19th Century Photo Album with American Flag
N.p. , N.d. (19th cent). 16mo. (6 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches) bound in elaborate brown leather with brass clasps, gilt decorated spine with 4 raised bands and “Album” in gilt in second compartment. All edges gilt and gauffered with paintings: American flag to fore edge, and sailing ships to bottom and top edges. Multicolored title page with... Read More
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![THE HOLY BIBLE...[AND] THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/594/827/258827594.0.m.jpg)
THE HOLY BIBLE...[AND] THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others
London John Bill & Christopher Barker and J. M., 1673. Thick 8vo., full dark red turkey morocco with an all-over design. Slight repairs to the corners and lower joints. A.e.g.; on the fore-edge there is a painted heart and a now indistinct owner's name and the date 1674. The binding was once thought to be by Samuel Mearne, but... Read More
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TODTENTANZ DER STADT BASEL
Basel C. F. Beck, 1852. Sm. 4to. (9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches), quarter brown morocco over marbled sides; spine with four raised bands and gilt titling. Publisher's original front and rear wrapper bound in (short tear in the rear wrapper mended; small light tide line in the upper margin of the first seven leaves and occasional minor offsetting).... Read More
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CONDUITE POUR LA BEINSEANCE CIVILE ET CHRETIENNE
8vo.,A wonderful example of the use of "Civilité" types from the collection of Joh. Enschedé & Zonen, dating back to the 16th century. The first printer to make use of a character of this style was the type founder and printer Robert Granjon of Lyons. Granjon received a Royal Patent of ten years for his "lettre françoyse d'art de main."... Read More
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Steinlen and His Art: Twenty-Four Cartoons with a critical introduction and descriptive notes
Folio (15¼ x 11¼"). Yellow linen with colored decoration to top board. 1¾" fraying to tail of spine. Slight wear to head of spine and corners. 24 plates in color and black and white, some tipped in. Theophile Alexandre Steinlen was a Swiss-born leading poster artist.
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A BOOK OF SHAKESPEARE’S SONGS WITH MUSICAL SETTINGS BY VARIOUS COMPOSERS THE WHOLE ARRANGED AND DECORATED BY EDWARD EDWARDS.
4to. (12 3⁄4 x 9 1⁄2 inches), 3⁄4 blue paper over vellum with gilt decoration and leering to spine; tips modestly worn; slight soiling to covers; untrimmed. Endpapers decorated in Arts & Crafts style with medallion on each together with the name of the publisher, Schirmer, and the Latin expression Labrorum Dulce Lenimen (work sweetly soothing.) (100) pp., profusely decorated... Read More
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The Countryman Comes from the Country: a Quarterly Non-Party Review and Miscellany of Rural Life and Work for the English-Speaking World
Oxfordshire: Burford. Fine. 1960. Original Wraps. A very nice Winter 1960, Volume 57 Number 4 issue in Fine condition. Original green paper wrappers show a little rubbing and bending at edges. Overall a bright clean copy; ; 12mo .
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Cato's Moral Distichs Reproduced from the Edition Printed in Philadelphia in 1735 by Benjamin Franklin, Together with a Foreword by Carl Van Doren
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1939 Book. Fine. Hardcover. One of 250 copies printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. Pp. 11, [7], iii-vi, 7-23, [1]. Original leaf tipped-in from an original Franklin publication. Gilt-lettered green cloth. Engraved bookplate on inside cover, else a very fine copy. The original Cato text from which the facsimile pages were made is... Read More
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An Anecdote Concerning a Cherry-Tree and George Washington, General and Commander of the Armies of America
Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1932 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. One of 65 copies presented to the Roxburghe Club by members of the Stanford University Press at a meeting commemorating George Washington's Bi-centenary. With a Prefatory Note by Nathan Van Patten Esq. [4], 8, [4]pp. Frontis portrait. Gray boards, printed paper label on front cover, paper parchment spine. Wear to... Read More
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Early West Coast Lighthouses. Eight Drawings and Paintings by Major Hartman Bache (1855-1859).
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1964 Book. Illus. by Bache, Hartman. Fine. Soft cover. First edition. A limited printing issued only to members of the Book Club of California as a keepsake. Printed by Arlen H. Philpott at the Tamal Land Press. Small quarto. Edited by John A. Hussey. 8 tipped in plates (2 in color). 9 folders... Read More
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The History of Susanna
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, [n.d.] Book. Illus. by Dean, Mallette. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First edition. One of 400 copies. 12mo. Includes color engravings by Mallette Dean. Cloth backed printed boards. A very fine, uncut copy. An excerpt taken from the King James Version of the holy Bible..
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A Leaf from John Johnson's Typographia.
Pasadena: The Zamorano Club, 1982 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. One of 200 copies printed for members of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs on the occasion of their joint meeting in Los Angeles, October, 1982. Presented as a keepsake by Carey S. Bliss, Susan Denne, and George Kinney. The original leaf is from John Johnson's Typographia; or the Printer's Instructor...,... Read More
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An Advertisement for the Press of Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem
San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem Book. Fine. Soft cover. Tall octavo pamphlet. Includes a black and white photograph of Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem. A fine copy. An advertisement for the Grabhorn-Hoyem Press including a short history of the press and a list of books printed by them available for sale..
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Zapata. Steinbeck. Carolyn and James announce the first publication of John Steinbeck's ZAPATA, a narrative in dramatic form...
Covelo: Yolla Bolly Press, 1991 Paper. Very fine. Soft cover. Prospectus for Steinbeck's Zapata, printed by the Yolla Bolly Press in a limited edition. Scarce. Small quarto. [8]pp. Two illustrations, including one full-page. Title printed in brown. Purple end leaves. Handmade Japanese paper wrappers printed in brown and black. A very fine copy housed in the original printed envelope. This... Read More
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A Portfolio of Book Club Printers II, 1962-1987
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1987 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Edited by Albert Sperisen and John Borden. Introduction by Oscar Lewis. 12 folders, each printed by or about presses associated with the printing history of the Book Club; printed cover folder. A very fine set in the publisher's mailing envelope. This is the 75th anniversary keepsake of the Club.... Read More
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The Lawes and Actes of Parliament, Maid be King James the First, and His Successours Kinges of Scotland: Visied, collected and extracted furth of the Register. (5 works in 1 volume.)
Edinburgh: Imprented be Robert Walde-grave prenter to the Kinges Majestie, 15. Martii, Anno Dom. 1597, 1597 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. With a later owner's name in ink on blank verso of title, "Robert Dalryample, 1733." 5 works in 1 volume. Quarto. 10¼x7 inches. Folios [3], 1-162, 1-178, [20], [1], 40. [4] + 17 pages + leaves [24], [2], 34,... Read More
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The Miners' Own Book, Containing Correct Illustrations and Descriptions of the Various Modes of California Mining
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1949 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. One of 500 copies printed The Greenwood Press. Reprinted from the original edition of 1858. Scarce in this condition. Introduction by Rodman W. Paul. xi, 35pp. Illustrated throughout with views, facsimiles, portraits, etc. Publisher's cloth-backed pictorial boards, paper spine label. Slight offsetting to ends (as usual). A very... Read More
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The Good News: The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ - 1st Edition/1st Printing
New York: The American Bible Society. Near Fine. N.D.. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. A bright first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with minor rubbing and edgewear without dust-jacket, as issued. Bound in pictorial cloth boards with glossy pages. Contains eight 32-page portions, with over 500 illustrations and 14 maps; B & W Photographs; 4to .... Read More
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The Smithsonian Experience: Science-History-The Arts... The Treasures of the Nation
Washington, DC: The Smithsonian Institution. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Third Printing. Hardcover. 0895990008 . A Later printing in Very Good condition with aging and shelfwear to the boards in an alike dust-jacket that is scuffed, rubbed, worn around the edges and has a tear on the front right edge; ; 4to ... Read More
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Medieval Warfare
London: Prentice-Hall. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0135736005 . Very Good+ condition with small adhesive stripping to the front flyleaf, minor soiling and edgewear to the boards in a Very Good dust-jacket that has scuffing, creasing and some tears around the edges; ; 4to; 256 pages .
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The Adams In America: From 1850 to 1997 - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Bath, OH: Halberts. Very Good. 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. A first edition/first printing in Very Good condition, the latter of two volumes; An assist in a genealogy search; Vol. 2; 4to; 51940: two volume set .
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LE PSEAUTIER DE DAVID, TRADUIT EN FRANCOIS: AVEC DES NOTES COURTES, TIREES DE S. AUGUSTIN, & DES AUTRES PERES
Paris Chez Helie Josset, 1689. Small 8vo. (7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches) black sharkskin with a single blind fillet border and metal clasps and catches. Spine with 5 raised bands; a.e.g. Marbled eps with single bookplate of previous owner on front pastedown and bookplates of two other owners on ffep. Many of the letters on the titlepage,... Read More
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AULI FLACCI PERSII, D. JUVENALIS ET SULPICIÆ SATYRARUM. Nova Editio diligenter recognita
Paris J, Barbou, 1776. 8vo., full crushed mottled brown morocco with a triple gilt fillet border on both covers with tiny gilt flower heads in the corners; smooth spine with elaborate gilt decoration and two red morocco title labels. Board edges gilt, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g. An elegant English 19th century binding in ABSOLUTELY FINE CONDITION. There is a separate... Read More
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The Holy Gospel According to Matthew • Mark • Luke• and John
Verona Officina Bodoni, 1962. Folio (12 x 8 inches), full burgundy oasis morocco, spine and cover decorated and lettered in gilt; t.e.g. In the original cloth-covered board slipcase with red morocco ends. One of 320 copies (this is copy cxxxvi designated for Great Britain), set in various sizes of Mardersteig’s Zeno type and printed at the hand press of... Read More
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THE POSTER: AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY CHRONICLE
Small 4to., ½ black Morocco over marbled paper covered boards with original wrappers preserved within: slight wear to covers. Spines with gilt decoration and brown labels with gilt lettering. Marbled ep. Front pastedown with bookplate of Gus Bofa, famous French art critic and artist who also was a poster designer; fabric markers. Original subscription order form laid in. Monthly periodical... Read More
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