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
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
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
San Francisco: Scrimshaw Press, 1971. First Edition. Pictorial boards. Unpaginated (152); SIGNED in ink by Wynn Bullock on a free front endpaper, "Wynn Bullock 1971". Profusely illustrated from Wynn Bullock's black and white photographs, primarily on full pages, reproduced by H. S. Crocker Co., Inc. San Bruno, California by double-impression..... More
New York: Harper Collins West, 1994. First Edition, Stated. Cloth-backed Boards. (xii) 212 pp. SIGNED in ink by Author Barnaby Conrad on the title page. Illustrated dust jacket. Foreword by Herb Caen. Illustrated, including from drawings by Author Conrad and various guests at his establishment. Cloth-backed boards. 5 3/4" x...... More
San Francisco: Diepenbrock & Co., 1889. First Edition. Cloth. 171 pages. SIGNED/INSCIRBED by Rev. D. O. Crowley in ink on a front free endpaper, "To P. F. Dundon, Esq. With the compliments of his sincere Friend, D. O. Crowley. Xmas 1889.". Introduction by Peter H. Burnett, the first elected Governor..... More
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1975. First Edition. Cloth. (xiv) 457[1] pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink By Author Jeff Dykes. Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth. Quarto. Profusely illustrated, including 13 color plates. A valuable bibliographic tool, listing books and exhibition catalogues for fifty Western artists, including Remington, Lea, Mora, Santee, Schreyvogel, Dixon and Will..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 277 pages.TV Showman/NY Columnist Ed Sullivan's copy. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Gene Fowler on the title page, "To my friend of a long time, Ed Sullivan / With the best / Gene Fowler 1954". Endpapers illustrated from photographs and drawings..... More
Rocklin, California: Prima Publishing & Communications, 1989. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (x) 326 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED by author Laurie Harper in ink on the title page. Foreword by Herb Caen. Index. Octavo. Illustrated from black and white photographs. The story of the legendary Bay Area disc jockey on..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1945. First Edition. Cloth-backed decorated boards. 84 pages. SIGNED in ink on the colophon by Edwin Grabhorn. Cloth-backed decorated boards. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". Per the colophon: "This edition, published through the assistance of the late Albert M. Bender, is limited to five hundred..... More
Aromas, California: Cayucos Books, 1973. First Trade Edition. Boards. (xxix) 200 (1) pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by William Everson in ink to the late bookseller and publisher Robert Hawley, on the front free endpaper, "To Bob Hawley / as fine a friend as they come! / Bill Everson / June 19, 1974"..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951. First Edition. Cloth. 253 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Author Idwall Jones in ink on the front free endpaper, "To Warren Wass, Esq., hero of the Expedition to the Todos Santos Islands, with regards from a fellow survivor, Idwall Jones / April 1952"..... More
San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1957. First Edition. Cloth. (xv) 251 (2) pp. Illustrated dust jacket. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author Krythe in ink on a front free endpaper, "For Douglas Lance, with the hope that you enjoy this bit of Californiana! Maymie R. Krythe". Introduction by W. W. Robinson (Also SIGNED..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. (vi) 89 (1) pp. SIGNED in ink by author Gary F. Kurutz on the title page. Prospectus laid in. Edition limited to 600 un-numbered copies. Printed at The Grace Hoper Press. Frontispiece portrait of Benjamin Truman and his family..... More
San Francisco: Thomas C. Russell, 1927. First English Language Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (xiv) 158 (1) pages. SIGNED by Thomas C. Russell in ink on the limitation page. Blue dust jacket with spine title label. Printer's foreword. "An English Translation Revised, with the Teutonisms of the Original Hispaniolized, Russianized, or Anglicized..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1991. First Edition. Cloth. xii (2) 99 pages, colophon. 8 1/4" x 10 1/4". Illustrated from photographs. Notes. Annotated bibliography. Maroon cloth with gilt decoration on cover. Slipcase with paper spine label. One of 400 copies printed by the Yolla Bolly Press of..... More
Garden City, N. Y. Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1945. First Edition. 238 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Gertrude Lawrence in ink on the half-title: "For Joyce. Sincerely Gertrude Lawrence." First Edition (stated). Dust jacket illustrated with a color portrait by Cecil Beaton. Endpapers illustrated from photographs from the author's hit shows. 5..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1988. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 215 Pages First Edition SIGNED/ INSCRIBED by Actress/Author Helen Hayes in ink on a front free endpaper: "To Lois Nichols / Blessings / Helen Hayes". Illustrated dust jacket, including a photograph of Ms. Hayes on the back cover. Cloth-backed..... More
Boston: the Atlantic Monthly Press, 1923. First Edition. Cloth-backed patterned boards. (xvii) (1) 120 pp. Number 564 of an edition limited to 585 copies on handmade paper, SIGNED in ink by author Newton on the limitation page. Frontispiece portrait of Dr. Johnson plus 16 plates, all with tissue guards. Green..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1930. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (ix) 43 pages. SIGNED in ink on the limitation page by Author A. Edward Newton. Limited to 350 copies, of which this is #103. Prefatory Note by Edward F. O'Day. Printed by John Henry Nash, San Francisco for..... More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1977. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 128 (1) pp. This copy SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Lawrence Clark Powell in ink on the colophon, "Copy out of series for W M Spackman / LC Powell / Tucson 1979" Also laid in is a handwritten note on University of Arizona stationary..... More
Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1976. First Edition. Leather-backed cloth. (xi) 167 pages. #98 of a Limited Edition of 100 copies, especially bound, slipcased, numberesd and SIGNED by Lawrence Clark Powell and Illustrator Bettina Steinke. Illustrated from photographs and from black and white drawings by Ms. Steinke. Quarter bound brown leather over..... More
San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas Russell, 1925. Reprint after the first edition of 1846. Cloth-backed boards. (xxvii), 316, (4, including two pages of advertisements for other Russell books). #209 of a limited edition of 250 numbered and signed copies. SIGNED by Thomas C. Russell. Illustrated, including illustrations by..... More
San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas Russell, 1925. Reprint after the first edition of 1846. Cloth-backed boards. (xxvii), 316, (4, including two pages of advertisements for other Russell books). #21 of a limited edition of 250 numbered and signed copies. SIGNED by Thomas C. Russell. Illustrated, including illustrations by..... More
Ukiah, California: Grace Hudson Museum & Sun House, 2006. First Edition. Linen-backed Cloth. 118 (2) pages. SIGNED by the three authors in ink on the title page. Profusely illustrated (more than 100 duotone images) from vintage photographs by A. O. Carpenter (1836-1919) including many plates,all from the collection of the..... More
