Self-portrait: Book People Picture Themselves
Random House, 1976. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 271 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
Books About Books
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List
Workman Publishing Company, October 2018. Hardcover. "The ultimate literary bucket list." --The Washington Post "If there's a heaven just for readers, this is it." --O, The Oprah Magazine Celebrate the pleasure of reading and the thrill of discovering new titles in an extraordinary book that's as compulsively readable, entertaining, surprising.....
Eric Korn (pencil drawing)
1995. Art - Original. Drawing in pencil on single sheet, 8.75 x 10.6 inches. Sheet removed from previously bound volume of drawing paper. Eric Korn (1933-2014) was a writer, literary critic, broadcaster and antiquarian bookseller. Signed by the artist (name not recognized by this cataloguer. Near fine copy.
Skivertex [Cover title]
Whitman Products Ltd., (n.d. but 1960s?). Hardcover. 6 by 8-1/4 inches. A catalog of samples of 'the cover material with a leather effect.' A near fine hardcover copy. Rear hinge cracked.
The Distinguished Collection of L. Frank Baum and Related Oziana Including W.W. Denslow Formed By Justin G. Schiller
Swann Galleries, 1978. First Edition. Trade Paperback. An catalog of 493 items. Illustrated in black-and-white. First edition (first printing). Very good in color illustrated wrappers (paperback). Two small, faint stains on the cover. With 2-sided photocopied sheet of prices realized at auction laid in (folded twice).
Upton Sinclair: A Descriptive, Annotated Bibliography
Mercer & Aitchison, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 167 pages. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
A Bibliography of George Ade, 1866-1944
Indiana Historical Society, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. 314 pages. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy; no dust jacket. Front cover slightly splayed, soiled. Bookplate on the front pastedown reads: 'The Bibliographical Library of William P. Wreden.' Wreden was a San Francisco Bay Area antiquarian bookdealer. 'Among both librarians.....
American First Editions: Fourth Edition
R.R. Bowker Co., 1942. Hardcover. 553 pages. 4-1/2 by 7-1/4 inches. First edition published in 1929. A very good copy. Shallow crease down center of the cover and one rear corner bent but flat. Small ink stain on the bottom corner of a few pages not affecting text.
Willa Cather: A Biographical Sketch, An English Opinion and An Abridged Bibliography
Alfred A. Knopf, [1926]. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 16 pages. A promtional piece by the publisher. 'An English Opinion.' by Alexander Porterfield. Frontipiece photograph of Cather by Nicholas Muray. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in wrappers (paperback).
The Example of Miss Edith M. Coulter
California Library Association. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom, 1969. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 17 pages. Publication pays tribute to the memory of 'this esteemed California librarian, teacher, and historian, whose many services to our Club both as director and editor or co-editor of several of its publications are recalled with gratitude.....
typed letter signed
1973. Ephemera. Madden, born 1933, is a poet, novelist and playwright who was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for the novel, 'The Suicide's Wife,' in 1978. Single sheet, 8.5 x 11 inches, dated Sept. 22, 1973, stamp with address of Madden upper right, addressed Dear Norm. About 270 words. Letter.....
Ten Founding Fathers of the Electrical Science
Burndy Library, 1954. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 48 pages. Burndy Library Publications in the History of Science and Technology, Number 11. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in black wrappers (paperback).
A Large Slice of California in New York
Kenneth M. Johnson and Harold A. Wollenberg. Printed at Cranium Press, 1974. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Single sheet folded into quarters, 7 x 10 inches when folded. 4 pages. A keepsake for the Roxburghe-Zamarano Twelth Joint Meetin in Los Angeles, September, 1974. Inside page reproduces an advertisement for 'A Solid.....
Dawson's Book Shop and Nakao Shosen-Do invite you to an exhibit & sale of old Japanese books and prints and to meet Mr. Nakao of Osaka Tuesday evening 26 May 1964
Dawson's Book Store and Nakao Shosen-Do, 1964. Poster. Poster, 4.1 x 8.5 inches, printed in black and red on white. Makao Shosen-Do was a dealer in Japanese books and prints. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
deVoid 3
deVoid, n.d. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 48 pages folded accordian style. 4.7 x 6 inches, A Santa Cruz-based literary magazine. Issue #3. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in orange illustrated wrappers (paperback). In paper bag with 'deVoid / 3' printed on front of bag.
Kenneth Koch Peasant Print (advertising photograph)
Malborough Graphics, Ltd., n.d., ca 1971. Photograph. Photograph, 6.3 x 9.65 inches, printed in black and gray on white. 'Kenneth Koch Peasant Print by R. B. Kitaj' printed across bottom of photograph. On rear pasted label from Malborough Graphics: 'R. B. Kitaj / Screenprint 1971 / 37 x 255/8 in.....
A Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of Jonathan Swift, D.D.
Martinus Nijhoff, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. 434 pages. Remains the definitive bibliography of Swift's writings. Signed by the author on limitation page. Limited edition, #315/315 signed and numbered copies. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in blue cloth covers with blind ruling to covers and gilt insignia and.....
The Book Club of California Fiftieth Anniversary Dinner, The Palace of the Legion of Honor, December 8, 1962, San Francisco
The Book Club of California, 1962. First Edition. Ephemera. Single sheet folded to create 4 pages, 8.5 x 11 inches, when folded. Printed in red and tan on white. Cover illustration depicts books at foot of a tree; program, page 2; menu, page 3; printer's mark in red captioned Mallette.....
Penthesilea (prospectus). With: 2 additional publications from Ars Librorum with work by Kooschka
Edition de Beauclair, 1970. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 6 pages with 10 etchings that will appear in the book and details of the production. Illustrations in B/W. Additional publications include etching by Kokoschka for Aristophenes 'The Frogs.Frochen'. Text in German. Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright.....
The Season's Greetings 1943
Ruth and Charles DeY Elkus. Printed by Grabhorn Press, 1943. Broadside. Broadside sheet, 11.5 x 13 inches, folded, 5.9 x 11.5 inches when folded, printed in black with illustration of statue in brown and black on yellow. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy.
The Abinger Chronicle, Vol. 1, No. 6, May, 1940; Vol. 1, No. 8, July, 1940 (2 items)
The Abinger Chronicle. Tanner & Sons, printers, Dorking. 1940. Trade Paperback. Two issues, pp. 51-62, 75-85. Issue No. 8 contains caricature drawing of William Rothenstein by Max Beerbohm. Other contributors include Oliver W. F. Lodge, William Rothenstein, R, C. Trevelyan, Sarah Shorey Gill, Carla Lanyon Lanyon, S. S., Desmond MacCarthy.....
En Rose fra Homers Grav
Aage Wantzin. Hoffensberg Etablissement, 1952. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. 4 pages. Text in Danish. Signed by the publisher Aage Wantzin on last leaf. Also with printed business card with publisher's name and inscribed 'with kindest regards'' (in Danish). First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in plain blue.....
Historical Biography: Its Nature and Importance Particularly in Relation to the Ground Covered by the Historical Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
The History Company, n.d., ca. 1910. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 16 pages. First edition (first printing). Very good in decorated pink wrappers (paperback). Covers mildly soiled. Small closed edge tears.
The Pynchons and Judge Pyncheon
(n.p.), 1964. Trade Paperback. 21 pages. 'Reprinted from Essex Institute Historical collections, October, 1964.' A fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback).
The Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society Awarded to Don Delillo [Cover title]
The Jerusalem International Book Fair, 1999. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 20 pages. With the text of Delillo's acceptance address 'A History of the Writer Alone in a Room. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in stapled wrappers (paperback). Scarce; OCLC locates two copies.