New York: Viking Press, 1953. First Edition. 4to. 126 pp. With full-color illustrations by Chesley Bonestell, Fred Freeman and Rolf Klep; black & white illustrations. Green cloth with silver illustration and lettering in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. Minor wear; small bookseller label inside rear cover else a fine copy. A..... More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clarke, Co, 1933. First Edition, Limited to 753 copies. INSCRIBED by the author "To Hazel Krieg, Grace R. Hebard." Additionally, Hebard's calling card is laid in with the envelope. The card is inscribed "To Chief Plenty Snows from Twenty Six Times and Sleeps. 1934." The envelope..... More
Monterey, CA: Monterey Jazz Festival, September 27-29, 2019. First Edition. 18 1/2 x 24 1/2". SIGNED by Christian McBride, an American jazz bassist, composer and arranger. McBride has appeared on more than 300 recordings as a sideman, and is a six-time Grammy Award winner. McBride has performed and recorded with..... More
Hong Kong: Libra Press, (1981). First Edition, Limited to 350 copies. INSCRIBED "For my dear friends the Cates with the wishes of Francis J. Weber". 8vo. 165 pp. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine in publisher's pale grey & black dustjacket. A fine copy. The author, Monsignor Francis J...... More
Hong Kong: Libra Press, (1983). First Edition, Limited to 350 copies. INSCRIBED "For Bob & Maureen Cates with the best wishes of Francis J. Weber September 20, 1983". 8vo. 133 pp. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine in publisher's pale pink & black dustjacket. A fine copy. The author..... More
Hong Kong: Libra Press, (1980). First Edition, Limited to 350 copies. INSCRIBED "Inscribed to Bob & Maureen Cates with the best wishes of Francis J. Weber October 26, 1981". 8vo. 314 pp. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine in publisher's green & black dustjacket. A fine copy (small spot..... More
Hong Kong: Libra Press, (1975). First Edition, Limited to 350 copies. INSCRIBED "For Bob & Maureen Cates with the affection of Francis J. Weber". 8vo. 251 pp. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine in publisher's pale pink & black dustjacket. A fine copy (light fading to dustjacket spine). The..... More
Hong Kong: Libra Press, (1975). First Edition, Limited to 350 copies. INSCRIBED "Signed for John with the wishes of Francis J. Weber, February 18, 1983". 8vo. 193 pp. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine in publisher's orange & black dustjacket. A fine copy (faint foxing on upper page edges)..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1977. First Edition, Limited to 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman. 8vo. 173 pp. Bibliography. Illustrations. black cloth spine over black & grey paper covered boards. A fine copy. More
Osaka, Japan: Published by the author, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 36 pp. Text in English & Japanese. Striking color serigraph illustrations accompanied by Earle's poetry. Glossy paper covered boards in color printed dustjacket. Fine in fine dustjacket; still in original plastic sleeve. An unusual title on Earle's works; as..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1973. First Edition, Limited to 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman. 8vo. 49 pp. Illustrations. Black cloth spine over blue & black illustrated boards. A fine copy. A history of the early cemeteries within the city limits of Los Angeles, except for the San..... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010. 8vo. xix, 471 pp. Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 4 maps; photo-reproductions. Tan cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy. A engrossing biography on Tiburcio Vasquez who along with Joaquin Murrieta is America's most infamous Hispanic bandit. More
Hall of Fame Games, Inc., 1984. First Edition. SIGNED by 8 of the original 1940-1950's Brooklyn Dodgers, including Duke Snider, Carl Erskine, Don Newcombe, Preacher Roe, Ralph Branca, Clem Labine, Don Zimmer, and Danny McDevitt. 8vo. 20 pp. Photo-illustrations. Original publisher's wrappers, lettered in blue with an illustration of Ebbets..... More
New York: The Petrarch Press, 1987. Limitted Edition of 200 copies printed on Rives Lightweight. 8vo. (xii), 74 pp. Bilingual edition with German and English on facing pages; English translation by Stephen Garmey and Jay Wilson. With a previously unpublished translation of a letter from Rilke to Witold von Hulewicz..... More
New York: Hearst's International Library Co., 1914. First Edition. Full-page & wram INSCRIPTION to Larry Chittenden from the author. Chittenden, the Poet Ranchman of Texas, created theunique Christmas Cove Library in Maine, for which he asked authors to autograph their books and donate them to the library. He designed a...... More
San Francisco: Published by Emil P. Schlichtmann, 1955. First Edition Limited to 1000 copies. 8vo. 356 pp. Many pages uncut. Bibliography; Index. Maps, including 2 fold-outs; photo-illustrated plates. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine; illustration of tree on front cover. A fine copy. "A detailed history of the old..... More
[Detroit, MI]: Printed on handmade paper at the Cranbrook Press by George G. Booth, 1902. First Edition Limited to 208 copies, this being No. 49. INSCRIBED "To Mrs. R. J. Sloan, with sincere regards of the author, George G. Booth, Sep. 26/07." 8vo. 99, [1] pp. 6 full-page woodcut illustrations;..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1928. First Edition Limited to 310 numbered copies, this being No. 248. SIGNED by Jeffers and Adams. 8vo. 49 pp. Frontispiece silver-print signed photograph of Jeffers by Adams. Introduction by B.H. Lehman. Titles in red and black; initials in red by Valenti Angelo. Bound..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1976. First Edition Limited to 500 copies. 8vo. 160 pp. 2 color fold-out plates; black & white photo-illustrations. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. Black cloth spine over photo-illustrated paper covered boards. A fine copy. A record in words and pictures of Bunker..... More
London: Grant Richards, 1898. Winchester Edition. 9 (of 10 volumes). 8vo. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard in Vol. 1. Bound by Bayntun in 3/4 green calf over pale green cloth covered boards with gilt decoration & lettering to spines; TEG; marbled endpapers. A fine and lovely set, albeit missing one..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's book Shop, 1987. First Edition Limited to 375 numbered copies, this being #111. SIGNED by the author. Small folio. xv, 244 pp. Bibliography; Index. Reproductions of maps. Printed by the Castle Press. Blue cloth spine over illustrated paper covered boards. Personalized bookplate for noted book collector Roger..... More
San Francisco: Printed at The Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California, 1952. First Edition Limited to 375 copies. 4to. (8), 59, (1) pp. 19 reproductions of pencil sketches the author drew during a the summer of 1856 while visiting the California missions. Vellum backed patterned paper covered boards;..... More
Bakersfield, CA: Kern County Museum, 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited Edition to 500 copies. 4to. (xiii), 287pp. 50 illustrations. Green cloth in cream and green illustrated dustjacket; map endpapers. A fine copy in very good dustjacket (darkening to spine; wear and chips to extremities). The most exhaustive data published concerning..... More
London: Practical Paradise Publications, 1978. First Edition, Limited #92 of 350 copies. SIGNED by the author. 4to. xvi, [4], 275, [2] pp. Bibliography. Maps, illustrations. Stiff green & tan illustrated wrappers in near fine condition. The author, born in 1949 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, collected material for this book on..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1929. First English Language Edition. 4to. [58] unnumbered pages. Color illustrations by Rudolf Mates. Translated from the Czechoslovak by Raf. D. Szalatnay.Edited by Helen Murphy. Printed by V. Neubert and Sons in Praque. Red cloth spine; color illustrated paper covered boards; housed in publisher's color illustrated slipcase..... More