London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1907. Hardcover. "New Edition", octavo size, 597 pp., with original dust jacket, with publisher's bookmark. "Mrs. Beeton" would, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, become "a generic name for a domestic authority". Isabella Mary Mayson, becoming "Mrs. Beeton" upon marriage to a publisher, contributed..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, 1947. 4th Printing. Hardcover. The fourth printing of the first edition, duodecimo size, 280 pp. Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (1904-1986), friend of both W.H. Auden and Stephen Spender, was living in Weimar Germany and witnessed the rise of Nazism. It was while there that we wrote..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., (1927). First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition, duodecimo size, 116 pp., in original dust jacket. Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956) will likely ever be remembered for having bequeathed "Winnie-the-Pooh" to the world. Begun with "When We Were Very Young", a book of poetry first published in..... More
Dijon: L. Damidot, [1948]. Hardcover. Troisieme Edition, large octavo size, 367 pp., in a custom binding with original wraps bound in, entirely in French. The Burgundy region of France has been renowned for centuries for both red and white wines, blended mostly from Pinot noir and Chardonnay grapes; often produced..... More
(New York): The Macmillan Company, (1970). First Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition, first printing, octavo size, 221 pp. signed by Maurice Chevalier. Perhaps one of the best-known French actors of the first half of the 20th century, Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972) was nominated for the Academy Award in 1930 for Best..... More
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1962. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Octavo size, 252 pp., inscribed by Dunbar Ogden. Daisy Lee Gatson Bates (1914-1999) was a pioneering civil rights activist, as well as a newspaper founder and publisher. Despite the tragic loss of her mother, abandonment by her father, impoverished childhood..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the first trade edition, octavo size, 343 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..... More
Cambridge, Great Britain: Cambridge University Press, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, first printing, large octavo size, 434 pp. William Marshall Smart (1889-1975) was a Scottish astronomer and the author of sixteen books on the subject of astronomy. Highly regarded, he taught, published, and was the winner of several awards..... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1954. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 375 copies, quarto size, 42 pp. First edition of this collection of essays meant to chronicle the Bay Area literary renaissance at the turn of the twentieth-century, finely designed and printed by Harold Seeger and Albert Sperisen..... More
[East Aurora, New York]: [The Roycrofters], (1905). Limited Edition. Suede. 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
New York: A Peter Weed Book / Beaufort Books Publishers (1987), 1987. Gorey, Edward. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of the first trade edition, duodecimo size, 64 pp. "A book that challenges even the most accomplished page-turner" (from dust jacket), a delightful Gorey piece that changes as one answers questions..... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1932. Parker, Arvilla. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 500 copies (unnumbered), quarto size, 53 pp. 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 his travels from..... More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1871. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. First American editon, second printing, two volumes (complete), octavo size, 874 pp. Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) is arguably one of the most important scientists ever to publish a work or theory, so much so that he is buried in Westminster..... More
London: Eveleigh Nash, [1907]. B. T. B. [Lord Basil Temple Blackwood]. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 80 pp. This collection of verses, intended as a parody of cautionary tales written for children, was written by Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953), a prolific writer and poet as well as an avid..... More
Merrion Square, Dublin, Irland: The Cuala Press [Elizabeth Corbet Yeats], 1924. First and Limited Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this collection, one of 500 copies, octavo size, 51 pp., signed by Yeats. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is acknowledged by many as "supreme among modern Irish poets". He was awarded the..... More
New York: Blelock & Co., 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. First US edition, first printing, octavo size, 754 pp. Thomas Jonathan Jackson (1824-1863), nicknamed "Stonewall Jackson", was one of the most talented military strategists in US history; his tactics are still taught today. Although it is currently politically incorrect to praise..... More
New York: A Rutledge Book, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, quarto size, 200 pp., signed by both Richard Petty and Kyle Petty. Richard Lee Petty (b. 1937), nick-named "The King", was the first driver to win the NASCAR Cup Series seven times; he "is the..... More
London: Hurst and Blackett... 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), octavo size, 655 pp. These journals, published at the end of the Crimean War (which lasted for over two years),by George Cavendish Taylor (1827-1889) were his observations on that war, based on "some experience in the subjects"; as a...... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 44 of 250 copies, octavo size, 464 pp., signed by Yeats, with original slipcase. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is acknowledged by many as "supreme among modern Irish poets". He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 (the first..... More
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1924. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 42 of 250 copies, octavo size, 485 pp., signed by Yeats, with original slipcase. William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) is acknowledged by many as "supreme among modern Irish poets". He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 (the first..... More
New York: Doubleday, (1993). First Edition. Hardcover. First printing of this edition, octavo size, 256 pp., signed by Robert Crais. Award-winning author Robert Crais (b. 1953) began his career as a screenwriter for Hollywood, earning a nomination for an Emmy Award for his work on shows such as "Hill Street..... More
Greenbrae, California: The Allen Press, 1978. Seward, Victor. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 130 copies, folio size, approx. [90] pp., with original prospectus and invoice. The forty-fourth limited edition from The Allen Press, and their first production from the Greenbrae studio, being "one of the superlative dramas of the Periclean..... More
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, duodecimo size, 192 pp. Joaquin [Cincinnatus Hiner] Miller (1839-1913), sometimes called "the poet of the Sierras", was part of the circle of renowned San Francisco poets and authors which included Jack London, Bret Harte, Edwin Markham, and Ina Coolbrith. These poems..... More
n.p. [Juniper Von Phitzer], [2001]. Limited Edition. Accordion. No. 15 of 26 copies, miniature, 18 pp. A classic "ABC" book was produced by Juniper Von Phitzer, the pen name for San Franciscan Lloyd L. Neilson. Per Bradbury, Neilson "is an avid collector of type ornaments and cuts therefore his miniature..... More
Mill Valley, CA: Carol Cunningham, Sunflower Press, 1989. Cunningham, Carol. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 24 of 30 copies, miniature, 40 pp., signed at the colophon by Carol Cunningham. The story of "Puss in Boots" has been told for centuries, with one of the earliest recorded versions by Giovanni Francesco Straparola..... More