Search Results: Biography & Memoirs from Armadillo & Dicker Books & Ephemera

Santa Barbara: Santa Teresa Press. 1989. 1st ed., softcover. limited to 300 copies signed by James Whale a nd publisher James Pepper. A tiny bit of wear adjacent to the sta ples on the spine; otherwise a pristine copy. .

London: William Heinemann. Very Good. Cloth. 1960. First Edition. 1st edition of the classic biography of Rackham, including 32 tip ped-in color plates and numerous b&w drawings in-line with text. Bibliography and checklists. APPENDIX A Bibliography, APPENDIX B Drawings and paintings in Collections, APPENDIX C The Printed Wor k of Arthur Rackham. D/w soiled with several large closed tears, one open tear .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good-Near Fine. Cloth. 1973. Classic biography of Arthur Rackham, with 32 tipped in color plat es and numerous b&w illustrations, portraits, facsimiles in-line with text. 1973 reprint edition. Also "the printed work of Arthur Rackham", a checklist. Book condition: near fine. DJ condition: very good. .

Macmillan, New York. 1928. 1st ed.. Inscribed by Garland, with added signature of Rudy . CONDITION: Good. Covers: front hinge cracked, light surface wear, a little more so at top of spine. Newspaper review affixed to ba ck free end paper has browned and left image transfer on facing p age. Signed by Garland on front pastedown; two photographs of Ga rland and company on the half-title, along with a guest pass to t he Regent’s Park Zoological Gardens signed by Rudyard Kipling w ho, as a member, gave Garland admittance. Another photo of Garlan d on the verso and a fourth affixed to a blank page facing page 2 05. Unknown whether the extra items were added by Garland or anot her. .

San Diego: Don Diego's Libreria. Very Good-Near Fine. 1964. 1st ed.. The Journal of Padre Serra, From Loreto, the Capital of Baja Cali fornia, to San Diego, Capital of the New Establishments of Alta C alifornia in three months and three days March 28 to July 1, 1769 . Including San Diego's Great Water Rights Document Now Published for the First Time. 1st ed., 8vo, softcover, 108 pp. Illustrat ions & map. Inscribed on title page by translator Ben F. Dixon. A very good-near fine copy: a darkened band 1” wide along back spine; light fade line along front spine. No tears, chips, or mar kings other than Dixon’s signature and date. .

Stockton CA: Russell C Grigsby. Good+. 1943. 1st ed.. 1st ed., 8vo, dark green boards, 154 pp. Grigsby lived in the Tuo lumne/Yosemite region of the Sierra Nevada from 1907. This memoir s cover his early years, through the Depression and his work with the California Conservation Corp, through the publication date 1 943. Good+: Presents as very good-near fine overall but chip at t op of spine results in loss in 1/8” of cloth, lightly rubbed co rners. Inscribed by Grigsby on fep to Ruth Ann Newport, County Hi storian, Tuolumne County CA. Good+ dustwrapper has ½”open tear at top of spine; similar at top back panel, and some light spott ing .

NY: Robert T. McBride & Company. 1927. First edition. 12mo stapled slate blue wrappers. Simultaneously p ublished in hardcover. 32 pp. biographical and bibliographic stud y by the noted critic. Published for free distribution to promot e the Kalki Edition of Cabell's works. .

Harcourt Brace and Company, New York. Near Fine. 1939. 1st ed.. 1st ed., 8vo., beige cloth, 360 pp. This early jazz history focus es on the important hot spots and musicians of New Orleans, Chica go, and New York. 56 photographs; comprehensive index. CONDITION: Near fine in fair dustjacket. A clean, tight copy: prior ownerâ €™s penciled signature on front end paper, some browning in the h inges; contemporary bookshop label inside back cover [and transfe r to facing page]; no tears, chips, or rubbing. The jacket is com plete, not price-clipped but has numerous edge tears up to 1”, chipped a spine ends; soiled back panels. .

A life of Jimi Hendrix told through text, rare photographs, reproductions of documents and memorabilia, and a 70-minute audio CD.
4to, 10.25x10.75", illustrated boards, 64 pp. plus inserts of memorabilia.
With exclusive access to the private family archives, the authors provide an indispensable addition to the Hendrix canon. The book includes a 70-minute audio CD with interviews and unreleased recordings of live concert music and a Record Plant jam
CONDITION: A new copy, with CD pocket still sealed. However, a former store display copy with some light surface wear to the cover and slipcase.

[Miller, Henry] Moore, John. The Latitude and Longitude of Henry Miller. Pasadena: Marathon Press, 1962. A critical evaluation in poetic form. With author’s illustrations. 8vo, stapled wrappers . 24 pp. Very good. Minor edgewear, corners bumped. .

Paris: Seuher . Very Good. 1927. 1st edition. Inscribed by author on FEP . 1st ed., 8vo, iii-322 pp., 29 plates, 4 in color and 126 b/w illu strations in the text. A very clean copy; inscribed by the autho r on fep. André Gill (17 October 1840 – 1 May 1885) Gill was the most popular and important French caricaturist of his time, k nown today mostly for his work for the weekly four-sheet satirica l newspapers La Lune and L’Eclipse from 1865 to 1876. Waging wa r against the monarchy with his cartoons, he also became involved in the Paris Commune, illustrating for Jules Vallès' socialist paper, La Rue. Between 1868 and 1873 more than 60 of his cartoons were censored or suppressed. .

Dublin: Irish Academic Press. 1989. 1st ed.. 8vo, cloth, 301 pp. The first substantial biography of Clarke and a critical survey of his varied work: stained glass, book illust ration, commercial art. 24 color plates and 180 b/w illustrations . A marvelous treatment. Fine; as new in d/w with some very min or shelf-wear. A near pristine copy. .

Santa Fe: NM: Siringo Press. 1919. First edition. 8vo, red cloth covered boards; yellow titles and i llustration of Texas Longhorn on front board. 291pp, plus one pag e of advertisements. Black & white photographic illustrations. Si ringo's experiences in frontier Texas and New Mexico (Six Guns #2 029, Herd #2074). Near fine; lettering on cover and spine very li ghtly rubbed; staple transfer to rear end paper. Internally prist ine. .

San Francisco: The Clemens Publishing Company. 1992. 1st ed.. 1st ed. 12mo, publisher’s printed wrappers with a portrait of T wain on front. 211 pp. First edition. BAL, p. 251. Fair: Internal ly clean and tight. Covers rubbed at extremites; bottom right cor ner of front cover and first leaf clipped 1/8”, similar sized c rease on next several leaves; covers tanned with some light rubbi ng. Bindery glue residue on front hinge. Ex-libris Ruth Ann Newpo rt; County Historian for the County of Tuolumne, Ca with her blin d stamp at bottom of title page and last leaf. .

London: R. Chiswell. 1702. Second edition; first published in 1701. 12mo, brown calf. 437 pp . plus front and back matter. Warwick fought on the Royalist sid e at Edgehill and served Charles I until the king's execution in 1658. He then went on to become a knight under Charles II, and th e diaries continue into this period. Internally good with a tight text block and generally little foxing. Title page is worn and soiled as are a number of the pages in the adits at rear. Title p age and fep partially detached but fully intact. Front hinge spli t but intact. Covers very heavily rubbed and chipped with most of the lettering on the spine missing. .

Salt Lake Cit: James H. Crockwell. Good. 1900. 1st edition. 12mo, violet wraps tied with red ribbon. 40pp + photographs + 4p ads, Undated but circa 1900. "A true and correct statement of the birth, life and death of President Brigham Young, second Preside nt of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. And brief biographies of his twenty six wives and names and number of child ren born to them". Silver titles. B/W photographs. Interior of te xt Is clean and tight. Covers faded at extremities, more so on t he back; 1.5” closed tear at front binding edge. .

Los Angeles: UAW Western Region Six. 1969. 1st ed.. 24pp, Union offprint from the June 21 and June 28, 1969 issues of the New Yorker. The origin of what would later be expanded to Sa l Si Puedes. Fine and bright in stapled wrappers; no tears, chips or markings. Signed . t cover. The only copy we are aware of signed by both. .

€™s Books, NY . Fine. 2003. 1st ed., limited to 400 copies. Small 4to, stiff paper covers with illustrated paper label. No.17 of 400 copies. 22 full-page color illustrations. 34 pp. Publish ed in association with an exhibition of the artwork at: Galerie M artine Gossieaux, Du 9 Octobre au 29 Novembre, 2003. Accompanied by a 5”x7” invitation to the gallery and original unbound ad vance reading copy for the U.S. edition, 8”x9”, softcovers. 4 0pp. Steig's last book! Born in 1916, Steig recalls when fire eng ines were pulled by horses, kids went to the library, there was n o TV and everybody wore a hat!! . tine. .

Bath: Printed for Private Circulation. Good. 1873. 1st ed.. Inscribed by author . 1st ed., 8vo, original decorated green cloth, gilt decorations an d lettering. 41 [2] i-xxxiii. Tipped in photographic frontispiece of “Wordsworth’s Glen.” [See note below] A talk about the Quantock Hills area of southwest England, where Coleridge and Wo rdsworth wrote Lyrical Ballads, which Nichols writes about the la ndscape as well as some of the other "Quantock Poets," including Charles Lamb, Thomas Lovell Beddoes and Charles Lloyd. Gift inscr iption on FFEP “with the writer’s compliments” to Welsh mat hematician, photographer, and painter Rev. Calvert R. Jones, [180 4-1877]. We believe Jones may have provided the frontispiece phot o -- it is uncredited -- which would make this an especially appe aling association copy. A mathematician, musician, painter and pa rson, Calvert Richard Jones was… Read More

San Francisco: Printed for Anna Lee Marston by Johnck and Seeger. 1928. 1st. First edition. 8vo. Original 1/2 dark blue cloth stamped in gilt over light blue boards.279 pages + 2 page genealogy chart. Color frontispiece and 15 b/w photogravures. No signatures or bookplate s. One of 300 copies, this copy unnumbered but with the very scar ce photographic plate opposite page 276, "George W. and Anna L.Ma rston and their Grandchildren". Includes a day-by-day journal of Gunn’s trip on horseback across Mexico on his way to the gold fields and Elizabeth Gunn's contemporary account of her trip arou nd the Horn to California." Wheat 85. Howes M-324. Also includes an account of a ten years' residence in Sonora, 1851-1861, and ac counts of later years spent in both San Francisco and San Diego.. Good. Small tape repair to top edge front cover, edges and cor ners lightly rubbed. This copy ex-libris Ruth Ann Newport, Histor ian for the County of Tuolumne Calif. with… Read More