San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1923. First Edition. Cloth. (xviii) (1) 318 (2) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Senator Phelan in ink on the front free endpaper: "To Mrs. Spaulding / Compliments of James D Phelan / Aug 17 1927". Illustrated from photographs. Appendices. Blue cloth. 5 1/2" x 8". A memoir..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1926. First Edition. Illustrated card stock wrappers. (xvi) 92 pages. Privately Printed First Edition. Illustrated from period photographs. Engraved New Years greeting card from Senator James D. Phelan affixed to front free endpaper. Qwnership stamp of Marshall Dill on front pastedown and page 50. 4 5/8"..... More
San Francisco: Author Self Published, 1932. First Edition. Vellum Backed Marbled Boards. (xiv) 464 pages. Slipcase. Presentation copy: On the front pastedown in ink (non-cursive): "Beverly C. Wright / Presented to her by John Henry Nash on the occasion of graduation from high school, Martinez, 1936". Edition limited to 1000..... More
San Francisco: Author Self Published, 1932. First Edition. Vellum Backed Marbled Boards. (xiv) 464 pages. One of 1000 un-numbered copies. Quarto. Vellum Backed Marbled Boards.. Bibliographies. List of 1856 Vigilance Committee members. Index. Frontispiece, head-bands, title page and other illustrations by William Wilke. A sumptuous production printed by John Henry..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1979. First Edition Thus. Illustrated Cloth. 77 (2) pages. Prospectus laid in. Plain paper dust jacket. Illustrated, some from period photographs and architectural drawings. One of 450 un-numbered copies designed and produced by Adrian Wilson and The Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco..... More
Hollywood: 20th Century Fox, 1945. 1st Edition. This is an ORIGINAL one sheet linen-backed movie poster for the 1945 20th Century Fox movie "NOB HILL" starring George Raft, Joan Bennett, Vivian Blaine and Peggy Ann Garner. Directed by Henry Hathaway. Technicolor. Following on 20th Century Fox's other successful San Francisco..... More
San Francisco: Upton Bros. & Delzelle, 1920. Sepcial Hand-Colored Limited Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 127 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by the Authors on the front free endpaper: "Treasure Island G. G. I.E. (Golden Gate International Exposition) / To Fay Nerell with best wishes - Bertha M. Rice + Roland Rice Authors / Christmas..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2004. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. (xii) 213 (2) pages. First Edition. Illustrated including some from color photographs of Colt publications. Prospectus and order envelope laid in. Cloth-backed illustrated cloth. 6 3/4" x 10". Foreword by Andrew Hoyem. Preface by William Matson Roth. Checklist..... More
San Francisco: The San Francisco Corral of the Westerners, 1988. First Edition. Cloth. 38 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Author to California historian Doyce Nunis in ink on the front free endpaper, "For Doyce Nunis / California's great historian! / With best wishes / Al Shumate". First edition limited to 500 un-numbered..... More
Glendale: Interurbans, 1978. New Revised Edition. Decorated Cloth. 474 pages. New Revised Edition. Profusely illustrated, primarily from vintage photographs. Maps. Facsimiles. 8 Foldout Car Plans. Decorated Cloth Illustrated endpapers. Tables. Appendix: "History: The Company's Narrative" in chronological form. This is the 1978 expanded, typeset edition. The first edition (1971) was..... More
San Francisco: May E. Southworth (Self-published), 1934. First Edition. Cloth-backed Marbled Boards. (x) 226 pp. #267 of a limited edition of 650 copies. Illustrated from black and white drawings by Will Wilke, including a frontispiece portrait of St. Francis of Assisi, 9 plates and 7 tail-pieces. Printed by John Henry..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Later printing. Cloth-backed cloth on boards. 512 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author in ink on a front free endpaper, to a good friend, "Dear dear Jimmy---I am so happy to have a chance to sign a book to one of the brilliant and coming..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Later printing. Cloth-backed cloth on boards. 512 pages. SIGNED in ink by Adela Rogers St. Johns on a front free endpaper. Illustrated dust jacket. Large octavo. Cloth-backed cloth boards. St. Johns was a celebrated Hollywood writer for Hearst and on her own account..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. First Edition (Stated). Cloth-backed cloth on boards. 512 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Adela Rogers St. Johns on the front free endpaper: "To Ruth Chisholm---With affectionate regards & memories / Adela Rogers St. Johns / August 1962". Laid in is a handwritten letter..... More
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1914. First Edition. Cloth. 141 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED twice by George Sterling. The first is an inscription in ink on a front free endpaper: "Dear Charlie: These verses, written within sound of the Pacific, I (?) on you amid the sounds and shadows of our Babylon..... More
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1916. First Edition. Cloth. 168 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by George Sterling in ink as a presentation copy to Sterling's sister on a front free endpaper: "For my darling sister Madelaine with my best love, George. / San Francisco, Oct. 18th, 1916". Green cloth. 5 1/2" x...... More
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1916. First Edition. Cloth. 168 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by George Sterling twice in ink as a presentation copy to his friend, Tom Gregory. On a front free endpaper: "Dear Tom: Happy be all you remember! Sad be all you forget! I am yours to the end..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1938. First Edition. Cloth. (vi) 37 pp. Dust Jacket. Frontispiece portrait of George Sterling, from unpublished photograph by Arnold Genthe. 4 3/4" x 7 1/2". Cloth. A posthumous collection of previously unpublished poems. Poet/Playwright George Sterling (1869-1926) was a resident member of early Carmel's bohemian..... More
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1921. First Edition. Cloth. 119 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink twice by George Sterling. The inscription on a front free endpaper is: "Dear Jack: Here's one more book - and I don't promise to quit even now! / Ever your friend, George / Dec. 8th, 1921"..... More
San Francisco: W. E. Wood, 1903. Third Edition. Cloth. 142 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED twice by George Sterling. First, in ink on a front free endpaper: "Dear Frank: Be kind to my firstling book:"I was young then." Yours ever, George. Carmel, California. Nov. 12th , 1912." Second, in ink on the half..... More
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1909. First Edition, First State. Cloth. 137 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by George Sterling in ink on a front free endpaper to his sister: "To Isabelle, from her loving brother, George. / Carmel, California, January 7th, 1909." Sterling also SIGNED the title page in ink. First Edition..... More
San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1939. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 70 pages including colophon. Edition limited to 750 un-numbered copies. Colt Press printer's device and marginal woodcut vignettes by Mallette Dean. 8 1/2" x 11 1/2". Black cloth-backed boards with paper spine label and paper printer's device affixed to front..... More
San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1946. First Thus. Cloth-backed decorated boards. (vii) 32 (1) pp. Number 5 in the Colt Press Series of California Classics. Edition limited to 500 un-numbered copies. Illustrated from wood engravings by Mallette Dean. Printed by The Grabhorn Press (GB #428). Handset types. Cloth-backed decorated boards..... More
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1912. First Thus. Cloth-backed decorated boards. (vii) 124 pages. First thus, including a few poems from other collections and newspapers, adding to the 1908 edition.Tipped-in frontispiece from photograph by Frances MacCulloch of the view of San Francisco ruins taken from Russian Hill, with tissue guard..... More
Boston: The Gorham Press, 1908. First Edition. 44 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by INA COOLBRITH in ink on the title page: "To my dear girl Josie Zeller from her friend Ina Coolbrith / Dec. 1907". Illustrated from original illustrations by Maynard Dixon, including the front cover, two paintings and several drawings..... More
