New York: Random House, 1933. First Edition. 262 pages. No. 217 of a limited edition of 487 copies, the last twelve of which were for presentation. Original green cloth. Black spine label with gilt titling. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Illustrated, including a tipped-in frontispiece from a photograph of the..... More
San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1966. First American Edition. Cloth. 103 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Nobel Prize Winner Hannes Alfven in ink to the American inventor William P. (Bill) Lear on the half title: "To William P. Lear with best compliments Hannes Alfven". Translated by Rudy Feichtner. Illustrated dust..... More
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1925. First Edition. Boards. Unpaginated (12; Printed on rectos only). Edition limited to 325 un-numbered copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers, with his symbol on the colophon. Red boards with paper label cover titling. 5 3/4" x 8". A single poem. A Very Good copy (edgewear;..... More
Paris: United Artists, 1979. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL French "Petite" vintage theatrical poster for the 1979 United Artists film, "MANHATTAN". This movie starred Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Michael Murphy, Mariel Hemingway and Meryl Streep. The screenplay was by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman. It was directed by Woody..... More
South Brunswick & New York: Poetry Society of America, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. 63 pp. Dust jacket. Illustrated, including frontispice portrait of George Sterling from photograph, with facsimile signature. Foreword, including Sterling biographical material by Charles Angoff (1902-1972), managing editor of Americna Mercury magazine and professor of English at Fairleigh..... More
Los Angeles: Murrieta Hot Springs, 1927. This is an ORIGINAL brochure for Guenther's Murrieta Hot Springs in Murrieta, California. Illustrated from B/W vintage photographs of the resort and an "Auto Road Map" of Southern California, showing the main roads to the resort. The brochure consists of a single sheet printed..... More
Banff, Canada: Byron Harmon, 1929. Later printing. Original Illustrated Wrappers. (1) 24 pages. Illustrated from 24 photgraphs of the Canadian Pacific Rockies, hand colored and full page (rectos only). One page of Notes on the pictures. Heavy card stock illustrated wrappers, bound with string bow. Oblong Quarto. 8 5/8" x 12..... More
San Francisco: The Santa Cruz Board of Trade, 1905. First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. Unpaginated (34). Illustrated from vintage B/W photographs. Printed by The Sunset Press, San Francisco. Brown illustrated stapled wrappers. 4 1/2" x 7 1/4". A small handsome booklet extolling the many virtues of the City of Santa Cruz..... More
Los Angeles: California Mission Trails Association, Ltd., 1941. First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. Unpaginated (16). Illustrated stapled wrappers. Profusely llustrated throughout from period photographs. 8" x 9". Map on rear cover. A well-designed booklet coveriing the California coastal area encompassing the Spanish Mission Trail. Called "America's Most Beautiful 400 Miles". On..... More
South Pasadena, California: South Pasadena Public Library, 1995. First Edition. Cloth. 91 (1) pages. Illustrated, mostly from vintage photographs. Foreword ("Twin Tracks") by Lawrence Clark Powell. Index. Black cloth; gilt titling. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Designed by Ward Ritchie. Printed by Premier Printing Corporation, Brea. Laid in is a...... More
Ames, Iowa: The Iowa State University Press, 1964. First Edition. (xv) 386 pages. SIGNED by Merle Armitage in ink on the half title. First Edition in a price-clipped dust jacket. Foreword by John Charles Thomas. Illustrated primarily from black and white photographs. Illustrated endpapers by R. Osborn. Black cloth. Large..... More
Santa Fe: Manzanita Press, 1960. First Edition. Illustrated stiff wraps. 101 pages. Illustrated stiff wraps. Folding map in rear. 5" x 7". Designed and compiled by Merle Armitage. Assisted by Peter Ribera Ortega. Foreword by Rev. Francis Tournier, S.T.L.; Editor: New Mexico Register. A history of early Spanish colonial activities..... More
Mills College, California: The Eucalyptus Press, 1937. First Edition. (7) 46 pages. First Edition. NOTE: This copy is SIGNED in ink by Aurelia Henry Reinhardt (who authored the Introduction) and all the members of the Mills College faculty at the time of publication; a total of 30 signatures, in alphabetical..... More
Mills College, California: The Eucalyptus Press, 1937. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (7) 46 pages. First Edition. Blue cloth-backed illustrated boards. Small Quarto. Carte/map endpapers. Frontis photograph of Mary Atkins tipped in. Limited to 500 un-numbered copies. Mary Atkins was the founder , in 1852, of The Young Ladies' Seminary, which..... More
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. First Edition. Pictorial cloth. (xi) 280 pages. Illustrated by E. Boyd Smith, including frontispiece and many marginal sketches. Original olive green pictorial cloth with gilt titling. 6 1/4" x 8 1/2". Per The Zamorano 80, #2: "These charming sketches of the..... More
Sacramento: California State Printing Office, 1880. First Edition. Leather. (xv) 280 pages. 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
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1973. First Thus. Cloth-backed illustrated Boards. 92 pp. Frontispiece portrait of Author Baker. Introduction by Ferol Egan. Designed and printed by Clifford Burke at Cranium Press, San Francisco. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. 6" x 9". Original plain paper mailing jacket intact and present. The..... More
Berkeley: The Book Arts Club : University of California, 1934. First Edition. Cloth. (xxii) (1) 276 (1) pp. First Edtion limited to 400 numbered copies, of which this is #62. Introduction. Source bibliography. Index, including titles of books printed by the described presses. 7" x 10 1/4". Green cloth. Leather..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1986. First Edition. Cloth. 122 pages. First Edition. One of 550 limited copies. Prosptectus laid in. Blue cloth. Printed spine and cover title labels. Quarto. Color frontispiece tipped in. Illustrated with eight plates (including two folding). Designed and printed at the Arion Press..... More
San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc., 1936. First Edition. (xiv) (2) 173 (3) pages. First Edition. Limtited to 300 un-numbered copies, printed by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. Illustrated by 8 plates plus the frontispiece portrait from a photograph of Jeffers by Edward Weston. Foreword by Una Jeffers. Octavo. Quarter bound..... More
Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1965. First Edition. Cloth. (viii) (2) 214 (1) pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers. Profusely illustrated, primarily from vintage black and white photographs. Index. Appendices. Folding diagram of Locomotive No. 5 (NOTE: The locomotive itself is on display at the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad and Transportation..... More
Totowa, N. J: Rowman and Littlefield, 1971. Later printing. Cloth. (xiv) 365 pages. 12mo. Green cloth. Separate catagory edition relating to Music and Drama, extracted from Besterman's five volume set covering all bibliographies. A useful research tool, including bibliographies, periodicals, etc., from different countries. A Near Fine (prior owner's embossed..... More
Chico, California: Chico Advertiser, 1914. First Edition thus. Staplebound Wraps. 91 pages. Green printed stapled wrappers. Illustrated, including a small portrait of the author on the title page and three half-tone photograpphs. 5" x 7". First published in The Century Magazine, General Bidwell's memoir includes his participation in the first..... More
Menlo Park, California: Penlitho Press, 1966. First Thus. 54 (2) pages. First Edition Thus. Illustrated from drawings by Frederic Remington. Portrait of John Bidwell. Foreword by Oscar Lewis. Number 209 of 500 copies. Small signed gift card laid in, compliments of Peninsula Lithograph Company (publisher). Map endpapers. Beige Cloth. 7..... More
San Francisco: Avalon Ballroom, 1967. Linen-backed. This is an ORIGINAL poster (FD 48) for the SECOND ANNUAL TRIBAL STOMP to be held February 17-18, 1967 at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, and featuring Big Brother and The Holding Company, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Oxford Circle. The poster features a...... More
