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by Theroux, Paul

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Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1986 Limited first edition, signed by the author. Published by the Franklin Library exclusively for subscribers of "The Signed First Edition Society." Bound in gray leather, lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. A very fine, as new copy. An extremely handsome edition of this modern classic..
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Observations on the Thunder Dance of the Bear Gens of the Fox Indians. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Amercian Ethnology Bulletin 89

by Michelson, Truman

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Washington: Government Printing Office, 1929 First edition. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of Amercian Ethnology Bulletin 89. Octavo. 73pp. Index. Original olive green cloth, with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt a bit rubbed, else a fine copy. .
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Occidental Sketches

by Truman, Benjamin C.

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San Francisco: San Francisco News Company, 1881 First edition. Contemporary owner's dated signature on endpaper: "Homer S. King, 1881." Pp. 212, [4], [12, ads]. Blind and gilt-stamped red cloth. Minor extremity rubbing. A fine copy. Twelve sketches based on the author's experiences in California, Nevada and Alaska, including his two best known pieces, Divorced on the Desert and The Wickenburg Massacre. Also includes information on the capture and hanging of Vasquez. "Major Truman was a widely respected Pacific coast journalist, and this book is said to have been published under the patronage of Charles Crocker. Truman was editor of the Los Angeles Star in the 1870's" (Baird & Greenwood). [Baird & Greenwood, California Fiction: 2440; Cowan: p. 645; Graff: 4201; Howes: I: T-365; Howes II: T-370; Six-Guns: 2247]..
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Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post

by Rainey, Thomas

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New Haven: Eastern Press, Inc., 1977 Reprint. Illustrated with several statistical charts. A fine copy in wrappers. A treatise on the effect of the steam engine on postal travel..
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Ocean to Ocean. Sandford Fleming's Expedition through Canada in 1872.

by Grant, Rev. George M.

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Toronto: The Radisson Society of Canada, 1925 Revised and best edition combining the first two editions of 1875 and 1879. xxi, 412pp. Illustrations, bibliography. Original dark green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. A fine copy in slightly faded amd chipped decorated dust jacket. As a young Presbyterian minister from Halifax, Grant joined Sir Sandford Fleming on an historic expedition commissioned by the Canadian government to coordinate the work of survey parties for the Canadian Pacific Railway, check the best pass through the Rockies, and confirm the railway line across the prairies. The Expedition crossed the Rocky Mountains by the Yellow Head Pass, journeyed along the north Thompson River to Kamloops, and from there to Yale and the Pacific. This work is a record of the everyday travels and adventures of the survey party as they journeyed across the Continent. Ultimately, Fleming's proposed route through the Rockies was not used..
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Ode to the Pleasure Arising from Vicissitude. Left Unfinished By Mr. Gray, and Since Completed.

by Gray, Thomas

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San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1933 2 volumes. Quarto. The second volume is a facsimile of the original pamphlet. One of 200 copies printed by John Henry Nash on handmade Van Gelder Zonen paper. Introduction by Leonard Whibley. Frontis portrait of Gray from an original drawing by Thomas Rowlandson. Three-quarter vellum and gray boards, spines gilt-lettered. Bookplate. Complimentary slip tipped-in. A very fine set with matching half vellum folding chemise and slipcase (slipcase slightly soiled and worn).. Illus. by Rowlandson, Thomas.
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Oedipus the King

by Sophocles

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Norwalk, Connecticut: The Heritage Press Printed in both the original Greek text and English verse, translated by Francis Storr. Introduction by Thornton Wilder. Illustrated with wood engravings by Demetrios Galanis. Maroon cloth, lettered in gilt. A fine copy in slipcase. Slipcase faded. Sandglass pamphlet laid in.. Illus. by Galanis, Demetrios.
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Of Walking Beams and Paddle Wheels. A Chronicle of San Francisco Bay Ferryboats

by Harlan, George H. and Clement Fisher, Jr.

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San Francisco: Bay Books Limited, 1951 First edition. SIGNED by George H. Harlan. xv, 157 [5]pp. Frontispiece, illustrated throughout from photographs; map. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket (minor chip to head of jacket spine). History of the ferryboats of San Francisco Bay, profusely illustrated from photographs (mostly of the various vessels) and detailed line drawings. Includes a roster which lists the name, hull type, dimensions, engine type and building data of each ferry..
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Official Guide Book - 1940. Revised Edition. Golden Gate International Exposition on San Francisco Bay (cover title)

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San Francisco: San Francisco Bay Exposition, 1940 Small octavo. 8x5½ inches. 96pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs (some in color) ads, etc. Large folding color "cartograph," 16x19½ inches. Index. Slighter stiffer pictorial wrappers printed in color; gray cloth spine. Interior leaves toned. A very good copy with the original folding cartograph in fine condition. First Revised edition. Scarce with the folding map intact. The official guide book for the Treasure Island exposition. How to get there, what to see, services and rest rooms, food and refreshments, courts and gardens, outdoor art, etc. Printed with an Art Deco style cover, this guide includes the large folding color oblique bird's-eye-view "cartograph" by Ruth Taylor showing the entire island and all the buildings and exhibits (keyed by number or letter), with a portion of San Francisco in the foreground and the East Bay in the background. The verso of the cartograph shows detailed sections of the… Read More
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Oil, Land and Politics. The California Career of Thomas Robert Bard.

by Hutchinson, W.H.

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965 2 volumes. First edition. Presentation inscription, signed by the author in volume I. Also signed by the author in volume II. 349, 394pp. Numerous illustrations from photographs. Maps, bibliography, Index. Gray cloth printed in black and gold. A very fine set in slipcase. Detailed account of the life of one of the giants of West Coast business and politics. Bard was a U.S. Senator, brought in California's first gusher, and was the first president of Union Oil Co..
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Oil, Land and Politics. The California Career of Thomas Robert Bard.

by Hutchinson, W.H.

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965 2 volumes. First edition. 349, 394pp. Numerous illustrations from photographs. Maps, bibliography, Index. Gray cloth printed in black and gold. A very fine set in slipcase. Detailed account of the life of one of the giants of West Coast business and politics. Bard was a U.S. Senator, brought in California's first gusher, and was the first president of Union Oil Co..
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Oklahoma Imprints, 1835-1907: A History of Printing in Oklahoma Before Statehood

by Foreman, Carolyn Thomas

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Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1936 First edition. Pp. xxiv, [2], 499. Illustrated with 27 facsimiles, maps, portraits (some folding). Bibliography, index. Decorated black cloth, paper spine label. A very fine and bright copy with price-clipped pictorial dust jacket. The standard bibliography on the subject which Includes books, newspapers, magazines and government documents..
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Old Books in the Old World. Reminiscences of Book Buying Abroad.

by Rostenberg, Leona and Madeleine B. Stern

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New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 1996 First trade edition. Illustrated; index. A very fine copy in brown cloth with pictorial dust jacket..
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The Old Derby China Factory: The Workmen and Their Productions

by Haslem, John

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London: George Bell and Sons, 1876 First edition. xvi, 255pp. Illustrated with one plain and 11 chromolithograph plates. Index. Maroon cloth gilt. Corners show light wear, expertly recased, endpapers renewed. A very good, tight and internally clean copy. The definitive work on the subject. It contains biographical sketches of the chief artist workmen, the various marks used, facsimiles, the original price list of more than 400 figures, etc. A complete and scholarly monograph. "This definitive work was so patiently and so carefully prepared that, when ready for the press, nothing more was wanted to make it a complete and perfect monograph. The anecdotal portion, which he (Haslem) alone could have written is particularly interesting". [Solon: p.197]..
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Old English Porcelain. The Lady Ludlow Collection.

by Hayden, Arthur

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London: John Murray, 1932 First edition. Limited to 100 numbered copies signed by Alice Ludlow. Introduction by W. L. Perkins. Thick folio. 28, 192pp. 91 hand-printed photogravures, 41 tipped-on color plates. Printed throughout in light blue and black, hand-set type. Beautifully bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in three-quarter turquoise blue levant morocco, light blue cloth boards with gilt emblem on front cover and spine; gilt-lettered spine with raised bands, top edges gilt. A very fine copy. Not only a very handsome production, this collection is of great importance because of its comprehensiveness. Its 300 examples embrace a number of the finest artistic results of the leading factories together with carefully selected specimens of some of the minor enterprises. No fewer than eighteen factories are included, and illustrations are provided of the various types of porcelain which each factory produced. Each section dealt with in this volume is prefaced by an historical and descriptive account and… Read More
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Old French Title Pages. Being a Chapter from Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang

by Lang, Andrew

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San Francisco: Printed for the American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1924 Of a total edition of 725 copies. 24mo. [ii, 22]pp. Illustrated with 6 reproductions of old title pages. Title printed in red and black; eleven initials hand-colored in red, blue and gold. Two reproductions in red & black. Handset Gothique Ancienne type. Original brown boards, parchment spine lettered in gilt. A very fine copy. This is one of an unknown number printed for the American Institute of Graphic Arts by the Grabhorn Press. The remaining copies were printed for The Book Club of California. Original announcement to members of the AIGA laid in. [Grabhorn: 64]..
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Old Goriot

by Balzac, Honore de

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New York: Heritage Press Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage, introduction by Francois Mauriac, color illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan. Spine slightly faded, else a fine copy in slipcase. . Illus. by Sussan, Rene Ben.
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The Old Missions Churches and Historic Houses of California; Their History, Architecture, Art and Lore

by Newcomb, Rexford

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Philadelphia and London: Lippincott, 1925 First edition. Quarto. xvii, [1], 379pp. Profusely illustrated with a color frontispiece, photographic illustrations and line drawings. Navy blue cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. A superior copy, very fine and bright with printed dust jacket. A classic work on the subject. Perhaps the most comprehensive and scholarly work on the architecture of California's Spanish period, with more than 240 photographs, line drawings, plans, etc. Newcomb was a professor of the history of architecture at the University of Illinois and spent many years researching this book..
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Old Sheffield Plate

by Robertson, R. A.

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London: Ernest Benn Limited, 1957 Small octavo. 190pp. Index. Numerous black & white photographs throughout. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Minor wear to spine ends, else a fine copy in worn and faded dust jacket. Describes the method of silver plating discoveres by Thomas Boulsover in 1743, and how the technique was perfected over a period of 100 years, and Sheffield plate became a standard for fine silverwork throughout the world. .
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Old Silver for Modern Settings

by Wenham, Edward

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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1951 Octavo. 199pp. Bibliography, index. Numerous illustrations throughout. Red sloth with gilt lettering on spine. Minor general shelfwear, else a near fine copy in worn pictorial dust jacket. .
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