Bolinas, California: Four Seasons Foundation, (1979). 1st printing thus. Association Copy. 149, [7] pp. Leaf of prior owner notes laid-in. 8vo. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. From Serendity Books, Berkeley CA, with Peter Howard's penciled note at front "Stephen Rodefer's copy" More
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1927. 1st edition. [10], 81, [5 (blank)] pp. Partially unopened. 8vo. 8" x 5-1/8". Linen cloth spine over gold marbled paper boards; black stamped title lettering to spine. Mauve paper dust jacket. This copy of Field's first book with a presentation inscription to the ffep..... More
Ca early 1900s. Divers sizes. All now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A small group of materials, including three blueprints, an original black and white photograph, several loose leaves of original pencil sketches, various additional ephemera, etc.... evidence strongly suggests all from the files of Lyman Gilmore, Jr., a...... More
San Francisco: Frank Eastman & Co., Printers, 1886. 1st Printing (Rocq 9081). PRESENTATION copy, with printed author presentation slip tipped-in at front. 20 pp. 8vo. 9" x 5-7/8". Original publisher's printed grey paper wrappers, sewn. Rodgers employed by the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1937. 1st revised and extended edition. One of 600 copies printed in July 1937. [13], 299, [2 (blank)] pp. Intratextual illustrations. 9-3/4" 6-1/2". Salmon cloth binding with title label pasted to spine. Gilt printed lettering to title label. Signed by "J. R. Knowland" -- Joseph Russell..... More
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London: Paget & Co., Publishers. 1843. 3rd edition. 1st published in 1842 (cf. NCBEL III, 960). [6], 593, [1] pp. 8vo. Period olive green half-leather binding with marbled paper boards. A pastiche on Dickens' Master Humphrey's Clock. More
Monachii: Apud Melchiorem Segen, Bibliopolam, & Nicolaum Henricum, 1629. 1st edition. [12], 202, [6], 203 - 667, [9] pp. Errata p. 608. Colophon p. 609. Illustrated with 13 [of 14] copperplate engravings by Sadeler. 24mo: a - 2f^12. Last 3 leaves blank. 5-3/4" x 3-1/4". Period full pigskin with elaborate..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. 1st US Edition [NCBEL IV, 621]. [4], 269, [3 (blank)] pp. 10 inserted b/w plates. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Tan cloth binding with red, green, and white title lettering and desgin stamped to front board and green title lettering stamped to spine. More
London: Printed for Bernard Lintott, 1713. 1st edition. [24], 109, [3] pp. Publisher adverts last 3 pages. Folding plate. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital letters. 8vo: A^8 a^4 B - H^8. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4". Period full brown calf boards with later respining to style. Modern eps. "Fr. Wrangham" written in..... More
