Recent Arrivals from Town Books of San Anselmo

This is a rare copy of drawings and text based on the female characters in Goethe's poetry. Boards are bumped and scuffed, but no major flaws. Marbled endpapers. No internal markings. Pages are of heavy card stock with some age discolorations. There are numerous original black and white drawings by William Kaulbach. Priced to sell! All proceeds benefit The… Read more

This lovely edition has 16 full-page half-tone illustrations made from original oil paintings. Each page has elaborate scroll ruling around the text. No publication date, though a small faded ink inscription on FEP is dated 1907. No other internal markings. Front hinge is slightly loose at head of spine but still very much in tact. … Read more

This lovely book was published by the distinguished firm of Paul Elder and Company. Most pages remain uncut! Boards are soiled and rubbed. Hinge is slightly loose in rear of book but very much intact. Black and white photographs of early 20th century San Francisco adorn every page. This is a rare time capsule of San… Read more

This is a very nice copy of Harris' seminal work that has garnered both praise and criticism from African American writers and folklorists. The hinge is tight and the binding only slightly rubbed and soiled. Owners bookplate on FEP. No other internal markings. All proceeds benefit The Friends of the San Anselmo Library. No expedited shipping… Read more

This early, rare edition of Louisa May Alcott's classic is in very good condition. Some soiling to boards and bumps to corners. Slight fading to spine. Front hinge has been repaired with clear tape, but is still very much in tact. No internal markings. Rear hinge is cracked but in tact. This is a readable copy!… Read more

This lovely book has been well preserved with only some fading to spine and a few minor bumps top corners. End papers are pristine, no internal markings, hinge in tight, pages are bright and clean. Photographs, diagrams and illustrations throughout the text. Publisher advertisements in back of book. All proceeds benefit… Read more

These "recollections" of a Union Army drummer boy gives the reader a glimpse of the soldier's life during the American Civil War from a perspective not often chronicled. There are descriptions of battles, including the penultimate struggle at Gettysburg, along with numerous stories, both poignant and humorous of camp-life from the memory of a sixteen year-old boy growing up… Read more

Book contains Robinson's plays Harvest and The Clancy Name, both produced at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin at which Robinson was a producer and director. Robinson is noted as a serious, Irish dramatist with nationalist leanings. Boards are somewhat rubbed and spine titles on paper pastedown are slightly faded. Endpapers have substantial browning with age and title pages… Read more

This is a rare first edition of Bryant's masterful translation of Homer's classical epic. Boards have some soiling and scuffs with bumps to corners and edges. There is a small, closed crack or puncture on the spine. Dark brown endpapers suggest a rebinding. Hinge is tight. A very readable copy. Beautifully inscribed dedication on FFEP with… Read more

A comprehensive study of the life, teachings and philosophy of the 12th century Jewish philosopher Moses Maimonides. Slight soiling to boards with two small patches of discoloration on spine (see image). Ink inscription on FFEP and owners bookplate on FEP. No other internal markings. Hinge is tight. Pages clean and bright. All proceeds benefit… Read more

This is a "Crime Club" edition in near fine condition. No internal markings, except a very small "Vroman's Pasadena" bookseller pastedown on REP. Hinge is tight. Very minor bumping to corners. Dust jacket has chipping and small tears to some edges and spine ends. Not price clipped. See images for DJ condition. A rare… Read more

This is a beautiful, illustrated edition of Bullfinch's popular collection of fables, legends and mythology. The binding is in excellent condition with minor bumps and scuffs to corners, spine ends and edges. Flowered front endpapers show an emerging crack along hinge edge. No internal markings. Pages are bright and clean. Hinge is tight and intact. Includes index… Read more

A large collection of pulp-type cartoon strips and stories in both French and English. Many color illustrations along with copious quantities of scantily glad or naked women in black and white either fighting, solving or being victimized by crime There are three clipped, 1970 newspaper comic strips of Tiffany Jones by Tourette and Butterworth inside. Adult themes (see images).… Read more

Hawthorne relates the stories of the Greek Myths through the storytelling of his main character, Eunice Bright, a Williams College student who tells the stories to the children of Tanglewood. The author's Tanglewood Tales would follow this title. First published in 1852. This 1895 volume is in excellent shape with bumps to corners and edges of… Read more

Blending his keen interest in water as a subject along with an entirely new learned medium of paper-making, Hockney's Paper Pools documents the process and finished works from his 1978-79 stay in California. Binding has some very minor bumps to corners and the very tips of pages on the fore edge. Light soiling and rubbing to surface. No internal markings.… Read more

Dedicated and signed by the author on the FEP. Parchment paper wrapping protects binding. No other internal markings. A local history work with hundreds of late nineteenth and early twentieth century photographs by resident Tom Prowse whose images, documents and recollections of Knight's Ferry in Stanislaus County, California fill the book. All proceeds benefit The Friends… Read more

This rare children's songbook by the well-known folk singer, political activist and songwriter, Malvina Reynolds, is signed by the author on the illustrated FFEP. There are 14 songs with piano arrangements by Claire Shallot. Each page is illustrated, most of which have been carefully and skillfully 'colored in' by a previous owner. The coloring does not detract from… Read more

An authoritative text of some of Oscar Wilde's prose, poetry and plays with scholarly insights into his literary background and life experiences. The book is in Fine condition, no internal markings, scratches, stains, bumps, etc. The dust jacket is in excellent condition with very minor bumping to edges and very slight soiling. Hinge is tight. Book… Read more

Will Eisner is one of the greatest innovators and artists of the comic book genre. This lot of Spirit Magazine compiles decades of his work. The magazines are in excellent condition with just a little bumping to edges and rubbing to a few of the cover surfaces. No internal markings. These 37 magazines will be sold as a… Read more

First Edition, 2nd printing with the disclaimer notice on p. [x], which was added to the second printing at Hemingway's request. Publisher's symbol device on copyright page. Boards are soiled and rubbed. Some fraying to spine foot. Corners bumped. Paper spine label is cracked with small tears. No internal markings. some… Read more