Titles starting with F from Argonaut Book Shop

London: Spring Books, 1960 First edition. Quarto. Printed plastic dust jacket has minor tears, else a fine copy with slipcase. A chronicle of the art history and culture of China.. ... more information

New York: Universe Books, [1960] First American edition. Translated by Douglas J. Gillam. Quarto. A fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A general study of the native tribes of South America.. ... more information

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1954 Limited to 400 copies printed by Lawton Kennedy. [4], xii, 16, [1]pp. Printed in blue, red & black. 16 page facsimile of the original Reglamento in rear pocket. Red decorated cloth. Spine faded, else a very fine copy. A facsimile printing of the extremely rare Zamorano printing of the Provisional rules for the government of California, along with a note on the printing by George L. Harding and a historical note by George P. Hammond.. ... more information

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Promontory Press, 1986 Hardback boards. Slight crease to fore-edge of first few pages, else fine with pictorial dust jacket. ... more information

Reno, Nevada, U.S.A.: University of Nevada Press, 1986 First edition. xii, 136pp. Illustrations from early photographs and prints, map. Extensive notes, bibliography and index. Black cloth lettered in silver. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A good study of prostitution in San Francisco and its relationship to society, from the Gold Rush through the Victorian era. It shows how the economic, political, and social conditions of San Francisco's early heyday affected the public acceptance of the... more information

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904 First American edition, only issue. 286pp. plus one leaf of ads. Light blue cloth decorated in silver, green and black. Lettering on front cover in black, lettering on spine in gilt. Very light rubbing to spine ends and corners, the very slightest of wear to foot of spine. Lacking last blank leaf, else fine. 6,802 copies issued. [BAL: 11878; Sisson: p.18; Woodbridge: 26]. . ... more information

San Francisco: Privately Printed, 1961 First edition. One of 1000 copies privately printed for Edward T. Haas by the Grabhorn Press. Foreword by Edward T. Haas. Quarto. x, 72pp. plus 12 leaves of photographs. Handset Fry's Ornamented, Hadriano type. Printed throughout in red and black. Brown and white decorated boards, reddish-brown cloth spine, printed paper spine label. A very fine copy. This lovely printing production tells the story of this prominent and wealthy old San Francisco family, detailing t... more information

New York: by the author, 1885 First edition. Thick quarto. Pp. [16], [1]-821 + [16], [1]-832 + [16], [1]-668, [176]. 3000 wood engravings (many full-page), chromolithographic plates of flags and arms of nations, and numerous color maps (some folding). Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt, all edges gilt. Some light foxing to endpapers, else a fine and complete set. This well-illustrated and comprehensive work covers literally everything from artificial limbs to Zouaves, and much, much more such as the Hotchki... more information

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948 First edition. Numerous black & white prints; footnotes and index. Minor damage to upper edge of spine, else a fine copy in yellow cloth with lightly worn, spine-faded dust jacket. A look at New York city during the American Revolutionary War.. ... more information

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1991 Limited first edition, signed by the author. Published by the Franklin Library exclusively for subscribers of "The Signed First Edition Society." Bound in lavender leather, lettered and decoratively stamped in gilt. All edges gilt. THE BOOK WAS MISTAKENLY BOUND WITH THE COVER UPSIDE DOWN. Otherwise, a very fine, as new copy. An extremely handsome edition of this modern classic.. ... more information

Los Angeles: Times-Mirror Printing and Binding House, 1926 First edition. 12mo. A fine copy in wrappers. A competent bibliography of writings on Arizona history. 21A. ... more information

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991 First edition. Pp. xv, [1], 324. Several photographs. Appendix, tables, notes, index. Original maroon cloth lettered in silver. A very fine copy. Biography of Ogden Judge Hoffman focusing on his professional career. New York origins, judicial aspirations, the San Francisco court, criminal prosecution in Northern California, the famous struggle over land titles, the Chinese before the court, etc.. ... more information

London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 1959 First edition. Red cltoh. Foot of spine bumped. Minor rubbing to head of spine. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed, but now protected in an acetate cover.. ... more information

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1984 One of 1500 copies SIGNED by the illustrator. Thick square octavo. xxxii 306pp. Illustrated with 22 original silk-screens by Sol LeWitt. Full black cowhide. A very fine copy in very slightly scratched slipcase. This work of the famous Argentine writer, poet and philosopher was translated by Anthony Kerrigan and others. There is an introduction by Ronald Coleman. The artist, Sol LeWitt, also designed this handsome edition including the choice of typeface. His drawings we... more information

Cumberland, (British Columbia), 1987 First edition. One of 40 copies, signed and numbered in pencil by the author. 16mo. [4], 12pp. Illustrated by Priscilla Tetley with three full-page block prints printed in green, full-page music score printed in black. Dark green leather spine, plate glass sides. A very fine copy. This wonderful little Livres d'artiste title is bound with glass plate sides. "He is always out there, in front of the Shopper's Drug Mart, I Mean, eighteen hours a day, rain or sh... more information

London: Richard Bentley, 1848 First edition, first issue with "Provinces of America" on title page. The second issue read, "Provinces of North America." 2 volumes. Pp. viii, 344 + vii, [1], 343, [1]. Publisher's blind stamped maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spines. Engraved armorial bookplate in each volume. Some light chipping to spine ends, spines lightly faded. The slightest of foxing to preliminary leaves of volume I, but a superior set, fine and clean. A superior copy in the origin... more information

Los Angeles: Historical Society of Southern California, 1959 First edition. Printed letterpress by Lorrin L. Morrison. Special publication no. 4 of the Society. Introduction by Gustave O. Arlt. Quarto. xxii, 91pp. Photographic frontis of Colin Hall, Monterey, 14 photographic portrait plates. Bibliographies, index. Black cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Jacket price-clipped, else fine. Important events from 1542 to 1945. Includes Cabrillo's discovery, Serra's founding of Miss... more information

Sacramento: State Board of Agriculture, 1869 Octavo (9x6 inches). 38pp. Self wrappers, stitched. Lower corner of title leaf with small section lacking. A very good copy. Includes officers, list of departments, list of premiums awarded to exhibit winners within departments of live stock, machinery and implements, Textile fabrics, mechanical products, agricultural products, fruits, fine arts, etc., as well as general rules for the fair. Stockton news dealer's ("J. E. Chittenden, Opposition News Deale... more information

Guildford, Surrey, England: Genesis Publications Ltd., 1984 First edition. Number 940 of 2000 copies signed in ink by the author. The foreword is by Beatle, George Harrison and is signed in ink by him. Also signed in pencil by Larry Smith, the artist of the endpapers and the illustration on page viii. Edited by George Harrison who provides the foreword and annotations. x, 541pp. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of plates, reproductions of art work, correspondence, memorabilia, reproduction of Beatles pro... more information

San Francisco: George Spaulding & Co., 1898 First hardback edition, also issued in parts. Compiled and edited by Edwin A. Sherman. 2 volumes. Folio. Pp. 534 + [535]-802, 218, xvi, [6, index]. Profusely illustrated with engraved portraits, group photos, plates, exterior and interior images of lodges and other Masonic buildings, facsimiles, etc. Original pictorial blind stamped leather, decorated and lettered in gilt on spines and front covers, all edges gilt. Two or three ownership stamps, a few minor su... more information