Monterey, CA: T. F. Perry, 1906. First Edition. 8vo. 153 pp. Single page map of Monterey. Table of contents. Illustrated with local business advertisements. A few color leaves within, not included in the pagination. Printed at the Office of the Daily Review. Brown cloth with black printing on covers &..... More
Cambridge, England: 1938-1939. First Edition. 8vo. Various paginations. Printed stapled softcovers in very good condition (staples are rusting; agetoning to covers; light, general wear). Contributors in the three issues includ Kay Boyle, William Saroyan, Anais Nin Laurence Vail, Wallace Stevens, Anne Ridler, Lawrence Durrell, J.F. Hendry, Dylan Thomas, Robert Yound..... More
Carmel-by-the-Sea: More-Curtis - Printed at the Carmel Pine Cone Press. (10 1/2" x 5 3/4"). Folding stiff grey printed & illustrated softcover. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu printed inside and on rear cover. Paperclipped is 2 printed sheets with additional menu items. Light foxing and spotting on front cover; a...... More
New York: Jas. E. Pepper & Company, 1933. First Edition. 12mo (6" x 4"). 63 pp. Line illustrations by Herbert F. Roese. Stiff tan softcover. Paper label for early Carmel, CA liquor business, 'Leidig's', affixed to front cover. Minor wear & agetoning; else a near fine copy. With this Merry..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. Howard Pyle. Hardcover. Jo Mora's copy (from his son's library) and SIGNEDd 'Joseph J. Mora...' on ffep. Octavo; vi, 438, [2]pp. A Poor copy (gilt-lettered leather spine heavily worn, front cover almost detached, rear hinge cracked, small Chas. E. Lauriat & Co. bookseller label..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Complete in two octavo volumes; (V.1) xvi, 510pp, with a folding map frontis, folding plate of Chinese characters opposite p 392; 24pp publisher's catalog dated October, 1843 at rear; (V. 2) vi 570. Volume I with bookplate of James Wickersham, Alaskan..... More
Chicago: Dement Publishing Company, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED (in shorthand!) to 'Miss Wheeler' on ffep (Jessie Wheeler co-authored Dement's Pitmanic Shorthand with Isaac Dement). Small octavo; viii; [2]; 78pp. Upper external hinge beginning to separate, else a Near Fine copy in dark green pebbled leatherette with gilt titling to..... More
(Paris): 185? 4 1/2'" x 3 1/2' autograph note together with a 3 1/2" x 4 7/8" photograph of the composer. Handsomely framed (10" x 15") and double-matted in shades of green. In the note, dated Monday, September 9, 185?, Gounod emotionally writes (in French) 'Dear Madam, In the midst..... More
Abilene, Texas: Designed, printed and bound at the Arion Press for the Four-O-Imprint Press, 1995. Limited Edition of 250 Copies. SIGNED by Tom Lea. 4to. 245 pp. With typed letter, signed, from printer Andrew Hoyem laid in explaining the edition.The illustrations by Lea were printed from photopolymer plates. The type..... More
Monterey, CA: T. F. Perry, 1906. First Edition. 8vo. 153 pp. Illustrations. Table of contents. Illustrated with local business advertisements. A few color leaves within, not included in the pagination. Printed at the Office of the Daily Review. Brown cloth with black printing on covers & spine; yellow & black..... More
New York: Comet Press / Max Kalish / M. A. Kallis, 1938. First Edition Limited to 500 copies. 4to. 43 full-page photographic plates; Index. Foreword by Emily Genauer; Editing And Design by M. A. Kallis; Photography by Paul Hexter. Tan linen cloth covered boards with title label on front cover;..... More
[El Monte, CA]: Latin American Village, 1948. First Edition. Large 4to (12 x 9 in.). 15, [1] pp. Illustrations. Product offering TLS from Margaret Rasmussen and 2 single sheets describing new series, laid in. Printed at La Puente Valley Journal. Cream printed staplebound wrappers. Age-toning; spine starting to split; foldline;..... More
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1867. First Edition. 8vo.xxiv, [33] - 685, [2], 32 pp Publisher's catalogue. Index. 642 wood-engraved text illustrations. Tan leather with gilt-lettered black leather title label on spine, gilt ruling. Illustrated bookplate for A. Parker Lewis, M.D. inside front board. A very good copy (wear to extremities;..... More
New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1957. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author and SIGNED by Dennis, with an original drawing of Dennis holding a sailboat and a perrsonal sailing-related inscription. 8vo. Unpaginated. Black & white drawings throughout. White glossy illustrated boards in very good condition (slight fading to spine;..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1954. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Dorothy and Bill, with best wishes - Hank". 8vo. Unapginated. Black & white drawings throughout. Yellow glossy illustrated boards in very good condition (slight fading to spine; minor wear to extremities and along spine). Written by young Dennis with..... More
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark Co., 1922. First Edition. Original cloth. Large 8vo. 346; 306 pp. Maps (two folding), photo-illustrated plates. Introduction by General Charles King. Publisher's red cloth with gilt lettering; top edge gilt. Light fading to spines; lower rear corners slightly bumpred, else a fine set. "Recounts the..... More
Monterey, CA: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1982. First Edition. 4to. [16] pp. 10 black & white photographic images by Ansel Adams. Introduction and acknowledgements by Thomas J. Logan; Essay by Mary Alinder. Photographic cream wrappers. A fine copy. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran February 19 through April..... More
[San Francisco]: Published by the author, 1964. 1st. Single 7 1/2" x 18 1/2" glossy heavy stock (folded to 7 1/2" x 9 1/4"). Photo-reproduction of Adams' image "Rocks and Limpets, Point Lobos, 1963." Printed by Lawton Kennedy. A fine copy in original printed envelope with Virginia and Ansel Adams..... More
San Francisco: Published by the author, 1958. 1st. Single 7 1/8" x 19" glossy heavy stock (folded to 7 1/8" x 9 1/2"). Photo-reproduction of Adams' image "Morning Glories, MAssachusetts." Printed by Lawton Kennedy, San Francisco. A fine copy in original printed envelope. Inside on page facing the photograph is..... More
[San Francisco]: Published by the author, 1971. 1st. Single 10 1/4" x 15" glossy heavy stock (folded to 10 1/4" x 7 1/2"). Photo-reproduction of Adams' image "Tree Against Sun: Yosemite National Park," photographed in 1966. A fine copy in original printed envelope with Virginia and Ansel Adams return address..... More
[San Francisco]: Published by the author, 1978. First Edition. Single 12" x 18" glossy heavy stock (folded to 12" x 9"). Photo-reproduction of one of Adams' iconic images "Monolith, the Face of Half Dome, Yosemite Valley." Printed by Pacific Lithograph Company. A fine copy. Inside on page facing the photograph..... More
New York: E. Weyhe, 1935. First Edition Limited #288 of 500 copies. 4to. vi, 155 pp; 24 plates from photographs by Edward Weston, Soichi Sunami, Ben Pinchot, Ch. Rudolph, Marcus Blechman and H. Hewitt. Original color lithograph (numbered and signed) drawing directly on stone by the artist, Elise. Edited by..... More
Amsterdam: 1947. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. 32, [2] pp. simple map of Holland with locations of the three cemetaries (Molenhoek, Son, and Margraten); plot map of the U.S. Military Cemetery in Margraten. Photo-reproductions on every page with descriptions. Half-brown cloth spine over light brown paper covered boards, with photo-illustrated plate..... More
Guthrie OK: Co-Operative Publishing Company, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo; [i-xii], 591 pages. Black cloth with gilt pictorial stamped front board and spine; white dust jacket with black illustrations to front panel and spine. Numerous black & white reproductions of engravings, paintings and photographs, including the frontis portrait of the..... More
New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1947. Second Edition. 4to. Green cloth portfolio-box, string tied, housing 40 loose prints (8 in color) and yellow wrappers with xv pages and [6] pp List of Plates & Catalog of Prints. Printed by the Meriden Gravure Company and The Golden Eagle Press..... More