New York: Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, 1917. First Edition thus. An Original magazine cover for the April 26, 1917 issue of Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper. Paperbacked. Cover art by American Illustrator Orson Lowell, who did covers and cartoons for the first Life magazine and Judge, Century, Scribner's, Puck and Success... More
This is a 4" x 6" promo card featuring a caricature of a dancing Fred Astaire and an animated partner by artist David Levine. It is SIGNED in ink by Fred Astaire. Fred Astaire (1899-1987) was a dancer, singer and choreographer and star of stage, screen and television. He was... 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
Oakland, California: Georgia Loring Bamford, 1931. First Edition. 255 pages. First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from drawings by the Author and some photographs. Frontispiece from photograph of Jack London by Arnold Genthe. Octavo. Cloth with paper front cover and spine titling. From the jacket: "The Mystery of Jack London... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1986. First Edition. 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, San... More
New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1935. First Edition. Illustrated cloth. (xv)372 pages. SIGNED in ink by Lucius Beebe on a front free endpaper. First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket. Profusely illustrated from drawings by E. H. Suydam, including a frontispiece in color of Faneuil Hall and environs with tissue guard and... More
Berkeley: Howell-North Books, 1964. California Authors, Southern Pacific, Cedntral Pacific, 20th Cen. First Edition. 243 pages. SIGNED in ink by both authors on the limitation page. Profusely illustrated including some in color. Of this limited edition of two thousand copies, 550 have been reserved to the Special Order of The... 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
Sacramento: Solomon Alter, 1853. First Edition. (viii) 261 pages. Small octavo. Black cloth.Gold stamped spine titling. Illustrated: 6 plates by Charles Nahl. First Edition. Per Cowan II, 48: "Written in the form of an allegory, this work gives many details of Californian life. The author, a clergyman, was the founder... More
Chico, California: Chico Advertiser, 1914. First Edition thus. 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 wagon train... More
Menlo Park, California: Penlitho Press, 1966. First Thus. 54 (2) pages. First Edition Thus. Illustrated from drawings by Frederic Remington. Portrait of the Author. Foreword by Oscar Lewis. Number 46 of 500 copies. Small signed gift card laid in, compliments of Peninsula Lithograph Company (publisher). Map endpapers. Beige Cloth. 7... 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
Berkeley: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. First Edition thus. 55 pages plus 32 page facsimile of Bidwell's Journal (From the only known copy, now in the Bancroft). Folding map showing Route of the Bartleson-Bidwell Party. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Bibliography. Blue... More
Berkeley: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1964. First Edition thus. Decorated Cloth. 55 pages plus 32 page facsimile of Bidwell's Journal (From the only known copy, now in the Bancroft). Folding map showing Route of the Bartleson-Bidwell Party. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy... More
Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne, 1966. 76 pages. Foreword by Oscar Lewis. Illustrated. One of 1950 limited copies. 7 3/4" x 11". Light green cloth. Early pioneer John Bidwell came to California overland before the Gold Rush, working for John Sutter in Sacramento. Settled eventually in Chico, California, where he found... 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
San Rafael, California: Presidio Press, 1977. First Edition. (xx) 263 pages. First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards. From the jacket flap: "Conquer and Colonize traces the officers and men of Stevenson's Regiment from New York to the Far West, through their period of military service, through the... More
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993. First Edition. (xviii) 306 (4) pages. First Edition. Illustrated, including frontispiece portrait of Betty Grable in costume from a period photograph. Green Cloth. Octavo. Number 40 in the Series of Bio-Biliographies in the Performing Arts. Includes Ms. Grable's Biography, Chronology, Filmography, Videography, as well as... More
Hollywood: 1965. This is a 8" x 10" black and white glossy still photograph of actress JACQUELINE BISSETT, in a hat with flowers, autographed by Ms.Bisset in blue ink. Ms. Bisset has been a lovely English movie star since the 1960's. Some of her films include The Deep, Bullitt, The... 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
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1988. First Edition, Stated. Boards. (xiii) 333 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated throughout, primarily from vintage photographs. Octavo. Red boards. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Well-researched and well-written by San Francisco lawyer John Bossenecker. Divided in three parts: (1) The Lawmen; (2) The Outlaws; (3) Lawbreakers and... More
Boston: Ddana Estes & Company, 1902. Jo Mora. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. (vi) 287 pages. Illustrated by J. J. (Jo) Mora with cover and spine art and 8 black and white plates, including the frontispiece. Illustrated cloth. Octavo. This book forms the third volume of a three volume set called... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1987. Fine in Custom Mylar Jacket Cloth-backed boards (Mylar). First Edition, Limited. 8vo. 54 pages. Illustrated, including some from color photographs of the Club rooms. Terra cotta boards; teal cloth backstrip. Gilt lettering and decorations. A Fine copy. Later custom mylar protective jacket... More
New York: New Directions, 1974. First Edition. Original Cloth First Edition Fine in Near Fine DJ (ix), 80 pages. Note.Index of titles and first lines.SIGNED by William Everson in ink on the title page. Green cloth. a fine copy in a very slightly edgeworn near fine pictorialdustwrapper, now in a.... More
Carmel, California: The Seven Arts, 1925. First Edition. 109 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author Daisy Bostick in ink on a front free endpaper, "To my new friend Jane from Daisy Bostick / Carmel. Feb. 15, 1931." Orange illustrated boards. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2". No dj as issued. Profusely illustrated from... More
