1894 - 1911. Map. Oak map case, 70 by 10-1/4 by 4-1/2 inches. Case mounts to the wall; hinged door opens to hang down and reveal 3 maps on tin rollers. A fourth roller is empty. *** Map 1: Lentell's New Railroad, Township & Educational Map of the State of.....
Michael Annals, n.d., ca. 1980. Art - Original. Painting 17 x 11 inches on sheet 19.5 x 13 inches. Michael Annals (1938-1990) was a theatrical scenic and costume designer. He designed sets for the Old Vic and Broadway productions, and for films. He was nominated for Tony Award for Best.....
J. Selwin Tait & Sons, 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. 306 pages plus ads. Eleven stories of old California. Atherton included many of these stories in her Zamorano 80 collection published a few years later, The Splendid Idle Forties. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in the publisher's gray.....
![Here in the Village [1 of 50]. Donald Barthelme](/pictures/thumb/259550.jpg?v=1619128050)
Lord John Press, 1978. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 52 pages. One of 50 numbered and signed copies with a frontispiece collage by the author not included in other editions. There was also a limited edition of 275 copies. Most of the contents were written for The New Yorker's Notes and.....
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Wisteria Press, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. One of 26 lettered and signed copies, bound in calfskin and signed by the author; issued in a clever box signed by artist Kannex Fung featuring handmade paper textured with natural materials and a window on the front flap that reveals a wooden picket.....
John P. Morton and Company, 1887. First Edition. Hardcover. 202 pages. Jillson Rare Kentucky Books p. 157. First edition (first printing). Near fine copy in blue cloth with bright gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Decorated endpapers. Some browning beginning at page edges. Mild edge wear. Bottom spine edge.....
Paramount Pictures, 1944. Ephemera. About 90 unnumbered leaves, 8-1/2 by 14, printed rectos only. Screenplay for the 1944 film. Original studio mimeo with instructions to Xerox and file number written red on front leaf. The screenplay written by Chandler based on the novel by Rachel Field. This was the second.....
Methuen and Company, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. 275 pages plus 39 pages of ads. Inscribed by the author on verso of front free endpaper: 'To, Ernest Arthur Jelf and Rose Jelf, with the author's kind regards. (no signature) . First edition (first printing). A very good copy in red cloth.....
Plimpton Press, 1923. First Edition. Photograph. Original photogravure from Volume 13 of The North American Indian, facing page 4. Van Gelder paper. 'Men ordinarily wore nothing but a deerskin breech-cloth, and, like most far-Western Indians, elderly men commonly dispensed even with this. In traveling through the woods and fields, the.....
Whte Windhover Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. 7-1/4 by 11-1/4 inches. One of 275 numbered copies (out of an edition of 300). The text from a previously unpublished manuscript illustrated from wood engravings by Dellas Henke, some in color. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket.....
D.S. Stanley & Co, 1893. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 112 pages, including more than 200 half-tone reproductions of photographs. The most elaborate of the 19th century booster publications on Humboldt County, California, extolling the region's extensive natural resources with an eye toward attracting investment. As with most such publications of.....
Leteradura, 1978. Pamphlet. A black-and-white facsimile reprint of this satirical Catalan periodical. 502 pages in 32 separate issues. Many significant Catalan artists of the era contributed covers and drawings. Reprinted here in the Coleccion Ready-Made. Shipping box very good; issues near fine or better.
The Webb Publishing Company, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. 226 pages. The western author's first book. The book is about growing up in the Depression. His former home in Laverne, Minnesota, is now the Blue Mounds State Park interpretative center. Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper to his editor.....
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Hill House, 2007. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. A deluxe, illustrated edition, limited to 750 signed and numbered copies (and 52 lettered copies). Issued with a paperback companion titled 'Notebooks,' which includes an interview with Gaiman, his original outline for the novel, facsimile pages from the manuscript, and excerpts from a......
1855-1865. Hardcover. George D. Gray, Class of 1865, from San Francisco, compiled this collection. Contents: The Laws and Regulations, Amherst College, 1855; Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Amherst College for the Academic Year 1859-60; Catalogue...1862-63; Catalogue...1863-4; Catalogue...1864-65; Catalogus eorum Qui munera et Officia Academica Gesserunt...1863; Catalogue of the.....
Horace F. McCann, 1882. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 31 pages. The pamphlet recounts the author's visit to several Episcopal missions and schools operating on Sioux reservation lands in South Dakota and Nebraska. Welsh was an earnest advocate for the rights of the American Indian. He founded the Indian Rights Association.....
William Morrow & Co., 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 274 pages. Daniel Mainwaring (1902-1977) writing as Homes wrote a series of mystery novels before going on to a career as Hollywood screenwriter for films including The Big Steal, This Woman is Dangerous (starring Joan Crawford) and the original version of Invasion.....
John Galen Howard, n.d., [1918]. Trade Paperback. Approximately 140 typed mimeographed pages. Title page, table of contents, notice to bidders and specifications. Specifications for excavation and grading, concrete work, brick work, structural steel, roofing and sheet metal, exterior cement finish, etc. Forms of Contract and Bond, and Form of Proposal.....
William B. Ewert, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. [10] pages. Relief Engravings by Barry Moser printed directly from blocks. Limited to an edition of 150 copies signed by both Updike and Moser. This is one of 50 printed on Rives lightweight paper and handcased in boards. First edition (first printing). A......
Sligo Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 123 pages. From a limited edition of 150 numbered copies signed by Mailer and Lennon. A compilation of 76 letters by Mailer to friends and associates regarding the seriel publcation of the novel in Esquire. With 10 color illustrations. First edition (first printing). Blue.....
National Museum of History, 2006. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 271 pages. Color reproductions of 87 paintings, rubbings, and sketches. Text in Chinese, with a short introduction and a brief caption in English. First edition, first printing. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback), with a very short tear at the.....
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Madison Square Press, Grosset & Dunlap, 1971. Hardcover. 10 by 12 inches. 153, 152, and 102 pages, plus many unnumbered color plates, black-and-white figures, and folding diagrams. A facsimile reprint of one of the classic books on clipper ships. A fine set in a fine slipcase. No jackets, as issued.....
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Rinehart & Co. Inc, 1951. Trade Paperback. 312 pages. An advance copy of Mailer's second novel, bound in wrappers using the dust jacket design. The book was issued in two variant jackets, one printed in black and red and the other in black and green. The proofs also came in.....
The Dial Press, 1967. Trade Paperback. 152 pages. Unrevised proofs of the adaptation of Mailer's third novel. The play opened off-Broadway in January 1967. Mailer continued to revise the play for the rest of his life, sometimes recruiting others including Joan Didion and her husband John Gregory Dunne. A near.....
Hydra Books, 1966. First Edition. Ephemera. 21 loose sheets of varying weight, 10 by 14 inches. Excerpts from the opening year of Norman and Beverly Mailer's experimental theater company. With poems, script excerpts and 11 illusrations. Contributions from Rosalyn Drexler, Rudolph Bram, Dorothy Iannone, LeRoi Jones [Amiri Baraka] and others.....