New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1891-1908. Leather bound. The Riverside Edition, complete in 14 volumes. 8vo. Various paginations. Engraved frontispiece portraits with tissue guards in 4 volumes. Dark Blue three-quarter morocco over blue cloth boards; gilt lettering to spines; marbled endpapers; TEG. Engraved previous owner bookplates in each volume else a....
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo. 182 pp. 6 illustrated plates (including frontispiece); Pronunciation of Proper Names. Publisher's review slip affixed inside front cover. Green pictorial covers in near fine condition (minor wear to extremities; slight darkening to spine). Here are 15 stories detailing "...dramatic...
New York: Institute of Pacific Relations, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; xii, 97pp. A review copy with publisher's slip tipped in. Near Fine copy in rose cloth with black and gold label at spine in very good dust jacket (tanning, edgewear, a couple of small snags at rear). "Today when...
Tokio: The Government Press, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; xv, 389pp. Corrigenda and errata slip tipped to ffep. A Very Good copy (bumped corners, light edgewear) in publisher's green cloth, lettered in gold. A retrospective report summarizing the currencies of Japan from 1871 to 1897. Published in 1899 under the...
Tokyo: The "Japan Times" Office. 1902. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo; 1, 41pp. Very Good copy (protected in stiff wraps, original front cover pasted on). Scarce booklet; WorldCat locates only one other copy.
Berkeley: Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, 1945. Third Edition Revised and Enlarged. Paperback. Quarto; [70] pp. Very Good condition in stapled wrappers. Published and distributed by the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County. A roster of former American residents (of at least a....
New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1859. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo; 31pp. Fair copy (essentially disbound, lacking rear wrapper). With chronological catalog of aerolites from 1478 BC to 1848 AD.
London: Trubner and Co., 1882. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo; i, 5pp. in yellow printed wrappers. Covers separated, name to front, erasure holes to upper edge. A good copy. Offprint from the 'Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. XIV, Part 1.' 'The Yi or Nuosuo...
New York: Tiffany Studios, ca. 1900. First Edition. Original wrappers. Octavo in string-tied ivory wrappers with Tiffany Studios logo in gold to front wrapper. Five carpets (Sanctuary, XV Century Ispahan, XIV Century Kuba, XVII Century Oushak, XIX Century Kurdestan) are photographically reproduced in b/w, each image protected with tissue with...
London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; viii, 280 + 44pp catalog at rear. Spine and front cover detached but present, rear hinge seperating, previous owner name in pencil, else a Good copy in publisher's black cloth lettered in gold with illustration to front cover. William...
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; x, 125pp. A Fine copy in a Near Fine (tanning and some faint discoloration to spine) dust jacket. With ten illustrations and a map of Asia. 'This... book is devoted to a Parisian master who lived asnd worked in the...
Denver: Allan Swallow, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; 288 pages. Illustrations. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (minor wear to extremities; small scrape to "Vardis" on spine). The debate whether Meriwether Lewis committed suicide or was murdered continues to this day. Arguments are made convincingly for both methods. "At...
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1915. Second Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. 190, [2], [1 pp advertisement]. Illustrations. Grey pictorial cloth. Minor wear to extremities; else a fine copy of a scarce title. Fully illustrated, charming guide for camping and outdoor activities, written by a Sioux author. It includes Sioux language...
boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1936. First Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. xiv, [2], 296, [1] pp. Color frontispiece; numerous photographic plates.Red cloth with printed spine label in publisher's dustjacket with wraparound cover art depicting the capture of Geronimo by Herbert Morton Stoops. Previous owner name else fine in very good dustjacket (some...
Pasadena: Trails End Publishing, 1947. First Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. 262, [1] pp. Index. Illustrations by Charles M. Russell. Red cloth with gilt lettering; brand mark illustrated endpapers; in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (2" closed tear; minor wear to extremities). "Con Price, lifetime...
Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 265 pp. Illustrations by L. P. Harding. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with wraparound cover art by L. P. Harting (minor chipping to spine ends; 2 short closed tears). The travelling medicine show with its...
Chicago: Revell, 1903. First Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. 390 pp. Index. Photo-illustrations. TLS from a member of the author's family laid in. Orange pictorial cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition. The primary source for the destruction of the Fox Indian tribe. A more-recently discovered map from 1731 suggests that...
Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1958. Second Edition. 8vo. Illustrations. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering; illustrated endpapers, in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Small bookseller label else fine in near fine dustjacket (minor wear to extremities). The biography of Jim McKinney (1861-1903), an ex-convict with a propensity for gambling, drinking and violence, a....
New York: Dutton, 1926. First Edition, Limited to 750 copies. 8vo. xxiii, [5], 3-82 pp. Introductory note by Witter Bynner. Near fine (small spots to spine label) in near fine dustjacket (darkening to spine and fold lines; minor wear to extremities). "These poetic interpretations of the Blackfoot and Navajo Songs...
Monterey, CA: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1990. First Edition. Original wrappers. 4to. 60 pp. Robert Brennan and Merle Schipper. Color and black & white illustrations. Color illustrated wrappers in find condition. Catalogue for exhibition held at the Monterey, Laguna and Oakland art museums 1989-1990. Includes Exhibition Checklist; List of...
Monterey, CA: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1986. First Edition. Original wrappers. 4to. 72 pp. color and black & white illustrations. Essays by Roger Aiken and Richard Lorenz. Stiff color illustrated wrappers in fine condition, as new. The uncommon catalog for a retrospective exhibition held at the Monterey Museum of...
Los Osos, CA: Sand River Press, 1991. Third Printing. 8vo. 82 pp. Illustrations. Stiff illustrated wrappers in fine condition, as new. "Here is the real story of the enduring legend, John Steinbeck, and Sparky's personal Log from the Sea of Cortez, recounting those wild and heady days. He tells true...
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2010. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo. [44] pp, unpaginated. Color plates. Stiff tan wrappers in fine condition. Keepsake designed for the members of the Book Club of California. Includes brief biography of Mora and 16 color and 2 black & white images, with textual descriptions...
New York: Macmillan, 1911. First Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. 340 pp. Photographic illustrations throughout. Blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine; salmon color lettering & rulling to front board. Light wear to extremities; some darkening to spine; else a near fine copy. The exploits of Jack & Charmian London's lengthy...
San Francisco: William Doxey, 1895. First Edition. Original wrappers. SIGNED by the author on front cover. Small 8vo. 8 leaves, including the wrappers. Original pictorial self-wrappers, stapled, uncut, as issued. One short marginal slit in front wrapper, light general wear; a near fine copy inf somewhat worn folding purple case...
