PAGANRY, POPERY, PILLAGE.
London: Chas. J. Thynne, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. xi, 251, viii (publisher catalogue) pp., small octavo, original red cloth with gilt title. An anti-catholic history of the Roman church. More
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE INQUISTION: What it Was and What it Did. To which is appended an Account of Persecutions of Witches, The War Between Religion and Science, and the Attitude of the American Churches Toward African Slavery.
New York: The Truth Seeker Co., (1907). Early reprint. Hardcover. 645 pp., profusely illustrated, octavo, original green cloth. Compiled from a variety of sources, including Henry C. Lea's massive "History of the Inquisition." The Truth Seeker Company was founded in 1873 by D. M. Bennett with the aim of promoting..... More
SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION OR REGENERATION: The Law and Process for Unfolding the Christ in Consciousness.
Boston: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard, (1903). Third edition. Hardcover. 350 pp., small octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles and cover ornament. "Private Lessons in Christian Metaphysics" by the Boston-based Christian teacher and healer. Douglass also authored "The Metaphysical Bible Dictionary." More
THE PEOPLE OF THE ABYSS.
Toronto: George N. Morang & Co., 1903. First Canadian Edition. Hardcover. xiii, 319 pp., frontispiece (with tissue) and 80 illustratons from photographs, many full-page, original dark blue cloth with gilt titles. Jack London's study of the poor in London. The author worked, lived, and endured for 86 days with the..... More
HILLSIDE CLUB SUGGESTIONS FOR BERKELEY HOMES.
Berkeley: The Arts & Crafts Press, 1999. First edition. Original decorative card covers, 5 x 9 inches; accordion fold single sheet attached at inside of each cover, unfolding to 9 x 20 inches. Reissue of the tract published by the Berkeley Hillside Club in 1905. Club president Charles Keeler's "Suggestions"..... More
THE TEA ROOM.
Berkeley: The Arts & Crafts Press, 2000. First edition. Original embossed and printed green card wrappers, 8.75 x 4.5 inches; [28] pp. Illustrated. Text is from the "The Book of Tea" first published in 1906. Illustrations by Edward Sylvester Morse are from "Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings" published in 1886..... More
SHACKLED YOUTH: Comments on Schools, School People, and Other People.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1928. Fifth printing. 138 pp., octavo, original dark green cloth with gilt title and ornaments. Original autographed vintage photograph dated "Ojai, April 1935" of the author tipped to blank leaf facing title page. This volume contains ". . . the papers on educational topics which..... More
TEN YEARS UNDER THE EARTH.
New York: Greystone Press, (1939). Third printing. Hardcover. xx, 283 pp., 58 illustrations and maps; octavo, original green cloth, pictorial jacket. First-person account of explorations and discoveries beneath the earth's surface by a renowned speleologist. More
MYTHS AND TALES OF THE SOUTHEASTERN INDIANS. (Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 88).
Washington: United States Government Printing Office (USGPO), 1929. First edition. Original olive-green cloth; octavo; x, 275 pp. After receiviing his PhD from Harvard in 1900, John R. Swanton (1873-1958) joined the Bureau of American Ethnology. This text is based on his fieldwork among the Muskogean-speaking peoples of Texas, Louisiana, and..... More
LAS CASAS: In Search of the Poor of Jesus Christ.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, (1993). First US edition. Hardcover. xxii, 682 pp., octavo, original tan boards, pictorial jacket. Originally published in Lima, Peru, as "Busca de los Pobres de Jesucristo. More
LETTERS OF ALDOUS HUXLEY.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1969. First edition. [7], 992 pp., frontispiece photo of the author, large octavo, original green boards, dustjacket. Bromer A86.1. More
THE FIRST LONDON EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY VERA STRAVINSKY
London: Crane Kalman Gallery, 1978. First edition. Blue stapled paper wraps, [20 pp.], 11 b/w & 3 color plates tipped in. Introduction by Stephen Spender, $25. Issued in conjunction with a 1978 exhibition of works by Russian-born American artist and dancer Vera Stravinsky (1888-1982). Aldous Huxley was a friend &..... More
MYSTICISM AND ALDOUS HUXLEY: An Examination of Gerald Heard-Aldous Huxley Theories.
Yonkers, NY: The Alicat Book Shop, 1947. First edition. Paperback. Stapled black wrappers, [23] pp. Number Ten of the “Outcast” Series of Chapbooks issued by Oscar Baradinsky at the Alicat Book Shop. Edition of 750 copies printed by the Lincoln Press. More
A HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL IRELAND
London / NY: Ernest Benn / Barnes & Noble, (1968). First edition. Hardcover. xv, 454 pp., 6 maps including large folding map of Ireland circa 1300; octavo, original green cloeth, jacket. UK edition with publisher price on jacket front flap in shillings. More
FAMILY AND COMMUNITY IN IRELAND.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1940. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. xix, [1], 322 pp., frontispiece and 5 plates from photographs, many charts and graphs in the text; octavo, original green cloth, jacket. A scholarly anthropoligical study of social customs and organization among rural Irish farming families. More
REBEKAH COOK BOOK: Tested Recipes by Rebekah Cooks.
San Francisco: Mission Rebekah Lodge Number 225, 1945. First edition thus. Paperback. 40 pp. blue printed wrappers, 9 x 6 inches. Advertisements for local businesses on every page. Wartime issue of the San Francisco Rebekah Lodge community cook book. Owner names include that of a contributor of recipes to this..... More
THE BOOK CALLED HOLINSHED'S CHRONICLES: An account of its inception, purpose, contributors, contents, publication, revision and influence on William Shakespeare. With a leaf from the 1587 edition.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. [5], 83, [1] pp. Original leaf tipped to blank leaf preceding first page of text; folio, white linen spine and decorative boards. Designed and printed in an edition of 500 copies by Adrian Wilson at his Press in Tuscany Alley..... More
PRINTED STUFF: Prints, Posters, and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg. A Catalogue Raisonné, 1958-1996.
New York: Hudson Hills Press, in Association with Madison Art Center, Wisconsin, (1997). First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto, original gray cloth, 453 pp., profusely illustrated. More
MATRIX 7: A Review for Printers and Bibliophiles. Number Seven, Winter 1987.
(Andoversford): The Whittington Press, 1987. First edition. Paperback. Quarto, stiff card wrappers and printed jacket; (167) pp., many illustrations, including engravings, b/w and color photographic plates, typographic specimens, etc. Superb resource for all aspects of the world of fine press printing. See scan for list of contents. Edition of 960..... More
PORTOLA FESTIVAL, SAN FRANCISCO OCTOBER 22-25, 1913: Offical Souvenir Program. (cover title).
[San Francisco: Portola Festival Committee], 1913. First edition. Paperback. Original color pictorial wrappers, 9 x 5 .5 inches, (72) pp, advertisements and illustrations on most pages. Besides the program of events, the text is comprised mainly of San Francisco statistic, lots of advertisements for local businesses. Scarce. 1 copy only..... More
T. C. Newman, F. W. Newman Leather Merchant and Leather Goods Manufacturer, Importer & Exporter. PRICE LIST: Fancy Leathers, Skins, Tools & Sundries for Leather Workers. Leather of All Kinds for All Purposes, etc.
Portsmouth: T. C. Newman (Procter, Printer), n.d. (circa 1930s). Paperback. 8.5 x 5.5 inches, original pictorial wrappers, 56 pp., engraved illustrations on nearly every page. Leather goods and tools of all kinds. Includes exotic leathers, bookbinding leathers, vellum and parchment, etc. Not found on OCLC/Worldcat. More
PORT WINE. The Office International Du Vin has awarded a first prize the this treatise on Port Wine. English Version. (cover title: " A Few Words about Port").
n.p. Instituto do Vinho do Porto, 1938. First edition. Paperback. 31 pp., plus 5 leaves of illustrations (photographs and map) printed on both sides, and 1 folding illustration, many illustrations from line drawings in the text; original decorative wrappers, 9.25 x 6.5 inches. An introduction to the history, production, varieties..... More
GRAPE CULTURE AND WINE-MAKING IN CALIFORNIA: A Practical Manual for the Grape-Grower and Wine-Maker
San Francisco: Payot, Upham & Co., 1888. First edition. Original brown cloth with gilt title and decoration, small octavo (5.5 x 7.5 inches), 380pp. Illustrated. An important wine book in the history of viticulture in California and also quite scarce. Unlike Husmann's other viticultural manuals, this title was never reprinted..... More
BIRDSEYE VIEW, PLACERVILLE, CAL.
Placerville: Placerville Weekly Observer, 1888. First edition. Lithograph by W.W. Elliott lithographers, San Francisco after drawing by L. Roethe. 18.5 x 28.5 inches. Reps 189. More
THE WORKS OF JAMES M. FLAGG. The Stylus Edition. Volume Five: Poems & Tales. Illustrated by the Author.
New York: The Literati, 1916. First edition. [9], (xxviii), 10-(157) pp., 4 plates. Between pages 99 and 100 are 20 pages numbered 100a -g plus 3 unnumbered pages, including an illustration and 2 leaves of pink paper printed on rectos only; 12mo, original black cloth with paper spine label, gilt..... More