National Parks Portfolio (1915) 9 Booklets Plus Introduction by Franklin K. Lane, Secretary - 1915

Stewart and Company, 1911. Hardcover. Good. Collectible first edition, first printing of New York historian and noted suffragette Cornelia Frances Bedell's compilation of 15 sea creature verses color-illustrated by muralist Artno Wilbur Parsons. Bound in dark-green cloth with title-page illustration mounted to front panel. Printed on heavy stock. Of special note is a Parson's illustration featuring a helmet diver. Scarce. No other copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. Only several copies showing in WorldCat library database. 47 pp. 9 1/4" x 7 1/4". Tight copy with several bumped extremities, light soiling to front panel illustration and ca. 1917 Christmas gift inscription to front free endpaper. Internal illustrations bright and vivid. Lightly age-toned leaves. A presentable copy of an early, devilishly scarce and beautiful children's book. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 1976. Softcover. Good. Detailed history of Shackelford County, Texas - a West Texas ranching community. Includes histories of businesses, churches, ranches, schools, many family histories and much more. Illustrated with historical photographs. Rare. No copies in WorldCat database and no copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. 72 pp. 11 1/4" x 9". Tight, unmarked copy with moderate shelf wear and rubbing. Small oil stain to back panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Walt Phillips Productions, 1962. Softcover. Very Good. Premier issue of Walt Phillips' Surfing Illustrated, The Magazine for Serious Surfers. Founded by noted surfer and surfing filmmaker Walt Phillips and "The Godfather of Surfphotography" LeRoy Grannis in 1962, SI ceased publication in 1967. SI's editorial board reads like a Who's Who of North Shore surfing: Along with Phillips and Grannis there was designer and record album and poster illustrator John Van Hamersveld, Australian surfer and photographer Barbara Walton, Dr. Don James ("The Premier Photographer of Surfing") and surfing legend Lee Peterson. James' photos were especially notable for having been taken in the 1930's, when the sport was in its infancy in California. Tom Davies at Malibu cover photo. Includes numerous additional photos of pioneer surfers. Of special note is a large two-panel fold-out photo of Jose Angel surfing at Waimea Bay, also taken by James. See attached image for article… Read More

International Graphoanalysis Society, 1980-84. Study Guides. Very Good. Monthly graphoanalysis study guides and model answers issued by the Instruction Department of the International Graphoanalysis Society between October 1980 and December 1984. No issues published in July and August. Each issue includes a Study Guide for the graphoanalysis of handwriting specimens and a Model Answer for a specimen from a previous issue. Bess and Harry Truman are the study specimens for the December 1982 issue. The Trumans' Model Answer graphoanalysis is included in the February 1983 issue. Each issue is a minimum of 6 pp. depending on topic. One Graphoanalysis Worksheet included. 36 issues bound in a dark blue 3-hole binder. Excellent resource for the graphoanalysis student, teacher or collector. Tight, clean copies with light shelf wear. Occasional pencil markings by owner. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed for Bernard Davis, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Collectible first edition, first - and only - printing of noted Edgar Leeteg art dealer and agent Bernard Davis' Leeteg of Tahiti. "First edition 1969" so stated on copyright page. Davis partnered for many years with Leeteg in marketing many of his velvet paintings, over 1700 at the time of Leeteg's death, and becoming, along with Leeteg, wealthy during the Tiki craze of the 1940's - 1960's. Called the "Remington of the Seas" by James Michener, the American Gaugin by Bernard Davis, and the Father of Modern Velvet Painting, Leeteg stands head and shoulders above almost every competing velvet painter, past and present, his Polynesian themes with beautiful, Tahitian women and, less so, warriors masterfully accomplished. Values of Leeteg's paintings, though selling for many thousands in his lifetime, dropped in value from the 1970's until recently, but now enjoy a resurgence that has put them out… Read More

Stewart and Company, 1911. Hardcover. Good. Collectible first edition, first printing of New York historian and noted suffragette Cornelia Frances Bedell's compilation of 15 sea creature verses color-illustrated by muralist Artno Wilbur Parsons. Bound in dark-green cloth with title-page illustration mounted to front panel. Printed on heavy stock. Of special note is a Parson's illustration featuring a helmet diver. Scarce. No other copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. Only several copies showing in WorldCat library database. 47 pp. 9 1/4" x 7 1/4". Tight copy with several bumped extremities, light soiling to front panel illustration and ca. 1917 Christmas gift inscription to front free endpaper. Internal illustrations bright and vivid. Lightly age-toned leaves. A presentable copy of an early, devilishly scarce and beautiful children's book. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed, 1976. Softcover. Good. Detailed history of Shackelford County, Texas - a West Texas ranching community. Includes histories of businesses, churches, ranches, schools, many family histories and much more. Illustrated with historical photographs. Rare. No copies in WorldCat database and no copies listed in commerce at the time of this posting. 72 pp. 11 1/4" x 9". Tight, unmarked copy with moderate shelf wear and rubbing. Small oil stain to back panel. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Walt Phillips Productions, 1962. Softcover. Very Good. Premier issue of Walt Phillips' Surfing Illustrated, The Magazine for Serious Surfers. Founded by noted surfer and surfing filmmaker Walt Phillips and "The Godfather of Surfphotography" LeRoy Grannis in 1962, SI ceased publication in 1967. SI's editorial board reads like a Who's Who of North Shore surfing: Along with Phillips and Grannis there was designer and record album and poster illustrator John Van Hamersveld, Australian surfer and photographer Barbara Walton, Dr. Don James ("The Premier Photographer of Surfing") and surfing legend Lee Peterson. James' photos were especially notable for having been taken in the 1930's, when the sport was in its infancy in California. Tom Davies at Malibu cover photo. Includes numerous additional photos of pioneer surfers. Of special note is a large two-panel fold-out photo of Jose Angel surfing at Waimea Bay, also taken by James. See attached image for article… Read More

International Graphoanalysis Society, 1980-84. Study Guides. Very Good. Monthly graphoanalysis study guides and model answers issued by the Instruction Department of the International Graphoanalysis Society between October 1980 and December 1984. No issues published in July and August. Each issue includes a Study Guide for the graphoanalysis of handwriting specimens and a Model Answer for a specimen from a previous issue. Bess and Harry Truman are the study specimens for the December 1982 issue. The Trumans' Model Answer graphoanalysis is included in the February 1983 issue. Each issue is a minimum of 6 pp. depending on topic. One Graphoanalysis Worksheet included. 36 issues bound in a dark blue 3-hole binder. Excellent resource for the graphoanalysis student, teacher or collector. Tight, clean copies with light shelf wear. Occasional pencil markings by owner. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.

Privately Printed for Bernard Davis, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. Collectible first edition, first - and only - printing of noted Edgar Leeteg art dealer and agent Bernard Davis' Leeteg of Tahiti. "First edition 1969" so stated on copyright page. Davis partnered for many years with Leeteg in marketing many of his velvet paintings, over 1700 at the time of Leeteg's death, and becoming, along with Leeteg, wealthy during the Tiki craze of the 1940's - 1960's. Called the "Remington of the Seas" by James Michener, the American Gaugin by Bernard Davis, and the Father of Modern Velvet Painting, Leeteg stands head and shoulders above almost every competing velvet painter, past and present, his Polynesian themes with beautiful, Tahitian women and, less so, warriors masterfully accomplished. Values of Leeteg's paintings, though selling for many thousands in his lifetime, dropped in value from the 1970's until recently, but now enjoy a resurgence that has put them out… Read More