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
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1926. First Edition. Illustrated Color Wrappers. 48 pages. Color illustrated stapled wrappers. Illustrated throughout from black and white period photographs. 6" x 9". Frontispiece from drawing of the "New Los Angeles City Hall". A profusley illustrated booklet extolling the virtues of living and..... 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
Chicago: C.T. Company, 1915. First Edition. Illustrated Wrappers. Unpaginated (24). Profusely illustrated from sepia photographs of early 20th century San Diego, California and environs, including several views of the Panama-California Exposition buildings and grounds. Birds-eye drawing of San Diego Harbor Improvements. Blue-gray wrappers with gilt embossed titling 10" x 8..... 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
Hollywood: Circa 1925. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL still photograph of movie star MARY ASTOR, Circa 1925. 7 3/4" x 9 3/4". Black and white. Glossy finish. Linen backed. Mary Astor (1906-1987) was an American actress whose long movie and television career started with slient films in the early..... 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
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
Hollywood: The Mirisch Corporation, 1966. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL One-Sheet movie poster for "THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING. THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING". This was a 1966 film by The Mirisch Corporation, distributed by United Artists. The film starred Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters..... 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
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 photographs. 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. First Edition. 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..... More
Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1950. First Edition. Cloth. (xvi) 576 pages. Dust jacket. Preface by Lawrence Clark Powell. Endpaper list of symbols for library holdings. Dark red cloth. 7" x 10 1/2". Histories of the State of California, References, Index of Authors and Publishers. Compiled by the California Library..... More
El Paso: Texas Western Press (The University of Texas at El Paso), 1967. First Edition. (x) 182 pages. First Edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author in ink on the front free endpaper ("To Mr. Thomas I. Cook with very good wishes, Elroy Bode"), Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated by Jose Cisneros. Octavo. Brown..... More
Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne, 1966. First Thus. Cloth. 87 pages. Map Endpapers. Illlustrated primarily from vintage woodcuts. Facsimile of March 3, 1858 front page of the Nevada (City) Democrat, containing the story of the execution of Major Bolin laid in. Soiled plain paper mailing dust wrapper in mylar sleeve is..... More
Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, California: Al Bolton, 1976. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 107 pp. SIGNED in printed ink by the Author on the copyright page. #123 of 1000 limited edition copies. Illustrated from separate color separation prints of pottery by the author, each print tipped in (some glue loose). Printed..... More
