San Francisco: San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, 1916. First Edition. (16) 41 pp. Illustrated throughout from drawings (Pedro Lemos) and photographs (Louis Stellman). Facsimiles of newspapers, advertisement. Strung and stapled yellow pictorial wrappers; yapp edges. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". A publication of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce engendered..... More
Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne, 1966. First Thus. Cloth. 87 pages. Map Endpapers. Illlustrated primarily from vintage woodcuts. Facsimile of March 3, 1858 front page of the Nevada (City) Democrat, containing the story of the execution of Major Bolin laid in. Soiled plain paper mailing dust wrapper in mylar sleeve is..... More
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
Santa Fe: New Mexican Publishing Corporation, 1928. First Edition. Cloth. (viii) 219 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Elfego Baca on the front free endpaper: "Albuquerque N.M. March, 21-1932 to my Dear Friend Pat Vigil. Elfego Baca". Pictorial dust jacket (not price-clipped). Illustrated from vintage photographs. Cloth. 6" x 8 3/4"..... More
Santa Monica: Acme News Pictures, 1950. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL photograph of movie star BETTE DAVIS with her lawyer JERRY GEISLER appearing in the Santa Monica branch of the Los Angeles Superior Court, where she won custody of her daughter (now B. D. Hyman) in her divorce proceedings..... More
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1926. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. (xiii) 236 pages. Profusely illustrated from vignettes and sketches by Jo Mora. Octavo. Index. Black cloth-backed tan boards with front cover vignette. Octavo. Map endpapers. A history of the Monterey Peninsula, with a separate chapter on bandit Joaquin Murietta, and..... 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
Kansas City, MO: U.S. Post Office Department, 1927. First Edition. This is an unusual ORIGINAL Wanted Poster for a Husband And Wife who escaped from two separate prisons on two seperate dates, but were thought somehow to be traveling together by automobile. The husband escaped from the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary..... More
New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911. First Thus. Cloth. (13) 259 pp. Illustrated. Frontispiece from portrait of David C. Broderick with tissue guard. Original purple cloth with gilt front cover and spine titling. 5" x 7 1/2". The copyright page shows that the work was copyrighted in 1911..... More
New York: The Baker & Taylor Company, 1911. First Thus. Cloth. (13) 259 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by author Lynch to Richard M. Hotaling on a front free endpaper: "Richard M. Hotaling with remembrances from Jeremiah Lynch / San Francisco Jany. 1912". Illustrated. Frontispiece from portrait of David C. Broderick..... More
Oakland: Biobooks, 1946. First Thus. Cloth-backed cloth. (ix) 205 (3) pp. SIGNED by Biobooks publisher. J. A. Sullivan in ink on the colophon. #430 of 675 limited copies. Number 7 of the California Centennial Editions.Printed at The Gillick Press, Berkeley. Facsimile copies of 1857 and 1858 newspapers in pocket affixed..... More
Oakland: Biobooks, 1946. First Thus. Cloth-backed cloth. (ix) 205 (3) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Biobooks publisher. J. A. Sullivan in ink on the colophon: To Hugh C. Baker / My Best Wishes 1/6/47 / Thirty Seven / Joe Sullivan". #37 of 675 limited copies. Number 7 of the California Centennial Editions.Printed..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 444 pages. SIGNED / INSCRIBED by both authors in ink on a front free endpaper ("For Gwen / Larry & Diana on the outlaw Trail--- / Best, Larry / Dianna"). First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth Backed boards. Large octavo..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992. First Edition. Boards. (xii) 431 pp. SIGNED in ink by John Mortimer on the title page ("With best wishes / John Mortimer"). Price-clipped illustrated dust jacket. Introduction by John Mortimer. Index of Villains. Index of Authors. Black boards with gilt titling. 6 1/2" x 9..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Later printing. Cloth-backed cloth on boards. 512 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author in ink on a front free endpaper, to a good friend, "Dear dear Jimmy---I am so happy to have a chance to sign a book to one of the brilliant and coming..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Stated First Edition. Cloth-backed cloth on boards. 512 pages. First Edition (Stated). Illustrated dust jacket. Large octavo. Cloth-backed cloth boards. St. Johns was a celebrated Hollywood writer for Hearst and on her own account. She was also the precocious daughter of celebrated Los..... More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. Later printing. Cloth-backed cloth on boards. 512 pages. SIGNED in ink by Adela Rogers St. Johns on a front free endpaper. Illustrated dust jacket. Large octavo. Cloth-backed cloth boards. St. Johns was a celebrated Hollywood writer for Hearst and on her own account..... More
Hollywood: Columbia Pictures, 1967. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL unfolded window card for "IN COLD BLOOD" the 1967 movie starring Robert Blake, Scott Wilson, John Forsythe, Will Geer, John Collins and James Flavin. Screenplay written and directed by Richard Brooks. Adapted from Truman Capote's book. Music by Quincy Jones..... More
San Francisco: Charles Boden, 1935. First Edition. Original wraps. Un-numbered (9). SIGNED in ink by author Henry Woods, S.J.. Edition limited to 200 un-numbered copies printed by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, for Charles Boden. Foreword by author. Blue wrappers. 9 1/2" x 6 1/4". Handset Franciscan types. Presentation card..... More
