(n.p.). May 22nd 1926. 1st Printing. Broadside. Illustrated. 7-1/4" x 8-1/2". Tan card stock, full color illustrated, menu typed in blue ink, now housed in a mylar sleeve. Chosa Maru was adn auxiliary gunboat that was torpedoed and sunk in the Malacca Strait by the Royal Netherlands Navy. Five crew... More
(San Francisco). 1984. 1st Printing. Loose leaf printed on recto and verso. Illustration of the Seal of San Francisco at head. 6-1/2" x 4-1/2" White card stock, blue lettering to recto and verso, now housed in a mylar sleeve. The verso lists all the businesses and groups who helped sponsored. More
(n.p.). 1930. 1st Printing. Broadside. Small vignette of the ships flag. 7" x 4". White card stock, printed in teal, lettering typed in blue, now housed in a mylar sleeve. The M.S. "Margaret Johnson" was a ocean linear passanger ship that was built in 1928 by Götaverken. It was in... More
San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash, 1923. 1st edition thus (O'Day, p. 31; Olmsted 20). Limited to 250 cc. SIGNED by Nash. 6 leaves. 3 tipped-in facsimile mss leaves of Harte's poem, the original of which is held in the Bender Collection, Mills College. 4to. 12" x 8-7/8". Leaf... More
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1905. 1st edition, first printing (Baumiana pp. 82 - 84; Bienvenue, pp. 217 - 219). INSCRIBED by the author on the copyright page. 46, [2] pp. Color illustrations by Ike Morgan, said by Bienvenue to be executed "in a vibrant comic-page style, and his... More
Paris: Librairie Generale de L'Architecture et Des Arts Decoratifs Charles Schmid, Editeur. [1899]. 1st Edition. 2 laid-in leaves of text [in French]. 12 lithographed plates laid-in. Elephant folio. 26-1/4" x 20'. Black cloth spine over printed card stock boards. "Phoebe Hearst was a major benefactor of the University of California... More
Tacoma: Robt. W. Hulbert, Souvenir Booklet Service, 1918. 1st Printing. Photographer's imprint & pencil note to photograph verso. Oblong panoramic format: 7-1/4" x 18-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Early image of the 38th Field Artillery Battery, which was formed just 3 months early (August 17, 1918) at... More
Brooklyn, N. Y. C. H. Jordan, 485 Fulton Street, (n. d.). Ca late 1890s. Image portrays the nurse standing next to a small table, on which is found a jar of tonic, and a glass with pipette. Photograph: 5-7/16" x 4-1/8". Card: 6-1/2" x 4-3/16". Albumen photograph mounted on dark... More
St. Louis: The C. V. Mosby Company, 1937 [1938]. 2nd printing, first published in 1937. Illustrated, primarily from b/w photographs. 8vo. Green cloth binding, with gilt stamping to spine. Dust jacket. More
London: Printed by M. Richardson... / Printed by J. Smith ... for G. Kearsly, ... and W. Davenhill, 1760 [i. e., 1765] / 1768. The Second Edition (Sabin 34076 & 34079). Cf Howes H853. 2 volumes: [6], iv, 566; [4], iv, 539, [1 (blank)] pp. Last blank of v. 2... More
London: Printed for W. Griffin in Fetter Lane, 1765. 1st Edition. vii, [1 (blank)], 236, [2 (publisher advert leaf)] pp. P. 107 misnumbered as "1"; 201 as "20". T.p. copperplate vignette. 12mo. Period full calf binding with maroon leather spine label in second compartment. Speckled edges. More
San Francisco & Columbia, PA: Underwood/Miller, 1981. 1st hardback edition. Limited to 300 cc. 158 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Linen cloth binding, decorated in with magazine cover images, lettered with silver stamping. Red pictorial eps. Issued without jacket. More
San Francisco: Louis Roesch Co., Printers, [1898]. 1st printing (presumed). Broadside, 12 printed lines. 8-7/8" x 5-7/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "On March 14, 1896, the Sutro Baths were opened to the public as the world's largest indoor swimming pool establishment. The baths were built on the... More
Honolulu, H.I. Published by Wall, Nichols Co., Ltd., (n. d.). Ca early 1900s. 52 playing cards, plus Joker & publisher advert card. Each card illustrated, on the playing side, with a captioned oval scene depicting some aspect of the Hawaiian Islands. AEG. Cards: 3-7/16" x 2-3/8". All housed in s.... More
San Francisco: Taber Photographic Parlors, cor. Montgomery and Market Sts, Opposite Grand and Palace Hotels, (n. d.). Ca 1880s. Mount verso blank, pink in color. Photographer imprint under photograph. Photo: 5-1/4" x 8-1/2". Mount: 6-1/4" x 9-3/4". Now housed in archival mylar sleeve. Image depicts 3 19th Century cyclists, 2... More
Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1989. 1st edition. xxv, [1 (blank)], 328 pp. Illustrated, including numerous maps. Tall 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Blue dust jacket. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1849. 1st edition thus (Gimbel H1002 [second set]; NCBEL III, 795; VanderPoel B171). Plates on plate paper, no tissue guards. Wrappers: 10-1/4" x 6-13/16". Plates: 10-15/16" x 7". Housed in the publisher's printed, pale blue-green portfolio-style paper-wrappers. "Price One Shilling." An uncommon piece of Dickensiana, this... More
[Watsonville, CA ?]: (n. d.). Ca early 1900s? Divers sizes. 4 mounted. All now housed in archival mylar sleeves. Here offered a group of 6 early b/w photographs of the Watsonville Sanatorium, also known as the Watsonville Sanitarium. None are dated or credited but all provide exterior views of this... More
Paris: Bibliotheque D'Education et de Recreation, J. Hetzel, Editeur. 1867. Early edition, first published in 1863 / 64. 267, [1 (blank)]; 220 pp. Separate dated t.p. for each work. Vignettes par MM. Riou et De Montaut. Imperial 8vo. 10-3/4" x 7". Original publisher's black pebbled leather spine with gilt lettering... More
London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1943. 163, [1] pp. 8vo. Card stock covers, with printed title label to front cover. Please note, this is the Index only. More
Meadville, PA: Keystone View Company, (n. d.). Ca 1913. Descriptive text to card verso. Stereo image of the steel piping used as a water conveyance. Oblong format: 3-1/2" x 7". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The aqueduct project began in 1905 when the voters of Los Angeles approved... More
The Folcroft Press, 1969. Reprint edition. 139 pp. 8vo. Marbled paper boards, with printed paper title labels to spine & front board. More
Hot Springs, Virginia: McAllister Publishing Co., (1913). 1st Edition. 337, [3] pp. 8vo. Original publisher's black cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. More
Sacramento: State Office ... James J. Ayers, Supt. State Printing. 1886. 1st Edition. 580 pp. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. More
Meadville, PA: Keystone View Company, (1903). Descriptive text to card verso. Stereo image of the Los Angeles Pigeon farm, "located four miles north of the city.." Domed images, concave cardstock. Oblong format: 3-1/2" x 7-1/16". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The Los Angeles Pigeon Farm was located between... More
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