THE LOST LAMB
London: The Religious Tract Society, circa 1868. Wraps. Toy Books: New Series. Imperial octavo: [6] pp. with 6 full-page plates, all color wood block relief prints (Baxter process) by Kronheim and Co. In the publisher's..... More
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TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY A CAPTAIN IN THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS
Quarto, single sheet: typed on Department of the Interior, U.S. Indian Service letterhead and signed by Major Joseph M. Kelley, 10th Cavalry, Fort Belknap Agency, Montana. Dated September 13, 1894, the letter requests more documentation..... More
NINE ILLUSTRATED MIMEOGRAPHED BROADSIDES PRINTED FOR PASSENGERS ONBOARD THE S.S. SPOKANE
1908. Significant collection of bulletins clarifying the route of the S.S. Spokane in the summer of 1908. Each is naively illustrated with views from the ship - Sitka, Seymour Narrows, Taku Glacier, Patterson Glacier, and..... More
ORMER LOCKLEAR ARCHIVE
An archive of research and writing materials gathered for a biography of Ormer Locklear, the daredevil aerial stuntman who was the first to change planes mid-air and died while filming the silent movie The Skywayman..... More
SHAPES OF CLAY
San Francisco: W.E. Wood, 1903. Hardcover. First edition, first state with transposed lines 5 and 6 on p.71. The major collection of Bierce's later poems. Although he defined poetry in "The Devil's Dictionary" (1906) as..... More
THE BOOK OF BEAUTY; or Regal Gallery. 1848. With Beautifully Finished Engravings, from Drawings by the First Artists.
London: D. Bogue, 1847. First Edition. Hardcover. Lovely Victorian gift book with portraits of Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Katharine Parr, Berengaria, Elizabeth Woodville, Caroline Wilhelmina of Anspach, Eleanor of Provence, Matilda of Scotland, Philippa of..... More
TYING SHOELACES
Northridge, California: Santa Susana Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. This is copy "O" of 15 deluxe copies with illustrations hand-colored by Nanda Currant. A book of poems for children written by Jill Block and illustrated..... More
LA VIE JUIVE: Preface de Zadok-Kahn (Grand Rabbin de Paris)
Paris: Monnier, de Brunhoff et Cie. 1886. First Edition. Hardcover. Author's presentation inscription to a prefatory blank leaf: "À mon ami Barre | Cordial souvenir | Léon Cahun". A work on Alsatian Jews and their..... More
EXPELLED FROM THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY FOR EXTREMIST RHETORIC
Campaign materials for the U.S. Presidential run of John George Schmitz (1930-2001), the ultra right-wing California Congressman whose career ended when it was revealed he had an extra-marital affair and fathered two children with one..... More
GEORGE CRABBE'S POETICAL WORKS: Preface to the Tales: Life by A.C. Cunningham Esq. and Illustrations.
London: Charles Daly, 1853. Hardcover. Crabbe (1754-1832) was an English writer of poems and verse tales memorable for their realistic details of everyday life. 12mo: xvi, 523 p. with a portrait frontispiece, decorative title page..... More
OLD TIME PARIS: A Plain Guide to its Chief Survivals
London: Arthur Doubleday & Co., 1908. Hardcover. First edition, with the errata is tipped in on the Contents leaf. Small octavo: 158 p. with illustrations by Charles Flower and Louise Glazier. Finely bound by the..... More
THE SHIPWRECK: A Poem by William Falconer, with Life by Robert Carruthers
Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1858. Hardcover. The son of an Edinburgh barber, Falconer (1732-c.1770) went to sea, first setting out from Leith on a merchant vessel. He saw the harbors of the world from..... More
GERSTACKER'S TRAVELS. Rio de Janeiro - Buenos Ayres - Ride Through the Pampas - Cordilleras - Chile - Valparaiso - California and the Gold Fields.
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1854. First Edition. Hardcover. "Friedrich Gerstäcker left Bremen on board the barque Talisman bound for California on April 23, 1849. The first ten chapters detail his travels at sea and..... More
HUMAN SEXUALITY AND SOCIAL WORK
New York: Association Press, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. From the library of Playboy magazine founder, who is among the contributors to this collection of original and excerpted writings that deal with sexual problems inevitably encountered..... More
LITTLE BROTHER O'DREAMS
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Elaine Goodale Eastman on the front flyleaf, with an original prospectus for Wigwam Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold (1909) by Charles A...... More
HIGH IN THE THIN COLD AIR: The Story of the Himalayan Expedition, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, sponsored by World Book Encyclopedia
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Review copy, with the publisher’s stamp on the front flyleaf. Twice signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, once on the title page and again..... More
APPEAL TO THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR SEXUAL REFORM FOR THE BENEFIT OF AN OPPRESSED VARIETY OF HUMAN BEING (Copenhagen 1928)
New York: The Red Butterfly, 1970. Though not very well known today, Kurt Hiller (1885-1972) was one of the most prominent gay rights activists in the early 20th century Germany. The most influential example of..... More
BRACEBRIDGE HALL, or The Humourists
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. Hardcover. Surrey Edition. Bracebridge Hall (1822) was published, like The Sketch Book, under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon, and centers on an English manor, its inhabitants, and the..... More
TWO YEARS AGO.
Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. With the Crimean War as its backdrop, this novel called attention to the issues of sanitation and public health. From the library of Scottish lawyer, university administrator..... More
RECUEIL DES PLANCHES DU DICTIONNAIRE ENCYCLOPEDIQUE DES AMUSEMENS DES SCIENCES, MATHEMATIQUE ET PHYSIQUE.
Paris: Chez Panckoucke, 1792. Hardcover. A companion work to Lacombe's treatise on scientific leisure and prestidigitation, a foundational work on modern magic. The plates illustrate various sleight-of-hand techniques as well as the working of magnetic..... More
MILLARD SHEETS: One-Man Renaissance
Flagstaff, Arizona: Northland Press, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Millard Sheets on the half-title. Brilliant career retrospective of the highly influential artist, designer, and educator who made an indelible impression on the Southern California..... More
MILWAUKEE COOK BOOK
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Proceeds of the sale of this community cook book benefitted the Wisconsin Training School for Nurses. Includes recipes for parsnip stew, fried oyster sandwiches, Jerusalem artichokes, chicken pie, honey..... More
"BROTHER RAT" with an Introduction by George Abbott
New York: Random House, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by John Monks, Jr. and signed by Fred Finklehoffe on the front flyleaf. The successful Broadway production of this comedic play about cadets at the Virginia..... More
CABINET CARD OF PHOENIX INDIAN SCHOOL
Phoenix, Arizona: (circa 1893). Cabinet card. Albumen photograph [16.5 cm x 11 cm] on the Hartwell mount [17.5 cm x 12.5 cm], imprinted on the front “Views in Salt River Valley and Throughout Arizona.” Pencil..... More