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Chicago and London: St. James Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. With a Letter of Introduction by W.H. Auden. Color frontispiece portrait of C. Day-Lewis by Lawrence Gowing, with textual photographs and illustrations. First edition, #88 of 100 copies signed by C. Day-Lewis. Original blue buckram binding, with gilt stamping. The dust jacket is faded along the spine and extremities. Better than very good. Signed by Author.

Lipsiae (Leipzig): Thomas Fritsch, 1695. Hardcover. Very good. Silius (c.28-c.103) was consul in 68 and governor of the province of Asia in 69; he sought no further office but lived thereafter on his estates as a literary man and collector. He revered the work of Cicero, whose Tusculan villa he owned, and that of Virgil, whose tomb at Naples he likewise owned and near which he lived. His epic Punica, in 17 books, on the second War with Carthage (218-202 BC), draws heavily on Livy's account. Conceived as a contrast between two great nations (and their supporting gods), championed by the two great heroes Scipio and Hannibal, his poem is written in pure Latin and smooth verse filled throughout with echoes of Virgil above all (and other poets). Includes supplementary material by the German classicist Christoph Cellarius. [22], 586, [52]. Frontispiece engraving, with a title page decoration and six folding maps. 12mo. In a contemporary full vellum binding. Typical mild browning to the contents, with a… Read more

New York: Turtle Bay Books, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. This pleasurable amalgam of travelogue and reminiscence explores Mamet's early years in Chicago and New York and his current life as a successful playwright. Signed by David Mamet on the title page. Octavo. A fine copy in a nearly fine, price-clipped dust jacket.

Barre, Massachusetts: Imprint Society, 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine. 150 p. Introduction by Wilson G. Duprey. 56 plates, including 12 in color, with wood engravings. First edition thus, #30 of 1950 copies. A facsimile of the first American sporting book with color plates (1830-33). Quarto. Original brown paper-covered boards over a green cloth spine, with a wood engraving inset on the front board and handsome gilt and black stamping. Internally crisp and clean. Light wear to the publisher's slipcase; else near fine.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This is copy 170 of the special edition of 250 copies signed by the author. McMurtry's picaresque novel of a fortune-hunter among the yard sales and swap meets of America. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy, housed in the publisher's slipcase.

San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. This eclectic collection of verse is split into four parts. The first consists of 33 of the fantastic poems for which Sterling was so famous, followed by three poems on the Panama-Pacific Exposition and four personal poems, and concluding with 43 poems on the then-ongoing First World War. An Oakland contemporary of Joaquin Miller and Jack London, George Sterling (1869-1926) later became one of the first residents of Carmel and a leading supporter of the poetry of fellow bohemian Robinson Jeffers. Sterling is said to be the inspiration for two Jack London characters: Russ Brissenden in Martin Eden (1909) and Mark Hall in The Valley of the Moon (1913). Inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Sterling to Mary Elizabeth Fenn on the front flyleaf, with Fenn's bookplate on the front pastedown. Small octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt stamping. In the scarce dust jacket, which is a touch browned with… Read more

Denver: Sage Books, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The appearance of this biography and the subsequent controversy regarding Clairmonte's sources led to a significant shift toward careful research and critical analysis. Textual photographs. Octavo. Original gray cloth binding, with red titles. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with some very mild rubbing; otherwise very good. Six-Guns 423.

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 45 p. With Explanatory Text by Jane Bissell Grabhorn. Color frontispiece, with 16 halftones and facsimiles (some color), with two folding maps. First edition, limited to 550 copies. "The journal of Alexander Barrington of St. Mary's, Ohio, begins at sea on April 1, 1850, and concludes on December 11, 1850. Barrington took the barque Paoli to California. A major portion of the diary consists of short entries describing life in the mines near Nevada [City]. By the end of October, he had sold off his portion of a claim and headed for San Francisco. From there, he sailed home via the Isthmus of Panama. The remainder of the volume features well-written and detailed letters from the mines by a variety of Argonauts." Quarto. Original burgundy paper-covered boards over a burgundy cloth spine, with a printed paper spine label. Internally crisp and clean. The spine is a bit faded, with some general minor edgewear; else very good or… Read more

Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited to 1,256 copies. "Folklore selections containing the unique mythology of the California Indians. '[The book] brings together a large number of carefully chosen myths hitherto to be found only in scattered scientific publications...' Margaret Mead, Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science." 323 p. with a frontispiece, ten illustrations, and a folding map. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. Minor bump to the top corner of the rear board; else crisp, clean, and very good. Clark and Brunet 106.

New York: Da Capo Press, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. 258 p. Reprint of the 1927 first edition. Octavo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Internally crisp and clean. The top corners are lightly bumped; else near fine.

Los Altos, California: The Talisman Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Includes the rare contemporary account by George Beers, and numerous photographs and excerpts from contemporary newspapers. Vasquez (1835-75) was an infamous stagecoach robber and horse thief who headed a gang of outlaws that operated in his native Monterey County and elsewhere in California. He was captured near Los Angeles in 1874, and later executed for murder. Octavo. Original buff paper-covered boards over a red cloth spine, with a vignette of Vasquez on the front and gilt titles along the spine. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 771 p. Introduction by J.S. Holliday. First edition, limited to 1,000 copies. Indispensable in every regard, Kurutz's bibliography revamps and expands Carl I. Wheat's Books of the California Gold Rush, which was formerly the standard work on the subject. Alphabetically arranged, this volume describes 707 titles pertaining to the California Gold Rush from 1848 to 1853, and published between 1848 and 1994, identifying all variants and subsequent republications, and providing scholarly annotations that detail the history, content, and importance of each work. Quarto. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt and black stamping. A fine copy.

Georgetown, California: The Talisman Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. This is number 96 of 100 copies in a special edition printed on Ticonderoga text, specially bound, boxed, and signed by the author. "The most comprehensive book ever published on the California gold discovery, containing a detailed mass of accounts and sources relating to that momentous event ... All known accounts by the participants in the gold discovery are here, including variant accounts by Marshall, Bigler, Brown, and Wimmer, plus the related testimony of Capt. Sutter." Tinted title page illustration, with 12 halftone reproductions, including a map of the gold discovery, and a folding panoramic photograph at the rear. Quarto. Original marbled paper-covered boards over a black leather spine, with gilt titles. A fine copy, housed in the publisher's two slipcases. Kurutz 485.

Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 93 p. Early California Travels Series XXXII. Introduction & Notes by Glen Dawson. Illustrations by Clarence Ellsworth. Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1956. First edition, limited to 300 copies. This rare history of the Muscupiabe Rancho was originally written for the Bancroft Library in 1877. It is an interesting volume of contemporary literature of the Rancho Period. 12mo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 394 p. Introduction by Robert Glass Cleland. First edition thus. First published in 1886, Josiah Royce's history stands as the most important analysis and distillation of California during that crucial time period of 1846 to 1856. Those ten years, more than any other, shaped California's character and destiny. The values he expressed in the 1880s are more akin to those of the present day, and consequently, his book continues to receive high praise for its astute interpretation of an all-too-imperfect past. Octavo. Original red cloth binding, with gilt stamping. Minor crease to the first few leaves. Some general minor shelfwear to the dust jacket, with a small chip to the spine head; else very good. The Zamorano Eighty, #66.

Abingdon, Maryland: Cemetery Dance Publications, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Limited to 1,500 copies signed by William F. Nolan and William Schafer. This copy is additionally signed on the Table of Contents by contributors William F. Nolan, Richard Matheson, Harlan Ellison, John Tomerlin, Jerry Sohl, George Clayton Johnson, and Ray Bradbury. The first book to showcase "The Group" - a dozen talented writers who, beginning in the 1950s and 1960s, established the roots of today's science fiction and fantasy. Octavo. Original dark blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Santa Monica: Norton B. Stern, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Edited, with an Introduction and a Commentary by William M. Kramer and Norton B. Stern. Four pp. photos and illustrations. Santa Monica, CA: Norton B. Stern, 1970. First edition. Family history of the Newmarks and their role in the development of California in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Los Angeles. The author's uncle was Harris Newmark, the pioneer Los Angeles merchant whose "Sixty Years In Southern California" (1916), is the single most important record of the growth of metropolitan Los Angeles. Jacket price-clipped, lightly browned along the spine, and a trifle worn and soiled; otherwise very good.

Boston: The Page Company, 1914. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. First edition, first printing. Lavish popular guide to the Golden State's people, places, and history, along with descriptions of its flora and fauna. A volume in the See America First series, with a striking pictorial Art Nouveau trade binding. Octavo: 433 p. with 72 plates (8 color) and a folding map. Tiny period bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Some wear to the corners and tips, with a small nick to the bottom edge of the front board; otherwise very good.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1947. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 96 p. Translated from the Original Spanish with an Introduction by Edwin S. Morby and Arturo Torres-Rioseco. From the 19th Century Chilean Classic Recuerdos del Pasado. Frontispiece portrait, with decorations by Albert J. Camille. Limited to 250 copies printed by Taylor & Taylor of San Francisco. "The first English translation of a portion of a Chilean work. Only the part dealing with the author's visit to San Francisco and the Mother Lode in 1849 has been used. An interesting Latin-American view of the Gold Rush." Prospectus laid in. Octavo. Original decorative tan and yellow cloth-covered boards over a light brown cloth spine, with gilt titles. A fine copy. Magee, D.: The Hundredth Book, #66.

San Diego, California: Sunbelt Publications, 1999. First edition. Soft cover. Fine. 337 p. Foreword by Edgar Wayburn, M.D., Honorary President, Sierra Club. Textual photographs, illustrations, and maps, including the color folding map at the rear. Presentation copy, inscribed by Wheat to distinguished Southern California historian Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. on the half-title. Original glossy paper wrappers. A fine copy. Inscribed by Author.