Berkeley: University of California Press, 1933. Second edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xix, 552pp. Photo-illustrations; maps (one large folding map at rear). Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. A fine copy. Translated from the original Spanish Manuscript of Father Pedro Font's Complete Diary (he wrote an official record in the Short..... More
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1894. First Edition. 8vo. 432pp. Frontispiece portrait of Twain with tissue guard; in-text illustrations on every page. This is the first state of the first edition with the bulk of the text block measuring 1 1/8" and title page not tipped-in. Publisher's black & gilt decorated..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1885. First Edition. Small 8vo. 206, 8 pp. Illustrations. Brown, green, & black gilt illustrated cloth. A very good copy (previous owner names; light markings to front cover). Harper's Young People was an American children's magazine between 1879 and 1899, beginning as a weekly illustrated..... More
1958. First Edition. 9 1/2 x 11". Journal No. 1: 20 leaves, single-sided (including laid in errata sheet). Also laid in is the publisher's notice of a delay on the pictures for the Journal and that they would be mailed separately; fortunately the fan did receive the photographs and pasted..... More
New York: Random House Inc, 1987. First Trade Edition. 8vo. 277 pp. Fine in fine dustjacket. A story by one of the grand masters of American fiction about "... the pleasures and perils and occasional penalties of closeness, about love and loyalty, about certain kinds of steadfastness and fidelity, about..... More
Boston & Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1957. First Printing. 8vo. 467pp; 468-838pp. Maps and illustrations by the author. Brick and tan linen housed in publisher's slipcase. Fine copies in near fine slipcase (wear to corners and lower front edge). "Most exhaustive ranch history ever written, and a tremendous account..... More
Cuba: Edicion Jordi, (ca. 1923). 46 color illustrations on (32) pp., unpaginated. Text in English inside front cover and in Spanish inside rear cover. Color illustrated staple-bound wrappers housed in publisher's printed brown envelope. A very good copy (individual pages separated from staples; light wear to extremities; lower spine split..... More
Georgetown, CA: Talisman Press, 1963. First Edition Limitied to 1000 sets. 8vo. 457; 458-825 pp. Index. Facsimiles of Jefferson maps in rear pocket. Fold-out map of the California-Oregon Trail and errata sheet in Volume 2. Tape repairs to Volume 1 dustjacket; previous owner name in each volume; light wear and..... More
Sausalito: Canyon Cinema, 1976. Quarto; 270 pages. Index. Photo-reproductions. Stiff illustrated softcover in near fine condition (previous owner inscription; light general wear). More
New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1939. First Edition. INSCRIBED "With deepest regards and appreciation for counsel and assistance in the preparation of this volume. Charles F. Reid. June 7, 1940". Blue cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition. More
[Pebble Beach]: Robert Louis Stevenson School, 1966. First Edition. 4to. 224 pp. Photo-reproductions; illustrations. Includes local business advertisements. Green and cream photo-illustrated cloth covered boards. Minor wear else a fine copy. More
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2000. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Gus Arriola. 4to. 248 pp. Reproductions of comic strips (8 pages in color); photo-reproductions. Stiff color printed softcover in fine condition. Collected here for the first time, a generous sampling from Gus Arriola's award-winning comic strip Gordo, the only enduring..... More
Medellin: Compania Litografica Nacional, 1992 - 2006. Mixed editions. Includes Vol. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6. 4to. Various paginations. 1000+ color plates and anatomic drawings. Black cloth in color printed dustjackets. All volumes are in fine condition. The volumes include: Vol. 1: Acacallis to Dryadella (2006); Vol. 2: Elleanthus..... More
Boston & Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin & Riverside Press, 1888 - 1889. Riverside Edition. Complete in 11 volumes. Small 8vo. Various paginations. Bound in three-quarter blue morocco over marbled paper covered boards; gilt ruling & lettering; marbled endpapers; top edges gilt. Minor wear to extremities; small scrape to Lectures volume; else..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1957. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To dear Odessa Davenport who is going to help us bring the hero of this tale into the literary limelight, full strength. Mae Reed Porter & Clyde Porter, June - 1957." 8vo. liv, 239 pp. Double-page map; illustrated plates. Tan &..... More
Stanford: Standford University Press, 1949. First Edition. 8vo. 308 pp. Bibliography; Index; Illustrations. Orange cloth with black illustrations and lettering, illustrated endpapers in orange, yellow and black illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy; as new. The biography of William Edward Petty Hartnell, a.k.a. Don Guillermo Arnel (1798 – 1854) was a...... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co., 1919. First Edition, Special Member's Edition #769 of an unspecified number. 8vo. 511 pp. Fold-out chart of American Protective League. Tan cloth with dark brown lettering. Darkening to spine; light general wear; else a near fine copy. The author's official account of the activities..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2001. First Edition. 4to. 187, [1] pp. Index. 309 illustrations, including 163 plates in full color. Black cloth in color printed dustjacket. Small mark to front free endpaper else a fine copy. A well illustrated and complete survey of Fortuny's life and work. The legendary..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1953. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title 'With best wishes to/a good coffee-companion,/J.H.S.,/from/G.R.S.' Octavo; viii, (2),115pp. A Near Fine copy in like dust jacket (light fading to spine). "The story of the Stevens Party from the reminiscences of Moses Schallenberger as..... More
Quito: Assendelft, 2002. First Edition. Large 4to. 240 pp. Bibliography; Index. Color photographic reproductions throughout; 2 color maps. Balck cloth in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy. A treatment of one of the richest bromeliad floras on earth. Ecuador contains an incredible 455 species of bromeliads in one of the..... More
Ecuador: Andes Editores, 1994. First Edition. Large 4to. 161, [2] pp. Chiefly striking color reproductions of a variety of orchids of Ecuador. Prologue by Manuel Esteban Mejia; editing and design by Pablo Corral Vega and Nicolas Svistoonoff. Black cloth in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy; as new. "Ecuador possesses..... More
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1980. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the authors "To ***, who started us on this trail. Betty M. Madsen, Brigham D. Madsen". Octavo; xx, 298 pages in original black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, cartographic endpapers, frontispiece, illustrated with photographs and maps, appendices..... More
A Yolla Bolly Press Book Published by Sierra Club Books, 1911. First trade printing of this edition. 4to. 162 pp. Twelve wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. Foreword and a note on the text by Frederick Turner. A fine copy in fine dustjacket (faint spine fading, as is common with this..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. First Edition. 8vo. xiv,432 pp. Black and white illustrated plates. 2 folding maps in rear pocket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (price-clipped; some wear to extremities; short closed tears). An informal history of the Rocky Mountain Fur company. "...the greatest name in the..... More
Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne, 1966. First Edition Thus. Thick 8vo. xxxvi, 852, 124 pp. Illustrations; large folding map. Red cloth with gilt decoration and lettering. A fine copy. "Recognized as one of the most important reference books of the period... gives an outstanding narrative history of San Francisco, but also..... More