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Baltimore: The John Hopkins Press, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fine. (xi) 367 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated. Compiled by Betty Adler with the assistance of Jane Wilhelm. Blue cloth. 6" x 9 1/4". Published for The Enoch Pratt Free Library on its 75th Anniversary. Index. A comprehensive bibliography of the writings of H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) the… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2008. First Edition. As New/Clear mylar. (xiii) 214 pp. Illustrated. Prospectus laid in. One of 275 un-numbered copies printed by Patrick Reagh. Purple cloth. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Notes. Appendices. Index. The well-researched story of the pioneer San Francisco printer and publisher. An As New copy in clear mylar protective… Read more about this item

New York: The Little Bookroom, 2006. First Edition. Illustrated boards. As New/As New. 188 (1) pp. Illustrated dust jacket showing Mr. and Mrs. F. Scott Fitzgerald and daughter walking in a Paris park.. Profusely illustrated throughout from photographs and artworks. Illustrated boards. 7 1/2" x 7". From the jacket flap: "This elegant guide profiles thirty writers, the places… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1930. Second Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. (xxvii) 232 pp. Presentation copy, SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Publisher/Printer Thomas C. Russell in ink on the limitation page: "Wilber F. Swett from the Printer / Christmas, 1930 / Thomas C. Russell". Two hand printed photogravure portraits of Sir George Simpson. Facsimile of… Read more about this item

Boston: G. K. Hall & Co, 1990. First Edition. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xi) 278 pp. SIGNED in ink by James Karman on the title page. Frontispiece portrait of Jeffers from his Time magazine cover. Cloth-backed cloth. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Inroduction by James Karman. A collection of critical essays on each of Jeffers' books of poetry and… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition, Stated. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. (vii) 421 (1) pp. SIGNED in ink by George Plimpton on a front free endpaper. Pictorial unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth; silver spine titling. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". A sequel to George Plimpton's Paper Lion, including the particular stories of Detroit Lion linemen John Gordy… Read more about this item

New York: Pynson Printers, Inc, 1935. First Edition. Illustrated boards. Very Good Minus/Custom Clear Mylar. 159 (1) pages. New Series Volume 1 Number 1. 8vo. 159 (1) pages. Advertisement section. The hardcover "Quarterly for Bookmen", established in 1929. This copy is the first of the "New Series", begining in the summer of 1935. Articles on books and authors,… Read more about this item

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1991. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. (xiii) 310 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated, mostly from period photographs, including frontispiece portrait of Sadakichi Hartman. Long Introduction by Jane Calhoun Weaver. Chronology. Checklist of Artists named in the Essays. Hartmann Bibliography. Index. Gray cloth; gilt spine titling. 6" x 9 1/4". From the jacket flap: "Brilliant… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1966. First Edition. Illustrated boards. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 129 (1) pages. Illustrated primarily from vintage photographs. Quarto. Illustrated boards. Paper spine label. Designed by Jack Stauffacher of The Greenwood Press. Prospectus laid in. Set in Janson-Antiqua and Linotype Janson types. Printed by Graham Mackintosh. The definitive history of early Carmel-by-the-Sea, including… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The Rosenbach Company, 1935. First Edition. Original wraps. Very Good Plus/4-mil clear mylar envelope. 123 (1) pp. Original blue wrappers. 6" x 9". 519 rarities offered by Doctor Rosenbach. Issued in the midst of the Great Depression, the Catalogue's entries are surprisingly reasonable in price. Expressed in the doctor's colorful language, entries include, "A Superb Copy of… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. (xiv), 368 (1) pages. Illustrated price-clipped dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt spine titling. Illustrated, primarily from facsimiles. Index. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Author David Randall was the manager of Scribner's Rare Book Department in New York before becoming Librarian of the Lilly Library at Indiana University.… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Custom Clear Mylar. Charles Dana Gibson. (X) 219 pages. Beautifully illustrated from black and white drawings by Charles Dana Gibson (of "The Gibson Girl"), including some plates. Gray cloth with gilt spine and cover titling. 5" x 7 1/2". Paris vignettes by Richard Harding Davis, the world… Read more about this item

Salt Lake City: The Caramon Press, 1990. First Edition. Cloth. As New/Custom Clear Mylar. (xiii) 74 (2) pp. #103 of a limited edition of 274 copies. Foreword by Robert Greenwood of the Talisman Press. Title Index.Tan textured cloth; gilt spine titling. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Sans dust jacket. A well-written and useful descriptive bibliography of the published… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Clear Mylar (Custom). 771 pages. SIGNED and dated in ink by author Gary Kurutz on the half-title. Illustrated. One of 1000 un-numbered copies. Original blue cloth with gilt cover vignette. 7 1/4" x10 3/4". Location symbols. List of references consulted. Index. Introduction by J. S. Holliday. The… Read more about this item

Portland: Richard Abel & Company, Inc, 1970. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 140 pp. Annotated by William F. Heintz. Foreword by Thomas W. Chinn, a Founder and First President, Chinese Historical Society of America. Two Illustrations. One of 1000 un-numbered copies. Designed and printed by Lawton & Alfred Kennedy. Orange cloth. Index to Bibliographical Annotations. The… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 310 pp. SIGNED in ink by Will Fowler on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket. Illustrated primarily from period black and white photographs. Blue cloth. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". From the DJ flap: "This candid, informal, and affectionate biography of hte late Gene… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: The S. S. White Dental Mfg. Co, 1905. First Edition. Original wrappers with Text. Very Good Plus/4-mil clear mylar envelope. 32 pp. Illustrated, primarily from drawings. Original brown wrappers with text. 6 3/4" x 9 1/2". Laid in are pages 9-10 from the December 1906 S. S. White catalog. The first half of the Catalog describes technical… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1984. First Edition. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xiv) (2) 68 (1) pp. One of 550 un-numbered copies of a limited edition. 32 illustrations, including 8 in color and 3 folding. Notes. Chronological checklist of Mexican lithographic works: 1826-1899. List of printers and lithographers of 19th Century Mexico. Bibliography.… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1991. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Slipcase. xii (2) 99 pages, colophon. 8 1/4" x 10 1/4". Illustrated from photographs. Notes. Annotated bibliography. Maroon cloth with gilt decoration on cover. Slipcase with paper spine label. One of 400 copies printed by the Yolla Bolly Press of Covelo, California. This copy is SIGNED/INSCRIBED in… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1991. First Edition. Cloth. As New/Slipcase. xii (2) 99 pages, colophon. 8 1/4" x 10 1/4". Illustrated from photographs. Notes. Annotated bibliography. Maroon cloth with gilt decoration on cover. Slipcase with paper spine label. One of 400 copies printed by the Yolla Bolly Press of Covelo, California. An essay on the… Read more about this item