San Francisco: John J. Newbegin, 1918. First edition. Original gray cloth spine and gray bevelled with gilt title; octavo; 423 pp. Frontipiece and many portrait plates from photographs. Autographed by compiler on front free endpaper. A wide-ranging anthology of California literature culled from a variety of sources. More
London: Thos. Cook & Son. 1913. First edition thus. Hardcover. vi, 246 pp., 4 folding maps, 12mo, original flexible terra-cotta cloth boards with gilt title. Many pages of advertisements. Complete 1913 guide for the traveler in the region. Includes steam and rail travel, lodgings, outfitters, etc. More
(San Francisco): Book Club of California, 1952. First edition, limited to 350 copies. Original pictorial boards and cloth spine with printed lettering piece, square quarto, (10), 61 pp. Illustrated with 8 full-page plates from photographs. Publisher's prospectus and postal order blank laid in. Coppa's was "San Francisco's most bohemian restaurant"..... More
New York: Academic Press, (1977). First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, maroon morocco and cloth boards, [12], 69 pp. (text), 88 pp. monochrome plates, frontispiece and 8 tipped in color plates, top edge gilt. The first study of this important 15th century French illuminated manuscript. Designed and printed by Will Carter at..... More
San Francisco: L. M. McKinney & Co., 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Original gilt black leather spine and boards, 673 pp. (pagination includes front cover and endpapers), many full-page advertisements including some on card stock. Scarce directory combining listings for 8 Northern California counties. A few library holdings on OCLC/Worldcat but..... More
Glendale: Arthur H. Clark, 1963, 1966. First editions. 3 volume set, original blue cloth with gilt titles on spines, octavos (6.5 x 9.75 inches), pp 280 + 12 plates; 382 + 15 plates; 332 + 12 plates. Numbers VI, VII, VIII in the publisher's Northwest Historical Series. Third volume autographed..... More
Sacramento: State Office, A. J. Johnston, Sup't. State Printing, 1894. First edition. Hardcover. Original brown cloth with gilt cover title, blind-stamped ornaments, 240 pp., profusely illustrated with full-page plates from photographs, folding plan. Presentation copy with printed card thus mounted to front free endpaper. Essential record of California's exhibits at..... More
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First edition. Original gray cloth with titles in black and decoration in brown, quarto (7 x 9.5 inches), pp xvii, 217. Illustrated by the author. First issue of the author's first book. Half-title page is blank. Frazier p. 1. More
Sacramento: Book Club of California, 1934. First edition. 24 pp., frontispiece and 1 illustration from photographs, 2 facsimile letters; quarto, original dark blue cloth. Printed at the Windsor Press in an edition of 250 copies, this #176. More
San Francisco: n.p., 1865. First edition. Paperback. Original printed wrappers, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 30 pp. "The original prospectus for the famous Sutro Tunnel, which was constructed to drain water from the mines on the Comstock Lode." (Streeter catalog). Flake 1922 (for an 1876 edition); Streeter sale 2343. Rare in..... More
San Francisco: R. L. Polk & Co., of California, 1927. Original edition. Hardcover. 508 pp. (pagination includes front cover and front endpapers), octavo, original maroon and grey cloth printed with advertisements. Scarce 1927 Santa Cruz city directory. More
Cleveland: Great Lakes Historical Society, 1945. First edition. Paperback. 4 volumes, original printed wrappers, 10 x 7 inches; 48, 55, 64, 64 pp. Illustrated. Scarce complete Volume 1 of this nautical historical journal. We also have complete runs of Volumes 23 (1967) - 33 (1977) as well as single copies..... More
Lahr (Baden); New York: Ernst Kaufmann, [1895]. Early reprint. Hardcover. 96 pp., 3 chromolithograph plates, original red boards with chromolithograph cover illustration, black spine lettering. Printed by Enßlin & Laiblin, Reutlingen. OCLC/WorldCat suggests a publication date of 1895 to this edition. More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. x, 81 pp., quarto, beige cloth and marbled boards, slipcase. Poems, plays, reminiscences. Leland W. Cutler was a graduate of Stanford University and at one time President of the Board of Trustees of the university. Limited edition of 600 copies, this..... More
New York: L. C. Page & Co., 1909. First edition. Hardcover. [10], 330 pp., map, frontispiece and 48 illustrations from photographs; octavo, green pictorial cloth with cover design in gilt, white, red, and blue, top edge gilt. Tipped in between half title and frontispiece is a 2-page holograph note from..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, (1906). Hardcover. [3], 255 pp., octavo, original green cloth with gilt title, top edge gilt. The author promotes a system for health based on adherence to the principles of Fletcherism (after Horace Fletcher, 1849-1919). Central to the practice is sufficient mastication of food ingested. Attractive..... More
New York: American Sports Publishing Co., 1923. Annual, 1923 season. Paperback. 239 pp. + [31] page directory of camps and [11] page catalogue of Spalding camp wear and equipment, illustrated; pictorial wrappers 6.75 x 5 inches, Very detailed manual of organized camps and camping with chapters on just about any..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. xx, 636 pp., 85 monochrome plates from photographs, many illustrations in the text; 12mo, brown cloth with gilt title. A comprehensive manual of organized camping with detailed instructions on construction of outdoor kitchens, sanitation, privys, cabins, tents, etc. Activities for campers, structure of..... More
Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1876-77. First edition thus. 4 volumes, original printed wrappers, 12 mo (4.5 x 6.75 inches), (xxxvi), 105; 131; 90; 98 pp. The "Mricchakatika" - in English "The Little Clay Cart" is attributed to the classical Indian dramatist Sudraka, of whom very little is known. In the play..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. [70] pp., 13 full-page illustrations, Art deco illustrations are rendered in a brownish gray tones. More
New York: Hurst & Co., nd (1880s). Early reprint. Hardcover. Original slate gray pictorial cloth with elaborate cover design in gilt and black, octavo, 160; 159; 159 pp., 24 full-page engraved illustrations. Three individual works with separate title pages: "Santa Claus' Story Book for All Good Boys and Girls;" "Saint..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1970. First edition thus. Paperback. Original printed wrappers, 8.25 x 6 inches, [11] pp. Reprint of a rare privately printed pamphlet attributed to John Masefield. Edition of 250 copies printed for David Magee and Albert Sperisen and presented to their friends in the Roxbughe and Zamorano Clubs..... More
Sausalito: Litra-Ad Publishing Co., n.d. (1927?). First edition. Hardcover. Original greenn pictorial boards, octavo, 47 pp, illustrated with 2 mounted photographs. More
n.p. n.p., 1950. First edition. Paperback. Single sheet beige wove paper 22 x 17 inches folded in half twice to 8.5 x 11 inches with printed text as above on front and menu in Russian and English on facing pages inside. Drinks list on separate 12 x 5 inches sheet..... More
np: np, nd (circa early 1930s). Original edition. Paperback. [38] pp. tab indexed in 17 categories, original color pictorial wrappers, 5 x 5 inches, bound with a tassled gold cord. Probably just post-prohibition (Volstead Act lasted from 1919 to 1933) wine list from San Francisco's finest hotel. Selections include rare..... More