Search Results: First Editions from Town Books of San Anselmo

AXA fights her way through her post-apocalyptic world and finds love while battling monsters, wolves and an evil motorcycle gang. Romero's semi-erotic illustrations leap out of the page in this full-color, large-frame title. Some bumps to corners, fading to spine and a crease to bottom right corner. No internal markings.
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AXA battles her way through a post-apocalyptic world in this semi-erotic eillustrated comic strip. No observable flaws or internal markings. corners barely bumped, some fading to spine.
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This beautifully preserved book is in Near Fine condition. Boards, titles and decorative design are all bright and clear with no fading or chipping. Pages are clean and hinge is tight. Minor bumps to head and foot of spine. End papers are slightly soiled and original owner's name is in pencil on FFEP. There are very minor scuffs to the front cover pictorial pastedown.
The author was a noted stage and screen actress of her day as well as an author and a Harper's correspondent in World War I. She was married to Walter Hale, an artist, illustrator and actor who could have been the illustrator of this book as he illustrated many other books for Louise. Priced to sell! There is only one other 1st Edition of this title for sale on the web at a much higher price.
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A classic children's tale of adventure, buried treasure, near escapes and dangerous storms. Binding has only very minor bumps to corners. No internal markings, hinge is tight. Black and white illustrations throughout. Dust jacket has some minor bumping and chipping at top edges and some slight soiling. NOT price clipped.
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Miller's book, first published in 1945, chronicles his year-long road trip across the United States in 1940. Many of the chapters first appeared in magazines and anthologies. Binding is rubbed, soiled and scuffed with bumps to corners. Ink names and date on FEP. Hinge is tight. Includes a black and white photograph of the author at his Big Sur home. There is an Itinerary map of Miller's cross-county trip on the end papers.
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This slim volume of romantic poetry is divided up by the seasons of the year with simple line drawings of quasi-erotic male and female figures. The cream-colored book comes in an identically illustrated pink paper outer jacket. There is some soiling to outer cover. No internal markings or plates. The hinge is slightly loose but very much intact.
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First appearing in the British magazine The Sun in 1976, this semi-erotic strip follows the adventures and misadventures of wealthy heiress Amanda. Cover has some very slight scuffing along spine and some bumps to corners. No internal markings, tears, etc.
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This SIGNED, FIRST EDITION is in near fine condition with only a few bumps to corners. Dust Jacket, likewise, has only bumps to a few corners. Signed on the title page. No other internal markings
The novel chronicles the lives of a family reeling from the father's extramarital affair while the children are coming of age and searching for their identity and place in the world. Includes a First Edtions Club Member letter from The Book Passage of Corte Madera, CA and a printed NY Times Book Review of Ms. Pierpont's novel.
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Michelangelo Antonioni is one of Italy's most respected film directors. This small, softcover title covers the director's films, stars, and influence on cinema worldwide. Scores of black and white still photographs from his films throughout. There is an Jann Wenner owner's stamp on the half-title page. Wenner was one of the founder's of Rolling Stone Magazine and the address on the stamp is from the first offices of the magazine on Brannan St. in San Francisco. Someone set a cup or glass on the cover, and the ring is visible at the right angle, otherwise the book is in very good condition. No internal markings, binding is tight, no tears or rips. All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. No expedited shipping outside of the United States.

The exquisitely preserved, signed, First Edition of Anybody's Gold is a must for anyone interested in the Gold Rush Era of California and the mining towns that sprang up like weeds in the hills and mountains of northern California. Signed by the author on the half-title page in blue ink.Only slight soiling on boards, no stains, rips or dents. Dust jacket is protected in Mylar and is slightly soiled and yellowed with age, but with no visible rips, tears or chips. Not price-clipped but the four corners have been carefully cut not to extend out too far from the mylar. Pages are birth and clean. Hinge is tight. No other internal markings. Beautifully illustrated endpapers and 32 illustrations throughout book. Includes 3 maps, Index and Reading List.
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This lovely book contains hundreds of Beatrix Potter color and black and white illustrations and sketches. Binding in in excellent condition with very minor bumping to edges and an ink inscription on FFEP. Hinges are tight. High quality paper throughout to enhance the illustrations. Pages are clean and bright. Indexed. Dust jacket has large tears with pieces missing. (Check out our other title, A History of the Writings of Beatrix Potter, owned by the same person who donated the books).
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This is a SIGNED COPY of poems by feminist and LGBTQ writer, May Sarton. Book is in fine condition. No flaws. Singed on the FFEP. Dust jacket is price clipped with a few bumps to edges, otherwise in excellent condtion.
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As We Are Now tells the story of Caroline Spencer, mentally strong but physically frail, who has been moved by relatives into a "home." Subjected to subtle humiliations and petty cruelties...she fights back with all she has, and in a powerful climax wins a terrible victory." --- Goodreads
Both books are in fine codition. No flaws. Dust Jackets have very slight soiling, otherwise fine. both are in mylar covers.
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As World War II comes to an end, the many political factions in Poland struggle to gain power while seeking out retribution to the occupying Nazis and their collaborators. Binding is near fine with just some minor soiling to boards. No internal markings except what looks like a stamped inventory number and price on FFEP. Dust jacket is soiled on rear cover and has some very minor bumping and scuffing to edges.
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This large atlas is Volume 1 of the eventual 13 volume set printed by the University of Nebraska Press. It includes all the maps from the Lewis & Clark expedition from St. Louis, Missouri to the mouth of the Coumbia River on the Pacific Coast and many of the return journey, including many others by earlier explorers that the expedition relied upon. Includes a preface and introduction that provides the historical context of the expedition and the short biographies of the main players along with a detailed explanation of how the maps were discovered, organized and included in the book. Due to the size of the atlas, extra shipping charges will apply, not to exceed $24. NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING ON THIS LARGE BOOK.
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Herb Caen's love affair with the city of San Francisco is indelibly printed in this collection of essays that originated as columns in the daily San Francisco Chronicle newspaper. Wonderful, full two-page illustrations by Howard Brodie throughout.
Binding in in excellent condition with just a little rubbing and slight fading at edges. Caen has inscribed and signed on the FFEP to "Sis", who more than likely would be Estelle Caen, a piano prodigy and Herb's sister. Dust jacket has some small, tape repairs to spine ends. Edges are chipped and bumped.
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This is a very nice little book with lovely pen and ink drawings in and around the "City by the Bay", that reads almost as a love letter. Bumps to edges of book and some soiling. The author has signed and dated the FFLF.
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A fine and thorough study of over 100 birds of South America with 11 beautifully illustrated plates. This is Vol. II of a special edition of 3000 published books, 1500 for Great Britain, 1500 for the United States. Boards are in excellent condition with one very small imperfection in the weave on the front cover. No internal markings. There is a half-removed booksellers pastedown on bottom of REP. Pages are bright and clean. Hinge is tight. Some browning to end papers.
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This sequel to Mr. Blanding Builds his Dream House is full of "social satire" and humor as the protagonist's citified ways and advertising vocation come into contact and conflict with his new country neighbors. The binding is near flawless with just a few bumps to corners and spine ends. Dust jacket has some very minor bumping and creasing to spine ends and corners with a little rubbing and soiling. This is a Book-of-the-Month Club edition printed in the same year as the first edition.
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These three books are part of the publisher's 'True-to-Life Series'. Bobby Bluegill is a first edition and the other two are second edition, stated. Bindings are bumped and slightly scuffed on edges and corners with some soiling. All three have illustrated endpapers and numerous brown and black or green and black illustrations throughout. Owner's bookplates on FEP or FFEP. Donation forms are pasted to REP. Hinges are tight. No other internal markings.
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