Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1972. First Edition, Limited to 300 copies. Full-page inscription by the author. 8vo. 55, [17] pp. Photo-illustrations. Black cloth cream and green illustrated paper covered boards. Lower corner boards showing else a near fine copy. The author was inspired to chronicle the history of street..... More
Pasadena: San Pasqual Press, 1939. First Edition. 8vo. 243 pp. Appendix; Index. With illustrations by Irene Robinson. Pictorial tan cloth in publisher's colore illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (minor wear to extremities). More
(Los Angeles): Published by the author, (1930). First Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. 47 pp. 16 plates (including frontispiece); one fold-out map of Southern California identifying proposed mission sites. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Previous owner bookplate and stamp else a fine copy. "This treatise on Spanish plans for a...... More
San Francisco: Jo Mora, Jr., 1934. Second Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Unpaginated. Original tan cloth with black lettering and green, red and black illustration of a pirate on the front cover. Minor wear to extremities; light general soiling; else a near fine copy. The first book written and illustrated by Jo..... More
San Francisco: H.S. Crocker Co., 1949. Fourth Edition. 8vo. 127 pp. Black & white photographic reproductions by Adams; maps in color (1 folding). Original spiral bound blue covers with white lettering. Light wear; small previous owner label; light tanning to covers; a very good copy. A tourist guide with essential..... More
Boston: The Page Company, 1915. First Edition. 8vo. 376, [4, ads] pp. Large folding map. Sixteen color plateswith tissue guards from original paintings, mainly by California artists including Percy Grey, Thomas Moran, Mary DeNeale Morgan, Helen Balfour and others; forty duogravures from photographs. Pictorial cream cloth with gilt decoration and..... More
Stanford University, CA: Stanford University Press, 1936. First Edition. 8vo. 197 pp. Index. illustrations. Tan cloth in publisher's yellow & brown illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (slight fading to spine). "Dr. Winther has given us for the first time the complete historically accurate account. From the..... More
San Francisco: Published by the author, 1877. First Edition. 12mo. 192 pp. 9 woodcut plates (including frontispiece; 1 fold-out plate, lacking the left fold; fold-out map of The Laguna [Pond] of Dolores. Green cloth with gilt decoration & lettering. Wear to extremities; small snag to spine; else a very good..... More
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. First Edition. 8vo. 367 pp. Illustrated from photographs by the author. Index. Gilt illustrated green cover with color image of mountain scenery; gilt lettering; in uncommon publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (wear & chips to extremities; general darkening & soiling). "A..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1941. Second Printing Before Publication. Cloth. SIGNED by Steinbeck on title page. Large 8vo. 143pp. 136 black & white photo-illustrations. Original cream buckram stamped in green; top edges stained green in colored pictorial dustjacket. Very good (foxing to covers) in very good dustjacket (wear to extremities..... More
Los Angeles: USC Fine Arts Press, 1989. Limited No. 124 of 300 copies. 8vo. 48, [4] pp. Bibliography. Printed in blue and black. Facsimile of the Stephen Plannck 1493 Latin edition of The Letter; 6 full-page woodcuts; blue & black title page with map from a sketch chart by Columbus..... More
Salt Lake City: Dream Garden Press, 1985. First Edition Thus; Tenth Anniversary Edition. 8vo. 356 pp. Illustrations by Robert Crumb. SIGNED by Edward Abbey. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. One of Abbey's best-known works which has been cited as an inspiration by environmental groups. Includes the previously deleted chaper..... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder & Company, 1917. First Edition. 8vo. 184 pp. Illustrations by William H. Wilkes. Pictorial orange cloth in tan illustrated dustjacket. Fine in near fine dustjacket (tape reinforcement to spine ends on verso). "A collection of charming historical vignettes about the padres and their historic foundations." -..... More
Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Co, 1973. First Edition. 8vo. 339 pp. 2 maps (1 folding); photograph reproductions. Notes; Bibliography; Index. Red cloth in cream illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy with faint fading to spine. "The fascinating and precise tale which emerges from the author's extensive research reveals an adventurous..... More
Fresno: Academy of California Church History, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 286 pp. 7 plates (including frontispiece). Bibliography; Index. Dark blue boards in cream & dark blue dustjacket. Fine in fine dustajcket (small chip to spine head). Being a chronicle of the religious history of Carmel Mission Considered in Connection..... More
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1918. Early printing. Thick 8vo. 390, [1] pp. Illustrations, all but three from photographs by Herbert W. Gleason. Index. Publisher's printed price of $3.00 on lower spine. Pale green cloth with white lettering; color plate affixed to front cover; TEG; in uncommon publisher's color..... More
Santa Ynez & Los Angeles: Dos Lindas Publishing, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. 26, [1] pp. Photo-illustrations (most in color). Stiff color printed wrappers in fine condition. Luis B. Ortega (1897-1995) is known as the world’s best and foremost rawhide braider. A fifth generation Californian, Ortega traced his ancestry to..... More
[Berkeley]: [University of California]. SIGNED by 7 members of the Gun Club (dated 1970 & 1971). 8vo. 212 pp. Printed inscription at front "To Pop [Kessler], Our Genial Host." The verso of the dedication leaf reads "This book is a private collection and is not for sale". Red cloth with..... More
Los Angeles: Artemisia Bindery, 1909. First Edition, Limited #956 of 1000 copies. 8vo. (12), 133, (1 colophon), + 8pp ads for the Artemisia Bindery and books). Frontispiece, headpieces and plates by Maynard Dixon. SIGNED by the author. Original brown stiff wrappers, yapped edges with Dixon illustration to front cover. A...... More
Los Angeles: Artemisia Bindery, 1907. First Edition, Limited #885 of 1000 copies. Paperback. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. (12), 141, (1 colophon), + 8pp ads for the Artemisia bindery and books). Frontispiece and plates by Maynard Dixon. Original brown stiff wrappers with Dixon illustration to front cover. A Fine copy..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed [by the Grabhorn Press], 1944. First Edition, Limited to 150 copies. Likely signed by the author with "from A. J. Esberg/703 Market Rd" on ffep. 8vo. 83 pp. Yellow cloth spine over green paper covered boards; printed paper title label to spine. From library of Paul..... More
Eire, PA: The A-No. 1 Publishing Company, 1917. First Edition. Small 8vo. 136 pp. Illustrations. Orange wrappers printed in black & red in very good condition (some wear to extremities). The illustrated memoir of the hobo who accompanied Jack London as a fellow tramp while he was researching ‘The Road.’..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxvi, [2], 219, [1] pp. 13 plates, including frontispiece and map, tipped in. Green cloth with color print tipped on front cover, white lettering; top edge gilt in publisher's scarce color illustrated dustjacket. The image on the front cover of the..... More
Denver, Colorado: World Press, 1957. First Edition, Limited No. 446 of 500 copies. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 234 pp. Illustrations. Gray cloth with blue lettering in yellow illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy with a hint of wear to dustjacket; not faded as is common with this title. The biography..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1980. Limited Edition No. 260 of 275 copies. Hardcover. SIGNED by Andrew Hoyem, the printer and by author Ray Bradbury who wrote the Introduction titled "Flatland Revisited." Tall 4to. 14 by 7", accordion-fold of 56 folded panels. Illustrated by Hoyem with handcolored diecuts of geometric shapes..... More