San Francisco: 1906. First Edition. Octavo; 56pp. A Good copy of a scarce publication (none currently offered in the market) in original printed stapled gray wrappers (spine splitting, tape repair, 1/2" chip to corner of upper cover with faint rubber stamp, dampstain to first 12pp at lower corner). The purposes..... More

Hong Kong: Libra Press, (1981). First Edition, Limited to 350 copies. INSCRIBED "For my dear friends the Cates with the wishes of Francis J. Weber". 8vo. 165 pp. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine in publisher's pale grey & black dustjacket. A fine copy. The author, Monsignor Francis J...... More

Hong Kong: Libra Press, (1980). First Edition, Limited to 350 copies. INSCRIBED "Inscribed to Bob & Maureen Cates with the best wishes of Francis J. Weber October 26, 1981". 8vo. 314 pp. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine in publisher's green & black dustjacket. A fine copy (small spot..... More

Hong Kong: Libra Press, (1975). First Edition, Limited to 350 copies. INSCRIBED "Signed for John with the wishes of Francis J. Weber, February 18, 1983". 8vo. 193 pp. Black covers with gilt lettering to spine in publisher's orange & black dustjacket. A fine copy (faint foxing on upper page edges)..... More

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1973. First Edition, Limited to 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman. 8vo. 49 pp. Illustrations. Black cloth spine over blue & black illustrated boards. A fine copy. A history of the early cemeteries within the city limits of Los Angeles, except for the San..... More

New York: Hearst's International Library Co., 1914. First Edition. Full-page & wram INSCRIPTION to Larry Chittenden from the author. Chittenden, the Poet Ranchman of Texas, created theunique Christmas Cove Library in Maine, for which he asked authors to autograph their books and donate them to the library. He designed a...... More

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1976. First Edition Limited to 500 copies. 8vo. 160 pp. 2 color fold-out plates; black & white photo-illustrations. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. Black cloth spine over photo-illustrated paper covered boards. A fine copy. A record in words and pictures of Bunker..... More

San Francisco: Printed at The Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California, 1952. First Edition Limited to 375 copies. 4to. (8), 59, (1) pp. 19 reproductions of pencil sketches the author drew during a the summer of 1856 while visiting the California missions. Vellum backed patterned paper covered boards;..... More

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1972. First Edition, Limited to 300 copies. Full-page inscription by the author. 8vo. 55, [17] pp. Photo-illustrations. Black cloth cream and green illustrated paper covered boards. Lower corner boards showing else a near fine copy. The author was inspired to chronicle the history of street..... More

(Los Angeles): Published by the author, (1930). First Edition. Original cloth. 8vo. 47 pp. 16 plates (including frontispiece); one fold-out map of Southern California identifying proposed mission sites. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering. Previous owner bookplate and stamp else a fine copy. "This treatise on Spanish plans for a...... More

Boston: The Page Company, 1915. First Edition. 8vo. 376, [4, ads] pp. Large folding map. Sixteen color plateswith tissue guards from original paintings, mainly by California artists including Percy Grey, Thomas Moran, Mary DeNeale Morgan, Helen Balfour and others; forty duogravures from photographs. Pictorial cream cloth with gilt decoration and..... More

New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1923. First Edition. 8vo. 367 pp. Illustrated from photographs by the author. Index. Gilt illustrated green cover with color image of mountain scenery; gilt lettering; in uncommon publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (wear & chips to extremities; general darkening & soiling). "A..... More

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Co, 1973. First Edition. 8vo. 339 pp. 2 maps (1 folding); photograph reproductions. Notes; Bibliography; Index. Red cloth in cream illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy with faint fading to spine. "The fascinating and precise tale which emerges from the author's extensive research reveals an adventurous..... More