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Barre, Massachusetts: Barre Publishers, 1968 First edition. Introduction by Aldous Huxley. xv, 60pp. Illustrated throughout, primarily from Catherwood's drawings; bibliography. Decorated cloth stamped in silver and black. A very fine copy with spine-darkened dust jacket. Catherwood is best known for his magnificent lithographs of Mayan ruins, the drawings of which were made on four expeditions with John Lloyd Stephens in the 1840's. This work gives an account of Catherwood's life, travels and work among the ruins of the ancient world in Egypt, the Middle East, North Africa and Central America..

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1954 Limited to 400 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Pp. [4], xii, 16, [1]. Sixteen page facsimile of the original Reglamento in rear pocket. Printed in blue, red & black. Red decorated cloth. Spine faded, else a very fine copy. A facsimile printing of the extremely rare Zamorano printing of the Provisional rules for the government of California, along with a note on the printing by George L. Harding and a historical note by George P. Hammond..

San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1961 First edition. One of 1000 copies privately printed for Edward T. Haas by the Grabhorn Press. Foreword by Edward T. Haas. Quarto. x, 72pp. plus 12 leaves of photographs. Printed letterpress, handset type, in red and black. Brown and white decorated boards, reddish-brown cloth spine, printed paper spine label. A very fine copy. This lovely printing production tells the story of this prominent and wealthy old San Francisco family, detailing the history of the family and the rise of the Haas companies and their many construction accomplishments. The 12 leaves of photographs consists of 40 photographs showing Haas and Thompson family portraits, early construction projects of Edward F. Haas and Associates, and examples of construction projects of other E. T. Haas construction companies. The construction projects read like a what's what of Bay Area buildings and other projects including dredging at Hunter's Point, the U.S. Navy Graduate School in Monterey, St.… Read More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932 First edition. xiv, [2], 194pp. 4 color plates, numerous photographic illustrations, line drawings, endpaper map. Glossary of terms, pronouncing vocabulary, index. Brown pictorial cloth stamped in gilt. Spine and upper edge of rear cover with the slightest of fading. A fine copy. A good work on the cactus plant life of the Southwestern desert region. The authors treat all the most important groups of Cacti with scientific accuracy. Includes readable discussion of each cactus giving description, specific region grown, colors, how to identify, how to grow, etc. The author was Professor of Botany at the University of Arizona. [Edwards, Enduring Desert: p.276].n.

Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1954 First editions, published between 1954 and 1961. 15 volumes, complete. Eleven of the volumes are SIGNED on the front free ends by the author. Portraits, maps (some folding and in color), plates, facsimiles. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt. A very and bright fine set. First editions of this major series, the purpose of which was to present a selection of the more important unpublished contemporary diaries, journals, letters, and documents of those explorers, fur traders, overland travelers, gold seekers, settlers and military men who penetrated the area of the Rockies during the fifty year period between 1820 and 1875. The individual volumes include "Journals of Forty-Niners, Salt Lake to Los Angeles," Rufus B. Sage's "Scenes in the Rocky Mountains," Captain John R. Bell's "Journal of His Tour to the Rockies in 1820," Heap's "Central Route to the Pacific," William Henry Jackson's "Diaries,"… Read More

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1991 Limited first edition, signed by the author. Published by the Franklin Library exclusively for subscribers of "The Signed First Edition Society." Bound in lavender leather, lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. THE BOOK WAS MISTAKENLY BOUND WITH THE COVER UPSIDE DOWN. Otherwise, a very fine, as new copy. An extremely handsome edition of this modern classic..

New York: The Heritage Press, 1941 Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. Illustrated with wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. Maroon cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. Spine faded and just a bit cocked, else a fine copy in slipcase. Damp stain to bottom of slipcase. Sandglass pamphlet laid in.. Illus. by Eichenberg, Fritz.

Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House, 1926 First edition. 12mo. A fine copy in wrappers. A competent bibliography of writings on Arizona history. 21A.

New York: Published by the Author, 1858 First edition. Small octavo. Pp. 215, [1, ads). A few woodcut diagrams of distilling apparatus. Index. Publisher's gray-green embossed cloth, lettered in gilt on front cover. Light foxing throughout, head of spine slightly frayed, small spot to lower front cover. A very good, complete copy. "The author, a 'practical chemist' from New York, provides information on a variety of alcoholic beverages" (Gabler). [Gabler, Wine into Words: G20130, p.132]..

Altadena: Mythos Press, 1997 First edition. Foreword by Kevin Starr. Small octavo. xii, 122pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs, facsimiles, maps, etc. Appendix, bibliography, index. Stiff pictorial wrappers. A very fine copy, as new. The only scholarly history of this early mining settlement in Amador County. Covers every aspect of the town's history including how it got its name, the town's Chinese history, crime and justice, its viticultural renaissance, etc. The appendix includes a list of the town's earliest inhabitants. The author heads the research section of the Pasadena Public Library..

New York: The Heritage Press, 1969 Introduction by Hanson W. Baldwin. Illustrations by Joseph Domjan. Red cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. Minor fading to spine, else a very fine copy in slipcase. Sandglass pamphlet laid in.. Illus. by Domjan, Joseph.

Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, 1959 First edition. 284 [2]pp. Photographs, illustrations; appendices, index. Original dark red blindstamped cloth. A fine copy. "Craig expertly lays down the evidence so that the reader may judge the preacher-turned-soldier who was the hero of the Battle of Glorieta Pass, but later led the infamous Sand Creek Massacre. The volume is well-researched and annotated" (Miller). [Miller: p.60 & 77]..

Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1990 First edition. Edited by Lawrence I. Berkove. xxiv, 257pp. Portrait, photographs. Bibliography. Red cloth. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Stories and essays of this nationally recognized author and journalist, best known for his writings on Nevada's Comstock Lode..

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1929 First edition. One of 400 copies printed for The Book Club of California by San Francisco printers, Johnck & Seeger. Signed by the author. Additionally, this copy is labeled Number "4, Printer's Copy." The front blank flyleaf bears a presentation inscription, signed by the printer, "To my dear friend Paula Norton - this fragment from my hands. John J. Johnck." Pp. [8], iii-vi, 8, [3]. Opening initials in blue. Vellum-backed blue boards, gilt lettered cover. Slight fading to edges of front cover, vellum spine a bit darkened, else a fine copy. This short piece was intended to form an introductory chapter to Browne's biography of the poet Heine, but was omitted from that book. [Barr, Presses of Northern California: p.59; Magee, The Hundredth Book: 33]..

San Francisco, 1914 Original Sepia-Toned Photograph. Approx. 20 x 9.25 inches. Titled and dated in ink at lower left of image. Beautifully matted and framed. Slight fading, but an exquisite copy. A possibly unique image of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts just before completion. This wonderful building was designed in the romantic style of Hellenism by Bernard Maybeck for the Panama Pacific International Exposition (1915). The Palace is the only building of the Exposition retained on the site. It began to go to pieces but was reconstructed with permanent materials in the 1960's. Very recently (c.2010), the Palace building and the grounds, lagoon, etc. were given a complete makeover. This very early image is titled and dated in ink, "Fine Arts Building / G. D. Hannah - Contractor / Dec., 1914." It shows the Palace with scaffolding, almost completed for the opening of the Exposition. The Exposition was held from Feb. 4 to Dec. 4, 1915. This image could have been part of a… Read More

San Francisco: printed for Carroll T. Harris, 1961 First edition. One of 200 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Quarto. 36pp. Printed in red and black. Handset type on English handmade paper. Blue and green decorated boards, natural linen back, paper spine label. Front endpapers with slight offsetting and just a bit of spotting, else a very fine copy. Short historical/biographical sketches of various Bay Area private presses and private press people, with their printing devices printed in red. Includes The Allen Press, The Nova Press, The Archetype Press, Mallette Dean, The Peregrine Press, Herbert and Peter Fahey, Helen Gentry, The Grabhorn Press, The Colt and Jumbo Presses, Johnck and Seeger, The Windsor Press, and many others. David Magee has selected a few representative titles for each press discussed. [Grabhorn: 622]..

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1971 First edition. SIGNED and inscribed by co-author Robert Blumberg. Octavo. 311pp. Index. Black & white cartoon illustrations. Tan cloth lettered in red an blue. Previous owner's name on endpaper, else a fine copy in chipped pictorial dust jacket. The first comprehensive and unauthorized book on California wines, with descriptions and evaluations of more than 400 wines and an analysis of more han 40 wineries.. Illus. by Armstrong, Beverly.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1984 Limited first edition, signed by the author. Published by the Franklin Library exclusively for subscribers of "The Signed First Edition Society." Bound in green leather, lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. A very fine, as new copy. An extremely handsome edition of this modern classic..

London: Charles and Edwin Layton, 1927 First edition. ix, [3], 85pp. 42 photographic illustrations, appendices, index. Errata tipped-in. Dark blue cloth. Spine a bit faded, small spot to cover. A fine copy. Quite scarce. One of the few early substantial publications on the origin and history of the old metal fire insurance badges, or signs, typically referred to as Fire Marks. The author also covers the fire insurance office private brigades and salvage works. The appendices include firemen's uniforms, rules and regulations for firemen and a table of British fire marks. Many different fire marks are shown..

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1987 First edition. One of 1200 copies designed and printed at the Arion Press under the direction of Andrew Hoyem. 54pp. Title within decorative color border, numerous illustrations (some in color), color photographs of the Club rooms. Cloth-backed boards decorated and lettered in gold. A very fine copy. Includes a complete roster of officers of the club as well as a checklist of books published from 1914 through the fall of 1987, updated from The Hundredth Book..