A collection of brochures and photographs related to the aviation history of Catalina Island, which was first linked to the mainland by what was then the longest overwater flight in aviation history, accomplished on May..... More
An archive of photographs, ledgers, canceled checks, legal documents and other business and personal records from a Stillwater, New York family who feuded over the disposition of a lumber and coal business at the turn..... More
New York: Razorbill, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. The true first edition, first printing (blank endpapers, etc.) in the first issue dust jacket. Signed by Jay Asher on the title page. Best-selling young adult novel about..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Limited to 500 copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem. A sequel to Becker's Diseños of California Ranchos (1964), "this work concentrates not..... More
San Francisco and New York: Western Authors Publishing Company, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. A volume of satirical verses and sketches collected from Bierce’'s journalism. A reviewer for the Californian Illustrated Magazine observed that the "black..... More
London: Robert Hale, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. The first hardcover edition of the second Matthew Scudder crime novel, which was first published as a paperback original in 1976. Signed by Lawrence Block on the front..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by Lawrence Block on the title page. The third of three Paul Kavanagh novels, loosely based on the Starkweather-Fugate murders. Octavo..... More
London: Faber Music, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Leslie Bricusse to Eric Idle on the front flyleaf. Octavo: 527 p. with numerous textual photographs (most color). Original black cloth binding, with gilt..... More
London: Morgan & Scott, Ltd., 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Broomhall (1866-1937), a British Protestant Christian missionary to China, was the son of anti-opium trade activist and General Secretary of the China Inland Mission, Benjamin Broomhall..... More
Lausanne, Switzerland: Scriptar S.A., 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. From the magazine of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner (1926-2017), accompanied by a letter of provenance from the Hugh M. Hefner Foundation. Pictorial history of “naughty” watch..... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1981. First edition. Hardcover. 272 p. Illustrated with 64 pages of full-color reproductions and hundreds of black-and-white photographs. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, [1981]. First edition. Important survey..... More
New York: The Third Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. A compilation of essays by Davis (b.1944) and others about not just Davis’s case, but also the political use of incarceration in America. Davis was arrested..... More
Cincinnati, Ohio: Jeff Davis, 1944. Second Edition. Wraps. Signed by Jeff Davis on the title page. “Jefferson ‘Jeff’ Davis, a vaudeville performer and advocate for homeless workers, established another union in Cincinnati in 1908, called the..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. The first printing, with "Published May, 1936" on the copyright page. Historical novel about settlers in the central Mohawk Valley of the New York frontier during..... More
London: Printed for C.S. Arnold, 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. The British writer and journalist Pierce Egan (1772-1849) was a leading Regency voice, best known for coining the term "the Sweet Science" as an epithet for..... More
Berkeley, California: Gingko Press, Inc., 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Shepard Fairey to Eric Idle on the title page, with an Obey Giant sticker laid in. Drawing on work from the final exhibition before..... More
Honolulu: Published by the authors, 1980. First Edition. Trade paperback. The first book on the history of the 'ukulele, accompanied by A Tradition in Hawaiian Music: The 'Ukulele (1980), the guide to the 'ukulele exhibit..... More
San Francisco: The San Francisco Herald Office, 1855. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in English. Octavo: 104, [1] p. Original brown calf binding, with gilt stamping. The text is especially fresh and bright. A...... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Number 247 of the first 500 numbered copies of the first printing of The Compact Edition signed by John Galsworthy. An English novelist and playwright, Galsworthy (1867-1933) was..... More
London and Toronto: J.M. Dent and Sons Ltd, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. The first edition in English. Critical study of the Russian genius, based on a series of six lectures Gide delivered in 1922. Harry..... More
Richmond, Virginia: Old Dominion Press, Inc., 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Two volumes. Five plates. Richmond, Virginia: Old Dominion Press, Inc., 1925. First edition. McCabe (1841-1920) was a Virginia native and Civil War veteran who achieved..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. The first printing, with the code "A-U" on the copyright page. In this classic Western, a lone camper in the forest overhears a conversation..... More
Oxford: The Trustees of the British Museum, 1970. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1910 first edition with corrections. An essential reference, describing 6,349 coins and especially notable for the background historical and biographical information not found..... More
