2005 Proceedings of ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Conference: Volume 1, Parts A and B Symposia (2 Volumes)
New York: ASME, 2005. 1st. Paperback. Large quartos; xxvi, 1-912 pages, xxvi, 913-1700 pages. More
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2nd Urban Technology Conference and Technical Display: A Collection of Technical Papers
San Francisco: AIAA, 1972. 1st. Softcover. Quarto. Reproduces 20 conference papers. More
4th NASA/Dod Workshop on Evolvable Hardware
Los Alimitos CA: IEEE, 2002. 1st. Softcover. Quarto, (xii), 279 pp. More
Aberdovey Golf Club: A Round of a Hundred Years (INSCRIBED)
Aberdovey Golf Club, 1986. 1st. Boards. Octavo. 132pp. Photo-illustrations; plans. Original green leatherette with gilt lettering. From the library of golf author Bob Jones with his decorative bookplate to front pastedown. INSCRIBED "To Bob Jones/Best wishes from/Aberdovey G.C./M. Rogue, CAPT. 1986." Laid in materials include color photograph of the club..... More
Abraham Lincoln (Color Engraving)
9" x 7." Color engraving adhered to cream colored pasteboard. Near fine (colors may be a bit faded). The presidential portrait of Lincoln is in an oval setting surrounded by pictorial images (most likely designed by W. Momberger) in each corner symbolic of important issues during Lincoln's presidency. Research indicates..... More
An Account of the Perilous Voyage of the Ship Gjoa
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1947. Limited to 500 numbered copies; this copy not numbered. 8vo. 15 pp. Stiff red paper covers with pink lettering & design on front cover. Minor wear; a near fine copy. Her Arrival in the Bay of San Francisco: The Reception tendered to Capt. Roald Amundsen..... More
Album of Forty Seven Ronins
[Tokyo]: No date. Original boards. Small oblong 16mo. Accordion fold book with 24 pp color illustrations. Text in English and Japanese. Green & gilt paper covered boards with illustrated & printed title label to front cover; all edges silver. Small scrape to title label else fine. The story of the..... More
Almanaque Parisiense 1897
Paris: Rigaud et Clermont, 1897. First Edition thus. Octavo; 64pp. 65 pages.Fragile with some wear; a Very Good copy in Spanish. With illustrations in black and white and color. String-tied almanac advertising mainly pharmaceutical products. Month by month calendar, jokes, etc. More
The Amazing San Lorenzo Valley in the Heart of the Beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains Where the World Relaxes and Plays
[Santa Cruz, CA]: Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1940s. 8vo. [40] pp. Fold-out map. Photo-reproductions; business advertisements. Stiff staple-bound illustrated wrappers in fine condition. Uncommon tourist booklet promoting the beauty and attractions of the San Lorenzo Valley, including Felton, Big Basin, Zayante, Boulder Creek, Ben Lomand and Santa Cruz. More
America and Japan in Amity and Trade: The Osaki Mainichi. The Tokyo Nichi-Nichi
Osaka, Japan: Osaka Mainichi, 1938. "Being Special edition of Japan Today and Tomorrow, 1938" Tall 4to (15" x 10 1/4"). 384 pp. Illustrations througought; 18 color plates (most with titled tissue guards, 1 double-sided). Text in English. Color illustrated wrappers in about near fine condition (light general wear; short closed..... More
American Fabrics; American Fabrics and Fashion (23 issues)
New York: Reporter Publications, 1949 - 1976. First Editions. Folio. Various paginations. Contains a variety of fabric swatches, color and black & white illustrations, and advertisements. Issues included: 9, 12, 19, 22-27, 34, 55-57, 81, 83-84, 87-88, 91, 94-96, 106-170. Stiff color illustrated softcovers in Uniformly near fine condition (light..... More
Annual Message of the Governor of the State of California to the Eighth Session of the Legislature (along with) Report of Select Committee Appointed to Investigate Matters Pertaining to the State Treasury Department
Sacramento: James Allen, State Printer, 1856. Hardcover. 8vo. 28 + 27pp Appendix; 41pp. Original wraps bound in later boards; title from wraps pasted to front cover. Scarce. Cowan p. 314. More
Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1898. Miscellaneous Reports (House Document No. 5)
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1898. First Edition. Thick octavo; 1080pp. Rebound in brown buckram lettered in white at spine, otherwise appears unused. Spectacular publication featuring many reports; several large folding maps, somein color; arge color folding plat Government Hospital for the Insane, Washington D.C.; 3 color folding plates showing..... More
Arbeitsstätten des Einzelhandels in Bayern : Ergebnisse der Handels- und Gaststättenzählung 1993
Munich: Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik und Datenverarbeitun, 1996. Paperback. 4to. 200pp. More
The Argonaut (Vol. II, No. 1-26; Vol. VI, No. 1-26; Vol. VII, No. 1-26)
San Francisco: Published by The Argonaut, 1878, 1880. First Edition. Folio. Each issue has 16 pp. Illustrations, including many business advertisements. Vol. II bound in half black leather spine over black pebbled cloth boards; gilt ruling & lettering to spine in good condition (boards holding by string; wear to spine..... More
Arriola Dedini Ketcham (poster)
Monterey, CA: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1983. First Edition. INSCRIBED by the three artists to early California art collectors, Phil and Madalyn. Illustrated poster (26" x 17") on heavy paper for the art exhibition held August 13 - September 11, 1983. Fine condition. Gus Arriola, Eldon Dedini and Hank..... More
Beatrici Warde: celeberrimae feminarum quae in arte typographica praestant impressa data Societate Magistrorum novi eboraci xxviii die Aprilis MCML
[New York]: Type Directors Club of New York, 1950. First Edition. Publisher's blue folder containing: 1) SIGNED original wood engraving by Bernard Brussel-Smith printed by L. F. White Co. and distributed at a dinner for the friends and members of the Type Directors Club of New York given in Warde's..... More
Before the California Highway Commission: In Re Location of Skyline Boulevard, San Francisco to Santa Cruz
[Santa Cruz, CA]: State of California, Department of Public Works, [June 23, 1922]. First Edition. Original wrappers. Large 8vo. 55 pp. 4 maps. Original printed wrappers. On page 41 are ink signatures of five members of the Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce, Committee on Highway Terminals and Skyline Boulevard. On..... More
Birds of the Tropics
Richmond, Virginia: Allen & Ginter, Tobacconists, 1890s. Oblong small 8vo (6 x 9"). 10 chromolithographic plates (single-sided) depicting various tropical birds, each with a title, and images of exotic locations. Lithographed by George S. Harris & Sons of Philadelphia, New York and Chicago. Pritned on cardstock with chromolithograph covers, string-tied..... More
Blanco y Negro: Revista Ilustrada (1901, 8 issues)
Madrid: Prensa Española, S.A., 1901. Softcover. 4to. Numerous illustrations. Staplebound wrappers with decorative covers. Weekly periodical includes issue numbers; 508, 514, 524, 525, 526, 528, 534 and 538. More
The Blue Book: Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Nineteen Hundred Two and Three
Oakland: Frederick M. Husted, 1902. 1st. Original wrappers. 8vo. 157, [3]pp printed letterpress on heavy paper stock . 18 pages on thin stock of advertisements at rear including two seating charts for the MacDonough Theatre. Original blue suede Roycroft binding by The Hicks-Judd Company with gilt lettering and decoration to..... More
Bulletin of the Society for the Research in Chinese Architecture Volume IV, Numbers 1 & 2 (2 Volumes)
Peiping: The Society for the Research in Chinese Architecture, 1935. First Edition. Tall octavos; Volume 1 - Chinese text; numerous photographic plates; plans, some foldout. Volume 2 - Chinese text; photographic plates; plans, some foldout. Volume 1 has >1" loss at top of spine, else Near Fine. Colume 2 wear..... More
California Arts And Architecture, July 1933
Los Angeles: Western States Publishing, 1933. 1st. Original wrappers. First Edition. Folio. 32 pp. Photographic-illustrations; advertisements. Cover image of Santa Barbara Mission from a photograph by Will Connell. Illustrated wrappers in very good condition (light general wear). Includes articles on The Hillside Home of Ramon Novarro built by Frank Lloyd..... More
California's Diversified Butte County
NP: Butte County Chamber of Commerce, 1952. 1st. Softcover. Single sheet, folded (9 x 4"). Numerous black & white photo-illustrations. Original pictorial wrappers printed in black, blue & yellow. Butte County has played a prominent role in Calfornia's history since the early days and has been "...an important contributor to..... More
California: June 1984, Vol. 9, No. 6 (Jo Mora)
Los Angeles, CA: California Magazine, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Large magazine format. 144pp. Illustrated throughout with color and black & white reproductions. Color illustrated wraps in fine condition. Includes 4-page article titled "Roots" - mostly photo-reproductions of close-up portions of Mora's 'California' carte. More