California Virtual Fair 2021 from Glenn Books

Edinburgh: John Grant, 1933. Three volumes uniformly bound. Blind-stamp vignette front covers, top edges gilt.Spines lettered in gilt. This New edition was edited by Frederick Webb Hodge, Volume 1 published in 1933 and the following two volumes in 1934. A total of 123 full-page color plates, two photogravure portraits, and two folding color maps. The color plates are protected by… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1817. Spine lettered in gilt. Small paper library label near top of spine (1/4). Half-title. Twelve full-page engravings through the text. Some off-setting of plates onto adjacent pages. General mild to moderate foxing throughout as is usual. (See photos). This is the first American edition from the second London edition. A first printing of the American… Read more about this item

London: W. Bulmer and Company, 1799. Rebound in mid-1970's with binder's note at rear. Original endpapers. Half-title. Frontipiece engraving of the author with off-setting onto the title-page. Collated complete with three folding maps and six plates counting the frontispiece. The first map of Mr. Park's route has red and blue route markings. All maps are intact and in very good… Read more about this item

London: Chappell and Company, 1893. Front cover is detached. Fore-edge chipped. Covers are faded but still readable. Internally quite clean and fresh throughout. 52pp. with advertisements (an issue point). This comedy operetta, a collaboration between two friends opened at the Savoy Theatre on 13 May 1893. It was not well-received and was considered a failure. Green and Gibson C2.. First… Read more about this item

New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. Map endpapers. INSCRIBED, SIGNED, DATED BY THE AUTHOR on half-title page WITH HAND-DRAWN DOODLES. See photos. Laid-in are two letters from the author to the previous owner of this book thanking him for providing information used in the book. Eight illustrations. Off-setting from old newsprint pp. 14-15. Otherwise a very clean copy.… Read more about this item

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1934. Dust jacket shows slight darkeneing of the spine with small closed tears at top without any paper loss. Covers are essentially without wear. Quite a clean and crisp copy. Map endpapers. Portrait frontispiece and 20 additional illustrations. Three maps including the route of the Pony Express. This is "the life story" of Broncho Charlie… Read more about this item

Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1926. Previous owner's western motif book-plate front pastedown. Top edge gilt. Seven full-page plates with tissue-guards and a folding map, all in fine condition. 361pp. Chapters on establishment and early development of postal service, the Ocean Mail, Butterfield Overland Mail, the Pony Express, Indian peril, days of the stage-coach, and more. See Howes H-11… Read more about this item

London: Robert Scott, Richard Chiswell et al, 1706. Panelled spine, red spine label. Covers with blind-stamp double fillet borders, central darker panel, corner florettes. Engraved frontispiece of the author, done 50 years earlier. Title-page variant with a comma after Evelyn. Front cover is loosened but remains intact. "as it was delivered in the Royal Societt the xvth of October, MDCLXII..."… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, 1807. Fold-out frontispiece plate, "The age of a horse by his teeth". 27 pages + 4-page index. Paper is toned, rarel light staining. 79 conditions and maladies of the horse and their remedies are listed; among them a "pissing ball" to promote urine- rosin three ounces, three ounces of salt of prunel, a sirup of marsh mellows… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Collins, 2008. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS on title-page. Glazed boards. Tiny bump top edge rear cover, otherwise fine. Illustrared by Denise Brunkus. Signed by Author. First Edition. Color Illustrated Boards. Nearly Fine/No Jacket. Quarto.

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1931. Gift inscription front feee endpaper, dated Christmas '42. Tape over name. Paper toned as usual. Dust jacket is well-preserved. 218pp. . Reprint Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Gentle Edge Wear/Lightly Chipped. Oct.

Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company, 1957. INSCRIBED TO JOANNE WOODWARD AND DATED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper. "To Miss Joanne Woodward-for whom the beautiful part of Ellen was written- Gore Vidal, Aug. 1957". One small area of rubbing and brown stain lower 1/3 of spine. Small water mark at top of rear cover. Jacket is darkened… Read more about this item

London: John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1663. Rebacked by master binder, red leather spine label. Covers with double fillet gilt borders, central panel with French fillets and corner royal monograms. Hinges repaired. The title continues, "and there continued till the nineteenth of May, in the 14th year of His Majesties Reign: and thus prorogued to the 18th of February in… Read more about this item

Cantabrigiae (Cambridge): Typis Academicis Wxcudit Joannes Smith, 1829. Marbled boards and endpapers. Panelled spine with gilt letters. Joints and raised bands are rubbed, binding is quite firm. Small owner's name on tag at top of front pastedown. The poem is included in "Prolusiones Academicae Praemis Annuis Dignatae et In Curia Cantibrigiensi recitatae comitiis Maximis". The first publication of Tennyson's second… Read more about this item

Boston: Small, Maynard and Company ., 1900. Small chipo from head of spine. Almost no wear. Lettering and front cover silhouette are fresh and clean. Inscription on front pastedown dated 1902. Slight off-setting on pp. x-xi probably from old newsprint now removed. Introduction by Booker T. Washington. with his portrait frontispiece. Illustrated throughout with full-page plates of campus buildings, important… Read more about this item

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1911. Six full-page color plates and six full-page black and white plates. Text illustrations throughout. A very clean copy. Chapters include: the aeroplane, Mars, the moon, the sun, toyland, Santa Claus, and all aboard for home. 96pp.. First Edition. Color Illustrated Boards.. Corners and Edges Worn/No Jacket. Quarto.

London: E. Bell and J. Osborn, 1720. "To which is added, AN ESSAY ON THE DIFFERENT CAUSES OF PESTILENTIAL DISEASES, AND HOW THEY BECOME CONTAGIOUS: WITH REMARKS ON THE INFECTION NOW IN FRANCE, by John Quincy, M.D. Paper shows peripheral toning, never heavy. This copy does not include the fold-out "Table of Funerals" for the parishes of London. It is… Read more about this item

Dallas, Texas: Lee Trevino Enterprises Used golf glove signed by Lee Trevino. Together with a signed card "with compliments". Purchased at a charity auction in the late1980's.. Used.

Washington, D.C.: Committe on Arrangements, 1949. A small collection of items from the Inauguration Ceremonies of Harry S. Truman, January 20, 1949. Included are an engraved invitation with envelope, a ticket to the President's Platform with envelope and same number as the engraved invitation, and an admission ticket to Stand 8 north of the Treasury. (See photos). A rather scarce… Read more about this item

London: R.H. For Arthur Jones, at the Flying-Horse, 1686. Panelled spine with old leather label. Both joints professionally repaired. Hinges re-inforced. Front free endpaper repaired at lower edge. . Old ink inscription on front flyleaf. Heraldic book-plate of ther Hare of Docking on front pastedown. Title-page printed in red and black. Previous owner's names in old hand. Small brown stain… Read more about this item