Diary of a Century
by Lartigue, Jacques Henri
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1970. Very good. 13 x 10 inches, unnumbered pages, cloth, light rubbing at corners, Dust Jacket (water damage along top and bottom, light general soiling and wear), Translation by Carla van Splunteren. Edited by Richard Avedon. Bookseller bookplate on titlepage.
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Boyhood Photos of J.H. Lartigue. The Family Album of a Gilded Age
by Lartigue, J.H
Ami Guichard, Lausanne, 1966. 9 in. x 11 in., 126 pages, Cloth, Cloth cover with gold stamping
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Women
by Leibovitz, Annie
Random House, New York, (1999). Fine. First Edition 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches, 248 pages, boards, Dust Jacket (very good).
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Spanish Approach to Pensacola, 1689-1693
by Leonard, Irving A.
Quivira Society, Albuquerque, 1939. Overall very good but with library call number on spine, card pocket on front endpaper. First Edition, Limited edition: No. 13 of 550 copies 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches, xviii, 323 pages + folding facsimile map at end, boards with cloth spine, Signed by author, on limitation page.
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Eden In Jeopardy. Man's Prodigal Meddling With His Environment: The Southern California Experience
by Lillard, Richard
Alfred Knopf, New York, 1966. Very Good. First Edition 8.5 in. x 7.75 in., x, 329,vi pages, Cloth, Dust Jacket (two 1 x 1 inch sections missing from bottom edge of rear cover), Inscribed by the author in blue ink to Arthur G. Horton and dated "Sept. 3, 1966.", Lillard's insightful critic of over development in Southern California during the mid-1960s.
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Lincoln Lore 50 - 460
by [Lincoln]
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1930 - 38. 11 x 8 1/2 inches, Bulletin of the Lincoln National Life Foundation, in blue binder, lacks 156. A long run of early issues of this one-sheet publication which provided extensive detailed information about all aspects of Abraham Lincoln's life and times, including geneological, biographical and historical minuteae.
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Knave of Hearts
by Lyon
Twin Palms, Santa Fe, 1999. Fine. First Edition, Limited edition: One of 50 numbered and signed copies in cloth clamshell case with a silver gelatin photograph editioned and signed by Lyon in pencil on the verso. Bleak Beauty stamp also on verso. Print numbered 8 of 50 12 x 10 inches, [148] pages, cloth, A beautifully produced visual and textual memoir of Lyon's career in photography through the end of the 20th century.
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The Bikeriders
by Lyon, Danny
Macmillan Company, New York/London, 1968. Near fine with the exception of small stain at bottom edge of half title page from bookplate previously attached, also light offsetting from book plate on inside front cover. First Edition 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches, 94 pages, wrappers with very light wear to edges, Signed by the photographer in felt pen on half title page and dated 2008, Lyon's documentation of his years with the Chicago Outlaw Motorcyle Club is a... Read More
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Pictures from the New World
by Lyon, Danny
Aperture, Millerton, (1981). First Edition, Limited edition: No. 397 of 400 copies signed by Lyon in felt pen on limitation page. This edition contains a silver gelatin photograph titled "Gloria and Rosario, Santa Maria" 1972 measuring 7 1/2 x 11 inches dry mounted to rag board measuring 13 1/2 x 17 inches, signed by the photographer in pencil on the mount below image, housed in separate carboard portfolio case. According to the limitation page this photograph was intended to... Read More
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Aaron Siskind Photographer
by Lyons (Editor), Nathan
George Eastman House, Rochester, [1965]. Very good. First Edition 10 x 10 inches, 74 pages, cloth, Laid into this copy is the small publication "Aaron Siskind Photographs, 1944-1963" published by Glenn Horowitz in 1997.
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Sancturary: A Bird Masque
by Mackaye, Percy
Frederick Stokes Co., New York, (1914). Very good. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches, cloth, Pastedown illustration on front cover, 71 pages plus 4 leaves of color plates.
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Colorado on Glass: Colorado's First Half Century as Seen by the Camera
by Mangan, Terry Wm.
Sundance Ltd., Denver, (1975). Fine. First Edition, Limited edition: No. 2 of 250, with Jackson print No. 13 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches, 406 pages, boards, Signed by author, With original silver gelatin photograph from Jackson negative mounted on board and bound in book. Image is the Central Presbytarian Church in Denver.
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The Prairie Traveler, A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions...
by Marcy, Randolph B.
Trubner and Co., London, 1863. Good. 7 x 5 inches, xvi, 251, 24 pages, original black blind-stamped cloth, titling to spine, corners bumped, joints partially cracked but strong, chipping to head and tail of spine, The first edition to be edited with notes by Richard F. Burton, Includes engraved frontispiece, folding map, advertisements, "Describes the various routes to California, modes of traveling, outfitting, etc. This for many years remained the standard authority upon the overland routes"(Cowan).
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Passport
by Mark, Mary Ellen
Lustrum Press, n.p., (1974). Very good, light foxing along edges. 12 x 9 inches, unnumbered pages, wrappers, Some wear and bending to wrappers, light creasing at top right back cover.
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La Beaute´ De La Femme. Album Du Premier Salon International Du Nu Photographique, Paris 1933
by Daniel Masclet
[2], 96, [3] pages, 12 ½ x 9 ¼ inches, stiff wrappers, some chipping to top and bottom of spine. Full page gravure reproductions of female nudes by Albin-Guillot, Dritikol, Mortensen, Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, George Platt Lynes and others.
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La Beaute De La Femme. Album Du Premier Salon International Du Nu Photographique, Paris 1933
by Masclet, Daniel
Daniel Masclet, Paris, 1933. 12.5 in. x 9.25 in., 99 pages, Wrappers, Full page gravure reproductions of female nudes by Albin-Guillot, Drtikol, Mortensen, Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, George Platte Lynes and others
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Pencil Sketches of Colorado: Its Cities, Principal Towns and Mountain Scenery
by Mathews, A.E.
Nolie Mumey, Denver, 1961. Very good. 19 x 13 1/4 inches, cloth, Signed, 1961 reprint of this 1866 publication. 23 full page color illustrations printed on rectos only, seperated by blank leaves, with 13 pages of text.
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The Photography of Carl Van Vechten
by Mauriber, Saul
The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., Indianapolis/New York, (1978). Very good. 12 x 9 inches, unnumbered pages, cloth, Dust Jacket (lightly worn).
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Arizona: Prehistoric - Aboriginal - Pioneer - Modern, Complete in 3 Volumes
by McClintock, James H.
S. J. Clarke, Chicago, 1916. Very good. 10 1/2 x 7 inches, half leather, Adams: Herd 1355, Sixguns 1390. Volume 3 lacks original endpapers; wear to spine extremities (some chipping) and exterior hinges (spines may have been detached and reglued). Front interior hinge of volume 3 split; frontspiece, which may have been added during repairs as another copy of volume 3 lacks it, is torn and repaired with tape.
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Vienna to Los Angeles: Two Journeys. Letters between R.M. Schindler and Richard Neutra. Letters of Louis Sullivan to R.M. Schindler
by Esther McCoy
Foreword by Harwell Hamilton Harris.
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The History of Valley Center California: The Homestead Years, 1860-1900
by McHenry, Petei
GP Marketing, Escondido, (1997). Fine. Limited edition: No. 21 of 129 copies bound in cloth 10 3/4 x 8 inches, 159 pages, cloth, Inscribed by the author on the verso of half-title page.
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California Spanish and Indian Place Names: Their Pronunciation, Meaning and Location
by McNary, Laura Kelly
Wetzel Publishing Co., Inc., Los Angeles, 1931. Very good: bookplate, pages 10-11 browned. First Edition 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches, [ii], 77, [3, ads] pages, black-stamped orange cloth.
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Studio Image One and Studio Image Two
by Syd Mead
Two volumes, 36 pages in each volume, first volume signed and dated by Mead in felt pen on inside front, second volume signed and dated on title page. Illustrations of set designs by industrial designer and artist Syd Mead, best known for his work on Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron.
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The Angler In Wales or Days and Nights of Sportsmen
by Medwin, Thomas
Richard Bentley, London, 1834. Very good, some foxing to frontispiece plate and title page in both volumes, previous owner's bookplate in both volumes. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, cloth with boards, rebound with original cloth laid down, Two volumes.
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Mardi: and a Voyage Thither
by Melville, Herman
Harper & Brothers , New York, 1849. Good: some light stain to Volume I, becoming more pronounced toward rear of volume, substantial foxing to Volume II, stain to rear endpaper of Volume II. 7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches, xii, [13]-365; [v]-xii, [9]-387 pages, publisher's blindstamped brown cloth, moderate spotting to covers of Volume I, light wear to tips of Volume I, moderate wear to tips, spine ends and joints of Volume II, front free endpaper torn from... Read More
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