Rare books from Town Books of San Anselmo

Boards are heavily soiled and scuffed with dents and bumps to edges. Spine has been repaired. Small bookseller's plate on FEP from Wiley & Sons, Law Booksellers, Lincoln's Inn, London. Pencil price and publication information on FEP. Hinge is loose. A few pages from The Table of Principal Matters at rear of book are loose. Pages are clean and well-preserved.
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One Hundred Fables (Vol. 1) has marbled boards and endpapers. Very faint owners name (Joseph John Yates ?) above title. 280 engravings on wood. Some scuffs to book and spine edges. Raised ribs on spine. Original red silk bookmark. Hinge is in tact. Index to engravings in rear of book. Two pages of publisher ads after index. Dedication page to his His Royal Majesty. Pages are bright and clean. Fables: Original and Selected (Vol. 2) has marbled boards and endpapers.
Some scuffs to book and spine edges. Raised ribs on spine. Original red silk bookmark. Front board hinge is loose but still in tact. Pages are bright and clean. 280 engravings on wood. Raised ribs on spine. Original red silk bookmark. Dedication page to The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, The Second Series of Fables.
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This lovely little volume is in good condition considering its age. Binding is rubbed and scuffed in places, corners rounded and bumped, pages are foxed and stained from age (see images). Outer spine slightly cracked along one top edge. The hinge is loose but in tact, a very readable copy. Marbled endpapers. There are two ink names and an inscription on FFEP.
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This lovey volume was printed by the Caxton Club, a 127 year-old organization dedicated to, "the literary study and promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books and the occasional publishing of books designed to illustrate, promote and encourage these arts. " This copy is one of a limited edition of 175 copies printed on Italian hand-made paper at the Alderbrink Press by Ralph Fletcher Seymour. Indexed.
Slight soiling to vellum spine with some fraying/chipping at spine head, OTW in excellent condition. No internal markings. Hinges are tight. Deckle-edged pages are cut except for a small handful. Four tissue guarded plates with occasional chapter heading illustrations.
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Lovely set of Oscar Wilde's complete works. This is a deluxe, limited edition; #508 of 1000. Boards are slightly soiled and spine ends are bumped with mild chipping. Volume II has had some repair to a cracked outer spine edge. Marbled endpapers with a beautiful owner's bookplate in each volume. No internal markings. Many deckle-edged pages are not cut, especially in lesser known works. Hinges are slightly loose but intact. A very readable set with care to handling. Extra shipping will be added to the final cost, not to exceed $30 for standard media mail shipping. NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING ON THESE LARGE SETS.
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This is the rare, first edition of Heinlein's Hugo Award winning novel, Double Star, with "First Edition" stated on the copyright page and first issue points including the title, "The Long Tomorrow", printed on the back panel that was changed in later printings. The book is in near perfect condition with just 2-3 front endpaper pages having been creased when they were folded up when the book was closed. Otherwise, no stains, scuffs, or tears. Hinges are like new. Spine titles are bright and not faded. Pages are bright and clean. No internal markings. Dust jacket has some soiling, minor chipping and creasing to edges and spine foot and head. Two small holes on the spine just above the author's name do not obscure any of the lettering. Protected in Mylar jacket.
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This rare, privately-printed copy is one of only 100 that were printed by the prestigious early twentieth-century Grabhorn Press of San Francisco. Wrapper has bumps and creases to edges and corners. Some fading and soiling to binding. Moderate-sized tear along one edge of upper spine. Tissue guard for frontispiece is loose from binding. Pages have browned with aging. No internal markings. Pages are "unopened". Black and white and color illustrations and a fold-out map.
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This is a comprehensive version of the classic collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. Translated by English soldier, explorer, linguist, ethnologist, and writer Richard F. Burton whose translation was the first unexpurgated version of these classic tales, Slight soiling and bumps to spines, otherwise in fine condition. All three volumes are in black slipcases. Extra shipping charges not to exceed $15 will be added on to the cost of the book after purchase. NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING ON THESE LARGE SETS.
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This first edition of Christie's novel was published for The Crime Club. Was Jacko Argyle wrongly executed for the murder of his mother? A stranger shows up at the Argyle household with information which sheds doubt on Jacko's sentence and puts members of the family in fearful anticipation that one of them may be the real culprit.
One or two miniscule bumps to corners of the binding, otherwise fine. No internal markings and hinge is tight. Dust jacket is protected in mylar cover and has a few small bumps to top edges. NOT price clipped! A very pristine copy!
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The outer binding of this leather-bound book shows many signs of wear over the last 340 years, but the hinges are firm and intact. Endpapers are heavily toned and there are some light pencil scrawls on REP's (child scribbling?). Some end papers have small tears and creases. Published by the long-time printing firm, Thomas Newcomb for another London printer, Joseph Hindmarsh, at the "Black Bull in Cornhill, near the Royal Exchange." Seneca was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman and dramatist.
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This rare book is in very good condition with some rubbing and light scuffing to boards. Corners are bumped and spine ends are starting to wear. No internal markings. Beautifully illustrated endpapers. Renowned artist couple Maud and Miska Petersham's black and white illustrations throught with a full-color frontispiece plate.
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A second impression of what has been described as "a surprisingly rare" edition of O. Henry's second published work. The collection of short stories includes his most famous, The Gift of the Magi, that first appeared in McClure's Magazine and was first published in book form in this edition.
The binding is slightly rubbed and soiled with mild fading to spine. Corners are bumped with slight fraying at spine ends. Hinge is partially cracked but very much intact and firm. There is evidence of some moisture staining to the first 15-20 pages of the book along the bottom edge, but no text is impaired. No internal markings. There is a lovely 'period' owner's bookplate on the FEP.
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This lovely edition of Stevenson's children's poetry is illustrated by renowned artist and illustrator, Jessie Wilcox Smith. AND, amazingly, there is a two-page handwritten dedication on the FFEP's from Stevenson's friend, Augustus St. Gaudens. Gaudens was a world-renowned sculptor and portrait maker that produced a bronze medal of Stevenson when he came to the United States befriending him in the process. The dedication is posthumous to Stevenson which suggests that this book belonged to Gaudens who revered the poet and writer. Gaudens died two years after the publication of this book.
Boards are soiled and mildy scuffed along edges and on front cover pastedown. Spine ends are frayed and corners bumped. The Wilcox illustrations are of superior quality and literally pull the reader into the image!
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"Only 200 copies of Miller's 1972 chapbook On Turning Eighty were published by Capra Press, in collaboration with Yes! Press, it was the first volume of the "Yes! Capra" chapbook series and is 34 pages in length. The book contains three essays on topics such as aging and living a meaningful life." --- Goodreads
Paper binding is mildly soiled and corners are bumped. Spine foot is beginning to separate. Hinge is tight. One register of pages (8) sticks out past others, but are still very much intact.
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This is a rare, one-of-a-kind, signed and Inscribed limited edition of paintings, artwork and photography by the renowned Hungarian painters Sass Brunner-Farkas and Elizabeth Brunner. Inspired by a mystic dream of Rabinadrath Tagore, the mother and daughter traveled to India, staying for 5 years. They met and painted Tagore, Mahatma Ghandi, along with portraits of Indian deities, landscapes, and common women and men.
Mother and daughter signed and inscribed the FFEP to friends "Mr. and Mrs. Tomanocky" and there is a separate inscription in Hungarian by, I believe, Sass Brunner. Mother and daughter also signed under their photographs opposite the title page and both signed under portrait photographs of themselves at the beginning of the two sections of the book which separate their individual paintings and drawings with a short inscription by Sass, and on a slip of paper with young Elizabeth's portrait and a Christmas and New Year's greeting. Amazingly, there is also a personal, black and white… Read More