Kestrel Press: Carmel Valley, CA, 1991. 2nd. 4to. 737pp. Bibliography; Index. Color printed stiff wrappers in Near Fine condition. "To the casual reader, this book will be impressive because of its sheer size, but practioners of local and regional history will be astonished by the book's depth of detail and..... More
Pacific Grove, CA: The Boxwood Press, 1981. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on title page. Oblong 8vo. 143 pp. Index. Photo-illustrations. Stiff illustrated wrappers in near fine condition (previous owner label; minor wear). This is the story of the bold people who came to Big Sur when it was..... More
San Francisco: A. M. Robertston, 1912. Antonia, Maria. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author. 16mo. 32pp. Black & white illustrations. Cream paper boards with dark blue lettering to front cover. Light soiling to boards; dark stain to lower spine; a very good copy. Privately printed. Poetry about Monterey and the..... More
New York: Warner Books, 1980. First Edition. SIGNED by President Nixon (on a tipped-in publisher's"the Real War" bookplate, as usual for this book). 8vo. 341 pp. Index. Red cloth in cream dustjacket. A fine copy. In Nixon's words,"We must face up to the stark reality...World War III has begun, and..... More
1980s to 2000s. Magazines include Ironman; Flex; Muscular Development, Fitness, Health; Muscle and Fitness; Mr. American; Muscle Media; Muscle Training Illustrated; Muscle Builder; Muscle Training; Muscle Power; Muscle Magazine International (including annuals); Muscular Development; Health and Strength (1920s-1930s); Bodybuilding Monthly and Body Power. Assembled over decades, and showing the evolution..... More
Vaduz: Transcommercial Operating & Finance Establishment, 1989-1995. 1st. 4to. (XXVII), 474pp; 418pp; (XXXVI), 352pp. Original green leatherette with gilt lettering and decoration. Over 2000 entries, each providing family name, color illustration of the coat of arms with symbol explanation, family history, etc. A useful reference for research into family coats..... More
[New York]: Type Directors Club of New York, 1950. First Edition. Publisher's blue folder containing: 1) SIGNED original wood engraving by Bernard Brussel-Smith printed by L. F. White Co. and distributed at a dinner for the friends and members of the Type Directors Club of New York given in Warde's..... More
[Oslo?]: Yngvil Kunstforlag and distributed byJohan Grundt Tanum Bokhandel, [1953]. First English language edition. Folio. 12 sheets of woodcuts each printed directly from the blocks of the artist laid in an illustrated folded sheet of paper with description of Norway and Table of Contents; housed in publisher's portfolio of woodgrain..... More
Agana, Guam: [Naval Government of Guam], 1937. First Edition. Octavo; (vi), 77pp; frontis of Magellan; photos; illustrations. Extensive bibliography (marginal pencil notations). A Near Fine copy in gray stapled wrappers, upper cover printed in black. Commander Paul John Searles and wife Ruth lived in Guam 1923-25. More
[Oregon House, CA]: Fellowship of Friends, 1977-78. First Edition. Quartos; unpaginated. Fine copies printed letterpress on white wove paper and bound in full red morocco with marbled endpapers; spine in six panels with raised bands and handsomely lettered in gold with gold and black detail. Volume I includes each weekly..... More
San Francisco: Johnck & Seeger, 1932. First Edition, Limited #49 of 500 copies. Octavo; [8], viii, [2], 190, [3]pp. frontispiece, illustrations, plates, portraits. Gold-lettered spine darkened, small owner label to front pastedown, else a Near fine copy in 1/2 tan leather over brown paper-coverd boards. Upper board lettered in red..... More
Berlin: Wolf Mueller, 1925. Second Edition. 12mo; xi (i.e. ix), 121pp. Frontis of loom. Very Good set in gold-stamped blue cloth. Iincluded is Text Volume together with two portfolio volumes complete with 120 color plates of 13th and 19th century rugs from all of the carpet-producing territories of the Orient..... More
San Francisco: Bray & Beran, 1930. Edgar Vaughn Simpson. First Edition thus. Octavo; [10]pp. Printed in orange and black on one side, on 7 unnumbered double leaves (Chinese style) with Chinese characters on margins of pages and on cover. A Near Fine copy in printed orange and gold wrappers, string-tied..... More
New York: Hill & Wang, 1972. First Edition. SIGNED PRESENTATION "To the Incomparable True and Kathleen. Affection always, Jerome [&} Bob". Small 8vo. 84 pp. A near fine copy in dustjacket. Comprising "trips beyond reality," inspired by the writings of the great Edwardian theater critic, Sir Max Beerbohm. Here are..... More
New York: The McClure Company, 1907-8. First Editions. Octavos; 406pp; [7], 467pp; x, 486pp. Name stamp to pastedowns, small name label to ffeps, moderate wear, especially to extremities, else Very Good copies in publisher's maroon cloth lettered in gold and blind-stamped; top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Illustrated with tissue-protected..... More
Milan: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2006. Second Edition. Quarto; xxiii, 848pp. Fine copy in illustrated wrappers. Text in Italian. 'The treatment, following the path of the current from the most mountainous offshoots to the outlet to the sea, examines conventional works (bridles, brushes, inalveations, etc.) and not (open bridles, boulder ramps, gabion..... More
Isernia: Cosmo Iannone Editore, 2007. First Edition. Paperback. Tall octavo; 156, [3]. Fine copy in illustrated wraps. 'Take one of the leading Italian experts in reclamation of the last century, take a heterogeneous group of farming families from all over Italy and a group of former officials of Italian Africa..... More
New York: The Architectural History Foundation/The MIT Press, 1990. First Edition. Quarto; xvi, 284pp. A Fine copy in Fine illustrated dust jacket in pale green cloth, spine lettered in black. 169 figures in b/w, nearly half ofd which illustrate the Hermitage Museum collection. Ten chapters with 3 appendices; a thorough..... More
New York: Broadcast Music Incorporated/G. Ricordi & Company/Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. First Edition. Tall quarto; (xiv), 569pp. A Fine copy in a Fine illustrated dust jacket (faint extremity wear); in publisher's blue cloth lettered in gold at spine and upper board, which is also ruled in blind. Downes describes "Marriage..... More
London: Bell and Daldy, 1864. First Edition. 12mo; vi, 122pp plus 32pp publisher's catalog at rear. Previous owner name to ffep, slightly cocked, minor wear, else a Near Fine copy in original green cloth binding, Front cover and spine lettered in gold. 65 'Double Acrostics' followed by 45 'Double Acrostics..... More
[Augusta GA]: Augusta National Golf Club, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; 80pp. A Fine copy in original green leatherette, front cover blind-stamped with Augusta logo and ruled in gold; spine titled in gold; illustrated endpapers of course layout. Extensively illustrated with vivid color photographs. More
Royal North Devon Golf Club, 1964. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Bob Jones of California/with the compliments of/Royal North Devon Golf Club,/George W. Eardley/Manager-Secretary/26/5/78." Quarto. 96pp. Numerous black & white illustrations; tipped-in color frontispiece of a painting of the club by H. Percy Heard; six fold-out charts of medal and cup..... More
Paris: Typographie de J. Best, 1877? First Edition? Tall quarto; in 1/2 green leather and marbled boards. Heavy wear, especially to the spine extremities and corners; bindings sound. Three volumes of this 5-volume work. Included are v. 2. Costumes (94pp); v. 4. Gouvernement (79pp)' -v. 5. Histoire (129pp). Heavy volumes;..... More
Singapore: Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1923-29. First Edition. Octavos; 267-391pp (Vol. I, October 1923); 1-104pp w/ color folding Geological Sketch Map of the Langkawi Islands(Vol VI. Part II, June 1928); 287-376pp w/patterns of Murut basket work (Vol VII. Part 2, September, 1929). Volumes worn and spines chipped;..... More
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1868. First Edition. Folio; xii, 13-328pp; 145 colored illustrations on 26 chromolithographed plates in brown cloth gilt-lettered spine and front cover, rear cover stamped in blind. Extremities, especially spine, worn and faded; interior sound, all plates retain their tissue protectors. First English edition Cullerier's "Precis iconographique..... More