![CALIFORNIANA] Tom Mix Rides Again! (COLLECTION INCLUDING ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS). Tom Mix, Montie...](/pictures/thumb/19955.jpg?v=1591152145)
Tom Mix was the original 'good guy with the white hat' and the undisputed original 'King of the Cowboys.' He appeared in ~ 300 films between 1909 and 1935 and inspired a generation of youths (including Gene Autrey, Ronald Reagan, Roy Rogers and John Wayne) with his clean-cut manly image..... More
![CALIFORNIANA] Suggested Outline of History of Monterey Peninsula (PROPOSAL FOR "DAWN AND THE...](/pictures/thumb/19925.jpg?v=1591152144)
[Monterey, CA]: [Hotel Del Monte], November, 1923. First Edition. 4to. 77 pp + [16] pp of two short stories "inserted for temporary safe keeping, to be used later where they may logically belong (and probably to be rewritten)"; (typescript, single sided). Black leatherette with the title, author's name and date..... More
![FINE PRESS] Romeo and Juliet (COSWAY-STYLE BINDING & ORGINAL ART). William Shakespeare, W. E. Henley](/pictures/thumb/19924.jpg?v=1591152142)
New York: Printed at Edinburgh by T. and A. Constable for Tandy Publishing Co., ca. 1910. Extra-Illustrated Edition. Small folio. [2], 187-273 pp. Extra-illustrated with 10 original watercolors including frontispiece of Romeo by the artist 'PAL', elaborate full-page floral & love-birds motif title-page for the play, 2 pages of decorative..... More
London: Macmillan, 1954, 1961. Fifth Edition. Complete in 10 Volumes. 8vo. Various paginations. Illustrated plates (some in color). Full burgundy morocco with gilt lettering to spines; TEG. Light sunning to spines; occasional wear; a near fine set; uncommon in full leather bindings. The fifth edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music..... More
![LITERATURE] The Tragedies: Romeo and Juliette, Titus Andronicus; Othello; Julius Cesar, Le Roi...](/pictures/thumb/19919.jpg?v=1591152140)
Paris: Les Editions d'Art Les Heures Claires, 1971. Limited to 2680 sets, this being No. 750. 10 tragedies in 6 volumes, complete. Large 8vo. Various paginations. Text in French. Full-page color illustrations by Leonor Fini, Georges Wakhevitch, Jean-Denis Malcles, Yves Brayer, Douking, and Caezou. Publisher's printed single sheet biographies for..... More
![CALIFORNIANA] A Guide to the Grand and Sublime Scenery of the Sierra Nevada. Wallace William...](/pictures/thumb/19918.jpg?v=1591152140)
Emeryville & Berkeley, CA: Havilah Press & The Bancroft Library, 2006. First Edition Thus, Limited to 250 unnumbered copies. 8vo. xxxiii, 80, blank, [1] pp. Introduction by James B. Snyder, noted Yosemite historian. Designed by J. Chadwick Johnson and Fred & Barbara Voltmer. Illustrations. Mauve cloth over light brown illustrated..... More
![LITERATURE] Winnie-the-Pooh, The House at Pooh Corner, When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six (4...](/pictures/thumb/19893_1.jpg?v=1591152136)
London: Methuen & Co., 1950. Complete in 4 volumes. Illustrations by E. H. Shepard. Beautifully bound by Bayntun in full calf with gilt decoration & lettering; AEG; marbled endpapers; housed in publisher's blue cloth slipcase (cloth starting to split along lower edge). Three volumes have original glassine (one is partially..... More
Carmel, CA: Comstock Associates, 1962-1965. First Edition. Included in the archive is a 27-page typescript "Planning Survey..." with 5 aerial photo-illustrations, 6 maps (some fold-out, and 2 proposed single-page plans; several typescript communications between the property owner, Arthur C. Oppenheimer and James B. Pruitt, Architect/President of Comstock Associates in Carmel..... More
![CALIFORNIANA] Butte County, California: Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Residences,...](/pictures/thumb/19890.jpg?v=1591152133)
Oakland, CA: Smith & Elliott, 1877. First Edition. Oblong 4to. 18, [2] pp; 62 lithographs (9 double-page), including frontispiece titled "Bidwell's Bar - County Seat of Butte Co. in 1854, from a painting in possession of Hon. W.T. Sexton." "John Kempf" stamped in gilt on front cover; Kempf's house is..... More
![LITERATURE] The Novels of Henry Fielding (5 Volumes). Henry Fielding](/pictures/thumb/19889.jpg?v=1591152133)
London & New York: George Routledge, 1884. Two hundred and fifty copies of this Edition of Henry Fielding's Novels have been printed for sale in Europe, and one hundred and fifty for sale in the United States of America; this copy being No. 102. Complete in 5 volumes. Large 8vo..... More
![CALIFORNIANA] The Exempt Firemen of San Francisco: Their Unique and Gallant Record, Together with...](/pictures/thumb/19888.jpg?v=1591152132)
[San Francisco]: Published by Harry C. Pendleton, 1900. First Edition. Tall 8vo. xvi, 269, [3pp advertisements] pp. Portraits of firemen; illustrations of buildings, engine companies and much more. Red cloth with black lettering. Minor wear to extremities else a fine copy. A scarce pre-1906 earthquake publication; no copies at auction..... More
![FINE PRESS] Epicurus: The Extant Remains of the Greek Text (SIGNED BY BRUCE ROGERS). Epicurus,...](/pictures/thumb/19887.jpg?v=1591152131)
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1947. Limited Edition #398 of 1500 copies. SIGNED on the colophon by Bruce Rogers, renowned type and book designer. 8vo. xvii; 195; [3] pp. Translated by Cyril Bailey, and with an introduction by Irwin Edman. Text in Greek and English. Blindstamped black morocco with gilt..... More
![CALIFORNIANA] The History of (Lower) California (INSCRIBED). Don Francisco Javier Clavigero, Sara...](/pictures/thumb/19885.jpg?v=1591152130)
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1937. First English Language Edition. INSCRIBED by Lake & Gray "To Mr. and Mrs. H.H. Glessner, good friends and congenial coworkers, with our compliments and best wishes. A. A. Gray, Sara E. Lake, Jan. 18, 1938." 8vo. xxviii, 413 pp. Index. Frontispiece portrait of the..... More
![CALIFORNIANA] History of San Mateo County: From the Earliest Times with a Description of its...](/pictures/thumb/19884.jpg?v=1591152130)
Burlingame: Press of Burlingame Publishing, 1916. First Edition. Tall 8vo. 204 pp plus [39pp] "Beautiful Residences" photographic plates. color frontispiece with tissue guard. In-text illustrations. Black cloth with gilt lettering. Previous owner inscription inside front cover else a fine copy. A history of San Mateo County beginning with early Spanish..... More
![CALIFORNIANA] A Souvenir of the Dr. Hyde Banquet, Held in the Palace Hotel, in the City of San...](/pictures/thumb/19883.jpg?v=1591152129)
[San Francisco]: 1906. First Edition. 8vo. 88 pp. 12 black & white photo-illustrated plates, mostly portraits of VIP guests. Grey-green wrappers with black lettering. Some wear to yap edges; previous owner name; light spotting; else a near fine copy of a pre-1906 earthquake title. Douglas Ross Hyde (1860 – 1949)..... More
![LITERATURE] The Works of Tobias Smollett, with Memoirs of His Life; To which is prefixed a View...](/pictures/thumb/19881.jpg?v=1591152128)
London: Bickers and Son, 1872. A New Edition. Complete in 8 volumes. Large 8vo. Various paginations. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Edited by James P. Brown. Uniformly bound by Andy Grieve (Edinburgh bookbinder) in full tree calf with gilt lettered red and black leather title labels to spines; gilt decoration..... More
![LITERATURE] Poems (SIGNED BY ANSEL ADAMS AND ROBINSON JEFFERS). Robinson Jeffers, Ansel Adams](/pictures/thumb/19879.jpg?v=1591152127)
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1928. First Edition Limited to 310 numbered copies, this being No. 248. SIGNED by Jeffers and Adams. 8vo. 49 pp. Frontispiece silver-print photograph of Jeffers SIGNED by Adams. Introduction by B.H. Lehman. Titles in red and black; initials in red by Valenti Angelo. Bound..... More
![CALIFORNIANA] The Chinese At Home and Abroad: Together with Report of the Special Committee of...](/pictures/thumb/19878.jpg?v=1591152127)
San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft, 1885. First and only edition. INSCRIBED by the author to J. K. Luttrell (1831-1893), member of the U.S. House of Representatives 1873 - 1879 and author of speech titled "The Chinese in America" given in 1878. 8vo. iii, Part I: 118 pp; Part II: 114..... More
![FINE PRESS] Duino Elegies. Rainer Maria Rilke](/pictures/thumb/19877.jpg?v=1591152126)
New York: The Petrarch Press, 1987. Limitted Edition of 200 copies printed on Rives Lightweight. 8vo. (xii), 74 pp. Bilingual edition with German and English on facing pages; English translation by Stephen Garmey and Jay Wilson. With a previously unpublished translation of a letter from Rilke to Witold von Hulewicz..... More
![CALIFORNIANA] True Horsemanship Through Feel (SIGNED). Bill Dorrance, Leslie Desmond](/pictures/thumb/19876.jpg?v=1591152126)
Novato, CA: Diamond Lu Productions, 1999. First Edition. SIGNED by Bill Dorrance with his personalized name stamp on title page. Large 4to. xiv, 384 pp. Index. Black & white photo-reproductions. Tan cloth in color illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy, as new. Along with his brother, Tom, Bill Dorrance (1906 –..... More
![LITERATURE] The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Edinburgh Edition (32 Volumes). Robert Louis...](/pictures/thumb/19611.jpg?v=1591152123)
Edinburgh: Printed by T. and A. Constable for Longmans, Green and Company, 1894-1898, 1899, 1901. Limited to 1035 copies, this being No. 32. The Works complete in 28 volumes; [Together with] The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson to His Family and Friends by Sidney Colvin in 2 volumes (1899); and..... More
![LITERATURE] The Works of Ben Jonson (9 volumes). Ben Jonson, W. Gifford](/pictures/thumb/19523.jpg?v=1591152122)
London: Printed for G. and W. Nicol, etc. 1816. First Edition Thus. 8vo. Various paginations. Frontispiece portrait in Volume I. Full tan calf with black leather spine labels; elaborate gilt decoration on spines; AEG; gilt lettering & ruling; gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers. Engraved bookplate for James John Falconer in each..... More
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2001. First Edition. Octavo; (xv); 263pp. Index. Publisher's glossy blue and black illustrated boards in near fine condition (lower corner gently bumped); unread copy. More
Boca Raton: CRC Press, 1988. First Edition. Quartos; (x), 164PP; (x), 207pp. Bibliography; Index. Illustrations. Fine copies of Volume I, 'Fundamentals and Methods for Measurement of Elemental Composition' and Volume 2: 'Trace Element Levels.'. More
Rome: Academia Lituana Catholica Scientiarum, 1978. First Edition. Quarto; xxvi, 775, (3) pp. Index. A Very Good copy in grey cloth lettered in gold. Fontes Historiae Lituaniae Vol. II. With six maps. Deals with the dioceses which were either located inside the boundaries of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania..... More