NP: Self Published, 1958. First Edition. Original wrappers. 153 pp. Illustrated. Folding map in rear. Bibliography. Index. Original yellow wrappers. 5 1/4" x 8 1/4". Scarce. The well-documented history of a complicated land dispute between settlers and the Southern Pacific Railroad, culminating in a deadly shoot-out which took place near..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1950. First Edition. Cloth. 120 pp. SIGNED by Herb Caen in ink on the front free endpaper: "Greetings! Herb Caen". The dust jacket features a photograph of a young, dapper Herb Caen standing on a San Francisco rooftop. POS on front pastedown and free front..... More
New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. 392 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY Author Conrad in ink on the front free endpaper: "For 'Beverly' Fellow writer, Astronaut, Brain Surgeon, Tennis Expert, y amiga! Bernabe Dec 28 1972 - and 'Hi' to John!". On the front pastedown, Conrad has drawn, in..... 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: The Book Club of California, 1993. First Edition. Cloth. 167 (2) pp. Edition limited to 400 un-numbered copies. Prospectus and blank order envelope laid in. Printed by W. Thomas Taylor of Austin, Texas. Red cloth; paper spine title label. 8 1/4" x 11 1/4". Illustrated, including from period..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1921. First Edition. Cloth-backed Marbled Boards. (vi) 70 pages. First edition. #43 of a limited edition of 300 copies.Terra cotta cloth-backed marbled boards. Octavo. Title in black and red; captions in red. Handset Garamond type. Handmade French paper. The first book printed by..... More
New York: The Mysterious Press, 1996. First edition. Boards. Boards First edition Fine in Fine DJ (viii) 309 pages. INSCRIBED in ink by Joe Gores on the title page, "To Ron--Oddly enough, almost all of the outrageous goings-on in this novel (except the murders) really happened during my detective days..... More
Los Angeles: Jake Zeitlin / Primavera Press, 1932. First Edition. Boards. 74 pp. Yellow boards; red front cover paper titling. 5" x 7 3/4". Bookplate of California bibliophile Arthur R. Anderson on the front pastedown. This is the first edition of this book, which was later revised and enlarged by..... More
Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, 1958. Second Revised and Enlarged 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/INSCRIBED by both Lawrence Clark Powell and Jake Zeitlin: "For John B. Lee for auld..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1961. First Thus. Cloth-backed illustrated Boards. (8) 106 (1) pages. First Edition Thus. Illustrated by David Stone Martin. Limited edition of 475 un-numbered copies. Printed by Adrian Wilson at his Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco. Edited with Introduction by Prof. James D...... More
New York: The Heritage Pess, 1944. First Thus. (xii) 223 pp. Illustrated from art by Fletcher Martin. Introcusction by Oscar Lewis. Publisher's slipcase. Cloth-backed gold metallic paper on boards. 6 1/2" x 10". Thirteen of Harte's stories of the California Gold Rush, including The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Outcasts..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1954. First Thus. Cloth-backed decorated boards. 168 pp. Illustrated from facsimiles. One of 400 un-numbered copies. Black cloth-backed reddecorated cloth. 11 1/4" x 8 1/2". Printed at The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. Concerning Stevenson's stay in 1880 in an abandoned bunkhouse in "Silverado"..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1938. First Thus. Vellum-backed marbled boards. (xx), 1, 21, 1 pages. First Edition Thus. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Gilt spine-titling. 5 1/4" x 8". Slipcase. Limited to 350 copies printed by The University of California Press. Per the Introduction..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1938. First Thus. Vellum-backed marbled boards. (xx), 1, 21, 1 pages. First Edition Thus. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Gilt spine-titling. 5 1/4" x 8". Slipcase. Prospectus laid in. Limited to 350 copies printed by The University of California Press..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1938. First Thus. (xx), 1, 21, 1 pages. First Edition Thus. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Gilt spine-titling. 5 1/4" x 8". Slipcase. Limited to 350 copies printed by The University of California Press. Per the Introduction, "'The Helmet of..... 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, 1989. First Edition. Cloth. 81 (3) pp. Illustrated, including frontispiece of Frank Pixley at his desk from a photograph. Plain paper dust jacket. Custom spine titling. Prospectus, ordering envelope and delivery notice laid in. One of an edition of 450 un-numbered copies. Illustrated..... More
San Francisco: Pacific Publication Company, 1914. First Edition. 93 (2) pp. Illustrated from City drawing; photograph of author. Biographical sketch of the Author. Brown stapled wrappers. 7" x 9 1/4". A dramatized version of an unpublished novel by Ella Sterling Mighels, the author of "The Story of the Files". A...... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1986. First Edition. Cloth-backed decorated boards. 238 pp. Illustrated. Compiled and annotated by Jesse Crisler. Limited to 500 copies, not numbered. Cloth backed decorative boards. 9 1/4" x 12 1/2". Gilt spine titling. Woodcut of Frank Norris on title page. Frank Norris was..... More
New York: Samuel French & Son, 1857. First Edition. Original wrappers. 36 pp. Yellow wrappers. 4 1/2" x 7 1/2". A play about the California Gold Rush, authored by Author/Illustrator/Banker Alonzo Delano, an argonaut who wrote under the name, "Old Block" (Old Block's Sketch Book. Zamorano 80, #29). Delano was..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL poster for "HARPER'S MAGAZINE" September 1895. Artist Edward Penfield. Listed are Authors Mark Twain, Owen Wister ("The Virginian") and war correspondent Richard Harding Davis. Expertly linen-backed by dba Innis Archive. 9 3/8" x 13 1/2" plus a 2"..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1926. First Edition. Illustrated card stock wrappers. (xvi) 92 pages. Privately Printed First Edition. Illustrated from period photographs. Engraved New Years greeting card from Senator James D. Phelan affixed to front free endpaper. Qwnership stamp of Marshall Dill on front pastedown and page 50. 4 5/8"..... More
TOKYO: Ohshisha, 1992. First Thus. Cloth. (iv) (2) 157 (1) pp. Illustrated from photographs of the 1937 George S. Kaufman Broadway Production. Illustrated dust jacket. Preface and Play in English. Extensive Notes in Japanese. Cloth with Japanese spine titling. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2". From the Preface: "This edition of..... More
Boston: The Gorham Press, 1908. First Edition. 44 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by INA COOLBRITH in ink on the title page: "To my dear girl Josie Zeller from her friend Ina Coolbrith / Dec. 1907". Illustrated from original illustrations by Maynard Dixon, including the front cover, two paintings and several drawings..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1966. First Edition. Illustrated boards. 129 (1) pages. Illustrated primarily from vintage photographs. Quarto. Illustrated boards. Paper spine label. Designed by Jack Stauffacher of The Greenwood Press. Prospectus laid in. Set in Janson-Antiqua and Linotype Janson types. Printed by Graham Mackintosh. The definitive..... More
