Chigwell, England: Storyville Publications, 1987. First Edition. 8vo. xvii, 437, [1] pp. Index; Bibliography; Addenda and Errata. Illustrations. Revised by Laurie Wright. Special contributions by Frank Driggs, Ernest Grossmann, Harold S. Kaye, Steven Lasker, Keith Nichols, Howard Rye, and Max E. Vreede. Black cloth with gilt illustrations & lettering; issued..... More
10 x 8". Original color photograph from a portrait painting of John Steinbeck by Phyllis H. Johnson. In contemporary gold frame. Phyllis Johnson (1921 - 2013) was born and raised in Salinas, CA, John Steinbeck's hometown. A portrait painting or Steinbeck by Johnson from a similar timeframe now hangs in..... More
Palm Desert, CA: Artfrance, Danis-Stinson Gallery, 1983. First Edition. Square 8vo. 14 pp text; [10] pp color plates; [2] pp Chronology.Text in English. Full-page black & white portrait. Stiff white glossy wrappers with black lettering in near fine condition (slight tanning & creasing to covers). Catalogue for exhibition held under..... More
New York and Frankfurt: US and Europe Fund Raising Project for Peter Johnson, 1965. First and only edition. 8vo. 78 pp. Black & white photographic images. Stiff photo-illustrated wrappers in near fine condition (minor wear to extremities; pages slightly toned). Pete Johnson (born Kermit H. Johnson, 1904 – 1967) was..... More
New York: Cowles Magazines, Inc., 1950-1951. First Edition. Original wrappers. Folio; generally ~ 120-130pp. Illustrations. Edgewear, a few issues split at spine and pages detached (not collated but appear complete); spines chipped with some loss. A complete run of this short-lived vanity (as opposed to commercial!) magazine created by Fleur..... More
Shelburne, Ontario & Sauk City, WI: George A. Vanderburgh, The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 2002. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To ***, from a couple of ardent fans! Buzz Rainer/Eldon Dedini." Below the signatures is an 8-line prose written most likely by Buzz Ranier. 4to. (52) pp, unpaginated, printed single sided. Introduction..... More
(Monterey): N.p., 1886. First Edition. Large 8vo. 29, (1) pp. Text in double column. Portrait plate of Major Edwin A. Sherman; 5 illustrations (including three on wrapper covers. Dark brown blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering; original blue wrappers bound in. Offsetting from endpaper adhesive to ffep and rfep; front hinge..... More
New York: Greenwood Press, 1986. First Edition. 8vo. xviii, 351-876 pp. Index. Publisher's gold colored cloth with black lettering in fine condition (2 small spots on ffep). Volume 2, subtitled "The MGM Era," is devoted to sessions done for the Verve label from its purchase by MGM in 1961 until..... More
Paris: Henri Plon, 1869. First Edition. 8vo. 451, (1) pp. 13 illustrated plates (including 3 fold-outs); large folding color map titled "Malaisie et Indochine Carte Speciale pour Java, Siam et Canton Voyage Autour du Monde par Le Comte de Beauvoir". Although the titles page states 14 photo-gravures are included, the..... More
Sacramento: A. J. Johnston, 1896. First Edition. SIGNED label "Compliments of J. J. Crawford, State Mineralogist" affixed to ffep; additionally stamped similarly on second page. Large 8vo. xiii, [1], 726 pp. Illustrations from photographs, maps (including long fold-out titled "Geological Map of the Mother Lode Belt in El Dorado Co."..... More
San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco: South Moulton Company, 1923. Booklovers' Edition, Limited to 1000 copies. 4to. Illustrated by 16 photogravures, 32 full-page duotone plates and more than 1100 half-tone cuts of birds in life, nests, eggs, and favorite haunts, from photographs chiefly by Donald R. Dickey, Wright M. Pierce..... More
Yerba Buena, CA: Printed by Clamprinters Lawton R. Kennedy and John J. Johnck at the Platrix Press, 1935. First Edition, Limited to 200 numbered copies, this being No. 2 (as apparently are most copies). Tall 8vo. xi, 27 pp. Color woodcuts. Green paper covered boards with illustrated paper title label..... More
[Newton, Ia.]: Privately Printed, 1940. Third Edition. 8vo. [53] pp, unpaginated. Stiff cream wrappers printed with green decoration to front cover; black lettering; in publisher's accetate dustjacket. Printed complement's label from the niece of Ms. Coffin to Chapter AW of the California P.E.O. Minor wear else a fine copy. Alice..... More
Eyvind Earle Publishing, 2011. 1st. Paperback. First Edition. 12" x 13"; opens to 12" by 26". Printed on FSC certified paper with soy-based ink. Striking color serigraphs, 1 full page for each month. A fine copy still in shrinkwrap. This calendar's images represent a unique selection of works by Eyvind..... More
Portland, Maine: L. H. Nelson Compan, 1906. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. [32] pp. 1 page text; 31 pagesof photo-illustrations with descriptions. Purple wrappers with gilt pictorial front cover & gilt lettering. A fine copy with a hint of wear & light foxing to first page. An early promotional brochure for..... More
Kyoto: City Office, 1928. First Edition. Small 8vo. 211 pp. 69 black & white photo-illustrations (full-page and in-text). Fold-out color map of Kyoto; 3 full-page color maps. Purple limp cloth with yapped edges; gilt illustration on front cover and gilt lettering on spine; AEG; illustrated endpapers; housed in publisher's cardboard..... More
Lunenburg, Mass. Publsihed by Edmund Cushing, 1826. Small 8vo. 792 pp. Double-column text. Period calf. On the title page is the early ownership name of John Heinlen. Laid in is a note on the rear of the business card of Louis Provenzano, Notary Public: "To my friends Bob & Patricia..... More
Los Angeles: Privately Printed, 1978. Second Printing. Hard Cover. Quarto; xxvi, 290 pages; original green cloth with gilt spine title. Fine condition. More
Tokyo: Shokwabo, 1901. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. ix, 129, [3], 22 pp text in English; 16 pp + 10 pp text in Japanese. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine; original color illustrated wrappers bound in. Light wear; a near fine copy. First published in 1900, "Bushido" is a study..... More
London: C. W. Daniel Company, 1937. First Edition. 8vo. 119 pp. Cream cloth with black lettering in like dustjacket. A fine copy in very good dustjacket (stain to front cover; slight darkening to spine). "A book of prophetic force in which the great theme of man's essential nature and his..... More
Concord, N.H. Rufus Merrill, ca. 1840s. 12mo. 16 pp. 8 woodcuts (including front cover). Title page stating "Part III. Stories About Dogs," with no imprint statement. Advertising for Rufus Merrill Toy and Juvenile Books on rear cover.Printed tan wrappers, stab-stitched. Light wear else a fine copy. Sections titled: The Dog;..... More
New York: James Miller, ca. 1870s. 8vo. 64, (2pp advertisements). With 90 black & white engravings. Dark green cloth with black blindstamping; color plate affixed to front cover; gilt decoration; green & black illustrated endpapers. Minor wear to extremities with corners starting; paper along front hinge starting; small tape to..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Abrams, 1932. 1st. Hardcover. 8vo. xii, 13-347pp. Index. 12 full-page illustrations by Charles Sindelar and George Keen. Brown and cream cloth with gilt lettering to spine; pages uncut; endpapers illusted with views of California missions in scarce blue and cream illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy (minor wear..... More
Hollister, CA: Hollister Free Lance, June, 1886. First Edition. Folio. 17 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings; ads for local businesses; map. Color lithograph wrappers in very good condition (wear along spine and extremities; short closed tear to page 11/12; two small chips to front and rear edge). An uncommon and..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1874. First Edition. Small 8vo. 205, tailpiece, (1 pp advertisement) pp. Black & white woodcut illustrations by W. J. Linton, including full-page illustrated half-title. Pictorial green cloth stamped in gilt and black with gilt lettering to spine;bevelled edges; brown endpapers. A very good copy of..... More