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See More... (Allen, Don Cameron) Edelstein, J.M. A SELECTED CATALOG OF BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF DON CAMERON ALLEN.
San Diego University of California 1968 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (x), 42 pages.
Printed by Saul and Lilian Marks at their Plantin Press. Well described collection of books from the Renaissance.Wrappers chipped around edges and irregularly faded.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 8338

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See More... (Allen, Lewis) Letter from Lewis Allen to John Michael
Kentfield, Ca n.p. 1966 7 by 10 1/2 inches single sheet in envelope
Letter from Allen of the Allen Press to Mr. John Michael of the Acorn Press, April 18, 1966. Expresses thanks for receipt of "One Line Specimen Book." Describes current publishing project of Allen Press.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 115665

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See More... (Allen Press) Wharton, Edith QUARTET. FOUR STORIES.
Kentfield, CA Allen Press 1975 4to. quarter cloth with patterned cloth-covered boards 126 pages
Printed in an edition limited to 140 signed copies by Lewis and Dorothy Allen at the Allen Press (Allen Press no.41). The Allens were responsible for design, illustration, printing and binding and as they say in their bibliography, "there is considerable satisfaction to be derived when all elements of book production - can be performed entirely by hand by the partners of one shop." Printed in a variety of colors. Bookplate of John Jean Michael on front pastedown.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 76670

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See More... (Anchor Acorn Press) A GOUDY SAMPLER.
Petaluma, CA Anchor Acorn Press 2000 broadside (22 x 7 inches)
Broadside printed for the Twelfth Biennial Conference of the American Typecasting Fellowing and the Twenty-fifth Biennial Joint Meeting of the Zamorano Club and the Roxburghe Club. Demonstration of 31 Goudy type printed in black and red.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 105848

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See More... Angelo, Valenti HILL OF LITTLE MIRACLES.
New York The Viking Press 1942 8vo. cloth, later slipcase. 200 pages.
First edition. End papers, cover and text well illustrated by the author. A story of the early days on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, based on Angelo's early life. Signed by Angelo on the dedication page. Spine faded.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 110233

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See More... (Angelo, Valenti) Linden, James TO REMEMBER VALENTI ANGELO, 1897-1982
San Francisco Book Club of California 1982 oblong small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages.
Limited to 1050 copies and printed by Adrian and Joyce Lancaster Wilson at the Press in Tuscany Alley.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 17945

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See More... (Angelo, Valenti) VALENTI ANGELO.
(San Francisco San Francisco Public Library 1977) 8vo. self paper wrappers (4) pages.
Invitation to a reception held for printmaker, illustrator and author Valenti Angelo in honor of his 80th birthday, sponsored by the Special Collections Department of the San Francisco Public Library. Illustration.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 112244

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See More... (Anthropology) Elsasser, Albert B. TREASURES OF THE LOWIE MUSEUM
An Exhibition of the Robert H. Lowie Museum of Anthropology University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California University of California, Berkeley 1968 8vo. Stiff paper wrapper 95+(1) pages
Contains a collection of black-and-white plates displaying artifiacts from the Lowie Museum. Some shelfwear, spine lightly faded.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 97213

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See More... Archer, H. Richard and Ward Ritchie MODERN FINE PRINTING
Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library 1968 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 44 pages.
Contains "The Private Press: Its Essence and Recrudescence" by Archer and "Tradition and the Printers of Southern California" by Ritche.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 108

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See More... Archer, H. Richard and Ward Ritchie MODERN FINE PRINTING
Los Angeles William Andrews Clark Memorial Library 1968 8vo. paper wrappers. (iv), 44 pages.
Contains "The Private Press: Its Essence and Recrudescence" by Archer and "Tradition and the Printers of Southern California" by Ritche. Covers faded.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 108091

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See More... (Archetype Press) Bentley, Wilder (Editor). N'EN PARLONS PLUS!, EXCERPTS FROM DIVERS PAPERS & CHRONICLES OF THE ARTS CLUB, 1937-1938.
Berkeley Archetype Press 1939 folio cloth with printed design on front cover 19+(1) pages
Limited to 105 copies, set up and printed on a handpress by Wilder Bentley ("and his faithful spouse, Ellen") on dampened Strathmore Wayside Text for at The Archetype Press in Euclid Court, Berkeley, Ca and issued for private distribution among members of The Arts Club & their friends. Printed in "a bastard version" of Caslon Oldface italic and Goudy Modern roman. Wood-engraved abstraction of the initial i for the Prolegomena, vignette on the title-page, and design for the front cover by John C. Haley. Excerpts from chronicles of The Arts Club's past season. "It is not primarily designed to explain to the world in general what we are, what we do, how well we reason, or how badly we sing. Rather it is a souvenir, intended to revive some of our very happy memories." Finely printed.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 62298

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SIGNED AND INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION BY WILLIAM SAROYAN

(Archetype Press) Saroyan, William. A NATIVE AMERICAN.
San Francisco George Fields 1938 8vo. decorated cloth. (xiv), 80, (4) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 450 copies by Wilder and Ellen Bentley at the Archetype Press (see Haas, page 24 for more detail about the press), of Berkeley, California. Includes eight illustrations by "Hans" (believed to be Hans Loyd Hoff), and additional illustrations stamped on the front and back covers. Each copy signed by William Saroyan. In addition, this copy is inscribed on a blank page, "For Mrs. L.A. Bassana, with the sincere hope that these little American fables will be pleasing to her. William Saroyan. S.F. Feb. 1939." Ahearn Collected Books, p.495.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 45006

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See More... (Arion Press) THE ARION PRESS. CATALOGUE 1991.
San Francisco The Arion Press 1990 8vo. paper wrappers, original mailing envelope. (24) pages.
This catalogue gives a brief history of the Arion Press, and describes its facilities. It outlines its publishing program and features four books that were planned for 1991 and two from 1990. It also gives a lists of all publications of the Press from 1975 to 1990.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 57819

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See More... (Autographs) Geiger, Maynard CALIFORNIA CALLIGRAPHY
Identified Autographs of Personages Connected with the Conquest and Development of the Californias Ramona, CA Ballena Press 1972 4to. stiff paper wrappers 59+(1) pages
Limited to an edition of 750. Collection of nearly 200 autographs of important figures in California history, reproduced from cuts prepared by Father Zephyrin Engelhardt. In alphabetical order with the writer's full name and occupation included with each signature. Wrappers beginning to fade, spine sunned, rear wrapper slightly soiled, minor shelf wear.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 92544

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See More... Babb, Clyde F. JUST REMEMBERING...
Berkeley University of California Press 1949 8vo. stiff paper wrappers not paginated
A listing of individuals with brief commentary on their situation. Text includes A. R. Tommasini and former Minnesota state senator and judge Earl Gustafson. Text lists photographer as William Miner, but contains no photographs. Fading on spine. Fading, creasing and small tears along edges of paper wrappers.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 98910

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See More... Baker, Hugh S. " RATIONAL AMUSEMENT IN OUR MIDST," PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN CALIFORNIA, 1849-1859.
Berkeley, CA California Library Association 1960 tall 8vo. self paper wrappers. (iv), 26 pages.
Reprinted from The California Historical Society Quarterly, Volume XXXVIII, Number 4, Decemberm, 1959. With a two page foreword by Richard H. Dillon.
Price: $ 13.00 other currencies Order nr. 97238

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  (Bancroft, H. H.) Wagner, Henry R. and Eleanor Bancroft A CHECK-LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF H. H. BANCROFT AND COMPANY, 1857 TO 1870.
N.P. Friends of Bancroft Library 1987 4to. stiff paper wrappers xviii, 85 pages
Bibliography of the publications of the company with 215 entries. Completed and with preface by Ruth Frey Axe, a list of sources and symbols, and an index.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 100724

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See More... Bancroft, Hubert Howe LITERARY INDUSTRIES, A MEMOIR
New York Harper & Brothers 1891 thick 8vo. original cloth. xxxii, 446, (2) pages.
Reprint of the first edition of 1890 which was originally volume 39 of the works of Bancroft issued in 1890. Bancroft, a bookseller and publisher in early California, put together the famous Bancroft Collection of Western Americana. This is the fascinating story of his life and the building of the collection. Inscribed on title page "H. Abby Brown, Compliments of Geo. H. Morrison" who was a Director of The History Company and The Bancroft Company (see text of book). Covers rubbed.
Price: $ 95.00 other currencies Order nr. 20344

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  (Bancroft Library) SOME TREASURES OF THE BANCROFT LIBRARY CELEBRATING THE DEDICATION OF THE ENLARGED AND REMODELED LIBRARY, MAY 6TH, 1973.
Berkeley Friends of the Bancroft Library 1973 tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 85 pages.
Introduction by James D. Hart. Illustrated. Some cover fading.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 43615

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See More... Barlow, William P. BOOK COLLECTING: PERSONAL REWARDS AND PUBLIC BENEFITS A LECTURE DELIVERED AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ON DECEMBER 7, 1983.
Washington Library of Congress 1984 8vo. paper wrappers. 24 pages.
Viewpoint Series No.11. Information on bibliography and Baskerville.
Price: $ 9.00 other currencies Order nr. 102702

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See More... (Baum, L. Frank) Bienvenue, Paul R. and Robert E. Schmidt THE BOOK COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO L. FRANK BAUM AND OZ.
El Segundo, California March Hare Books 2009 square 8vo cloth, dust jacket 369 pages
First edition. The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum and Oz is a comprehensive yet userfriendly reference guide to the many books of L. Frank Baum (1856 - 1919). For the first time in a single volume, all of Baum's published full-length works (Oz, non-Oz, and pseudonymous books) are examined in detail and with unprecendented simplicity and clarity. Also included are the Oz books of his five "official" successors, plus other important related volumes, over 150 titles in toto!

Far from a dry, academic bibliographical list, The Book Collector's Guide to L. Frank Baum and Oz is an engaging, demystifying, and entertaining look at the legacy of America's premier children's author.

Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 101838

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See More... Bayard, Samuel J. SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF COM. ROBERT STOCKTON; WITH AN APPENDIX COMPRISING HIS CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE NAVY DEPARTMEN TRESPECTING HIS CONQUEST OF CALIFORNIA; AND EXTRACTS FROM THE DEFENCE OF COL. J.C. FREMONT, IN RELATION TO THE SAME SUBJECT; TOGETHER WITH HIS SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND HIS POLITICAL LETTERS.
New York Derby & Jackson 1856 8vo. original blind-stamped cloth. Frontispiece; 210, 131, (3) pages
First edition (Sabin 91904, Howes B 259) With various appendices. Inscribed in pencil on first blank page "Dr. Coates with the author's compliments." Boards slightly soiled, spine discolored. Some wear to head and tail of the spine. Corners bumped, wear to edges. Foxing throughout, with some staining to the edge of the text block, not affecting the text. Tear to one interior page.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 104594

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  (Bender, Albert M.) THIRTY BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE ALBERT M. BENDER COLLECTION OF MILLS COLLEGE.
With a Foreword by Elizabeth Gray Potter. N.P. The Bibliophile Society, Mills College 1937 8vo. boards covered with gilt paper with black paper wrap-around label. Not paginated.
Limited to 250 numbered copies printed by The Eucalyptus Press. Wear to covers with a small piece of spine chipped away.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 20657

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See More... Bennett, Paul A. SOME NOTES ON THE ENGAGING BY-PATHS & ENDURING PLEASURES OF FINE BOOKMAKING.
Stanford Stanford Univ. Libraries 1963 8vo. paper wrappers. 54 pages.
Limited to 1000 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press for the dedication of the Morgan A. and Alice D. Gunst Memorial Library of the Book Arts. Tears along edges; toning of covers.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 7939

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See More... (Berliner, Harold) THE PRIVATE PRESS OF HAROLD BERLINER:BOOKS AND BROADSIDES: 1988.
Nevada City, CA The Private Press of Harold Berliner 1988 4to stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Catalogue of the press's publications available in 1988. Includes brief article "News of the Press." Sample illustrations with hand-colored woodcut illustrations. Order form laid in. Inscribed on inside front wrapper by noted woodcut artist John DePol, who is mentioned in the news article.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 108750

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