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A California Gold Rush Miscellany; Comprising: the Original Journal of Alexander Barrington, Nine Unpublished Letters from the Gold Mines, Reproductions of Early Maps and Towns from California Lithographs; Broadsides, etc. etc. Alexander Barrington, Jane Bissell Grabhorn, Arvilla Parker, Initials.

Barrington, Alexander; Grabhorn, Jane Bissell (Editor); Parker, Arvilla (Initials)

A California Gold Rush Miscellany; Comprising: the Original Journal of Alexander Barrington, Nine Unpublished Letters from the Gold Mines, Reproductions of Early Maps and Towns from California Lithographs; Broadsides, etc. etc.

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Parker, Arvilla. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 550 copies, unnumbered, Second Series of Rare Americana, No. 4, 4to - over 9.75” - 12” tall, 60 p. This collection of miscellany was carefully selected to give an honest and authentic viewpoint of the early mining... More

Price: $125.00

A Voyage to the South Seas; Undertaken by command of His Majesty for the purpose of conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship Bounty commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh including an account of the Mutiny on board the said ship and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew in the ship's boat from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. William Bligh, Alan Villiers, Introduction, Geoffrey C. Ingletone, Illustrator, Douglas A. Dunstan, Book Designer.

Bligh, William; Villiers, Alan (Introduction); Ingletone, Geoffrey C. (Illustrator); Dunstan, Douglas A. (Book Designer)

A Voyage to the South Seas; Undertaken by command of His Majesty for the purpose of conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship Bounty commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh including an account of the Mutiny on board the said ship and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew in the ship's boat from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies.

Adelaide, South Australia: Printed at the Griffin Press for The Limited Editions Club, 1975. Ingletone, Geoffrey C. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Number 452 of 2000 copies, folio size, 170 pp., signed by illustrator and book designer. A travelogue of adventure, danger and bravery on the high seas. Designed and printed by... More

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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. James Boswell, Alexander Napier, Notes and Appendices, Robina Napier, Newly Collected.

Boswell, James; Napier, Alexander (Notes and Appendices); Napier, Robina (Newly Collected and Edited By)

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

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

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I Remember It Well (INSCRIBED TO MERV GRIFFIN). Maurice Chevalier, Marcel Pagnol, Preface, Cornelia Higginson, Translation.

Chevalier, Maurice; Pagnol, Marcel (Preface); Higginson, Cornelia (Translation)

I Remember It Well (INSCRIBED TO MERV GRIFFIN)

(New York): The Macmillan Company (1970), 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 221 p. Inscribed by Author(s). First U.S. edition. INSCRIBED BY MAURICE CHEVALIER on the front free endpaper: "To / Merv Griffin - / With affectionate / admiration. / Maurice Chevalier". Perhaps one of... More

Price: $350.00

Carry On, Letters in Wartime. Coningsby Dawson, W. J. Dawson, Introduction and Notes.

Dawson, Coningsby; Dawson, W.J. (Introduction and Notes)

Carry On, Letters in Wartime

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

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Some Letters from Oscar Wilde to Alfred Douglas 1892-1897. Notes, A. S. W. Rosenbach, Essay, Arthur C. Dennison, Jr., Harrison Post.

Dennison, Arthur C., Jr. and Post, Harrison (Notes); Rosenbach, A.S.W. (Essay)

Some Letters from Oscar Wilde to Alfred Douglas 1892-1897

San Francisco: William Andrews Clark, Jr. / Printed by John Henry Nash, 1924. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Number 63 of 225 copies, folio size, 51 pp. A hitherto unpublished collection of twenty-five facsimile autographed letters by Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), and one letter by Alfred Douglas (1870-1945)... More

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The Dickens-Kolle Letters. Charles Dickens, Harry B. Smith.

Dickens, Charles; Smith, Harry B. (Editor)

The Dickens-Kolle Letters

Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1910. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 102 p. 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... More

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Valenti Angelo, The Man and the Artist. Earl and Gloria Emelson.

Emelson, Earl and Gloria (Editors)

Valenti Angelo, The Man and the Artist

Concord, California: Heron House, 2010. 1st and Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. 161 p. Limited edition of 250 copies, unnumbered. An in-depth look at the life and work of Valenti Angelo (1897-1982), well-known and highly regarded 20th century illustrator who did so many books for... More

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A Pictorial Tour of Hawaii 1850-1852: Watercolors, Paintings & Drawings by James Gay Sawkins; With an account of his life & travels by David W. Forbes. David W. Forbes, James Gay Sawkins, Artist.

Forbes, David W.; Sawkins, James Gay (Artist)

A Pictorial Tour of Hawaii 1850-1852: Watercolors, Paintings & Drawings by James Gay Sawkins; With an account of his life & travels by David W. Forbes

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

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In Memoriam, Edwin Grabhorn, 1889-1968 [Roxburghe Club Keepsake]. Grabhorn Press, David Magee.

[Grabhorn Press]; [Magee, David]

In Memoriam, Edwin Grabhorn, 1889-1968 [Roxburghe Club Keepsake]

[San Francisco]: [Robert Grabhorn & Andrew Hoyem for the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, 1969], 1969. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. 22 p. One of 150 copies, unnumbered. A tribute to the incomparable Edwin Grabhorn, who with his brother, Robert, created some of the... More

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The Years With Mother [with] In My Solitary Life. Augustus J. C. Hare, Malcolm Barnes, Introduction.

Hare, Augustus J.C.; Barnes, Malcolm (Editor, Introduction)

The Years With Mother [with] In My Solitary Life

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1952-1953. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, 672 pp., the abridged versions. Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (1834-1903) was reputed to be "an English writer and raconteur"; educated and having enough means to live and travel without having to earn a living, which enabled him to... More

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My Life East and West (INSCRIBED). William S. Hart.

Hart, William S.

My Life East and West (INSCRIBED)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1929. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo, 354 pp., inscribed by author to Frankie Dillon. William Surrey Hart (1864-1946) tells the story of his fascinating life, beginning with his early memories of Oswego, Illinois, where his family lived in one of only two houses. He shares his recollections... More

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The Letters of Henry Adams (Volumes I - VI, COMPLETE). Henry Adams, Ernest Samuels J C. Levenson, Viola Hopkins Winner, Charles Vandersee.

Henry Adams; J.C. Levenson, Ernest Samuels, Charles Vandersee, Viola Hopkins Winner (Editors)

The Letters of Henry Adams (Volumes I - VI, COMPLETE)

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

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Yosemite 1878; Adventures of N & C. Carrie E. LeConte, Mallette Dean, artist printer.

LeConte, Carrie E.; Dean, Mallette (printer, artist)

Yosemite 1878; Adventures of N & C

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

Price: $75.00

WE. Charles A. Lindbergh, Myron T. Herrick, Introduction.

Lindbergh, Charles A.; Herrick, Myron T. (Introduction)

WE

New York, London: G.P. Putman's Sons, 1927. Malone, Robert James. 1st Edition, 1st 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

Price: $7,500.00

The House I Once Called Home, A Photographic Memoir With Verse (Deluxe version). Duane Michals.

Michals, Duane

The House I Once Called Home, A Photographic Memoir With Verse (Deluxe version)

[London]: [Enitharmon Editions Ltd, 2003], 2003. Michals, Duane. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9" - 12" tall. 56 pp. Signed by Artist. No. 10 of 50 deluxe versions, there were also 15 hors commerce copies, with the regular edition being 3000; the deluxe version is limited to 50 copies... More

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Homage to Catalonia; [Orwell's Personal Story of the Spanish Civil War & the Communist Betrayal]. George Orwell, Author, Lionel Trilling, Introduction.

Orwell, George (Author); Trilling, Lionel (Introduction)

Homage to Catalonia; [Orwell's Personal Story of the Spanish Civil War & the Communist Betrayal]

New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1952). Hardcover. 8vo - over 7.75” - 9.75” tall, 232 p., note that this is an early reprint of the first U. S. Edition. George Orwell (born Eric Arthur Blair, 1903-1950) is renowned for his works "Animal Farm" and "1984" and his outspoken criticism... More

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Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty In the Reign of Charles II and James II. Samuel Pepys, The Rev. J. Smith, Diary Deciphered, Richard Lord Braybooke, Life and Notes.

Pepys, Samuel; Smith, The Rev. J. (Diary Deciphered); Lord Braybooke, Richard (Life and Notes)

Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S., Secretary to the Admiralty In the Reign of Charles II and James II

Philadelphia: David McKay (ca. 1890), 1890. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Octavo size, approximately [1860] pp. Fourth Edition stated, this version undated but likely ca. 1890. The Diary was first published in 1825 based on the Smith transcription, edited by Richard, Lord Braybrooke (1783-1858). Various other transcriptions have been done, as the... More

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Armsmear: The Home, The Arm, and the Armory of Samuel Colt; A Memorial. Samuel Colt, Henry Barnard.

[Samuel Colt]; Barnard, Henry (Editor)

Armsmear: The Home, The Arm, and the Armory of Samuel Colt; A Memorial

New York: Alvord Printer, 1866. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Quarto size, 399 pp. A beautiful memorial to the history and legacy of American industrialist and inventor Samuel Colt (1814-1862), published four years after his death. Colt's designs were to have a major effect on the move away from the single-shot pistols... More

Price: $1,800.00

The Story of My Life, A Translation from the Original German of the Autobiography of Friedrich Schuenemann-Pott as Made by His Daughter, Ida Denicke. Friedrich Schuenemann-Pott, Ida Denicke.

Schuenemann-Pott, Friedrich; Denicke, Ida (Translator)

The Story of My Life, A Translation from the Original German of the Autobiography of Friedrich Schuenemann-Pott as Made by His Daughter, Ida Denicke

San Francisco: Privately Printed at the Grabhorn Press, 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 95 of 100, 4to - over 9.75” - 12” tall, 140 p., Signed by Translator. Friedrich Schuenemann-Pott dedicated his life to the freedom of religious thought and the "fundamental right of the human mind". This translation from... More

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Fanny Burney and Her Friends; Select Passages from Her Diary and Other Writings. Leonard Benten Seeley, M. A., Francis Burney.

Seeley, L[eonard] B[enten], M.A.; Burney, Francis

Fanny Burney and Her Friends; Select Passages from Her Diary and Other Writings

London: Seeley and Co., Limited, (1890). Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 83 of 150, large-paper edition, quarto size, 345 pp., extra-illustrated. A unique copy of "Fanny Burney" with 70 views and portraits, in a fine binding by Bayntun Binder, Bath, England. Frances Burney (1752-1840) was an English satirical novelist, diarist and... More

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Adventures of Joseph-Alexandre de Chabrier de Peloubet at the Time of the French Revolution, Together with Some Account of His Forebears in France & the Founding of the Peloubet Family in America. Harold A. Small, Francis Peloubet Farquhar, Preface.

Small, Harold A. (Editor); Farquhar, Francis Peloubet (Preface)

Adventures of Joseph-Alexandre de Chabrier de Peloubet at the Time of the French Revolution, Together with Some Account of His Forebears in France & the Founding of the Peloubet Family in America

San Francisco: [Printed at the Grabhorn Press], 1953. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 185 copies, unnumbered. 4to - over 9.75” - 12” tall, 79 p., Inscribed by author of preface and descendent of Peloubet family. This account of Mr. Peloubet's adventures, written by himself, was translated after many years and... More

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Tel Sono, The Japanese Reformer, An Autobiography. Tel Sono, Hester Alway, Introduction.

Sono, Tel; Alway, Hester (Introduction)

Tel Sono, The Japanese Reformer, An Autobiography

New York: Hunt & Eaton, 1891. Second Edition. Hardcover. Duodecimo size, 66 pp., signed by the author in both English and Japanese, with "Tokio, Japan" beneath. The first autobiography by a Japanese woman immigrant to the United States. Tel Sono tells her story through a series of anecdotes beginning with... More

Price: $75.00

A Prime-Time Life (INSCRIBED). Aaron Spelling, Jefferson Graham.

Spelling, Aaron; Graham, Jefferson

A Prime-Time Life (INSCRIBED)

New York: St. Martin's Press (1996), 1996. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. 240 p. Inscribed by Author(s). Aaron Spelling (1923-2006) was the most prolific writer and producer in television history; as one of the review blurbs on the back of the dust jacket for this... More

Price: $150.00

Bouquet. Gladys Bronwyn Stern.

Stern, G[ladys] B[ronwyn]

Bouquet

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Octavo size, 263 pp. Gladys Bronwyn Stern (1890-1973) was an author and critic whose prose has been called brilliant, irresistible,and hilarious as she recounts her 1926 tour of the French vinyards with her husband, Johnny, and her friends, Rosemary and Humphrey... More

Price: $75.00

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