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
Thomasson-Grant, 1987. Large 4to, oblong, 126 pp. Illustrated in full color throughout. Near fine with a touch of age toning. § Contemporary photographer Sam Abell traced the steps of self-taught cowboy artist Charles Marion Russell (1864-1926). This volumes presents their images of the West side by side. More
New York & Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1968. 4to, 242 pp. Illustrated in black and white. Tan cloth boards, gilt lettering to backstrip, gilt illustration to upper cover. Very good, text block edges spotted. Illustrated unclipped dust-jacket, a little scuffed with some short tears and loss to spine and..... More
San Francisco: 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, lettered in red, in clear acetate jacket as issued. Bookplate. Spine lightly age-toned, a small split in the acetate. A very good copy..... More
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 350..... More
London: Printed by John Baskett, 1741. Folio, general title with coat of arms, drop-head title on following leaf with decorative initial letter, pp. [1], verso blank, 683 - 688, black letter, disbound. In a brown cloth folding case. § An act by the British Parliament to further control business practices..... More
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 this issue..... More
San Fransico: Book Club of California, 1941. Folio, (12), 74 pp. With 4 color plates (including frontispiece). Grey boartds, vellum backstrip, top edge a bit gnawed, internally fine. § Limited to 350 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. The historical introduction by Edith Coulter describes Beechey's visit en route to..... More
[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 interesting and..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1970. Folio, 22 color plates reproducing watercolor sketches by Meyers. Loose woven fabric over brick red boards, printed paper backstrip label. A fine copy with two copies of the prospectus laid in, each with a sample plate. Bookplate. § Limited to 450 copies printed..... More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1955. Folio, xviii, 68 pp. Black and white frontispiece map, 10 color plates. Original natural linen backed in red leather, backstrip lettered in gilt. Backstrip lightly rubbed, gutter of endpapers toned, very occasional foxing. Very good. § Limited to 400 copies printed by the..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Harold G. Davidson, 1991. 4to, 218 pp. Signed and dated 1991 by Davidson on title page. Illustrated in b/w and full color. Brown boards, gilt lettering to backstrip, illustrated dust jacket. Very good with very light edgewear and some spotting to the text block edges. § A...... More
[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 is copy #131); this exact facsimile of the first California ampelography to show..... More
[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 is copy #130); this exact facsimile of the first California ampelography to show..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1932. 8vo, 205 pp. Folding frontispiece map of Kentucky. Signed by the illustrator, Arvilla Parker. Tan boards with red map decoration and gilt lettering to covers, paper label to backstrip. Stain to foot of backstrip and lower edge of boards, neat owner's name on front..... More
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
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San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1932. 8vo, vi, 27 pp. Fold-out facsimile of one of Scott's letters as frontispiece and 3 illustrations. Quarter red leather and green paper-covered boards. Backstrip faded and worn in places, internally fine. § One of 300 copies printed by Johnck & Seeger. Introduction..... More
San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, 1931. 8vo., (4, 12, 2)pp. Cloth-backed decorated boards, paper spine label. Bookplate. A near fine copy. § Number 46 of 250 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press on Van Gelder Paper with Baskerville italic type. Bulkley was a Carmel resident and her poems were written in..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1948. 8vo, 36 pp. Quarter linen and blue gray paper boards, paper label to backstrip lettered in blue. Boards a little sunned along top edge, backstrip label toned. Very good. § Edition of 250 copies. A collection of poems dedicated to "Eugenia with gratitude for..... More
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 of..... More
San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1938. Slim 4to, xx, 15 pp. Quarter dark green cloth with green paper boards, paper label to backstrip, teal paper dust jacket printed in black. Bookplate. Book very good with a little rubbing at backstrip ends, dust jacket somewhat worn with a few splits and..... More
Harper’s Weekly. September 16, 1865. Folio, 11 1/4 x 16”, p. 583-586, two pages of text and one two-page engraving, printed in black. Folded as issued, foxing and chipping to edges; good. § A leaf from the original printing of this issue of Harper’s Weekly. The two page illustration depicts..... More
London: J. Debrett, 1784. Slim 8vo, 31, [1, publisher's ads] pp. Unopened and untrimmed; stitched as issued. Wrappers toned, dealer marks on upper wrapper, else fine. § First edition. Clinton's vindication of his expenditures of public money while in command of the British army during the American Revolution. Howes C494..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1937. Slim folio, xi, [4], 2-31, [32-50]pp. Eight plates from drawings by Coit. Linen-backed blue boards, gilt-lettered paper labels on cover and spine. Boards slightly sunned, front free endpaper with wrinkles and a 2" closed tear. Bookplate. A very good copy in the..... More
The Legacy Gallery, n.d. 4to, 24 pp. Illustrated with color photographs. Blue paper wrappers, silver lettering to upper cover. Fine. § Illustrated catalogue of bronze sculptures by John Coleman, inspired by the work of Karl Bodmer and George Catlin. "Six years in the making, the Explorer Artists Series was not..... More
