Palo Alto: The Murdock Press, 1902. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. 231 pp. Illustrated, including some in color. Green decorated cloth. 6" x 8 3/4". Period postcard laid in. Ink 1903 gift inscription at front free endpaper. A beautifully produced compilation of varied material about the California poppy. The book was..... More
London: Chatto and Windus, 1937. First Edition. Cloth. (5) 336 pp. Dustjacket. Index. Cloth. Gilt spine titling. A long philosophical essay written by Aldous Huxley just prior to World War II. Huxley argues that people generally agree on desirable ends, but differ widely on the means to achieve those ends..... More
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. First Trade Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 175 pp. First trade edition, first printing. Cloth-backed boards. Sans dust jacket. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4". Several pages unopened. Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) considered this "...the most intense of any of my poems". Alberts 42. A Fine copy, now..... More
Honolulu: Thomas Nickerson, 1939. First Thus. Cloth. (xv) 101 (1) pp. Edition limited to 1000 un-numbered copies. Printed by the Lakeside Press, Chicago. Cloth. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4". Paper spine and front cover labels. Letters written by the 30 year old Mark Twain in 1866 for the Sacramento Union..... More
New York: Fox Duffield & Co., 1903. First Edition. 32 pp. Illustrated from ornamental borders and color plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863-1935), a leading American illustrator (The Water Babies, A Child's Garden of Verses). Cloth-backed Illustrated boards (front and back). 10 3/4" x 11 1/2". A beautifully illustrated early..... More
London: Amalgamated Press Ltd., 1937. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. (4) 412 pp. Illustrated throughout rom period drawings, some in color. Red illustrated cloth. 8 3/4" x 12". Chums began as a weekly paper. After several forms, it began in 1934 a an annual book. Publication ended in 1941 due to..... More
Hollywood: Asylum Records, 1983. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL poster for the 1983 Linda Ronstadt record album "WHAT'S NEW" with the NELSON RIDDLE orchestra. The poster is SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Linda Ronstadt ("For Cameron / Linda Ronstadt"). The poster has been linen-backed for preservation and ease of handling..... More
San Francisco: Didymus Press, 1973. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Unpaginated (18). SIGNED by William Eveson (previously known as Brother Antoninus). #139 of a limited edtion of 285 copies printed by Thomas Whitbridge on paper from the Wookey Hole Mill, England. Illustrated from a woodccut by Thayer Hopkins. Cloth-backed boards. Thin..... More
New York: Bloomsbury, 2014. First U.S. Edition. Boards. (xvi) 399 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink twice by Mary Street Alinder; once on the half title and once on the title page ("December 1, 2014 / For Jim--With thanks for your superb leadeship at the Sierra Club and for your support..... More
New York: The Abingdon Press, 1915. First Edition. 184 pp. Illustrated throughout from period photographs and drawings. Illustrated blue cloth; gilt titling. 5 1/2" x 8". A charming tour of the San Francisco Bay Area of 1915. Chapters include Muir Woods, Trout Fishing in Berkeley, Wild-cat Canyon, Chinatown, Mount Tamalpais..... More
New York: Museum of the City of New York, 1977. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL poster published by the Museum of the City of New York featuring a caricature by WILLIAM AUERBACH-LEVY (WAL) of TALLULAH BANKHEAD and FREDERIC MARCH in their 1942 Broadway play, "The Skin of Our Teeth"..... More
Dublin: The Talbot Press, Ltd., 1917. 1st Edition. Cloth. (9) 116 (4) pp. Dark blue cloth; embossed front cover titling. 5" x 7 1/4". A collection of beautiful Irish poems by Padric Gregory (1886-1962), born in Belfast, a poet, architect and man of letters. A Near Fine copy ( minor..... More
London: John Murray, 1906. 1st Edition. Cloth. 345 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Gertrude Atherton in ink on the title page ("To Mrs. Wright with the compliments of Gertrude Atherton"). Red cloth. 5" x 7 1/2". A historical romance novel by prolific California author Gertrude Atherton (1857-1948). Based upon the real..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1989. First Edition. Cloth-backed marbled boards. (9) 470 pp. No. 34 of 150 limited copies of the First Edition SIGNED in ink by Martin Amis and speciallhy bound. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Glassine dust jacket. Custom gray cloth slipcase. 6" x 9". The sourcework for the 1989 film..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1979. First American Edition. Cloth-backed cloth. 268 (4) pp. SIGNED in ink by Kevin Brownlow on the half-title. Illujstrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated primarily from silent film still photographs. Photographs selected by John Kobal. Cloth-backed cloth. 9" x 10". British film historian Kevin Brownlow, in..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 348 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Neil Simon in ink on the title page ("To Rochelle / Neil Simon"). Illustrated primarily from personal photographs. Prior owner's neat bookplate on front free endpaper. Illustrated dust jacket. Index. Cloth-backed boards. 6 1/2" x...... More
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003. First Edition. Cloth. (xiv) 322 pp. A presentation copy, SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Doris Roberts to actress Carol Arthur (Mrs. Dom DeLuis) on the title page ("Dear Carol / Happy Birthday/ Enjoy / Love Doris"). Illustrated primarily from black and white personal photographs. Illustrated..... More
London: Jonathan Cape, 1997. 1st UK Edition. Cloth. (8) 149 pp. SIGNED in ink by Martin Amis on the title page. Illustrated dust jacket. Black cloth; gilt spine titling. 5 1/2" x 8 1/4". Prolific author Michael Amis' ninth novel. Per Michael Hanna's review in The Denver Post: "Amis has..... More
Canada: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 1992. First Canadian Edition. Cloth. 239 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by P. D. James on the title page ("For Frances With best wishes / P.D. James / 8 Oct. 1992"). Illustrated dust jacket. Small white envelope laid in containing book review clipping; ephemera showing provenance..... More
San Francisco: San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, 1914. First Edition. Cloth. 314 (v) pp. Illustrated primarily from period photographs. Index. The elusive folding map of San Francisco is laid inside of the back cover (as this map is unattached, it is often missing), Red flexible cloth covers. A past owner's..... More
New York: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2010. 1st Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (12) 337 (3) pp. SIGNED in ink by Pat Conroy on the half-title. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from drawings by Wendell Minor. Cloth-backed boards; gilt spine titling. 5" x 7 1/4". Pat Conroy (1945-2016) was the author of Prince of..... More
San Francisco: Vince Emery Productions, 2010. Second Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 496 pp. SIGNED in ink by author Mike Weiss and publisher Vince Emery on a front free endpaper. Illustrated primarily from period photographs. Newspaper headline endpapers. This is the Second and updated edition, which includes a DVD of television..... More
San Francisco: Judge William F. James, 1955. First Edition. Linen-backed green cloth. 25 pp. SIGNED by Judge James. #170 of a limited edition of 200 copies. Linen-backed green cloth. First page woodcut by Mallette Dean. Handmade English paper. 12 1/4" x 8 1/2". An argument supporting the notion that Saint..... More
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1916. First Edition. Cloth. (xvii) 227 (3) pp. Profusely illustrated from Genthe's photographs, some in color. Index, identifying individual dancers, including Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis. Foreword by Arnold Genthe Includes essay "On With The Dance by Shaemas O Sheel. Brown Cloth. 7 1/4" x...... More
Berkeley: Serendipity Books, 1973. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL broadside featuring two poems by Gary Snyder, captioned "Two Logging Songs". SIGNED in ink by Gary Snyder. A facsimile of Gary Snyder's signature is also embossed as part of the original piece. Published by Serendipity Books for the International Book..... More
