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: Harcourt Brace, 1935. First Edition. 158 pages. First Edition. Illustrated price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated from 35 pen and ink drawings by the author's wife Mary Seymour Brooks. Light brown cloth with paper cover and spine labels. 5 1/4" x 7 5/8". From the jacket: "On the Pacific Coast..... More
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. (xiii) 236 pages. Profusely illustrated from drawings by Jo Mora. Cloth-backed Pictorial Boards. Octavo. Index. Black cloth-backed tan boards with front cover vignette.. A history of the Monterey Peninsula, with a separate chapter on bandit Joaquin Murietta, and a description of..... 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
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1927. First Edition. 354 pages. Illustrated primrily from black and white photographs. Red cloth. Map endpapers. Large octavo. Bookplate of J. F. Devendorf affixed to verso of front free endpaper. Devendorf, with partner Frank Powers, was the developer of Carmel, California in 1900, and is largely..... More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. 129 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Robinson Jeffers in ink on the title page, "I am glad to write my name here for Lawrence Henerley. Sincerely, Robinson Jeffers. Tor House, Carmel, California. May, 1937." Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth-backed boards. Gilt titling. 5 3/4"..... More
Monterey, California: Jo Mora Publications, 1942. First Edition. This is an ORIGINAL carte (map) of 'CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA" by Jo Mora. 1942. Color. Linen-backed. 19" x 25" plus 1" linen border. Jo Mora (1876-1947) was a Uruguay-born American cowboy, artist, sculptor and writer who spent many years living and working on the..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1946. First Edition. Original cloth. (vii) 2, 246 pages. First edition (With the Scribner's "A" on the copyright page). Illustrated from drawings by author Jo Mora. 7 1/4" x 9 1/2". Decorated cloth. Illustrated dustjacket. Illustrated endpapers. Small bookseller's label (Tecolote Bookshop, Santa Barbara) on..... More
Chicago: Military Training Camps Association of the United States, 1923. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. 125, (19 adverts) pages. Profusely illustrated from drawings by Jo Mora and local artists and vintage photographs. Dark blue cloth; gilt front cover titling. 7 3/4" x 10 1/2". This is the 1923 Annual book (Volume..... More
Chicago: Military Training Camps Association of the United States, 1924. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. 146 (1) (13 adverts) pages. Profusely illustrated from drawings by Jo Mora and local artists and vintage photographs. Dark blue cloth; gilt front cover titling. 7 3/4" x 10 1/2". This is the 1924 Annual book..... More
Chicago: Military Training Camps Association of the United States, Chicago. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. 166, (18 adverts) pages. Profusely illustrated from drawings by Jo Mora and local artists and vintage photographs. Dark blue cloth; gilt front cover titling. 7 3/4" x 10 1/2". This is the 1925 Annual book (Volume..... More
Los Angeles: The Primavera Press, 1934. First Edition. q. (xviii) (2) 215 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Lawrence Clark Powell in ink on a front free endpaper, "Inscribed for Jean Armstrong with my cordial good wishes / Lawrence Clark Powell / Los Angeles 23 June 1934". Illustrated unclipped dust jacket. Foreword by..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1920. Second Edition. Cloth-backed decorated boards. (v) 77 (1) pages. #96 of a limited edition of 350 copies printed for The Book Club of California by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco. Cloth-backed decorated boards. 6" x 9". Several pages un-opened. A poem in..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1966. First Edition. Illustrated boards. 129 (1) pages. First Edition. 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..... More
New York: North Point Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth-backed Boards. xix, 376 pages. First Edition. SIGNED by Charis Wilson in ink on the half-title. Illustrated, primarily from vintage photographs, including some by Weston, and other well-known photographers. Frontis portrait of Weston and Wilson from black and white photograph. Index. Small..... More
New York: North Point Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth-backed Boards. xix, 376 pages. First Edition. SIGNED by the late Charis Wilson in ink on the half-title. Illustrated, primarily from vintage photographs, including some by Weston, and other well-known photographers. Frontis portrait of Weston and Wilson from black and white photograph..... More
