Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8vo. Brown textured cloth, gilt spine titles. Illustrated with photographs, folding tables and frontispiece maps. Trace of wear, small tear on spine of volume 2, else a very good set. More
Britsol: Printed and Sold by Felix Farley in Small-Street, et al. 1753. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. except for the Prefaces, unpaginated. Contemporary full leather, old reback, black leather lettering label, gilt. Final advertising leaf present. Light wear to the hinges and edges and occasional soiling to the pages, but a...... More
(Harrisburg): Clarence M. Bush, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Large 8vo. COntemporary half leather, marbles paper boards. Rebacked in matching leather with guilt spine titles. Inner hinges repaired. Illustrated with color plates and maps. A very good set. Frontier forts of Pennsylvania; Indian forts of the Blue Mountains; Frontier..... More
n.p. various publishers, 1880's? Hardcover. Oblong folio. Leather spine and corners, violet cloth in a pebble grain boards. Nicely rebacked, boards faded, edges and corners worn. Still presentable. Guarded page within contain: 28 albumen photographs, and 2 collotype olates for a total of 30. They range in size from approximately..... More
Tokyo: Rokugokan, 1927-1935. Wraps. Four works in 9 volumes bound Japanese style in printed wraps and with paper labels housed in a protective folder with the title 故實要書 on a paper label. In very good condition. Each volume has a purple stamp of a local society on the upper cover..... More
London: Henry G Bohn, 1859. Hardcover. 10 volumes. 12mo. Illustrated with upwards of 40 engravings, many folding. Half red leather. Spines in 5 compartments, gilt titles and gilt tooling on the bands; marbled paper sides , endpapers and edges in a nonpareil pattern. Light rubbing and wear to the edges..... More
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. xxvii, (1), 211,(1)pp. Green cloth, gilt spine title and gilt rule and device on the upper board. Glossary, Index. Aside form some foxing on the top edge and fore-edge, a fine bright copy, without any underlining or notes so often..... More
London: Dean & Son, n.d. (1850's). Hardcover. 4to. Cloth spine, printed paper boards. Unpaginated, Eight full page hand-colored moveable plates telling the story of Red Riding Hood . All moveables are in good working order. Inner hinges have been neatly repaired, and a few rivets have been replaced; there is..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1941. Limited edition. Hardcover. Red-orange cloth spine, printed paper label, wood veneer sides. Trace of wear to the edges else a fine copy. One of 50 special numbered copies printed for Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc. With an original photograph by Henry Flannery as a frontispiece. This is..... More
Madrid: Viuda de Manuel Fernandez, 1757. First edition. Fine. Three volumes. Small 4tos. (24),240; (8),564; (8),436. First issue with p. II, 479 misnumbered 476. Contemporary vellum, yap edges, manuscript titles on the spines. Four folding copperplate maps: Vol. 1 contains the Mapa de la California, y su Costa Oriental Nuevamente..... More
Santa Fe: The Press at the Palace of the Governors, 2021. Limited edition. Wraps. Folio. Translated by Lynn Sures. Illustrated with Caruso's line drawings. Finely printed on a hand press by Tom Leech with Bembo type on paper he and Lynn Sures made in ITaly using watermarks replicating marks used..... More
Kyoto: Hanga In, 1964. Hardcover. 4to. Portfolio is 9.5 x 12 in. in a striped paper cover, with a color woodblock print mounted on upper board, dark brown silk ties. The story booklet is (6] pp. in printed wraps with photo illustrations and sewn with white silk braid... More
Cleveland: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1915-1925. First editions. Hardcover. Three volumes. 8vo. Red cloth, gilt spine titles, top edges gilt. 394, 403, 419pp. Indices; maps and plans included in the pagination. A near fine set showing only traces of wear. Ownership name in pencil on front free endpapers. An..... More
London: William Heinemann, 1896. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth blocked in red and black. Publisher's ads present in rear. Frontispiece illustration and tissue guard, which has lightly offset to the the title page. Cloth somewhat rubbed and soiled else thsi is a very good copy. Bookplate of former owner..... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1897. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth, title in gilt on spine and upper board. With the publisher's catalogue dated March, 1897, in the rear. Cloth surface is unevenly worn and sunned, with some spots on the spine and wear to the tips and 6pp of..... More
London: Harper and Brothers, 1900. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Beige cloth printedin gilt and deep red on the spine and upper board. Spine a little darkened, light wear to the tips and edges, else this is a very good copy. There are reports that this title was actually printed in..... More
Macmillan & Co. Ltd. William Heinemann, 1918. Limited edition. Hardcover. Vellum spine, gilt; cream colored paper over boards with gilt design and title Top edge gilt. Spine soiled, boards unevenly sunned with a small stain at the top and wear at the edges and corners and a marginal stain along..... More
Macmillan & Co. Ltd. William Heinemann, 1920. Limited edition. Hardcover. Vellum spine, gilt; cream colored paper over boards with gilt design and title Top edge gilt. Light wear to the spine. The bards are unevenly sunned and are worn at the edges and corners, Still a very good copy. With..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1956. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. 31,(3)pp. Finely printed at The Plantin Press by Saul and Lilian Marks. Gray cloth spine, gilt; gray paper over boards with a printed vignette on the upper board. Leather bookplate of H. Doolittle, Pasadena, on the front pastedown, which has..... More
Sherman Oaks, CA: Joe D'Ambrosio, 1992. Limited edition. Hardcover. 8vo box binding with blue-gray cloth spine, printed title label, floral cloth boards. The spine is constructed of stepped planes. The text consists of individual pages as well as recessed leaves, including the title page, which also incorporates stretched open weave..... More
London: James Rivington and James Fletcher, 17571759. First edition in English. Hardcover. Two volumes. 8vo. (20),455 (8),387pp. Folding map of California in volume I; 4 copperplates (including frontispieces) each with two images, for a total of 8 images. Full speckled calf, nicely rebacked at an early date, retaining the original..... More
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1875. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. xi, 291 pp., frontispiece of Grand Canyon of the Colorado and 80 other numbered illustrations on full pages with verso blank, index. Two folding maps in rear pocket. Original dark green cloth, gilt spine title. Spine tips neatly repaired, new..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Company, 1853. Illustrated by S[eth] Eastman, Capt., U.S.A. Hardcover. Thick 4tos.. Vol I: [6], (i - ii), iii - xviii, 13 - 568, [2 (blank)] pp. Vol II: [4], (i - vi), vii - xxiv, 17 - 608, [2 (blank)] pp. Vol III: [4], (i-iv), v...... More
London & New York: Hoddder & Stoughton, n.d. (1911). Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio. Full vellum tooled in gilt and blue on the spine and upper board; top edge gilt, pictorial endpapers. Illustrated with twenty full color tipped-in plates by Eleanor Brickdale. Ribbon ties have been replaced, else this is a...... More
London; New York: John Murray; Van Wynkle & Wiley; Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1814-1819. First edition. Hardcover. Bound volume containing works by or attributed to Lord Byron from 1814 to 1819. 'Lara' is the 4th edition, L. 1814. 'Poems by Lord Byron' is the first US edition, NY, 1816. 'The..... More
