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London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc, 1988. First Edition. Near Fine. [8.75x5.5in]; Vol. I, Part I - xii, 476 pp., Vol. II, Parts II-IV - [1], 478-1179 pp., 5,594 entries, appendices and indices; Royal Blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, all edges trimmed; Minimal shelf wear, the bookplate of Steve Fossett Collection of Adventure and Exploration is on the front end paper of each volume. From the Preface, "... inclusion are histories, narratives, novels, and humorous works about yachting, boating, canoeing, and surfing, which tell of cruising, canoe tripping, racing, competitions, and just messing about...". A very comprehensive bibliography that also includes books about vessels, building boats, related nautical businesses, children's books, voyages of naval and merchant ships, exploration, and all other things relating to traveling on the seas. Steve Fossett (1944-2007) was a successful commodities trader and an adventurer that set world records in balloons, sailboats, gliders… Read More

Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1918. Second Edition. Very Good. Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press; 1918; Second Edition [June 1919 Preface] [5.75x8.5"] Brown paper covers with half beige cloth, five ribs on spine with dark brown lettering on paper label, top edge gilt, others uncut; xxi, 355 pp., frontispiece color caricature of Thackeray and Dickens, 91 illustrations and images in text and separate plates, Index [not included in first edition]; Shelf wear to edges and covers, all corners bumped, spine slightly darken. Overall condition is Very Good. Alfred Edward Newton [1864-1940] was an American author, publisher, and avid book collector. He is best known for his book Amenities of Book Collecting [1918] which sold over 25,000 copies.

San Marino, CA: The Huntington Library, 1957. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [9.25x6.25in]; xix, 413 pp., 2,832 entries, title index; Brick red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine; Salmon dust jacket with red and black lettering on spine and front, black letter of advertisements for other books on back; minimal shelf wear to book; Minor shelf wear with darkening to dust jacket edges and some soiling on surface, spine faded with several light stain spots. Second in a series of three books by Wright on American Fiction from 1174 to 1900.

New York: Scribner, 1992. First Edition, 6th printing. Near Fine/Near Fine. , signed by author on title page [8.75x6in]; xiv, 321 pp.; Dark blue backstrip over dark blue papered covers, all edges trimmed; Dark illustrated dust jacket with white and tan lettering on front and spine, illustration of bookstore shelves on front and book related quiz on back; Minor shelf wear to edges, dust jacket price $24.00, evidence of remainder spot on bottom text edge, bookseller stamp on inside back jacket. John Dunning (born January 9, 1942) is an American writer of nonfiction and detective fiction. He is known for his reference books on old-time radio and his series of mysteries featuring Denver bookseller and ex-policeman Cliff Janeway. This is his first book in the Detective Janeway series about murder and rare books.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1971. Revised Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.; 1971; Revised Edition [5.75x8.75"]; Orange cloth covers with black lettering on spine; Cream dust jacket with black border design on covers, black lettering on orange field on covers and spine, critic comments on rear cover; 207 pp. [1], black/white illustrations throughout text, bibliography and index; slight shelf wear to bottom edges, faded orange field on spine. Overall condition Near Fine.

Claremont, CA: Scripps College Press, 2005. First Edition. Fine. Various. limited to 102 copies, this is copy number 61, Signed by the students in the typography class at Scripps College Press and Professor Kitty Maryatt, [12.5x6.5in], [36] unnumbered pages; Bound in concertina fold with abstract color-designed paper over boards, multicolor silk ties closure; Printed letterpress with various colors, pop-ups, and a volvelle (wheel display), images carved from linoleum, some printed with rainbow rolls, four-color images printed on and HP Indigo digital printer, more color with airbrush and pochoir (stenciling), many of the illustrations are multi-media and include attached buttons, brads, fabric, fringe, ribbon and thread; Negligible shelf wear. This book began with a novel approach; the Typography Class imagined a major character and were asked to each write various physical and emotional attributes of that character. As individual stories were written about her, with no preconceived sequence, our… Read More

San Francisco: David Magee, 1967. First Edition. Near Fine. Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem. limited to 475 [14x10.5in]; [1], 171 pp., [1] limitation page, introduction, notes, 343 entries, 60 plates of letter sheet illustrations, with folding sheet in rear pocket, bibliography and indices; Cream paper with red patterned covers, red leather backstrip with gilt lettering, fore edge untrimmed; Minimal shelf wear to edges and surfaces, spine faded with rubbing on joints, shadows at hinged on end papers . [Grabhorn-Hoyem 6]. From the Grabhorn Press 1920-1965 and Beyond, "The letter-sheet is a form of stationary, a type of writing paper featuring pre-printed illustrations at the top. In California, letter-sheets printed from 1849 onwards feature wood-engravings or lithographs that give us "the best single visual cross-section of Gold Rush and early Silver Age California we have." As the plates in this catalogue show, scenes depicted on these ephemeral sheets could range from river mining in progress to… Read More

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1997. First Edition. Fine. SIGNED, limited to 1000 [7.5x10.75"]; xxvii,771 pp., 34 images, Over 700 entries, abbreviations, references consulted and index; Dark blue cloth board with gilt illustration of shovel, pick ax and mining pan on front and gilt lettering in black field on spine; Slight shelf wear with rubbing and soiling to covers and slightly fading of spine, no internal markings, signed by Kurutz and dated on half title with State of California Library business card tipped in. [BCC 206]. This is a significant bibliography focusing on the California Gold Rush with 706 entries with extensive bibliographic descriptions and annotations on editions. There are also extensive narratives of relating to the authors, the times and settings relating to the books. An essential research book for collectors and book dealers in the California Gold Rush.

San Francisco: John Howell, 1979. First Edition. Near Fine. , bound complete in Five Parts [10.5x7.25in]; Cream buckram cloth covers with dark blue cloth spine, gilt lettering on maroon leather label on spine, original illustrated light brown wrappers of individual catalogues as originally bound; 560 pp.[21], reference list, index and errata. A five part priced Catalog #50 of 1665 items relating to California history from the Spanish Exploration to American Statehood. The books were part of a major Californiana collection of Jennie Crocker Henderson, granddaughter of Charles Crocker, one of the celebrated "Big Four" of early California development. The Catalogs are a comprehensive listing of California related books, Exploration, Overland Travel, Voyages by Sea, Mexican War, the Gold Rush, San Francisco, the Vigilance Committees, Los Angeles, San Diego, Sacramento, the Outlaws notably Joaquin Murietta, Tiburcio Vasquez, etc., the Missions, the Indians, the Mountain Men, Guide Books, the Donner… Read More

New York: The Grolier Club, 1913. First Edition. Very Good. [6.75x4.25in]; [2], [1,2], 3-220 pp., 342 entries; Tan oversized paper wrappers with brown ink lettering in red triple line border on front, all edges untrimmed, glued binding; Typical shelf wear with wrappers soiled and stained with chips and closed tears, no loss of text, pages fine with no foxing or stains. The New York Grolier Club is one of the oldest bibliophile club promoting the appreciation of books. Organized in 1884, the club collects books, holds lectures and exhibitions, and publishes books about books. This was the catalogue to an extensive exhibition of the works of Dickens gathered from the club's library and the collections of the members. It is "descriptive of the exhibition and offers no attempt at a bibliography." However, the chronologically listed items by group is impressive. The groups contain the published works of Dickens, speeches, miscellaneous Dickensiana, manuscripts and letters, portraits of Dickens, and… Read More

London: William Clowes & Sons, Limited, 1929. First Edition. Near Fine. [9.5x6in]; vii, 177 pp., [3] advertisements; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Minor wear to covers and corners, London bookseller stamp on front end paper, ink stamp of E. Carleton Hood, Assistant Researcher, Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory of Northwestern University, Chicago on end papers and title page.

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1961. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. [11.75x9.25in]; xvi, 63 pp., 484 entries, index; Tan paper wrappers with borders black lettering and designs on front, sewn and glued binding, oversized wrappers; Small closed tears and chipping to edges of wrappers with age toning and darken edges, some rubbing of covers and darken spine, with tipped in announcement of a limited Special Edition hard bound with illustrations from photographs by Marjory Farquhar. This is the David Magee Catalogue No. 42 which, as Magee put it, is "This Omnium Gatherum of Grabhorn Press books, the largest ever assembled for sale." This collection of Grabhorn publications was from several sources. By 1961, Grabhorn Press was a well know and respected institution in fine press publications. Over the years, the Grabhorn brothers and Jane Grabhorn collaborated with well known and not so well known authors, illustrators and others to produce a breath and depth of work that is still very impressive as… Read More

Frankfurt: Goldene Brunnen, Hausverlag der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1950. First Edition. Near Fine. limited printing on handmade paper, in German in Weiss Rundgotisch font, [10.25x7in]; 51 pp., 61 hand colored woodcut illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Tan paper covers with alternating dark and olive green images in devices and dark green lettering on spine; Minor shelf wear with rubbing to bottom edge and front corners slightly worn and bumped; Afterword by Sophie-Charlotte u. Konrad Bauer. "The printed in this book text was compiled from several old, mutually somewhat complementary versions that were in the library of Frankfurt Goethe Museum and its collection available the text of Goethe's manhood was used extensively acting brave, puppeteer scourge Brecht. The in Scheibles Monastery (1847) first printed in Augsburg and Ulm matches were used, and some other texts could here and there a good turn be removed. A justification for the print we see only in Fritz Kredels woodcuts that the old game in so… Read More

Potts Point NSW: Hordern House, 2004. First Edition. Fine/Fine. [11.25x8.5in]; xi [introduction], 690 pp.,732 articles with 4000 names of persons and ships, index of persons, index of ships; Gray green cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, all edges trimmed, three gold page mark ribbons, light gray illustration of explorers looking at map on a promontory overlooking land on front and back end papers; Pictorial color illustration on dust jacket of Gill painting of Australian "Desert Interior" circa 1846 [also on end papers], black lettering on front and spine; Publisher prospectus tipped in. Raymond Howgego (1946- ) is an independent researcher, scholar and traveler. He has been researching the history of travel and exploration for much of his adult life. His first book in this series, Encyclopedia of Exploration To 1800, was issued in 2003 was the distillation of that research that took some fifteen years to complete. This book is the second in the series and cites more than 10,000… Read More

Chesire, CN: Graphics Press, 2005. First Edition, Later Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Chesire, CN: Graphics Press; 2005; First Edition, Later Printing [8.75x10.75]; light gray cloth cover with dark gray ink lettering on spine; White dust jacket with black lettering on front and spine and color illustrations and graphics on front and back covers; 126 pp. [1] colophon; graphics, illustrations and images throughout text; Small dent on bottom edge of back cover, minimal shelf wear and soiling to dust jacket with small water stain on bottom edge of back cover. Overall condition is Near Fine.

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1925. Revised Edition. Near Fine. [First Edition 1918][7.5x5in]; Dark green cloth covers with gilt lettering and rules on spine, blind stamped lettering and border on front, all edges trimmed; xxiv, 270 pp., appendix and index; Minimal shelf wear with a faint scrape mark on front. Overall condition is Near Fine.

Victoria, BC: Rockland Books, 1998. First Edition. Fine. Limited # 331 of 500 [9.25x6.5in]; [5], 316 pp., xii, 1754 entries, Bibliography and Principal References, index; Dark burgundy cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt illustration of buffalo in circle, all edges trimmed;.

Philadelphia: The Blakiston Company, 1943. Later Edition. Very Good. Marion Rombauer Becker, Illustrator. [6x8.5"]; Light Blue cloth covers with white lettering on a dark blue field on spine and front, blue and white lined diamond patterns on cover; 884 pp., chapter and other illustrations in text; Minor soiling and shelf wear to covers and edges, darkening of top edges and spine, small white spot on back cover, prior owner ink signature and date on front endpaper. Irma Rombauer [1877-1962] was and still is a major figure in American cooking. The Joy of Cooking was first issued on 1931 and is still in print. This is the war rationing edition with added chapters sugarless and sugar-saving recipes, and meat stretching, substitutes and supplementary dishes.

New York: The Heritage Press, 1943. First Edition. Slipcased. Very Good. Boardman Robinson. with book note [9.75x7in]; xxi, 615 pp., 29 illustrations by Robinson; Green cloth covers with gilt lettering in red field bordered with wave design on spine and front, top edge stained red, all edges trimmed; Mottled beige paper on stiff board slip case; Minor shelf wear to edges, corners and spine top and bottom; Some shelf wear and rubbing to slip case. Overall condition is Very Good.

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1873. First Edition. Near Fine. James David Smillie. [12.5x9.25in (32x23.5cm) cut sheet, 9x6in (23x15.3cm) image]; Steel engraving in double matted in wood frame; Small soiling spots not affecting image; a view of Mount Shasta looking north from what appears to be an Indian hunting party camp site in a meadow. [Mount Shasta, 14,179 ft (4,322 m), is the southern most volcano in the Northwest Cascade Range]. [Taft, Artist and Illustrators of the Old West, p 62 & p 298, Samuels' Encyclopedia of Artist of the American West, p 447]. James David Smillie (1833-1909) was a well known painter and illustrator in the late 1800s. He provided many of the illustrations in the Picturesque America, 1872-1874, edited by William Cullen Bryant. This two volume book was very popular in promoting tourism and illustrating the many different views of America. Along with essays are 900 wood and 50 steel engravings based on the country's well known landscape painters. It was sold by subscription… Read More