Search Results: Titles starting with H from Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA

Krotona, Hollywood, Los Angeles: Theosophical Publishing House, 1918. First American edition. Small octavo. 109, [1] pp. Publisher's mustard cloth with blue spine and cover lettering. A very good copy.This little volume was issued as a Transaction of the H.P.B. Lodge, London by Annie Besant, the president of the Theosophical Society. In this book Besant discusses H.P. Blavatsky, her life, work and teachings

[Washington, D.C.]: [G.P.O.], 1900. First edition. Tall octavo. 5[6] pp. Folded twice with the title printed on one of the facing panels. Old light stain in blank margin of last page. Very good.This is the finishing nail on the eight hour work day for employees of the Federal Government. A law to much the same effect was passed in 1876 but that was viewed as a recommendation and numerous conflicts arose. This bill sought to make the eight-hour day an undisputed law. It is interesting that all of Section 1 in this printing has been redacted (though only with a thin line so legibility remains). Small stamp on front reading "Portland, ME., Socialist Branch."

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1965. First trade edition. Quarto. xix, [1], 133, [1] (back to front) pp. With Ben Shahn illustrations, thirteen of which are in color. Publisher's cream cloth with large gilt lettering on front, back and spine. Mild paper toning (as always) but a very clean and tight copy.

New York: Hammer Publications, 1981. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies. Folio (19 x 23 inches). Introduction sheet by Carl Sagan and 10 serigraphs of cave art with each print having a leaf of explanatory text. Housed in the original brown box with cover lettering. Pinholes to corners professionally and invisibly repaired. A very good copy. Oddly, only 2 copies recorded by OCLC.The finest and most beautiful reproductions of European cave paintings ever published. Every major continent has cave paintings by prehistoric man and they have long fascinated the modern world. There has been a plethora of books and theories about these cave painting starting from the work of Abbé Henri Breuil and extending to today. Perhaps one of the most finely executed works on the subject is the title offered here. This suite of prints was created in conjunction with an exhibition at Hammer Galleries in NYC in the fall of 1982. Mazonowicz, who lived in Spain, spent time visiting Altamira and Valltorta and… Read More

N.P.: N.p;, [ca. 1915]. Sight size of 18 x 6 1/2 inches and the coloring is quite nice. Appears to be in the original frame in good condition. Lettered in the plate "Shoshone Falls in Snake River Canyon, Idaho, 212 Ft. High, 100 Ft. Wide."

[Santa Monica]: [Magpie Press], 1967. First edition of this miniature book (2 1/8 x 3 inches). French-fold printing (on leaf folded to make 8 pp. but with printing only on 5 of them. Printer's sewn wrappers. Very good.The Magpie Press was operated by argaret Taylor & Roberta Nixon. Basically a panegyric to printing on the hand press it was surely issued as a keepsake from the Second International Book Fair held in Los Angeles. This was the very beginning of what we know know as the ABAA California International Antiquarian Book Fair which alternates between Los Angeles and San Francisco and is one of the largest books fairs in the world. Almost surely Glen and Muir Dawson had a hand in this as Roberta worked for Dawson's Book Shop for decades [and where I was fortunate enough to call her my friend and co-worker]. Glen Dawson was one of the founders of the ABAA.

San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, 1905. First edition. Tall octavo. 86 pp. of text plus 57 full page plates. Publisher's printed buff wrappers. Covers reattached. Minor edge chipping to wrappers and upper corner bumped. A very good copy.The last book printed by the venerable printing firm of Edward Bosqui before his factory went up in flames in the great fire of 1906 and judging from its scarcity the majority of the copies of this title went up in smoke as well.In 1890 Eastwood took a vacation to southern California, where she studied the plants of the region. The following year she worked for several months as an assistant in the herbarium at the California Academy of Sciences. She was offered a position as joint Curator with Katherine Brandegee in 1892, and left both Colorado and teaching behind for California and botany (MacFarland x). In 1894, with the retirement of Mrs. Brandegee, Eastwood was advanced to Curator and Head of the Department of Botany, a position she kept until… Read More

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1907-1910. First edition. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 30. Two thick octavo volumes. Well illustrated and with a map. Publisher's green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Minor shelf wear but a very good copy.

Washington D. C.: Smithsonian Institututiob, 1978. First edition of this seminal study of California Indians. Quarto. Illustrated. Publisher's gray cloth with red band and with lettering in black and gilt, gray endpapers. An excellent copy.

N.p.: N.p., ca. 1910]. Handmade photograph album trimmed with ribbon, 6.75 x 11 inches containing 28 silver print photographs, all 2.5x2.5 inches, nicely composed and most with lengthy captions. One loose photo. Photos are very good; the album has some of the ribbon trim missing and a center horizontal fold.The album was assembled around 1910 by a British woman associated with a medical mission in northern India, likely Lucknow, and possibly the Church Missionary Society. A caption notes the dress of the local girls being “different from the girls in Lucknow.” The captions mention a Miss Greenwood the medical assistant, a Dr. Webb of the medical office (female), and a Mrs. Mylrea. Amy Lawrence Chapman Mylrea and her husband Reverend C. Garland Mylrea were associated with the Church Missionary Society and joined the Bengal Mission around 1895 and were also in Lucknow around 1910. Mrs. Mylrea was a medical assistant. The group was apparently on a holiday traveling in and around Shimla in… Read More

Flagstaff: Northland Press, (1980). First edition. One of 50 numbered and specially bound copies, each signed by Gordon Snidow and with the limited edition print of the frontispiece in the front pocket. vii, [1], 103, [1] pp. With the first half of the book being taken up by Frye's photographs and the later half with color plates after Snidow. Publisher's half calf over linen, being constructed in a way that there are two discreet parts of the book (the text and the print container) that flip-flop together, gilt spine lettering. Leather a tad dry but still a very clean and fresh copy.

Flagstaff: Northland Press, (1971). First edition. One of 150 numbered and specially bound copies, signed by the author. ix, [1], 213, [1] pp. Includes 100 full page color plates and 100 short biographies of the artists. Publisher's quarter red leather over cream cloth, gilt spine lettering. blue endpapers, slipcase. A fine copy.

Cody: WFS Publication, (1981). First edition. Folio. 116 pp. with illustrations throughout, many in color. Publisher's pictorial wrappers bound in. Professionally bound in brown morocco-grain cloth with gilt cover lettering. A fine copy.

Boston: L. C. Page & Company, 1907. First edition. Octavo. xiv, 316, 6 [ads], 4 [ads] pp. plus 48 full page plates after Bull (first two in color). Publisher's pictorial blue cloth depicting a polar bear on the front, gilt spine lettering, decorative endpapers. 1908 presentation on front endpaper else a very attractive copy.

San Francisco: The author, 1972. First edition. Limited to a very few copies. Tall octavo. 46 pp. Publisher's ;ight brown stiff wrappers with printed paper cover label. Minor foxing to front cover otherwlse very clean and tidy copy of this scarce item."After the war, during which he produced few poems, Reid decided to become a printer and to use his skills to print his own books of poetry. Following some trade school training, he went to work at the Ward Ritchie Press in Los Angeles, known for high quality printing. By then he had married. For his wife's health they moved to the Arizona desert and eventually to San Francisco, where they had found a doctor who seemed to be able to help her. While he was still in Los Angeles his first book of poetry, "Cris et Mots", was privately printed, and his second book, "Sixty-four Poems", was produced at the press of Grant Dahlstrom... n San Francisco Fred Reid worked as a typographer, mainly in advertising, and was employed by Price Typography, a division of… Read More

Saint Paul: J. E. Haynes, (1928). Thirty-ninth edition. Small octavo. 191, [1] pp. with a plethora of photographic illustrations. Folding ap of the park at rear (some insect chewing). Publisher's flexible green fabricoid in an art deco design and with raised lettering on spine and front, brown endpapers. A very clean and attractive copy in the scarce cloth binding.

Gainsville: University Press of Florida, (1981). First edition. Tall quarto. xiv, 255, [1] pp. Illustrated from photographs. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering and decoration , dust jacket with photographic image. A fine copy.Jacket blurb; "This book is musical and historical narrative of the Old West. These 48 annotated songs are authentic examples of the popular music of the era, handed down from one cowpoke to another as they roamed the range, sometimes changing or adding lyrics as the song was passed along."

Chicago: Rand, McNally & Company, 1893. First edition. Octavo, 527, [1] pp. Full page illustrations through including a frontispiece of the author. Publisher's beveled green cloth, map of lakes and river in silver on front board, gilt spine and cover lettering, floral endpapers. Previous owner's signature on front endpaper. A very clean copy is a handsome binding.

Los Angeles: Western Lithograph Company, [ca. 1930]. First edition. Twelvemo, [32] pp. Illustrated. Illustrated. Innermost signature loose. Publisher's gold and black boards. Bit of rubbing and tip wear. A very deluxe promotional booklet advertising Howard Hughes' movie about WWII.

Cambridge: John Wilson and Son, 1890. First edition. Octavo. 206 pp. plus folding map. Publisher's printed buff wrappers, Some erosion to upper spine but a very good copy.Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition occurred between 1886 and 1894 in the American southwest. Sponsored by Mary Tileston Hemenway, a wealthy widow and philanthropist, it was initially led by Frank Hamilton Cushing, who was replaced in 1889 by Jesse Walter Fewkes as Cushing has fallen ill. It was considered to be a major scientific archaeological expedition, notable for the discovery of the prehistoric Hohokam culture