History of the bench and bar of California.
San Francisco: Bench and Bar Publishing Company, 1912. Thick 8vo. FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. Full maroon calf, gilt lettering to top cover and spine. First edition in book form. More
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William Blake’s designs for Gray’s poems reproduced full-size in monochrome or colour from the unique copy belonging to His Grace the Duke of Hamilton. . . .
London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922. Folio. 21, [4] pp., including half-title. FIRST EDITION. Tipped in frontispiece portrait and engraved title preceding 116 plates (6 in color). Original publisher’s cloth, gilt lettering, some rubbing on corners; interior excellent. More
The electrical researches of the honourable Henry Cavendish. . . .
Cambridge: University Press, 1879. 8vo. lxvi, 454, plus 27-page publisher's advertisements. FIRST EDITION. With 3 full-page plates of Cavendish's manuscript facsimiles, 8 other facsimilies of figures from Cavendish, numerous text diagrams. Original maroon cloth, head and tail of spine rubbed, otherwise a fine, uncut copy with the bookplate of B...... More
Fragments from Parnassus being parts or the whole of great and good poems: Edited by Charles L. Dana. (Bound with) Fragments from Parnassus; Supplement.
Woodstock: The Elm Tree Press, 1922; 1926. 8vo. vii, [i], 55; 39 pp. Linen-backed boards. Dana’s morocco armorial bookplate to top board, inscription to fly-leaf, “Compliments, Chas L. Dana.” Bookplate of Library of the Medical Society of the County of Kings, small date stamp, “Nov. 25, 1927" to top corner..... More
Poems and songs of patriotism and war.
Woodstock: The Elm Tree Press, [1918]. 8vo. ix, 35 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 black and white photograph tipped onto verso of page 31. Cloth-backed boards, paper label. Library date stamp “Nov 22, 1927” on title, with bookplate of The Library of the Medical Society of the County of Kings..... More
Fragmentary remains, literary and scientific, of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., late president of the royal society, etc., with a sketch of his life and selections from his correspondence.
London: John Churchill, 1858. 8vo. viii, 330, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine; scattered annotations and underlining in pencil. From the library of Arnold Thackray with his bookplate on the paste-down and the ownership signature of J. Paul de Castro on the half title. A...... More
Gavarni Lithographien.
Munich: Albert Langen, 1925. Folio. 27 pp. With 29 text illustrations and 80 lithographs. Tan linen, covers quite faded, spine worn and portion torn (but present); text and plates very good. First trade edition (after a special edition of 200 numbered copies. Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) was the nom de plume..... More
The green bag. A useless but entertaining magazine for lawyers.
Boston: The Boston Book Company, 1889; 1890; 1891. Three volumes. 4to. viii, 552; vii, 564; vii, 588 pp. FIRST EDITION. Hundreds of photographic portraits and illustrations throughout. Half green morocco over marbled boards; a couple of exterior bumps, still a fine set. FOR THE LAWYER IN THE FAMILY. First edition..... More
Letters of James Joyce.
New York: The Viking Press, 1957. 8vo. 437 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original blue cloth, dust jacket in fair condition with some chips to the spine and the top of the front panel, price clipped. Front flyleaf torn away. More
Nine classic California photographers.
University of California: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1980. 4to. Original stiff black printed wrappers. More
THE COMPLETE SEVEN PARTS - Philosophical collections, containing an account of the physical; anatomical, chymical, mechanical, astronomical, optical, or other mathematical and philosophical experiments and observations as have lately come to the publisher hands. . . .
London: [John Martyn], Moses Pitt, and Richard Chiswell, 1679-82. Seven parts (all published). 4to. 44; [ii], 48, [2]; 43-210 pp. (continuous pagination, last 5 parts). FIRST EDITION. With 7 engraved plates (6 folding). Bound together in contemporary marbled boards, rebacked; some top margins trimmed closely with occasional loss of page..... More
The poetical works of David Macbeth Moir. Edited by Thomas Aird, with a memoir of the author.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1860. Two volumes. 8vo. [ii], vi, [ii], 384; vii, [i], 375, [1] pp. Volume I with engraved frontispiece. Original red publisher’s cloth, covers decorated in blind, light wear to corners and edges; some very light spotting to preliminaries of Volume 1, otherwise a...... More
California diary of Faxon Dean Atherton. 1836-1839.
San Francisco, Los Angeles: California Historical Society, 1964. 8vo. Blue cloth, gilt star design to covers, gilt lettering to spine. In slip-case. Deluxe edition, one of 325 copies, signed. More
Appreciations and reminiscences.
Montreal: Privately issued, 1927. 8vo. [6], xl, 634 pp. FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION. With frontispiece and 36 photographic plates.Blue cloth. International Association of Medical Museums, Bulletin No. IX. Sirwilliam Osler Memorial Number. Second impression. Limited to 3,000 numbered copies. More
California gold rush voyages, 1848-1849. Three original narratives.
San Marino: The Huntington Library, 1954. 8vo. Cloth-backed illustrated boards. More
Observations on the diseases of the army.
Philadelphia: Edward Earle, 1810. 8vo. xlvii, [i], 411 pp. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Contemporary tree calf, worn especially around the edges and corners, small piece missing from foot of spine, morocco spine label; flyleaf has been torn away, otherwise interior very good. More
A Bash in the Tunnel: James Joyce by the Irish.
London: Clifton Books, 1970. 8vo. 259 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original green cloth, dust jacket in pristine condition. A perfect copy. More
The doctor’s letters, being the letters of Wilfred Havland Sage, M.D. written, for the most part, to his son 1903-1917.
[n.p.]: [n.p.], [1939]. 8vo. [vi], 330 pp. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. With frontispiece and 1 plate. Full maroon pebbled cloth, gilt crest to upper cover, with marbled end-papers. First and only edition of this collection of letters which provide a glimpse into the everyday life of a medical doctor, as..... More
A miscellany of poetry, 1920-1922.
New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1924. 8vo. x, 210, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth-backed boards, label with author and title on front cover; first 8 leaves with minor waterstain, otherwise an excellent uncut copy. More
The poetical works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. Collated with the best editions: by Thomas Park, Esq. F.S.A.
London: Stanhope Press, 1807. Three volumes in one. 12mo. iv], 53, [1]; 94; 65 pp. FIRST EDITIONS. Volumes I and II with engraved frontispiece. Full tree-calf, black spine labels; marbled edges and endpapers, spines lightly worn, interior fine. With unidentified French bookplate to front paste-down.(bound with) BRUCE, Michael; PARK, Thomas..... More
The Boston book, being specimens of metropolitan literature.
Boston: Light & Stearns, 1837. . 8vo. 360 pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved title and additional printed title. Original publisher’s blind-stamped cloth, title and date in gilt on spine, binding in exquisite condition; some browning and spotting. More
The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Third Series, Volume LXIII, January - June, 1872, Nos. I - V.
Philadelphia: Franklin Institute, 1872. 4to. 433, vii pp. FIRST EDITION. Illustrated with plates (many folding), text illustrations, drawings, graphics, photographs, and full page color illustrations. Half calf over cloth boards. First edition of this fascinating journal describing and illustrating some of the latest inventions and innovations in science and mechanics..... More
Poetry. A magazine of verse. Volume IX, October-March, 1916-17.
Chicago: [Ralph Fletcher], [1917]. 8vo. viii, [ii], 332 pp. FIRST EDITION. Title in red and black. With 4 plates. Original green publisher’s cloth. An uncut and for the most part unopened copy. First edition. Contains Williams’ poems Love song, Naked, Marriage, Apology, Summer song, and The old worshipper, as well..... More
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