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
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1913. Wraps. In original wraps, octavo size, 146 pp., with two folding map. "Hetch Hetchy was the first major battle of the environmental movement. It pitted a powerful city against a dedicated group of conservationists. It pitted Gifford Pinchot, America’s first forester, against John Muir, America’s..... More
Los Angeles: Glen Dawson, 1951-1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Most volumes stated edition size of 200, volumes 1 through 20 (continuous), duodecimo size, approx. 1600 pp. total, with two pieces of related ephemera. Per the check-list, "The Early California Travels Series is a set of small volumes relating to the history..... More
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Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1903. Smith, Elmer Boyd. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 298 pp. Mary Austin's "The Land of Little Rain" is still highly regarded today; as the editors of "The Zamorano 80" state: "[t]hese charming sketches of the desert and semi-desert country comprising the Owens..... More
London: Heny Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831. Hardcover. "A New Edition", two volumes (complete), octavo size, a total of 950 pp. Frederic William Beechey (1796-1856) entered the Royal Navy at the early age of 10 years in 1806 and, by 1815, was already a 2nd Lieutenant. His career continued to..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1895. Keith, William. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, duodecimo size, 169 pp., inscribed by Ina Coolbrith. Ina Donna Coolbrith (1842-1928) lived a life rather unusual for a woman of her days. She moved with her family at the age of 7 years from Illinois to..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1927. Hardcover. Twenty-fourmo size, 44 pp. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was "a disused stable", with a hundred-year-old Stanhope hand-press which supposedly had belonged to..... More
Paris: Ernest Flammarion [printed by Georges Petit], [1908]. Bonheur, Rosa. Hardcover. Folio size, 455 pp., written in French. A book exploring the life and work of French artist Rosa (Marie-Rosalie) Bonheur (1822-1899) by Anna Elizabeth Klumpke, who also painted the portrait of Bonheur which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of..... More
Lime Rock, Conn. Bernhardt Wall, [1944]. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 4 of 103 copies, quarto size, with 64 etched pages. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) is highly regarded today as one of the world's greatest artists; this etched book pays homage to Whistler by presenting to the viewer..... More
St. Paul, [Minnesota]: The Wood Engravers Network [printed at Piano Press], 2006. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 36 of 110 copies, oblong quarto, 22 leaves (printed on rectos only). Wood engravings (as opposed to wood carvings) are produced by practicing "the exacting art of hand engraving in endgrain hardwood" (n.b., quote..... More
Hartford, Conn. American Publishing Company, 1880. 1st Edition. Leather. First printing, second state double frontis (portrait and illustration), octavo size, 632 pp., in publisher's sheepskin binding. Mark Twain (1835-1910, born Samuel Langhorne Clemens) truly needs no introduction; his many stories have become part of American culture - in fact, "The..... More
London: Printed for I.&F., Rivington, B. Law, et al, 1775. Leather bound. Duodecimo size, 254 pp. Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) authored many of the favourite novels of the eighteenth century, including "The Vicar of Wakefield", "The Deserted Village", and "She Stoops to Conquer". While not widely read today, these stories continued..... More
London: Printed for T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies... 1798. First Edition. Leather bound. Octavo size, 544 pp. The Turkish Empire (Ottoman Empire) ended the Byzantine Empire in 1453 with the conquest of Constantinople; for almost seven centures they controlled much of Northern Africa, Western Asia,and Southeast Europe (n.b., info..... More
London: Trubner & Co., 1882. Leather bound. Eighth printing, duodecimo size, 248 pp., signed by Edwin Arnold. Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904) is best remembered today for this work, which "endeavours to describe the life and time of Prince Gautama Buddha, who, after attaining enlightenment, became the Buddha, The Awakened One"..... More
Ditchling, Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1922. Gill, Eric. Wraps. Sixmo size, 22 pp. Per the St. Dominic's Press bibliography, "[a]n eloquent exposition (compared by Fr. Vincent McNabb to Cobbett) of the spiritual needs of rural-dwelling Catholics in England" (p. 69). ___DESCRIPTION: Stiff brown wrappers printed in black, Eric Gill's engraving..... More
Ditchling Common: St Dominic's Press, [1929]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 16 of 100 copies, twenty-fourmo size, 68 pp., initialled and numbered by Hilary Pepler. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was..... More
Ditchling Sussex: S. Dominic's Press, 1924. Fourth Edition. Wraps. Duodecimo size, 100 pp. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of the Press was "a disused stable", with a hundred-year-old Stanhope hand-press which supposedly had..... More
Ditchling: St Dominic's Press, 1929. Short, Mary Dudley. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 431 of 450 copies, twenty-fourmo size, [58] pp., numbered and initialled by HDCP. The Saint Dominic's Press, founded by Harry (Hilary) Douglas Clarke Pepler, flourished at Ditchling, Sussex, from 1916 to 1936. The first home of..... More
Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1976. Hardcover. Forty-eight consecutive volumes, published between 1976 and 1998, large quarto size, approximately 9600 pp. An "ongoing series", published to fill "a need for a digest of comment concerning children’s literature…in which excerpts of recent reviews of both fiction and nonfiction for children and young..... More
[Covelo]: The Yolla Bolly Press, [1992]. Baskin, Leonard. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 52 of 130 copies, folio size, 107 pp., signed by Leonard Baskin and John Fowles, with prospectus and "The Making of the Book" David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was extremely controversial for his day due to works such as..... More
San Francisco: Industrial Indemnity Company, 1955. Adams, Ansel. First Edition. Wraps. Octavo size, 26 pp. The fascinating history of the land and building at 155 Sansome, commissioned by the Industrial Indemnity Company. Written by noted San Francisco historian Oscar Lewis (1893-1992, not to be confused with the New York anthropologist..... More
Dunmow Essex: The Workshop Press [Mark Arman], (1988). Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 170 copies, quarto size, 63 pp., signed by Mark Arman. The author, Mark Arman, began printing in 1949; at that time, he shares in the book's Introduction, "type decorations did not interest me." He goes on to..... More