New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1925. First Edition. Boards. Unpaginated (12; Printed on rectos only). Edition limited to 325 un-numbered copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers, with his symbol on the colophon. Red boards with paper label cover titling. 5 3/4" x 8". A single poem. A Very Good copy (edgewear;..... More
Berkeley: The Book Arts Club : University of California, 1934. First Edition. Cloth. (xxii) (1) 276 (1) pp. First Edtion limited to 400 numbered copies, of which this is #62. Introduction. Source bibliography. Index, including titles of books printed by the described presses. 7" x 10 1/4". Green cloth. Leather..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1986. First Edition. Cloth. 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..... 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: The Book Club of California, 1989. First Edition. Cloth. 81 pages. One of a limited edition of 450 un-numbered copies. Designed and printed by Susan Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press. Bound by Cardoza-James Binding company with photographs printed by Marin Star Graphic Arts. Cloth with gilt spine-titling..... More
Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne, 1969. First Thus. Cloth. 110 pages. Introduction by GeorgeStewart. Illustrated primarily from vintage drawings. Map front endpapers; Loose folded map laid in at rear. Edition limited to 1400 copies, of which this is an un-numbered copy. 7 1/4" x 11". Tan cloth with gilt spine titling..... More
Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne, 1969. First Thus. Cloth. 110 pages. Introduction by GeorgeStewart. Illustrated primarily from vintage drawings. Map front endpapers; Loose folded map ("Western Territories In The Forties") laid in at rear. Edition limited to 1400 copies, of which this is #903. 7 1/4" x 11". Tan cloth with..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. First Thus. Cloth-backed Marbled Boards. (xii) 138 (7) pages. First Thus. The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. Seven illustrations reproduced from Annals of San Francisco. Folded map from plan map of San Francisco streets in 1846. One of 500 regular copies. Laid in is the..... 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: The Fountain Press, 1929. First Edition. Cloth-backed decorated boards. Unpaginated, but (vi) (34) (1). SIGNED in ink by Cabell on the half-title. #276 of a limited edition of 718 copies (676 for sale). Printed by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. Portrait of Cabell as "poet" Gerald Musgrave at..... More
Denver: Fred Rosenstock/Old West Publishing Company, 1969. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. 230 pp. Illustrated from maps. Prospectus laid in. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated cloth. 8" x 11 1/4". Edition limited to 2000 copies, Designed and pritned by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, San Francisco. Contains both the Guide and Diary of..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1937. First Edition Thus. Cloth-backed Boards. (xi) 31 (33/48) pages. First Edition Thus, after an Autobiography (1887), Memoir (1908) and Letters (1819-1851) of Coit. One of 325 copies printed by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco for The Book Club of California. Hand-set Lutetia..... More
Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1989. First Edition. Cloth. (xii) 239 pages. First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket. Octavo. Cloth. Notes. Bibliography. Index. From the jacket flap: "A glittering figure among the avant-garde of Paris in the 1920s, Caresse Crosby is little known today. She and her husband Harry founded Black Sun..... More
San Francisco: Roxburghe Club, 1954. First Edition. Cloth. (vii) 17 pp. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Preface by K. K. Bechtel. Introduction/biographical note by Susanna Bryant Dakin. Published for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs in Los Angeles on September 11 and 12, 1954. Green cloth..... More
San Francisco: First Unitarian Church of San Francisco, 1950. First Edition. Original wraps. 56 pp. Illustrated from three drawings of Church buildings by Margaret Cheney Knapp. Stiff blue wrappers. White cover titling. 10" x 7 ". Edition limited to 1000 un-numbered copies printed by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco. Celebrating..... 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
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1998. First Thus. Cloth-backed illustrated Boards. 71 pp. Edition Llimited to 350 un-numbered copies. Designed and printed letterpress by Peter Koch. Illustrated including from vintage woodcuts. Cloth-backed Illustrated (map) boards. Lacking the slipcase. 7 1/4" x 10 3/4". Long explanatory Introduction by Richard..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1994. First Edition. Cloth. 251 (2) pages. First Edition. Illustrated primarily from vintage photographs. Design byJack Stauffacher of The Greenwood Press. Limited to 450 un-numbered copies. Prospectus laid in as well as billing and an invitation to a reception celebrating the publication of..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1971. First Thus. Cloth-backed decorated boards. 84 pages. First Edition Thus. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. Illustrated by Mallette Dean. This edition limited to 450 un-numbered copies made by Mallette Dean. The Book Club of Califronia #137. Cloth-backed decorated boards. Paper spine label. 7..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Cloth-backed decorated boards. [13], 77, [1] pages. Cloth-backed decorated boards. Large Octavo. Illustrated. One of 550 copies. The first volume of the Grabhorn's Third Series of Rare Americana, printed in San Francisco in December, 1934. Shadow of offset to endpapers, but a FINE copy..... More
Berkelely: University of California Press, 1970. Cloth. (xi)167 (1) pages. First Edition. 8vo. Appendix. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Blue cloth. Silver cover and spine titling, Nash's initial device in silver on front cover. Frontispiece portrait of Nash in cap and gown, from painting by H. Raschen. Illustrated from vintage photographs..... More
Berkelely: University of California Press, 1970. Cloth. (xi)167 (1) pages. 8vo. Appendix. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Blue cloth. Silver cover and spine titling, Nash's initial device in silver on front cover. Frontispiece portrait of Nash in cap and gown, from painting by H. Raschen. Illustrated from vintage photographs and facsimilies..... 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
San Francisco: Herbert and Peter Fahey, 1976. First Thus. Cloth. 27 pp. Printed by Herbert and Peter Fahey, San Francisco. Per a printed paper label affixed to the front pastedown: "Presented to the Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs on the occasion of their joint meeting in San Francisco September 1976 by..... More
