London: The Occult Review, 1947. Original edition. Paperback. Printed wrappers, 7 x 4.75 inches, 65-128 pp. Illustrated. More
Amsterdam: Nico Israel, 1977. First edition thus. Paperback. 2 volumes in hinged tray box: 48-page full color facsimile of the original manuscript (94 x 80 mm); introductory volume XXXVII (87) pp. with bibliographical notes, typeset Dutch text with English-language paraphrase on facing pages. Both volumes in original wrappers. More
New York: American Book Bindery-Stratford Press, nd (1930s?). First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original pale brown boards with black cloth spine, gilt cloth lettering piece on front board, 79 pp. "This brochure is the advance showing of our 'English-cut Monotype Caslon and Baskerville' prior to the compilation of a type specimen..... More
Washington: Gales & Seaton, Printers, 1845. First edition, Senate issue. Hardcover. Contemporary half tan calf and marbled boards, gilt spine label, octavo (6 x 9.25 inches), 693pp. 22 lithograph plates, including 13 views, 5 plates of fossils, and 4 botanical plates. 4 maps bound in, including 2 folding maps. Large..... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Co. (printed at the Tomoye Press by John Henry Nash), (1911). First edition. Hardcover. 12mo, original maroon cloth with gilt title, xvii, 145 pp., illustrated with 32 mounted sepia-toned plates, jacket. An interesting and well written exploration of mediaeval European culture through its art, architecture..... More
Munich: Dr. C Wolf & Sohn, 1922. Limited edition. Hardcover. (40) pp., 4 full-page woodcut illustrations, 12mo, vellum spine and decorative boards. Text in Latin and German. Facsimile of the 1493 Basil edition of the Latin translation of Columbus' 1493 letter to the Spanish court of Ferdinand and Isabella announcing..... More
London: Cecil Palmer, 1920. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. xi, 212 pp., small octavo, original maroon cloth. A treatise on economic reform through liberalisation of the availability of credit. A model scheme for the coal industry is elucidated by A. R. Orage (1873-1934), a socialist, Theosophist, writer and editor, mystic..... More
Los Angeles: B. R. Baumgardt, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. [16], 17-313 pp., frontispiece portrait of the author, 7 full-page illustrations; small octavo, later green buckram. Inscribed on front blank leaf "With best wishes of the author. David Augustus Shaw." First-person account of the overland route from the mid0west to the..... More
NY: Moffat, Yard & Co, 1908. Second printing. Hardcover. Original orange cloth with pictorial paper label on front cover, octavo (6.5 x 9 inches), (viii), 57 pp. + frontis and 46 b/w photo plates. More
Boston: Published by the Author, 1891. First edition. Hardcover. 156 pp., small quarto, original blue cloth with title stamped in silver. Apparently a Swedenborgian Gospel Harmony. Last page contains a list of Swedenborg's books. Scarce. More
Salem, MA: Parker Brothers, Inc., no date (1926?). Second edition ? 100 playing cards with game instructions in original 2-piece, 2 compartment tray box with color printed lid. Automotive card game for 2 players or 2 teams competing in a 50 mile race. Originally published in 1925 by the Wallie..... More
Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto (12 x 9.5 inches), full dark brown morocco with cover ornaments and title stamped in gilt and blind, all edges gilt.; viii, 737 pp., illustrated with frontispiece portrait engraving of Hon. George Johnson, Attorney General of California, many plates of..... More
New York: Appleton, 1888. First edition. Hardcover. viii, 402 pp., 3 folding maps, 34 illustrations, octavo, original red cloth with gilt title and ornaments. A close analysis of the amenities of Southern California as distinct from the northern part of the state. Maps include a Climate Map of Southern California..... More
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1907. First edition. Hardbound. Original green boards. 22 pp, 6 plates from photographs. This essay was originally published in "Land of Sunshine" magazine. More
London: Macmillan, 1890. First edition thus. Hardcover. Small octavo, original dark green cloth richly gilt, xxxv, 305 pp., 6 pp publisher adverts at rear, profusely illustrated from line drawings by Hugh Thomson. More
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1914. First edition. Original blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration, octavo (5.5 x 8 inches), 454 pp. Many b/w plates, many from photographs. Interesting and well-researched etymologies and historical anecdotes of California place names. with mounted autograph note from the author to "Dr. Leonard" on..... More
(Oakland: Howell-North Books, 1942). First edition, signed, limited. Hardcover. xvi, 764 pp., 21 maps (8 folding), dozens of illustrations; folio (12.5 x 10 inches), original blue cloth with gilt spine. An unique history of mostly Northern California, primarily sourced from contemporary newspaper articles and letters. Compiler Mae Helene Bacon Boggs..... More
New York: National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, Inc., 1971. First edition. Paperback. Original decorative printed wrappers, 12 x 9 inches, [24] pp., 27 unbound plates. Text and loose plates inserted into card folder. Text presents memorials to the recently deceased artist and social activist Rockwell Kent. More
Boulder: Shambhala, (1977). "First complete paperback edition" Paperback. 2 volumes, original pictorial wrappers, 9.25 x 6 inches. Reprint of the 1962 University Books edition. More
NY: Scribner's, (1960). First "College Edition / Special Student's Edition" Hardcover. Original blue cloth spine and blue boards, title and cover design stamped in gilt, 127 pp. "College edition" stamped in gilt on rear board; "Special Student's Edition" printed at top of jacket front flap. First printing of the 1960..... More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1972). First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, original black cloth, xvi, 248 pp., frontispiece and 36 full=page illustrations, 3 maps, jacket. Review copy with publisher's review slip laid in. An exhaustive biography of the famed former slave turned mountain man James Pierson Beckwourth (1798-1866). More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), 1964. First edition. Hardcover. xvi, 453 pp.; octavo, original blue cloth with gilt title, jacket. Publisher's printed corrigenda slip tipped in at page 1. Text in Greek with extensive commentary in English. More
(Staplehurst,, Kent): The Florin Press, 1980. First edition. (36) pp., 2 headpieces, 2 tailpieces, 3 lithograph reproductions of original Bewick sketches, and 8 figures in the text. Numbered edition of 80 portfolios and 50 cloth bound books. This number 80. Note: this is 1 of the fifty copies of the..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. 106 pp., 11 illustrations on colored stock, 11 tipped-in facsimiles; octavo, linen spine with printed paper title label, decorative boards. 475 copies printed by Adrian Wilson. More
San Francisco: Whitaker & Ray, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. xi, 270 pp. + publisher advert leaf at rear, 46 illustrations from photographs; octavo, original red pictorial cloth with front cover design and title in black, gilt spine title. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper and with pencil addition..... More