Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, (1978). First edition. Hardcover. ix, 254 (i.e, 508) pp.; quarto, original red simulated leather with gilt titles. Bilingual edition of the Gospels for use in the Greek Orthodox Church. English text from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible. English and Greek texts on...
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1876. Early reprint. Hardcover. 2 fl, 406 pp.; octavo, Zaehnsdorf binding of half dark green morocco and marbled boards, spines richly gilt, maroon morocco lettering pieces. The other sketches unnamed in the title are: Out of the World; Making Merry; Sola; and Moretti's Campanula. First...
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1876. Early reprint. Hardcover. 4 fl, 419 pp.; octavo, Zaehnsdorf binding of half dark green morocco and marbled boards, spines richly gilt, maroon morocco lettering pieces. The "Five Old Friends" comprise a retelling of 5 familiar fairy tales: Sleeping Beauty; Cinderella; Beauty and the Beast;...
Venetiis (Venice): L. Lazari, 1837. Early printing. [5], 432, [2] pp., engraved frontispiece; 12 mo, 19th century full tan calf, all edges gilt. The twenty-four prayers of St. Nersis Shnorhali (1102-1173) translated into twenty-four languages and printed in their native writing systems (some of the less obvious are clarified, we...
New York: Macmillan, 1917. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Original blue cloth with cover design and lettering in gilt; xiv, 345 pp., [4] pages ads at rear; frontispiece and 15 full-page plates from photographs, colored map. First printing of Charmian's second book (after "Log of the Snark").
Boston: American Unitarian Association, (1910). First edition. Hardcover. [3], 42 pp., small octavo, white cloth and gilt blue boards. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "'The force of arms must be kept far from the gospel,' David Starr Jordon, Palo Alto, California, February 24, 1911." David...
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1961). First edition. Hardcover. xiv, 202, [1] pp., 10 full-page illustrations by the author; octavo, original black and lavender cloth, dustjacket. The second of Van Gulik's Judge Dee mysteries, inspired by the 18th-century Chinese detective novel "Dee Goon An" - translated by Van Gulik and...
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1860. First US edition. Hardcover. 140 pp. + 4 pages of publisher advertisements at rear, 12mo, publisher's brown pebbled cloth with gilt cover title. Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) was born in Florence Italy to a wealthy English family. She was well-traveled and, unusually for the...
NY: Felicie, (1973). First US edition. Original cloth printed with multi-color Dali design, quarto (12 x 8.5 inches), 320 pp. Profusely illustrated with paintings and drawings by Dali, historical images, color photos. "All the recipes in this cook book, never before published, have been elaborated with great precision by a....
London: Macmillan, 1907. First UK edition. Original light brown pictorial cloth with lettering in red and white and dark brown footprint motif on front cover and spine, octavo, 242 pp., 4 pages ads at year. Frontispiece and 7 color plates, plus many illustrations in the text and a two-page map...
NY: Dodd Mead, 1913. First edition. Original brown cloth octavo (6 x 8.5 inches), xi, 369 pp. Frontispiece and 32 b/w photo plates. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper: "I hope you will enjoy this book as much as I did the trip. Yours in adventure." Additionally...
Sacramento: State Officer, J. D. Young, Supt. State Printing, 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Original printed wrappers, 8.75 x 6 inches; xl, 174 pp., 2 folding plates, many engraved illustrations in the text. Text consists first of Charles Wetmore's Executive report (pp. vii-xl) in which he describes the purpose and scope...
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1957. First edition. Unpaginated. Introductory text followed by 34 numbered plates, each with preceding page of descriptive text; quarto, original brown cloth and decorative boards. Publisher's prospectus laid in. John Woodhouse Audubon (1812-1862) was the son of the famous ornithologist John James Audubon. Woodhouse...
San Francisco: Book Club of California (printed at the Grabhorn Press), 1964. First edition, limited to 400 copies. Original natural linen and decorative boards; folio; (9.5 x 14.25 inches); unpaginated (122) pp. 37 plates (24 are folding, 26 in color), 37 line drawings of maps. Text printed in red and...
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. Early reprint. li, [1], 169 pp., 24 engraved illustrations, octavo, red cloth spine and yellow boards, gilt spine title. The first edition of Professor Thomas' "Bon Vivant's Companion" was published in 1862 and is considered the first American cocktail book. This Knopf edition (first published...
Culver City, CA: Luther Norris, 1969. First edition. Paperback. 33 pp, illustrated, original pictorial wrappers, 8.5 x 5.25 inches. Edition of 300 numbered copies, this #277.
(New York: Polygraphic Co. of America, 1942). Paperback. [28] pp., color lithographed illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, 7.5 x 5.25 inches. Most of the text contains a history of the evolution of the design of the American flag, as well as flags of the US Marine Corps. Flag etiquette and...
Tucson: Truepenny Books, 1997. First edition. Paperback. 93 pp., octavo, original wrappers. Poems by Ward Richie written under various pseudonyms, most frequently "Peter Lum Quince." The earliest of these works is from 1930, the year of Ritichie's and Powell's apprenticeships in France. Edition of 300 copies, designed by Vance Gerry.
[London]: Privately Printed, 1933. First edition. Paperback. [16] pp., photogravure portrait frontispiece of Sir Emery Walker (photo-engraving by Emery Walker, Ltd. after photograph by Elliott and Fry, Photographers); octavo, original sewn blue wrappers. Sir Emery Walker was one of the most important figures in the world of British book production...
San Francisco: Arion Press, 2002. First edition. Paperback. 15 pp., octavo, original printed wrappers. Printed as a joint keepsake for members of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs.
Davis: University of California, Davis, 1966. First edition. Paperback. 12 pp., octavo, original decorative wrappers. Keepsake Number 1 in a series issued by the Library Associates of the University Library, Davis. Edition of 400 copies. This copy autographed by the author on the back of the title page,
Los Angeles: William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 1970. First edition. Paperback. [iv], 84 pp., frontispiece & illustrated title-page; octavo, publisher's sewn mustard green wrappers. Printed slip "With the compliments of Robert Vesper, University Librarian and Director of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California, Los Angeles" laid in.
Woodside: Heyeck Press, 1983 (1985). Fourth printing. Paperback. Original decorative wrappers, octavo, 35 pp., color frontispiece and front cover illustration by Carole Romans.
Washington: Library of Congress, 1979. First edition. Paperback. 29, [3] pp., octavo, original mustard printed wrappers, LOC presentation card laid in. Printed in an edition of 4000 copies. Decorative initial letter on front cover from original woodblock by Fritz Kredel.
New York: Longmans Green & Co., 1921. First edition. Hardcover. ix, 201 pp., small octavo, original pale blue cloth. A history of the human voice used as an instrument of music from early chant through high opera.
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