n.p. [John Johnck], 1928. No binding. Folio size, [4] pp. This invitation is to the dinner on November 12, 1928 held at Pierre's Restaurant, the topic being "Olympus and Parnassus in Literature, Legend and Fact" by Francis P. Farquhar. "Members who possess editions of the classics of bibliographical interest are..... More
[San Francisco]: The Book Club of California [printed by The Windsor Press], 1935. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies (unnumbered), twentyfourmo size, 38 pp. A delightful miscellany of early literary works with specimen title pages and pages of text, designed by the Johnson brothers. The Book Club..... More
[San Francisco]: Designed and printed by Lemoncheese Press, [2019]. Limited Edition. No binding. No. 16 of 50 copies, folio size. Printed in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Herman Melville's birth in 1819 in edition of 50 copies, this no. 16. The Lemoncheese Press is owned and operated by Li..... More
San Francisco: The Black Vine Press, 1964. No binding. Elephant folio size, [4] pp. Printed for Joseph M. Bransten...for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe-Zamorano Clubs, 1964. A humorous take on some characters in Shakespeare's plays in the form of limericks; for example, the fourth stanza reads: "Hamlet, I'm sorry..... More
San Francisco: Printed by Andrew Hoyem, 1976. Angelo, Valenti. Limited Edition. No binding. One of 150 copies, quarto size. John Hoyer Updike (1932-2009), one of only three authors to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, is probably best known today for his "Rabbit" series. He often..... More
[San Francisco]: [John Henry Nash], 1931. No binding. Elephant folio size, [4] pp., with original map loosely laid in. In his usual style, when it came time to have his house blessed, John Henry Nash (1871-1947), San Francisco Bay Area printer extraordinaire, had the blessing performed by the Archbishop of..... More
[San Francisco]: Grabhorn Press, [1958]. No binding. Broadside, elephant folio size. Reprinted from the "Farmer's Monthly Visitor", Concord, N.H., Dec. 31, 1848, "for William P. Wreden and his friends in the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs." In 1848 the discovery of California gold was on everyone's minds, and this article, originally..... More
n.p. Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy, 1976. Limited Edition. No binding. One of 150 copies, quarto size, [4] pp. This keepsake for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs of California features a short biography of the San Francisco printer Haywood H. Hunt, who was vastly influential..... More
[San Francisco]: The Greenwood Press, 1976. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 125 copies, quarto size, [4] pp. A rumination by Graham Mackintosh, printer, illustrator, and publisher of White Rabbit Press, on the printing of books, which examines and praises unusual materials on which to print books, including edible books and..... More
[San Francisco]: [Printed by] The Grabhorn Press [for Francis P. Farquhar], 1933. Limited Edition. Ephemera. One of 200 copies, oblong sixteenmo size, [4] pp. A piece of Grabhorn Press ephemera, this keepsake for the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the California Historical Society, pays homage to the humorous writings..... More
[San Francisco]: [Grabhorn Press], [1933]. No binding. Bifolium, octavo size, one printed page. An announcement regarding the Grabhorn Press moving its location, to 642 Commercial Street, "between Kearny and Montgomery Streets". At the bottom of the announcement they advertise: "Our 'Franciscan' type, designed for us by Mr. Frederic W. Goudy..... More
San Francisco: Printed by Lawton Kennedy, 1980. No binding. Quarto size, [4] pp., inscribed by Marlan Beilke. A program for the autumn meeting of the Gleeson Library Associates in November, 1980; the cover features a reproduction of a "relatively unknow[n]" photograph of the poet Robinson Jeffers (ostensibly taken in 1941)..... More
[Berkeley]: Tangram, 1990. First and Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 200 copies, octavo size, 20 pp., inscribed by Denise Levertov on the half-title page. Priscilla Denise Levertov (1923-1997), recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry and a Guggenheim Fellowship, was socially active in the 1960s and 70s, serving as..... More
New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1968, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes, both first printings, octavo size, together 1352 pp. Gunther Schuller (1925-2015) was "noted for his wide range of activity in both jazz and classical music and for his works embracing both jazz and advanced 12-tone elements"..... More
[San Francisco]: [Printed by John Henry Nash for John Vaughan], [1924]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, unnumbered, quarto size, 14 pp. A "tale" wherein the development of empty land into houses and neighborhoods is told; several LA-area neighborhoods are mentioned, including Wilshire Vista (founded in 1921), Beverly Vista..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, (1985). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, quarto size, 632 pp. Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827) is considered by many to be among the, if not the most important and admired composer of western music. For serious scholars of his work, there was long felt a need..... More
London: Verso, (1997). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 612 pp. "At the time when European powers colonized the New World the institution of slavery had amost disappeared from Europe itself" (n.b., from dust jacket). The author, editor of the "New Left Review" and author of "The Overthrow of..... More
London: Verso, (1998). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 570 pp. "This is the first book to tell the story of how New World colonial slavery was overthrown in the Age of Revolution" (n.b., from dust jacket). The author, editor of the "New Left Review" and author of "The..... More
New York and London: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. Michael, A.C. Hardcover. Quarto size, 116 pp. Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is, for many of us, a favourite to be enjoyed year after year as the perfect embodiment of the Christmas spirit. This publication by Hodder and Stoughton (originally published in..... More
Glasgow: Hugh Hopkins, 1869. Second Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), octavo size, 587 pp. Joseph Ritson (1752-1803) was an interesting and, even for his day, unusual man. Described by the DNB as an "antiquarian"; at the age of 20, upon reading the "Fable of the Bees" he decided to "forswear..... More
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1903. Hardcover. Sixmo size, 193 pp., in a custom binding by The Monastery Hill Bindery. Edited by A.G. de Liancourt, this work presents sayings of (we presume Emperor) Napoleon, showing the original French on the left-hand side and the translated, English on the (facing) right-hand side..... More
London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., Aldine House, 1930. Rackham, Arthur. Hardcover. Octavo size, 663 pp., in a custom binding by Riviere. Richard Harris Barham (1788-1845), a clergyman in the Church of England, was situated in life such that he had a profusion of leisure hours which he filled, at..... More
[East Aurora, New York]: [The Roycrofters], (1905). Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 90 of 100 printed on Imperial Japan Vellum, octavo size, 101 pp, in a custom binding, signed by Elbert Hubbard. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) originally published "Nature" in 1836; it contains his thoughts on Man's relationship with Nature, and..... More
Moscow and Leningrad: State Art Publishers [Printed in the Soviet Union], 1939. Hardcover. Quarto size, approx. 125 pp. A fascinating piece of Soviet propaganda published for the Soviet Pavillion at the New York World's Fair which opened in 1939, six months prior to the start of WWII. The Soviets spent..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1892. Hardcover. Octavo size, 156 pp. "The publication of Mr. Darwin's work on the 'Origin of Species,' whether we consider the importance of the questions it raises, the ability with which he treats them, the boldness and originality of his speculations, or the profound..... More