BREATHIN' MY NAME With A SIGH.
Vancouver: Talonbooks, 1981. First printing. Unpaginated, ~ 80 pp. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Light brown paper covers printed in dark brown. More
Results
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION On PARADE. 1935 Edition.
Minneapolis: Published by Fred P. Hutchinson, (1935). 1st printing thus. 96 pp. Illustrated with b/w player half-tone photographic images. 8-1/2" x 5-5/8". Paper covers, printed in shades of brown. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
ONCE A KNIGHT Low Jinks • Bohemian Grove • 1959.
[San Francisco]: [The Bohemian Club], 1959. 1st printing. SIGNED in the plate by Lonie Bee. Broadsheet poster printed recto and verso. Large illustration by Bee of a knight & buxom lady fair. 22" x 16-1/2". White paper printed in dark & light pink, and black to recto. Red & black..... More
The LOCOMOTIVES Of The LONDON, BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY, 1839 - 1903.; Reprinted from "The Locomotive Magazine."
London: Published by the Locomotive Publishing Co., Ltd., 1903. 1st book edition. vii, [1 (blank)], 245, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 12mo. Original publisher's tan cloth binding with gilt stamping. More
LIBEL REFUTED: A Reply to Greene's Pamphlet, by the Trustees of the Maine Weleyan Seminary, Kents Hill.
Lewiston [Maine]: Printed at the Journal Office, Lisbon Street. 1868. 1st Printing. [4], 95, [1, errata] pp. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-1/2". Original printed salmon colored wrappers, sewn. Later plain brown wrappers added. This pamphlet refers to Martha Louise Greene, who was a student, since 1861, at Kents Hill, a Wesleyan..... More
CRICKET On The HEARTH. A Fairy Tale of Home, in Three Chirps.; Boston Museum. Saturday Evening, March 22, 1879.
Boston: 1879. 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet folded once to make four pages. Engraved headpiece, and small engravings in text for ads. 11-7/8" x 9". Printed self wrappers. Apparently this play a crowd favorite at the Boston Museum, for Bolton records earlier performances in 1877 & 1878 [cf. CH 80..... More
A SOLDIER And MR. LINCOLN. The Fifty-Sixth Grove Play of the Bohemian Club.
San Francisco: The Bohemian Club, 1961. 1st edition. x, 70, [2 (blank)] pp. T.p. cut. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6". Dark grey and white floral paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title onlay to spine. Insert "notice" of last minute cast changes. More
An ILLUSTRATED MANUAL Of CALIFORNIA SHRUBS.; With a Chapter on the Use of the California Shrubs in the Garden Design by Fred H. Schumacher.
San Francisco: Published by J. W. Stacey Incorporated, 1939. 1st edition. xi, [1], 689, [1] pp. Index at rear of volume. Color frontis. Numerous b/w illustrations throughout text. 8vo. Green cloth binding stamped with gilt. Pale green dust jacket lettered in black with image to front panel... More
![RULE, BRITANNIA! From Arne's Opera, or Alfred [Masque of Alfred]. [As Arranged by Fred....](/pictures/thumb/38321.jpg?v=1542149150)
RULE, BRITANNIA! From Arne's Opera, or Alfred [Masque of Alfred]. [As Arranged by Fred. Kalkbrenner]. OPERATIC AIRS,
London: Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co., 20 Soho Square, (n. d.). [2], 9, [1 (blank)] pp. Engraved designs to title page. 12-3/4" x 9-1/4". Half-bound brown leather spine with marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt lyres stamped five times between gilt rules to spine. Rubbing and wear to boards and edges, one..... More
AVALON BAY, SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA.
Ca early-to-mid 1920s. Frame: 23" x 20". Painting, to matte: 16-1/2" x 13-1/2". Painting matted, and housed in a gilded wooden frame. Picture depicts an elevated view of the harbor from the hills to the South-SouthEast. More
SAN FRANCISCO'S WILDFLOWER. The Palace of Fine Arts.
San Francisco: Phoenix Publishing Co., 1967. 1st edition. LIMITED to 500 copies, of which this is number 259. SIGNED by the author. Unpaginated. Many b/w illustrations and photographic images throughout. Slightly oblong. 9-3/8" x 9-1/2". Tan printed paper wrappers. More
FILLMORES' PROHIBITION SONGS. A Collection of Songs for the Prohibition Campaign, Patriotic Services, and all Meetings in the Interest of Reform.
Cincinnati & New York: Fillmore Bros. (1900). 1st edition (presumed). Unpaginated, but 192 songs. Sheet music printed throughout. 7-7/8" x 5-1/2". Black cloth spine over Beige linen color printed paper (in red and navy blue). "First. We call attention to its large number of really fine choruses for mixed voices..... More
The AMERICAN INDIAN. Perspectives for the Study of Social Change.
Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company, (1966). 1st edition. xi, [3], 193, [1 (blank)] pp. 8-1/2" x 6". Scant. Dark teal cloth binding, gold printed lettering to spine. Brown b/w printed DJ. More
FREE To CHOOSE: The Making of a Jewish Community in the American West. The Jews of Oakland, California from the Gold Rush to the Present Day.
Berkeley: The Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum & The Jewish Museum of the West, 1976. 1st edition. [2], xiv, 164, [2 (blank)] pp. Some b/w intratextual photographic images. 9-3/8" x 6". Orange cloth with gilt stamped lettering to spine and cover. Orange pictorial DJ with black lettering. Orange/gold endpapers with..... More
PHOTOPLAY, The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines. Vol. LIII, No. 10. October 1939. "Tenth Avenue Girl", "What Pain Can Teach You", "How to Disguise Your Weight".
Chicago: Macfadden Publications, 1939. 1st printing. 96 pp. Many intratextual illustrations & b/w photographic images + full size color photographic images to wrappers [Gary Cooper photograph to front wrapper]. 14" x 10-3/4". Stiff color illustrated printed paper wrappers. Title printed in red. More
NEWSWEEK MARCH 4, 1946. Volume XXVII, No. 9. The Magazine of News Significance. Florida Frenzy: See National Affairs.
New York: Weekly Publications, 1946. 1st edition thus. 96 pp. Many intratextual illustrations. 11-1/4" x 8-3/8". Color illustrated printed paper wrappers. More
HISTORY Of The FIRST FREE DELIVERY SERVICE Of MAIL In ALASKA At NOME, ALASKA In 1900.
Portland, Oregon: (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1950s. 12 pp. 9" x 6". Printed yellow paper wrappers, stapled. More
"PHIZ" (Hablot K. Browne) A MEMOIR. Including A Selection from his Correspondence and Notes on His Principal Works.
London: W. Satchell & Co., 1882. 1st edition. 32 pp. Frontis. 7 inserted plates. Cuts. 8vo. 8-9/16" x 5-1/2". Original publisher's printed grey paper wrappers. More
WI - NE - MA (The Woman - Chief) and Her People.
Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1876. 1st edition (Cowan II, p. 421; Smith 6627). vi, [7] - 168 pp. Illustrated with frontis, 5 portraits & 8 plates. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5". Original brown cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front board. "During the 1872-3 Modoc uprising on the California-Oregon..... More
FRED ROLL. A Photobiography.
Carmel: Center for Photographic Art, (1996). 1st Edition. Unpaginated. 100 photographic images in b/w. 13" x 10". Black cloth binding with white title lettering stamped to front board and spine. Black dust jacket with white title lettering printed to front panel and spine. Grey eps. More
FERN LEAVES From FANNY'S PORT-FOLIO.
Auburn: Derby and Miller, 1853. 1st Edition. vi, [1], 8 - 400, [2 (blank)] pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w plates. 7-3/4" x 5-1/2". Green cloth binding with blind design stamped to front and rear boards. Gilt title lettering and design stamped to spine. More
ALAMEDA CENTENNIAL ALMANAC. 1872 - 1972. Volume I.
Volcano: California Traveler Inc, (n. d.). 48 pp. Profusely illustrated with b/w adversiments and photographic images. 11" x 8-1/2". Brown front paper wrapper with black title lettering and photographic image of a boat. White paper wrapper to back with a brown "D". Stapled binding. While two additional volumes were published..... More
CALIFORNIA JOE'S WAR TRAIL; or The Minnesota Massacre. A Sequel to "California Joe's First Trail." Beadle's Half-Dime Library. Vol. XVI. No. 395. February 17, 1885.
New York: Beadle & Adams, 98 William St. 1885 [1889]. 4th edition (Johannsen BEADLE 1/2DL-395). Ca 1889, per rear page series advert. 15, [1] pp. Text triple column. Unopened. Last page an advert. Large wood engraving to front wrapper. 4to. 11-1/2" x 8-1/4" [scant]. Printed self wrappers. Now housed in..... More
WE, The VENUSIANS. / The WATER Of THOUGHT. Ace Double No. M - 127.
New York: Ace Books Inc., (1965). 1st book publication ['Venusians']. 138 pp. / 177 pp. [2 between with publisher's advertisement]. B & W illustrations. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4-1/4". Illustrated wrappers, dos-a-dos format. Yellow edgestain. 2 complete novels in one volume. More
The FRED BECK WINE BOOK. Fred Beck's Gay, Clear-Cut Explanation of the Wines of the World - With Special Recognition of the Wines of California.
New York: Hill & Wang, 1964. 1st edition. SIGNED by the author on the ffep. xiii, [1] 242 pp (including Index). Illustrated by Lynette Logan. 8vo. Yellow cloth binding with red spine lettering. Red topstain. Dust jacket. More