(Book Club of California). Harlan, Robert D.

WILLIAM DOXEY'S SAN FRANCISCO PUBLISHING VENTURE, AT THE SIGN OF THE LARK.

With an Annotated Bibliography
San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1983. 8vo. cloth. 84, (4) pages. With an Annotated Bibliography. First edition, limited to 550 copies. Designed and printed by Harold Berliner. With a well-annotated 57-item bibliography of Doxey's publications. Illustrated. With errata slip. READ MORE about WILLIAM DOXEY'S SAN FRANCISCO PUBLISHING VENTURE, AT THE SIGN OF THE LARK

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 24732

(Book Club of California). Kurutz, Gary F.

BENJAMIN C. TRUMAN, CALIFORNIA BOOSTER AND BON VIVANT.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1984. 8vo. cloth, plain paper dust jacket. Frontispiece; (ii), vi, 3-89+(1). Limited to 600 copies (Book Club of California Publication no.176). The image of California as the everyman's paradise of health and the good life owes something to the efforts of B.C. Truman (1835-1916), an ex-Civil War journalist and confidential secretary of Andrew Johnson, who discovered southern California in the late 1860's and spent the rest of his..... READ MORE about BENJAMIN C. TRUMAN, CALIFORNIA BOOSTER AND BON VIVANT

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 51596

(Book Club of California). Muir, P.H.

CATNACHERY.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1955. 4to. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. (iv), 27, (2) pages and 5 foldout plates. Limited to 325 copies. (MaGee no. 89). Printed at the Greenwood Press in black and orange. The text is Muir's excellent article on the history of the Catnach Press. The five foldout plates reproduce five rare Catnach broadsides. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about CATNACHERY

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 26679

(Book Club of California). Sawkins, James Gay.

A PICTORIAL TOUR OF HAWAII 1850-1852.

Watercolors, Paintings, & Drawings. With an account of his life & travels by David W. Forbes. Foreword by Richard H. Dillon.
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1991. oblong 4to. cloth, plain paper dust jacket. (v),125,(2) pages. Watercolors, Paintings, & Drawings. With an account of his life & travels by David W. Forbes. Foreword by Richard H. Dillon. Limited to an edition of 400, this is publication number 197 of the Book Club of California. "The most complete and important extant pictorial record of the 19th century Hawaiian landscape survives in the work of James Gay..... READ MORE about A PICTORIAL TOUR OF HAWAII 1850-1852

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 93470

Castleman, Riva.

A CENTURY OF ARTISTS BOOKS.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1994. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), 263+(1) pages. First edition. "Traces the international development of the modern illustrated book to the last decade of this century." This book was meant to accompany the exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art. accompanied by 224 illustrations with 76 in color. A wealth of information for the dealer and collector. READ MORE about A CENTURY OF ARTISTS BOOKS

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 41528

(Center for Book Arts).

CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO.

(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005). rectangular 4to. lavender Fabriano Tiziano paper covered storage box with deep rose cloth spine, cream color paper title label with rose colored lettering, Velcro closure. not paginated. This special limited edition portfolio features the work of the artist members of The Center for Book Arts. Each participating artist submitted a broadside in an edition of 100. The theme of the project was the celebration of the contributions of..... READ MORE about CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO

Price: $1,500.00 save 15% $1,275.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103041

(Center for Book Arts).

CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO.

(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005). rectangular 4to. museum board storage box covered with Moriki paper in a variety of colors, button and tag on flap. not paginated. This limited edition portfolio features the work of the artist members of the Center for Book Arts. Each artist submitted a broadside in an edition of 100, the theme of which is a celebration of the contributions of artist members to the growth of the CBA..... READ MORE about CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO

Price: $1,500.00 save 15% $1,275.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103043

(Clinker Press). Arnold, Matthew.

DOVER BEACH.

(Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, 2008). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, bottom edge uncut. (10) pages. Printed for presentation to the Zamorano Club. Color illustration on front cover. READ MORE about DOVER BEACH

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129852

(Clinker Press). Poe, Edgar Allan.

THE RAVEN.

(Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, 2007). oblong 12mo. embossed leather, decorated endpapers, bottom edge uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 60 numbered copies. Printed on recto only. Bound by Marianna Blau. Minor shelf-wear. READ MORE about THE RAVEN

Price: $80.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129830

Cobbett, William.

A LETTER FROM LONDON: WILLIAM COBBETT TO JAMES OLDDEN.

Philadelphia: Friends of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Christmas 1958. 8vo. self paper wrappers. 4 pages printed French fold with three page facsimile of Cobbett letter inserted. Limited to 525 numbered copies; printed at the Pickering Press. The letter is from the collection of Seymour Adelman. Toned along edges. READ MORE about A LETTER FROM LONDON: WILLIAM COBBETT TO JAMES OLDDEN

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 1624

(Copeland and Day). Rossetti, Dante Gabriel.

THE HOUSE OF LIFE.

(Boston, MA: Copeland and Day), 1894. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (viii), 119+(1) pages. Limited to 550 copies ( Kraus 2). Includes 103 sonnets and eleven lyrics. Three borders and 114 initials by Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue. Table of contents. With bookplate of Mary Hawes Wilmarth (1837-1919), a noted social reformer of her time. Dust jacket torn at spine and chipped at edges. Joints and hinges cracked. READ MORE about THE HOUSE OF LIFE

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120715

(Dibdin, Thomas Frognall). Rabaiotti, Renato (editor).

HORAE BIBLIOGRAPHICAE CANTABRIGIENSES: A FACSIMILE OF DIBDIN'S CAMBRIDGE NOTEBOOK 1823 WITH READINGS FROM THE LIBRARY COMPANION 1824.

With an introduction by Renato Rabaiotti.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1989. 6.5 x 9 inches. quarter leather with acetate dust jacket, slipcase. 79, (3) pages. With an introduction by Renato Rabaiotti. First edition, limited to 250 copies. Printed by Martino Mardersteig at the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona on Magnani mould-made paper. A hitherto unpublished notebook reproduced in facsimile and accompanied by corresponding readings from the 1824 first edition of the Library Companion. It contains Dibdin's comments on books, manuscripts and..... READ MORE about HORAE BIBLIOGRAPHICAE CANTABRIGIENSES: A FACSIMILE OF DIBDIN'S CAMBRIDGE NOTEBOOK 1823 WITH...

Price: $185.00 save 50% $92.50  other currencies  Order nr. 24585

(Dickens, Charles). Wilkins, William Glyde.

FIRST AND EARLY AMERICAN EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS.

Cedar Rapids: Privately printed at The Torch Press, 1910. tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 51 pages. First edition, limited to 200 copies. With a number of full page illustrations showing title pages of Dickens's American editions. Presentation on free endpaper "Dr. Dudley Tenney, with compliments of William Glyde Wilkins, July 23/10." Also with T.L.s. from Wilkins to Tenney dated the same date and meant to accompany this copy tipped-in. This copy has the usual illustrations but..... READ MORE about FIRST AND EARLY AMERICAN EDITIONS OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 119419