New York, NY: Tanglewood Press Inc., 1968. First Edition. paperback. Quarto (4to). INCOMPLETE. Issued with 128 pages of text; this copy lacking one page of text at the end. Issued with eight original pochoir plates, each signed and numbered by Dine; INCOMPLETE; this copy lacking one plate, containing only seven... More about THE POET ASSASSINATED. Limited Deluxe Edition. Artist's Proof copy
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Two volume set. Original "grass-cloth" boards and rawhide (leather) spines in very good+ condition, with the spine extremities bulging slightly and some hardening of the rawhide spine. Very minimal shelfwear. The original slipcase has had the seams reinforced and... More about THE GRAPES OF WRATH. Limited edition signed by Thomas Hart Benton
New York: M. Evans and Company, Inc., 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). xii, 227 pages of text including index. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. The unclipped dustjacket has a few small chips, tears and creases; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with a frontisportrait, architectural plans, and 157 black... More about DAVID ADLER. The Architect and His Work
Washington, DC: Not published, 1940. First Edition. Unbound. Quarto (4to). An 8 x 10 inch black-and-white photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt in formal dress as First Lady, sitting at a desk in the White House under the James Monroe portrait. Inscribed "To Mr. Max Abelman, with good wishes, [signed] Eleanor Roosevelt... More about Photograph. Signed and inscribed by Eleanor Roosevelt
New York: Social Register Association, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 90 pages of text. Original binding is slightly shelfworn, with a small scuff to the spine and a crease to the front cover. Complete with the perforated tear-out first page which is stamped "301"... More about SOCIAL REGISTER, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, PASADENA, 1917. Vol. XXXI, No. 13
New York, NY: Congreve Publishing Company, 1982. First paperback edition. Paperback. Quarto (4to). 128 pages of text. Decorative paperback binding protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated with numerous color and black & white photographs and sketches. Includes sections on Pat Cleveland, Grace Jones, Tina Chow, Jessica Lange and Jerry... More about ANTONIO'S GIRLS
New York, NY: Acanthus Press, 2016. First Edition. Half-Cloth. Quarto (4to). 168 pages of text. Hardcover binding in almost new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. More about Benjamin H. Marshall, Chicago Architect
Chicago, IL: Henry Regnery Company, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 175 pages of text including an index. One of 250 copies in this limited edition; hand-numbered and signed by the author. This edition was specially printed for the one hundredth anniversary of the Montgomery Ward and Co. Blue hardcover... More about FOREVER OPEN, CLEAR AND FREE. The Historic Struggle for Chicago's Lakefront. Limited edition...
Barrington, IL: Hill and Dale Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 172 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor sunning to the spine. The price-clipped dustjacket has several small chips, tears and creases, with minor shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Signed by the author on the front endpaper... More about ARTHUR KONYOT: THE WHITE RIDER. My 60 Years as a Circus Equestrian as told to William D....
Chicago, IL: Privately printed, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). viii, 178 pages of text. Hardcover binding is moderately faded and browned on the spine, with minor shelfwear and minor soiling. No dustjacket if one was issued. Illustrated with a frontisportrait of the author, and about 10 additional illustrations. Previous... More about FOR ART'S SAKE
Chicago, IL: Caxton Club, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 71 pages of text. Original hardcover binding with tan linen spine and blue paper-covered boards. The spine is moderately darkened, and the binding is moderately rubbed and shelfworn; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. Printed on thick handmade paper, which is... More about DOCTOR FAUST. A Play - based upon old German Puppet versions. Signed and inscribed by Harry J. Owens
Cleveland, OH: Arthur H. Clark Company, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 386 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minor discoloration to the top of the spine, minimal shelfwear and flecking (small spots of partial color loss). Minor browning to the endpapers. Contains 32 photo illustrations. 1498 copies printed. From... More about MISSIONS AND PUEBLOS OF THE OLD SOUTHWEST: Their Myths, Legends, Fiestas, and Ceremonies, with...
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Washington, DC: United Stated Department of the Interior, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xii, 759 pages of text including an index. Bound in buckram, with minimal shelfwear, and minor flecking to spine. Contains 34 illustrations, including fold-out maps and photographs, and six large folding maps (Plates 7-12) in a.... More about THE MOHAVE [MOJAVE] DESERT REGION CALIFORNIA. A Geographic, Geologic, and Hydrolic...
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xii, 403 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding with minor sunning, minor shelfwear and minor flecking. The unclipped dustjacket has several small chips, tears and creases, and is moderately rubbed; protected in archival mylar. Contains numerous... More about LOWER CALIFORNIA: A CRUISE. The Flight of the Least Petrel
Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). Three volume set. Contemporary half leather bindings with marbled paper-covered boards with moderate shelfwear. LACKS ONE COLOR PLATE in Vol. I, Part I titled "Diegenos"; otherwise the set is complete. Vol. I: Part I: xvi, 258 pages. Part... More about REPORT ON THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICAN BOUNDARY SURVEY, Made Under the Direction of the...
Tucson, AZ: Arizona Advancement Company, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 161 pages of text. Hardcover binding with numerous small or tiny spots of fading and staining; protected in archival mylar. No author listed: copyright holder originally listed as J. Geo. Hilzinger. Illustrated with numerous photographs. The first and only... More about TREASURE LAND. A Story. Vol. I
New York, NY: Dauber& Pine Bookshops, Inc., 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 159 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover binding with minor browning to the top edge, and minor scuffing to the rear board; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with a frontisportrait of the author... More about LETTERS AND NOTES ON THE TEXAN SANTA FE EXPEDITION 1841-1842
no place of publication listed: Published by the author, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). [v]-47 pages of text (complete). Signed and dated by the author on the title page in the year of publication. Hardcover binding with minor darkening of the gilt spine lettering; otherwise in near fine condition... More about CALIFORNIA'S UNBUILT MISSIONS. Spanish Plans for an Inland Chain. Signed by George W. Beattie
Santa Fe, NM: New Mexican Printing Company, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 812 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding is sunned and unevenly discolored on the spine, with minor shelfwear and rubbing; protected in archival mylar. Inscribed by the author on a front endpaper "For my friend... More about ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO. Limited edition. Inscribed by the author
Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 177 pages of text. Hardcover binding with minimal rubbing and minimal shelfwear. The price-clipped dustjacket is heavily sunned on the spine, with two scratches/perforations, and several small chips, tears and creases; protected in archival mylar. Contains eighty plates in... More about MASKS AND DEMONS
Los Angeles, CA: Commercial Printing House, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). xxiv, 1152 pages of text including an index. Original hardcover binding with minor shelfwear. Illustrated with numerous portraits. The first few pages have numerous spots of foxing. The text is otherwise clean and unmarked. First thus edition. More about HISTORY OF THE BENCH AND BAR OF CALIFORNIA. Being Biographies of Many Remarkable Men, A Store of...
Eureka, CA: Times Publishing Company, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). 452 pages of text. Original green hardcover cloth binding with moderate shelfwear and rubbing, minor bumping to corners; protected in archival mylar. Contains a frontisportrait of the author. The text has minor soiling to several page edges, and the... More about PIONEER DAYS IN CALIFORNIA; Historical and Personal Sketches
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San Francisco, CA: Grabhorn Press, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set in original dustjackets. Hardcovers with minimal shelfwear. The dustjackets are heavily worn, with numerous tears and creases, and some browning, staining and chipping; protected in archival mylar. First Series of Rare Americana Nos. 5, 6. Limited... More about California in 1851 [and] 1852: The Letters of Dame Shirley. Introduction and notes by Carl I....
Los Angeles, CA: Times-Mirror Company, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo (8vo). Two volume set. Original full speckled calf have had three boards professionally rehinged; the binding is slightly shelfworn. Illustrated with a frontisportrait. A few pages with tiny tears to the edges, and minor browning to the edges of the... More about STEPHEN M. WHITE. Californian, Citizen, Lawyer, Senator. His Life and Work. A Character Sketch by...
Chicago, IL: Published by the author, 1872. Fourth edition. Hardcover. Quarto (4to). 128 pages, 49 unnumbered leaves of plates each containing a mounted portrait photograph. AEG; all edges gilt. Full maroon morocco extra gilt bound by F. Kiss & Co. (Francis Kiss formerly of Kiss & Ringer) apparently the first... More about THE CHICAGO BAR