Gregory's Guide for California Travellers via the Isthmus of Panama by Joseph P. Gregory, Proprietor of Gregory's California and New York Express...
by Gregory, Joseph W.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1949 Book. Fine. Hardcover. One of 300 copies printed by Harold Seeger and Albert Sperisen at the Black Vine Press. Reprinted from the scarce original edition published in New York by Nafis & Cornish in 1850. Introduction by Edith M. Coulter. Thin octavo. 16, [1]pp. Tinted frontis map and one full page illustration, facsimile of original title page, 2 other facsimiles tipped in. Decorative yellow-orange cloth. Binding slightly cocked, slight shelfwaer, else a... Read More
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Tales of the Angler's Eldorado, New Zealand
by Grey, Zane
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First reprint by this publisher, utilizing the same plates made for the original edition. Quarto. viii, [2], 228pp. plus over 100 photographic halftone illustrations by the author and drawings by Frank E. Phares. Publisher's dark blue cloth lettered in light blue. Upper fore-edge of two leaves slightly shaved. A fine copy with pictorial dust jacket (lightly worn and chipped). Fishing for marlin, mako, swordfish, kingfish, and yellowtail in the waters of... Read More
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Tales of Fishes
by Grey, Zane
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First reprint by this publisher, utilizing the same plates made for the original edition. [12], 267pp. plus color frontispiece and over 60 photographic halftone illustrations by the author. Yellow cloth stamped in dark green. Spine slightly darkened. A fine copy with pictorial dust jacket (worn and torn). Contains 14 articles on big game fishing (1 on Catalina), plus the poem "Zane Grey" by W. Livingston Larned. The official publication date for... Read More
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An American Angler in Australia
by Grey, Zane
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1937 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition (so stated and with the correct "B-M" code). vi, [2], 115pp. plus 35 photographic halftone plates. Title page printed in ochre and black. Publisher's gilt-stamped green cloth. A fine copy with very good pictorial dust jacket (jacket chipped at foot of spine and lower corners, less so to rear lower edge). One of the scarcest of Grey's fishing titles, especially in this condition. This title is... Read More
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Tales of Swordfish and Tuna
by Grey, Zane
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1927 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. First edition (so stated and with the correct "H-B" code). Quarto. [12], 203pp. plus 90 photographic halftone plates taken by the author; drawings by Frank E. Phares. Publisher's gilt-stamped dark blue cloth. Tiny bump to lower edge of front cover. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket (slight wear to jacket spine ends). A lovely copy with the jacket. Quite scarce in this condition. As the... Read More
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300 Years in Victoria County
by Grimes, Roy [Editor]
Victoria, Texas: The Victoria Advocate Publishing Co., 1968 Book. Illus. by Jones, Tom. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. [16], 649pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs, portraits; drawings by Tom Jones. Bibliographical notes, index. Green cloth lettered in gilt on spine and front cover. A very fine and bright copy with pictorial dust jacket (jacket artwork by Tom Jones; slight jacket wear to spine ends, less so to corners, spine slightly faded). History of the "cradle" of Texas, Victoria and Victoria... Read More
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Copies of the Depositions of the Witnesses Examined in the Cause of Divorce now depending in the Consistory Court of the Lord Bishop of London... between the Right Honourable Richard Lord Grosvenor, and the right Honourable Henrietta Lady Grosvenor
by Grosvenor, Richard Lord
London: Printed for J. Russel, 1771 Book. Fine. Soft cover. Full title: Copies of the Depositions of the Witnesses Examined in the Cause of Divorce now depending in the Consistory Court of the Lord Bishop of London, at Doctor's-Commons, between the Right Honourable Richard Lord Grosvenor, and the right Honourable Henrietta Lady Grosvenor, His Wife... with an Appendix, containing the Libel and Allegations. First edition. Rare, especially in this original condition. . Pp. viii, [1], 10-240, [8], 249-307. Original light... Read More
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The Far West and the Rockies, 1820-1875. (15 volumes, Complete)
by Hafen, LeRoy R. and Ann W.
Glendale: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1954 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First editions, published between 1954 and 1961. 15 volumes, complete. Eleven of the volumes are SIGNED on the front free ends by the author. Portraits, maps (some folding and in color), plates, facsimiles. Dark green cloth lettered in gilt. A very and bright fine set. First editions of this major series, the purpose of which was to present a selection of the more important unpublished... Read More
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Charles Schreiner, General Merchandise,. The Story of a Country Store
by Haley, J. Evetts
Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1944 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Small quarto. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. Pp. x, [4], 74. Frontis portrait, illustrations by Harold D. Bugbee. Typography and design by Carl Hertzog. Index. Light brown-gray cloth, gilt. Bookplate on inner cover of Lamar Moore. A fine copy with lightly worn pictorial dust jacket. .
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Halley's Hand-Book of the California Legislature. Twenty-Second Session. 1877-78.
by Halley, William [Compiler]
Sacramento: William Halley, 1878 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition, first issue. 16mo. 84pp. Title page illustration. Brown cloth, gilt lettering on front cover, blind rules. Contemporary owner's name on endpaper. Spine a bit faded, but a lovely, tight, fine copy. This little work was intended as a hand-book and companion for visitors to the State capitol, as well as a useful guide for state officers, et al. Today, it is very scarce, especially in this condition. Includes biographical sketches of... Read More
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The History of San Jose and Surroundings with Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers
by Hall, Frederic
San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1871 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Pp. xv, 537. Lithographed frontispiece, 3 lithographic plates, large folding map (laid in). Newly bound in powder blue cloth, lettered in black, to match original binding. Map with some tape repair, else a fine copy. One of the earliest definitive histories of San Jose and the surrounding area. The large folding map and appendix chapters contain much valuable information on the earliest Spanish... Read More
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Around the Horn in '49. The Journal of the Hartford Union Mining and Trading Company. December, 1848 to September, 1849
by Hall, John Linville
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1928 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1849 first edition. One of 250 numbered copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Historical introduction by Oscar Lewis. [14], 127pp. Tipped-in color frontispiece. Brown cloth spine, marbled boards, paper spine label printed in gold. Handsomely engraved bookplate on inner cover. Offsetting to free endpapers (as usual). A fine copy. Journal kept by John Linville Hall; a day to day account of the voyage of the barque... Read More
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In Search of J.D. Salinger
by Hamilton, Ian
New York: Random House, 1988 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Purple cloth. A very fine copy in original dust jacket. The biography of one of the most important and reclusive writers of the twentieth century..
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The Autobiography of John Hays Hammond. Illustrated with Photographs. [2 volumes].
by Hammond, John Hayes
Murray Hill, New Yorlk: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1935 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 2 volumes. Octavo. 9 x 6 inches. xiii, [1], 383 + 384-813pp. 68 black & white plates, many from photographs. Bibliography, index. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front covers. Spines of each volume faded, else a fine set, internally fine and clean. Housed in the original publisher's slipcase, with pictorial pastedown. Light general wear to slipcase. First edition. John Hayes... Read More
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The Last Voyage
by Hanley, James
London: William Jackson (Books) Ltd., 1931 Book. Illus. by Odle, Alan. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Special Edition. Foreword by Richard Aldington. Tall octavo. Frontis illustration by Alan Odle. Dark green cloth. Slight fading to spine and cover edges, tiny spot to frontis illustration, else a fine copy. First edition. Number 285 of 500 copies (for sale), hand-numbered and signed by the author. Printed at the Chiswick Press. Number 5 of the Furnival Books. This copy includes the... Read More
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Charles A. Murdock. Printer & Citizen of San Francisco: An Appraisal.
by Harding, George L.
Berkeley: Tamalpais Press, 1973 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limited edition of 310 copies (only 300 of which were for sale). Designed, composed, and printed by Roger Levenson at Howell-North Press. Illustrated with black & white photographs and facsimile reproductions. Index. Signature of well known historian and author Robert "Bob" Chandler on inner front cover. A very fine copy in gilt-decorated brown cloth. Charles A. Murdock (1841-1928) settled in San Francisco in 1864 where he became... Read More
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Chapter Nine: The Vulgate Bible & Other Unfinished Projects of John Henry Nash.
by Harlan, Robert D.
San Francisco: William Heinemann, 1982 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. One of 1000 copies printed and designed by Abe Lerner. 12mo. (80pp.). Includes facsimiles, some folding. Gilt-lettered tan boards. Upper corners just showing, else a very fine copy. The final chapter of the author's biography of Nash, printed in 1970, which discusses Nash's projected magnum opus, a deluxe edition of the Vulgate Bible. Other unfinished projects are also described, including editions of Virgil, John Milton's Areopagitica, Richard Henry Dana's Two... Read More
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At the Sign of the Lark: William Doxey's Publishing Venture. With an Annotated Bibliography
by Harlan, Robert D.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1983 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limited to 550 copies printed and designed by Harold Berliner. 84pp. Portrait, facsimiles; notes, bibliography, index. Purple cloth, gilt. Spine very slightly faded, else a fine copy. A history and full annotated bibliography of Doxey's published material. Doxey was a San Francisco bookseller and publisher and was involved with The Lark by Gellette Burgess, as well as many other publishing ventures. Errata slip laid in. With original... Read More
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The Great Diamond Hoax and other Stirring Incidents in the Life of Asbur Harpending
by Harpending, Asbury
San Francisco: Univeristy of Oaklahoma Press, 1958 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Edited by James H. Wilkins. Foreword by Glen Dawson. Pp. xix, [1], 211. Frontis, plates. Original dark blue boards. A very fine, crisp copy with pictorial dust jacket. ... Read More
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The Gila Trail. The Texas Argonauts and the California Gold Rush
by Harris, Benjamin Butler
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1960 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Edited and Annotated by Richard H. Dillon. 224 pp. Illustrations, maps; bibliographical notes, index. A very fine copy with spine-faded pictorial dust jacket. Colorful reminiscences of the Trail and of the Mother Lode mining camps, 1849-1850, published here for the first time. "Along with Powell and Duval, this ranks as one of the most important (and rare) firsthand accounts describing the Southern Route.... Read More
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Clark's Point. A Narrative of the Conquest of California and of the Beginning of San Francisco. [With]: Lone Mountain. The Most Revered of San Francisco's Hills. Annals of the Pioneers Copied from Headstones and Other Old Records. [2 parts in 1 volume].
by Hart, Ann Clark
San Francisco: Pioneer Press, 1937 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Pp. 56, [24] + ix, [1], 76, 4, index of names. Sixteen illustrations. Half cloth and marbled boards, spine lettered in black. Just a bit of scattered foxing, 3 corners showing, but a fine copy. The story of William S. Clark of Clark's Point (San Francisco Bay), builder of the first wharf on the Bay in 1847 at the site of what is now Battery and... Read More
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Tales of the Gold Rush
by Harte, Bret
New York: The Heritage Press, 1944 Book. Illus. by Martin, Fletcher. Very fine. Hardcover. Illustrated by Fletcher Martin. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. Printed boards with beige cloth spine. Spine slightly darkened, else a fine copy in slipcase. Light wear to slipcase. Sandglass pamphlet laid in. A collection of thirteen of Harte's short stories, including "The Luck of Roaring Camp," "The Outcasts of Poker Flat," "Tennessee's Partner" and others. In his introduction, Lewis provides a good biographical sketch of the author..... Read More
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San Francisco in 1866... Being Letters to the Springfield Republican
by Harte, Bret
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1951 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First book edition. One of 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Edited by George R. Stewart and Edwin S. Fussell. x, 88pp. Title and chapter headings printed in blue. Folding facsimile. Linen-backed blue marbled boards, paper spine label. Spine very slightly bit darkened. A fine copy. Eleven long letters dealing with San Francisco just after the Civil War, among the earliest of Harte's writings. Although the authorship... Read More
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Dickens in Camp
by Harte, Bret
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1923 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Although not indicated, one of 250 copies printed by John Henry Nash as a gift to the Book Club of California. Thin quarto. [12]pp. Three facsimile pages tipped in. Red boards decorated with tan, black, green and white leaf pattern, printed paper label on front cover. Light wear to spine ends, handsomely engraved bookplate on inner cover, else a fine copy. "Dickens in Camp" was the tribute Bret Harte... Read More
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Mliss
by Harte, Bret
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1948 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. One of 300 copies printed with hand-set Goudy Modern type. Small folio. 50pp. Initials and 4 full-page illustrations in color, engraved by Mallette Dean. Bibliography. Half red linen and decorated boards, printed paper spine label. Spine ever so slightly faded, but a very fine copy. Mliss was first published in 1870 as part of "The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches." The full-page color illustrations by Mallette Dean were inspired... Read More
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