Carl Oscar Borg: Ett konstnarsode
Nordisk Rotogravyr, Stockholm, (1953). 10 in. x 8 in. x 14 in., 167 pages, Wrappers
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History of the Los Angeles Citizens Manpower Committee 1943 - 1945
Los Angeles Citizens Manpower Committee, Los Angeles, 1945. Very good. First Edition 12 x 9 inches, 31 pages, red paper-covered boards, gilt titling, Extremely unusual book about Los Angeles activities during WWII, photographically illustrated.
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History of Amador County, California With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers
Thompson & West, Oakland, 1881. Very Good. 11.75 in. x 8.75 in., vii, 343 pages, Cloth with gold stamping and leather spine, Includes numerous full page lithograph illustrations, front hinge cracked, leather chipped at top and bottom of spine
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Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting Report upon the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1867. Good, foxing throughout. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 64 pages, black cloth, general soiling, light rubbing to extremeties, Tables throughout.
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The Nation’s Capital in Photographs, 1976.
8 catalogues each measuring 8 x 8 inches, wrappers. All catalogues in near fine condition.A complete set of catalogues documenting the Bicentennial project originated by the Corcoran Gallery of Art. The participating artists, each shown separately, two at a time in four stages throughout the year 1976 included Lewis Baltz, Joe Cameron, Robert Cumming, Roy DeCarava, Lee Friedlander, John Gossage, Jan Grover and Anthony Hernandez. Each photographer spent at least a month in Washington D.C. during 1975-76 to photograph the... Read More
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The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages at the University of California, San Diego
William Reese Company & Hordern House, New Haven & Sydney, 2004. Fine. second Edition 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches, xxiv, 792 pages, cloth, This new edition, in addition to including hundreds of new citations, brings the three volumes of the original edition together into one volume and numbers the entries. Includes 1937 entries. In addition to the bibliography and indices, contains a new foreword by Lynda Corey Claassen, Director of the Mandeville Special Collections Library... Read More
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The Pageant of History in Northern California
by Adams, Ansel
American Trust Company, San Francisco, 1954. Good. 56 pages, spiral bound, wrappers.
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Born Free and Equal
by Ansel Adams
Signed and dated by Adams on half-title page. A very nice copy of this fragile book.
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Camera and Lens. The Creative Approach. Studio, Laboratory and Operation.
by Ansel Adams
First revised edition. 304 pages, 10 x 7 inches, cloth with dust jacket, chips and tears to front and rear cover, signed by the photographer in pen on title page.
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The Four Seasons in Yosemite National Park: A Photographic Story of Yosemite's Spectacular Scenery
by Adams, Ansel
Yosemite Park and Curry Co., Los Angeles, (1938 ). Very good. third Edition 12 x 8 1/2 inches, unnumbered pages, wrappers.
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Making A Photograph
by Ansel Adams
Inscribed to William Holger by Adams on half-title page and dated "Yosemite, 1940". Adams and Holger met in the 1930s when both were in involved in the f/64 movement in the San Francisco Bay Area. Holger was a constuction supervisor and an amateur photographer. Holger participated in many of the early Yosemite photography workshops run by Adams. A fine copy of one of Adams' early books.
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My Camera In Yosemite Valley
by Ansel Adams
slight chipping to front cover at edges, slight soiling to rear cover Vintage inscription by Adams on front endpaper to William Holger an amateur photographer that Adams knew from the f/64 group in the 1930s. Holger was a construction supervisor in San Francisco and attended many of the early Yosemite Workshops conducted by Adams. Laid in is a copy of the four page prospectus for the book with an interesting note that "Subscriptions will be accepted in advance for first edition copies... Read More
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Born Free and Equal
by Ansel Adams
Adams' project documenting the life of Japanese American internees at Manzanar during World War II. Lacking the dust jacket as issued but a rare copy in boards. This copy also has an inscription from Adams in pen to Bill and Zelda Holger dated November 1945. Vintage inscriptions from Adams are uncommon especially for this book. William Holger was a carpenter and construction supervisor in San Francisco. He was also an amateur photographer involved in the f/64 movement in the 1930s. Holger attended... Read More
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Images 1923-1974
by Adams, Ansel
New York Graphic Society, Boston, (1974). Very good,. First Edition 13 in. x 34 in. x 17 in., 128 pages, Cloth, Dust Jacket (price clipped on front flap, small abrasion (not a tear) on rear cover), With cardboard slipcase, some soiling, paper split at some edges and corners
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Basic Photo Series Volumes 1-5 and Polaroid Land Photography Manual
by Ansel Adams
All volumes 9 x 6 inches. Cloth, with dust jackets, some dust jackets worn and chipped, volume 2 missing sections at spine. Polaroid Manual has library numbers on spine of dust jacket and rubber stamp of San Francisco Public Library at top edge of text and verso of title page. All six volumes signed or inscribed by Adams on preliminary blank or title page.Various editions and printings of Adams first comprehensive series of books related to the technical aspects of... Read More
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West From the Columbia. Views At The River Mouth.
by Adams, Robert
Aperture, New York, 1995. First Edition 12 in. x 12.25 in., 79 pages, Boards with cloth spine, Dust Jacket, First edition.
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Fables of Aesop and Others: Translated into English. With Instructive Applications; and a Print before each Fable
by Aesop
J.F. and C. Rivington, et al., London, 1788. Good: moderate overall wear to binding; small piece torn from margin of C3 affecting approximately 10 letters, gathering P partially sprung. fourteenth Edition 6 3/4 x 4 inches, [xxxiv], 329, [7, index] pages, contemporary calf with red morocco spine label, Includes engraved frontispiece and 196 woodcut illustrations, each measuring 2 1/8 x 2 3/4 inches, in pagination. Neat ink owner inscription dated 1796 on front free endpaper.
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Godalming (cover title)
by [Photo Album]
N.p., [circa 1900]. Fine. 11/16 x 9/16 inches, brass, with red enamel upper cover and embossed lower cover, with clasp and loop so the book can be worn as a charm, Six miniature silver-gelatin photographs, mounted on the inside covers and on two interior brass "leaves." All photographs are captioned. Godalming is a town, currently of about 21,000, in the county of Surrey, England. The photographs show an overview of the town, High Street, Godalming... Read More
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Miniature photograph album containing 13 images
by [Photograph Album]
N.p., [circa 1860-1870]. Very good: albumen photographs show varying degrees of fading. 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches, original blindstamped red leather with brass clasp, This album is made up of 8 leaves displaying 13 photographs. These are either albumen photographs (9 images) or tintypes (4 images). The albumen pictures are scenic views of various subjects and the tintypes are portraits.
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Four One-Act Comedies
by Andreas, Eulalie
The Playworkers Studio, Hollywood, 1924. Good. 6 in. x 4 in., 80 pages, Wrappers, detached, Inscribed by the autor in pen on half-title page and dated "July 1924"., Paper yellowed
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The Bradford Map. The City Of New York At The Time Of The Granting Of The Montgomerie Charter
by William Loring Andrews
115 pages plus 11 leaves of plates, 8 ½ x 6 inches, cloth with gold stamping. "The primary purpose of the author in issuing this monograph is to place in circulation a limited number of reproductions of a few very rare prints relating to the early history of New York-a field in which the author began collecting thirty years ago, and to which after many diversions he has returned again and again with renewed interest."This volume also includes a double... Read More
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Los Angeles Miscellany Series
by (Los Angeles)
Sixteen volumes all published in limited editions. This innovative series was the first to examine various unusual subjects about the Los Angeles area, presaging interest in LA cultural, social and environmental history. This set from the library of Daniel Munoz with certain volumes signed and inscribed as noted. All titles in very good to fine condition unless noted. Vol. 1 inscribed by the author on front endpaper, blind stamp of Daniel Munoz at lower edge of title page in Vol.... Read More
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Being Antinova
by Antin, Eleanor
Astro Artz, Los Angeles, 1983. Fine. First Edition 10 x 7 inches, 87 pages, cloth.
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South Pasadena: A Centennial History 1888-1988
by Apostol, Jane
South Pasadena Public Library, South Pasadena, (1987). Fine. First Edition 11 x 8 1/2 inches, xvi, 311 pages, cloth, Dust Jacket (very good), Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell.
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Pseudo Diary
by Nobuyoshi Araki
Housed in illustrated cardboard slipcase with belly band. Slight wear and fading to belly band at edges.
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