1896. New York: n.d. [1896]. Broadside 12 x 18”, color lithograph, text in black. Upper left corner is chipped, some small tears and foxing to outer margins; good. § Original print, shows an artist painting a life size woman on a large canvas. LOC 2015647299. More
1913. Cream of Wheat Company: 1913. 10” x 13.5”color printed advertisement, with another color ad to the verso. Small damp stain to the lower edge; very good. § Print from a painting by Edward Brewer. Caption: “Oh, I done forgot dat Cream of Wheat.” Depicts a racist caricature of an..... More
1985. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1985. Folio, 114, (8) pp., with 10 original leaves bound in. Printed in black and red with numerous illustrations. Original cloth, fore-edge untrimmed, a few very light scuffs to the cloth, still a fine copy with the original prospectus. § Limited to..... More
1826. Boston: Christian Register Office, 1826. 12mo, 48pp. lacking covers. Chipping to front free endpaper with folds at top right corner. Tear along front hinge about 1-inch from bottom. Inscription to front free endpaper, and notes throughout. In a new cloth folding box. § Inscribed by Percy Loring to the..... More
1955. San Francisco: Lewis and Dorothy Allen Press for The Book Club of California, 1955. 8vo, 79 pp. Frontispiece map, running decorative border in red Cyrillic characters. Original gray-blue boards with white parchment back, title in red on back, Russian characters in red on covers. As issued. § Limited to..... More
1954. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1954. 8vo, 266, [9]pp. Original light brown wrappers bound inside later brown buckram stamped in gilt to backstrip; illustrated throughout with black-and-white reproductions of drawings and photographs; catalogue with sale prices and totals bound into the back. Price list loosely inserted. Annotated throughout in pen..... More
1518. San Francisco: Schmidt Label & Litho Co., The Wasp, Aug. 15, 1885 Folio 13 3/4 x20 1/4”, pp. 7-10, two-page color lithograph 11 1/2 x 18 1/8”, text to verso. small tear along center fold, chipping and foxing to edges; very good. § From the original edition of..... More
V.p., v.d. -Single leaf, 11 1/2 x 16 1/2, printed on both sides, oval portrait to recto, color facsimile to verso; very good. -Folio, 10 1/4 x 15”, with photographic frontisportrait inlaid, facsimile of a handwritten letter tipped in, printed in black and red, deckled fore- and lower edge; very..... More
1833. Plattsburgh [NY]: F.P. Allen, 1833. 4to (218 x 135 mm), 280 pp., three wood-engraved figures in text. Original tan paper-covered boards, linen backstrip, printed paper label, quarter brown morocco slipcase, a very good copy of a fragile book. § First edition, first issue, of what has been termed..... More
2009. [San Francisco]: The Book Club of California, 2009. 8.5”x10” portfolio, containing 1 introductory bifold, and 14 bifolds with facsimiles of illustrations in color as well as black & white, along with book descriptions. Top right corner of introductory bifold creased, else near fine. § First edition thus. An..... More
2009. [San Francisco]: The Book Club of California, 2009. 8.5”x10” portfolio, containing 1 introductory bifold, and 14 bifolds with facsimiles of illustrations in color as well as black & white, along with book descriptions. Three small stains to upper edge of top cover of portflio, else near fine. § First..... More
1971. San Francisco, CA: John Howell - Books, 1971. Folio, unpaginated. Illustrations in black white throughout. Brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to backstrip and upper cover. Covers faintly scuffed, text block edges spotted, internally a fine copy. § A comprehensive, fully illustrated catalogue of Borein's engravings with an index of..... More
1952. Santa Barbara: Press of The Schauer Printing Studio, Inc., 1952. Large 4to, unnumbered. Color frontispiece and five small (3x2 inch) color plates illustrating the preliminaries. Hundreds of sketches reproduced in black and white on rectos only. Original red cloth boards, gilt lettering and illustrations to backstrip and upper cover..... More
1952. Santa Barbara, CA: Press of the Schauer Printing Studio, Inc., 1952. 4to, unpaginated, mounted color frontispiece and hundreds of sketches reproduced in black and white. Original cream cloth boards, black lettering and illustrations to upper board and backstrip, illustrated dust jacket. Dust-jacket with some soiling and one small chip..... More
1877. [San Francisco: Edward Bosqui, 1877]. San Francisco: John Windle, 1980. Folio, [64] pp., 10 color plates with text. A fine copy in quarter wine red morocco and cloth boards lettered in gilt, in a slightly worn slipcase. Original prospectus laid in. § Limited to 25 copies for sale in..... More
1862. n.d. Photograph, 8 x 10”, b&w on glossy paper, colophon to verso printed in black and red; very good. § Printed from a negative made from the original image, with a quote from Scientific American, 1862. More
1946. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1946. 8vo., 38, (31) pp. frontispiece and feather decorations in green and brown, designed by Mallette Dean. Original patterned paper boards and white cloth, backstrip with printed title. Ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, backstrip slightly faded, else very good... More
1946. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1946. 8vo, 38, (31) pp. frontispiece and feather decorations in green and brown, designed by Mallette Dean. Original patterned paper boards and white cloth, backstrip with printed title. Ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper, backstrip slightly faded, else very good... More
1846. New York: Herald Book and Job Office, 97 Nassau Street, 1846. Single sheet, folio, 492 x 628 mm. Printed on recto only, title and three columns of verse surrounded by a highly elaborate border composed of printer's ornaments. Very good with old folds, slightly toned, two 30 mm closed..... More
1932. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1932. 27 pp. Fold-out facsimile of one of Scott's letters and 3 illustrations. Bound in green paper-covered boards with a rust colored leather spine. Some wear on the spine, otherwise fine. § Unnumbered edition of 300 copies. More
1968. San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem for The Book Club of California, 1968. 4to, 128pp. Original quarter green cloth with decorative paper-covered boards, paper label affixed to backstrip; illustrated throughout by means of facsimiles in sepia tone within the text from drawings and photographs. Original prospectus loosely inserted, bookbinder’s stamp to base..... More
1870. San Francisco: 1870. Single sheet, 5 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches. Pencil drawing on paper with watercolor highlights. Very fine, framed to highest conservation standards. § A fine sketch of a famous view, perhaps one of the most desirable depictions of the Golden Gate. Burgess (1831-1905) traveled to..... More
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1901. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1901. 2 vols., roy. 8vo, volume 1: 183 pp., volume 2: 185-383 pp. With a color frontispiece in each volume. With a total of 37 color plates (some chromolithographs), 85 photogravure plates, 1 large folding color map, numerous text illustrations and maps. Rather..... More
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1906. Berkeley: California Bookplate Society (Sheldon Cheney), 1906-1907. 4 vols, 12mo, (16); (16); (18); (16) pp. First issue of this booklet with 9 facsimile bookplates; the 3 remaining volumes each with at least 1 bookplate tipped in, the remaining examples in line-drawn facsimile. Wrappers of Vol. 1 No. 1 with..... More
1960. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1960. 8vo, 48pp. In cream-colored wrappers with printers' logos in red, title in black. Covers lightly soiled, spine sunned. Very good. § First edition. "An exhibit of representative examples from the collections of members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco held in the Palace..... More
