Redwood City: Fred A. Stindt, (1966). First edition. Original green leatherette, quarto (8.5 x 11 inches), 272 pp. B/w photos, maps6. Beginning in 1907 this important Northern California railroad served Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino, and Humboldt counties. Autographed by Fred A. Stindt on title page. More
Los Altos, CA: Benchmark Publications, 1990. Second printing. Original glossy pictorial boards; quarto (8.5 x 11 inches); 278 pp. Illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. Being a collection of articles reprinted from the "Narrow Gauge and Shortline Gazette, January 1980 to January 1989." More
San Francisco: San Francisco Newsletter and California Advertiser, 1879. Tinted lithograph on newsprint, 66 x 96.5 cm (26 x 38 inches), linen backed. Photocopied key to the figures in the audience included. Lithographed by Britton & Rey after photograph by Bradley and Rulofson and published as a supplement to the..... More
various: various, 1920s. Original edition. 1. Double photo postcard (3.5 x 10.75 inches) of the "Swimming Tank, Boyes Hot Springs" in Sonoma, California. The 75 x 100-foot tank was promoted as the largest in the world. 2. Promotional brochure for "Skaggs Hot Springs. Sonoma County, Calif." Staplebound pamphlet, 16 pp..... More
San Francisco: Paul Elder and Co., 1904. First edition. Hardcover. vii, 55 pp., 10 inserted plates from photographs by Sarah I. Keeler; 12mo, natural linen with printed paper title label on front board. Charles Keeler (1871-1937) was a close friend of influential Berkeley architect Bernard Maybeck. He was also Maybeck's..... More
np: (Bird & Bull Press, 1979). First edition. Paperback. Printed wrappers, 7.65 x 5.25 inches, [16] pp. "A paper delivered at a meeting of the Double Crown Club in London, September 28, 1978." Edition of 200 copies "printed at the Bird & Bull Press as a token of my appreciation..... More
San Francisco: NCC/ABAA, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Decorative wrappers, 10 x 6.75 inches, [25] pp., 2 full-page illustrations. Combines the 2 sperately-published parts of this parody of booksellers' bibliographical descriptions. The first part was originally published in 1958 in an edition of 75 copies; 100 copies of the second part..... More
San Rafael / Petaluma: Classic Letterpress, Mt. Tam Press, Anchor & Acorn Press, 1992 (1993). Second edition. Paperback. 8 pp. + 16 pp. type specimen catalog (facsimile reprint of "A Specimen of Types Designed and Engraved at the Village Press, 1938" bound in; octavo, staple-bound lavender wraps with gilt cover..... More
(Missoula): Black Stone Press, (1978). First edition. Paperback. Decorative wrappers, 6.75 x 4.5 inches, 39, [1] pp., frontispiece and 5 full-page illustrations printed in red. A whimsically surreal alchemical farce with appropriate accompanying illustratiions. Edition of 526 copies: 500 in wrappers and 26 in boards. More
[Waco]: The Armstrong Library, Baylor University. Printed by W. Thomas Taylor, 1989. First edition. Paperback. Original rose wrappers with jacket of same material, 7 x 10.25 inches, frontispiece and 8 full page illustrations, 4 in color. Edition of 500 copies printed by W. Thomas Taylor at Austing, Texas. More
Berkeley: Acorn Press, 1934. First edition. Paperback. Original printed wrappers, 5 x 6.5 inches, 10 couplets printed on single sheet, 20 x 13 inches, folded and tipped to inside of front wrapper. Editiion of 121 copies printed on the Acorn Press in the Thousand Oaks, Berkeley. More
Aalst and Brussels: Dirk Martenscomite; Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I; Gemeentekrediet, 1973. First edition thus. Paperback. 4 volumes (1 introductory volume and 3 facsimile volumes); cream textured wrappers, 8.75 x 6.25 inches, introductory volume 115 pp, facsimile volumes unpaginated, slipcase. Introductory text in Dutch, French, German, and English. Facsimiles of the..... More
San Francisco: I. N. Choynski, 1875. First edition. Softbound. Original printed wrappers, octavo (5.75 x 8.75 inches), (iv), 41 pp. A short history of California's mission period. Inside rear cover is a full page advert for I.N. Choynski's antiquarian book store, corner of Second and Jessis streets, San Francisco. Cowan..... More
Bearsville, NY: Retort Press, 1950. First edition. Paperback. Original wrappers, 9.5 x 6.25 inches, 138 pp., 11 llustrations by Lowell Naeve, pictorial jacket designed by Kaj Klitgaard. Written by 15 conscientous objectors who served time (up to 3 years) in federal prisons. Edition of 2000 copies printed on a Gordon..... More
Los Angeles: The Vedanta Society of Los Angeles, 1941. First edition. Paperback. Original cream textured wrappers, 9.25 x 6.25 inches, 32 pp. Early number of this bi-monthly journal of spirituality. Contributors to this issue include Aldous Huxley, Swami Prabhavananda, Maud Alice Piggot and a classic poem by Emily Bronte. More
Reading, PA: Culinary Arts Press, 1936. First edition. Paperback. Original pictorial wrappers and painted wooden boards, 9.25 x 6.5 inches, 48 pp. Classic Pennsylvania Dutch fare. More
NY: Viking Press, 1949. First edition thus. Hardcover. 2 volume set, original black cloth, octavo, xxx, 489; (490)-1043 pp. More
(Risbury, Herefordshire): The Whittington Press, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. (211) pp., many illustrations of all sorts, including wood engravings, line blocks, half-tone plates, typographic specimens, etc.; 4to, yellow oasis and marbled boards. Together in cloth and boards slipcase with 2 linocuts John Smith and Andrew Anderson housed in lavender folder..... More
(Risbury, Herefordshire): The Whittington Press, 2006. First edition. Hardcover. (211) pp., many illustrations of all sorts, including wood engravings, line blocks, half-tone plates, typographic specimens, etc.; 4to, russet oasis and marbled boards. Together in cloth and boards slipcase with 3 wood-engravings by Rachel Reckitt with descriptive text by John Randle..... More
(Risbury, Herefordshire): The Whittington Press, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. (197) pp., many illustrations of all sorts, including wood engravings, line blocks, half-tone plates, typographic specimens, etc.; 4to, aubergine oasis and marbled boards. Together in cloth and boards slipcase with 2 folio letterpress sheets of Gangolf Ulbricht's paper to accompany his..... More
(Risbury, Herefordshire): The Whittington Press, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. (171) pp., many illustrations of all sorts, including wood engravings, line blocks, half-tone plates, typographic specimens, etc.; 4to, half grass green oasis and marbled boards. Together in cloth and boards slipcase with a quarto pamphlet in yellow wrappers "Typefounders at the..... More
(Risbury, Herefordshire): The Whittington Press, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. 203 pp., many illustrations of all sorts, including wood engravings, line blocks, half-tone plates, typographic specimens, etc.; 4to, half russet oasis and marbled boards. Together in cloth and boards slipcase with bound 16mo volume, a facsimile of the "1920 Klingspor Calendar"..... More
(Risbury, Herefordshire): The Whittington Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. 198 pp., many illustrations of all sorts, including wood engravings, line blocks, half-tone plates, typographic specimens, etc.; 4to, half red oasis and marbled boards. Together in cloth and boards slipcase with sewn pamphlet "Images from the Sculptures of Kilpeck" engraved by..... More
(Risbury, Herefordshire): The Whittington Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 238 pp., many illustrations of all sorts, including wood engravings, line blocks, half-tone plates, typographic specimens, etc.; 4to, half purple oasis and marbled boards. Together in cloth and boards slipcase in matching cloth and boards folder housing a string-tied pamphlet "In..... More
(Risbury, Herefordshire): The Whittington Press, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. 234 pp., many illustrations of all sorts, including wood engravings, line blocks, half-tone plates, typographic specimens, etc.; 4to, half mustard yellow oasis and marbled boards. Together in cloth and boards slipcase with matching folder containing a sewn pamphlet with 9 wood..... More