New York: Rizzoli, 1979. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. 87pp. Bibliography. Profusely illustrated with photo-reproductions by Jo Mora; 16 color reproductions of Mora's Hopi kachina paintings. Photo-illustrated wraps in fine condition, as new. Mora was one of the very few non-Indians to ever undergo a kachina initiation; he lived among, and... More
Ventura, CA: Old California Store, 1995. Second edition, Limited to 100 numbered copies. Paperback. SIGNED by the authors with additional gift inscription from Joss Grandeau. 4to. 60pp. Third issue of the Joss Grandeau Newsletter, and a Monterey Museum of Art postcard announcing the Jo Mora Exhibition laid in. Photo-illustrations; drawings... More
San Francisco: Hotel Drake-Wiltshire, Np. First Edition. Single sheet folded (10 1/4 x 6 3/4") with colorful Jo Mora designed illustrations picturing "Two of the Famous Fable Murals by Jo Mora." A fine copy. In the mid-1920s, Mora designed five delightful and colorful murals for the Fable Restaurant in the... More
San Francisco, CA: Hotel Canterbury, 1935. First Edition. Single sheet (9 x 16") bi-fold. Color pictorial wrappers with English damsel on front cover and 'now and then' hotel porters to rear cover; 2pp text. The folder opens to delightful full page color replication of the Canterbury murals executed by Jo... More
Ketchum, ID: Stoecklein Publishing, 1994. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 4to. 'Trail Dust and Saddle Leather', 246pp; 'Californios', 175pp in color printed dustjackets; 'Jo Mora: Renaissance Man of the West 'by Stephen Mitchell, 38pp in printed brown wrappers. Numerous full-page and in-text illustrations by Jo Mora. A fine set housed in... More
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Small octavo. 267pp. 22 illustrations by Jo Mora. Red cloth with black lettering and Jo Mora design to front cover in like dustjacket. Minor dampstaining to upper and lower page edges else fine in very good dustjacket (fading & spotting... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Jo J. Mora. Hardcover. Octavo. 246pp. Numerous full page and in-text illustrations. Grey cloth with red lettering and Longhorn skull stamped to front cover in Jo Mora designed dustjacket and endpapers. Book is fine (Decorative owner bookplate for James Strohn Copley, noted newspaper publisher... More
El Portal CA: Yosemite Association, 2008. First Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto; 31 pages. Illustrations. A fine copy, as new. Contains a 3-page essay by the Curator of the Jo Mora Trust on Mora's first visit to Yosemite in 1904 as well as his Yosemite carte. The front cover is a.... More
(San Diego, CA): CMSA, 2010. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 124 pp. Illustrations (most in color). Stiff color printed wraps in fine condition. Includes 17 pp article, with illustrations by Mora, written by Peter Hiller, curator of the Jo Mora Trust, titled "A Vaquero Rides the Mission Trail in 1903: From the... More
Monterey, CA: Monterey History and Art Association, September, 1995. First Edition. 8vo. 7pp[1]. Illustrated. A brief history on the creation of "La Novia," a bridal diorama by Jo Mora under commission by Samuel F. B. Morse in August, 1939. The diorama was installed in the Hotel Del Monte where it... More
San Francisco: Canterbury Hotel, 1998. First Edition. 16 1/2" x 22" (8 1/4" x 5 1/2" folded). Color brochure promoting the Canterbury Hotel and prominently featuring full color reproductions of Mora's murals titled 'Ye Canterbury Pilgrimage' originally created in 1935 by Jo Mora for the hotel. Fine condition. "The characters... More
Carmel, CA. Paperback. Near fine copy. 3 3/8" x 5 3/8;" mural image 1 3/4" x 5 18" with the words 'Carmel Dairy Murals by Jo Mora" centered under the image. The postcard was sent to Miss Blanche Partington in 1939 from her friend who describes a tasty breakfast ('yum-yum!'), likely... More
Monterey, CA: The Jo Mora Trust, 2011. 1st. Paperback. Limited Edition. One of 380 numbered copies. Tall 8vo. 77pp. Color plates; black & white illustrations. Foreword by Peter Hiller and SIGNED by him on title page. Illustrated stiff wrappers in fine condition. An account of Mora's two-and-a-half-week journey from San... More
Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Schools Division of Curriculum, 1936. First Edition. 4to. 64 pp, single-sided typescript. Maps. Illustrated by Barry Moore. Green cloth spine over green paper covered boards. Ex-libris. A near fine copy. Monograph of source materials for teachers compiled by Research Group of WPA project SA-2685 and... More
1985. "24 x 36 1/4" board mounted with approximately 88 different sailor's knots; with dedication plate that reads 'Presented by Crew U.S.S. Constitution 1985'. Included is a 5" x 7" color photograph of Commander Sudholz with his wife receiving the knot board from a crew member. From the estate of... More
New York: Exposition Press, 1971. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To ***/A Merry Christmas and good wishes for many more to come/Warren Loose - alias The Bad Man from Bodie/12-16-81." 8vo. 246 pp. Bibliography; Index. Photo-illustrated plates. Rust color cloth with gilt lettering in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Near fine in very good..... More
Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Torch Press, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 208pp. Linen spine with cream paper title label over brown paper boards. Some paper loss to spine label; minor foxing to first three pages; else a near fine copy. "A work of unusual interest." - Cowan pg. 55. Subtitled "Being... More
San Francisco: Harr Wagner, 1927. First Edition. INSCRIBED "With the sincere good wishes of Harr Wagner, Christmas 1928." Large 8vo. 406 pp. Index. Frontispiece portrait, color and black & white plates. Green cloth with gilt lettering. A near fine copy (minor wear to extremities; short rubbing to lower front cover)... More
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (1935). First Edition. SIGNED by the author on tipped in paper slip as Editor and General Manager, Westways. 8vo. 212 pp. Index. Illustrations by Raymond P. Winters. Foreword by Herbert Eugene Bolton. Orange cloth with black illustration & lettering in publisher's yellow, red & black... More
Chicago: Cudahy Library, Loyola University, 1945. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Mr. Terrence Halloran, with congratulations on a big work well done/my blessing, Charles F. Buddy, Bishop of San Diego." Laid in is Bishop Buddy's calling card with a personal note to Halloran regarding his wife's illness. 8vo. 333pp. Maroon cloth... More
Angels Camp, CA: Calaveras Californian, 1932. First Edition. Original wrappers. SIGNED by the author in Angel's Camp, dated May 19-20, 1934. Small 8vo. 80 pp. 13 photo-illustrated plates. Stiff grey printed wraps in fine condition (first page starting to pull away from staples). A brief history on the early pioneer... More
New York: S. G. Phillips, 1969. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author. 8vo. 158 pp. Orange cloth with black lettering in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (light fading to spine; small chip to lower front cover; some agetoning). Cordner Nelson (1918 - 2009) was an... More
(Paris): Published by the author, 1977. INSCRIBED by Jean Louis Trintignant. 8vo. 199, [1] pp. Photo-illustrations. color photo-illustrated paperback in near fine condition (minor wear to extremities; short closed tear on back cover). The biography of Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant, a French actor. He won the Best Actor Award at the... More
Paris; Neuchatel: Delachaux & Niestlé S.A.. (1946). Definitive Edition translated by Pierre Peroni. Small 8vo. iv, 276 pp. Text in French. Illustrations by the author. Color illustrated wrappers in near fine condition (minor wear to extremities). First published in London in 1922 under the title "Rovering to Success : A.... More
Ogden, UT: Privately Published By Mrs. Katie Toponce, 1923. First Edition. Small 8vo. 248 pp. Photographic plates including portraits of Toponce and with some of the earliest views of Ogden and stagecoaches. Maroon and black embossed cloth. A very good copy (owner name; hinges a bit tender; minor wear to... More