California, The West & Mexico
Very near fine hardcover in a good dust jacket. Black cloth covered boards gold-stamped title on spine. Dust jacket is price clipped, chipped along top edge. DJ reads 09-61. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. 251 pp. Large octavo, 6 x 9 1/2 inches tall.
“Roster of performances and singers during nearly forty years is accompanied by an account of the development of the company.”
$35.00
Fine 1st edition/ 1st printing hardcover. Indigo paper boards with quarter book cloth spine with gilt title. Clean and crisp. In a fine dust jacket. Appears to have been unread. 550 pp. Octavo, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall. Fine DJ. Hardcover (0871567326).
$13.00
A fine, signed, first edition, with date on the copyright page and the Farrar & Rinehart circular colophon on the copyright page, signed by the author with date (1939). Name penned over inner board endpaper on the map title. Otherwise clean and bright.
Beautiful illustrations including map endpapers, by John O’Hara Cosgrove II. A lovely signed copy of The Rivers of America series, edited by Constance Lindsay Skinner. Missing DJ. Hardcover.
$50.00
Hardcover. Near fine hardcover, 1st edition, signed by author in near fine DJ. Tail shows some minor shelf-bending, otherwise clean and bright. Illustrated throughout with B/W photos. All glossy paper. Blue cloth boards with silver stamped title and spine. Dedicated and signed by author in 2002. 166 pp. Quarto, 9 1/2 x 12 inches tall.
$40.00
Near fine first edition. Signed by Quigley with the words “1st Edition,” along with gift inscription on first free endpaper. Near fine copy showing minor edge toning. Publisher’s morocco-grain cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket is not price-clipped and shows 1971 sale advertisement. DJ has a 2 closed tears on front (2-3″) and minor tear on the back cover. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Numerous illustrations of the artist’s work, many in color. 168 pp. Large quarto.
$100.00
Fine, with no DJ as issued. Deep green leatherette boards with orange stamping, and one previous owner’s signature on the fep. “3 A 8” under copyright date, no edition information given. Octavo, 5 3/4 x 8 inches tall. 655 pp. with index and pronouncing vocabulary.
Written as a textbook, but still held by libraries with California collections. Hardcover.
$10.00
J. Paul Getty Museum. The J. Paul Getty Museum handbook of the collections. Color ill. throughout. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007. 7th [2007].
Fine softcover, clean and crisp. Appears to have been unread. 320 pp., index, fully illustrated in color. Small octavo, 5 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches tall.
Presents a visual journey through the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum. This title marks the historic moment when the Museum opened its doors at two sites simultaneously – the Getty Center in Brentwood, California and the re-imagined Getty Villa in Malibu which is devoted to Western antiquities. Softcover (9708892368877 ).
$12.00
A very good plus hardcover first edition, first printing “with numerous illustrations and four maps.” Brown cloth boards with black, gold, and orange stamping on cover, gold stamping on spine. No dust jacket. Prior owner’s name on first free endpaper and gift inscription on title page, even toning to pages. Title page shows publication date of 1916, matching copyright page, “Published June, 1916.” Tight text block and cover, minor bumping to head and tail of spine. Unnumbered preface, 6 pp. l., 263 pp., including index and appendix, “A Brief Summary of the History of the Old Oregon Country from Original Sources,” plus a bibliography. Small octavo, 5 1/4 x 8 inches tall.
History of the Oregon Territory, the Pacific Northwest, and what later became the states of Washington & Oregon. Includes images and information on native Americans then living in the Territory. Written by a librarian as a child’s introduction to the settling of the Oregon Territory, including “materials from sources which have never before been made accessible.”
$60.00
A very-good+ /near fine, signed, first edition save for the 2 previous owner’s signatures on title page, and author’s signature dated 1930 on second flyleaf. No DJ. Green pictorial limp leatherette cover with green and gilt stamping of a pioneer wagon, and author’s name embossed at foot of cover. Minor shelf wear at corners, head and tail of spine, and along spine edges where the book has ben opened and read. Western map endpapers. Pages show only the mildest toning, Binding is sturdy and sound. No tears, no soiling.
Charles Kelly’s first book, interesting for California and American history and the opening of the West, including the Donner Party tragedy. The previous owner’s signature is C.F. Hartmeyer, “a grandson of the last member of the Donner party to be rescued…” (p. 145).
178 pp. plus index. Octavo, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches tall. [Howes K59; Flake-Draper 4565; Paher K1020].
$400.00
A fine copy in bright blue boards with gilt stamping, owners name on inside board, small 1″ sq. label from Levinson’s bookstore on inside rear board. In a fair but original dust jacket: large tears were repaired on the jacket with scotch tape long ago. This is an early printing from December 1938, (not a 1st printing, which would have been August 8, 1938). “Part of this book appeared in the Atlantic monthly under the title, Men against mountains.” 418 pp. plus index. Octavo, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches tall.
Railroad, financial, and California history. Hardcover.
$55.00
Fine softcover, clean and crisp. Appears to have been unread.
Letters from Father Dan Madigan, founder and president of Sacramento Food Bank Services, to food bank volunteers and supporters. The letters date from 1976 t 1998. Small quarto.
This is an earlier edition than any found in WorldCat, and may be a proof or draft. No ISBN, no copyright, and letters end in 1997 instead of the common 2001 edition.
$16.00
Hardcover. Near Fine/missing dust jacket. A near fine, stated first edition hardcover in teal boards with gilt stamp of cow skull on cover and title on spine. With photos, color plates, b/w plates, sketches, and other illustrations throughout by Frederic Remington, Paul Kane, George Caitlin, John Mix Stanley, and others. 232 pages including index. Small quarto, 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches tall.
$15.00
A fine, clean and bright copy. Small quarto, 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall. 117 pp.
History of the Northern California gold rush town from the first peoples to 2000. Softcover. (970504209 ).
$21.00
Near fine. Ochre covers with photo on front. Tight, solid copy with good boards, intact cloth, but mild toning to pages. Owner’s name inked on flyleaf. Ad for Lookout Point inside front cover. “Press of the city printing company, San Diego, California” on last page. 234 pp. Large duodecimo, 5 1/2 x 8 inches tall.
Zamorano 80 book. Based on true account of cannibalism in pioneer America. No DJ as issued. Hardcover.
$100.00
Rosenberg Bros. & Co. Years mature. San Francisco, CA: Rosenberg & Bros., 1943.
A very good plus paper board covered special issue. Owner’s name on inside front cover, lower left, and unobtrusive. Some scratches to the green and gold paper cover, and a light impression of a stamp or ink doodle 1″ square. Otherwise in very good condition with no tears or marks to book. 111 pp. Small quarto, 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall.
History of a major San Francisco California fruit company. Softcover.
$45.00
A beautiful edition of the LA almanac, hard bound in beige cushioned book cloth. Tight binding, no marks, no soiling. Only flaw is a 1/4″ closed tear to tail of spine caused by bumping of cover. Illustrated with maps, plans, charts, & graphs. 280 pp. Small quarto, 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall.
$40.00
Near fine softcover. Would be fine except for owner’s name inscribed on FEP. Illustrated with b/w photos throughout (no plates). Privately printed in a limited run by the author. 128 pp. Small quarto, 8 1/2 x 11 inches tall.
“A fascinating look at the unique California delta by its number one river rat photographer.”
$15.00
Good copy with owner’s name, J. Goldberg, Heidelberg Oct. 13 1883 written on end paper. 295 pgs. Worn hardcover, original publisher’s green boards (scuffed) with quarter cloth spine. Corners bumped and cloth worn away on corners. Spine bumped. Front hinge separating, back hinge beginning to separate. Endpapers and FEP front and back show off-set toning. Spine reads: “Roughing it Mark Twain” on a hand-written spine label. Conforms to Todd & Bowden for 1882 issue b. Zamorano 80 list. Duodecimo, 5 x 6 1/2 inches tall.
Zamorano 80 list. Publisher’s boards — these were the boards items were shipped in with the expectation the book would be custom-bound by the owner for their personal library.
$45.00
Evelyn Wells. Champagne Days of San Francisco. Illustrated. New York, London Appleton Century Co., 1939. First edition.
Hardcover. A very good copy, tight pages, pencil markings in back. Inner jacket slip laid in showing price of $3. Orange cloth with gilt tooling. Sunning to spine. Slight toning to pages. 284 pp. Small octavo, 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches tall.
$20.00
New/new. 2010, 9th printing of a pristine set. Burgundy, blue and purple cloth covers, respectively, with gold cover designs by Simon Noyes. Indigo slipcase with gold-blocked lettering. Color and B&W Illustrations. 1136 pp. Large octavo, 7 x 10 1/4 inches tall. All three volumes and the slipcase are in perfect condition.
The Incas by Nigel Davies is widely regarded as the definitive work.
$100.00
A fine, first English translation of an important work on the cities and monumental architecture of the Maya, Inca, Toltec, and Olmec. Binding is tight and sound, pages are clean and bright with no tears or markings. Immaculate orange cloth boards with title stamped in black on spine. Very good dust jacket, price-clipped with moderate chipping, curling and closed tears, and one scuff on front. Dust jacket now protected in a clear, removable, archival cover. Illustrated with maps and sketches. 602 pp. Large octavo, 7 x 10 inches tall.
A scholarly examination of Teotihuacán, Tula, Monte Albán, Uxmal, Chichen Itzá, Tikal, Palenque, Pachacamác and Machu Picchu.
$20.00
Very Good +. First edition of 1947 revised edition. Maroon leatherette flexible boards; with large advertising section at rear of book listing shops, hotels, banks, restaurants, products, and promotions. All maps present and perfect; yellow ribbon bookmark; 20 tour plans. Red speckled edge decoration. Some rubbing to the spine on front cover, otherwise tight and sound, with only a tiny, neat owner’s name and date on inner board. No other markings, appears barely read. 932 pp. + ads. Large sextodecimo, 4 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches tall.
Includes tourist information plus history, timelines, maps, art, food and drink, the Spanish language and other cultural information. Section of vintage ads is complete. Wonderful resource for the history of Mexico as well as an interesting travel guide snapshot of Mexico in the 1940’s.
$23.00
