Burke, Billie, with Cameron Shipp, With Powder on My Nose, Coward-McCann, Inc., New York, [1959], 249 pages A near fine copy in an unclipped, near fine dust jacket (one small tear on top front edge), green cloth, 8”x5 ¼”. First Edition, presentation on half title, signed by Burke and dated the year of publication. Burke was Hollywood royalty. […]
E. W. Tedlock, D.H.Lawrence Manuscripts
TedLock, E. W. Jr. The Frieda Lawrence Collection of D. H. Lawrence Manuscripts: A Descriptive Bibliography, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1948, [xxxix] [1]-333 pages A good copy, black cloth, rather faded and text block a little foxed, lightly pencilled notes on front free end page, lacking DJ. First Edition. 9″x6″ [$35] SOLD
Fairfax Downey, When We Were Rather Older
Downey, Fairfax, Decorations by Jefferson MacHammer, When We Were Rather Older, Minton, Balch & Company, [NY], 1926, [xxii] 1-98 pages A good copy, stamped cloth binding rather worn, label roughly removed from front free end page, previous owner’s bookplate. 8”x5”. Lacks dust jacket. Downey graduated from Yale where he was editor of the campus humour magazine The Yale […]
The Mark O. Hughes Collection of Books on Golf Architecture
Mark traveled extensively throughout North America and Europe his entire adult life. The one constant in all of his travels was playing golf at the best courses he could get too from where ever he was. Pebble Beach was his favorite and the last course he visited before he died. More than anything he enjoyed walking the courses […]
Richard A. Cooke III, Moloka’l: An Island in Time
Cooke, Richard A., Moloka’l: An Island in Time, [Beyond Words Publishing Company], [Honolulu],[1984]. [1-5]6-196], 11 x 12 “. Rust blind embossed cloth over boards. Fine in a fine dust jacket and a very good slipcase with a 2 ½” separation on the bottom edge. First edition, “Author’s Edition” with a bookplate signed by the Author on the front […]
Jerry V Hunt, Oregon Images
Hunt, Jerry V., Oregon Images, Principia Graphics, np [Portland, OR], [1991]. [1-12], 78 plates, [91-94] pages. Oblong, 11 ½” by 15”. ¼ Buckram over boards. Front cover is sunned and with a small stain. Internally fine. First Edition, #1624 of 2000 copies. Signed by Hunt, the photographer, by Terence O’Donnell the writer and by Robin Rickabaugh the designer. […]
Geoffrey Keynes, A study of the Illuminated Books of William Blake
Keynes, Geoffrey, A study of the Illuminated Books of William Blake. The Orion Press, NY with the Trianon Press, Paris,[1964]. [1-7], 8 -29, [30-104], 4to, 9” x 12”. 32 plates printed in 6- and 8-colour offset by the Trianon Press on heavy stock paper especially manufactured to match the tint of the paper used by Blake. Blue cloth-covered boards. […]
Winifred Starr Dobyns, California Gardens
Dobyns, Winifred Starr, California Gardens. The Macmillan Company, New York, 1931. [1-10], 11-20, [21-210], 4to, 8 ½ by 11”. Green silk covered boards with gold stamped title of front cover.. First edition first printing. Faded, spine and top edge very sunned, otherwise good, lacks dust jacket. 209 full page black and white photographs by various photographers. Forward by […]
Horace Bell On the Old West Coast
Bell, Horace, edited by Lanier Bartlett, On the Old West Coast: Being Further Reminiscences of a Ranger. William Morrow and Co, New York, .1930. [xiv] 1-336 pages, 6 ¼” x 9 ½” . Grey cloth covered boards, paste-on title in red on front cover and spine, lacks dust jacket. First edition, trade issue. Good but faded copy. Previous […]
Westvaco Christmas Classics
The West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company was founded in Piedmont, West Virginia in 1889 and was known for its brilliant white paper. After WWII, the company turned to the production of packaging materials and a line of high-quality printing papers. Starting in 1958, to advertise the quality of its paper, Westvaco started producing a Christmas annual of […]