Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1836. , [. Hardcover. 2 volumes, octavo, original slate blue textured cloth with gilt spine titles, [1]-6, [vii]-xii, [13]-285; viii, [9]-279, 8 (adverts) pp. Folding map frontispiece in vol. 2. In 1834 Washington Irving (1783-1859) was commissioned by fur magnate John Jacob Astor (1763-1848) to..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1976. First edition, signed, limited. Hardcover. Small octavo, greenish cloth boards with cover title in orange; unpaginated, text and fourteen wood engravings, signed and numbered in the colophon by Clare Leighton #198 of 500 copies. More
San Francisco: Cardinell-Vincent Co., nd (circa 1910). First edition. Paperback. Original pictorial wrappers, 7.25 x 9.5 inches; [33] pp. of illustrations mostly reproduced from photographs, including double-page panoramic view over Oakland and Berkeley and across the Bay to San Francisco, and tri-fold two-sided panoramas of (on recto) Oakland from City..... More
[Washington, DC]: [Robert Armstrong], [1852]. First edition. Original dark brown cloth with gilt title and blind stamped decoration, quarto (9.5 x 11.5 inches), drop-title with list of "sketches", 58 maps and plans of varying sizes, many folded, on 57 sheets (complete). The Coast Survey of 1851 included the first detailed..... More
Chicago: Alumni Ass'n of the Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentation Technology, 1911. First edition. Original green pictorial cloth decorated in dark blue and orange, large octavo (7 x 10 inches), xvi, 411 pp. Illustrated. A comprehensive cultural and technical history of beer and brewing. A classic in the literature of brewing..... More
(Gilroy: Chamber of Commerce), n.d. (circa 1910). First edition. Paperback. 20 pp., halftone photo reproduction on every page, map to inside of rear wrapper, original color pictorial wrappers, 6 x 9 inches. Promotional pamphlet for one of the most productive agricultural regions in the county. Photos show agriculture, homesteads, public..... More
San Francisco: Press of Latham & Swallow, 1925-1928. First edition. Paperback. 10 programs for quarterly chorale performances of the Loring Club, original card wrappers, 6.5 x 5 inches, 16 pp. The Loring Club was a male chorale society founded in 1876 for the study and performance of music adapted for..... More
Detroit: Chrysler Corporation, 1945. First edition. Hardcover. [5], 51 pp., profusely illustrated in color and b/w, original blue cloth binding with gilt title. The story of the fullfillment of a war contract - in record time and at 55% of original estimated cost - for 5500 gyro-compasses for Navy fighter..... More
Oakland: Ben Kennedy, 1931. Limited edition. Hardcover. Original yellow cloth and blue boards, 7.75 x 5.5 inches, 18 pp., illustrations after drawings by W. R. Cameron. #51 of 110 copies printed by Ben Kennedy, bound by Lawton Kennedy. Stevenson's essay was originally published in Cornhill Magazine, July 1877. More
Oakland: First National Bank, 1908. First edition. Hardcover. 16 pp., 8 full-page and 1 double-page illustrations from photographs, small octavo, original brown cloth with title and cover ornament in blue and silver. Scarce history of this imortant Oakland bank. More
San Francisco: San Francisco Convention and Tourist Bureau, nd (circa 1932). Original edition. Paperback. 16 pp. including covers, 9 x 8 inches folded vertically to 9 x 4 inches, color pictorial covers by Maurice Logan, profusely illustrated from photographs by Californians Inc., Moulin, Morton, and Russell. Well illustrated 1930s promotional..... More
New York: Castle Books, (1958). Reprint of the 1923 Rider first edition. Hardcover. Original black cloth, octavo, xii, 238 pp., 5 full-page plates, many illustrations in the text. "The intriguing facts abou the Horse and his role in the Develpment of Mankind." More
New York: Lucis Press, (1966). Eighth printing. Hardcover. Original blue cloth with gilt titles, octavo, [12], 375 pp. More
New York: Burt Franklin, (1968). First edition thus. Hardcover. xviii, 523 pp., octavo, original green cloth. Originally published in 1927 this comprehensive work remains an essential reference guide to the writings of Rudyard Kipling. More
New York: Avalon Press, (1944). Early reprint. Hardcover. Original green cloth, octavo, 93 pp., profusely illustrated. Basic tecniques of self-defense for women based on Combato - a technique devised for military hand-to-hand combat. More
Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. 74 pp. small octavo, original red cloth with gilt titles. Originally published in 1917 in "The Theosophist" magazine as series of articles on the Bacon cipher and the Shakespeare authorship controversy. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Co., 1962. First edition. Hardcover. 192 pp., several pages of illustrations from photographs, octavo, original black cloth, jacket. Stravinsky talks about his childhood, religion, his development as a composer, and his music. More
Los Angeles: The Phoenix Press, 1935. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. lOriginal brown cloth, small octavo, 165 pp. Scarce first edition of an foundational work by Manly P. Hall. More
(San Jose: Press of Melvin, Hillis & Black), no date (circa 1906). First edition. Paperback. 28 pp. including covers, original stapleboumd decorative wrappers, illustrated throughout with reproductions from photographs, map on rear cover. Rare promotional brochure for the Santa Cruz County mountains retreat, Ben Lomond, at the time served by..... More
Np: Np, no date. Pirated edition. Paperback. Original printed wrappers, 17 x 12.5 cm [24] pp. (including covers), frontispiece portrait from a drawing of the author, portrait of the author from photograph on rear cover. Pirated collection of poems by Ernest Hemingway probably published 1950-1960. This collection is identical to..... More
Watsonville, CA: Meddaugh & Chapman, 1906. First edition. 5.5 x 7 inches; gray staplebound card wrappers printed in red and dark blue; contains title page, map of San Francisco, and 19 plates from photographs, order form at rear for copies of the book, or complete set of photographs from the..... More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1874. First edition thus. Paperback. Pale blue illustrated wrappers, 10 x 7.5 inches, various paginations, illustrated. Barnaby Rudge complete in serial parts from the 1874 Household Edition of DIckens' "Works." Text begins on first page of first part, title page and preface are found at the..... More
San Francisco: Lane Publishing, (1947). Second printing. Original light brown cloth, quarto, 160pp. Profusely illustrated with black & white photos, drawings, A history and survey of designs and ideas for this distinctly California-styled home. Accompanying are 10 original 10" x 8" black & white photographic prints of an unidentified ranch..... More
San Francisco: Western Press Association, [1910]. Hardcover. Quarto, original brown pictorial cloth with cover ornament and title in gilt, brown and dark brown, [150] pp., profusely illustrated from phototgraphs and drawings. A celebration in word and image of the rebirth of San Francisco following the devastating earthquake and fire of..... More
Chicago & New York: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1887. Early reprint. Hardcover. Quarto, blue pictorial cloth with cover design in gilt and black; x, 48 pp., plus 30 engraved plates, each with facing caption leaf (hors text), many engraved illustrations in the text, all edges gilt. This story was originally..... More