San Francisco: Bonhams & Butterfields, 2005. 224p., the usual splendid big-house catalogue with all-color exhibit photography on superglossy paperstock, featuring items 1-371. Softbound in 10.5x8 inch silver-grey wraps, a very nice clean sound copy. More
Cat.No: 232133
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
[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
Oakland: The Oakland Museum . Art Department, 1980. Paperback. 64p., exhibition catalogue, 11x9 inch softbound with extensive text and biographical material as well as color reproductions (a few fullpage) and many b&w vignettes. NIce paperstock of course. Cover corner bears a seller's small sticker, faintest external signs of handling, a...... More
Cat.No: 234070
Fresno: Fresno Arts Center, 1982. Paperback. 43p., 8.5x10 inches, essays, artist biographical sketches, illustrated with b&w photos/reproductions and color plates, chronology, lenders, very good exhibition catalog in slim tan wraps. 24 artists represented. More
Cat.No: 188730
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
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1966. Pamphlet. Unpaginated concept item given finepress treatment with presswork on various excellent papers, some rubrication with two fold-out leaves printed especially for this multicultural item in Chinese characters and in French (main text however being English). Upright pamphlet sewn with red thread into 11x6 inch..... More
Cat.No: 259478
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
Norwalk CT: The Easton Press, 1981. Hardcover. xix, 298p., engravings as called for (Nason is quite good), hardbound in 10x6.5 inch reconstituted leather boards gilt with raised bands and rulings, all edges gilt with headbands and placekeep ribbon bound in, moire' endsheets, the full Easton monty. A very nice copy..... More
Cat.No: 248849
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
Barcelona: Editorial Alpina, 1950. Pamphlet. 46p., softbound, a 6x4.5 inch stapled pamphlet, contains a few small sketch illustrations to pinpoint a hard-to-find spring. Issued with map, but --caveat emptor-- our copy lacks this map. Otherwise mild dust-soil and faint foxing; as is, without the doubtless-useful map. Coleccion popular. More
Cat.No: 207240
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
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1995. xiii, 140p., illustrated, very good first edition in cloth and dj. Inscribed and signed by author. Corrie Herring Hooks Series Number 28. More
Cat.No: 134082
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
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
Vercelli Italy: White Star Publishers, 2002. Hardcover. 240p., coated paperstock with profuse color photography (aerial, surface and undersea), first English-language edition 12x11 inch boards gilt in colorphoto dust jacket, jacket slightly edgeworn, entirely clean and sound, a near-fine copy. More
Cat.No: 178318
no city, Japan: co-published by Cast Iron Gallery, New York, 1991. Paperback. Unpaginated preliminaries including a fullpage color photo of artist at work, texts in Japanese and English, 65 numbered fullpage plates most in b&w, softbound in 9.5 inch-square metallic gold frenchfold wraps. Externally mildly edgeworn, within find a seller's..... More
Cat.No: 230235
Honolulu: Menehune Publishers, 1985. Paperback. 69p., foreword, introduction, poems about Betty, poems by students, poems by Betty, further thoughts, illustrated with drawings, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Hawaiian High School students poetry competition in honor of Schenck. More
Cat.No: 208569
