Search Results: Authors starting with L from Argonaut Book Shop

Yosemite National Park: Yosemite Natural History Association, 1981 Quaro. Brown cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial pastedown on front cover. 54pp. Bibliography. Beautiful color illustrations throughout by Henry Fonseca. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper, else a very fine copy. 17 Legends of the the Miwok Indians, including "How El Capitan Grew", "The Legend of Half Dome", and many others. . Illus. by Fonseca, Henry.

Toronto: Bantam Books, 1988 First edition. Illustrated throughout. Glossary, index. Damp stain to uper edge of rear cover, else a fine copy in pictorial dust jacket..

Bangor: Press of O. F and W. H. Knowles, 1878 First edition. 156pp. Original three-quarter black pebbled cloth, marbled boards. Boards quite rubbed, minor wear to spine ends and corners, Split showing along outer spine. Ex-library copy with spine label and bookplate to front endpaper. A good reading copy of this fragile title. The author's detailed narrative of the trip, events on board and at stopping places, with an appended thirty-page collection of anecdotes of life in California (Sacramento, Indians, rifle shooting, Yosemite, etc.) after his arrival. "Lamson left Frankfort, Maine, on April 3, 1852, on the barque James W. Paige. Shipping around Cape Horn, he and his fellow passengers arrived in the San Francisco harbor on September 7. Lamson devotes the vast majority of his book to the 158-day journey. He provides a good description of the abandoned ships in the harbor" (Kurutz). "It deals more fully with the personalities aboard ship than many similar accounts" (Hill).… Read More

San Francisco: Printed for the American Institute of Graphic Arts, 1924 Of a total edition of 725 copies. 24mo. [ii, 22]pp. Illustrated with 6 reproductions of old title pages. Title printed in red and black; eleven initials hand-colored in red, blue and gold. Two reproductions in red & black. Handset Gothique Ancienne type. Original brown boards, parchment spine lettered in gilt. A very fine copy. This is one of an unknown number printed for the American Institute of Graphic Arts by the Grabhorn Press. The remaining copies were printed for The Book Club of California. Original announcement to members of the AIGA laid in. [Grabhorn: 64]..

New York: Holiday House, 1936. 12 mo. Illustrated by Maxwell Simpson. Orange cloth-backed beige printed boards. Top front corner slightly dinged, and slipcase worn at the corners. 62E.

Chicago: Terra Museum of American Art, 1984 Quarto. With 72 illustrations, 52 in full color. Orange cloth with gilt lettering on spine. A very fine copy in worn pictorial dust jacket..

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1932 Reprinted from the original 1855 edition, edited with notes by Paul C. Phillips. xviii, 292pp. Facsimile of original title page, 4 plates. Notes, appendix, index. Brick cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. A fine copy. "This account is acclaimed by many sources as one of the best written of all overland narratives" (Mintz). "Franklin Langworthy started for California on April 1, 1850, from near Galena, Illinois, followed the California Trail, and arrived at the Humboldt Sink on October 2. He crossed the Sierra Nevada by way of Carson Pass and arrived at Sacramento on October 27… Langworthy spent two years traveling throughout California and the mining regions and presented his readers with a compact, but vividly written description of the mines, mining methods, and mining society. His accounts of thievery and gambling halls painted a sordid picture of the land of gold. He also wrote of the November 1852 fire in Sacramento; Dr.… Read More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977 First edition. xiv, 321pp. plus 12 pages of illustrations. Illustrated from portraits and photographs of mining scenes; notes, bibliography and index. Yellow cloth. A fine copy in pictorial dust jacket. The first and only book to deal exclusively with the general history of Black Forty-Niners in the Gold Rush, including both free blacks and slaves, and their role in the development of California. Although Chinese and Latin Americans have deserved commentary in numerous accounts, blacks have been (prior to this book) singularly neglected. This fine work also includes a detailed account of the California Colored Convention..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925 First edition by this publisher. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Light rubbing to covers. A near fine copy..

Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1990 First edition. . Edited and Annotated by Barton H. Barbour. Foreword by Marc Simmons. xvi, [2], 202pp. Frontispiece portrait, reproductions of documents, portrait of Larkin's wife, double-page route map. Appendices, notes, bibliography, index. Maroon cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with dust jacket. Presents the diaries of Larkin, a young and prosperous businessman from St. Louis, who traveled to Santa Fe in the hopes of improving his health. Larkin traveled to Santa Fe in William Bent's caravan in the fall of 1856. His diaries of the trip as a "tourist" detail his impressions of Plains Indians and New Mexican life. The appendices include newspaper accounts and some of his letters from 1866..

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934 One of 550 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Edited by Oscar Lewis. Thin quarto. x, [64]pp. Frontis portrait of Commodore Stockton, four facsimile color lithographs, 5 facsimile documents. Handset Bauer Bodoni type. Black cloth spine, gilt-stamped blue boards, paper spine label. A very fine and bright copy with plain blue dust jacket (darkened at edges). Includes Larkin's report on conditions in California on the eve of the Conquest; a contemporary account of events printed in "The Farthest West," 1846; a letter from E. M. Kern giving contemporary views of a participant in the early stages of the Conquest; and a letter from Lieut. Colonel Cooke in command of the Mormon Battalion. Also included are biographical sketches of the important figures in the American Conquest. One of the Fifty Books of the Year. Grabhorn Second Series of Rare Americana, Number 5. [Grabhorn: 209]..

New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1939 First edition. Small 4to. Frontis plate in color, illustrated throughout with photographs of examples. Appendices, bibliography, index. Dark blue cloth, gilt, pictorial paste down on front cover. Spine a bit faded, minor spotting to front cover, owner's name on front flyleaf. A fine copy. The standard work on the subject. In all, 695 examples of this charming blue & white china are described. Illustrated with four color plates (including frontis) and 129 text photographs as well as detailed text drawings..

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1991 First edition. One of 400 copies printed at the Yolla Bolly Press. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. xii, 98, [2]pp. Frontispiece portrait and 27 plates and illustrations from period photographs, text drawings; extensive chapter notes, annotated bibliography. Maroon cloth-covered boards, gilt cover design. Previous owner's small ownership sticker to endpaper. A fine copy in lightly faded slipcase with printed paper spine label. Becoming quite scarce. Original prospectus with photographic insert laid in. The story of this California author, highlighted with high quality halftones of photographs by and about James. The bibliography is quite useful. Original announcement laid in..

New York: Facts on File Publications, 1987 First edition. Black & white illustrations throughout. Bibliography, notes, index. Brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Remainder mark to bottom edge of pages, else a fine copy in dust jacket..

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc., 1961 First edition. Presentation inscription, signed by the author and dated June, 1961. Cloth backed boards. Very minor bump to top corner, else a fine copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket..

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012 First edition. Small quarto. xii, 324pp. Photographs, floor plans, reproductions. Extensive chapter notes, index. Black cloth. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. The first comprehensive study of co-owned housing. Today, one in five home owners in American cities and suburbs lives in a multifamily home rather than a single-family dwelling. In this study, the author explores the history of co-owned multifamily housing in the United States, from New York City's first co-op, in 1881, to contemporary condo and townhouse complexes coast to coast. One chapter is devoted to California townhouses..

New York: Arco Publishing, 1969 First American edition. Small quarto. x, 94pp. Profusely illustrated with color and black & white photographs. Appendices, glossary, index. Blue cloth, gilt. A fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. The authoritative reference work for the accurate identification of British bayonets over a period of 250 years. The author identifies and catalogues 119 bayonet types, all of which are illustrated from photographs. The appendices include marks found on bayonets; regimental markings and numbers; weight, length and details of the bayonets, etc. The author was the son of John Wilkinson Latham, author of British Military Swords. This work is the first book devoted entirely to the British military bayonet..

New York: Crown Publishers, 1966 First American edition. Small quarto. xii, 91pp. Profusely illustrated with color and black & white photographs. Appendices, glossary, index. Blue cloth, gilt. A fine copy with lightly chipped pictorial dust jacket. The authoritative reference work for the identification of swords since 1800. The author identifies and catalogues over 100 different sword patterns, all of which are illustrated from photographs. The appendices include methods of supplying swords; government specifications; variations to regulation patterns, etc. The author was Director of the 190 year old company, Wilkinson Sword, Ltd..

New York: American Heritage, 1985 Illustrated with 8 pages of black & white plates. Bibliography, notes, index. Two-toned cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Minor foxing beginning to form on covers, else a fine copy in pictorial dust jacket..

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1962 First edition. [6], 474pp. Map endpapers. Two tone brown and black cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket (jacket flap price-clipped). "An epic novel about Mormons and Mormonism, about Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, about the betrayal of the Mormons in Illinois, their exodus from Nauvoo and the beginning of their long trek West." The author received the Gold Medal Award by the Commonwealth Club of California as the best work of fiction written by a California author in 1962..