[Paris, n.p., 1932]. A famous bookplate by French artist Marie Laurencin (1883-1956) for collector and author Edward Wassermann. It is the only recorded bookplate by Laurencin. More

Boston: Two Tales Publishing Company, 1892. Edition: First appearance in print. Bibliographical References: BAL 3242; OCLC 20849607 records four copies (Grand Rapids PL, Carroll Univ., Utah and UVa) and BAL locates copies at Boston Athenæum and Harvard. One of the earliest appearances in print by Kate Chopin of her famous... More

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1976. Edition: First edition, one of 450 copies designed by Adrian Wilson at The Press in Tuscany Alley, San Francisco. A wonderful account of Louis J. Stellman, a San Francisco photographer and journalist and devotee of photographer Arnold Genthe. Stellman sought to continue Genthe's... More

London and Cambridge: Macmillan, 1862. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: NCBEL III, 544. ¶ A poem about the life of the Countess de la Garaye, who with her husband dedicated their assets and lives to helping the poor. Mrs Norton's poem on the Countess helped to popularize the story. More

San Francisco: Herbert and Peter Fahey, 1951. Edition: First edition. A handsome manual for those interested in fine bookbinging, written, printed and published by the Faheys of San Francisco. This set of unbound sheets was purchased by a local San Francisco binder, who did not get around to binding it. More

New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 18834; Mattila A31. A charming portrait of the young Robinson Jeffers by his fellow poet, friend and devotee, George Sterling. More

Carmel: Pine Cone Press, 1941. ¶ An advertisement for the second dramatic production of Jeffers’ Tower Beyond Tragedy, which was first produced at the University of California in 1932, but changed considerably for this production - which featured a star of the screen, Judith Anderson. There were four performances only... More

New York: Henry Holt, 1938. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: Baird & Greenwood, California Fiction, 2355. "A novel of California from 1837 to 1861 . . . unique among novels dealing with this period and setting in having a serious and philosophical point of view. Regional history is given considerable... More

San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1916. Edition: First edition. Bibliographical References: BAL 18767; Mattila A12. A selection of Sterling's best poetry to date. Inscribed by Sterling on the front free endpaper to his wife, Carrie: "Dear Carrie: / Just a / few unnatural [?] sonnets. / George. / San Francisco... More

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1934. Edition: First edition. A collection of over 35 stories set among the American Indians of the American west. Inscribed on the front free endpaper "To Joseph E. Foster / from / Mary Austin." More

(London:) Drawn, etch'd & pub.by Dighton, Charing Cross, April, 1799. Edition: The earliest recorded likeness of Thomas John Dibdin. A fine portrait of the actor and writer, Thomas John Dibdin (1771-1841), who like the other famous thespian Dibdins, was involved in the English theater from an early age. Thomas John... More

A certificate for 100 shares of common stock in the Baltimore Baseball Club, one of the last baseball organizations to be publically held and traded, albeit the vast majority of the stock was owned by one family and the voting rights of the other stockholders were limited. When this certificate... More

New York: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America, 2005. Edition: First edition, one of 250 copies, designed by Alastair Johnston and printed at the Poltroon Press. Roger Stoddard's engaging and amusing memoirs given in the form of a talk before members of the ABAA in April, 2005. More