Washington DC: United States Post Office Department, 1932. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL MAP of the 1932 United States AIR MAIL ROUTES of the Post Ofice Department. The map shows both operating routes and routes awarded but not yet operating. The service was turned over to independent contractors in..... More
Honolulu: United Airlines, 1967. First Edition. Linen-backed. This is an ORIGINAL poster for "HAWAII" published by United Airlines ("Fly the Friendly Skies of United") 1967. . Expertly linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. The poster measures 25" x 40" with a 1 3/4" linen border. The image is of..... More
Hollywood: Eleventh Street Productions, 1996. This is an ORIGINAL one-sheet movie teaser poster for the 1996 film "BASQUIAT" starring Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Gary Oldman, Dennis Hopper, Parker Posey among others. Directed by artist Julian Schnabel who SIGNED this poster in ink at the lower left edge. Expertly linen-backed for..... More
Washington DC: U.S. Coast Survey, 1860. This is an ORIGINAL map entitled "PRELIMINARY CHART OF DRAKE'S BAY CALIFORNIA". 1860. "From a Trigonometrical Survey under the direction of A. D. Bache, Superintenent of the SURVEY OF THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES." Triangulation (1854-59) by A. F. Rogers and G. Davidson..... More
Hollywood: Republic Pictues, 1938. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL Lobby Card movie poster for the 1938 Republic Pictures serial "THE FIGHTING DEVIL DOGS" starring Bruce Bennett (billed as "Herman Brix"), Lee Powell, Eleanor Stewart, Montagu Love and Hugh Dorn. The card is SIGNED in ink by Bruce Bennett ("Sincere..... More
San Francisco: Arthur Wheeler, 1923. First Edition. Cloth. 116 (1) pp. Illustrated primarily from photographs. Index to portraits. Black cloth. 7" x 10 1/4". An effort to reconstruct the history of the San Francisco Bar Associtaion after the "...complete destruction of the Association's records in the San Francisco fire of..... More
Hollywood: Warner Brothers, 1986. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL one-Sheet poster for the 1986 Warner Brothers film, "HEARTBREAK RIDGE", starring Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill, and Moses Gunn. Directed by Clint Eastwood. Expertly linen-backed for restoration and ease of handling. 27" x 40" with a white border.. Clint..... More
New York: Covici Friede, 1934. First Edition. Cloth. 407 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Gene Fowler to Nunnally Johnson on the front free endpaper: "To Nunnally Johnston (sic) in loving memory of George Arliss. / Gene Fowler / Oct--1934". Illustrated from period black and white photographs including movie stills and..... More
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Cloth-backed Boards. 247 pp. SIGNED in ink by Dick Francis on the title page and by his son Felix Francis on the dedication page. Illustrated from black and white period photographs, mostly horseracing. Afterword. Index. Illustrated dust jacket..... More
Dallas: The Heritage Press, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. (iv) 54 pages of illustrated text; 80 pages of art and descriptions. SIGNED by Joe Grandee in ink on the title page. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Joe Grandee on page iv to Custer historian and author John M. Carroll (1928-1990): "To my friend John..... More
Portland: Richard Abel & Company, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Cloth. 140 pp. Annotated by William F. Heintz. Foreword by Thomas W. Chinn, a Founder and First President, Chinese Historical Society of America. Two Illustrations. One of 1000 un-numbered copies. Designed and printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy. Orange cloth. Index..... More
Hollywood: Paramount Pictures, 1973. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL one-sheet movie poster for "BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY", the 1973 Paramount Pictures film starring Robert DeNiro, Michael Moriarity, Vincent Gardenia (Academy Award Nominee), Phil Foster, Anne Wedgeworth and Danny Aiello (his first film). Directed by John Hancock. Screenplay by Mark..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1943. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Cloth. (ix)158 pp. SIGNED in ink by both James Hilton ("with all good wishes James Hilton") and Dr. Corydon Wassell ("Comdr. C. M. Wassell, (M.C.) U.S.N.R.") and a gift INSCRIPTION in ink from Dr. Wassell's wife, Madeline D. Wassell ("To..... More
Hollywood: United Artists, 1953. First Edition. Pictorial Stapled Wrappers. This is an ORIGINAL pressbook for the 1953 United Artists film, "BEAT THE DEVIL", starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollabridgida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Edward Underdown and Ivor Bernard. Directed by John Huston. Screenplay by John Huston and Truman Capote..... More
Hollywood: Orion Pictures, 1980. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL one-sheet movie poster for "HEART BEAT", the 1980 Orion Pictures film, starring Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek and John Heard. Written and directed by John Byrum. 27" x 41". Expertly linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. "Heart Beat" was based..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1956. First Edition. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. (ix) 46 (1) pages Cloth-backed decorated boards. ix, 46 (1) pages. Illustrated from woodcuts by Mallette Dean, who also printed the book in Fairfax, California. One of 350 unnumbered copies.. Preface by Professor Benj. H. Lehman. Text..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1954. First Thus. Cloth-backed decorated boards. 168 pp. Illustrated from facsimiles. One of 400 un-numbered copies. Black cloth-backed reddecorated cloth. 11 1/4" x 8 1/2". Printed at The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. Concerning Stevenson's stay in 1880 in an abandoned bunkhouse in "Silverado"..... More
London: British Lion Films, 1967. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL linen-backed one sheet movie poster for "ULYSSES",1967, based upon the JAMES JOYCE 1922 novel and starring Milo O'Shea, Barbara Jefford, Anna Manahan, Maurice Roeves and Fionnula Flanagan. Directed by Joseph Strick. Screenplay by Joseph Strick and Fred Haines (Academy..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1991. First Edition. Cloth. xii (2) 99 pages, colophon. 8 1/4" x 10 1/4". Illustrated from photographs. Notes. Annotated bibliography. Maroon cloth with gilt decoration on cover. Slipcase with paper spine label. One of 400 copies printed by the Yolla Bolly Press of..... More
Hollywood: Warner Brothers, 1955. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL one-sheet movie poster for "BATTLE CRY", the 1955 Warner Brothers movie starring Van Heflin, Aldo Ray, Mona Freeman, Nancy Olson, James Whitmore, Raymond Massey, Tab Hunter, Dorothy Malone, Ann Francis and Fess Parker. Directed by Raoul Walsh. One sheet: 27"..... More
New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911. First Thus. Cloth. (13) 259 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by author Lynch to Richard M. Hotaling on a front free endpaper: "Richard M. Hotaling with remembrances from Jeremiah Lynch / San Francisco Jany. 1912". Illustrated. Frontispiece from portrait of David C. Broderick..... More
Washington DC: United States Army, 1972. First Edition, Stated. Cloth. (xvi) 938 pp. This is Custer Historian John M. Carroll's copy, with his 7th Cavalry bookplate, SIGNED by Carroll in ink, affixed to the front free endpaper. Illustrated from drawings and photographs, including Heraldic Items in color. One of the..... More
New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1863. First Edition. Cloth. (viii) 371 (8 adverts.) pp. Illustrated "With Many Comic Illustrations By Mullen". Brown embossed cloth. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2". Repaired by Coriander Reisbord, including re-backing with original spine laid down (Reisbord's notes laid in). Cataloger's notes affixed to rear pastedown. Per..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984. First Edition. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. (xiv) (2) 68 (1) pp. One of 550 un-numbered copies of a limited edition. 32 illustrations, including 8 in color and 3 folding. Notes. Chronological checklist of Mexican lithographic works: 1826-1899. List of printers and lithographers of..... More
Berlin: PLAN+FORM ADVERTISING AGENCY, Circa 1950. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL German poster advertising FOUCHE cognac titled "EIN HERZ UND EIN FOUCHE" (One Heart and One Fouche) by artist WALTER MILLER. Expertly linen mounted. Paper on archival paper/linen canvas. 23 1/4" x 33" image; 27 1/2" x 37" with..... More
