Search Results: Authors starting with K from Hardy Books

Boston: G. K. Hall & Co, 1990. First Edition. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xi) 278 pp. SIGNED in ink by James Karman on the title page. Frontispiece portrait of Jeffers from his Time magazine cover. Cloth-backed cloth. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Inroduction by James Karman. A collection of critical essays on each of Jeffers' books of poetry and his play, Medea. Authors include James Rorty, Mark Van Doren, Louis Untermeyer, Louise Bogan, Lawrence Clark Powell, Delmore Schwartz, Kenneth Rexroth, Brooks Atkinson and many more. A Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

Hollywood: Warner Brothers, 1937. First Edition. Very Good Plus/4-mil clear mylar envelope. This is an ORIGINAL movie still photograph for the movie "READY, WILLING AND ABLE", the 1937 Warner Brothers musical starring Ruby Keeler, Lee Dixon, Ross Alexander, Allen Jenkins and Louise Fazenda. Music and lyrics by Johnny Mercer and Richard Whiting. Directed by Ray Enright. 8" x 10". Black and White. Glossy finish. Movie caption at lower border. The photograph shows Ruby Keeler in tap shoes and a stylized sailor suit, kneeling in the foreground. Behind her are 35 chorus girls in tap shoes, and an orchestra behind them. "Dancing on a Typewriter" ("Too Marvelous For Words") with Keeler and Dixon can be seen today on YouTube. Tragically, co-star Ross Alexander took his own life before the picture was released. This photograph is without pinholes; slightly rubbed from handling, Closed tear with white tape repair on verso, but Very Good Plus or better, and now in a clear 4 mil mylar protective envelope. FREE… Read More

Oakland: Biobooks, 1955. First Thus. Cloth. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (x) 44 (4) pp. Edition limited to 500 un-nimbered copies. "First California Edition", printed by Times-Star Press, Alameda, California. California Relations Series, 39. Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan. After the rare 1851 edition in the Huntington Library. Brown cloth; gilt front cover titling. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Author Keller was physician to the Wayne County (Ohio) Company. The Company left St. Louis on April 10, 1850, and entered California, via Lassen's Cutoff. Wagner-Camp 199. Cowan pg. 323. Kurutz 367b. A Near Fine copy (A bit rubbed; minor edgewear), now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1938. First Thus. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Near Fine. (xx), 1, 21, 1 pages. First Edition Thus. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Gilt spine-titling. 5 1/4" x 8". Slipcase. Limited to 350 copies printed by The University of California Press. Per the Introduction, "'The Helmet of Mambrino' well supports the claim of (Clarence) King's friends that his casual conversation often equalled the best literature of his day, for this letter to a friend was undoubtedly produced spontaneously without thought of publication." A beautifully produced small book. Neat pictorial bookplate at front pastedown; small bookseller's stamp removal scar to rear pastedown, but a Near Fine copy in a Very Good Plus (slight abrasions at opening ends) slipcase. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1938. First Thus. (xx), 1, 21, 1 pages. First Edition Thus. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Gilt spine-titling. 5 1/4" x 8". Slipcase. Limited to 350 copies printed by The University of California Press. Per the Introduction, "'The Helmet of Mambrino' well supports the claim of (Clarence) King's friends that his casual conversation often equalled the best literature of his day, for this letter to a friend was undoubtedly produced spontaneously without thought of publication." A beautifully produced small book. An As New copy in a Fine slipcase. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1938. First Thus. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Near Fine. (xx), 1, 21, 1 pages. First Edition Thus. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Vellum-backed marbled boards. Gilt spine-titling. 5 1/4" x 8". Slipcase. Prospectus laid in. Limited to 350 copies printed by The University of California Press. Per the Introduction, "'The Helmet of Mambrino' well supports the claim of (Clarence) King's friends that his casual conversation often equalled the best literature of his day, for this letter to a friend was undoubtedly produced spontaneously without thought of publication." A beautifully produced small book. An As New copy in a Fine slipcase. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of books via media mail to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2009. First Edition. Cloth-backed cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xv) (1) 324 (3) pp. 208 illustrations, some in color. Color illustrated endpapers. One of 500 un-numbered copies designed and printed by Castle Press of Pasadena. Black cloth backed green cloth. Silver spite titling; paper titling on front cover. Large quarto. Appendices. Location abbreviations. Endnotes. References consulted. Index. Containing both a biography and bibliography of James Mason Hutchings. A tireless promoter of Yosemite from his first visit in 1855, Hutchings ran one of the first hotels in the Valley and was a prolific advocate, author and publisher of all things Yosemite. A beautifully produced book and a cornerstone of any Yosemite collection. A Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United Sates address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Clear Mylar (Custom). 771 pages. SIGNED and dated in ink by author Gary Kurutz on the half-title. Illustrated. One of 1000 un-numbered copies. Original blue cloth with gilt cover vignette. 7 1/4" x10 3/4". Location symbols. List of references consulted. Index. Introduction by J. S. Holliday. The definitive masterwork bibliography of the California Gold Rush. No collection of Western Americana is complete without it. Zamorano Select #57. A very fine copy, with plain paper jacket, custom spine titling, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books via media mail to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. (vi) 89 (1) pp. SIGNED in ink by author Gary F. Kurutz on the title page. Prospectus laid in. Edition limited to 600 un-numbered copies. Printed at The Grace Hoper Press. Frontispiece portrait of Benjamin Truman and his family from a photograph in the Los Angeles Public Library. Truman writings checklist. Green cloth. Plain paper mailing jacket present with custom spine title label. 9 1/6" x 6 1/6". The first of The Book Club of California's Literary Profiles series. This book "...highlights the checkered career of one of California's most articulate and prolific promoters." Truman was the author of Semi-Tropical California and Homes and Happiness in the Golden State. Author Kurutz was the California State Library Special Collections Librarian and wrote The California Gold Rush descriptive bibliography. BCC 176. A Fine copy in a Near Fine (somewhat soiled) plain paper dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective… Read More