San Francisco: San Francisco Book Company, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED, PRESENTATION COPY by the Author to the jacket designer written on the front free endpaper, 8vo, black quarter cloth with gilt lettering on spine over tan boards, B&W map of the Roman World as frontispiece..... More
London: The Swarthmore Press Ltd. [formerly Headley Brothers], [1910/11]. Very early reprint [possibly re-using Headley plates]. Cloth. Thick 8vo, dark green buckram with gold lettering on spine and front cover, archival polyester-protected blue-gray dust jacket (unclipped) with black lettering, beautifully illustrated with tipped in full-color [lithographic] frontispiece and 23 related..... More
New York: David McKay Company / Felix Gluck Press, Ltd., 1973. Harold King, Penelope Anstee. "First American Edition" Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. Quarto (10" x 7 3/4"), black cloth with gilt lettering on spine and gilt-stamped Revolutionary Cap of Liberté suspended on a pike embossed on front cover; illustrated by..... More
New York and London: Alfred A. Knopf, 1938. B&W photos. Fourth Printing. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the Author on the front free endpaper, thick 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2"), blue buckram with gilt lettering on spine and circular gilt logo of the 4 CPRR on the front cover, illustrated with..... More
Denver, Colorado: The Spirit of Adventure, Ltd., 1993. Timothy Arp. First Edition. Pictorial boards. INSCRIBED by the Illustrator Timothy Arp on the title page to a recipient stating "Dream Big & Climb Strong!," oblong 8vo (8 7/8" x 11 3/8"), glossy pictorial boards depicting Mount Everest in a color photograph..... More
Chicago New York San Francisco: Rand McNally & Company, 1983. Photos by Kurtis. First Edition. Cloth. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page, quarto, cloth, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Bill Curtis, illustrated with several color and B&W photos taken on location, XXX pages. Bill Kurtis (1940..... More
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED "Best" by the Author on the half title, 8vo, black quarter cloth the bright scarlet lettering on spine & the author's signature in facsimile on the pale tan boards, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with picture..... More
London and New York: John Lane: The Bodley Head Ltd. / Dodd, Mead & Company, 1929. Frank C. Pape. Reprint of 1925 Illustrated Edition. Decorative cloth. Small quarto (9 3/4" x 6 1/2"), black cloth with red lettering & decorations on spine and front cover, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket..... More
London: Century Legend, 2018. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. SIGNED by both Authors on a custom titled publisher's bookplate with White House affixed to the half title, thick 8vo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting the White..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. First Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, tan quarter cloth over khaki boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting an archery bullseye target, 243 pages + [4] A Note on the Type. Richard Russo (born 1949) is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter..... More
New York: Schocken Books, 1984. Photos. First American Edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with colored scene from Pickwick Papers by Phiz, illustrated with 12 B&W glossy plates, Index, xiv, [2] + 369 pages. Weight: 1 lb. 9 oz..... More
Cleveland New York: The World Publishing Company, 1956. Abner Dean. First Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, green quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over gold boards with leaf motifs, filled with amusing satiric poems and light-hearted cartoons by Abner, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (price-clipped), endpapers repeat leaf motif..... More
Washington, D.C. Focal Point / National Geographic, 2010. Joel Sartore. First Edition [lacks clear number line but is a presumed 1st printing]. Cloth. SIGNED by the Master Photographer on the title page, oblong 8vo (7 1/4" x 10 3/8" x 7/8"), black cloth with "vanishing" black-on-black incused title on spine..... More
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. Reprint of 1993 edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo (9 1/4" x 6 3/8"), pink quarter cloth with gilt lettering on spine over red boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with image of an early [Gandharan?] sculptured Buddha's face, xviii + 334 pages..... More
Boston: John W. Luce and Company, 1924. First American Edition. Paper over Boards. 8vo (8 1/2" x 6 1/2"), beige laid paper with chain marks over boards with labels on spine & front cover, Thirty-four page Introduction by the translator, archival polyester-protected lettered beige dust jacket (with its corners bevelled)..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Arpel Graphics, 1989. Photos; illustrations. First Edition. Cloth. Square quarto (12 1/4" x 12"), blue cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting a curling wave, profusely illustrated with single- and double-page color photos of waves (images by Surfer..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Caricatures. First American Edition. Cloth. Quarto (11" x 8 3/4"), brown buckram with gold lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with two caricatures, Introduction and commentary by William Feaver, profusely illustrated in B&W and color with hundreds of splendid caricatures by..... More
New York, N.Y. Playboy Press Inc. / A Gemini Smith Book, N.D. Photos. First Edition. Cloth. Quarto (12 1/4" x 9 1/2" x 1"), black horizontally-textured buckram with gold lettering on spine and front cover, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Henry Miller above the facially embellished pelvic area..... More
New York, N.Y. Scribner, 1996. Robert Fréson. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Quarto (10 1/4" x 8 1/4"), dark green 1/6th cloth over lighter green boards, archival polyester-protected color photo of Patricia Wells and her home in Provence, recepies illustrated in beautiful glossy color photographic arrangements by Robert..... More
[Los Angeles, CA]: AMMO / American Modern Books, 2008. SUNG YOUNG YOO. First Edition. Pictorial cloth. Oblong quarto (9 1/4" x 12 1/4"), red cloth with white lettering on spine and drawings of two "red" shoes [in white], illustrated throughout with gorgeous B&W curvacious delineations by Sung Young Yoo, pictorial..... More
New York London: Pegasus Books, 2013. Map endpapers. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. INSCRIBED by the Author on the title page, 8vo, black quarter cloth with white lettering ons pine over "wine dark" blue boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with view over whitewashed Greek buildings toward..... More
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books / A Yolla Bolly Press Book, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, tan quarter cloth with stenciled gilt lettering on spine over pale yellow boards, [xii] + 170 pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects! No previous owner's or remainder marks. Another wilderness classic..... More
New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, 1987. Photos. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Thick quarto (9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 2 1/4"), black cloth with gold lettering on spine, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) with facial portrait of Erik Erikson, illustrated with 13 glossy B&W..... More
London Edinburgh Glasgow Birmingham, AL. The Notable Trials Library / Gryphon Editions, Inc. reprint of William Hodge and Company, Limited 1848 edition. 1989. B&W photos. First Edition Thus [reprinting 1948 edition]. Quarter leather and boards. 8vo, green quarter leather with four raised hubs & gilt lettering over light green boards..... More
London and New York: John Lane / No. XII in Lane's "Flowers of Parnassus" series. 1902. Geraldine Morris. First Geraldine Morris' Illustrated Edition. Leather with blind- & gilt-stamping. 12mo (5 1/8" x 4 1/8"), bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in original full fine dark green polished calf with an elaborately..... More