Vancouver: Fairy Press, 2001. First Edition. SIGNED by van Sandwyk. Small 8v0. [8] pp, unnumbered. 4 tipped-on engravings; textual illustrations & decorations. Typography by Robert R. Reid and letterpress printed by David Clifford at Black Stone Press. Editorial assistance by Rollin Milroy. Original green illustrated handbound wrappers over stiff red..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. First Edition. 8vo. 438 pp. Introduction by Bernard DeVoto. Spectacular fold-out panoramic view of the Canyon; illustrated plates. Near fine (some splitting along fold lines of fold-out panorama) in very good dustjacket (some wear to extremities, moreso to spine ends with chipping). In this fascinating..... More
Milan: Electa Editrice, 1955. First edition; limited to 1000 copies. 4to. 74pp. Black & white illustrations; facsimile copies of autographed pages, etc. Salmon paper covered boards; titles on paper labels to front board and spine. All edges neat and clean. Near fine. More
Santa Clara/Spokane: CA. Mission Studies Assn./Arthur H. Clark Co., 2004. First Edition, Limited to 150 Hardcover copies. Hardcover. Octavo, 153 pp. Illustrations. Notes; Glossary; Refereces Cited; Index. Publisher's prospectus laid in. Original tan cloth stamped in burgundy on front cover and spine. Fine condition, as new. The diary and copybook..... More
San Francisco: Bohemian Club, 1918. First Edition Thus. 8vo. vii, 282pp. Edited, with an introduction, by Porter Garnett. Illustrations by Maynard Dixon. Half-bound with rough-weave linen spines/tips & blue paper-wrapped boards; printed paper title labels to spine. Lightt age toning to spine; small chip to spine lable; minor wear to..... More
Monterey, CA: City of Monterey, 2002. First Edition. Paperback. Square 8vo. 94pp. Photo-illustrations; maps. Color printed stiff spiral bound wraps in fine condition. Uncommon history on area in Monterey which overlooks the original capital of Alta California having the distinction of being the only residential neighborhood in California continuously inhabited..... More
Bogota, Columbia: Ediciones Fondo Cultural Cafetero, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. INSCRIBED by the author on the first page. First edition. Small square octavo. 320pp, plus [xiv] pp of bibliography and index. Full color and black & white illustrations; photographs; drawings. White, black & blue colored stiff wrappers. Light wear to..... More
Carmel, CA: William A. Karges Fine Art, 1999. First Edition. Paperback. 4to. 63 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Bibliography. Introduction by Tom Burgess. Color illustrated wrappers in fine condition, as new still in shrinkwrap. The monograph on Walter Howlison Mackenzie "Zarh" Pritchard (1866 – 1956), a British-American artist..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1967. First Edition. Octavo; 94pp, facsimiles, maps. Fine copy in brown cloth; gilt-lettered spine. 600 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. Baja California Travel Series 9. More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1968. First Edition. Octavo; 93, [1]pp illustrations, facsimiles, map. Fine copy in lime green cloth with gilt-lettered spine. Consag mounted three expeditions (in 1746, 1751 and 1753) systematically exploring previously unknown parts of the Baja peninsula. 500 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; 76pp illustrations, facsimiles, maps (one folding). Fine copy in gold cloth with gilt-lettered spine and illustrated boards. Translation of Entrada a la Nación Chora. Includes bibliographical references and unpublished materials (pages 75-76); 500 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1975. First Edition. Octavo; 161pp, illustrations, cartographic endpapers. Slight rubbing, else a Fine copy in 1/2 grey cloth with gilt-lettered spine and illustrated boards. Travelers: Hernando de Alcarón -- Melchoir Diaz -- Juan de Oñate -- Eusebio Kino -- Francisco Garcés -- José Velásquez --..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1970. First Edition. Octavo; 143pp, illustrations, color map. Fine copy in blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. The narrative from the time their drifting began until their arrival in America, and their sojourn at the town of San José [del Cabo]--The account of the homeward voyage from..... More
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1953. First Edition. 12mo; 103pp; illustrations; Notes; Bibliography. A Near Fine copy in red-brown cloth with illustration of a steamer on front cover and silver lettering to spine. One of only 300 copies printed at the Cole-Holmquist Press in Los Angeles; binding by Earl Grey. Swiss-born..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1949. First Edition thus. 16mo; [2], v, [1, blank], 35pp. A Near Fine copy in blue cloth lettered in gold at spine (very slight fading; small previous owner initials). First book edition, first published in the Los Angeles Evening Express, 1878. Foster was a delegate..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1988. Hardcover. 8vo. 546pp. Index. Photo Illustrations. Signed by Ms. Black . Fine in Fine dust jacket. All domestic orders are fully trackable - Images available upon request. More
Monterey, CA: Hilleary and Petko, 1988. First Edition, Limited to 100 copies. Miniature book 2 1/2 x 2 1/4". 4 tipped-in etchings by George G. Sutherland (including frontispiece) of Eugene O'Neill; his wife, Carlotta Monterey; and of Tao House. Cream linen covered boards; purple endpapers; purple lettering to spine. A...... More
Hampshire: Nimrod Press, 1988. Small 4to. v, 126 pp. Black & white illustrations. Green cloth in cream, red & green illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy. Harrison Weir is recognised as one of the finest animal and bird artists ever produced in the U.K. His accurate and life-like portraits of Game..... More
[Read Country Books], [2013]. 8vo. 197 pp. Light brown printed softcover in fine condition. First published in 1911; in this book the author has undertaken to treat fully every subject pertaining to the Game Fowl in which the practical cocker and breeder may be interested. He has had over thirty..... More
Lima, Peru: Talleres Graficos de Serinsa, 2001. First Edition. 8vo. 260 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Bibliography. Color illustrated softcover in fine condition. Contents include: Historia del gallo de combate. Clasificación taxonómica del gallo de combate. Los ancestros de nuestros gallos de combate. Origen y difusión del gallo..... More
London: The Feathered World, 1937. First Edition. Small 8vo. 343 pp. Index. Illustrations; Business Advertisements. Includes (12) pp Illustrated Supplement: Best Books of the Year. Green illustrated cloth in good condition (wear to extremities; some fading & spotting to covers; rear hinge cracked; business card for Nichols Poultry Farm tipped..... More
Alton, Hampshire: Beech Publishing House, 1993. First Edition. Large 8vo. 138 pp. Two color plates; black & white illustrations. Modern Cockfighter's Dictionary; Bibliography. Green cloth with illustration of a cockfighter on front cover; lettering on spine. A fine copy. A survey and analysis of the sport of cockfighting in Britain..... More
New York: Crown Publishers, 1972. First Hardcover Edition. 8vo. 247 pp. Yellow cloth in illustrated dustjacket. A very good copy (spotting to front board; wear to dustjacket extremities with small paper loss along lower edge of front & rear cover). "... a probing analysis of a man caught in the..... More
Boston: Little Brown and Company, 1938. First Edition. 8vo. xi, 263 pp. Black & white photo-illustrations. Black cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. A near fine copy with light wear. Stories of people and cockfighting writtenw ith evident technical information as well as a gift for storytelling. "If you like to..... More
Camden, SC: Live Oak Press, 1988. First Edition, Limited #248 of 500 copies. 4to. 225 pp. Color and black & white photographic illustrations. Black leather with silver illustration and lettering; housed in publisher's grey slipcase. A fine copy. A collection of 28 stories previously printed in "Sporting Classics" magazine presenting..... More