San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2010. First Edition. 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, showing..... More
Ketchum, ID: Stoecklein Publishing, 1995. First Edition. 8vo. 60pp. 25 full page color and numerous in-text black & white illustrations. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and stamping in dustjacket; decorative endpapers. As New; highly recommended for every child, regardless of age! The 'buckaroo bunny' and his friends adventure out in..... More
New York and Albany: Gould & Banks, Law Booksellers and William Gould & Co, 1830. First American Edition, With Notes and References to American Authorities. 8vo. xxviii, 342 pp. Table of Cases Cited; Appendix; Index; Addenda. Tan sheepskin in good condition (splitting of sheepskin along joints and holding firm; wear..... More
Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, 1925. First Edition. Small 4to. 913 pp. Photo-illustrated plates of portraits and views. Three-quarter black morocco over green cloth boards; marbled endpapers. A near fine copy of an uncommon county history (light scuffing at spine ends). A history of Merced County from pre-statehood days, the..... More
Fresno, CA: Dumont Color Lithography, ca. 1940s. Color proof sheet (23" x 14 1/2") depicting 12 iconic images of Yosemite National Park on the front side and a description of each image with Post Card & stamp notation on the back side. Fine condition. The images include: Arched Rock on..... More
Carmel, CA: Antiquities Research Publications, 1975. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Jean, from Vera Stokes, Pop Ernest's Daughter!" 8vo. 78 pp. Illustrations. Handwritten note tipped to front free endpaper explaining that the illustrations are after original drawings in the Pop Ernest restaurant, the first commercial business on Monterey's Fisherman's Wharf. Of..... More
Carmel, CA: Antiquities Research Publications, 1976. INSCRIBED by the author. 8vo. 96 pp. Illustrations; maps. Black & white illustrated softcover in near fine condition. More
Carmel, CA: Antiquities Research Publications, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 103 pp. Illustrations; plans; maps. Black & white illustrated softcover in near fine condition (previous owner name; light wear. More
Wien: Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1982 & 1983. First Edition. Volumes 1 & 2. 8vo. 472; 463 pp. Text in German. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Fine copies in publisher's color illustrated dustjackets. History of the Austrian Education System: Education and Teaching on Austrian soil. Includes Vol. 1. From the beginnings to..... More
Paris: La Galerie Furstenberg, 1955. First Edition. Small 8vo. Text in English & French. [17]pp; 2 double-sided plates; 10 illustrations. Catalog for an exhibition from November 18 to December 3, 1955 at La Galerie Furstenberg, Paris. Introduction by Henry Miller. Lists 22 paintings and 11 sculptures. Staple-bound wraps in about..... More
Londyn: Instytut Historyczny im. gen. Sikorskiego. 1950. Volume III plus maps in box. Large 8vo. Vol III: Armia Krajowa (1950). Map box: 11 maps (9 large color folding; 1 color; 1 black & white). Red cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Fading to spine; previous owner name; else near fine..... More
Denison TX: Denison Heritage, Inc., 2001. First Edition. SIGNED by the author. Oblong Octavo, (iv) 60pp. 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
Beijing: The Chinese Overseas Publishing House, 2009. First Edition. 4to. 339 pp. Text in English and Chinese. Color and black & white illustrations. Translation by David Barker. Brown leather with gilt and white lettering in English and Chinese on front cover and spine. A fine copy, as new still in..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968. First Edition. Large 8vo. xiii, 763pp. Black & white illustrations; maps; photographic plates. Green cloth covered boards; original illustrated dust jacket. Fine in near fine dustjacket. A survey of the civilizations which flourised in the Iranian region between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. More
Oklahoma City: Griffin Books, Inc., 1978. First Edition, Limited to 200 copies specially bound, numbered and SIGNED by the author. Hardcover. Quarto; xiv, 145pp. Well illustrated in color and black and white; bibliographic check list, list of museum and institutional holdings, index. Gilt-stamped brown leatherette in publisher's illustrated dustjacket. With..... More
1932. Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Geological Society of China, Vol. XI, No. 4. Small 4to. Pages 316 - 364. 3 leaves of plates with titled tissue guards; illustrations throughout. Green printed wrappers in very good condition. More
[Agana Guam]: Island of Guam Print, 1917. First Edition. Octavo;16pp. Loose in stapled wrappers, which have been taped into a pressboard cover; some spotting to covers, else a Very Good copy. Tipped in is a February 4, 1918 'Memorandum' of corrections (errata) slip (the recommended corrections have been made in..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1940. First Edition. SIGNED 'Sydney Cockerell/Kew 28 June, 1945' to frontis. Octavo; A Very Good copy (light extremity wear, corners rounded, spine lightened) in publisher's pale blue cloth, spine lettered in burgundy. Cockerell was well known as private secretary to William Morris, becoming a major collector of..... More
Lyon: Fondation Elf, 1992. First Edition. Quarto; 288pp; illustrations, many in color. Very Good copy of the conference proceedings; text in French and English. Abstract : A study of the forest canopy in Cameroon was made using a treetop raft. Thirty research projects were carried out in a number of..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1934. First Edition. Octavo; vi, 166pp. Near Fine copy in burgundy cloth lettered in gold on front cover and spine. The manual contains transliteration table and useful information for more than 70 languages. More
Shanghai: Shanghai Commercial Press, Ltd., 1920. First Edition. INSCRIBED on front pastedown 'With my kindest/regards to J.A.R./Dec. 1920 ROH'. Octavo; viii, 126, 72pp. Very Good in green cloth lettered in gold. Title page and author's Vita from submission as his PhD. thesis at Columbua University tipped in. Later Dr. Hall..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1965. First Edition Thus, Limited #144 of 1500 copies. SIGNED by Upton Sinclair and the illustrator Fletcher Martin. Quarto; xi, 334pp. Color illustrations. A Near Fine copy in 1/4 tan embossed pigskin and paper-covered boards with printed paper spine label; spine sun lightened, as..... More
Hatch End: The Author, 1962. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavos; 736pp in red cloth; 680pp in green cloth (Second Edition), both volumes lettered in gold at spine. Very Good copies with some wear. More
Oakland CA: East Asian Numismatic Library, 1969. First Edition. Paperback. Octavo; vii, 22pp unbound. 'Number 2 of a Limited Edition.' Henry Alexander Ramsden was the foremost exponent of East Asian numismatic studies in the early 20th century. Although this 'projected publication' was advertised in 1914, at Ramsden's death in 1915..... More
[Agana, Guam]: NP, 1936. First Edition. Quarto; [42]pp. A Very Good copy in illustrated stapled wrappers (a leaf at center appears excised as the programs for the second and third days are present, but not the first day). Promotional program for the 1936 Guam Agricultural and Industrial Fair held May..... More