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
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: 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
New York: Spring Valley Water Co. (printed at the Martin B. Brown Press), 1906. First edition. Paperback. Folio, original printed wrappers, 103 pp., including 48 pages of text, 16 double-page folding maps, 12 double-page folding photographs. Hermann Schussler was Chief Engineer of the Spring Valley Water Co., the private corporation..... More
Chicago: Foster-Munger Co., 1908. Original edition. Paperback. Original decorative wrappers, 6.5 x 3.25 inches, 160 pp.,, illustrated. Scarce, no copies listed on OCLC/WorldCat. More
San Francisco: California Saw Works (Neal, Straford, & Kerr, print), 1924. Original edition. Paperback. Original pictorial wrappers, 6.5 x 3.5 inches, 218 pp., illustrated. Tools and machinery for sawmill and lumbering. Company established in 1886. More
n.p. n.p., 1949. Original edition. Paperback. 54 pp. (lacking page 47/48), original printed wrappers, 7 x 4.25 inches, monochrome illustrations from photographs, Scarce catalogue of steel ceilings and wall ornament, not on OCLC. More
(San Francisco: San Francisco Examiner_, 1955. First edition. Paperback. 12 pp., self-wrappers, 8 x 5 inches. Scarce pamphlet. More
Chicago: Commercial Research Corportation, 1919. First edition. Paperback. 17 individual parts (complete). quarto, original brown wrappers with printed paper title label on each part, various paginations (2 to 15 pages per part). Inserted is a letter from the publisher to C. B. Bradford of Bradford, Kimball & Co. of San..... More
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, (1833). Paperback. Original decorative printed wrappers, 6 x 3.75 inches, 24 pp., engraved illustrations. Copyright statement dated 1833./ The American Sunday-School Union was at this address from 1827 to 1853./ This title was listed in American Sunday-School Union catalogues from Jan. 1832 to Jan. 1858./ One..... More
Detroit: Scripps Motor Company, 1908. Paperback. Original red wrappers, 9.25 x 6.25 inches, [16] pp., monochrome illustrations on every page. Early marine motor catalog from Scripps Motor Company. This appears to be the first marine motor catalogue from the firm. OCLC/World Cat. lists catalogues for 1910, 1911. and 1916 only..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1988. Trade edition. Paperback. 12mo, decorative printed wrappers, (12) pp. This is the regular edition, not one of the signed and numbered copies, More
Philadelphia: George Gebbie, 1873. Second edition. Hardcover. 15 pp. introductpry text followed by 12 engraved plates each with tissue guard and facing caption page; octavo, original blue cloth with gilt cover design. Second edition of the reduced-size reprint of the 1866 Cassell folio edition. More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, (1928). First US edition. Hardcover. 272 pp., frontipiece and 22 illustrations from photographs, folding map; octavo, original red cloth. Fascinating study of this highly specialized Indian caste. More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. viii, [1], 243 pp., frontispiece and 15 plates from photographs; octavo, original dark blue pictoriall cloth. Henry Irving Brow (1888 - 1940) was on the faculty of Columbia University. Himself part gypsy, he was a recognized expert on gypsy culture in..... More
(Oakland: Enquirer Print, 1901). First edition. 372 pp., profusely illustrated from photographs of notable buildings and localities around the county as well as portraits of notable citizens, settlers, etc.; octavo, original black cloth with cover title in gilt. Fairly scarce history of Napa County with a focus on early settlement..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Original gray cloth, octavo, x, 344 pp., frontispiece and 21 illustrations from photographs. The suthor was born in 1857 to a seafaring family in Provincetown, MA. He sailed his first whaling voyage at the age of 22 in 1879. More
New York: Century Co., 1918. First edition. Hardcover. [8], 354 pp., 20 illustrations from photographs; octavo, original pictorial gray cloth with cover design in black. Compelling first-person account of adventures in the Spanish American War, the Phiippine insurrection, and as an officer in the Chinese, Venezuelan and Mexican armies. More
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. Original pictorial gray cloth with cover design blocked in black, white, blue, and gilt; 12 mo, v, [2], 360 pp., gravure frontispiece and 4 full-page illustrations. Rabbi Henry Iliowizi (1850-1911) was born in Russia, educated in Germany, and for many years is..... More
Tucson: Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society, 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Original red boards, octavo, vii, [1], 163 pp, illustrated. Edition of 500 copies. More