Item 371The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh
New York: Monthly Review Press, 1956. First Edition. Publisher's red cloth-backed green boards, spine lettered in gilt, dust jacket.
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Item 356Update on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Revealing memo from a Bay Area public health agency during the infancy of the AIDS crisis, when there were only 750 documented cases nationally, 170 of which were in California. The document comprises a three-page report and a final page with a blank sample "registry" sheet with a survey for gathering the required information on people diagnosed with AIDS, including whether they were a homosexual, as well as details regarding their drugs use. *PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A PHOTOCOPY* however, it does appear that it is a period, rather than later, photocopy.
Contra Costa County, California: Contra Costa County Department of.....
Item 378One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. A Dialogue Something like Horace
London: Printed for T. Cooper, No date. [4], 10 , [1 advertisement] pp. Includes half-title page. Folio. First Edition. Bound in 20th-century boards, with fragments of an older spine label laid down. [4], 10 , [1 advertisement] pp. Includes half-title page. Folio.
Item 300Tarantula
An early pirated edition of Bob Dylan's poetry which would be officially published in 1971.
Hibbing, Minnesota: Wimp Press, [1970]. Side-stapled sheets.
Item 373The Experiences of a Forty-niner during Thirty-Four Years' Residence in California and Australia
The travels of an Ohio native to the California gold fields, then subsequently to mining expeditions in Australia and New Zealand. Not particularly uncommon but a classic text nonetheless.
Cleveland: The Williams Publishing Company, 1888. Illustrated with numerous plates. xviii, 507 pp. Wheat Gold Rush 74; Cowan, p. 106; Graff 1035. First Edition. Publisher's maroon cloth lettered in gilt with black decoration. Illustrated with numerous plates. xviii, 507 pp. Wheat Gold Rush 74; Cowan, p. 106; Graff 1035.
Item 385The Botanic Garden
Classic work of poetry and prose by the grandfather of Charles Darwin, demonstrating a great command of botanical knowledge, and presaging the development of the theory of evolution. Several of the plates are by William Blake. This first American edition is rather attractively printed. Bookplate of Edward T. Lyon, and his owner inscription on the front flyleaf.
New York: Printed by T. & J. Swords, 1798. 2 parts in 1. Illustrated with 17 engraved plates, one of which colored. [14], vii-xii, [4], 256; 146, [2 errata] pp. Octavo. First American Edition. Period calf, lettering piece. 2 parts in 1. Illustrated.....
Item 339The Coherence of Gothic Conventions
SIGNED and inscribed by the author on the title page, with an additional autograph postcard by Sedgwick (in the same pen and hand but not signed, presumably to the recipient), stating her feelings on the book: "But even if it is a croc of shit – such as it is, you have the first copy in Paris! Yours in coherence —".
New York and London: Methuen, [1986]. Paperback.
Item 357McTeague. A Story of San Francisco
First Issue, with last word on page 106 reading "moment."
New York: Doubleday and McClure, 1899. [6], 442, [4] advertisement pp. Octavo. Zamorano 80, #58. First Edition. Nicely bound in three-quarter crushed red morocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. [6], 442, [4] advertisement pp. Octavo. Zamorano 80, #58.
Item 384Beyond the Breakers and Other Poems
SIGNED and inscribed twice by Sterling to Bush Finnell, on the front free endpaper and half-title page.
San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1914. [2], 141 pp. First Edition. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt. [2], 141 pp.
Item 386The Builders and Other Poems
Attractive example of Arts & Crafts book design. These designs were discussed by Susan Otis Thompson in American Book Design and William Morris, page 73. The illustration (plate 29) is of a 1901 edition, but the format is identical.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907. Designed by Amy Richards. Publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt. Designed by Amy Richards.
Item 387Music and Other Poems
SIGNED and inscribed by the poet on the front flyleaf. Title page designed by Margaret Armstrong, signed with her monogram in the plate (top right). The gilt-embossed design on the upper cover may also have been by her.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904. First Edition. Publisher's green cloth decorated in gilt.
Item 301The Seasons
Attractive period binding on this illustrated collection of poetry by James Thompson, featuring two plates after Henry Fuseli.
London: Printed by T. Bensley... for F.J. Du Roveray; and sold by W. Miller, E. Lloyd, R. Dutton, and B. Crosby and Co., 1802. Illustrated with 7 engraved plates, including frontispiece. xxiv, 262, [2] pp. Octavo. A New Edition. Full straight-grain red morocco, decorated in gilt, floriated gilt inners, all edges gilt. Illustrated with 7 engraved plates, including frontispiece. xxiv, 262, [2] pp. Octavo.
Item 341The Athenian Oracle: Being an Entire Collection of All the Valuable Questions and Answers in the Old Athenian Mercuries. Intermix'd with Many Cases in Divinity History, Philosophy, Mathematics, Love, Poetry, Never Before Published. To Which Is Added an Alphabetical Table... By a Member of the Athenian Society
Collects questions and answers from The Athenian Mercury, which featured the what is considered the world's first "advice column". Readers could write in questions and receive answers, in print, from the so-called Athenian Society of Experts. Questions range from religious (what is the meaning of 1 Corinthians 11:10?), to economic (should pawnbrokers be considered extortioners?), to medical (how can heavy readers best preserve their eyesight?). Period signature of John Wood on title page.
London: Printed, for Andrew Bell, 1703. [8], 530, [20] pp. Includes one page of publisher's advertisements. Octavo. First Edition. Bound in period paneled calf. [8], 530, [20].....
Item 355Necropolis Glasguensis; With Observations on Ancient and Modern Tombs and Sepulture
Pamphlet outlining the case for creating what would become known as the Glasgow Necropolis.
Glasgow: Atkinson and Company, 1831. With folding frontispiece and one plate, both lithographed. [2], viii, 72 pp. Octavo. First Edition. Early cloth-backed boards, calf lettering piece. With folding frontispiece and one plate, both lithographed. [2], viii, 72 pp. Octavo.
Item 299An Introduction to Mathematical Probability
At the Clarendon Press: Oxford, 1925. xii, [2], 216 pp. Publisher's blue cloth stamped in gilt. xii, [2], 216 pp.
Item 367Blake and Tradition
Nice set on William Blake. Please be aware that I do not ship media mail under any circumstances, and that ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES MAY BE REQUIRED; please contact with your ZIP code for a shipping quote prior to purchase.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1968. 2 volumes. Will reproductions of Blake's work, chiefly black and white but several in color. Bollingen Series XXXV: 11. Publisher's cloth, dust jackets, slipcase. 2 volumes. Will reproductions of Blake's work, chiefly black and white but several in color. Bollingen Series XXXV: 11.
Item 354Contraception (Birth Control): Its Theory, History and Practice. A Manual for the Medical and Legal Professions
London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson, Limited, 1923. Introduction by Prof. Sir William Bayliss; Introductory notes by Sir James Barr, Dr. C. Rolleston, Dr. Jane Hawthorne & Obscurus. First Edition. Publisher's green cloth lettered in gilt. Introduction by Prof. Sir William Bayliss; Introductory notes by Sir James Barr, Dr. C. Rolleston, Dr. Jane Hawthorne & Obscurus.
Item 368Le Babillard, Ou le Nouvelliste Philosophe. Traduit de l'Anglois
French translations of The Tatler, the English periodical. The content was largely originally written by Sir Richard Steele, with some contributions by Joseph Addison. Each volume with armorial bookplate.
Amsterdam: François Changuion, 1724-1725. 2 volumes. [viii], 460, [36 index]; [xii], 487, [15] pp. Translated from the English by A.D.L.C. [Armand Boisbeleau de la Chapelle]. Early calf, lettering pieces, marbled endpapers, all edges stained red. 2 volumes. [viii], 460, [36 index]; [xii], 487, [15] pp. Translated from the English by A.D.L.C. [Armand Boisbeleau de la Chapelle].
Item 379The Hive of Ancient and Modern Literature: A Collection of Essays, Narratives, Allegories, and Instructive Compositions
Newcastle: Printed by and For. S. Hodgson, and the Booksellers in General, 1806. Wood engravings by Thomas Bewick and L. Clennell. viii, 340 pp. Octavo. Third Edition. Early half calf, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Wood engravings by Thomas Bewick and L. Clennell. viii, 340 pp. Octavo.
Item 239Албом Революционной России = Album of Revolutionary Russia
Early photo album commemorating the Russian Revolution, featuring portraits of Lenin and Trotsky, and numerous important scenes from the events of 1917.
Russian Socialist Federation, ca. 1919. Title in Russian: Альбомъ Революціонной Россіи (reformed orthography: Албом Революционной России). Publisher's cloth-backed leatherette. Title in Russian: Альбомъ Революціонной Россіи (reformed orthography: Албом Революционной России).
Item 372One Hundred Fables, Selected from Northcote, Bewick, and Others
Later edition of this collection of illustrated fables.
Philadelphia: Thomas Wardle, 1836. Illustrated with 129 wood engravings. Illustrated with 129 wood engravings.
Item 383The Woman in White
Early reprint of the American book edition of the classic British drama.
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1861. Illustrated by John McLenan. Text in two columns. Publisher's blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated by John McLenan. Text in two columns.
Item 305Dyn: The Review of Modern Art. Number 4-5: Amerindian Number
The scare "Amerindian"-themed issue of Wolfgang Paalen's (1905-1959) literary magazine founded while he lived as an Austrian expatriate in Mexico. Dyn was a short-lived but notable periodical which engaged notable scholars, artists, and writers of the day.
Mexico: Wolfgang Paalan, 1943. Illustrated from photographs and sketches, most of which in black and white but several in color. [4], 84 pp. Publisher's wrappers, with cover art by James Speck, a young Kwakiutl Indian of Alert Bay, B.C. Illustrated from photographs and sketches, most of which in black and white but several in color. [4], 84 pp.Results 1 - 23 (of 23)