The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels. 3 volumes (First, Second and Third Series).
by Ingoldsby, Thomas [Barham, Richard Harris]
London: Richard Bentley, 1842 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 3 volumes. Octavo. 8 x 5 inches. Pp. xii, 339 + viii, 288 + vi, [2], 364. Numerous plates by George Cruikshank, John Leech and others. Bound by Root & Son, London in full three-quarter dark blue-green morocco, spines with extensive gilt decoration and gilt pictorial emblems within panels, top edges gilt, marbled sides and endpapers. Bookplate on inner cover of each volume. Spine of each volume uniformly faded. A handsome set, fine... Read More
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The Great Salt Lake Trail
by Inman, Colonel Henry and Colonel William F. ("Buffalo Bill") Cody
Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, Inc., 1966 Book. Illus. by Clarke, F. Colburn. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile edition. Limited to 1500 copies. xiii [1] 529pp. Frontispiece, 7 plates, folding map, text illustrations. Illustrations by F. Colburn Clarke, initials and tailpieces by Thompson Willing. Gilt-lettered gray cloth. A very fine copy with price-clipped dust jacket. A history of the Salt Lake Trail prior to the building of the railroad. Covers the trappers and traders, scouts, Indians, the emigrants along the trail to the... Read More
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Aesculapius Inspects the Harvard Medical School
by Irving, Frederick C.
San Francisco: Privately printed for a. Lincoln Brown, M.D., 1955 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. One of 100 copies beautifully printed by the Grabhorn Press. Small folio. 28pp. Opening initials on title and first page of text stamped in gold, designed by Mary Grabhorn. Handset Lutetia type on English handmade paper. White parchment-style boards, dark red spine label, gilt. Covers slightly soiled, else a fine copy. This satirical essay was originally delivered by the author at the Mid-winter... Read More
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Bracebridge Hall; or, the Humorists. By Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
by Irving, Washington
London: John Murray, 1822 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2 volumes. First British edition. Second issue of volume II with the text finishing on p.404. Contemporary three-quarter dark green calf, marbled boards. Covers a bit rubbed, some edge wear, especially at corners. Overall, an attractive, clean set. This first British edition was published simultaneously with the American edition, but contains five further sketches. Both volumes are complete with type setting "A" as per BAL. [BAL: 10110]..
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Three Choice Sketches by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. The Stout Gentleman. The Adventure of My Uncle. Horsemanship.
by Irving, Washington
San Mateo: The Greenwood Press, 1941 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Number 101 of 250 copies designed, printed, and entirely handset by Jack W. Stauffacher. 12mo. [8], 83pp. 3 text illustrations by Frank Stauffacher. Handset type by Jack Stauffacher. Course beige cloth, printed paper spine label. A very fine copy with printed dust jacket (jacket spine faded and with two small spots). The first book from the Greenwood Press. Jack Stauffacher started his Press in San Mateo. In 1947 he moved to... Read More
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Astoria or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains (2 volumes)
by Irving, Washington
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1897 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 2 volumes. Pp. xvi, 389 + xvi, 391. Frontispiece in each volume, 27 plates from drawings, engravings and photographs, printed tissue guards. Maroon cloth, covers and spines decoratively stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. Inner front hinge of volume I and inner rear hinge of volume II cracked, else a fine and handsome set. "Tacoma edition" of this classic account of the first American attempt at settlement on... Read More
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The Western Journals of Washington Irving
by Irving, Washington
Norman: Univeristy of Oaklahoma Press, 1944 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Edited and Annotated by John Francis McDermott. Pp. xiii, [1], 201. Eight plates, folding map. Notes, appendices, bibliography, index. Tan cloth lettered in gilt. A fine copy with dust jacket (extremities of jacket a bit rubbed, light chipping to spine ends, some tape repair to rear). Scarce. Having been away in Europe for seventeen years, Irving finally returned to America in 1832. Irving was invited, along... Read More
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Happier for His Presence. San Francisco and Robert Louis Stevenson
by Issler, Anne Roller
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1949 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition. Presentation inscription, signed by the author: "For Sarah Hammond Kelly, Second National Vice-President, League of American Pen Women, and fellow member of the Sonoma County Branch. With the best wishes of the author. Anne Roller Issler. June 25, 1949." Octavo. 8½x5¼ inches. Pp. xviii, [5], 178. Plates and illustrations; bibliography, index. Tan cloth lettered in brown on spine. Slight rubbing to outer joints. A... Read More
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Happier for His Presence. San Francisco and Robert Louis Stevenson
by Issler, Anne Roller
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1949 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. 178pp. Octavo. 8½x5¼ inches. Pp. xviii, [5], 178. Plates and illustrations; bibliography, index. Tan cloth lettered in brown on spine. A fine copy. Lacking dust jacket. Becoming somewhat scarce. A revealing biography based upon original source material. The author comes up with some new psychological sidelights on the man and the people who surrounded him. Particularly interesting are several letters from Fanny's husband that throw new... Read More
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Gold Dust
by Jackson, Donald Dale
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1980 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First edition. 361pp. 2 double-page maps, portraits, illustrations; source notes and index. White cloth-backed orange boards, gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Some light soiling to bottom edge of white cloth spine, light spotting to endpapers. Overall a near fine copy in fine pictorial dust jacket. A narrative history of the California Gold Rush from numerous letters, diaries, and other contemporary accounts..
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Shooting the Sun. Cartographic Results of Military Activities in Texas, 1689-1829.
by Jackson, Jack
Lubbock: Book Club of Texas, 1998 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 2 volumes. First edition. Number 66 of 325 numbered copies beautifully designed and printed by Wind River Press, Austin. Folio. 15x10¾ inches. Pp. xi, 3, 275 + [3], 279-582 + colophon leaf in each volume. Printed in red and black. Color frontispiece in each volume plus 110 other maps printed in black & white. Extensive notes and bibliography, index, annotated map list in each volume. Half dark brown cloth, decorated boards,... Read More
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Flags Along the Coast. Charting the Gulf of Mexico, 1519-1759: A Reappraisal.
by Jackson, Jack
Austin: Book Club of Texas, 1995 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Number 64 of 350 numbered copies designed and printed by Wind River Press, Austin. Folio. 15x11 inches. xii, 225pp. Printed in red and black. Color frontispiece map and 65 other maps printed in black & white. Extensive notes and bibliography, list of maps. Half maroon cloth, printed paper spine label, decorated boards, paper spine label. A very fine, as new copy in the plain paper dust jacket. Excellent source... Read More
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Turner, Bolton, and Webb. Three Historians of the American Frontier.
by Jacobs, Wilbur R., John W. Caughey and Joe B. Frantz
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1965 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Small octavo. Pp. xiii, [1], [1]-113. Portraits of each subject. Selected annotated bibliography for each historian. Index. Dark blue cloth-backed orange boards. A very fine and crisp copy with decoratively printed yellow dust jacket (corner of front flap creased). First edition. Three modern historians profile three scholars who significantly influenced the contemporary concept of American frontier history: Frederick Jackson Turner and his epochal thesis... Read More
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Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819 and '20, by Order of the Hon. J. C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War
by James, Edwin
Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1823 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First edition. 2 volumes. Pp. [4], 5, [3], 503 + [6], 442, xcviii. Lacking atlas volume (which is often the case). Later three-quarter leather, marbled boards, scattered light foxing, minor age-toning, contemporary owner's name. A very good, attractive set. This notable government expedition (commanded by Major Stephen H. Long) supplemented earlier discoveries of Pike and Lewis and Clark." (Howes). Long was appointed by the government to explore... Read More
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Saint Patrick of England
by James, Judge William F.
San Francisco: Printed for the author, 1955 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). One of 200 copies, numbered and SIGNED by the author, our copy being number "Eighty-five" (signed on last page). Printed by the Grabhorn Press. Quarto. Pp. [5], [6]-25. Title in red and black, pagination in red. Woodcut by Mallette Dean. Printed on English handmade paper. Green cloth, natural linen back, title in red on spine. A very fine copy. Written in the form of a letter... Read More
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The Selected Letters of Robinson Jeffers, 1897-1962.
by [JEFFERS, Robinson]. Ridgeway, Ann N. [Editor].
Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1968 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Foreword by Mark Van Doren. Small quarto. 9¼ x 7 inches. Pp. xx, 407. Illustrated throughout from photographs by Leigh Wiener; appendix, index. Beige cloth-backed green boards, matching paper spine label. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Jacket price-clipped and slightly soiled on the front. First edition. Includes nearly 400 letters arranged chronologically from the age of ten until the day before Jeffers' death. The... Read More
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A Book of Gaelic Airs for Una's Melodeon
by Jeffers, Una and Robinson
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1989 Book. Illus. by Jeffers, Robinson. Very fine. Hardcover. First edition. A limited edition of 500 copies. Oblong quarto. 186pp. Designed by Ward Ritchie. Printed by the Premier Printing Corporation. Bound by Bella Blau. Introduction by Dave Oliphant. Illustrations by Robinson Jeffers. White linen, paper spine label printed in green. A very fine copy. A collection of gaelic songs Una Jeffers collected during her visits to Ireland. She compiled them in a... Read More
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Geologic Guidebook of the San Francisco Bay Counties: History, Landscape, Geology, Fossils...
by Jenkins, Olaf P. [Editor]
San Francisco: California Division of Mines, 1951 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Bulletin 154 of the California Division of Mines. Oblong quarto. 392pp. Black and white photographs, maps, diagrams; sectional bibliographies, glossary, index. Original black-lettered tan cloth. First signature section (to page 15) detached, but present. Covers slightly soiled. A very good copy. This extensive work covers the San Francisco Bay Area and has a large section on the movements of the San Andreas fault. It includes... Read More
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Earthquakes in Kern County California During 1952.
by JENKINS, Olaf P. [Editor]
San Francisco: Division of Mines, 1955 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Bulletin 171 of the California Division of Mines. Quarto. 283pp. Illustrated throughout from photographs, maps, charts, and text figures; 2 folding maps in rear pocket. Red cloth. Small library stamp and previous owner's stamp on front endpapers and edges of textblock, slight remnants of removed bookplates from front endpapers, a few inked but unobtrusive library number markings on title page. Spine slightly faded. Other than the... Read More
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Geologic Guidebook of the San Francisco Bay Counties: History, Landscape, Geology, Fossils...
by Jenkins, Olaf P. [Editor]
San Francisco: California Division of Mines, 1951 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Bulletin 154 of the California Division of Mines. Oblong quarto. 392pp. Black and white photographs, maps, diagrams; sectional bibliographies, glossary, index. Original black-lettered tan cloth. A fine copy. This extensive work covers the San Francisco Bay Area and has a large section on the movements of the San Andreas fault. It includes maps and aerial photographs. This volume also includes a list of highways and byways... Read More
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Mother Lode Country. Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49 - Sierran Gold Belt.
by Jenner, Edward
San Francisco: California Division of Mines, 1948 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Oblong octavo. 164pp. Extensively illustrated with photographs and maps. Tan cloth. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, light shelfwear to covers. Overall, a fine copy. Discovery of Gold, History of Placer Mining, Mining & Milling Methods in California, Geologic Maps and Notes, Survey of Building Structures of the Sierran Gold Belt, etc. Includes a multitude of photographs of original building structures in stone, adobe, etc.... Read More
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James Weld Towne. Pioneer San Francisco Printer, Publisher and Paper Purveyor.
by Johnson, Bruce L.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2008 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. One of 275 copies designed and typeset by Patrick Reagh. Small quarto. xiii, [1], 214pp. 31 photographic illustrations, many in color, including portraits, views, numerous title pages and facsimiles, etc. Notes, appendices, index. Purple linen lettered in copper with acetate jacket. A very fine copy. An in-depth study of Towne (1829-1917), one of San Francisco's earliest and most influential commercial printers. Towne produced an enormous volume of... Read More
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Nocturne in St. Gauden's
by Johnson, James Sydney
San Francisco: Printed for the American Institute of Graphic Arts by The Windsor Press, 1929 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. One of 700 copies by the Brothers Johnson, with presswork by Lawton Kennedy and binding by Ralph Liddy. Presentation inscription, signed by James Sydney Johnson (of the Windsor Press) to Sam Farquhar (UC Press). Thin octavo. [4], 14, [2]pp. Original wood-engraving, "Christus," by Howard Simon. Title vignette (printer's device) and initial in lavender. Handset type. Black boards decorated... Read More
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The Life and Times of Edward Robeson Taylor: Physician, Lawyer, Poet, and Politician
by Johnson, Kenneth M.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1968 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limited to 400 copies printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. [4], iii, [3], 63pp. Folded broadside tipped-in, plates from photos. Gold cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Slightly faded on front cover near spine, else a fine copy. A biography of the first president of the Book Club of California, who served as Mayor of San Francisco (1907-1909) as well as having many other accomplishments... Read More
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San Francisco As It Is: Gleanings from the "Picayune," 1850-1852
by Johnson, Kenneth M. [Editor]
Georgetown: Talisman Press, 1964 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limited to 1,000 copies. Quarto. 285pp. 16 plates from early photographs and prints, numerous text illustrations; notes and references, index. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. A very fine copy with lightly chipped pictorial dust jacket. The material in this very interesting work is derived from the rare files of the San Francisco Picayune, probably the 'enfant terrible' of the early San Francisco newspapers. "This handsome volume reproduces the text of one of... Read More
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