Moscow: Editorial de la Agencia de Prensa Novosti, 1990. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about 40p., illustrated throughout with profuse color photos of camp, personnel and activities, the kids all between 10 and 14 years old. Item in the Spanish language only, with a few specs in cyrillic Russian. Softbound in 6.5x8.5 inch..... More
Cat.No: 294868
Alhambra CA: El Molino Mills, 1953. Hardcover. Unpaginated, numbered recipes on perhaps ninety pages, 3 or 4 to a page (numbers run up to 908, but many numbers are skipped), small loose-leaf binder in 7x5 inch decorated boards featuring a quick-release metal fastener. Extremities of covers are worn with a...... More
Cat.No: 241776
Madrid: Sociedad Anonima "Kodak" no date, circa 1910. Paperback. 160p., coated paperstock throughout with plenty of photos, diagrams, silhouettes; softbound in 8x5 inch plain printed wraps. Covers a little edgeworn wih light foxing, light signs of handling, textblock is sound, clean and free of any markings, a very good copy..... More
Cat.No: 207790
Vichy: Federation Francaise des Eclaireuses, 1944. Pamphlet. 63p., newsprint, with a b&w photo section on semi-coated stock; softbound, a pamphlet in 9x6 stapled semi-coated pictorial wraps, a fragile item in fairly good shape. Staples still shiny and holding well, paperstock toned of course, covers dusty, front cover foxed round the..... More
Cat.No: 242309
Independence, CA: The Mary Austin Home, nd. Pamphlet. 24p., staplebound wraps; wraps a tad toned, else very good. Short tributes to Mary Austin, in addition to a list of her books and contributions to various periodicals. More
Cat.No: 301250
[no city, NZ]: [published either by a NZ bureau or by US travel agentry], [1915]. Pamphlet. Single leaf of reasonably alkaline coated paperstock, printed and folded to make a 9x4 inch upright handout with b&w photography, a line map, and a naively enthusiastic promotional text. Faintest toning, mild edgewear, a...... More
Cat.No: 228619
Oakland: San Francisco Bay Chapter, 1942-2003. Newspaper. One hundred forty one issues, various pagination, 8.5x11 inch newsletter, later coverts to a newsprint tabloid folded in half, issues are aged and shelf and edge worn. Many have mailing labels affixed to rear wrap, some have owners initials or names in pencil..... More
Cat.No: 258818
Barcelona: Ed. Angel Toldra Viazo, no date [1924??]. Second edition. 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. Complete set of 24 original photographic postcards (by P. Pique); card 24 is detached but present. Good reproduction on matte cardstock, each recto captioned in red. The red covers are somewhat soiled and faded..... More
Cat.No: 206514
Istanbul: Ebristan Publication, 2001. Hardcover. 176p., the terminal leaves bear nine actual examples of Turkish marblling (various sizes, one corner-tip is bent), otherwise expect precise reproductions on superfine paperstock, text printed in Turkish and English. Hardbound in 11.5x8.5 inch openweave red cloth boards and enclosed in a strong near-cardstock dust..... More
Cat.No: 292976
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. Hardcover. xix, 648p. plus unpaginated acknowledgments; hardbound, the first American edition, handsomely bound in off-white cloth and boards and enclosed in a marvelously designed dust jacket showing subject Clare peeking out from a margin. Very faintest edgewear, a next to new copy: perfectly..... More
Cat.No: 306116
Mendocino CA: Mendocino Community Center, 1993. [18p] 5.5x8.5 inches, poetry by gradeschool students in Mendocino, very good chapbook in stapled wraps. A pleasant professional production in fine clean shape. A fundraiser thought up by contributor Bayer, proceeds to local Parks and Rec. More
Cat.No: 189313
Guadalupita: Tooth of Time Publications, 1977. Paperback. 65p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 175860
Paris / London: Brame & Lorenceau / Agnew's / Artemis Group, 1992. Paperback. Unpaginated, 46 fullpage color exhibit photos facing technical captions in English and French, brief dual-language prefatory expositions, glazed alkaline paperstock softbound in 10x8 inch frenchfold wraps. The heel has suffered a biggish bump, head and one corner-tip..... More
Cat.No: 236338
Berkeley: Sierra Club, 1950-1958. Magazine. Eight five issues 6x9 inch glossy staple bound wraps, illustrated with photos. All have address labels on rear wrap, else in good condition. Issues include for 1950: Jan-May, Jul, Oct-Dec, 1951: Jan Dec (full run for year, no issues published for Jul & Aug), 1952..... More
Cat.No: 258802
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999. Hardcover. viii, 312p., Book club edition. Lightly soiled in black boards, else very good in a torn and worn dj with fading to spine. More
Cat.No: 258206
San Francisco: Sanborne, Vail & Co., 1924. Paperback. 90p., softbound in plain printed 5.25x7.75 inch grey-brown cardstock wraps. Entirely clean and sound, faintest signs of any handling or age, a near fine copy. Earnest doggerel, imitation Longfellow, only six copies found in OCLC. More
Cat.No: 116258
San Francisco: Information Office, Headquarters, Presidio of San Francisco, 1963 [?]. 17x22 inch map folded to 5.5x8.5 inches, detailed map with yellow spot-color pointing up the trail and 31 sites of interest, verso covered with 31 captions expounding these sites. Designated a "Registered National Historic Landmark" in 1963, this guide..... More
Cat.No: 214463
unknown: unknown, unknown. Paperback. Large oblong, 10.5x15 inches, string-fastened in traditional manner, covering nineteen numbered b&w plates printed recto only (versos blank), the terminal plate copied color to show stamp impressions in red. Edgeworn with marginal tears ( the largest inch-long). No English-language helps other than bare titles. Find lots..... More
Cat.No: 310155
Berkeley: Sinister Wisdom, Inc., 2004. Paperback. 128p., poetry, prose, photos, art, features, very good lesbian and feminist literary journal in trade paper format, green pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 224948
New York: Boullion-Biggs, 1923. Hardcover. 68p., green cloth boards with titling in gilt, in very good condition. The reveries of dead animals. More
Cat.No: 311573
Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, 1991. Hardcover. 121p., coated paperstock throughout with profuse captioned color photography and a line map. Hardbound in 11.5x9 inch textured boards gilt and color dust jacket, jacket shows a little edgewear, entirely sound and clean, a very good copy. Pandabears are not neglected, but find..... More
Cat.No: 184480
Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, November 1918. Hardcover. xx, 169p., a small elegant production in 6.5x4 inch goldenrod boards (paperings vary in first run, no priority) with a textured black cloth spine and simple title-label. Externally unblemished and bright, quite sound, but within, however neatly done, are numerous extra texts tipped in..... More
Cat.No: 311817
Portland ME: The Dirigo Editions, 1940. Hardcover. 118p., hardbound in openweave green cloth boards titled with printed paper spine and cover labels, in dust jacket; a bright fresh copy with mild toning at the head where dj pulled away from casing, dj correspondingly torn for one inch same area. Otherwise..... More
Cat.No: 183028
Lyon: Ancienne Imprimerie Waltener & Cie, 1918--19. Pamphlet. 32p., softbound, staple-fastened pamphlet on acidic stock, rather fragile with a line of clear glue strengthening the lower spinefold; staples have a touch of rust without migration, and we see a few brief pencilled corrections and emphases, and an inoffensive old presentation..... More
Cat.No: 287393
Melbourne: NGV / National Gallery of Victoria, 1979. Pamphlet. A first version was issued in 1967; 24p., a pamphlet in 8.5x6 inch glossy color wraps, numerous captioned b&w reproductions amidst a running text, text paper also glossy and alkaline, too bad the only color repro decorates the front cover (shown..... More
Cat.No: 296728
