Authors starting with Z from Argonaut Book Shop

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1946 First edition. Balck & white photographic illustrations. Blindstamped green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Spine faded, previous owner's signiture on front free endpaper, minor shelf wear. Overall, a near fine copy. . ... more information

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1970 First English translation. One of 900 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. Compiled by Maekawa Bunzo and Sakai Junzo from the Narrative of Hatsutaro, a Japanese Castaway. Translated by Richard Zumwinkle, assisted by Tadanobu Kawai. 143pp. Numerous illustrations in color, map. Dark blue cloth, gilt. Spine and top edge of cover faded, else a fine copy. An early Japanese account of Baja California, compiled from the experiences of sailors who were res... more information

Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 1986 First edition. xxv, 255pp. Frontis portrait, text illustrations; appendix, bibliography and index. Cloth-backed, cloth-covered boards. A fine copy in dust jacket. The Hungarian immigrant who became one of the Smithsonian Institution's most successful collector s of natural history specimens. While at Fort Tejon in California's Tehachapi Mountains, Xantus kept up this correspondence with the Smithsonian. He faithfully described his findings, and shipped b... more information