Search Results: Authors starting with S from California Bookseller - J. R. Aboud

New York: Harcourt and Brace, 1939. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Nearly Fine/Very Good. Pulitzer Prize winner and a defining book for this California author who emboddies the people of his home state in this play set in a San Franciso waterfront bar. A clean cloth binding with slight soiling in a very good Dust Jacket, bright and clean with edgewear and a little loss at the top of the spine. A nice copy of this important California book. Size: Octavo

Placerville, California: Hutchings, 1854. First Edition. . No Binding. Very Good +. C Nahl. An informative and wonderfully pictorial Letter Sheet of the California Indians in a period of decline and stress, who's customs and daily habits of dress, gathering, transportation and entertainment were little studied or understood. Hutchings letter Sheet (as well as other letter sheets of the period) were intended to be sent to loved ones in the east where they informed the rest of the world what and how the native Californian lived. Thankfully we have Hutchiings rendering today to aid our renewed interest in our native state. This copy with light creases and small spotting otherwise a near fine copy in blue wove, unrestored and with no tears, chips or holes. A single sheet with no signs of a blank folding leaf having been removed or ever present.

New York: MacMillan, 1943. 1st Edition . Cloth. Very Good./Very Good. Bound in dark blue cloth with small chip to spine otherwise very nice. Jacket bright with a chip to the spine end. clean and bright front and back panels. Advertising exec has to choose between career or quite life in Baja California.

Toronto: Kids Can Press, 1988. First Edition Thus in Jacket. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine -. Navy Blue Cloth. Fine Crisp. First Edition Thus. Small Folio. Identical to the American edition. Blue cloth fine and Jacket with TINY 1/4" tear otherwise a beautiful copy of the illustrated edition wh ich is adored by children of all ages.

New York: Review of Reviews By Doubleday Page, 1929. 1st Edition . Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket Issued. A two vol set in the distinctive Red cloth. Boldly signed and inscribed. Internally fine and bright. The exterior bound in rich red burgundy with a whisper of toning to the spine. See photo. A very collectible set in wonderful condition. Size: Quarto

Farmland, Indiana: West, 1896. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. Reuben Shaw traveled from Boston to Weber Creek, Calif. and arrived in Sacramento in September, 1849 after many hardships. He later moved to Farmland, Indiana where, according to his great grand-son, the Shaw home still stands today. Howell 50, Kurutz, Howes, Reese 211. Scarce narrative signed by the author. light water marks to the bottom of the book and light spine wear. A very collectible copy of a noted overland narrative. Size: Slim Octavo

San Francisco: Privately printed by Friends, 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine. Suede binding with gilt printed cover. Tipped in photo of Schoup and printed signature. A collection of tales of the West. A attractive copy.

New York: Viking Press, 1942. First Edition. . Hardcover. Nearly Fine/None. Decorative Cloth. First Edition. Octavo. Pictorial light blue cloth with a bomber wing and ensignia. A fine copy. no dings, chips, wear or off setting to end papers, as is common. Penguin Reference Li brary rubber stamp on end paper saves this from being a very fine copy. Bright and clear with no scuffing to the white stars.

1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First Edition. New York, 1947. Terra cotta cloth. fine 1st edition in a very good dust jacket. Light overall fading to jacket and extremity wear, still a collectible copy of this book. Golstone A23.

1957. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +, Not Price Clipped. New York, 1957. Fine 1st edition in a jacket with only the lightest of edge wear and soiling that keeps it from being fine. Goldstone 36A

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1978. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. San Francisco: Book Club Of California. First Edition, 1978. Edited by Florian J. Shasky and Susan F. Riggs, With an Introduction by Carlton A. Sheffield. 1/500 copies printed at the Plantin Press in Los Angeles. Orange paper boards, tan cloth spine, spine label, in tan dustwrapper. Fine/Fine. 119pp. A nice copy. Size: Octavo

Paris: Julliard, 1956. First Edition. . Soft cover. Fine/Self Wrappers. Yellow wrappers light soiling otherwise a nice collectible copy of this work which was not published in english. No tears, chips, creases or blemishes. Size: 12mo

New York: Viking Press, 1941. 1st Edition . Cloth. Nearly Fine/Very Good. Sack cloth binding printed in green is fine for some very light soiling to spine. Jacket evenly lightened and marginal edge wear. A striking group of photographs taken at the time of movie production. A workable copy. Size: Quarto

San Francisco: Wagner, 1939. First Edition, 2nd Impression. . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. A bright and colorful copy filled with photographs and selected views of the gold rush legacy in the golden state. Frontis, over 50 photos, index and a lively narrative . this is an important piece of Gold Rush history.

First Edition. . Hardcover. A Fine Copy.. First Edition. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1962. 475 copies by the Grabhorn Press. Unprinted jacket and prospectus. Fine. Fine Press.

First Edition. . Hardcover. A Fine Copy.. First Edition. San Francisco,1955. white paper boards, 19p., Fine. Fine Press. California. Literture. Fiction.

San Jose, CA: Mercury Steam Print, 1882. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good +. The legend of Joaquin Murietta is a lengthy and circuitous tale of many facts mired in little contemporary documentation. Rollin Ridge first told the story in The Life and Times of Joaquin Murieta in 1854 and the outlaw was reportedly captured by Harry Love and his head displayed in a Stockton museum. Rosita is, on one hand, one of the earliest contemporary books to be written on the notorious bandit and (as one Cataloger surmised) the earliest poem to be printed in San Jose, CA. Scarce in the marketplace and at auction.the book was overlooked by Cowan, Howes, Wheat, Rocq and all of the many California bibliographies. Streeter purchased the Eberstadt copy.who described Rosita as "a most unusual item." A rare and important California book .this copy in a brilliant deep blue with edge wear and light scuffing, internally fine with no markings, names, stains, tears or library stamps. Original end papers and… Read More

Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1934. First Edition. . Original Cloth. Nearly Fine. Color Photographs. 1934. Hardcover. First edition. Large quarto. 694 pp. Black-and-white photographic illustrations. Very near fine. A detailed reference for both European and Asian arms and armor. A whisper of wear to spine ends. Internally free of foxing and bright illustrations. A nice copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Berkeley, Calif.: New York Graphic Society, 1955. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Bright jacket with very light edge wear to outer fold and extremites. volume with light stains to the end papers and scuff to lower spine edge. Collectible copy.