New York: Harper & Brothers, 1922. Hatherell, W. First Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, first printing, duodecimo size, 373 pp. Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) was a major writer of novels, poetry, and Christian apologetics; he is perhaps best known for his series of detective stories featuring the priest-detective Father Brown..... More
[Cuernavaca]: [Printed by "El Barretero"], 2000. Hutchins, Edward. Sewn binding. Oblong 32mo size, 32 pp., in both Spanish and English, signed by Edward H. Hutchins and Steve R. Warner, with two hand-coloured illustrations. Book Artist Edward H. Hutchins believes that: everyone has a story to tell; that the best books..... More
New York: Wall Street Library Publishing Co., (1901). First Edition. Hardcover. Sixmo size, 129 pp, inscribed by Thomas D. Richardson. Filled with a humourous take on the Wall Street of over 100 years ago, this book includes chapters such as "Inside Information - Many Facts Not Generally Known" and "The..... More
[Mount Vernon, NY]: [Editions], [1992]. Accordion. Oblong 32mo size, 16 pp., signed by Edward H. Hutchins. Book Artist Edward H. Hutchins believes that: everyone has a story to tell; that the best books are not mass-produced; and that when one let's one's imagination soar, the most amazing creations are possible..... More
[Mount Vernon, NY]: Editions, 2003. Accordion. 32mo size, 10 pp., signed by Ed Hutchins. Book Artist Edward H. Hutchins believes that: everyone has a story to tell; that the best books are not mass-produced; and that when one let's one's imagination soar, the most amazing creations are possible utilizing, often..... More
[Mount Vernon, NY]: Editions, 1992. Limited Edition. Spiral bound. No. 38 of 50 copies, 32mo size size, 19 pp., inscribed and separately signed by Edward H. Hutchins. Book Artist Edward H. Hutchins believes that: everyone has a story to tell; that the best books are not mass-produced; and that when..... More
[Mount Vernon, NY]: Editions, [1992]. Spiral bound. Miniature book, 31 pp., signed by Ed Hutchins, in a plexiglass case. Book Artist Edward H. Hutchins believes that: everyone has a story to tell; that the best books are not mass-produced; and that when one let's one's imagination soar, the most amazing..... More
Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing Inc., 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 560 pp., signed by Bill Walsh. William Ernest "Bill" Walsh (1931-2007) was the legendary head coach of both the San Francisco 49ers and the Stanford Cardinals. With the 49ers, Bill Walsh put together the amazing record of 102-63-1, winning..... More
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 215 pp., in original dust jacket. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) was one of Britain's most influential Victorian novelists and poets; D. H. Lawrence wrote a study of Hardy, and he was the basis for the character of Edward..... More
Basel: Benno Schwabe & Co., (1939). First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 196 pp. (plus photographs), with accompanying separate portfolio of line drawings and maps, all text in German. Professor Doctor Günter Oskar Dyhrenfurth (1886-1975) was not only a geologist, but an outstanding mountaineer; he was the leader of numerous expeditions..... More
London: The Scholartis Press (printed at the Alcuin Press), 1929. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1260 copies, octavo size, 174 pp. This is Johann Wolfgang Goethe's (1749-1832) famous semi-autobiographical novel, which influenced the course of European literature, notable for being the first novel of the "Sturm und Drang" movement. Often..... More
Cambridge: The Cambridge University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), quarto size, 842 pp., with (unsigned) note by the author. The Cambridge University Press began in 1534 when it was granted letters patent by King Henry VIII, and since then the publishing house, part of Cambridge University, has..... More
San Francisco: Bacon & Company, Book and Job Printers, 1874. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, duodecimo size, 222 pp. As the author (of whom we could find little) states in the book's short introduction: "The history of California during the last twenty-five years is composed of strange events. A more..... More
London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. Bedford, F. D. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 275 pp., with dust jacket, in a custom box. Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937) wrote numerous novels and plays for both children and adults, but he is best known for "Peter Pan", a hugely successful..... More
Berkeley, Ca: ca. 1968. Original wraps. Quarto size, 42 pp. Long before camping, climbing and the outdoors became trendy, The North Face company was founded in Berkeley, California. The mission of the founders was to manufacture tents and clothing which would perform well in the most hostile environments, at that..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 428 pp. "William James Morden (1886-1958), a field associate for the Department of Mammalogy, and James L. Clark (1883-1969), a well-known scientist and the assistant director of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City..... More
[San Francisco]: Printed [by the Grabhorn Press] for Members of The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1932. Limited Edition. Wraps. One of 100 copies, small quarto size, 15 pp. A charming story of a young boy's Christmas morning in San Francisco, and a promise he made to the Christ child..... More
London: James Cochrane and Co., 1831. Cruikshank, George. Leather. Volumes I and II (Novelist's Library), sixmo size, 882 pp., in a custom binding. A stand-alone story, this story was part of the Novelist's Library (Vol. III). Edited by Roscoe Tobias, Esq. (1791-1871), himself an author and translator; his own works..... More
Anaheim, California: Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, Out West Co. Print[er], L.A., [1905]. Wraps. Octavo size, 30 pp. A scarce promotional brochure published in 1905 by the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce extolling the many virtures of the City. Opening with a short "History of Anaheim" the brochure quickly moves into the..... More
[San Francisco]: [The Book Club of California, printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn], [1925]. McKay, Donald. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 21 of 250 copies, folio size, 43 pp. The Philobiblon is a collection of essays concerning the acquisition, preservation, and organization of books written by the mediaeval bibliophile Richard de..... More
Troy, N.Y. Printed by Wright, Goodenow, and Stockwell, and Sold by Them at the Rensselaer Bookstore, and by Goodenow and Co. Boston, 1808. First Edition. Leather bound. First US Edition, first printing, sixmo size, 151 pp. John Burns, FRS (1775-1850) was internationally known as an authority on abortion and midwifery..... More
Oxford: The Limited Editions Club [printed by the Oxford University Press], 1931. Austen, John. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), no. 183 of 1500 copies, quarto size, 798 total pp., signed by John Austen. This Limited Editions Club publication of William Makepeace Thackeray's (1811-1863) best-known work, "Vanity Fair", contains line..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons (1972), 1972. Gorey, Edward. Hardcover. Either first printing or early reprint (no distinguishing marks per Toledano), quarto size, 224 pp. Edward St. John Gorey (1925-2000) is well-known and well-loved for his poisonously funny picture books which are complex, humorous, serious, and provocative. This work reproduces..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, first printing, octavo size, 262 pp., with sketched and photographic illustrations by the authors, folding map in rear pocket. Originally published in German in 1938, this is the account of the "first Swiss expedition in 1936 to the..... More
New York: J.B. Ford & Co., Printing-House Square, 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 624 pp., with a short chapter on Yosemite and the Big Trees. Horace Greeley (1811-1872) was a man of many parts, but is chiefly remembered today for having founded the newspaper the "New-York Tribune"..... More