Sacramento: A. J. Johnston, Superintendent of State Printing, 1893. Original blue cloth with gilt titles, octavo, 331 pp. Many full page plates from photographs, many engraved plates, 2 folding maps printed in colors. The California Blue Books were issued biennially and contained complete rosters of state and local officials, statistics..... More

New York: Fellowship Publications, 1946. "First Fellowship Edition" [5], 86 pp., small octavo, original yellow wrappers printed in dark blue. "A thoughtful analysis of the individual today and his future in the world" (from wrapper front panel). Bound from the sheets of the Harper & Brothers edition and distributed for..... More

San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1914. First edition. Original dark green ribbed cloth stamped in gilt; octavo; 141 pp. Inscribed by George Sterling: "For Mrs. Thomas B. Bishop with the best wishes of George Sterling. San Francisco, March 19, 1917." George Sterling (December 1, 1869 – November 17, 1926) moved to..... More

Chicago: Janson, McClurg & Co., 1881. First edition thus. Hardcover. Original dark green cloth with gilt title, small octavo, 258 pp. + 4 pp ads at rear. Originally published under the title "First Fam'lies of the Sierras" in 1875. This 1881 edition adds a preface and some revision of what..... More

New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1876. First US edition. 548 pp. + 4 pp ads at rear; original purple cloth, pale blue endpaper. A novel of European travel originally published in 3 volumes in London earlier in the year. Fits with BAL first state description (sheets bulk 1..... More

Boston: Roberts Bros. 1871. First US edition. Hardcover. Original terra-cotta pictorial cloth with gilt spine lettering and palm tree illustration on front board; small octavo (5.25 x 7 inches); 212 pp. 4 pages of ads at rear, gray-green coated endpapers, top edge gilt. Early work by the colorful and prolific..... More

Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Press, 1933. First edition. Hardcover. [9], 205 pp., small octavo, original blue cloth with gilt titles. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. John Steven McGroarty (1862-1944) was Los Angeles Times columnist, poet and author. He also served two terms as a Democratic Congressman from California..... More

Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1912. Early reprint. Hardcover. xxviii, 108 pp. + advert leaf at rear; 12mo, original decorative forest green cloth with title and cover ornaments in cream and olive green. Original German edition was published in 1836 under the pen name "Mises." This English-language edition with William..... More

Tel-Aviv: Survey of Israel, 1958. Revised edition. Paperback. 3 sheets printed in colors, each 26.75 x 28.25 inches folded into 9 x 5 inch booklets. Map ratios 1: 250000, showing boundaries, topography and roads. Originally published in 1951, this partly revised in 1958. More

London: Grant Richards, 1901. First edition. Original pale green ribbed cloth; octavos; xxvii, [1], 308 pp. This issue of the first edition does not contain any illustrations. More

London & NY: William Heinemann / Doubleday & Page, 1910, 1911. Second printing of the first trade edition of first volume, first trade edition of second volume. 2 volumes, Original uniform light brown cloth with gilt title and illustrations, quarto (7.5 x 10 inches), 158; 181 pp. Both volumes illustrated..... More

NY: Pantheon Books for the Bollingen Foundation, (1964). Reprint of the 1961 second edition. 2 volume set, original black and blue cloth, quartos (9.25 x 12.25 inches), pp xix, 465, 48 b/w photo plates; xviii, 614 b/w photo plates. Still considered one of the best works on its subject. Shipping..... More

London: The Christian Literature Society for India, 1911. First edition. Hardcover. xiii, 187 pp., [4] pp publisher catalog at rear, several illustrations from photographs; 12mo, original green cloth with title and cover ornament stamped in black. Scarce first edition. More