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Cambridge: Walter Lewis. 1935. 1st ed. 8vo, unpaginated full blue morocco with gilt lettering on front p anel ("Westminster Hall 9 May 1935" ), raised bands on spine, gil t edging, b/w frontispiece, one b/w photograph with tissue guard. Matching d/w and slipcase. Absolutely pristine copy in fine d/ w and very good slipcase. .

The Book Club of California, San Francisco. New. 1989. 1st edition. First edition; one of 450 copies. Edited with an Introduction by Norman Neuerberg. xl, 100 [1] pp. Oblong folio, cloth-backed deco rated paper-covered boards with printed paper label on spine, in publisher's plain white wrapper. Illustrations & plates from sket ches & paintings by Ford, a few in color including tipped-in fron tispiece.. Most of Ford's drawings and paintings were executed in the early 1880's. The patterned cloth used in the binding was ty pical of the wallpapers and decorations found in the California M issions. Prospectus laid in. . pristine but with a couple of small nicks to the publisher’s wr apper. .

by Australian War Memorial. Melbourne . 1938. 2d. 2d edition; first published in 1939. 8vo. Vol I only [of 3] . e cloth; xxvi + 873pp., b/w plates, maps, glossary, appendices., bibliog., indexes. . py. Some light toning adjacent to gutters of end papers; very lig ht wear to edges; some very minor spotting on fore-edge. .

London: n.p.. Fair. Hardcover. 1720. 1st edition. Full title: Under the conduct of the Illustrious JAMES Marquis of MONTROSE, in two parts. The first describing the wars in the yea rs 1644, 45, 46. The 2nd part containing an account of Montrose's Negotiations abroad and the state of affairs in Scotland from th e year 1647, to the year 1650 inclusive. The 2d part being never before published, is now done into English from the Latin of the right Reverend father in God, Doctor George Wishart, Bishop of Ed inburgh, With an appendix containing 1st a Description of Montros e's pompous Funerals in the year 1661. 2dly, A character of King Charles the 1st by the famous Mr. Alexander Henderson, on his Dea th-bed. 3dly Montrose's Declaration when he returned to Scotland, Anno 1650. 4thly. The Declaration of the Commission of the Kirk, in Answer to it. 5thly, Two Poems done by Montrose. As Also, Fif teen letters to Montrose, from King Charles the 1st, His Queen, K ing Charles the 2d, and Prince… Read More

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop. 1973. 1st ed.. 1st ed., limited to 300 copies. 8vo, illustrated boards, 48 pp. Illustrated with contemporary photographs and graphics - LA cemet eries up to the year 1885. Fine, without d/w -- as issued. .

Frankfuert: Apud Van Duren. 1784. The complete title is "Prompta Bibliotheca canonica, juridica, mo ralis, theologica, necnon ascetica, polemica, rubricistica, histo rica", an 8-volume encyclopedia of religious knowledge. The first edition of this work appeared at Bologna, in 1746. A second edit ion, much enlarged, also a third, were published by the author hi mself. The fourth edition, dating from 1763 seems to have been pu blished after his death. This edition, 20 years later, contains t he additions which the author had made to the second edition and also other enlargements (additiones ex aliena manu) inserted in t heir respective places in the body of the work (and no longer in the appendix as in the former editions) and supplements. Ferrari was an eighteenth-century canonist of the Franciscan Order. The exact dates of his birth and death are unknown, but he was born a t Solero, near Alessandria in Northern Italy. He was also profess or, provincial of his order, and consultor of… Read More

Glendale CA: Arthur H. Clark Company. 1981. 1st ed. "The Fremont Cannon" is Volumn 11 in the Frontier Militar y Series. This book covers J.J. Fremont's attempt to bring a bras s cannon from the Mississippi River to California. The effort fai led and the cannon has been lost to history. The prevalent theori es at that the cannon was buried somewhere on the east slope of t he Sierra Nevadas and never found or that the cannon was dug-up b y Native Americans and dumped into one of the deep remote canyons found on the eastern slopes of the Sierras. New copy; book is pr istine but it has been in storage and the d/w has some light soil ing, light shelf-wear along edges, and a few age spots. .

1703. Amsterdam: F. Van der Platas, 1703 - 12mo, vellum. 448 pp. Second edition of this history of the Order of the Templars (1119-1314) , written in 1691 by a Protestant theologian, scholar, professor of theology, rhetoric and history. Includes an index of authors c ited and subject index. Vellum binding is intact, but soiled and with a slight bow to front cover. Ink title on spine. Pencil not ations on ffep. Title page in red and black, engraved vignette. T ext block is tight but many pages are age-toned or foxed; not eno ugh to detract from a generally sound appearance. Several small tears in end papers. Detailed photos can be emailed on request. .

Washington: Government Printing Office. 1877. 1st ed., 485 pp., plus 13 fold-out plates, one photographic plate , and a fold-out frontispiece. Rebound in maroon cloth. Text bloc k is clean and tight with no foxing. One of the plates is split i n half but intact. some of the other plates have small tears or s tains, but not affecting image. Frontispiece is detached. .

Thick 4to, 3/4 brown leather, marbled boards. 1056 pp. Willis moved from the east coast to Sacramento county in 1871, where he engaged in farming near Elk Grove, and teaching, until 1892. He then became a member of the editorial staff of the Record-Union, and continued the association for thirteen years. In 1879 he was tendered an appointment on the county board of education, of which he remained a member for twenty-three years.

CONDITION: FAIR. A clean, tight copy internally. Covers well worn with substantial rubbing to edges, corners, and spine. Front board nearly detached. Owner's inked and penciled names on front pastedown and title page.

n.p. n.d. 4to, illuminated vellum wrappers; 52 leaves; stitched b inding. Pen and ink calligraphy, illuminations with watercolor h ead and tail pieces, and in-text illustrations all on hand-made p aper. The artist/author is unknown. Clean, tight and unmarked in terior. Covers torn and chipped on all edges. Date unknown but pr obably from late 1950’s - early 1960’s. .

Taller Autográfico. Secretaría De La Defensa Nacional, México. Very Good. 1939. 1st ed.

Paris: Auguste Marc et Cie. Very Good. 1871. 1st edition. 1st edition. 4to, 10-1/2”x15” , 559 pages. Bound volume of 69 weekly issues, each from 4-8 pages. 400 b/w gravure illustrat ions and maps depicting all phases of the war, weaponry, and sign ificant events and persons. Afterword, Tables des gravures. Very good; A clean, tight copy, in relatively modern binding -- ½ buc kram, marbled covers. Text block is fine with no foxing or tears . .

Chicago: The Black Cat Press. 1936. 1st ed., in d/w, limited to 1000 copies. A critical study of Abra ham Lincoln's political relationships, with previously unpublishe d election materials. Some light soiling along top edge and penc il erasures on ffep where a price was apparently removed, otherwi se a fine copy. Dustjacket is fair only with several large open t ears and darkened spine. .

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. .

London, The Leadenhall Press for Henry Sotheran. Good.. 1893. 1st ed.. 8vo. Original half linen over blue boards, decorated spine and co ver; pp. [viii], 43, 15 (advertisements) ten hand-colored engravi ngs; A facsimile of the 1815 publication “Letters from France: written by a Modern Tourist”, re-using the original copperplate s which were then destroyed. A humorous look at life and society in Paris during the brief period Napoleon's was on Elba. 'Who the author was is doubtful; but the writer [Henry Sotheran] has hear d his father say that he was one Benjamin Rotch, a Middlesex Magi strate' (from the preface). No. 250 of 250 numbered copies, signe d by H.C.Millard, Secy. Front cover stained and soiled, lesser di scoloration to back cover, spine toned. Otherwise very good with text block clean and tight. . wn of J.B. Findlay [1904-1973], a noted historian and collector o f magic. Findlay had over 6,000 books and pamphlets in his collec tion and was… Read More

Paris: Imprimerie Charaire at Sceaux.. 1890. 1st edition. 5 original issues of the serial format -- published in fifteen pa rts. . original issues of this serial publication, depicting the events and destruction of the Paris Commune -- photographs of barricade s, destroyed buildings, battle scenes. Each issue has eight or ni ne photographs. Accurate bibliographic information is scarce, bu t we believe there were fifteen issues published -- subsequently bound in book form. The bound volume was published in1890 and the se serial parts were probably published shortly before. While t he bound volume is reasonably common, and has recently been repri nted, these original parts are scarce. From the introduction: †œMany volumes have been written about the Commune: some to defend it, others to attack it. We wanted to bring simply and without c omments the photographic reproduction of the men and things of th e Commune, the only documents incontestable. We collected from al l sides,… Read More

1st ed., second printing with the original 5c price at the bottom of the cover. Covers age-toned with a couple of light stains. Pa per cover pulling from one of the staples, but still intact. Penc il erasures on back cover and one interior page. .

Florence: Nella Stamperia di Giorgio Marescotti. Good.. 1579-1580. Florence: Nella Stamperia di Giorgio Marescotti, 1579-1580. [The colophon is dated Florence, 1579, but the dedication to Francesco de Medici, is dated April 15, 1580.] 1st edition. Small 4to, 1/2 vellum and purple boards, inked title on spine.[38] 829 [1] pp. Text in Italian. Buoninsegni was a Florentine patrician, merchan t and historian. Politically he held some of the city's most impo rtant offices and was a member of the broader circle of the early Medici regime. He spent the last ten years of his life completin g this Historia Florentine; he died in Florence in March of 1466. The history existed only in manuscript form until its publicatio n in nine volumes between 1579-1637. This 1579-80 edition consist s of the first four books available, bound as one, and covers the history of Florence to 1421. The last two volumes, as well as th e first complete set, were not published until 1637. Good. Severa l vintage inked… Read More

London: E. Kerby. 1814. Edited, and with a preliminary discourse by, Viscount Henry Augus t Dillon. London: Small 4to, quarter leather and black cloth. 2 68 pp. 1st edition thus, inscribed by the ‘author’ (Dillon) . Numerous full-page plates and engravings of military tactics an d formations. Aelian's military treatise is a handbook of Gree k drill and tactics as practiced by the successors of Alexander t he Great. Thought to have been first published in the 2d century, an Arabic translation was made about 1350. It was first translat ed into Latin about 150 years later and was of great use to the a rmy organizers of the 16th century, who were engaged in fashionin g a regular military system out of the semi-feudal systems of pre vious generations. Condition: Covers heavily worn, rounded and rubbed at corners. Spine labeling is mostly worn away. Front hing e loose. Interior is clean and tight with only light foxing. FFEP partially detached. Bookplate… Read More