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1960réf. 030764New York: The Limited Editions Club 1960. First Edition Thus . Hardcover. Fine/Fine Slipcase as Issued. 158 Pp. #549 Of A Limited Edition Of 1500 Copies Signed By The Illustrator Henry Varnum Poor. Fine No Wear Very Slight Fading To Heavy Green Plaid Cloth Spine Tan Leather Spine Leather Also Unworn And With Gilt That Is Still Brilliant Four Tiny Holes To Cloth. In Fine Slipcase. The Limited Editions Club hardcover
1957réf. 030480Englewood Cloffs: Prentice-Hall Inc 1957. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good DJ. Xvii 198 Pp. First Printing. Yellow Boards. Book Very Near Fine Just Shallow Bumping At Ends Of Spine. Dj Not Price-Clipped $2.95 Would Be Near Fine But Has 1/8" To 5/8" Chip Across Bottom Of Spine. Clean And Bright. Prentice-Hall Inc hardcover
1936réf. 029983New York: Doubleday Doran & Company 1936. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. Xx 282 Pp. Blue Cloth With Black Lettering Illustrated Endpapers Name Of Doubleday Doran At Base Of Spine Of Book And Dj Doubleday Doran On Title Page "Fr" Logo On Copyright Page With Copyright Date 1936 And "First Edition" Statement Price $2.00 At Top Of Front Flap With Identification Of The Illustrators Neither Present On The Junior Guild Edition And Code 1126-36 At Bottom Of Front Flap Of Dj. Book Is Near Fine Just A Trace Of Rubbing At Corners No Names Or Marks. Dj With Color Illustration On Front Panel Same As The Frontispiece Light Wear 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Front Panel 1/8" Closed Tear At Top Of Rear Panel Both With Associated Shallow Creasing Extending From The Tears. Doubleday, Doran & Company hardcover
1891réf. 028835Cincinnati: Cranston & Stowe 1891. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. 374 Pp. Purplish-Blue Cloth Spine Gilt. Copyright 1889 First Edition 1890 This Second Edition 1891 Date On Title Page With Added Chapter 23 "Some Omitted Incidents" Not In The Original 1890 Printing. Slight Fading To Spine Cloth All Gilt Still Brilliant No Wear Or Marks. Ownership Signature A Prominent Jpl Astronomer And Date At Upper Left Of Front Pastedown. Cranston & Stowe hardcover
1947réf. 027591Philadelphia: Prime Press 1947. First Edition . Red Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good DJ. 455 Pp. First Edition. Dj With Price Clipped No $3.00 Price Stamped At Top Of Front Flap. Very Lightly Used 1/8" Square Chip At Upper Rear Spine Edge With Adjacent 1" X 1/8" Surface Abrasion Extending Onto Rear Panel. Inscribed By Smith To Sf Dealer Julius Unger. Prime Press hardcover
1925réf. 027623New York: Robert M. Mcbride & Company 1925. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 276 Pp. Lightly Used No Fraying No Names Or Marks Spine With Some Browning. An Interesting Pasadena Copy With A C Vroman Bookstore's Elaborate Gilt Stamped Adhesive Label With Red Swastika At Center. The Label Is Now Rare. Per The Getty Museum Website Adam Clark "A. C." Vroman 1856-1916 Vroman Worked For The Chicago Burlington And Quincy Railroad Company For Sixteen Years Before Moving To California In 1893. Upon Opening A Store That Sold Books Stationery And Photographic Supplies In Pasadena--Which He Gifted To His Employees And Which Remains In Operation As "Vroman's Bookstore" Today--He Began To Pursue His Interest In Photography. From 1895-1905 Vroman Travelled Throughout Southern California And Made Eight Trips To Arizona Colorado New Mexico And Utah Where He Photographed Local Indian Communities. His Extensive Travels And Repeated Collaborations With The Bureau Of American Ethnology A Research Unit Of The Smithsonian Institution. In His Photographic Work Vroman Concentrated On The Daily Lives Customs And Ceremonial Activities Of The Hopi Zuni And Navajo Peoples. A Member Of The Pasadena Camera Club He Often Travelled With Other Photographers Involved In Its Activities Such As His Friend Los Angeles Times Editor Charles Fletcher Lummis. In 1897 Vroman Was Employed By The Bureau Of American Ethnology To Photograph Katzimo "Enchanted Mesa" In Central New Mexico. His Sweeping Views From Its Summit Were Used As Evidence Of The Prior Native American Habitation Of The Area And Were Later Published In Benjamin Brooks's Book The Enchanted Mesa New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1904. In 1899 Vroman Again Accompanied The Bureau Of American Ethnology To The Southwest This Time On A Survey To Document The Pueblos And Cliff Dwellings Of New Mexico. Several Of The Photographs He Made Were Included In The Smithsonian's Multivolume Handbook Of American Indians North Of Mexico Washington: Government Printing Office 1907 An Encyclopaedic Classification Of Over 2500 Cultural And Linguistic Groups. In 1901 Vroman Served As The Official Photographer On The Museum-Gates Expedition An Archaeological Survey Of The Southwest Led By Ethnologist Walter Hough. Alongside His Work On Native American Communities Vroman Documented Spanish Missions In California Over A Ten-Year Period 1895-1905 Often With Friends And Photo Enthusiasts Who Constituted The "Club Of Four" A Group He Founded. In Addition To Vroman The Group Comprised Homer Eachus Hoopes H.C. Chatfield And G.J. Kuhrts. A Collector Of Netsuke Miniature Japanese Carved Objects Vroman Toured And Photographed In Japan In 1903 And 1909. He Also Made Photographs In France And Germany 1912 Canada 1914 And On The East Coast Of The United States 1914. Vroman's Images Of Native American Peoples Have Long Been Regarded As Respectful Portrayals In Part Because He Purportedly Gifted Prints To Numerous People He Depicted. More Recently However Re-Evaluation Of His Work Has Revealed A More Complicated History Situating His Aesthetic Choices Within The Scientific Aspirations Of The Bureau Of American Ethnology A Prominent Institutional Exponent Of Social Evolutionary Theory. Robert M. Mcbride & Company hardcover
1905réf. 026820Pasadena: Charles Francis and Elisabeth HAllowell Saunders 1905. First Edition . Brown Chemise / String Binding. Fine. 11" x 5 1/2. Color Plates By Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders. String-bound text pages title page printed in red and black with five of six loose color plates lacking the California Poppy plate in brown three-panel chemise printed in black and red as issued.Scarce second separate publication by the Saunders issued in two versions one with 6 wild flowers another with 12. Charles Francis Saunders 1859-1941 was born to Quaker parents in Bucks County Pennsylvania. He and his first wife Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders d. 1910 were both avid naturalists; Charles began publishing essays on botany as early as the 1890s. Charles and Elisabeth also collaborated on a number of publications he as author she as illustrator. After a honeymoon trip to California and the Southwest in 1902 the couple moved permanently to California in 1906 and settled in a Craftsman bungalow on North Lake Avenue in Pasadena where Charles devoted himself full time to writing. He eventually published more than a dozen books inspired by California and the Southwest. Both Charles and Elisabeth were amateur photographers and many of their photographs were used to illustrate Saunders' books The Indians of the Terraced Houses 1912 and Under the Sky in California 1913. In 1921 Saunders married Mira Barrett Culin d. 1968 whom he had met at the Pasadena Garden Club. Also a writer Mira shared Saunders' interest in gardens botany and photography. For many years Mira published articles on Pasadena gardens parks and trees in the Pasadena Star News for which she took dozens of photographs. First with Elisabeth and then with Mira Saunders travelled extensively throughout California and the Southwest photographing all of the California Missions the regions' natural wonders Native Americans and flora among other things. These interests became the subjects of 18 books and numerous essays and articles Saunders published in his lifetime. Many of these books were illustrated with photographs taken by their author on his many excursions. Saunders' collection of Native American pottery and crafts is now in the collection of the Southwest Museum Los Angeles and his botanic library is in the possession of the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. Source: Apostol Jane. "Southern California Through the Lens of Charles Francis Saunders" Southern California Quarterly volume 81 Spring 1999: 1-88. Charles Francis and Elisabeth HAllowell Saunders unknown
1905réf. 026822Pasadena: Charles Francis And Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders 1905. First Edition . Brown Chemise / String Binding. Fine. 11" x 5 1/2. Color Plates By Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders. String-Bound Text Pages Title Page Printed In Red And Black With Eleven Of Twelve Loose Color Plates Lacking The California Poppy Plate In Brown Three-Panel Chemise Printed In Black And Red As Issued. Scarce Second Separate Publication By The Saunders Issued In Two Versions One With 6 Wild Flowers Another With 12. Charles Francis Saunders 1859-1941 Was Born To Quaker Parents In Bucks County Pennsylvania. He And His First Wife Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders D. 1910 Were Both Avid Naturalists; Charles Began Publishing Essays On Botany As Early As The 1890S. Charles And Elisabeth Also Collaborated On A Number Of Publications He As Author She As Illustrator. After A Honeymoon Trip To California And The Southwest In 1902 The Couple Moved Permanently To California In 1906 And Settled In A Craftsman Bungalow On North Lake Avenue In Pasadena Where Charles Devoted Himself Full Time To Writing. He Eventually Published More Than A Dozen Books Inspired By California And The Southwest. Both Charles And Elisabeth Were Amateur Photographers And Many Of Their Photographs Were Used To Illustrate Saunders' Books The Indians Of The Terraced Houses 1912 And Under The Sky In California 1913. In 1921 Saunders Married Mira Barrett Culin D. 1968 Whom He Had Met At The Pasadena Garden Club. Also A Writer Mira Shared Saunders' Interest In Gardens Botany And Photography. For Many Years Mira Published Articles On Pasadena Gardens Parks And Trees In The Pasadena Star News For Which She Took Dozens Of Photographs. First With Elisabeth And Then With Mira Saunders Travelled Extensively Throughout California And The Southwest Photographing All Of The California Missions The Regions' Natural Wonders Native Americans And Flora Among Other Things. These Interests Became The Subjects Of 18 Books And Numerous Essays And Articles Saunders Published In His Lifetime. Many Of These Books Were Illustrated With Photographs Taken By Their Author On His Many Excursions. Saunders' Collection Of Native American Pottery And Crafts Is Now In The Collection Of The Southwest Museum Los Angeles And His Botanic Library Is In The Possession Of The Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens. Source: Apostol Jane. "Southern California Through The Lens Of Charles Francis Saunders" Southern California Quarterly Volume 81 Spring 1999: 1-88. Charles Francis And Elisabeth Hallowell Saunders unknown
1916réf. 024409New York: The Platt & Nourse Co 1916. First Edition . Illustrated Blue Cloth. Very Good/Good DJ. 7 7/8" Tall. Copyright By Platt & Peck Published By Platt & Nourse Light Blue Cloth Stamped In Blue Green And Red. Two Pages Ads At Rear With Listings For Four Story Hour Titles And Seven Five Little Stars Titles. Book With Illustrated Embossed Cover Lightly Worn With Some Points Of Fraying Along Edges. Dj Clean Tears At Spine Edges And Flap Folds A Little Loss At Center And Bottom Of Spine A Few 1/4" To 3/4" Edge Tears Loss Only Of About Half Of Publisher's Name At Bottom Of Spine. Small Child's Decorative Bookplate On Front Pastedown. The Platt & Nourse Co hardcover
1948réf. 024195Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Company Inc. F.P.C.I. 1948. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine DJ. 184 Pp. Green Cloth Gilt. First Edition Stated. Third Fpci Book. Book With Touch Of Wear Along Bottom Edge Of Spine. First Issue Dj Complete Unfaded Not Price-Clipped Very Slight Wear 1/2" Closed Tear Bottom Of Front Panel 1/4" Closed Tear At Top Of Front Panel 1/8" Tear With 1/8" Loss Of Surface Of Paper At Top Rear Spine Edge Rear Panel With A Few Small Areas Of Dustiness. Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. (F.P.C.I.) hardcover
1958réf. 022432New York: Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill Book Company 1958. First Edition 1st Printing. Red Cloth. Fine/Fine DJ. 114 Pp. Red Cloth. First Printing. Near New Fine In Fine Dj. "Here Is A Clear Dramatic Explanation Of Earth And Its Position In The Universe. In Addition It Gives Us Completely Up-To-Date Facts About Space And Space Travel." As Indeed It Does Excellent For The Youngest Readers. Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill Book Company hardcover
1935réf. 025581New York: Basic Books Inc. Publishers 1935. First Edition . Grey Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 87 Pp 1 Pp Note About The Author And 2 Pp Catalog At End.Light Blue Boards Stamped In Blue And Red. First Edition. Three Castaways Set Up Their Own Economic System. Near Fine No Marks Bright And Clean. Dust Jacket Priced 50 Cents Light Wear At Head And Tail Of Spine And At Tips 1" Split At Lower Front Flap Fold. Per "Tellers Of Weird Tales" Willard E. Hawkins Was Born On September 27 1887 In Fairplay Colorado. He Was An Author Editor Publisher And Public Speaker With Stories In Amazing Stories Astounding Science-Fiction The Blue Book Magazine Breezy Stories The Cavalier Chicago Ledger Fantastic Adventures The Green Book Magazine Imagination The Red Book Magazine Science Fiction Super Science Novels Thrilling Wonder Stories Western Outlaws Western Rangers Western Trails And A 1923 Tale In Weird Tales. Hawkins Also Worked As An Editor With The Loveland Reporter At Age Nineteen Denver Times Rocky Mountain News Rocky Mountain Hotel Bulletin And American Greeter. Basic Books, Inc., Publishers hardcover
1926réf. 009438Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company 1926. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Xiii 198 Pp. Blue Cloth Stamped In Dark Blue. First American Edition First Printing With 1926 Date On Title Page. Solid Copy No Fraying Or Marks Or Damage Light Wear Very Faint And Light Soiling To Covers. Small Brentano's Bookseller's Ticket On Rear Pastedown. Houghton Mifflin Company hardcover
1925réf. 015419Leeds Glasgow Belfast Circa 1925: E. J. Arnold & Sons Ltd. 1925. 1st Edition . Green Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine. 15 Pp. Green Printed Wrappers. First Printing. One Of The Author's Own Books Signed By Her Daughter With Their Address In Richmond Kent. E. J. Arnold & Sons Ltd. unknown
1978réf. 002425Los Angeles County: Edith Carolyn Lee 1978. First Edition . Printed Wrappers. Fine. 11 " Tall. Scarce Set Of These Self-Published Books Illustrated By The Renowned Illustrator Eulalie Nee Banks Later Wilson Who Was An Important Children's Book Illustrator From The 20'S Into The 1950'S And Who Painted Nursery Room Walls For Such Hollywood Figures As Charlie Chaplin And Also Many Commercial Murals. This Set Is On Heavy Porous Paper Stock With The Copyright Notice At The Bottom Of The Inside Cover. The Volume Of "Skippy The Elf" Has An Additional Box Handd Rawn On The Reverse Of The Cover With The Legend "Little Elf Skippy's Coloring-Story Book To: - " With A Colored Holly Leaf With Berries All Done In The Style Of Eulalie With The Inscription Below "Dear Little Girl Helen With My Love Skippy" . Edith Carolyn Lee unknown
1950réf. 024799Chicago: Ziff-Davis 1950. First Edition . Staples. Very Good. 11" x 8 1/2. 8 Pp Large Format Sf Magazine With Title Etc At Top Of First Page Publisher's Info At Bottom Of Last Page Containing Just This One Story. The Copy Of Forrest Ackerman But No Marks. Ziff-Davis unknown
1919réf. 015430London 1919: James Hewetson & Son 1919. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Very Good. 57 Pp. Top Edge Gilt; Deckled Edges. Printed By Bales And Wilde Chesterfield. Includes "Sally And The Organ-Boy" A Short Story First Published In "Little Folks". Nicely Inscribed To "Kathleen" By The Author And Dated Easter 1919. With A 4 1/4" X 3 1/8" Photograph Of The Author Reclining Beneath A Tree; This Is The Only Known Photograph Of The Author; The Photograph Is Neatly Mounted On The Front Pastedown. A Clean Copy Spine Aged/Tanned Two 1" Square Areas Of Tan Discoloration On Front Cover Near Spine. Small Area Of Fraying At Two Upper Tips Also Fraying Along Top And Bottom Of Spine. Scarce. James Hewetson & Son hardcover
1925réf. 015420Leeds Glasgow Belfast Circa 1925: E. J. Arnold & Sons Ltd. 1925. 1st Edition . Green Illustrated Wrappers. Fine. 15 Pp. Green Printed Wrappers. A First Edition. An Unused Example One Of The Author's Personal Copies. E. J. Arnold & Sons Ltd. unknown
1949réf. 015435New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company Inc 1949. First Edition . Blue Cloth. Good/Good Dustjacket. First Edition. Generally Solid Tight Clean But Worn With Fraying At Corners. Dust Jacket With Wear Half Inch Chip At Bottom Of Spine Removing Later Part Of Publisher's Name And Light Chipping At Corners Those At Corners Being Up To 1/4" Deep. Not Price Clipped $2.50. Nicely Inscribed "With Best Wishes For The California Trip / Love / Elizabeth Bleecker Meigs / Bill Averill's Wife / Averill Harriman Is A Cousin"; Inscriptions By Elizabeth Meigs Are Scarce. The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc hardcover
1899réf. 022137London: The Macmillan Company 1899. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No DJ. 240 Pp 2 Pp Catalog At End. Red-B Rown Cloth Stamped In Black. First Printing 1899 Date On Title Page. No Names Or Marks No Stains Or Damage No Fraying Cover Lettering And Design Without Loss. The Macmillan Company hardcover
1959réf. 003791New York: Harcourt Brace and Company 1959. First Edition stated . Red Cloth. Very Good/Good Dustjacket. 192 pp. Engaging story about the trip of a young girl to visit her relatives in America. With a small gift card from Masako Masako Matsuno with watercolor illustration of flowers presenting the book to a young girl with some notes about the author and the author's niece for whom the book was written. Dustjacket spine is faded with title not readable. Harcourt, Brace and Company hardcover
1920réf. 018932Santa Barbara: Orena Studios 1920. First Edition . Illustrated Card Wrappers. Good/No Dust Jacket. 7 1/2" Tall. 268 Pp. Card Wrappers With Mission And Title And Author's Name On Front Cover Title Author And Publisher On Spine. Most Of First 48 Pages Were Neatly Broken Or Cut Off Near The Gutter Edge Then Re-Attached With Tape; Possibly They Were Bound In Incorrect Order And Then Re-Attached In Correct Order. In 1920 Clarence A. Black Sold The Covarrubias Adobe To John R. Southworth A Writer And Historian Who Had Lived In Mexico For 34 Years Before Moving To Santa Barbara Where He Opened An Antique And Curio Store In The Oreña Studios. Southworth Remodeled The Covarrubias By Cladding The Interior With Asbestos Wallboard And Redwood In A Gothic Style. Outside He Constructed A Wall Of Cement Around And Underneath The Old Walls Making A Cradle To Insure Its Survival For Another Hundred Years. Also In 1920 The Natural History Museum Was Under Pressure To Vacate Its Premises At 930 Anacapa Street So A Women'S Hotel The Margaret Baylor Inn Could Be Built. They Announced The Sale Of Their Adobe Building And Hundreds Of Old "Indian-Made" Roof Tiles. No Buyer Stepped Forward And The Native Daughters And The Native Sons Of The Golden West Advocated Demolishing The Old Adobe Which They Felt Had No Historic Significance. John Southworth Came To The Rescue Purchased The 1836 Malo Adobe And Laid Plans To Move It Next To The Covarrubias. "It Will Be The First Adobe In California To Be Moved Without Melting Away" He Said. By 1924 Its Resurrection Was Complete And It Rested Across From The Covarrubias Leaving A Charming Patio Between. For The Next 18 Years The Covarrubias And The Historic Adobe Were Alternately Leased In Whole Or Part By Southworth Who Periodically Lived There And Ran His Antique Business. Lessees Included Residents Who Ran A Tearoom Antique Dealers A Photographic Studio An Interior Decorating Business Shops And Art Gallery. In 1932 Mebane Beasley Opened A Vocal Studio At The Covarrubias. After A Recital The Reviewer Remarked "The Charm Of The Large Room Where The Recital Was Held Is Felt In Its Lighting Of Candles And Everywhere Are To Be Seen Delightful Old Paintings And Furniture While The Steinway Piano In Its Most Original Casing Is A Work Of Art." In Keeping With The Music Theme In 1935 Roger Clerbois A Founder Of The Community Arts Association Orchestra Leased The Covarrubias For His Mozart Society. In 1936 Southworth Tried To Rid Himself Of Both Adobes And Put Them Up For Auction. The Morning Press Report Was A Bit Wistful As It Stated "The Buildings Though Privately Owned Have Been Among The Principal Show Places Of Santa Barbara For Years And Have Been Regarded Almost In The Light Of Community Possessions." Back In 1931 The California State Chamber Of Commerce Had Marked Them As One Of 18 Points Of Historic Interest In Santa Barbara County. There Were No Takers At The Auction However And They Were Leased Out Again. Santa Barbarans Must Have Been Pleased When The New Business "Los Adobes" Advertised They Had Opened A Night Club With Dining Dancing And Cocktails. That August Eddie Valencia And His Beach Combers Entertained With Their Signature Big Band Sound Tinged With A Hawaiian Twang. Dancing Began At 8:30 Pm On A Newly Installed Dance Floor. In 1938 Southworth Was Finally Able To Sell The Adobes. Los Rancheros Visitadores Planned To Restore And Preserve Them As A Club Center Complete With Museum And Art Gallery. Leo Carrillo Direct Descendent Of The Pioneer Carrillo Family Became Head Of The Building Committee And Was Assisted By Architect Joseph Plunkett. They Replaced The Shingle Roof With Tile Restored The Adobe Walls While Adding Buttressing And Restored The Fountain In The Courtyard. They Named The Complex "Los Adobes De Rancheros" And Invited The Public To Visit. Donations Of Art And Other California Relics Provided Décor As Did A Unique Set Of Paintings Of The California Missions By California Artist Will Sparks. Orena Studios unknown
1932réf. 024898Chicago: Bishop Publishing Company 1932. First Edition . Black Cloth Gilt. Very Good. 550 Pp. Black Cloth Gilt. First Edition. Light Wear Very Good. Essential Biographical Dictionary Of Prominent Chicagoans In 1933 With Good Family History And Other Background Information. Inscribed By Glenn Bishop And Also By His Wife To Pearl And Francis Pryor. Bishop Publishing Company hardcover
1946réf. 022531London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 1946. First Edition First Printing . Orange Cloth. Very Good/Very Good DJ. 75 Pp. Orange Cloth. First Printing. Radical Verse. With A Two Page Holograph Letter By The Author Dated In August 1949 Explaining His Discomfort When Speaking Before A Group Etc. He Also Explains That He Stopped By Unwin's To Ask Them To Send The Recipient A Copy Of This Book And Discusses The Book Including Instructions That The Verses Are Meant To Be Chanted Out Loud. Book Clean Lightly Used; Dj Very Lightly Used Not Price Clipped 1/8" Chip At Top Of Spine Well Above The Lettering. George Allen & Unwin Ltd. hardcover
réf. 19150593-20Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. unknown
