boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922. Limited Edition #369 of 750 large paper copies, with a leaf bearing Mrs. Hearn's autograph (in Chinese) in Volume I. Hardcover. 8vo. Color frontispiece in each volume with titled tissue guards; photogravure plates, most from photographs by Charles S. Olcott, with titled tissue guards. partially unopened;... More
New York: John Day Company, 1972. Limited Edition #564 of 1000 copies, from a series commemorating Pearl S. Buck's 80th birthday, SIGNED by her on limitation leaf. Hardcover. 11 titles, each numbered 564, 9 of which are SIGNED by the author on the limitation leaf. The two unsigned titles -... More
Hartford, Conn: American Publishing Company, 1899. Leather bound. First Edition. The original prospectus with a reproduction of the title page for Volume II of "The Innocents Abroad" and the sample leather spine affixed inside rear cover. 16 photogravures (including frontispiece portrait of Twain) with titled tissue guards, complete. [20] pp... More
Honolulu: James Steiner, The Island Curio Company for the Honolulu Aquarium. [ca. 1907]. Original boards. Oblong 12 mo. 12 accordian-folded chromolithographic plates of tropical fish found on the Hawaiian reefs; 1 text leaft pasted downs as rear endpaper. Printed in Germany. Publisher's red cloth spone over red paper coverd boards;... More
Santa Ynez, CA: Alamar Media, 2018. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 4to. xii, 320 pp. Bibliography; List of Image and Photo Credits. Color and black & white illustrations. A fine copy in fine dustjacket; new. The definitive monograph on Joe De Yong, Western artist, cowboy, first and... More
New York: Longmans, Green and Co, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Hearfelt, full-page inscription by the author. 8vo. 272 pp. Illustrated by Loren Barton. Near fine in publisher's illustrated dustjacket (wear to spine ends; light fading to spine). A fictionalized biography of Jack Jouett's remarkable ride to save Thomas Jefferson, Patrick... More
New York: Macmillan, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author, with 4 pp. ALS taped to ffep. 8vo. 96 pp. Illustrated by Berta and Elmer Hader. Near fine in very good dustjacket (small paper loss along lower front edge and spine end; lower front flap corder clipped; price of... More
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; xxii, 112pp.; folding map of the Route of John Work's Expedition to California in 1832-1833, several full-page photographic plates, including frontis of Work in middle age. One of 500 copies printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy at The Wesgate Press... More
San Francisco, CA: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1926. First Edition Thus, Limited Edition #86 of 260 copies. Original boards. 4to. xii, 104, [1] pp. Red cloth spine over blue-grey paper boards in grey dustjacket; paper title labels to spines. A Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket (light... More
San Francisco, CA: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1927. First Edition Thus, Limited to 260 copies; this copy unnumbered/signed. Hardcover. 4to. xiv, 158 pp. Folding map; facsimiles of original German and English edition title-pages, 2 portraits (of Langsdorff and Rezanov), 5 plates from engravings in the original German... More
San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1919. First Edition Thus, Limited to 250 copies (this being #179), SIGNED at colophon by Russell. Hardcover. Quarto; (xiv); 158pp. With an Introduction by Herbert Ingram Priestley. A Fine copy in original tan linen spine over blue-grey boards with printed paper spine label in Fine... More
San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1930. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Limited Edition of 250 copies (this being #250); SIGNED at colophon by the printer. Quarto. (xxxii) 232pp plus facsimiles. A Fine copy (handsome bookplate to front pastedown) in original tan linen spine over blue-grey boards with... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1955. First edition thus (originally printed in 1830); limited to 350 copies. Hardcover. Quarto; (2), 79pp, map. A Near Fine copy (handsome owner bookplate to front pastedown) in original 1/4 white parchment and gray boards printed in red in mylar jacket with a.... More
San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1949. First Edition, Limited to 500 copies. Hardcover. Quarto; unpaginated (complete as issued); 1 photo, 5 facsimiles, some on colored paper; chronological index, appendix. This is a Near Fine copy (offsetting from handsome owner bookplate on front pastedown) in original 1/4 red linen and red... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1958. Henry Rusk. First Edition, Limited to 400 copies. Hardcover. Folio; xxvii, 36 pages; facsimiles, chart of the entrance to the Columbia River in 1792; 1/4 black leather and brown, green & gold marbled boards. Fine clean copy; errata slip tipped at rear... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1931. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 8vo. xix, 552pp. Photo-illustrations; maps (one large fold-out). Blue cloth with gilt lettering in scarce printed cream dust jacket illustrated with crest and lettering. Handsome bookplate to front pastedown, else a Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket (small chips... More
San Francisco: John Howell, 1923. 1st. Hardcover. Thin quarto; [4], 8, [1]pp. A Very Good to Near Fine copy in blue boards with tan linen spine bearing white paper label. The colophon states that the edition was limited to 265 copies (this is #200), designed by Edwin E. Grabhorn. HOWEVER... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1871. Early printing. Hardcover. Tall octavo; 223pp, illustrations. A Very Good copy in original purple cloth, spine lettered in gold. Worldcat locates 5 copies of this edition in institutions. The Moonstone is generally considered to be the first detective novel, and it established many of... More
San Francisco: John Howell, 1947. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; (xvi), 158pp; cartographic endpapers. First Edition in blue cloth lettered in gold. A Very Good copy (handsome bookplate to front pastedown with some offsetting) inscribed on ffep 'Merry Christmas/and/Happy Landings/Dorothy Kaucher' Cartographic endpapers. Illustrated with numerous photographs. Ms. Kaucher was the first... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1957. First Edition. Leather bound. 8vo. 242 pp. Index. Black & white photo-illustrations. The owner's name 'Julia Wiley Gilbert' is stamped in gilt to front cover; Gilbert was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Wiley (he served as John Wiley & Sons'... More
London? Controller Technical Dept, 1918? First Edition Thus. Original wrappers. Octavo; 21 pamphlets bound as one, numerous full page illustrations including photographs, diagrams and charts (some folding), a few printed on both sides. In somewhat worn original soiled printed wrappers with yapp edges, contents Near Fine. Original technical manual used... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; [6], 59, [2] pp. in publisher's beige linen spine with paper label and red paper-covered boards A Near Fine copy (front hinge starting) in unprinted dust jacket (closed tears, fading). Gleason was a US poet and dramatist. She was the... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; xi, [2],106pp, 760 text illustrations, color plate (Facade of Small Mycenaean Temple from Fresco found in the Palace of Knossos) at rear. A Very Good copy (edge bumps, extremity wear, front hinge tender) in publisher's burgundy cloth lettered in gilt... More
San Francisco: Gelber Lilienthal Inc. by Grabhorn Press, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 200 Copies (this out of series, unnumbered and unsigned). Thin Quarto; [6]pp. A Very Good copy (bump to spine foot; damp stain to upper edge of rear board) in publisher's brown paper-covered boards; front cover... More
Bridgehampton: Hampton Press, 1939. Second Edition, slightly revised. Hardcover. Octavo; (vi), 66, (1) pp. A Near Fine copy in publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt. Laid in is the offering circular for this second printin. Illustrated with many photos. The story of the hurricane based on records of local newspapers... More