New Haven: Yale University Press, 1931. 1st Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Large Octavo; xxx. 601pp. Index. Large folding map at rear. A Fine (handsome book plate to front pastedwon) partially unopened copy in the scarce Very Good dust jacket (light extremity wear and toning). Brewer... wrote a series of journal-like... More
New York: The Century Co., 1924. Hardcover. Inscribed on ffep 'Frederick R. Bechdoldt/Like hell I will say/something witty...' Octavo; [xii], 367pp. Frontis illustration by Frederick Remington. Light spotting to lower front board; handsome book plate to front pastedwon; else near fine in original rust cloth lettered and illustrated in black... More
San Francisco: John Howell - Books, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; xvii, 114 pages, one of 1000 copies printed by Lawton Kennedy. Newly translated by Lesley Byrd Simpson for the Santa Barbara Historical Society. Fourth volume in the John Howell Series on the U.S. Navy Old California. More
San Francisco: John Howell - Books, 1960. 1st. Hardcover. Octavo; xi, 147 pages, one of 600 copies printed by Lawton Kennedy. Fourth volume in the John Howell Series on the U.S. Navy Old California. More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1912. Gustave Baumann. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto; 32 leaves printed on one side of double leaves folded once in Japanese style. A Very Good copy (extremity wear and rubbing) in original publisher's blue cloth lettered in gold blind ruled. Riley's verse facing full page color woodcut... More
New York: J. Selwin Tait & Sons, 1894. Hardcover. First Edition. Small octavo; [6]; 306, [1]pp. First Edition in later brown cloth lettered in gilt at spine. Near fine (owner name to ffep). "Revised in 1902 as 'The Splendid Idle Forties.' q.v. adding two more stories." - Baird & Greenwood 100. More
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed on half title 'For/Jack and Julie/with my love/ Martin Flavin/March 4, 1967'. Octavo; [8], 432, [4]pp. A Very Good copy lacking dust jacket (minor wear to extremities; some rubbing of white lettering on spine; light silverfishing on rear cover... More
[Monterey, CA]: [Palace Stationery Company], 1936. Original wrappers. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. 8vo. 5-51, [1] pp. Photographic plate of Del Monte Hotel, Illustrated, staplebound wrappers in near fine condition (small stain to lower front cover; minor wear to extremities). An uncommon title of early Del Monte Hotel history... More
New York: Sotheby's, 1999. Original wrappers. First Edition. 4to. 142, (1) pp. Black & white illustrations. Stiff photo-illustrated wrappers in fine condition, with a hint of wear. Catalog for auction comprising 287 lots including works by Ginsburg, Kerouac, Burroughs, Ralph Steadman, Robert Frank, Bartlett F. Kenny, Harold Chapman, Peter Le... More
new york: Rob Weisbach Books / William Morrow and Company, 1997. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Tim Burton with a drawing of Oyster Boy. Small 8vo. 120 pp.Color illustrations by the author. Black cloth with silver illustrated & lettered title label to front cover; silver letting to spine; marbled endpapers;... More
(New York): Music Publishers Holding Corporation, (1967). Original wrappers. First Edition. 4to. 40 pp. Musical score with words for 15 songs. Black & white photo-reproductions of Richard Farina and his young musician wife, Mimi, by Daniel Kramer. Photo illustrated staplebound wrappers in near fine condition (minor wear to extremities); a.... 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
San Francisco: Press of the James H. Barry Co., (1905). Original wrappers. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 5 pp. Notation in pencil on front cover "Marsden Manson, author", possibly by Manson. Cream staplebound printed wrappers in good condition (exlibris stamp for withdrawal from Bancroft Library; soiling to covers; dampstain to upper... More
San Francisco: November, 1931. Original wrappers. First Edition. 8vo. 64 pp. Photo-illustrations; drawings; maps (1 folding at rear). Compliments slip from the author tipped to title page. Photo-illustrated staplebound wrappers. Previous owner name & notations to upper front cover;light soiling & wear; else a near fine copy. Leading up to... More
N.P: Reprinted from Journal of the American Water Works Association, vol. 32, no. 5, May, 1940, 1940. 8vo. Pages 751-794. Stiff yellow printed staplebound wrappers in fine condition. History and description of the water supply system for San Francisco, from the Hetch Hetchy dam and reservoir, other dams and reservoirs... More
San Francisco: N.P., (1905). Original wrappers. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 30, xiii, v, ii pp. Notation in pencil on front cover "Marsden Manson, author", possibly by Manson. Stiff green wrappers in very good condition. Light soiling to covers; short separation at spine head; minor wear to extremities). A reply to... More
San Francisco: City Attorney's Office, 1903. Original wrappers. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 36 pp. Stiff cream printed wrappers in near fine condition (previous owner name & number '8' on front cover;. A petition for review of the previous rejection and denial of the applications for rights of way in Hetch... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Hardcover. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author. 8vo. 366 pp. Index. xix, [3], 366 pp. Index. Over 50 photographic plates (8 in color) provided by Dr. John Tremblay MacDougal, John M. Phillips and the author himself with two maps provided by geographer Godfrey Sykes... More
![Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter-Writing [with] Stamp Case, Slipcase and Envelope. Lewis Carroll.](/pictures/thumb/18519.jpg?v=1541638663)
Oxford: Emberlin and Son, ca. 1908. Original wrappers. 16 mo. Text booklet is 39 pages (pages 36-39 advertisements); stamp folder housed in Postage-Stamp Case; color illustrations. Uncommon publisher's printed envelope titled 'The Wondrland Postage-Stamp-Case. Invented by Lewis Carroll.' Booklet is undated reprint of 1890 first edition with advertisements for Macmillan... More
[Quebec]: [The Daily Telegraph Job Print], ca. 1905. Original wrappers. title on front cover: Chien d'Or Cafe, Martin McKeough. 12mo. 56 pp. 3 black & white folding photographic plates. Tan wrappers with gilt decoration and black lettering. A fine copy of an uncommon title. In 1688 Timothée Roussel, a surgeon... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1982. Original wrappers. First Edition. Broadside, single sheet, folded. Illuminated initial by Valenti Angelo. Printed by Adrian and Joyce Wilson at the Press in Tuscany Alley. A fine copy. Printed on the first page is the poem 'continuities' by Walt Whitman from 'Leaves of... More
Davis, CA: University of California, Davis, 1981. Original wrappers. First Edition, Limited to 325 copies. 4to. ix, [1], 180 pp. Illustrations. Original illustrated stiff wrappers in fine condition. Checklist of 70 art exhibition and sale catalogues published in San Francisco from 1854 to the end of the century, indexed alphabetically... More
San Francisco: Scrimshaw Press, 1971. 1st. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by the author. First Edition; Limited to 500 copies. 8vo. 78pp. Many black & white photo illustrations by Horace Lyon. A fine copy in fine, price-clipped dustjacket. A unique collaboration - a "labor of love" over 35 years - between the poet... More
Indianapolis: Bowen-Merrill, 1901. Hardcover. First Edition, second printing; binding 'A' with Bowen-Merrill imprint on lower spine and comma in last line on copyright page to the right of "n' in Brooklyn. 8vo. 245 pp. 12 color plates and black & white illustrations by F(anny) Y. Cory. Publsiher's green cloth with... More
[New York]: Gloria Vanderbilt, 1989. 1st. Hardcover. First Edition. 2-page ALS on Ms. Vanderbilt's note paper & envelope, laid in. 8vo. Photo-illustrations. Blue cloth with gilt lettering in fine condition. Uncommon and moving memorial book in honor of Carter V. Cooper (1965-1988) who committed suicide in 1988. The book includes... More