San Francisco: Pacific States Telephone Companies, 1899. Hardcover. Scarce telephone directory for California, Oregon, and Washington from the end of the 19th century, with the names, numbers, and addresses of nearly 45,000 individuals. Of particular..... More
Denver, Colorado: The Smith-Brooks Company, 1906. Hardcover. The great San Francisco earthquake struck in the morning on April 18, 1906 and aftershocks would come for the next few hours, followed by three days filled with..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. The first American edition. A manual for prospective agents on how to live like Agent 007, interspersed with excerpts from the Fleming canon. Brilliant design and..... More
Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Numerous textual figures, with a folding aerial map housed in the rear pocket. Quarto. Original brown cloth binding, with gilt titles. Light bumping to the corners..... More
Santa Fe, New Mexico: Tallgress Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 43 tritone illustrations. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Tallgrass Press, 1993. First ediiton. Described by Ansel Adams as the greatest photographer of the nude, Ruth Bernhard..... More
Hollywood, California: The Damn Thing, 1940. Wraps. The second issue of this scarce science fiction fanzine, which was financed by Forrest J. Ackerman and edited by T. Bruce Yerke with the assistance of members of..... More
Paris: Les Editions Pont de Jour, 1949. First Edition. Wraps. Limited to 2,600 copies, this is copy No. 407. A collection of poetry by the Hungarian-French photographer, sculptor, and writer, with an introduction by Henry..... More
Cranbury, New Jersey: A.S. Barnes & Co., Inc., 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by George Lazenby, who played Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent James Bond in the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), to..... More
Verdi, Nevada: International Artist, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, inscribed by Harvey Brown, with an original pencil sketch of a Native American, to Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner: "This book is for the master..... More
Taipei, Taiwan: Mei Ya Publications, Inc, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 243 p. Preface by Lin Yutang. Colorfully illustrated throughout. First edition in English. An exhaustive study of origin and development of Chinese opera and its..... More
York Beach, Maine: Samuel Weiser. Inc., 1992. Hardcover. Limited to 750 sets. Massive compendium of articles and other material concerned with occultism and magick. Published semiannually from the years 1909 through 1913, The Equinox served..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. With a holographc note from Garnett laid in. This collection of sixteen fantasy short stories is generally considered a classic in the genre. Highlights include "The Potion..... More
New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1908. Hardcover. With Text by Will Irwin. 47 photographs. New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1908. Second printing. "Exploring this book is to discover what San Francisco's Chinatown looked..... More
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1892. First Edition. Hardcover. Gibson (1854-1913), a Scottish physician, wrote on the diverse fields of geology and heart disease. He was the first to discover a heart condition - the Gibson..... More
1933. A small archive of 25 postcards sent in 1933 to Missouri State Senator Carl J. Henry, urging him to support the "local option" on the issue of prohibition of alcohol. Also included is a...... More
New York: HarperCollins, 1992. Hardcover. From the private library of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner. As was his practice, Hefner inserted paperclips throughout the text and marked pertinent passages, some of which are accompanied by..... More
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Textual illustrations. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1979. First edition. Scientific autobiography of Charles B. Huggins (1901-97), the Canadian-born American..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. A novel in verse concerning three U.S. servicemen readjusting to civilian life after coming home from World War II, this work served as the basis of the..... More
Huntington, West Virginia: Standard Publications, Inc., 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Edited by Ellis Christian Lenz. Frontispiece, with numerous textual photographs and illustrations. Huntington, West Virginia: Standard Publications, Inc., 1946. First edition. The author's second book..... More
New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of seven short stories that portray a bevy of Tinseltown lowlifes, The Slide Area is regarded as a Hollywood classic in the tradition of..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. The author's first novel. Accomplished in a number of fields, including politics, music, geology, and art, Lauder (1784-1848) is considered one of the most..... More
London: The Church Union, Church Literature Association, 1955. First Edition. Wraps. A rather uncommon work, in which Lewis (1898-1963) urges those seeking happiness to abstain from preoccupation with other people's faults. This undated sermon originally..... More
Sydney: Arthur McQuitty & Co., 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. This is No. 467 of 500 copies signed by Norman Lindsay. A presentation of twelve sensual pen-and-ink drawings by the acclaimed Australian artist. From the library..... More
