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
Washington DC: United States Coast Survey, 1874. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL map: "BAY AND HARBOR OF NEW YORK", 1874, by the United States Coast Survey. Expertly linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. Scale: 1/40,000. Image is 27" x 39" with a 2" white border. The Office of..... More
Chicago: Rand McNally & Co., 1928. This is an ORIGINAL map of the SAN FRANCISCO BAY DISTRICT. 1928. Expertly linen-backed for restoration and ease of handling. 32 1/4" x 26 1/4" plus white border. Color. Note: There is no Golden Gate Bridge. There are two drawn lines representing purposed Bay..... More
Washington DC: U. S. Coast Survey, 1859. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL MAP, by the U. S. Survey, entitled "CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO AND ITS VICINITY CALIFORNIA", published 1859. A. D. Bache, Superintendent. Expertly linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling. 25 1/2" x 36", plus white border. Scale..... More
Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1880. First Edition. Leather. (xv) 280 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by General Samuel Backus in ink to Professor John LeConte in ink on a front free endpaper, "Professor John LeConte / President - University of Cal. / Compliments / Samuel W. Backus / Adjutant -General Cal." Original..... More
Hollywood: 20th Century Fox, 1951. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL one-sheet movie poster for 'FOLLOW THE SUN", the 1951 20th Century Fox movie starring Glenn Ford (as Ben Hogan), Anne Baxter, Dennis O'Keefe and June Havoc. Linen-backed. One Sheet: 27" x 41". This film told the story of golfing..... More
Washington DC: Red Cross, 1918. First Edition. Linen backed. This is an ORIGINAL WW1 POSTER: "RED CROSS CHRISTMAS ROLL CALL". 1918. Linen mounted. Full color lithograph. 19" x 28" with a linen perimeter of appoximately 2". The poster is in vivid, fresh colors and shows heroic classic figures of a...... More
Camarillo, California: Golden Boots Company, 1993. First Edition. (vi) 102 pp. SIGNED in ink by Gypsy Boots on the title page. Illustrated, mostly from period photgraphs, some in color. Illustrated wrappers. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". A collection of biography, health tips, recipes and philosophy by "nature boy" Gypsy Boots..... More
Paris: Musee de L'Orangerie, 1974. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL French art exhibition poster for an exhibit of the works of GEORGES BRAQUE at "Orangerie des Tuileries" (Musee de L'Orangerie) in Paris. The image measures 17 3/4" x 23 3/4". With the linen mounting border: 27 1/2" x 21..... More
Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1949. First Edition. Cloth. (ix) 276 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Herb Caen on a front free endpaper: "For Paul Pollack - A man of distinction in the most distinctive of citites - Best, Herb Caen". First Edition (stated). Cloth. Octavo. Illustrated..... More
Metuchen, N.J. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994. First Edition. Cloth. 218 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author/actor Harry Carey, Jr. in ink on the front free endpaper ( "To Ken Jones: Greetings from The John Ford Stock Company! Your friend, Harry Carey Jr 10-19-98"). Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from black and white..... More
Metuchen, N.J. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994. First Edition. Cloth. 218 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author/actor Harry Carey, Jr. in ink on the front free endpaper ("To Ralph: Welcome to Ford Country! Your's truly, Harry Carey Jr. 1-14-'95"). Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Octavo. Cloth. Index. List..... More
Washington DC: U. S. War Department, 1855. First Edition. This is an original MAP entitled "FROM SAN FRANCISCO BAY TO THE PLAINS OF LOS ANGELES. From the "Explorations and Surveys for a Rail Road Route From the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean / War Department". The explorations and surveys..... More
Grass Valley, California: 1871. First Edition. An ORIGINAL indenture deed transferring a quartz gold claim Delano owned in Grass Valley Township, Nevada County, California to the New York Gold Hill Mining Company, for consideration of 10,000 shares of stock in the latter company. A certified copy, with notarial notice affixed..... More
Hollywood: 20th Century Fox, 1962. This is an ORIGINAL three-sheet movie poster for the 20th Century Fox film, "TENDER IS THE NIGHT" (1962) starring Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards, Jr., Joan Fontaine, Tom Ewell, Cesare Danova and Jill St. John. Based upon the 1934 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Linen-backed. 41"..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 277 pages.TV SHOWMAN / N.Y. COLUMNIST ED SULLIVAN'S COPY.. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Gene Fowler on the title page, "To my friend of a long time, Ed Sullivan / With the best / Gene Fowler 1954". Endpapers illustrated from photographs..... More
Hollywood: Columbia Pictures, 1987. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL one-sheet poster for "84 CHARING CROSS ROAD", the 1987 film starring Anne Bancroft, Anthony Hopkins and Judi Dench. Directed by David Jones. From the book by Helen Hanff. 27" x 41", plus 2" white border. Expert linen mounting; easily rolled..... More
San Francisco: The Pioneer Press, 1987. First Edition. Leather backed marbled boards. (14) 56 (7); (x) 76 (4) pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated. Bookplate of California bibliophile Roger K. Larson affixed to front pastedown. Leatherbacked marbled boards. Gilt spine titling. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Two books in one. The..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1961. First Thus. Cloth-backed illustrated Boards. (8) 106 (1) pages. First Edition Thus. Illustrated by David Stone Martin. Limited edition of 475 un-numbered copies. Printed by Adrian Wilson at his Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco. Edited with Introduction by Prof. James D...... More
Boston: Fields, Osgood, & Co., 1871. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. (vi) 7-153 pp. First edition, first printing with publisher's monogram on title page and "S.T.K" for "T.S.K" on page 136. Green cloth; gilt spine and cover titling. 4 1/2" x 7". No jacket as issued. B`rown endpapers. Bret Harte..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. First Edition. Cloth. (xiii) 310 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated, mostly from period photographs, including frontispiece portrait of Sadakichi Hartman. Long Introduction by Jane Calhoun Weaver. Chronology. Checklist of Artists named in the Essays. Hartmann Bibliography. Index. Gray cloth; gilt spine titling. 6" x...... More
New York: Dunetz & Lovett, 1974. First Edition. Illustrated stapled wrappers. Unpaginated (22) pp. SIGNED in ink by Henry Fonda on the front cover. Illustrated from black and white photographs. llustrated stapled wrappers. 9 1/4" x 12". This is the ORIGINAL play program from the 1974 play, HENRY FONDA as..... More
Los Angeles: Privately Printed, 1927. First Trade Edition. (x) (2) 221 pp. Printed dust jacket. Illustrated, including frontispiece portrait from Loren Barton drawing of William Griffith Henshaw; facsimilies of Spanish land grant and Warner documents and maps. Preface by Professor Herbert E. Bolton. Red cloth. 7 1/2" x 10 3/4"..... More
New York: Random House, 1954. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (8) 115 pp. Dust Jacket. Cloth-backed boards. 6" x 9 1/4". The first collections of poems by Jeffers since the 1948 publication of the controversial "The Double Axe and Other Poems." Fifteen new poems and a one-act play. Includes "Ocean", "The..... More
New York: Liveright, Inc., 1932. First Edition (Limited). 147 pp. #88 of a limited edition of 200 numbered copies of which 185 were for sale. SIGNED by Robinson Jeffers in ink on the limitation page. Blue cloth; gilt titling. Blue board slipcase.Many pages unopened. 6" x 9 1/2". About this..... More
