisco: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1979. First Edition. 4to. [12] pp. Photo-illustrations. Introduction by Alfred Frankenstein, Curator of American Art at M.H. de Young Memorial Museum; brief section on John Muir and single page history of Yosemite Valley and the Origin of a National Park by..... More
Monterey, CA: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1983. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the three artists to early California art collectors, Phil and Madalyn. Illustrated poster (26" x 17") on heavy paper for the art exhibition held August 13 - September 11, 1983. Fine condition. Gus Arriola, Eldon Dedini and Hank..... More
[Santa Barbara]: News-Press Commercial Printers, ca. 1936. INSCRIBED by the author to A.L. Gump, son of the founder of Gump's in San Francisco, dated May 7, 1936. Oblong 12 mo. 23 pp. Drawings by F. Poock; photo-reproductions of historic adobes. Staplebound illustrated wrappers. Light spotting to front cover else fine..... More
BOSTON: Marshall Jones, 1934. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. xi, 244pp. Red cloth in cream and red dustjacket. A near fine copy in like dustjacket (minor wear to extremities; light foxing; 2 short closed tears); nice copy of a scarce title. "... portrays the education and training of one of the leaders..... More
Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh, 1892. Second Edition. Quarto; 1355-1415pp, [1] (errata). Bound in 3/4 tan calf over black pebble grained cloth, marbled endpapers. A Fair copy; spine perished, covers stained and worn, front cover and ffep detached. It contains the six tables complete from Giles dictionary: I. Insignia of Official..... More
Shanghae: Printed at the Mission Press, 1847-48. Second Edition. Octavos; (vii, [1], 766 ; [2], 767-1436)pp. Volume 1 lacking title page and i-vi; dampstaining to lower page edges of Volume 2, else Very Good copies in later red cloth, titled in gold at spine. Double column text. Based on the..... More
[Peiping]: Geological Society of China, 1932. Quarto; 365-369pp; 2 plates. Original green printed wrappers (unevenly faded and chipped at extremities). First Edition, offprint issue, of Black's first published report of the few skeletal remains of Sinanthropus, other than skull parts and teeth, recovered from the Choukoutien cave deposit since 1928..... More
Brampton, Ontario: Health Culture Unit 1, 1953. First Edition. Near Fine copy in wrappers. 204 pages. Includes cover photo of Arnold Schwarzenegger and features article 'So long, Arnold.'. More
Jersey City NJ: Weider Publications, Inc., 1953. First Edition. Very good in stapled wrappers. 84 pages. Includes article on Kid Gavilan. More
Los Angeles: Physical Power Publishing, 1962-1964. First Edition. Very good in stapled wrappers. 36 to 48 pages. Included - Vol. 3, No. 2 March-April 1962; Volume 4 Number 1 Jan. Feb., 1963; Vol. No. 5 Sept.-Oct. 1963; Vol. 4 NO. 6 Nov.-Dec 1963; Vol. 5 No. 1 Jan.-Feb. 1964; Vol..... More
Weehawken NJ: Muscle Scu;pture Magazine, 1960. First Edition. Octavo; 50pp, photos, illustrations. A Near Fine copy in stapled wraps. Articles on bodybuilding and weightlifting. More