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Philadelphia: C. E. Thomas, 1906. Hardcover. NOTE: SALESMAN SAMPLE ONLY; NOT THE ENTIRE BOOK: Quarto (app. 9.50 in. x 6 3/4 in.). Red cloth-covered boards, black and gilt lettering to spine and front. Black and white paste-on illustration center of front board. Illustrated with many photographs. SIGNED BY OPIE READ..... More
San Francisco, CA: The Pacific Art Company, 1904. Hardcover. Quarto, 11 1/2" x 8." pp. 184. Illustrated. Bright red cloth with lettering and city seal in black, mildly worn. Some shelf-wear. Spine moderately faded, lettered in black. Corners nudged. Some faint smudging to title page, all else very bright and..... More
San Francisco, CA: W.C. Disturnell / 534 1/2 California Street, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. (6 1/4 in. x 4 1/2 in.). Green cloth-covered boards, with gilt lettering to front. Blind-stamped dot design with leaf-pattern to all corners. Previous owner's exlibris to front pastedow, now covered by an advertisement (for..... More
Sausalito, California: Angel Island Publlications, Inc., 1958. Softcover. First issue of a seminal literary quarterly. Card covers (9 in. x 6 in.) with black and white photograph of a child staring at a fierce looking fish, who is staring back at her. Sewn signatures. Minor shelfwear and a small crease..... More
San Francisco, CA: Badger Books, 1978. Hardcover. Quarto, 11.2 in. x 8.6 in., pp. 160. Black and white illustrations. Light gray cloth boards with black title to spine. LIght rubbing to edges, with small chip to fore-edge of front board. Small red ink phone number to front pastedown. Rubbing to..... More
St. Louis, Missouri: Louis Lange Publishing Company, [1906?]. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo, 6 3/4" x 10 1/4." pp. 54. Limp slate-blue card covers, moderately faded and worn, titled in gilt. Stringbound (two punched holes tied with brown cord). Card covers creased and in one place, peeling a little. Some soiling..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1855. Frank Marryat. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. Brown stamped cloth-over-board covers with lettering to spine, now faded. Considerable rubbing and peeling to spine. Front hinge started, but holding. 27 full-page or in-text engravings by the author. "...Marryat was one of the first to write on..... More
San Francisco, CA: Pacific Novelty Company, 1915. Softcover. Folio in mottled pale-green marbled card covers (faded) 12 in. by 9 1/4 in. Partial view of columnar building to front. Gilt and brown embossed lettering. 32 pp. Most with large black and white photographs. A few folds and tears to cover..... More
San Francisco, CA: Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, ca: 1907-1910. Softcover. Newsprint. 11 3/4 in. x 9 1/2 in. 88 pp. Pages detached but present. From "Abstracts of Title" to "Yeast and Vinegar" purveyors. "The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company has arranged to compile and publish with the regular issue..... More
San Francisco, CA: Pacific International Exposition Company, 1915. Reid, Robert A. Softcover. Oblong. Staplebound. Just BEAUTIFUL cover, stone lithograph of gilt and brown (and white) on deep blue background.Full color two page centerfold. Three leaves show slight spot-tears from having been stuck together. Else very good. About 60 pages. Custom..... More