A Leaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens Herbal Printed by Christopher Plantin
by Bliss, Carey S.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1977 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. Limited to 385 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom. The original leaf contains 3 detailed herbal woodcuts. Essay by Carey S. Bliss. Folio. 28pp. Facsimile woodcuts, original leaf tipped in. Decorated cloth. A very fine copy..
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A Leaf from the 1583 Rembert Dodoens Herbal Printed by Christopher Plantin
by Bliss, Carey S.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1977 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. Limited to 385 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom. The original leaf contains 3 detailed herbal woodcuts. Essay by Carey S. Bliss. Folio. 28pp. Facsimile woodcuts, original leaf tipped in. Decorated cloth. A very fine copy..
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Julius Firmicus Maternus and the Aldine Edition of the Scriptores Astronomici Veteres. With An Original Leaf printed by Aldus Manutius at Venice in 1499
by Bliss, Carey S.
Los Angeles: Kenneth Karmiole, 1981 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. First edition. Number 56 of 164 copies printed by Patrick Reagh. Presentation inscription, signed by the publisher. Small folio. [10], 11-28pp. plus bibliography. Decorated title page plus 6 illustrations. Gray cloth, paper spine label. A very fine copy. Includes an original leaf, from an incunable, laid into a folding paper envelope within the book and includes some rubrication in red and blue. Aldus Manutius was responsible for many innovations in early... Read More
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A Natural History Containing Many not Common Observations Extracted out of the best Modern Writers
by Blount, Sir Thomas Pope
London: Printed for R. Bentley, 1693 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. 16mo. Pp. [16], 469, [3, ads]. Newer three-quarter calf, marbled boards, red leather spine label, new endpapers. Upper inner corner of title with minor repair, lower corner of p.97 torn off affecting one word, expert repair to gutter of last leaf, faint circular embossed library stamp on title (withdrawn). Text sheets lightly browned. A handsome copy. Fine. In his "Natural History", Blount collected observation from 'the... Read More
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Kongur, China's Elusive Summit
by Bonington, Chris
London: Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd., 1982 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Foreword by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. Introduction by Michael Ward. 224pp. Profusely illustrated with (mostly) color and black & white photographs; maps, Cloth. A very fine copy with unclipped pictorial dust jacket. The main Himalayan chain of the unexplored mountains of Tibet and Chinese Central Asia is now open to foreigners. The British Mount Kongur expedition was the first to be allowed into China.... Read More
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San Francisco by Land & Sea. A Transportation Album
by Bonnett, Wayne
Sausalito, California: Windgate Press, 1997 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. First edition. Oblong 4to. 160pp. Illustrated throughout with historic photographs and reproductions, some in color; maps. Index. Brown cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. A wonderful pictorial history of transportation in and around San Francisco beginning with the Gold Rush period and involving every mode of transportation from ox-cart to airplane, and from clipper ship to riverboat. The beautifully reproduced historical photographs are provided from the... Read More
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The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles. An Account of Its Inception, Purpose, Contriutors, Contents, Publication, Revision and Influence on William Shakespeare
by Booth, Stephen
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1968 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limited edition of 500 copies. Folio. 83pp. Text illustrations, original leaf tipped-in. Cloth-backed decorated boards, paper spine label. Spine label slightly faded, else a very fine copy. Limited to 500 copies beautifully designed and printed by Adrian Wilson at his Press in Tuscany Alley. Contains an original leaf from the second, very much enlarged, 1587 edition of the Chronicles, a massive compendium of all human knowledge of... Read More
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The Book Called Holinshed's Chronicles. An Account of Its Inception, Purpose, Contributors, Contents, Publication, Revision and Influence on William Shakespeare
by Booth, Stephen
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1968 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. One of 500 copies beautifully designed and printed by Adrian Wilson at his Press in Tuscany Alley. Folio. 83pp. Text illustrations, original leaf tipped-in. Cloth-backed decorated boards, paper spine label. Edges of covers slightly faded (as usual). A very fine copy. Contains an original leaf from the second, very much enlarged, 1587 edition of the Chronicles, a massive compendium of all human knowledge of geography and history... Read More
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Memoirs of Edward Bosqui
by Bosqui, Edward
Oakland: Holmes Book Co., 1952 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Reprint of the excessively rare 1904 first edition, with new foreword, introduction and listing of Bosqui imprints by Harold C. Holmes. SIGNED on the front endpaper by Helen Weber Kennedy, great granddaughter of the founder of Stockton, California. Foreword by Harold C. Holmes. Introduction by Henry R. Wagner. xxvii, 180pp. Colored frontis, 3 facsimiles, 2 plates. Bibliography. Publisher's cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. Spine and top edge of front cover slightly faded.... Read More
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Breeding Your Own. How to Raise and Train Colts for Pleasure and Profit
by Bosworth, Clarence E.
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1939 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. Number 229 of 1250 copies printed at the Derrydale Press by Eugene V. Connett. Pp. x, [2], 245pp. Numerous photographs; appendix. Tan cloth spine, royal blue cloth sides, gilt-lettered labels. A fine copy. The appendix includes formulas for frequently needed remedies; various registration societies; pedigrees, etc..
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Stella Benson
by Bottome, Phyllis
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. 250 copies printed. Small 8vo. ii, 14pp. Title printed in red and black; marginal titles, one initial and colophon in red. Handset Garamond type. Oxford gray cloth boards with yellow spine, paper label printed in red on front cover. Spine slightly darkened, but a very fine copy. Printed for Albert Bender by The Grabhorn Press. A tribute to the late Stella Benson, the author who found friendship and work... Read More
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Stagecoach Heyday In the San Joaquin Valley, 1853-1876
by Boyd, William Harland and Ralph F. Kreiser
Bakersfield: Kern County Historical Society, 1983 Book. Illus. by Bannerman, A. Islay. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edtion. Foreword by Rodman W. Paul. xii, 74pp. Numerous views and portraits from vintage photographs, maps, facsimiles. Notes, bibliography, index. Dark blue cloth, gilt. Previous owner's signature. A very fine copy with dust jacket. Jacket with slight edge wear and small closed tear to top front edge. A good study of early-day transportation and the emerging stagecoach system... Read More
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John Bradford's Historical Notes on Kentucky from the Western Miscellany Compiled by G. W. Stipp, in 1827
by Bradford, John
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1932 Book. Fine. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, handsomely printed by the Grabhorn Press. No. 3 of their Rare Americana Series. Introduction by John Wilson Townsend. Small octavo. 212pp. 1 folding map plus vignettes. Tan pictorial boards, red paper spine label. A very fine, bright and crisp copy with the publisher's plain wrapper. A very fine copy of a book often found quite worn. Bradford's 'Historical Notes' were originally written as a series in the 'Kentucky... Read More
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John Bradford's Historical Notes on Kentucky from the Western Miscellany Compiled by G. W. Stipp, in 1827
by Bradford, John
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1932 Book. Fine. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, handsomely printed by the Grabhorn Press. No. 3 of their Rare Americana Series. Introduction by John Wilson Townsend. Small octavo. 212pp. 1 folding map plus vignettes. Tan pictorial boards, red paper spine label. Darkening to spine, Slight wear to spine ends, paper spine label faded and stained. Previous owner address label on inner front cover. Bradford's 'Historical Notes' were originally written as a series in the 'Kentucky... Read More
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The Diary of Patrick Breen; Recounting the Ordeal of the Donner Party Snowbound in the Sierra, 1846-47
by Breen, Patrick
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1946 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Introduction & Notes by George R. Stewart. Decorations by Mallette Dean. Gilt-lettered white cloth spine, decorated boards. Owner's ink name and date on free endpapers, spine a bit darkened, else a fine copy. One of 300 copies handset and printed on rag paper by the Allen Press. Includes a facsimile of the original diary. [Allen: 5]..
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The Bannock Indian War of 1878
by BRIMLOW, George Francis.
Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, 1938 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 9¼ x 6 inches. 241 pp. Map endpapers. Appendices, bibliography, index. Gray cloth printed in red. Minor wear to spine ends, else a fine copy with chipped pictorial dust jacket. .
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Daughters of Mars [an original holograph manuscript]
by Bromfield, Louis
1950 Handwritten. Fine. No Binding. An original holograph manuscript. 42 leaves, very closely written on rectos only of legal-size lined note paper. Fine condition. Housed in a folding leather case, lettered in gilt on front cover. No place, no date (c.1950). A long holograph manuscript in Bromfield's customary minuscule handwriting. Louis Bromfield (1896-1956) was an American author and conservationist who gained international recognition winning the Pulitzer Prize (for Early Autumn) and pioneering innovative scientific farming concepts. During his career... Read More
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Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849. [With]: Relacion de los Debates de la Convencion de California, sobre la Formacion de la Constitucion de Estado...
by Browne, J. Ross
Washington: John T. Towers, 1851 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849. Pp. 479, [1], xlvi [2]. [With]: Relacion de los Debates de la Convencion de California, sobre la Formacion de la Constitucion de Estado, en Setiembre y Octubre de 1849. 439 [1] xiii pp. 2 volumes. Both volumes handsomely and expertly rebound in matching full dark brown calf, gilt rules,... Read More
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Reports Upon the Mineral Resources of the United States
by Browne, J. Ross
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1868 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First expanded edition, House of Representatives issue (40th Cong., 2nd Sess., Ex. Doc. No. 202). xxxviii, [2], 674pp. Index. Newly bound in three-quarter gray leatherette, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. Darkening to title page. A fine copy. An extremely comprehensive report covering mining and mineral resources throughout the country. First published in 1867 in 360 pages, this expanded edition provides far greater coverage and information. The first 300 pages cover the Mother Lode... Read More
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The Final Stanza. A Hitherto Unpublished Chapter of "That Man Heine."
by Browne, Lewis
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1929 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition. One of 400 copies printed for The Book Club of California by San Francisco printers, Johnck & Seeger. Signed by the author. Additionally, this copy is labeled Number "4, Printer's Copy." The front blank flyleaf bears a presentation inscription, signed by the printer, "To my dear friend Paula Norton - this fragment from my hands. John J. Johnck." Pp. [8], iii-vi, 8,... Read More
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The Final Stanza. A Hitherto Unpublished Chapter of "That Man Heine."
by Browne, Lewis
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1929 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First edition. One of 400 copies printed for The Book Club of California by San Francisco printers, Johnck & Seeger. Signed by the author. This copy is labeled Number 128. Pp. [8], iii-vi, 8, [3]. Opening initials in blue. Vellum-backed blue boards, gilt lettered cover. Slight fading to edges of front cover, vellum spine a bit darkened, else a fine copy. This short piece... Read More
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The Plainsmen of the Yellowstone. A History of the Yellowstone Basin
by Brown, Mark H.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1961 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. 480pp. Numerous maps, index. Tan cloth lettered in white, orange and yellow. A fine copy with slightly chipped pictorial dust jacket. "This book has considerable material relating to the Black Hills, including the campaigns of Cole and Walker, the Custer expedition of 1874, and the Crook campaign of 1876" (Jennewein). "Has a long chapter on outlaws and lawlessness in Montana and Wyoming. There is information on... Read More
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What I Saw in California
by Bryant, Edwin
Minneapolis: Ross & Haines, Inc., 1967 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of the 1848 edition, with a new index. One of 1,500 copies. 468 pp. Index. Rust cloth. Spine ends lightly bumped, else a fine and bright copy with lightly worn and chipped dust jacket. The author arrived at Sutter's Fort September 1, 1846, and left the Sacramento Valley to return east by the Overland Route along which he had come, on June 19, 1847. In the interim... Read More
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Speaking at Seventy
by Bulkley, Mary E.
San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc., 1931 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. Limited to 250 numbered copies printed at the Grabhorn Press for the Lantern Press. [4], 12, [2]pp. Printed in red & black. Publisher's device on title page. Cloth-backed decorated boards, paper spine label. A very fine copy. Printed on Van Gelder Paper with Baskerville italic type. A lovely printing of this Carmel resident's poetry. One of the Fifty Books of the Year. [Barr: p.40 & 66; Grabhorn: 156]..
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The Complete Works of Robert Burns (Self Interpreting) [6 volumes, one of 26 lettered sets]
by Burns, Robert
Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co., Publishers, 1909 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Edited by George Gebbie and Mr. Hunter. 6 volumes extended to 12. 8?x6 inches. Illustrated with 60 etchings along with woodcuts, maps and facsimiles (some folding). Notes. Beautifully hand-colored frontispiece in each volume. Publisher's full light green polished calf in the Art Nouveau style, 5 raised bands, gilt-lettering between panels; gilt rules to bands extending onto covers and culminating at an inlaid floral device, corners of covers with elaborate decorative gilt... Read More
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