NP: NP, 1943. Hardcover. Folio (15 3/4" x 14 1/4") scrapbook; 27 leaves. In 3/4 tan suede over paper-covered boards (with light staining and wear, else in Near Fine condition). The upper board bears a 'Mission to Moscow Pictures' label (2 1/2" X 4 1/4") and a 'Joseph E. Davies'..... More
17 3/4" x 22 3/4" photograph (image size 12" x 14 1/2") in handsome wood frame. The photograph mat is signed in pencil 'Frank Salisbury,' known as "Britain’s Painter Laureate". Twenty-five members of the Royal House of Windsor sat for Salisbury; he was the first artist to paint Queen Elizabeth..... More
NP: The Alumni Association of the University of Wisconsin of the City of New York, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; (ix), 78pp. The frontis reproduces a formal portrait of Davies in robes painted by the artist Frank Salisbury. The catalogue contains 122 entries; illustrated with 12 paintings, one to a...... More
London & Glasgow: William Collins Sons, 1945. First London Edition. Small 4to. 38 pp. Color and black & white illustrations by the author. Turquoise cloth with black illustration & lettering to front board; illustrated endpapers; in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. A very good copy (some loss of color along upper..... More
Pasadena, CA: George Wharton James, 1909. Fourth Edition Revised and Enlarged. Hardbound. 8vo. 271, [1]; 136, [8] pp. Bibliography; Appendix; Index. Hundreds of illustrations. Original green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Light wear to extremities; previous owner name; a very good copy. More
San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1970. First Edition. INSCRIBED "Joe, I think you know how much my colleagues and I appreciate your unflagging support. A few more senators like you and we may all live to see the year 2000. Fight on! Paul" and "Looking forward to meeting you..... More
Oakland Musuem. 28 1/2" x 19 1/2". Unframed. Fine condition The poster of Maynard Dixon's original oil on canvas "Earth Knower" in the collection at the Oakland Museum. More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1916. Limited Edition #384 of 750 copies. Volume VI of The Manuscript edition of "The Writings of John Muir" published in 10 volumes. 8vo; [xiv]; 399; [1] pp. 32 captioned photographic plates, including frontispiece portrait of Mount Hoffman after photographs by Herbert W. Gleason. Map..... More
Antwerp: Ex Typographia Petri Jacobs, 1707. Republished and enlarged by de Vroom, a Franciscan in the province of lower Germany. 12mo. 192 pp. Woodcut of St. Francis of Assisi receiving the Stigmata on title page; woodcut of fruitbowl at the end. `Printed in red and black. Musical score with liturgical..... More
Hollywood, CA: Seward Publishing, 1946. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Chas Hulett, With my sincere regards and good wishes. Edgar A. Payne." Payne (1883-1947) was a Western landscape painter and muralist, most remembered for his work from the Four Corners area of the Navajo Nation Reservation, the Sierras, Yosemite, and the..... More
Wailuku: The Maui Publishing Co., 1935. First Edition. Small folio (12" x 9 1/4"). 99 pp. 6 full-page photograpic reproductions; iIllustrations; business advertisements. Color pictorial wrappers in very good condition (rear cover has neatly pulled away from text block; staining to upper corner on cover and first few pages) Scarce..... More
Paris: Chez Tourneisen Fils, 1808. First French Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Fold-out title page; large folding map titled "Presqu'île de l'Inde" taken from the first part of M. d'Anville's 1751 map of Asia; 13 double-page plateswith titles (mainly of Indian religious figures). Half-brown calf spine with gilt lettering; marbled paper covered..... More
(London): 1879. Autograph note (3 1/2'" x 4 1/2" ) to bookseller James Westell (who because of his intimate friendship with the four-time Prime Minister was known as 'The Gladstonian Bookseller") together with an original photograph (3 1/2" x 4 7/8") of Gladstone by Marion & Co., both displayed within..... More
Paris: Editions Cornelius and BD Spirit, No date. SIGNED and dated "2019" by R. Crumb. The French language bookmark “L’anthologie Robert Crumb / Editions Cornelius” features Crumb’s playful drawing of himself, sitting on his wife Alene’s lap. More
Fond Du Lac, Wis. Pope Boat Company, 1909 (in-text reference). ca. Oblong 8vo. 32 pp. Illustrations; interior and exterior designs. String-tied wrappers, gilt lettered, color plate of a boat at sea on front cover. A good copy (general wear, some loss & splitting to spine; a bit of internal smudging..... More
[Los Angeles]: 1947-1950? Maceo B. Sheffield. Photographs measure 8" x 10". Crease to corner of each photograph, else newr fine condition. They picture 1) 21 men at an award ceremony, each numbered in ink and identified on the verso, which bears the stamp 'Photo by Maceo B. Sheffield' 2) ~..... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. First Edition thus. Flexible boards. Folio; xviii, 35, [2]pp; printed in black and red (side-heads in red) in Cloister Lightface roman and italic type on VanGelder paper; with tipped in leaf from the Doves Press edition of Goethe. Bound in full limp vellum, with..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. First Edition. 8vo. 524 pp. Jacket design by Chip Kidd and Barbara De Wilde. Illustrated boards in publisher's printed acetate dustjacket. A near fine copy (light rubbing to dustjacket). The author's first novel, set in New England, tells the story of a closely knit..... More
Chicago: Continental Publishing, 1885. Folio. 192 pp. Illustrations (some in color); color maps. Gilt-decorated brown cloth. Front hinge cracked and partially holding; wear to covers & corners, previous owner name; a good copy. World atlas with geographic descriptions, sketches of places, etc. More
Philadelphia: Bradley, 1882. 12" x 15". Color engraved map in fine condition. This map of the city of Detroit is from the 1882 edition of Mitchell's New General Atlas. More
Munich: Carl Kuhn Verlag, 1924. First Edition. Paperback. 12mo; 45pp plus 4 illustrations. Edge=toned pale green wrappers, else Very Good. Inscribed by Dingfelder on ffep. Johannes Dingfelder was a German physician and nationalist politician. In 1899 he founded an anti-Semitic party in Lower Franconia or Middle Franconia. Dingfelder was a...... More
Stanford, CA: The Stanford Libraries, 2019. First Edition. Paperback. Quarto; 208pp. 87 color images. Fine copy, as new. Catalogue of the exhibition in Stanford’s Green Library commemorating the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death, May 2 – October 13, 2019. Essays by Paula Findlen, Carlo Vecce, J. G. Amato..... More
NP: 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto; 112; (13) pp. Roster at rear. A hear fine copy in blue cloth with 4" x 4 1/2" color label (c. Walt Disney) to front cover (small paper residue at some edges). This pictorial publication (scores of photographs) documents the daily life and deployment..... More
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1949. First Edition. 4to. (12" x 9 3/4"). All cut-outs are intact and complete. Center 8pp pulled away from staples; light general wear; short closed tear to front edge; a very good copy. The second Judy and Jim Paper Doll Story Book. Include cut-out dolls..... More
Pebble Beach, CA: Dual Graphics, 2008. First Edition. Square 4to (11 1/2" x 11"). 111 pp. Black and white photographic reproductions; one large fold-out. Black padded glossy hardcover in fine condition. A beautiful photographi work. More