Recent Arrivals from Thorn Books

London: n.p., 1894. Leaf. Near fine. Single sheet folded. The address of Harte's home on Lancaster Gate is embossed in blind. Signed at the end "Bret Harte". An old vertical fold, probably for fil;ing, with the handwritten "1894/Bret Harte/May 2" else in fine conditon. Dated May 2, 1894 and addressed to his publisher. "I have seen a… Read more about this item

Portland, Oregon: F. W. Baltes and Company, 1905. Hardcover. Very good. Lewis and Clark Edition. Illustrated by John L. Cassidy. 136pp. Blue cloth blocked in black on the upper board. Frontispiece of the author with a little girls looking at his typewriter. Light wear to the edges else a very good copy. Signed by the author in… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Tall 8vo. iv, 194pp. Illustrated with folding maps. Maroon T-grain ckithm gilt spine title. A small worn spot on the spine and some rubbing at the edges, else a fine copy. .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1915. Hardcover. Very good. Photoplay edition. 8vo. Green cloth blocked in black and with a photographic paste-on to the upper board. Illustrated with full page plates from the 1914 motion picture, which was filmed in California redwood country. Spine a little sunned and covers rubbed, else a very good copy.

Paris: D. Belin, 1834. Hardcover. Good. 4th edition. 12mo. 322pp. Original leather boards rebacked retaining the original leather lettering label. Illustrated with 3 full page plates as well as an engraved title page. The title page vignette shows Bougainviille landing in Tahiti. Another plate depicts Montezuma. The voyages of Bougainville, Cook, etc., retold for children. In French. … Read more about this item

San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1915. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes, 4to. xviii, (4),232, (2); vi,(2),233-482, (6)pp. Two of the final pages in Volume II are floor plans. Illustrated throughout with full page plates. Vellum spines, gilt, brown paper over boards. Light wear to the edges, as a little soil, else a very good set.… Read more about this item

London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1836. Poor. Wooden paddle approximates 6½ by 3 inches, and probably made of Sitka spruce onto which is pasted a printed alphabet (on one side) and a list of words grouped phonetically (on the other). The printed paper is well worn and lacks edges affecting some letters which have been inserted directly on the… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1934. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 8vo. Grey cloth, spine printed in dark brown. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has darkened from aging else is very good. "Stray papers on Lamb now collected for the Centenary of his Death in 1834." .

Chicago: The Arabian Horse Club of America, n.d.. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. xviii, 276pp. Tan T-grain cloth blocked in drak brown, white and blue with a stunning image of an Arab astride his horse on the upper board. Illustrated with photographs. A fine copy. .

California: Standard Oil, 1942. Wraps. Very good. An accumulation of 194 issues plus 2 duplicates, as follows: Vol. I, 3, 5, 6*, 7*, 12; Vol. II, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 9*, 11*; Vol. III, 2-6, 8, 10, 11, 12 plus the extra Exposition Supplement; Vol. IV, 1-5, 7-10, 12; Vol. V, 1-4, 6-12; Vol. VI, 3,… Read more about this item

Newark: W. Tuttle & Co, 1805. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xvi, 332pp. Contemporary full sheep, gilt rules on spine, green lettering label, gilt. Leather well rubbed, else very good and the text is free from foxing. .

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. (6), 290,(2)pp. plus 12pp of publisher's catalogue. Green-gray cloth printed in black on the upper board and gilt on the spine. Light wear to the spine tips and corners, else a near fine copy. BAL 7346. .

Brooklyn;San Francisco: Albertype Co, 1915. Stiff card wraps. Very good. Oblong 4to's. Limp bindings ties with rope. The first is the Albertype edition, No. E., with tipped-in Albertype plates of the exhibition. The heavy paper cover is printed in dark brown with a paste-on photographs of the Exhubition. Bound with a tasseled rope. Light wear, some rubbed… Read more about this item

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1902. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. viii, (2), 289,(1)pp. Red cloth, gilt title on spine and upper board, color paste-on to the upper board with gilt frame lines. Illustrated with four full page plates by E. L. Blumenshein. Top edge gilt. A near fine copy. Autobiographical account… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The California Promotion Committee, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Thin 8vo. 71, (1)pp. Orange cloth spine, black cloth boards with a printed red label on the upper board. Illustrated, including a photograph of the first map of the Bay. A light pencil mark on the label, and some date stamps on the rear free endpaper… Read more about this item

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. 323pp. Blue cloth, spine with gilt title, and title in blind on the upper board. Illustrated with 32 illustrations, of which 4 are in color, Constance Baikie.. Ownership name of C. Sumner Greene, the architect, on the front free endpaper. Laid-in is an obituary of his son,… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1906. Fine. Hardcover. First Fisher illustrated edition. 4to. Green cloth blocked in cream, brown, black, gilt and blind on the spine and the upper board. Illustrated endpapers. Printed in black with green decorations by E. Stetson Crawford. Full color as well as black and white illustrations by Fisher. LIght wear to the hinges and… Read more about this item

Washington, D. C.: Thomas D. Worrall, 1884. First edition. 12mo. 207, (1) pp. Original rust colored pebble grain cloth blocked in blind on the boards and with the spine title in gilt. Upper board worn and soiled, spine gilt perished, one signature a little loos,e else a very good copy. In the Dedication the author salutes those who… Read more about this item

n.p.: n.p., 19th Century (?). Hardcover. Very good. Large accordion-style book measuring 6½ by 16 by 3½ inches. Double paper pages pasted together in red and gilt covers and all edges gilt. Neatly written in Burmese script with black ink throughout. Light wear to the covers, some occasional light dampstaining, and one leaf with damage to the center… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes, tall 8vo. xiv,(2)352; (6), 427,(1) pp. Publisher's maroon cloth spines, gilt, and blue cloth boards. Folding map in each volume. Spines sunned else a very good set. Complete as issued in 1889. Roosevelt later added two additional volumes. An important work of… Read more about this item