Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1996. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 273, (5) pages. Reprint of 1959 first edition. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows text. READ MORE about FADE OUT
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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1996. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label, acetate dust jacket. (viii), 273, (5) pages. Reprint of 1959 first edition this being one of 200 hardbound copies. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows text. READ MORE about FADE OUT
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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 399, (7) pages. First edition. Table of contents, preface by Ed Dorn, afterword by Sandra Braman. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about HYPOCRITIC DAYS & OTHER TALES
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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1993. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label, acetate dust jacket. 399, (7) pages. First edition, one of the 200 hardbound trade copies. Table of contents, preface by Ed Dorn, afterword by Sandra Braman. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about HYPOCRITIC DAYS & OTHER TALES
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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 165, (5) pages. First edition. Table of contents. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about MY HEART IS THAT ETERNAL ROSE TATTOO
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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label, acetate dust jacket. 165, (5) pages. First edition this being one of 200 hardbound copies. Table of contents. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about MY HEART IS THAT ETERNAL ROSE TATTOO
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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 2001. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label, acetate dust jacket. 165, (5) pages. First edition this being one of 100 numbered hardbound copies signed by the author. Table of contents. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about MY HEART IS THAT ETERNAL ROSE TATTOO
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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 203, (5) pages. First edition. Table of contents, prefatory note to the reader. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about MY SYMPTOMS
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Santa Rosa, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, paper spine label, acetate dust jacket. 203, (5) pages. First edition, one of 200 hardbound copies. Table of contents, prefatory note to the reader. Biographical sketch of the author, with photograph, follows colophon. READ MORE about MY SYMPTOMS
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San Francisco, CA: Black Stone Press, 1979. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 49. (5) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Table of contents. Biographical sketch of the author. A collection of poetic works. With a prospectus. READ MORE about HANDBOOK OF ORNAMENT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 124118
N.P. The Blackwood Press, (1958). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 50 copies. Introductory note by printer Edmund E. Simpson. Wrappers show some curling along spine, and lightly soiled. READ MORE about A COLLECTION OF PITHY, ERUDITE, AND INSPIRATIONAL MAXIMS AND APHORISMS AND OTHER SIMILAR STUFF...
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Blackwood Press, 1975, 1983. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (28); (24) pages. Volume I has been printed in an edition of 120 numbered copies and Volume II has been printed in an edition of 195 copies. Presentation copies from the printer, Edmund E. Simpson. A commonplace book is one in which are written notable quotations, poems and comments. Hand set Bemo types have been used in this gathering, which is probably the most beautiful of the..... READ MORE about A COMMON PLACE BOOK
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 58624
Detroit, MI: The Blue Ox Press, 1937. 8vo. text loosely inserted in stiff paper wrappers. 7+(1) pages. Limited to 250 copies. Illustrations by Paul McPharlin. Written for Catherine Louise Shipley in the summer of 1786, under the pen name "A Good Conscience." Covers slightly sunned. READ MORE about THE ART OF PROCURING PLEASANT DREAMS
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(Chicago, IL: House of the Blue Sky Press, 1902). 8vo. later cloth, paper cover label with original pastedowns and endpapers preserved. 64, (4) pages. Limited to 415 numbered copies (Kruty 150-1). A poetic drama by Browning. Introduction by Laura Mc Adoo Triggs. Designs by F.W. Goudy and W.A. Dwiggins. Press-work by A.G. Langworthy. Later binding. READ MORE about IN A BALCONY
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Hermosa Beach , CA: Bombshelter Press, 2003. broadside (12 by 9 inches). Commemorates Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. Color illustration. Printed by Michael Andrews at his private press on heavy stock. READ MORE about EVEN 1
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 127086
San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1999. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. A keepsake for the members of the Book Club of California, published to commemorate the birth of lithography two hundred years before. Michael Twyman, J. Curtiss Taylor, Gary F. Kurutz and George K. Fox all contribute articles to the keepsake, which cover the history, trade cards of early British Lithographers, prints of George Henry Goddard and more. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE BICENTENNIAL OF LITHOGRAPHY
Price: $12.50 Order nr. 103076
N.P. Book Club of California, The, 1998. small 4to. stiff paper portfolio, original mailing envelope. 14 loose signatures. A 1998 keepsake which consists of fourteen loose signatures prepared for members of The Book Club of California. It was edited by Robert J. Chandler and designed and printed by Patrick Reagh Printers, Inc. The illustrations and verse for each folder cover are reproduced from the letter sheet, "Life Among the Miners," by Hutchings & Rosenfield in..... READ MORE about CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH CAMPS
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San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1978. small 4to. ten 4 page folders enclosed in publisher's protective slipcase with leather spine label. Limited to 1200 copies and designed and printed at the Feathered Serpent Press. Keepsake no.41 printed by the club. READ MORE about EARLY CALIFORNIA STOCK CERTIFICATES
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 76001
(San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California), n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus for John DePol: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work 1935-1998. Written by James Howard Fraser. BCC publication 213. Illustrated. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by the Book Club of California
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San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, The, 2012. folio. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 46, (2) pages. Limited to 425 copies. Book Club of California Publication Number 230. List of illustrations, foreword by Philip P. Choy, endnotes. Nineteen black and white illustrations, including frontispiece and three foldouts. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about PAUL FRENZENY'S CHINATOWN SKETCHES: AN ARTIST'S FASCINATION WITH SAN FRANCISCO'S CHINESE QUARTER,...
Price: $120.00 Order nr. 132383
San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, The, 2001. Folio. cloth, pictorial cover label and paper spine label, paper slipcase. xiv, 144, (2) pages. Published in an edition limited to 450 copies. Text subtitled "Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1789-1900." A unique perspective on the history of California, and specifically San Francisco, from immigrants arriving from a country undergoing nearly a century of violence. Foreword by James McClatchy. Book designed by Yolla..... READ MORE about SPLENDIDE CALIFORNIE!
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San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1986. 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. 238, (2) pages. With a foreword by James D. Hart, an introduction, a list of recipients, 122 letters, 41 inscriptions, addenda, and a bibliography. READ MORE about FRANK NORRIS COLLECTED LETTERS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 125831
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1986. 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, plain paper dust jacket. 238, (2) pages. With a foreword by James D. Hart, an introduction, a list of recipients, 122 letters, 41 inscriptions, addenda, and a bibliography. READ MORE about FRANK NORRIS COLLECTED LETTERS
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with Historical Photographs by Charles B. Turrill
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 2004. thick 4to. cloth, paper label on spine, vignette in-set in front board, clear dust jacket. xii, 363, (3) pages. with Historical Photographs by Charles B. Turrill. Limited to an edition of 450, this is publication number 218 of the Book Club of California. Design, typography & scanning by the Artichoke Press. A history of the Napa Valley with many wonderful photographs. Selected bibliography and index. Reproduction of the..... READ MORE about NAPA VALLEY HEYDAY
Price: $110.00 Order nr. 93465
San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, The, 2011. 4to. quarter cloth, illustrated paper-covered boards, in cloth slipcase. 141, (3) pages. Book Club of California Publication Number 228. Acknowledgments, table of contents, introduction, two appendices. Includes an original leaf from the first edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Chicago, 1900). 77 color plates. Also includes a companion volume, Michael O. Riley, A Bookbinder's Analysis of the First Edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz..... READ MORE about CYCLONE ON THE PRAIRIES: THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ AND ARTS & CRAFTS PUBLISHING IN CHICAGO,...
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 132382
