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
Wailuku: The Maui Publishing Co., 1935. First Edition. Small folio (12" x 9 1/4"). 99 pp. 6 full-page photograpic reproductions; iIllustrations; business advertisements. Color pictorial wrappers in very good condition (rear cover has neatly pulled away from text block; staining to upper corner on cover and first few pages) Scarce..... More
Antwerp: Ex Typographia Petri Jacobs, 1707. Republished and enlarged by de Vroom, a Franciscan in the province of lower Germany. 12mo. 192 pp. Woodcut of St. Francis of Assisi receiving the Stigmata on title page; woodcut of fruitbowl at the end. `Printed in red and black. Musical score with liturgical..... More
Paris: Editions Cornelius and BD Spirit, No date. SIGNED and dated "2019" by R. Crumb. The French language bookmark “L’anthologie Robert Crumb / Editions Cornelius” features Crumb’s playful drawing of himself, sitting on his wife Alene’s lap. More
Hollywood, CA: Seward Publishing, 1946. First Edition. INSCRIBED "To Chas Hulett, With my sincere regards and good wishes. Edgar A. Payne." Payne (1883-1947) was a Western landscape painter and muralist, most remembered for his work from the Four Corners area of the Navajo Nation Reservation, the Sierras, Yosemite, and the..... More
(London): 1879. Autograph note (3 1/2'" x 4 1/2" ) to bookseller James Westell (who because of his intimate friendship with the four-time Prime Minister was known as 'The Gladstonian Bookseller") together with an original photograph (3 1/2" x 4 7/8") of Gladstone by Marion & Co., both displayed within..... More
Philadelphia & New York: Warren Publishing, 1961 - 1965. First Edition. Help! was an American satire magazine that ran from 1960 to 1965; it was Harvey Kurtzman's longest-running magazine project after leaving Mad and EC Publications. The innovative cover art and articles were creative expressions of the wit, humor and..... More
Boston: james R. Osgood & Co., 1871. 1st. 12mo. 23pp. Woodcut illustrations by S. Eytinge, Jr. Maroon leather with 5 raised bands & gilt lettering to spine; TEG; marbled endpapers; original yellow wrappers in fine condition, preserved. Slight spine fading, small decorative gilt-illustrated leather bookplate else fine. Author's first book..... More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1949. First Edition. One of an unknown number of copies with a tipped in sheet SIGNED by Lea. 8vo. (xvii) 270 pages. Color title page; with numerous black and white illustrations by the author. Fuschia, black and silver cloth with pictorial endpapers in pictorial dust..... More
[Los Angeles]: 1947-1950? Maceo B. Sheffield. Photographs measure 8" x 10". Crease to corner of each photograph, else newr fine condition. They picture 1) 21 men at an award ceremony, each numbered in ink and identified on the verso, which bears the stamp 'Photo by Maceo B. Sheffield' 2) ~..... More
Oakland Musuem. 28 1/2" x 19 1/2". Unframed. Fine condition The poster of Maynard Dixon's original oil on canvas "Earth Knower" in the collection at the Oakland Museum. More
Monterey, CA: Del Monte Property Co., 1949. Second color printing. Color pictographic map. Image size 17 3/4" x 13 7/8". The map is linen backed (23 1/2 x 19 1/2"). Some age toning else a fine copy. Jo Mora's first Yosemite carte was black and white and not well received..... More
New York: Doubleday Page & Co., 1911. First Edition. INSCRIBED in the year of publication by Harriman's wife, Mary to "Frederick W. Meech/Oct. 28th 1911/from/Mary W. Harriman." 12mo. 38, [1] pp. Beige cloth with gilt lettering. Some darkening to covers; a near fine copy of an uncommon John Muir title..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1916. Limited Edition #384 of 750 copies. Volume VI of The Manuscript edition of "The Writings of John Muir" published in 10 volumes. 8vo; [xiv]; 399; [1] pp. 32 captioned photographic plates, including frontispiece portrait of Mount Hoffman after photographs by Herbert W. Gleason. Map..... More
Paris: Chez Tourneisen Fils, 1808. First French Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Fold-out title page; large folding map titled "Presqu'île de l'Inde" taken from the first part of M. d'Anville's 1751 map of Asia; 13 double-page plateswith titles (mainly of Indian religious figures). Half-brown calf spine with gilt lettering; marbled paper covered..... More
Fond Du Lac, Wis. Pope Boat Company, 1909 (in-text reference). ca. Oblong 8vo. 32 pp. Illustrations; interior and exterior designs. String-tied wrappers, gilt lettered, color plate of a boat at sea on front cover. A good copy (general wear, some loss & splitting to spine; a bit of internal smudging..... More
San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1970. First Edition. INSCRIBED "Joe, I think you know how much my colleagues and I appreciate your unflagging support. A few more senators like you and we may all live to see the year 2000. Fight on! Paul" and "Looking forward to meeting you..... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. First Edition thus. Flexible boards. Folio; xviii, 35, [2]pp; printed in black and red (side-heads in red) in Cloister Lightface roman and italic type on VanGelder paper; with tipped in leaf from the Doves Press edition of Goethe. Bound in full limp vellum, with..... More