San Francisco: Determined Productions, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author. Square 12mo. [64] pp. black & white illustrations. Pictorial ictorial boards in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Minor wear to extremties; light rubbing on rear cover; else a near fine copy. The eighth title in this series of square-shaped books... More
San Francisco: Determined Productions, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author. Square 12mo. [64] pp. black & white illustrations. Book design by Jim Young. Pictorial ictorial boards in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Minor wear to extremties; light rubbing & creasing to rear cover; else a fine copy. The fifth title... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. First Edition. INSCRIBED "For my friend & pupil, Jerry/with hopes that this book/will help you/enjoy this great game/of golf to its fullest./I look forward to lots of better golf for you, and/association./Harvey Penick." Inscription date of 5/22/92. Small 8vo. 175 pp. Introductions by Tom... More
Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 434pp, including appendix. Six black & white photographic plates. Red cloth covered boards; gilt titles to front board and spine in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Light wera to extremities; darkening to spine; else a near fine copy... More
New York & London: G.P. Putnams' Sons, 1911. First Edition. Original boards. SIGNED "Compliments of the author 1913." Royal 8vo. xxv; 673 pp. Frontispiece portrait and 350 illustrations from photographs and drawings (85 by Charles M. Russell, including four color plates with titled tissue guards. Publisher's green cloth with gilt... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Historical Museum, 2011. 1st. Paperback. Square tall 8vo. 65 pp. Foreword by Daniel C. Calderon; Introduction by Terry and Paula Trotter; Essay by Dr. Julianne Burton-Carvajal and Dr. Scott A. Shields. Color plates with textual descriptions. Single sheet detailing exhibiton history from 1932 - 2013... More
Yosemite, CA: Yosemite Falls Studio, 1930. First Edition. Large 4to. (8) pp. Photo-illustrations. Original tan illustrated staplebound wrappers. Light wear and creasing to covers; else a near fine copy. An uncommon & early newspaper for the tourists visiting Yosemite National Park. One page titled "Who's Who in the Yosemite" details... More
Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Highway Department, 1952. First Edition. Paperback. Vol. XXVIII No. 9. Large magazine format. 40pp. Illustrated throughout with color and black & white reproductions. Color illustrated wraps in fine condition (with a hint of wear). Includes a 2 page article titled "Jo Mora's Horsemen of the West" about... More
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pearce, 1940. First Edition. INSCRIBED "For Babs/with memories of happy days/together in Yosemite/Edward & Charis." Square 4to. 127 pp. Black & white photographic prints by Edward Weston with commentary by Charis Weston. Black cloth with silver lettering in photo-illustrated dustjacket. Near fine (light wear &... More
Worcester, MA: Davis Publications, 2015. 1st. Paperback. First Edtion. 4to. 112 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Stiff color printed wrappers in fine, new condition. Still in shrinkwrap, as issued. Catalogue for exhibition held at the Monterey Museum of Art April 30 - September 28, 2015, 'Lasting Impressions—Pedro de... More
San Diego: South Moulton Company, 1923. First Edition. Leather bound. Format De Luxe Patron's Edition Limited to 250 numbered copies SIGNED by the author, complete in 4 volumes. Illustrated by 30 photogravures, 120 full-page duotone plates and more than 1100 half-tone cuts of birds inlife, nests, eggs, and favorite haunts... More
Upland, CA: Blackbird Press, 2018. First Edition, Limited to 150 SIGNED & numbered copies. Broadside (8" x 14"). Printed letterpress with Optima type on Mohawk Superfine paper for the 43rd International League of Antiquarian Booksellers Congress held February 3-1, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Orange poppies on a cream background... More
Nevada City, CA: Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. vi, 601 pp. Photo-reproductions. Bibliography; Index. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. "This monumental work covers 15,000 plus photographers working in twenty-seven western U.S. states and Canadian provinces, plus itinerants who traveled throughout these areas...The book contains an... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1987. First Edition, Limited to 550 copies. Oblong large 8vo. 49, [2] pp. With some 120 llustrations (45 incolor). With a Preface by Lawrence Clark Powell. Prospectus laid in. Black cloth with gilt design & lettering to front cover in publisher's plain white... More
[Tucson]: [Saltbush Studio], 1991. First printing of this format. Quarto broadside (32 x 21 cm). SIGNED by Ward Ritchie; INSCRIBED by Powell for his occasional publisher of later years, Noel Young of the Capra Press. Designed by Ward Ritchie and printed at Saltbursh Studio for the occasion of Powell's 85th... More
Nevada City, CA: Carl Mautz Publishing, 2018. Expanded and Revised Edition. Hardcover. Large 4to. ix, 10-769 pp. Photo-reproductions. 31 pp Supplement #1 in envelope with note from the author explaining the Supplement replaces existing pages in the book which had not been proofed prior to publication. A fine copy, still... More
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1945. LImited to 300 copies printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy at the Westgate Press. Hardcover. 8vo. 8vo. xi, [1], 23, [3] pp. 4 folding maps in rear pocket. With an Introduction and Notes by George R. Stewart. Red cloth with pictorial title label mounted... More
london: Oriental Ceramic Society, 1958. First Edition, LImited to 850 copies. 4to. 80 pp; 104 black & white photographic plates. Tan cloth with red lettering in publisher's cream dustjacket with red lettering. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (light wear and short closed tears to extremities). The exhibition various... More
New York: W.W. Norton, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author on title page. 4to. 208 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. "Independent, revolutionary, avant-garde" Frances Elkins (1888-1953) belongs to the pantheon of legendary interior decorators. This first book devoted entirely to... More
Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1951 - 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 11 Volumes complete. 4to. Illustrated including frontispieces from early photographs and other sources. Includes Index (Volume XI) by Ana Marie and Everett G. Hager; it was not published until 4 years after completion of the main... More
Honolulu: East-West Center Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 24 pp introductory text & illustrated book plus tan cloth covered accordion folding (orihon) book housed in publisher's box (lower corner split); else fine condition. Consists of reproductions of 4 scrolls depicting frolicking animals and people, attributed to Toba Sojo, which... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835. First U.S. Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. Vol. I: 243 pp; Vol. II: iv, 9-242 pp, [2] pp publisher's advertisements. Original tan cloth with paper title labels to spines. Wear to extremities; darkening to spine labels; Vol. I ffep lacking; foxing; splitting to most of... More
Monterey, CA: Locale Publishing Co., 1976. First Edition. Paperback. Large magazine format. 14pp. Illustrated throughout with color and black & white reproductions. Color illustrated wraps. Includes 2-page article titled "Jo Mora: Monterey's Versatile Artist" with photo-reproductions of some of Mora's sculptures and diorama located around the Monterey Peninsula. Artitle provides... More
Phoenix, AZ: Arizona Highway Department. First Edition. Paperback. Large magazine format. 48pp. Illustrated throughout with color and black & white reproductions. Color illustrated wraps in fine condition. Includes an 8 page article titled "Men, Myths and Rituals" by Maggie Wilson about Jo Mora's time spent with the Hopis; 6 photo-reproductions... More
Washington DC: A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer, 1857. First Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. 238 pp. 21 full-page illustrations; folding plate; in-text illustrations. Publisher's brown blindstamped cloth; later paper title label to spine. Wear to covers and extremities; bumping to corners and spine ends; dampstain to lower edge of first two pages; light... More