Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010. Third printing. Hardcover. 458pp. Quarto [26 cm] Full tan cloth with a black title printed on the spine. With gentle bumping to the spine ends. In a dust jacket, with rubbing. Overland West: The Story of the Oregon and California Trails, Volume I...... More
Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012. First trade edition. Hardcover. 464pp. Quarto. Full tan cloth with black titles printed on the spine. Minor soiling to foot of text block. In the pictorial dust jacket with rubbing. From the publisher: During the mid-nineteenth century, a quarter of a million travelers—men..... More
New York: Walter J. Black, Inc., 1933-1979. First edition thus. Hardcover. 1/4 tan cloth over red cloth covered boards with blue and red stamped label and gilt title stamped on spine. Publisher's light blue top stain. The volumes in this set range from very good - to near fine condition..... More
Los Angeles, CA: The Ward Ritchie Press, design by Joseph Simon, 1951. First edition. Hardcover. 255pp. Duodecimo [18 cm]; red cloth over black boards. Gilt titling to spine, graphic device stamped in red on the front cover. A dramatic and chilling tale, told in wood engravings by the English-born Canadian..... More
Schaan, Liechtenstein: Gastera Trust, 1956. Reprint. Leather bound. 376pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Odd volume. 3/4 black leather with parchment vellum over boards. The covers are a bit toned and rubbed. Photomechanical reprint of the original edition of 1859. More
Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. 242pp. [23.5cm]; black cloth covered boards with stamped titling on the spine. Red dustjacket with a b&w photo on the front cover. Remainder mark to bottom edge of the text block. From the publisher: Jack Kerouac immortalized her in his novel..... More
Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2022. First edition. Paperback. 439pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "Reading Chomsky is about understanding how society works, how people relate to society and social trends, and, beyond the specifics, how to approach events, relations, occurrences, and patterns in a way that reveals their inner meanings and..... More
Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2022. First edition. Paperback. 147pp. Octavo [22.5cm]. Illustrated wraps. "Spans a wide range of topics including journalism, science, religion, the racist foundations of American society, education as indoctrination, issues of class and resistance, colonialism, imperialism, and much more." More
Santa Cruz, CA: Flesk Publications, 2021. Gary Gianni. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. 108pp. Octavo [24cm]. Illustrated wraps. "Over a hundred finished pencil drawings with color pieces enhance and bring to life the work of two visionaries Lovecraft and Gianni in an extraordinary feat of storytelling and art." More
Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2014. First edition thus. Hardcover. 55pp. Quarto [26cm].1/4 gray cloth over illustrated boards. Title stamped in black ink on spine. Wendell Berry's poetry beautifully accented with wood engravings by Wesley Bates. More
Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2022. First edition. Hardcover. 231; [5]pp. Illustrated paper over boards. No dust jacket, as issued. In publisher's shrinkwrap. Heavily illustrated. "Established in 1976 at the fore London’s punk rock insurgence, The Clash would outlast their peers while creating some of the most influential albums in rock..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 562pp. Octavo [23.5cm]. Black boards, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Author's signature blind stamped on front board. Touch of bumping to extremities. Spot of soiling on front free endpaper. In a mildly rubbed dust jacket. Signed by the..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1988. First US edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 273pp. Octavo [21cm]. Quarterbound in gray cloth over dove gray boards. Title stamped in metallic green on spine. Scuffing to foot of boards and soiling to foot of textblock. Spine ends mildly bumped. In a lightly toned and soiled dust jacket..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 336pp. Octavo [21.5cm]; title stamped in silver on spine. Signed by the author in black ink on the title page. "At the bitter end of the 1960s, after surviving multiple assassination attempts, President John F. Kennedy is entering his..... More
New York: Random House, 1935. First trade edition. Hardcover. 151pp. Octavo [21cm]; Evergreen cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt on spine and front board. Deckle edges. Spine and extremities mildly sunned. Lacking dust jacket. A compilation which features the acclaimed title poem, the epic poem "At the Birth..... More
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2005. Paperback. 393pp. Octavo [23.5cm]; illustrated wraps. " More
New York: W. W. Norton, 2018. Later Norton paperback printing. Paperback. 280pp. Octavo [21cm]; illustrated wraps. From publisher website: An intrepid investigation into nature’s restorative benefits by a prize-winning author. For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods: Beethoven drew inspiration from rocks and..... More
Zürich: Limmat Verlag Genossenschaft, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Folio [32 cm] White and black paper over boards. The boards are soiled and slightly warped. Internally clean. German text. May require extra postage due to weight, particularly if being shipped outside of the United States. Josef Carl Meffert, whose nom de..... More
Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams/ The Nantahala Foundation, 1962. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 227pp. Duodecimo [19 cm] in French wraps, with original jacket of lettered clear acetate. Prominent loss from jacket at top, creasing to jacket front flap; spine faintly cocked, else very light wear; tiny smudge to textblock fore-edge, small..... More
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2004. Paperback. 372pp. Octavo [23.5cm]; illustrated wraps. "In May 1855 twenty-seven men set out from the young Mormon settlements in Utah to establish the northernmost colony of the Kingdom of God, "the Northern Mission to the Remnants of the House of Jacob"-American Indians. More..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2006. paperback. 352pp. Octavo [21.5cm] Illustrated wraps. "In late 1866, when Salt Lake City attorney Robert Baskin looked down at the mutilated body of a client, he resolved he would do all in his power to increase federal authority in Utah to ensure that..... More
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1999. Paperback. Signed. 476pp. Octavo [23.5cm]; illustrated wraps. "Through letters and other documents by Samuel Brannan and his contemporaries, Will Bagley offers the first honest and accurate portrait of one of the most colorful and important figures in California and Mormon history. An early..... More
New York: Delacorte Press / A Seymour Lawrence Book, 1971. First American edition. Hardcover. 123pp. Quarto [28.5 cm] Pink illustrated paper over boards. Bright pictorial endpapers. Lightly rubbed at the spine ends and corners. In the illustrated dust jacket with a 3" closed tear to the top edge of the..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Publisher's Press, 1999. First edition, limited. Hardcover. 38pp. Sextodecimo [17 cm] Green cloth over boards with a black ink stamped title and vignette on the front board. With an Introduction by Joan Nay. A book commemorating the 70 year anniversary of the book store with essays..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 347pp. Large octavo [24 cm]. 1/2 dark blue cloth with blue paper covered boards. The boards are just a hair warped, the bottom fore-edge corners of the covers are bumped, and there are barely visible damp stains to the bottom..... More