Oakland, California: Printed by Fontes Printing Co., 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. INSCRIBED by Jack LaLanne, "Healthfully yours, Jack La Lanne". Presumed first edition, no further printings noted. Slightest wear to illustrated boards, with early price sticker on front cover. An early enthusiastic reader has made a neat pencil note to.....
Madjic Books, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A colorful psychedelic trip through the five senses, one of a limited edition of 3,000 copies. Signed by Patrick Bisconti on a rear flyleaf. Unpaginated. Slightest bumping to the corners, wear to head and tail of the spine. Pages are bright and unmarked. 6.5.....
San Francisco: Hartwell & Mitchell, Publishers, 1894. Hardcover. An attractive early souvenir album for San Francisco. A 5 page introduction (printed recto only) extols the growth of city since the gold rush, the charms of Golden Gate Park, Mission Dolores, the Cliff House, the opium dens of China Town, Telegraph.....
1885. Hardcover. The twelfth volume of the University of California Berkeley's yearbook, prepared by the Junior class of 1885. With an editorial reflecting upon the recent additions to the endowment and the faculty, lists of the editors, board of regents, faculties, classes, fraternities, literary organizations, musical organizations, social organizations, athletics.....
San Francisco: The Cloister Press, 1938. Hardcover. "This essay on Early Rising by William Mathews, LL.D. is here reprinted for friends of THE CLOISTER PRESS. One hundred forty copies mad CHRISTMAS of 1938. Designed by WILLIAM B. PARTMANN". A small humorous example of California fine press work, in dust jacket.....
Humanoids, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First printing, produced as a "limited edition collection of the International Sci-Fi Bestseller presented in its original colors and size for the English language audience. This copy is one of only 750 produced." Slight bumping to the lower front corner. Scrapes and shelf wear to.....
Bandai, 1990. Soft cover. Soft cover with wrapper. Bright, glossy pages, with slight wear to upper edge. Old price sticker from the San Francisco branch of Kinokuniya to the back cover. 12 x 8"
Eclipse Books, 1990. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Stated first printing of the English translation of the collection of the five-issue series. With a brief postscript from translator Toren Smith and an afterword from Masamune Shirow reflecting upon the reception and future of Appleseed. Slight wear to the edge of the.....
New York: R. H. Russell, 1901. Pierce, Thomas Mitchell; Steele, F.D. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy, with a letter from the author thanking the recipient for "your kindly notices of me in the Sunday papers of last week" affixed to the front free endpaper. A delightful early mystery, in which.....
Levenger Press, 2007. Hardcover. A limited edition facsimile of the Grimani Breviary. With a foreword by Ross King, a preface by Giorgio E. Ferrari, an introduction by Mario Salmi, and commentaries on the plates by Gian Lorenzo Mellini. 110 color plates with notes and commentary on the facing page, with.....
Chestnut Fed Books, 2018. 1st Edition. Soft cover. SIGNED copy of Chad Hyatt's wild mushroom cookbook. From the preface: "This book came into being because I have a story to tell, and friends convinced me that it was worth telling. Several years ago, I could not ind any answers to.....
University of Hawai'i Press, 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Helen Merritt's study of modern Japanese woodblock prints, tracing the heritage of the ukiyo-e era and the directions taken by the shin-hanga and sosaku-hanga artists. With extensive notes, glossary, bibliography, index, and many beautiful illustrations. Slight creasing and shelf wear to the.....
University of Washington Press, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1996, exploring the art of woodblock printing in the 20th century. Barely perceptible bumping to the corners of the soft covers, interior clean and unmarked.....
London: 1787. Hardcover. A seven volume set of Montesquieu's works, published in French in London, offering a testament to the influence and reception of the philosopher's work at the end of the eighteenth century. In worn uniform bindings, volumes 1-4 are "Oeuvres de Monsieur de Montesquieu", dated 1787; volumes 5.....
New York: Covici-Friede, 1930. Kent, Rockwell. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, illustrated and signed by Rockwell Kent on the limation page of the second volume. Kent provides numerous head and tail pieces, as well 25 full page portraits of the pilgrims. In two columns, with William Van Wych's modern English.....
New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1926. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Second edition of 1926. Black cloth covers in worn original slipcase, slight wear and loss of cloth to rear joint. An apparently unread copy, with pages entirely unopened. "This manual has been set by Bertha M. Goudy at the Village Press, Forest.....
Folle Image, 2005. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Delux limited edition, signed by Didier Cassegrain, number 226 of 300. Hardcover with 28 additional pages detailing character and page design and a laid in print numbered and signed by Cassegrain. 12.75 x 9"
United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1962. Soft cover. Revised edition with "Nuclear Bomb Effects Computer" wheel and explanatory sheet in rear pocket. As the pocket notes, the computer was sold separately for $1.00 and was not included in the $3.00 price of the book. The computer allows a user to.....
New York: Eastern States Mission Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints, 1908. Hardcover. 1908 edition of the Book of Mormon, stated Fourth Chicago Edition, with the printer identified as Henry C. Etten & Co., Chicago and the Eastern States Mission identifed as the publishers. "Division into Chapters and.....
London: Trubner & Co., Ludgate Hill, 1883. Hardcover. Stated 13th printing in a handsome binding from Hatchards, 198 Piccadilly. First published in 1879, Arnold's influential poem popularized Buddhism for an English-speaking audience. An early owner, Florence Darnley has left her name and an 1907 date on a flyleaf, as well.....
Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1907. Hardcover. Playful ode to poker, smoking, and drinking, lavishly illustrated and printed in blue and orange. Includes a tongue-in-cheek history, rules of the game, 'gratuitous advice', 'smoke quotes', recipes (mostly sandwiches), and mixed drinks, all mixed up with aphorisms, puns, and verse. 'Designed.....
Khaps Temple House, 1981. Hardcover. Privately printed. From the Introduction: "On April 10th, 1981, adepts of the Khabs Temple House received the most important communication from the Secret Master of A.A., since the three day dictation of the Book of the Law. The Master of A.A., having witnessed the near.....
Grosset & Dunlap, 1939. Serebriakoff, Alexandre. Hardcover. A complete set, four books in jackets in original slipcase, of "The Authorized Edition of the Metropolitan Opera Guild, Inc." Adapted by Robert Lawrence with illustrations by Alexandre Serebriakoff. From the jackets: "In dramatic narrative and colorful pictures, enriched by musical quotations from.....
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stated second impression of Nabokov's metafictional novel. Unclipped jacket with $5.00 price, with darkening and chipping to the head and tail of the spine. Closed tear to the outer top edge of the front panel. Top edge stained red, red.....
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First edition in English of Nabokov's final Russian novel. Unclipped jacket with $5.95 price, with slight darkening and creasing to the head and tail of the spine. Small tear along top joint of back panel. Black cloth boards with gilt.....