Covelo, Calfirona: Carolyn and James Robertson (The Yolla Bolly Press), 1983. First Thus. Cloth. (xiv) (2) 28 (16) pages. Illustrated from vintage family photographs. Foreword by son Garth Sherwood Jeffers. Number 193 of a limited edition of 265 numbered copies and 20 presentation copies. Hand-set Goudy's Californian types on Rives..... More
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963. First Edition, Stated. Cloth. (xiv) 224 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author in ink on the half-title: "To Blanche Sutherland / With best wishes for the enjoyment of sharing friends through this book--Margaret Bartlett Anderson / Boulder, Colo. Nov. 15, 1963". Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth..... 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
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Illustrated Cloth. 85 pages. SIGNED in ink by Don Blanding on the front free endpaper, "Aloha Don Blanding". Illustrated from drawings by Don Blanding. Frontispiece from photograph showing lei-bedecked Don Blanding walking ashore from seaplane. Sans dust jacket. 5..... More
San Francisco: Albert Bender, 1927. First Edition. Boards. (vii) 31; (ix) 31 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Albert Bender in "Tributes": "To Will Dawson with friendship & affection Albert M. Bender / March 5, 1927". Printed for Albert Bender by John Henry Nash of San Francisco.Tan boards; paper spine label..... More
Paris: New York Herald Tribune, 1953. Third and Expanded Edition. 80 pages. Presentation copy to Darryl F. Zanuck. SIGNED/INSCRIBED on the title page in ink by Art Buchwald to movie mogul Darryl F. Zanuck, "To Darryl / A Bon Vivant's BonVivant / Art Buchwald July 1953". Laid in is a...... 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
Metuchen, N.J. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1994. First Edition. Cloth. 218 pages. SIGNED by author/actor Harry Carey, Jr. in ink on the front free endpaper. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Octavo. Cloth. Index. List of author's appearences in John Ford movies. The son of famed early..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. First Edition. Cloth. (xix) 291 pages. First Edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by the author on the front free endpaper: "Mr. Ben N. Powers. In you I feel that I have a true friend whom I hope to meet again. In the meantime when you..... 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: A. M. Robertson, 1926. First Edition. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. (xiii), 236 pages. First Edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author Tirey L. Ford, in ink on a front free endpaper, "To Mrs. A. K. Hart. Sincerely yours, Tirey L. Ford". Cloth-backed Pictorial Boards. Octavo. Index. Profusely illustrated from drawings by Jo..... 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
New Orleans, Louisiana: Faust Publishing, 1986. First Edition. 20 pages. SIGNED by Ellen Gilchrist in ink on the half title. First Edition. This is one of fifty deluxe specially bound binder's copies, produced in addition to 300 numbered copies. Leather-backed purple cloth. 7 3/4" x 11". Frontispiece from photograph of..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945. First Edition. (XIX) (1) 140 pages. Ilustrated from onstage photographs. Light brown cloth with gilt cover device and gilt spine titling. Dust Jacket. First Edition (Stated). 5" x 7 1/2". INSCRIBED in ink by author Oscar Hammerstein II on a front free endpaper, "To..... 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 Edition. Leather-backed linen boards. (xxix) 200 (1) pages. SIGNED in ink by poet William Everson on the colophon. Copy #115 of 250 copies designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh at the Capra Press. Preface, Introduction, Afterword and Notes by William Everson. Red leather-backed linen..... 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
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
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: Grove Press, Inc., 1976. First Edition. Cloth. (xv) 576 pages. SIGNED by Henry Miller in ink on a front free endpaper, "Henry Miller / 11/28/76". Illustrated unclipped dust jacket, including drawing of Henry Miller by Norris Church, who was Mrs. Norman Mailer. Cloth. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2"..... More
Seattle: The Author, 1909. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. 284 pages plus photographs. SIGNED in ink on a free front endpaper, "Ezra Meeker / Cheyenne Wy / July 12th 1910". Illustrated at rear of book from vintage photographs. Original green cloth with a photograph of the author affixed to the front cover..... 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".Ullustrated dust jacket, including a photograph of Ms. Hayes on the back cover. Cloth-backed boards..... 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
