A collection of 22 seaweed specimens in Victorian-Era album, 17 of which are carefully displayed and mounted each on a single page. The other 5 are displayed in sheets of glassine, ready for mounting. These seaweed specimens are most likely from along the Pacific Coast. The album is a typicially..... More
Denver, CO: The Hermann H. Heiser Saddlery Co., [1937] & [1939]. First Edition. 8" x 5". Each catalog 48 pages. Illustrations of saddles, holsters, belts, fishing rod cases, handboxes, knife sheafs and more. Staplebound wrappers in very good condition (light rubbing to covers; writing on cover of Catalog 32). Internally..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. Bill Crawford. First Edition. INSCRIBED by Mencken "For Huntingtin Cairns with my deepest thanks" on title page. 12mo; 31, [1]pp. A near fine copy (discoloration to lower rear board) in publisher's blue cloth, spine titled in gold, 2 3/4" square illustration tipped to front..... More
Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1906. Limited Edition. Flexible vellum. 8vo. 311, (1) pp. This edition was limited to 300 copies (of a total printing of 325). Text printed in red and in black. Publisher's full limp slightly mottled vellum by T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and 'The Doves Bindery' is stamped on..... More
Chicago, IL: C.M. Barnes Co., (1896). First Edition. 8vo. 295, (1) pp. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine; black decorative stamping on front cover; floral endpapers. Spotting to covers; ffep has separated along hinge; previous owner bookplate; minor wear to extremities; else a very good copy of a...... More
Hammersmith: The Doves Press, July 17, 1913. Limited to about 300 copies. 8vo. [4] pp, single sheet folded. Loose as issued in original printed wrappers. A fine copy of a scarce Doves Press publication. One of a series of small Doves Press pamphlets, grouped alongside related pieces. "On a Passage..... More
Cape Town: Privately Printed at the Stourton Press, 1953. First Edition. Tall octavo; 28pp. A Fine copy in beige cloth titled in red at front cover. A Fine copy; laid in is Time magazine's November 17, 1947 review of Peter Ouspensky's only novel, 'Strange Life of Ivan Osokin.' Ouspensky was..... More
London: Chatto & Windus, 1928. First Edition Limited #189 of 256 copies. SIGNED by the author on limitation page. 8vo. 206, [1] pp. Previous owner name in pencil. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering to spine; top edges gilt. Sunning to spine; ffep loose; paper at front and rear hinges..... More
Office of the Department of Finance, April 18, 1868. Hawaiian language issue of Report of the Minister of Finance to the Legislature for the Year 1868. 9" x 5 3/4". 30 pp. String-tied printed wrapers in near fine condition, with light, occasional foxing, moreso to lower edges. An scarce and..... More
Sacramento, CA: News Publishing Co., 1948. First Edition. SIGNED and dated by Luis Ortega. 8vo. 133pp. Glossary. 109 photo-reproductions; 20 pen sketches by Al Martin Napoletano. Red boards with gilt lettering to spine; stamped gilt illustration to front board; illustrated endpapers. A fine copy of a scarce Ortega title. Authentic..... More
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1978. First Revised Edition. SIGNED by Ansel Adams. Tall 8vo. 307 pp. Index. Photo-illustrations. A fine copy in dust jacket. Originally published in 1963 as 'Polaroid Land Photography Manual', this is the new revised edition of one of the classic technical photography books of the..... More
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1976. First Edition. SIGNED by Ansel Adams. Oblong 8vo. With an essay on the land by Lawrence Calrk Powell. Over 100 black & white photographic reproductions. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. Ansel Adams made these photographs from 1928 to 1968 in Arizona, California, Colorado..... More
New York: Longmans, Green & Co., 1937. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the author "To C. Frank Fox from Louis Danz 1938" on dedication page. Octavo; 246pp; illustrated endpages. A Near Fine copy in dust jacket (spine sunned) and stained slipcase. Uncommon mid-20th-century art/psychology title. Louis Danz (1886–1950s), was an American..... More
Oak Harbor, WA: George B. Astel, 1934. First Edition. "Published in a limited edition of 250 copies, this copy being No. 8. The plates have been destroyed" INSCRIBED by the author. 8vo. 108 pp. Portrait illustration. Bibliography. Stiff marbled brown wrappers with gilt lettering; yapped page edges. Light wear to..... More
San Francisco: Visalia Stock Saddle Company, [ca. 1949]. First Edition. 8" 4 3/4". 24 pp. Illustrations. Publisher's printed envelope & printed notice to the customer detailing their business commitment, laid in. Yellow and red illustrated staple-bound wrappers. Light, general wear; center page pulled away from staples; customer mailing label; still..... More
New York: Petrarch Press, 1986. Limited Edition, one of 120 copies on Rives all cotton Lightweight paper (of a total edition of 165 copies). 8vo. (xi), 74pp. A Fine copy, bound in boards covered in terracotta handmade Roma paper; printed spine label. The Dante type was set by hand; the..... More
Columbus, Ohio: Ward Brothers, 1889. First Edition. Oblong 12mo. Fanfolded view book with 43 views, with titling, on 18 pp; 8 pp text at rear. Illustrations printed on glossy paper that unfold accordion style. Views include: ostrich farm, street scenes, buildings, two birds-eye panorama views, and others. Blue cloth with..... More
Nicasio, CA: Hawk Hill Press, 1997. First Edition. 4to. 336pp. 650 color photographs of pieces from more than 45 distinguised collections. Glossary; Bibliography; Index. Black cloth with red lettering in color printed dustjacket. A fine copy, as new. Focusing on the period between 1840 to 1960, this book provides a...... More
San Francisco: Banner Play Bureau, Inc., 1938. First thus. Small octavo; 58pp, (plus 6 pages of ads at rear). Very Good (edgewear, 'Huntington Lake Camp for Girls' stamp to front cover and title page). 'A Collection of Twenty-Two Short Character Monologues.' Noreen Gammill (1898 – 1988) was an American actress..... More
Berkeley CA: The author, 1947. First Edition. 12mo; [ii], 74pp. A very good copy (a few poems have pencilled numbers) in tan wrappers printed in brown. Laid in is typed 8-line poem SIGNED by the author. Gaines was an early 20th-century American educator and author of the 1910 book 'Pathway..... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1927. Early printing. Octavo; 45pp, illustrations, 2-page color map. Illustrated staplebound wrappers in fine condition, with a hint of wear. First printed in 1912, this 1927 printing includes revisions. Contents include Introduction; History of Yosemite National Park; The Sierra Nevada; The Yosemite National Park; The..... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1974. First Edition. 4to. 63 pp. 21 full-page color reproductions of California missions with full-page descriptions on facing page. Minor wear; a near fine copy. This book surveys all of the California missions with text by Johnston. Reproduces in full color Bonestell's paintings of all 22..... More
London: Neville Spearman, 1955. First UK edition. SIGNED by Miller and Perles on slip tipped to ffep and further INSCRIBED by Miller "For Rollo Peters" (socially prominent Monterey actor/designer and son of artist Charle Rollo Peters). Octavo. (xii), 242pp. Frontispiece and 10 plates. Original blue cloth, gilt titles to spine..... More
Norfolk CT: New Directions, [1946]. Second American Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by Henry Miller on ffep "To Eric, our poet of Big Sur and of all wonder lands. Henry 12/17/55." Octavo; [ii], 244pp. Publisher's black cloth, spine titled in gold. Somewhat worn and cocked, else a Very Good copy. (Shifreen &..... More
New York: Longmans, Green and Company, 1933. Second Printing of the 1932 First Edition. INSCRIBED on the half title "To his mother - Frank Lloyd Wright Taliesan - October 16th 1933." The inscription directly echos the printed dedication ( 'To the Anna, who is my mother...' ) and Wright’s lifelong..... More