Los Angeles & Paris: Californian Publishing Company, 1892. Softcover. A weekly magazine featuring interesting sketches and articles, fiction, poetry, history, natural history, fashion, philosophy, social comment, advertising -- even gossip. A bit fragile. More
New York: Morse and Gaston, 1857. Leather-bound. Original full red Morocco stamped in gilt on both sides, rebacked in plain red cloth, all edges gilt. Octavo [7 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches]. Edgewear, rubbing and some soiling to cover.Title page shows a 3" x 1/2" chip from top right corner..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. xxvii, 771 pages. Color frontis, 31 plates. Blue cloth wih gilt design of gold pan, pick and shovel on cover, spine titles in gilt on black background with gilt border. Large thick octavo. Nice bright cover with very light..... More
London, England: George Routledge & Sons, 1898. Various. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with black lettering with gilt (faded) decorations to front board: a fish, a housefly, several moths, a flower, a conch, a rose and a nest of birds eggs. One of Routledge's Country Books series. Routledge..... More
San Francisco, CA: Pacific Novelty Company, 1915. Softcover. Folio in mottled pale-green marbled card covers (faded) 12 in. by 9 1/4 in. Partial view of columnar building to front. Gilt and brown embossed lettering. 32 pp. Most with large black and white photographs. A few folds and tears to cover..... More
San Francisco: Roxburghe Club, 1958. Limited Edition. Paperback. Printed for the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco by Grabhorn Press and limited to 177 copies. [3], 8, [3] pages. Facsimile of the original 1787 title page and original leaf in Spanish from the 1787 edition [page 310-311] tipped in. Leaf is..... More
Whittier, California: Self-Published, 1911. First Edition. Leather-bound. Quarto. 10.25" x 6.75". Brown, limp suede, with leather title sewn into suede cover, from the back. Yapp edges. Bound/tied with leather cord. 68 pages. Printed by Will A. Smith's print shop, Whittier, California. Headpiece design to top of each page depicting geothermal..... More
San Francisco, CA: Pacific International Exposition Company, 1915. Reid, Robert A. Softcover. Oblong. Staplebound. Just BEAUTIFUL cover, stone lithograph of gilt and brown (and white) on deep blue background.Full color two page centerfold. Three leaves show slight spot-tears from having been stuck together. Else very good. About 60 pages. Custom..... More
San Francisco, CA: Walker's Manual, Inc., 1938. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Pamphlet. Pamphlet, 9" x 6". Tan card covers, border ruled in dark brown. A bit of minor soiling to card covers, and some minor thumbing to bottom corner. History of Gold-Dredging in California, and method of operation. One leaf plate..... More
San Francisco, CA: John Howell, 1936. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Large Folio, half-bound in dark-brown morocco (goat) over brown buckram, ruled in gilt. One of 100 copies upon Alexandra Japan paper. LACKS the following accompaniments: 1) Portfolio with extra plates, 2) Original California newspaper; 3) Original document or letter. Printed by..... More
