London: Novello and Co., nd (circa 1950). Early reprint. Hardcover. x, 493 pp.; small octavo, original green cloth with gilt titles, dustjacket. An essential work for performers of period music.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1938. First separate edition. (58) pp., 12mo, original yellow decorative boards with matching paper jacket.(58) pp., 12mo, original yellow decorative boards with matching paper jacket. Ninth title in publisher’s Zodiac Books series.
Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, (1940). Second printing. 36 pp., octavo, original grey boards, dustjacket. Originally published in a signed, limited edition as well as an "ordinary issue" (Bromer A51.1.1 and A51.1.2. This apparently a reprint of the latter. This printing not in Bromer.
New York: George H. Doran, (1926). First US edition. Hardcover. 301 pp., small octavo, original green cloth with cream paper spine label printed in green, decorative dustjacket. Huxley's 4th collection of short stories. Contents: Two or Three Graces; The Monocle; Fairy Godmother; Half-Holiday. Bromer A14.2.
New York: George H. Doran, (1927). First US edition. Hardcover. 306 pp., small octavo, original blue cloth with paper spine label printed in blue, dustjacket. Bromer A16.2.1.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1936. First trade edition. Hardcover. [6], 620 pp., octavo, light brown cloth lettered in red, dustjacket. Loosely autobiographical, this novel tells the story of a young man's search for meaning in life. Bromer A41.2.
London: Chatto & Windus, 1939. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. 314 pp., small octavo, original brown cloth with gilt spine, dustjacket. Written soon after Huxley left England for Southern California, this novel is described on the rear jacket panel as an "extravaganza . . . at once grotesque and painful...
London: Chatto & Windus, 1934. First edition, signed, limited. Hardcover. xii, 319 pp., 30 photogravure plates, map endpapers; octavo, original green cloth and decorative boards, gilt spine title, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Huxley's account of a trip by sea through the Caribbean to Guatemala, then by land from Antigua...
NY: Leavitt & Allen, 1857. Sixth printing of the US edition. Original mauve cloth with title and decoration stamped in gilt and blind, octavo (5 x 7.5 inches), 360, 61, xii pp. Frontispiece, engraved title page and 2 engraved plates. Originally published in London, 1791 as "The House-keepers Instructor, or...
London: Macmillan, 1921-1923. First edition thus. 35 volumes, small octavo, original dark blue cloth with gilt title and ornaments. First 3 volumes are uniform in size and ornamentation, but the gilding is of lesser quality than the rest of the set. PRESENTATION SLIP TIPPED IN TO FIRST VOLUME "With Mr...
San Francisco: Spaulding, Barto & Co., 1878. First edition. [4], 143 pp.; original printed wrappers, with engraved illustration of the Mechanics' Pavilion on rear wrapper. Following the preliminary material (opening exercises, names of exhibitors and exhibits, catalogue of the art gallery), pages 48-114 contain the "Report of the Jury of...
New York: Aventine Press, 1931. [8], 242, 3 fl, illustrated; octavo, original silver cloth boards with title and cover ornament in black. Not in Bitting, not in Cagle & Stafford; Noling p. 121.
Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House, 1923. First edition. 340 pp., octavo, decorative boards. Hundreds of recipes of all sorts, most with contributor's name. Section at rear of "Spanish Recipes" is mostly Mexican dishes. Bitting p. 506; Brown 140; Glozer 358.
Paris: l'Autheur et J. Mynial, [1926]. First edition. 333 pp., page decorations printed in rose thrughout; small quarto, rebound in contempory navy blue morocco and decorative boards, original wrappers bound in. Bitting p. 343; Cagle (2nd ed.) 364. Not in Simon.
Pasadena: G. Wharton James, [1898]. First edition. 180. vii (ads) pp., illustrated; decorative wrappers, 6.75 x 4.25 inches. Larson checklist 51; not in Rocq.
Pasadena: Radiant Life Press, (1916). First edition. Decorative wrappers, 8 x 5.75 inches, 21, {2} pp., 2 plates from photographs. An ode to George Wharton James from his friend, John Milton Scott. "Scraggles" was James' pet sparrow. From the library of Frances E. Watkins (1899-?), author of several works on...
Pasadena: George Wharton James, 1904. First edition. 507, [2] pp., illustrated; 12mo original red cloth with gilt title. In spite of the "Published Annually" statement on the title page, this appears to be the only issue of this very detailed guide book. From the library of Frances E. Watkins (1899-?)...
Los Angeles: the Author, 1921. Second edition. 244 pp., photogravure frontispiece, tissue guard; octavo, original red pictorial cloth with gitl title, black and orange ornaments and inset oval photograph of a woman spinning a lariat. Brininstool was born in New York but lived most of his life in Los Angeles...
Asheville, NC: Three Mountaineers, (1941). First edition. 76 pp., illustrated; tall octavo, embossed and painted leather-tied wooden boards, copper hinges on front board. A whimically illustrated drinks manual with a serious list of drinks as well as information on glassware, storing beverages, etc. Noling p. 442.
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, (1862 copyright, but later printing). First edition, later printing. 244, [8] advert. pp., engraved illustrations in the text; octavo, original green cloth with spine title and ornaments stamped in gilt, blind-stamped ornaments to covers, yellow endpapers. (pages 1-87 contain the Jerry Thomas drinks manual; the...
Boston: Ben Burk, Inc, (1941). First edition, fifth printing. Original burgundy leather-textured cloth with title and decoration in gilt, pictorial paper inset on from cover, octavo, 160 pp., plus a16-page catalogue of Old Mr. Boston products and a 16-page "Home Bar Guide" - both unpaginated sections printed in 4 colors...
(San Francisco: Printed by the Recorder Printing & Publishing Co), (1934). Hardcover. 270, [1] pp.; yellow pictorial wrappers, 7.5 x 5.25 inches. 1934 printing of this comprehensive drinks book originally published with this title in 1908 and in an earlier version in 1891. Noling p. 74.
[London]: Printed & Sold by I. Boydell Engraver in Cheapside, nd (circa 1800). First edition thus. Hardcover. Oblong 8vo (5.75 x 7.25 inches), contemporary cloth and plain boards; engraved title and 52 leaves printed with copperplate engravings on versos, engravings measure approx. 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Scuffing to boards, wear...
NY: D. Appleton and Co., 1880. Early reprint. Original brown cloth with gilt spine; octavo; 178 pp. A few engraved illustrations in the text. First edition was published in 1867. Bitting p. 45.
San Francisco: Pacific Press (and) N.J. Stone & Co., 1885; 1885; 1898; 1897. First edition of volumes 1, 2, 4. Volume 3 is a second printing. 4 volumes, contemporary full speckled calf, red and black morocco spine labels; octavos; xxxvi, 799; xli, 823; xli, 981; xli, 858 pp. An important...
