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ARTHUR RACKHAM
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ARTHUR RACKHAM: A Bibliography

by Latimore, Sarah Briggs and Grace Clark Haskell

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Octavo (9 1/2 X 6 1/4 inches) Los Angeles: Suttonhouse, 1936. First Edition. Slipcased. 111 pages, colored frontis from Rackham's illustration for "Imagina," black and white photo portrait of Rackham, index, black and white illustrations from Arthur Rackham's first book and advertisements, printed by The Ward Ritchie Press, limited edition of 550 copies (of which 500 numbered copies are for sale), very good condition, patterned paper boards in matching slip case with minor fading near the spine, not affecting contents

A useful reference for a well-known illustrator, and reflecting the fine press work of a distinguished Southern California printer.
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CALIFORNIA'S PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS 1849-1869
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CALIFORNIA'S PICTORIAL LETTER SHEETS 1849-1869

by Baird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr.

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Large quarto (14 X 10 1/2 inches) San Francisco: David Magee, 1967. One of 475 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem. 171 pages printed on heavy wove paper, quarter bound brick red leather with title in gilt on the spine, patterned paper over boards, hardcover - very good condition (minor scuffing at head and tale of spine from shelf wear, not affecting contents).

Illustrated with 60 plates - full size reproductions showing examples of California Gold Rush letter sheets - one facsimile is in a pocket at the rear of the book. Also included: a selective bibliography; an index of artists, engravers, lithographers, and publishers; and a subject and title index.

A checklist and census of artists and printers who produced "... thousands of vivid pictorial records on sheets of writing paper, (that) remain the major surviving visual account of California of that era....," both during and after the California Gold Rush.

"A . . . curious blend of local enthusiasm and topical recording ...… Read More
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A CHRONICLE OF LONDON From 1089 to 1483
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A CHRONICLE OF LONDON From 1089 to 1483: Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed From MSS. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM: To Which Are Added Numerous Contemporary Illustrations Consisting of Royal Letters, Poems, and Other Articles Descriptive of Public Events, or of The Manners

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Quarto (12 1/4 by 10 inches) London: Printed For Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row; and Henry Butterworth, No. 7, Fleet Street, 1827. Early facsimile. 274 pages, half leather binding, marbled boards, matching marbled end papers, tooled spine, title and date in gilt on spine, five raised bands, leather corners, good condition, modest shelf wear, bookplate of previous owner on front paste down, limited to 250 copies.

The "illustrations" reprint the documents, poems, and letters referred to in the text from Middle English to Modern English; with brief commentary, and historical perspective.
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A COMMONPLACE BOOK OF COOKERY
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A COMMONPLACE BOOK OF COOKERY: A Collection of Proverbs, Anecdotes, Opinions and Obscure Facts on Food, Drink, Cooks, Cooking, Dining, Diners & Dieters, dating from ancient times to the present

by GRABHORN, Robert (Compiler) Preface by M. F. K. Fisher

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Small Quarto (9 1/2 X 6 inches) San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1975. First Edition. 175 pages, printed in three colors on English Inveresk cream mould-made paper, vignettes from wood engravings in "Ecole des Cuisinieres, Paris, c. 1870," 425 copies, quarter blue cloth with paper label, patterned paper over boards, very good condition (almost imperceptible minor age toning to one edge of front cover and label, not affecting contents.)

"Intellectual infection..." A stimulating sampling of food related aphorisms from many sources collected over many years by a well known San Francisco fine press printer and bon vivant; in a beautiful edition.
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LINCOLN'S RELIGION
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LINCOLN'S RELIGION: The text of Addresses delivered by William H. Herndon and Rev. James A. Reed and a Letter by C. F. B.

by McMurtrie, Douglas C. ("Edited, with an Introductory Note, by ... ")

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Small octavo (7 3/4 X 5 1/2 inches) Chicago: The Black Cat Press, 1936. First Edition 98 pages, one of 140 copies printed, original hardcover, cloth in very good condition.

"There is probably no aspect of Abraham Lincoln's life over which so much ink has been spilled as his religious belief."

Herndon was Lincoln's former law partner. His remarks, taken from a lecture, first appeared in print in a very rare broadside, and then in another rarity published in 1915, before appearing in this book.
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Nippon Hand Weaves in Kusakizome Dyes
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Nippon Hand Weaves in "Kusakizome" Dyes: Handbook of Japanese Weaves in Natural Plant Dyes

by Yamazaki, Akira

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Small quarto (11 1/2 X 8 inches) Japan: Getumeikai, 1959. First Edition. (5) 59 + (6) pages printed in Japanese and English on hand made Japanese vellum, with 26 individual fabric samples (25 are tipped in, the 26th sample is the cover material for the hardcover binding), plus a wood block print illustrating a woman in Japanese wardrobe working at a hand loom. Number 180 of a limited edition of 200. Housed in an ink blue stiff folder with bone ties. At the bottom of each page is a description of the sample, its pattern, its weave, and its dye; in addition to a small woodblock illustration of the plant from which the fabric is derived. Very good condition.

"In selecting the sample fabrics for this little collection, I renewed afresh my pledge, which I hope is not merely a nostalgia for lost things, but a positive creation of the 'new' through a dedicated study of the old."
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STORY OF THE SPANISH MISSIONS OF THE MIDDLE SOUTHWEST
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STORY OF THE SPANISH MISSIONS OF THE MIDDLE SOUTHWEST: Being a Complete Survey of the Missions founded by Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino in the Seventeenth Century and later enlarged and beautified by the Franciscan Fathers during the last part of the Eighteenth Century

by Lockwood, Frank C.

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Small quarto (9 3/4 X 6 1/2 inches) Santa Ana, California: The Fine Arts Press, 1934. First Edition. [i-xvi], i-vi, 1-[80] pages, 30 plates on 16 leaves, double map, index, one of 500 copies, hardcover, dark brown cloth with a quarter bound beige cloth spine, title stamped in gold on the backstrip, top and bottom edges trimmed, fore edges untrimmed.

According to "Thomas E. Williams & The Fine Arts Press" by Richard D. Curtiss, "The advance notice for this book indicates 500 copies printed, whereas a print out by the publisher indicates only 400 copies printed. The former is believed to be the correct number of copies printed."

Very good condition (small, discreet inked name of a previous owner on front fly leaf; covers and spine slightly aged toned, some pages uncut.)

An exploration of the Southwest missions established by Padre Kino, presented in a fine press edition. "In this book it is my purpose to direct the traveler to every location where Kino erected a church."
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The Whipple Report
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The Whipple Report: Journal of an expedition from San Diego, California to the Rio Colorado, from Sept. 11 to Dec. 11, 1849

by Whipple, A. W., Lieutenant United States Topographical Engineers

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Small octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches) Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1961. An Edition of 900 copies only of which 800 copies are for sale. Brick red cloth boards with embossed device of a covered wagon on the front cover. 100 pages illustrated with black and white historic photographs, index, Indian vocabulary, bibliography. Very good condition (previous owner's neat inscription and date on first fly leaf).

At the time of the California Gold Rush, shortly after the end of the Mexican War, in September 1849, Whipple and the man assigned to guard him, Cave Couts, were assigned to survey the new international boundary line in the vicinity of the Gila and Colorado rivers; as required by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

According to E. I. Edwards, who wrote the introduction, notes, and bibliography: "Of all the early accounts written by the emigrants of the gold trail who crossed our Southern California desert, none can claim quite the same degree of distinction that attaches to the Whipple Report .... "
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