Earl R. Smith, The Days of my Years

Smith, Earl R.   The Days of my Years, The Autobiography of an Average American.   1968, Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR.   [xiv] 1-324, paperback,  5 ½” x 8 1/2’”.    Near fine. First edition.    Born in 1882 in Colorado, Smith lived most of his life on the west coast, both in California and Oregon, doing everything from mining gold to […]

Paula Scher Make it Bigger

Scher, Paula  MAKE IT BIGGER.   New York, Princeton Architectural Press, 2002, [1-8] 9-250 [251-268], oblong 9”x6 ½”, heavy cardboard printed stock covers.   Very good to fine copy. First Edition.  A design autobiography by one of the most important 20th century corporate and public graphic designer.    See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Scher. $60

Rachel Field, HITTY, HER FIRST HUNDRED

Field, Rachel, HITTY, HER FIRST HUNDRED YEARS.  New York, The Macmillan Company, 1930.  [xii], 1-207 pages,  8.5” x 7”.  14 full page illustrations, 3 in color and the rest in black and white and numerous in text illustrations by Dorothy P. Lathrop.   Decorative paper covered boards.   A very good copy with a little soiling on the front cover, […]

Bohum Lynch, A History of Caricature

Lynch, Bohum,  A History of Caricature.   Boston,; Little, Brown, and Company, 1927. Xiv, 1-126 pages,   4to, 10″ x 7.5″, 20 full page black and white illustrations bound in at the end and 12 smaller black and white illustrations in the text.   Off-white paper-covered boards with a ¼ purple buckram spine.  Fine in a very good dust jacket with […]