1955. San Francisco: 1955. Single black and white photograph, 13 1/4 x 10 3/8”, mounted on 1/8” thick board. Signed by Ansel Adams to lower right-hand corner, with his studio stamp, ‘131 - 24th Avenue San Francisco,’ and "Neg. No. AA-COM-1-83" to the back. Very good on a slightly toned..... 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
1957. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1957. 4to, 117pp. Original quarter cloth and patterned boards. One corner lightly bumped, but a very good copy. § Limited to 400 copies printed at the Allen Press. Edited by Henry Nash Smith and Frederick Anderson. 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
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
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
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
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
1873. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft, 1873. 8vo, 296 pp. Publisher's green cloth, stamped in blind, lettered in gilt, brown coated endpapers. Cloth a little worn, faint staining of the outer margin throughout. A very good, sound copy. § First edition of this engaging account of the early days of San..... 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
1928. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. 8vo, (x), 377 pp. Original plain tan boards, lettered in brown on the backstrip, top edge stained dark brown. Boards unevenly browned as usual, with a few spots and nicks, internally a fine, unopened copy in the original, lightly worn slipcase..... More
1884. Honolulu: J.H. Soper / The Hawaiian News Co, [1884-1888?]. Folio, 18 sets of sheet music, 16 are 3pp, one is 5pp, and one is 7pp. Full dark red velvet over flexible boards, upper cover lettered in gold and blind. § "During 1884 and 1886 Honolulu bandmaster Henry Berger had..... More
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1906. Alameda, California: 1906. Black and white photograph, 7.75 x 8", mounted; very good. Subtly stamped "Copyright 1906 by A. Blumberg" on lower edge of image, same stamp on verso of the original mount board with the additional printing "1216 Paru Street / Alameda, Cal.". § Original photo showing clouds..... 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
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. § Limited to 25 copies for sale in a binding; this exact facsimile of the first California..... More
1877. San Francisco: Bosqui, 1877. Folio, 19 x 13 inches, a single plate (The Black Hamburgh). With the overprinting of the Italian Swiss Colony imprint on the plate and the caption “California Burgundy”. In very good condition. § A single plate from the masterpiece of California color printing which is..... More
1877. [San Francisco: Edward Bosqui, 1877]. San Francisco: John Windle, 1980. Folio, [64] pp. 10 color plates with text. A fine copy in sheets and portfolio as issued. § Limited to 40 copies for sale in sheets; this exact facsimile of the first California ampelography to show the grapes in..... More
1848. Boston: Redding & Co, 1848. Slim 8vo, 16pp., frontispiece engraving, large folding panoramic view at the back very browned, worn, hinges split, a rather worn but complete copy in original printed gray boards, cloth backstrip. Interesting association copy. § First edition, the boards issue (also found in cloth). Fine..... More
1890. Greeley: The Greeley Tribune Press, 1890. Tall 8vo, (i-v) vi-x, (1)-448 pp., 26 plates including five portraits and one facsimile. With errata following preface. Original blind-ruled blue cloth, gilt-lettered backstrip slightly faded. A few faint cover stains. Inscribed on front free endpaper: “Greeley. Dec. 25th 1892 / Presented by..... 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
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
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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
1809. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1809. Tall 4to, 134 pp. Red half-morocco and marbled boards with gilt to spine. Backstrip and joints repaired. Decorative endpapers. Untrimmed pages. Contains the inserted slip, pasted to page [4] which defines the word “Pelloch” (porpoise) which occurs on p. 8..... More
