Boston: Estes & Lauriat, (1895). First Edition. 8vo. [4], 309, [1] pp. Photogravure plates, including frontispiece, with titled tissue guards. Index. Striking gilt, blue & red pictorial cream binding, top edge gilt; in publisher's red cloth dustjacket with gilt lettering on spine, publisher's red slipcase. Book is in fine condition;..... More
Large quarto (9 1/2” x 11 7/8”); full mahogany brown morocco, spine with 5 raised bands ruled in gilt, ‘AMERICAN EMBASSY BRUXELLES 1938’ titled within second panel; gilt ‘Great Seal of the United States’ within interlocking geometric design to the upper cover; covers ruled in gilt; gilt inner dentelles, brown..... More
San Francisco: 5 Associates, 1964. First Edition. 4to. 96, (2) pp. 69 photographic reproductions (16 in color). Narrative by Edward Joesting. Includes a 4-page lesson by Adams on Photography in the Hawiaan Islands; List of Plates; List of Authentic Books on Hawaii and Photography. Blue cloth with gilt lettering in..... More
[New York]: [The Studio Press], 1883. Etching 6 3/4 x 12 3/4") on Japanese paper (12 3/4 x 17 3/4"), SIGNED in pencil and annotated '18'; signed, titled and dated in the plate; from the edition of 50 sets on Japanese paper. This etching is from the larger portfolio of..... More
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1924. First Edition. 8vo. 422 pp. Four illustrated plates by J. Allen St. John (including frontispiece). Publisher's olive green cloth with dark blue lettering to front cover and spine. Light wear to extremities; the faintest of spine lean; light marks to covers; small bookseller..... More
Richmond, Virginia: Allen & Ginter, Tobacconists, 1890s. Oblong small 8vo (6 x 9"). 10 chromolithographic plates (single-sided) depicting various tropical birds, each with a title, and images of exotic locations. Lithographed by George S. Harris & Sons of Philadelphia, New York and Chicago. Pritned on cardstock with chromolithograph covers, string-tied..... More
London: T. and J. Egerton, Whitehall, 1792. First Edition. 8vo. xvi, 209; viii, 258 pp. 54 full color plates (including extra engraved title page in each volume, signed in plate: C. Apostool, London, June, 1, 1791); 2 maps; in-text illustrations. Errata at rear in each volume. Bound by The Hampstead..... More
London: J. Dodsley; Edward and Charles Dilly; T. Sherlock, et. Al. 1774, 1777, 1787. First edition, second state, with the corrected error on line 16, page 55, Volume 1 (The Letters). Complete in 5 volumes. Large 4to. vii, 568, [2 pp Additional Notes], [1 pp Errata]; 606, [2 pp Additional..... More
San Francisco; Los Angeles: Wallace Hebberd; University of Southern California, 1963; 1985. First Edition Thus. The History of California is complete in 7 volumes. 8vo. Maps, text illustrations. Advance Reservation publisher's slip laid in. Tan cloth with black spine labels & gilt lettering in cream illustrated dustjackets. Fine copies in..... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1972. First Edition. 8vo. 254, [16] pp. Bibliography; List of Ranchos of Monterey County; Index. Many photo illustrations; map endpapers. A fine copy. A comprehensive and readable account of the history of Monterey, from the Native Americans to intrepid Spanish explorers and mission builders, to the..... More
San Francisco: Colt Press, 1941. Limited Edition. Colophon states: "Of this first edition published by the Colt Press in October, 1941, three hundred copies have been hand colored by the illustrator and signed by both him and the author." Tall 8vo. 153 pp. Faint extremity wear and offsetting from dust..... More
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Yosemite National Park & Boston: Virginia Adams, Best's Studio & Houghton Mifflin, 1950. First Edition. 4to. Cream stiff glossy bi-fold (11" x 8 1/2", folded), photo-reproduction inside rear cover titled "China Cove;" 2 pp glossy single sheet describing the book, single sheet order form and return envelope laid in. Minor..... More
Carmel, CA: Pacific Rim Gallerie, 1986. 'Artist's Proof' copy. Large 4to. Grey folder with SIGNED portrait etching by Coughlin (5 1/2 x 6 1/2") of Mary Austin marked 'Artist's Proof' and a single leaf of her writing from "Earth Horizon". Fine condition. More
[Japan?]: [publisher not identified], 1913. Oblong 8vo (7 1/4 x 10 1/4"). 230 pp. (including 6 pages text in Japanes). 20 examples of Japanese crests, or mon, per page for a total of over 4,000 examples. Bound in blue-grey cloth, Japanese four-hole stab binding; paper title label to front cover..... More
Spokane, Wash. W. D. Allen, 1926. First Edition Thus; the "Big Bend Edition" limited to 105 copies of which 100 copies are SIGNED and numbered by the author, this being #72. 8vo. 35 [2]pp. Frontispiece group portrait of Big Bend pioneers; photo-illustration at rear of the first post office in..... More
[Longmeadow, Massachusetts): NP, 1927-1928. First Edition thus; Lettered as No. 156 (of a limited edition). Octavo; frontis (facsimile of the title page of a Calendarium printed by the Koebel Press in 1518); 9pp. A Near Fine copy with faint edgewear and remnant of paper label on upper cover (apparent duplicate..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983 - 1991. First Edition. Complete in 4 volumes. Vol. I: The Temple of the Inscriptions; Vol. II: The Early Buildings of the Palace and the Wall Paintings; Vol. III: The Late Buildings of the Palace; Vol. IV: The Cross Group, the North Group, the Olvidado..... More
New York: Appleton-Century Company, 1939. First Edition. SIGNED by Hawthorne and Suydam on half-title. Large 8vo. 456 pp. Index. Illustrations by Suydam. Brown cloth with dark blue lettering, illustrated endpapers; publisher's illustrated dustjacket. A near fine copy (minor shelfwear to lower page edges; some darkening to dustjacket spine). A wholly..... More
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Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, at the University Press, 1939; 1942. Limited #203 of 1500 copies. SIGNED by Thomas Hart Benton on the colophon in each volume. Large 8vo. 340; 396 pp. Illustrated by Thomas Hart Benton; Edited with an Introduction by Bernard de Voto. Beautifully bound by Bayntun in full..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1927. First Edition Limited #297 of 760 copies. SIGNED by Rosenbach on the limitation page. Large 8vo. xv, [1], 311, [1] pp. 40 plates; in text illustrations. From the Alfred Sutro library with his personalized red leather bookplate. Half-brown cloth spine over brown paper-covered boards;..... More
SIGNED by the poet. 19" x 8" broadside in simple & handsome wood frame (20" x 9"). The broadside depicts a conversation between General Putnam and Death regarding the various times Putnam evaded Death until he no longer could. Arthur Guiterman (1871 – 1943) was an American writer best known..... More
[Japan]: N.P., [1983]. First Edition. Narrow 4to. 88 leaves. 44 original color photographs of Noh masks with English and Japanese descriptions. Edited by Toru Ishikawa; photographs by Fumio Dodo; Introduction by Masaharu Gotoda, Chief of Cabinet Secretariat. A brief biography and color photograph of the Moris at the rear. Oriental..... More
Kyoto: Shinshindo Publishing Co., 1973. First Edition. Large square 4to. 89 color plates; [72] pp text; black & white illustrations. Although not indicated, this book is from the library of Ms. Huguette Clark's advisor in building historically accurate miniature Japanese houses and temples; with a SIGNED gift note from Ms..... More
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1983. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author. 8vo. 178 pp. Maps; illustrations. Bibliography; Index. Green cloth in publisher's green illustrated dustjacket. Fine condition. volume eighteen in the University of Utah Publications In the American West. Examines the mutually advantageous economic relationships that sprang..... More
Baltimore: Clearfield Publishing, 1990. Reprint of the 1964 edition. 8vo. 392 pp. blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Fine condition. A compilation extracted from the monumental seven-volume "History of California" by Bancroft. Contains all genealogical information and lists of early inhabitants and pioneers contained in Bancroft's volumes. More