LARDEAU. Selected First Poems.
Toronto: Island Press, 1965. First printing Limited to 350 cc. Unpaginated, though 52 pp. 8vo. 6-7/8" x 8-1/2". Black cloth spine over yellow paper covers printed in black. More
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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
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
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
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
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
The WHITEST MAN In The MINES. A Story of Gold Fever. Beadle's Dime Library. Vol. XXVI. No. 326. January 21, 1885.
New York: Beadle & Adams, 98 William St. 1885. Ca December, 1891. 28, [4] pp. Adverts last 4 pages (noting No. 688 as the last published in the series). Wood engraving to front wrapper. 4to. 12-1/4" x 8-1/4". Printed self-wrappers. "A good, well-written yarn of a Rocky Mountain mining camp."..... More
A CHOCOLATE MOOSE For DINNER.
NY: Prentice-Hall, (1976). 1st thus. Unpaginated. Illustrated by the author. 4to. Pictorial composition boards. Dust jacket replicates binding design. More
BERSERKER. U5063.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1967. 1st edition, PBO. 190 pp. 12mo. Color printed wrappers. Orange edgestain. More
My OKLAHOMA.
Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Book Company, (1955). 208 pp. 8vo. 22cm x 14.5cm. Brown cloth binding. Dust jacket. More