Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this OUP publication, octavo size, 354 pp. From the dust jacket flap: "Born in 1855 and put to work in the family law business at the age of ten, Arthur Wing Pinero deserted middle-class respectability to become an actor...he began..... More
Princeton, New Jersey: The Giovanni Agnelli Foundation Series in Italian History, Princeton University Press, (1995). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, large octavo size, 276 pp. From DJ flap: "Anyone intersted in the entire sweep of political thought over the last hundred years will find in Norberto Bobbio's 'Ideological Profile of..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984. Bukowski, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 126 signed/numbered hardcover copies with original artwork, octavo size, 283 pp. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American..... More
[Baltimore, MD]: [Engraving, Printing and Binding by the Williams & Wilkins Company Art Press], 1904. Hardcover. Oblong quarto size, 262 pp., inscribed on the FFEP by David McDougal LeBreton. While early copies of the "Lucky Bag" (the yearbook for the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis) are collectable in and of themselves..... More
London: Henry Frowde / Hodder & Stoughton, n.d. Preston, Chloe. Hardcover. Large octavo size, 44 pp. Mary Clarissa "May" Byron (1861-1936) was a prolific author of children's books. Baumgarten lists twenty-seven titles; (oddly) they did not include "The Chunkies", although the Peek-a-Boo series is listed. Chloe Preston seems a bit..... More
Rockford, Illinois: Gazette Publishing House, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 295 pp. A relatively scarce account by a woman of "frontier life in different localities...The climate, the soil, society, schools and churches, in many places in Kentucky, Illinois and Nebraska are described, and I hope it will interest all..... More
London: Ghost Story Press, 1993. King, Andrew. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 188 of 250 copies, large octavo size, 378 pp. From the Foreword: "The Ghost Story Press is now pleased to publish 'Fear Walks the Night' in its entirety for the first time, including a dozn stories never seen in..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. Bukowski, Charles. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 100 (126 total) signed/numbered hardcover copies with original artwork, octavo size, 287 pp., signed at colophon. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of..... More
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1983. Bukowski, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 126 lettered/numbered hardcover copies with original artwork, octavo size, pp., signed at the colophon. Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) was "a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the..... More
(Oxford): (Oxford University Press), (2014). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the OUP publication, four volumes (complete), large octavo size, total of approximately 2000 pp. One could spend a lifetime studying the life and work of Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848). An ordained Catholic priest as well as a scholar, philosopher and..... More
San Francisco: The California Historical Society [printed by Andrew Hoyem, Printer], (1977). Dixon, Maynard. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 1300 copies, quarto size, 160 pp., inscribed by Kevin Starr to Edith Hamlin, with prospectus and contemporary review. Lafayette Maynard Dixon (1875-1946) is internationally known for his artwork, which..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. First Edition. Leather bound. Large octavo size, 750 pp., inscribed by Olive Risley Seward. William Henry Seward (1801-1872) served as the U.S. Secretary of State (1861-1869), before which he was the twelfth Governor of New York (1839-1842) and a U.S. Senator. A prominent..... More
San Francisco: Privately Printed [by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn], 1933. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 125 copies, octavo size, 28 pp., inscribed by Oscar Sutro. This edition, privately printed for prominant San Franciscan and member of the SF Roxburghe Club 1933-1935 Oscar Sutro (1874-1935), contains an address regarding William Shakespeare..... More
San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc. [Printed by the Grabhorn Press], 1931. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One if 250 copies, quarto size, 12 pp. This collection of poetry by Carmel resident Mary E. Bulkley was printed by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most highly renowned private presses in America in the..... More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies, quarto size, 53 pp., Number 4 in the Rare Americana Series. Philip Leget Edwards (1812-1869) was an educator, lawyer, and legislator, and was part of the Willamette Cattle Company. During his time there he wrote this diary documenting..... More
Pittsburgh: Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1986. First Edition. Wraps. Quarto size, 168 pp. From the introduction: "It is...a brief survey of the way that botanical drawing has got into print." Replete with reproductions of botanical prints, most black-and-white and a few in full colour. ___Quarto size (10.5"..... More
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1983. Chappell, Warren. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 copies, folio size, [72] unnumbered pp., with prospectus. René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke (known as Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926) has been described as "one of the most lyrically intense German-language poets". An existential writer, he..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1929. McKay, Donald. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete) in publisher's slipcase, octavo size, 122 pp. Two volumes with slipcase, each volume one of 300 copies printed. Alta California continued to be governed under this Reglamento, which embodied for the first time laws governing upper..... More
Hammersmith: The Doves Press [Printed by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson & Emery Walker], 1902. Limited Edition. Vellum. One of 300 copies, large octavo size, 388 pp. The Doves Press publication of this well-known work by John Milton (1608-1674), which has remained a perennial favourite since its first publication in 1667. The Doves..... More
New York: The Century Co., 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. First issue, octavo size, 51 illustrations and 2 maps, 397 pp. John Muir (1838-1914) remains well-known and beloved today for his work on environmental issues over 100 years ago, and wrote extensively on the west, including Yosemite and the Sierras. He..... More
New York: St. Martin S Minotaur [St. Martin's Minotaur], 1999-2007. First Edition. Hardcover. All eight volumes octavo size, averaging 280 pp., the first volume ("Lusitania") signed by "Conrad Allen" on the title page. An author of mystery stories since the mid-1980s, Keith Miles (b. 1940) has written several series using..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, (1958). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the Library Edition, quarto size, 43 pp. Ruth Ida Krauss (1901-1993), renowned author of children's literature, is perhaps best remembered for "The Carrot Seed" (published 1945, included in Loker, "A Shimmer of Joy", pp. 148-149) and "A Hole..... More
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson [printed by William M. Cheney], 1955. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 200 copies, duodecimo size, 35 pp. Harry "Ward" Ritchie (1905-1996) founded The Ward Ritchie Press, a fixture in the Southern California literary landscape, in 1932. He was responsible for publishing thousands of books, including over..... More
[New York]: Harper & Brothers, (1960). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, sixteenmo size, [48] pp. Ruth Ida Krauss (1901-1993), renowned author of children's literature, is perhaps best remembered for "The Carrot Seed" (published 1945, included in Loker, "A Shimmer of Joy", pp. 148-149) and "A Hole is to Dig" (published..... More
Joliet: The P.F. Volland Company, c. 1929. Hardcover. Large octavo size, 95 pp., in publisher's box. A lavishly illustrated book re-telling some traditional Indian tales, including: "The White Elephant", "The Grain of Corn", "The Timid Little Rabbit", "Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals", "The Kingdom of Mouseland", "The Alligator..... More