St. Louis: Published by the Author, 1892. 5th Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 458 pp. "The Life of a Book Agent" is the autobiography of the bookseller Annie Nelles, telling of her escapades and travels as she tries to make a living peddling books; although there is some dispute as to... More
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1989. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 125 copies in a special binding (total edition 2125), quarto size, 238 pp., signed by author. Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), American typographer and inventer of the "Centaur" typeface (based on the Renaissance-period printing of Nicolas Jenson), is considered by many to... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1884. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 46 of 104 large paper sets, 5 vols., quarto size, approx. 2,612 pp., signed by printer Charles Whittingham & Co. The quintessential writings, and authoritative texts on Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1709-1784), whom the OED describes as "arguably the most distinguished... More
Edinburgh: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813. Hardcover. 4 volumes (complete), octavo size, 1775 total pp. A cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish diaspora around the world, Robert Burns (1759-1796) is widely regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement; his poetry is known for using the Scots... More
(New York): The Macmillan Company (1970), 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First U.S. edition, octavo size, 221 pp., inscribed by Maurice Chevalier. Perhaps one of the best-known French actors of the first half of the twentieth century, Maurice Chevalier (1888-1972) was nominated for the Academy Award in 1930 for Best Actor... More
[San Francisco]: [Privately printed by Edwin & Robert Grabhorn], [1934]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 50 copies privately printed, octavo size, 10 pp. This volume is a eulogy, given in Brookline, Massachusetts by Frank W. Cushwa of the Phillips Exeter Academy in 1933; it was privately printed by the Grabhorn... More
New York: John Lane Company, 1918. Hardcover. Although a reprint, we offer this book for the binding which is simple yet effective. Bound in brown cloth, the front board has a gilt rectangle with gilt lettering and a depiction of a gatling gun, also in gilt; the spine has gilt... More
(New York): American Council for Emigres in the Professions, Inc. [Mallette Dean], (1966). Dean, Mallette. Hardcover. Quarto size, [12] pp. A memorial tribute to humanitarian Else Staudinger (1889-1966), who founded and lead The American Council for Emigrés in the Professions, Inc., and worked tirelessly to rescue liberal scholars from Nazi... More
Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 102 pp. Limited edition of 483 copies printed for members of the Bibliophile Society, plus a "limited number" printed for the editor. An illuminating correspondence between a young Charles Dickens and his friend, William Henry Kolle, who conducted notes back... More
[Kentfield, California]: Mallette Dean (laid out at The Allen Press), 1959. Dean, Mallette. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 200 copies., quarto size, [66] pp. The lively firsthand account of John Charles Duchow's voyage on the Clipper Staffordshire from Boston around Cape Horn, on his way to California. After the Allens... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, ca. 1953. Hardcover. In scarce publisher's slipcase, five volumes (complete), octavo size, 2201 total pp. This five-set biography by Leon Edel (1907-1997) is a thorough look at one of the most prominent literary figures of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries, Henry James (1843-1916). James was... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, designed by Jack Stauffacher of The Greenwood Press, 1991. Sawkins, James Gay. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 copies, oblong quarto, [126] pp., with prospectus. James Gay Sawkins (1806-1878) was a virtually unknown English artist who spent several years painting Hawaiian landscapes;... More
(New York): Times Books (Random House), (1994). Hardcover. Octavo size, 368 pp., signed by Ernest Gallo. The state of California is famous for its myriad and successful wineries, and one such success story is that of E & J Gallo Wineries, founded in 1933 by brothers Ernest and Julio Gallo... More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 325 copies, quarto size, 57 pp. Swiss physician Conrad Gesner (1516-1565) studied botany, theology, and philology, in addition to medicine; an avid naturalist, he aspired to climb mountains yearly or every other year, not only to exercise his body... More
[San Francisco]: [Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem for the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1969], 1969. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 150 copies, elephant folio size, 22 pp. A tribute to the incomparable Edwin Grabhorn, who, with his brother Robert, created some of the loveliest of American private press books... More
Llandogo: The Old Stile Press, 1992. Graham, Rigby. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Number 146 of 150 copies, elephant folio size, 58 pp. Rigby Graham (1931-2015) was a landscape and topographical artist, book illustrator and muralist who worked within the British Romantic tradition. His work is distinguished by bold lines, a.... More
New York: Firsts & Company, 1989. Limited Edition. Wraps. No. 100 of 250 copies, quarto size, [17] pp., signed by Graham Greene. English author Graham Greene (1904-1991) is best known for his Catholic novels such as "The Power and the Glory" and "The End of the Affair", which explore modern... More
San Francisco: Printed by the Grabhorn Press for The Westgate Press, 1930. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. One of 350 copies, octavo size, [122] pp. An early Grabhorn Press publication, in wonderful condition with most signatures unopened; with initials designed by Valenti Angelo. Publised by The Westgate Press, one of the... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (1982-1988), 1982. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 4320 p. Henry Adams (1838-1918), a descendant of two U.S. Presidents, became a noted political journalist and was best known during his lifetime for a 9-volume work on the History of... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, (1953). Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 48 pp., signed by Joseph Henry Jackson. The city of San Francisco has conjured many visions of poetry and song, and is enjoyed by not only those tourists that visit its bay and streets, but also by those living in... More
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, printed by Mallette Dean, 1964. Dean, Mallette. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 450 copies, quarto size, [131] pp., with prospectus. An expanded version of fourteen-year-old Carrie LeConte's Yosemite journal of 1878, rewritten and enhanced with pen and ink sketches in 1880; Carrie accompanied... More
New York, London: G.P. Putman's Sons, 1927. Malone, Robert James. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Author's Presentation Edition, limited to 100 copies of which this is 'P4', quarto size, 308 pp., signed by Lindbergh and by publisher G.P. Putnams Sons, with the publisher's biographical pamphlet slipped in. The first printing... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo size, 384 pp., inscribed by James Lovell. The story, told by the astronaut who experienced it first-hand, of the Apollo 13 mission which, as a result of a mysterious explosion, almost ended in catastrophe. A year later turned into a movie... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 302 pp., signed by the author. Hereditary Chief of the Oglala Tribe of the Sioux Nation, Luther Standing Bear (1868-1939) helped to educate the American public and deepen their awareness of Native American culture which helped to create popular support... More
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1943. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo size, 703 pp. G. K. 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, and for such apologetics as... More
![The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. [together with] Johnsoniana; Together with the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides; Anecdotes of the Late Samuel Johnson LL.D. by Mrs. Piozzi, Richard Cumberland, Bishop Percy and Others Together with the Diary of Dr. Campbell and Extracts from that of Madame D'Arblay. Notes, Appendices, James Boswell, Alexander Napier, Robina Napier, Newly Collected and.](/pictures/thumb/17043102_1.JPG?v=1515610248)
![M. Fred Loewenstein, 1910-1933 [A Eulogy]. Frank W. Cushwa.](/pictures/thumb/17080406_1.JPG?v=1551649690)
![In Memoriam, Edwin Grabhorn, 1889-1968 [Roxburghe Club Keepsake]. Grabhorn Press, David Magee.](/pictures/thumb/16111605_1.JPG?v=1496108789)
