Chicago, IL: Albert Whitman Company, 1930. Jo Mora. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 12mo. 126pp, [1]. Delightful duotone and monotone illustrations (8 full page, including frontispiece) by Jo Mora. Pictures in color by Sue Seeley; all other drawings by Jo Mora. Original dark blue cloth with color illustrated plate to front cover;..... More
Denison TX: Denison Heritage, Inc., 2001. First Edition. Oblong Octavo, (iv) 60pp; SIGNED by the author. Extensively illustrated w/photographs, drawings, etc. Illustrated wrappers in fine condition, as new. Based on the prolific career of Mr. Mayes, the book shows dozens of his residences and commercial buildings, along with this Denison..... More
London: Spring Books, No date. 4to. 47 pp text; 60 full page plates (many in color) with desciption facing each plate. Translated by Dr. Greta Horn. Cream linen in publilsher's color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (small loss to spine head; crease and short closed tear..... More
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1937-1938. First Nonesuch Edition #869 of 877. Original cloth. Limited to 877 sets, complete with the original woodcut entitled "On Dangerous Ground" engraved after Luke Fildes (includes a pull taken from the woodcut with letter of authenticity signed by Arthur Waugh); and Nonesuch Dickensiana: Retrospectus and..... More
London; Leipzig: Edward Goldston; Karl W. Hiersemann, 1929. First Edition. 4to. 225 pp text; With 506 illustrations on 168 platesr; 4 color plates; 8 inset-plates; map. Translated by J. M. Kindersley and M.A. Oxon. Red cloth with gilt illustration and lettering; housed in publisher's cardboard worn and split slipcase. Book..... More
Boston: The Page Company, 1916. Third Impression. Hardcover. 8vo. xxv, 433pp. Bibliography, Index. Color folding map; 8 color plates with tissue guards; 64 black & white photo-reproductions. Striking decorative color & gilt binding with gilt lettering; top edge gilt; illustrated endpapers. Slight fading to spine; minor wear to extremities; minor..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2019. First Edition. 4to. 51 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Chronologinal Checklist; Bibliography. Stiff color wrappers in fine condition, still in original shrinkwrap. A biography of Henry Evans, a man of many talents - a rare book dealer, a printer, and an..... More
College Station TX: Texas A & M University, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. (x), 578 pages. Red cloth with gilt lettering to front cover, black & gilt lettering spine label; New copy - as issued without dust jacket in original shrinkwrap. Numerous black & white illustrations; Bibliography and Index. A..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Unique Theatre, 1905. First Edition. Small 8vo. [12] pp. Illustrations. Pink printed wrappers in near fine condition (short closed tear to upper edge of first two pages; minor wear to extremities; a bit of fraying to page edge of rear cover) An unusual and early Santa Cruz..... More
Monterey, CA: The Planning Commission, 1939. First Edition. 4to. 31, [3] pp. Color plate titled 'First Theater in California'; photo-illustrations; single-page map; 4 folding maps in rear pocket showing Parks, Parkways and Recreation, Conservation of Bay & Beach Frontage with Proposed Promenade, Streets and Hiwhays with Existing Traffic Volumes, and..... More
San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1971. First Edition. Folio. 143, [1] pp. Bibliography. Color photographs by Philip Hyde. Two-page color map showing Proposed Highways, Existing Roads, Escalante Wilderness Area, Capitol Reef National Monument, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, and Canyonlands National Park. Introduction by John G. Mitchell, Sierra Club Books editor..... More
Peiping: Academia Sinica: The National Research Institute of History and Philology, 1929-1931. First Edition. Small 4to. 218,[6]; 219-422, [2]; 423-558 pp. Illustrations (some in color); plates (some folded, some in color); portrait;tables; maps, plans & diagrams (some folded and some in color). Text in Chinese. Editors include Fu Ssûnien, Tch'ên..... More
London: William Ball & Co, 1841. First Edition. 8vo. xii, 342 pp. Woodcut frontispiece & in-text illustrations. Publisher's blindstampedbrown cloth with gilt illustration of a Chinese person on front cover; gilt illustration on spine. A good copy (2 1/2" loss of cloth at spine head; splitting of cloth along front..... More
Kansas City MO: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2005. First Edition. 4to. 491; 479; 481 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Brown cloth spines over orange boards; each volume has a color illustration on front covers; gilt lettering on spines; housed in publisher's slipcase. A fine set in slipcse with a...... More
San Francisco: Gray Line, ca. 1945. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo; [16] pp. Frontispiece woodcut. Illustrated with photographs. Near Fine copy in stapled yellow & red wrappers. Uncommon tourist pamphlet for San Francisco's Chinatown shortly after World War II. The tour included visits to Old Chinatown Lane, the Chinatown Telephone Exchange..... More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 19239. First Edition. Paperback. Folio; 40 pages, frontis + 6 plates. Complete, a Near Fine copy in original printed goldenrod wrappers. Papers: No. 9. Limited to 500 copies printed at the Plantin Press. More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1921. First Edition. Folio; 54 pages + 11 plates. Complete, (lacking spine with gatherings laid in), else a Very Good copy in original printed wrappers. Papers: Volume I, Part I. More
Monterey, CA: Monterey History & Art Association, 2003. First Edition. Quarto, (vi), 61 pages. As New copy - unread. Numerous illustrations, many appearing here for the first time. Produced on the occasion of two new exhibitions of Mora's art and life. Included are 'A Chronology of Mora's Life,' 'A Collection..... More
Boise, ID: LithoCraft, Inc., 1995. First Edition. SIGNED and dated by Francis Whitaker. 4to. 122 pp. Black & white photo-reproductions. Two articles about Whitaker are laid in. Black leather with gold lettering. A fine copy. The autobiography of one of the United States' leading artist blacksmiths. Francis Whitaker (1906 –..... More
Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo; xxii, 419pp. Fine copy in publisher's blue cloth lettered in gold in a Very Good dust jacket. 'Addenda to Tabula Gratulatoria' laid in. Studies in the History of Christian Thought Volume XIX. More
Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1988. First Edition. Octavo; xix, 450pp. Near Fine, unread copy in publisher's illustrated wraps. STUDIEN UND MATERIALIEN ZUR GESCHICHTE DER PHILOSOPHIE Band 27. Clemens Timpler was a German philosopher, physicist and theologian. Along with Jakob Degen (1511–1587), he is considered the most important Protestant metaphysician, establishing..... More
New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; x, 219pp. Fine, unread copy in publisher's brown cloth lettered in gold. (From the library of noted Stanford University scholar Lewis W. Spitz with his name to ffep). More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966. First Edition thus. Octavo; xxxi, 506pp. A Fine copy in publisher's blue cloth lettered in gold at spinel dust jacket toned with a few edge tears & tiny chips, but complete. A compilation of the history of Islamic authors and writings, A Literary History of..... More
Washington DC: Bollingen Foundation/Pantheon Books, 1948. First Edition. Quarto; xx, 113pp plus 99 pages of photographic illustrations. A Near Fine copy in publisher's 1/4 blue linen and black cloth with Bollingen's design to front cover, spine lettered in gold in edgeworn dust jacket (spine faded). From the library of Samson..... More
(Los Angeles): Ebell Club of Los Angeles; 75th Diamond Anniversary Committee, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto; 47pp. Photo-illustrations. Near Fine copy in stapled illustrated wraps. 'The Ebell of Los Angeles is an educational and philanthropic organization founded by women, for women in 1894. Our mission is to participate in and..... More