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
Los Angeles: Round Table West, 1980. First Edition. Cloth. 192 pages. This is the late actor Burgess Meredith's copy. SIGNED/INSCRIBED to Burgess Meredith in ink by the Author on the title page: "To Burgess Meredith with fond memories of the "Golden Years" and so happy to have your "So Far..... More
New York: American Theatre Press, Inc., 1982. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL Playbill for "84 CHARING CROSS ROAD", SIGNED in ink on the cover by the stars, Ellen Burstyn and Joseph Maher. 130 pages. Illustrated stapled wrappers. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Profusely illustrated and filled with advertisements, many..... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books. First Edition. Cloth. 272 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Herb Caen in ink on the half-title, "Christmas greetings from the Far West to the (Name?)-Norma, Dale, Jeff + Julie! Hope you enjoy some of these tales of San Francisco. Yours, Herb---1991. SF". Illustrated dust jacket featuring two photographs..... 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
San Francisco: George Fields, 1936. First Thus. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. (xii) 96 pp. A presentation copy SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink on a front free endpaper by G. Ezra Dane, George Fields (Publisher) Charles Lindstrom (Illustrator) and Edmund G. Kinyon (Foreword) to Caroline Wenzel of the California State Library : "This copy..... 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
Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, 1958. Second Edition. Boards. 87 pp. Preface by Editor Lawrence Clark Powell. Edition limited to 1000 un-numbered copies, printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, Los Angeles. SIGNED in ink by Lawrence Clark Powell on the colophon. Yellow boards; printed paper labels on spine and..... 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
Van Nuys, California: Toastmaster Publishing Co., 1963. First Edition. Cloth. 176 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by George Jessel in ink on a front free endpaper, "To My Friend Peter--George Jessel". First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket. Small octavo. Tan cloth. From the jacket, "An anthology of messages from famous Hollywood Personalities as might..... 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: The Book Club of California, 1993. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (6), 63, (3) pages. First Edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author Gary Kurutz to San Francisco bibliophile Sandor Burstein, M.D., in ink on the verso of a front free endaper, "To Sandor, A true bibliogent with much admiration / Gary..... 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
Los Angeles: Creative Press of Los Angeles, 1980. First Edition. Boards. (14) 727 (22) pages. First Edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Dr. Lee to personal friends (signed "Bill") on the front free endpaper.Illustrated dust jacket. 64 pages of illustrations from photographs. Foreword by Mort Sahl. Bibliography. Numerous appendices, including chronological..... More
