New York: Thornwillow Press, 1995. First Edition Limited to 250 copies, this being No. 173. SIGNED by the Wendell D. Garrett and William L. Beiswager. Folio. 131, [4] pp. Frontispiece portrait, 15 architectural plates engraved in copper with tissue guards. With separate single engraving (XXXVI:L) titled 'Monticello: West Elevation'. Original..... More
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1962. First Edition. SIGNED by Gary Player on title page. 8vo. 146 pp. Photo-illustrations. black cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. Fine (small bookseller label inside front cover) in near fine dustjacket (light wear to spine head & front cover corners). Gary Player is widely considered..... More
[Salinas, CA]: [Salinas Evening Democrat], 1899. First Edition. Oblong small 8vo. [40] pp. Color covers and all illustrations, including photo-reproductions and business advertisements, printed by Yosemite Engraving Co. Color pictorial wrappers, staplebound and string tied. Previous owner name on front cover; light wear; small spots; a very good copy of..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1955. First Edition. Large 8vo. 48 pp. Color illustrations by Jean Charlot. Lime green cloth with brown illustration & lettering in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. Fine in near fine dustjacket; a lovely copy. Jean Charlot is known as one of the world's foremost pictorial authorities on..... More
New York: Brentano's. Early Edition; Printed in Great Britain by Jarrold & Sons, Limited, Norwich. 4to. 319 [1] pp. Illustrated with 16 color plates (including frontispiece); 28 black & white illustrations (including 24 plates); and decorated with tail pieces. Grey cloth with black illustration and lettering in publisher's color illustrated..... More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1927. First Edition. Small 4to. [10], 223, [1] pp. 4 color plates (including frontispiece); black & white in-text illustrations. Blue cloth with gilt lettering & illustration; illustrated endpapers; in publisher's color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (small hole to upper..... More
London: J. M. Dent, 1896. First Edition. 8vo. 188 pp. 17 black & white illustrated plates (including frontispiece with tissue guard); numerous in-text illustrations by Arhtur Rackham. Publisher's green cloth with gilt illustration & lettering; TEG, other page edges untrimmed. Some wear to extremities; shelf wear; light foxing; a very..... More
London: Christopher Johnson, 1952. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Anthony Thompson/with with (?) & regards from the author/Donald Mcl. Johnson 15/3/52." Edward Anthony Thompson (1928 – 2018), known as Anthony Lejeune, was an English writer, editor, and broadcaster. He was known for his weekly radio talk London Letter that was broadcast..... More
Salt Lake City: Utah State Historical Society, 1951. First Edition thus. 8vo; xx, 297pp. Photo-illustrated plates; 5 maps (2 fold-out in back pocket). Marron cloth lettered in gold in Near Fine condition (minor rubbing). All maps present and in excellent condition. More
Santa Ynez, CA: Alamar Media, 2018. 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 only protege..... More
Monterey, CA: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1986. First Edition. 4to. 72 pp. color and black & white illustrations. Essays by Roger Aiken and Richard Lorenz. Stiff color illustrated wrappers in fine condition (small owner name inside front cover). The uncommon catalog for a retrospective exhibition held at the Monterey..... More
Washington D.C. The Catholic University of America, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. 768pp. Index. Blue boards with gilt lettering in fine condition. The fourth of five volumes that contain the critical edition of the philosophical writings of Blessed John Duns Scotus. This is a heavy volume and may require additional..... More
Los Angeles: Craft and Folk Art Museum, 1980. First Edition. Original wrappers. Square 8vo. 32pp (unpaginated). Color and black & white photo-reproductions. Listing of 400 exhibition items. Color printed staplebound wraps. Light wear; creasing to lower front edge & corner); a near fine copy. Catalog for Malibu tile exhibition June..... More
Philadelphia: American Alpine Club, 1907. First Edition. Quarto, 16 pages in dark green printed paper wrappers. Fragile; folded and beginning to split at fold), covers detached but present. Large folding map at rear (loose) titled "Outline Map of the Southern Sierra Nevada Showing the Location of the Principal Streams and..... More
Paris: 1867-1870. First Edition. Folio. 72 numbered & titled etchings; Table of Contents. Housed in publisher's illustrated portfolio (brown cloth spine over tan paper covered boards; remnants of string ties). Some wear to portfolio; tanning to page edges; scattered light foxing; a very good and complete set of this scarce..... More
San Francisco: The California Academy of Sciences, 1981. First Edition. 4to. 96 pp. Bibliography. Color plates; black & white illustrations. 8pp. Catalog for Exhibition June 18 to October 18, 1981 laid in. Includes essays by Ansel Adams, Don Haggerty, Edith Hamlin, Dan Dixon, Constance Dixon and others. White linen cloth..... More
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et, 1888. First Edition. 4to. Various paginations. 500 plates (300 in color, gold and silver; 200 in monochrome). Text in French. Exlibris with pockets, stamps, labels on lower spines. Red pebbled cloth with gilt illustration and lettering to spines; marbled endpapers. A very good set. Principal..... More
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1890. First Edition. Large 8v0. xxxvi, 484 pp plus 24 pp publisher's catalog. Index. 8 folding lithographed maps, 7 colored. Black & white illustrations. Rebound in brown leatherette with original covers & spine laid down. Front hinge partially cracked; first map has tape..... More
Chicago, IL: Albert Whitman Company, 1930. Jo Mora. Fifth Printing. Hardcover. 12mo. 126pp, [1]. Delightful duotone and monotone illustrations (8 full page, including frontispiece) by Jo Mora. Pictures in color by Sue Seeley; all other drawings by Jo Mora. Original dark blue cloth with color illustrated plate to front cover;..... More
Denison TX: Denison Heritage, Inc., 2001. First Edition. Oblong Octavo, (iv) 60pp; SIGNED by the author. Extensively illustrated w/photographs, drawings, etc. Illustrated wrappers in fine condition, as new. Based on the prolific career of Mr. Mayes, the book shows dozens of his residences and commercial buildings, along with this Denison..... More
London: Spring Books, No date. 4to. 47 pp text; 60 full page plates (many in color) with desciption facing each plate. Translated by Dr. Greta Horn. Cream linen in publilsher's color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket (small loss to spine head; crease and short closed tear..... More
Bloomsbury: The Nonesuch Press, 1937-1938. First Nonesuch Edition #869 of 877. Original cloth. Limited to 877 sets, complete with the original woodcut entitled "On Dangerous Ground" engraved after Luke Fildes (includes a pull taken from the woodcut with letter of authenticity signed by Arthur Waugh); and Nonesuch Dickensiana: Retrospectus and..... More
Boston: The Page Company, 1916. Third Impression. Hardcover. 8vo. xxv, 433pp. Bibliography, Index. Color folding map; 8 color plates with tissue guards; 64 black & white photo-reproductions. Striking decorative color & gilt binding with gilt lettering; top edge gilt; illustrated endpapers. Slight fading to spine; minor wear to extremities; minor..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2019. First Edition. 4to. 51 pp. Color and black & white illustrations. Chronologinal Checklist; Bibliography. Stiff color wrappers in fine condition, still in original shrinkwrap. A biography of Henry Evans, a man of many talents - a rare book dealer, a printer, and an..... More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1921. First Edition. Folio; 54 pages + 11 plates. Complete, (lacking spine with gatherings laid in), else a Very Good copy in original printed wrappers. Papers: Volume I, Part I. More