Hong Kong: Libra Press, (1985). First Edition, Limited to 350 copies. 8vo. 240 pp. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine in publisher's yellow & black dustjacket. Two small holes on dustjacket spine else a fine copy. One of the elusive titles in Msgr. Weber's acclaimed series on the history..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1937. First American Edition. 8vo. 310 pp. Black cloth with striking orange design on front cover & spine in publisher's color illustrated dustajacket. Fine in very good dustjacket (fading to spine; wear to extremities). "... a story of England in the Regency period; a story of the..... More
Boston: Alexander Moore, 1871. 1st. 4to. 71 pp. Half-title. 10 mounted albumen photographs attributed to John Payson Soule with red captions, tissue guards; 3 wood-engravings in text. The attribution to Soule now appears to be in question, with some suggesting the photographer was either Edward Muybridge or Martin Mason Hazeltine..... More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1989. First Edition. 4to. 610 pp. Tipped-in photo-frontispiece of Jeffers. Includes Editorial Note. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (light soiling). The definitive work on California's greatest poet as well as a major poet of the twentieth century. "Now, for the first time, all..... More
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1988. First Edition. 4to. 521 pp. Tipped-in photo-frontispiece of Jeffers. Includes Editorial Note and General Introduction. Book is fine in very good plus dustjacket (light soiling; creasing to spine head). The definitive work on California's greatest poet as well as a major poet of the..... More
Chicago: A.C. McClurg, 1911. First Edition. 12mo. 99 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs; line drawings by Carl Eytel. Pictorial cloth in near fine condition (minor wear; newsclipping about ancient redwood trees tipped). J. Smeaton Chase (1864 – 1923) was an English-born American author, traveler and photographer. Here is his book..... More
London; New York: Dean & Son; International Art Publishing Co., (1897). First Edition. Date from owner name and date of 1897. (14 1/2" x 9 3/4"). [10] pp. Full-page chromolithographic vignettes with titles on every page as well as front & rear covers. Stiff staplebound lithographic covers. A good copy..... More
Covelo, CA: Yolla Bolly Press, 1988. Limited Edition #80 of 110 copies. SIGNED & numbered by Michael McCurdy. Folio. xiv, 162pp, [1]. Foreword and a note on the text by Frederick Turner. Illustrated with twelve stunning wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. Printed by Carolyn and James Robertson at the Yolla Bolly Press..... More
Palo Alto, CA: Robinson & Crandall, (1915). First Edition. Oblong 8vo. 6 pp text. 37 sepia toned photo plates of inside & out campus scenes. Stiff brown gilt & dark brown stamped cover. A fine copy. More
San Francisco: Published by Edward M. Mitchell, ca. early 1900s. Oblong photo-album (7 1/2" x 10"). 15 leaves, each with mounted photographic print (4 1/2" x 6") of early University of California Berkeley scenes. Stiff green wrappers with oval mounted print of a UC Berkeley building; stabstitched with green &..... More
Taipei: October 1959. First Edition. 4to. 35, [4] pp. Single sheet laid in offering Chinese canned food with illustrations. Illustrations throughout of products available for sale through the catalogue. Text in English and some Chinese. Color printed wrappers in very good condition. Scarce. More
Florilegium Press, 2017. First Edition. 4to. 128 pp. Essay by Helaine Glick. Color plates of the artist's works. Stiff color illustrated softcover in fine condition. A publication to coincide with a retrospective of Eleen Auvil’s body of work over five decades including sculpture, weaving, monotype and paper making held at..... More
Tokyo: The Oriental Library, 1924. First Edition. 4to. 8, 802 pp. Later yellow cloth; original front wrapper bound in at rear. A very good copy. "The Morrison Library is the crystallization of many years' efforts attributed to the late Dr. G. E. Morrison, adviser to the President of China ....... More
Foochow: Rozario, Marcal and Company, 1872. First Edition. Octavo; (v) ,695pp. Very Good copy in later brown leatherette, spine labels removed. Part II (the first 174 pages) consists of Clauses and Phrases of not less than five Chinese Characters and their Translation into English with the characters unromanized. Contains over..... More
Santa Barbara: Wallace Hebberd, 1963-1969. First Edition Thus. Includes Vol. I - IV (of the 7 volumes History of California set). 8vo. Maps, text illustrations. Tan cloth with black spine labels & gilt lettering in cream illustrated dustjackets. Fine copies in fine dustjackets (scrape on Vol. III spine). Volumes XVIII..... More
Englewood, FL: Published by the author, 2004. First Edition Limited #447 of 500 copies. Oblong 8vo. (8 1/2" x 11"). 158 pp. Profusely illustrated with 364 black & white photo-reproductions of train engines, stations and cars, 22 maps, 4 tables. Illustrated cardstock covers, black spiral spine. A fine copy. An..... More
La Mirada, CA: Four Ways West Publications, 1986; 2000. First Edition. 4to. 192; 400 pp. Profusely illustrated with black & white photo-reproductions; maps; schematics; menus; vintage business advertisements. Clothbound in color illustrated dustackets. Both volumes are in fine condition. Volume I is a fascinating history of the Southern Pacific's passenger..... More
Monterey, CA: Monterey Museum of Art, 1976. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 88pp. Index. 18 color and 23 black & white reproductions. Color printed stiff wraps in very good condition (light rubbing to front cover; creasing to upper corner). A brief history and artist biographies including Charles Rollo..... More
Washington DC: Committees on Far Eastern Studies, American Council of Learned Societies, 1943. Preliminary Lithoprint Edition. 4to. xxiv, 361 pp, single-sided. Includes extra numbered leaf 74b. Preface in Chinese, Introduction and text in Chinese and English. Although not indicated, this book is from the library of Howard F. Bowker (1889–1970)..... More
Monterey, CA: The Jo Mora Trust, 2011. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 77pp. Color plates; black & white illustrations. Foreword by Peter Hiller and SIGNED by him on title page. Stiff illustrated softcover in fine condition. An account of Mora's two-and-a-half-week journey from San Jose to Yosemite in 1904 by mule-drawn..... More
Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Museum, 1949. First Kern County Museum Edition. SIGNED by Jean M. Latta, the author's wife. 4to. (xiii), 287pp. 50 illustrations. Green cloth with red illustration on front cover. Previous owner name and statement of purchase directly from Mrs. Frank Latta. Minor wear to spine ends &..... More
Charleston: Printed by S. Babcock, 1840. First Edition. 8vo. viii, [9]-355 pp. Contemporay tree-calf covered boards with later brown leather spine & gilt lettered red leather title label. Crackling to leather boards; corner tips showing; light internal foxing; a very good copy. BAL notes two printings of this first edition..... More
Monterey, CA: The Jo Mora Trust, 2011. First Edition Limited to 90 numbered copies. Tall 8vo. 77pp. Color plates; black & white illustrations. Foreword by Peter Hiller and SIGNED by him on title page. Brown cloth with gilt lettering; gold silk marker; enpapger reproductions from Mora's handwritten journal. Fine condition..... More
London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson, J. Robson, A. Hamilton, 1786. First Edition thus. Octavos; (40), 560; [30]-552, (40), 527; (34, 2 bl); 530; (44), 516 pp. Contemporary calf ruled in gold, flat spines gilt in six compartments, red leather label in second compartment. Near fine (small chips to 3 ffeps);..... More
New York: Brewer and Warren, (1930). First Edition. 8vo. [iv], 325 pp. Full-page map. Red cloth with black design & lettering in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket designed by George Annand. Small bookseller label inside rear cover; light spotting on one page; else a fine, bright copy. Here is "...the story..... More