New Arrivals
Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm
RAPUNZEL
Morro Bay, Ca: Tabula Rasa Press, 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. Tabula Rasa Press. Miniature book. 2.5" x 2". 38pp. Quarter leather with marbled boards. Limited to 300 copies, this is #167. Silver lettering on spine and silver decoration on front rubbed. Item #12386
Price: $25.00
Grimm, Jacob & Wilhelm
RUMPELSTILTSKIN
Morro Bay, Ca: Tabula Rasa Press, 1984. Limited edition. Hardcover. Tabula Rasa Press. Miniature book. 2.5" x 2". 38pp. Quarter leather with marbled boards. Limited to 300 copies, this is #133. Silver lettering on spine rubbed a little. Item #12385
Price: $30.00
Harlow, Francis H.
PUEBLO ART: SOUTHWESTERN INDIAN POTTERY
Dallas: The Somesuch Press, 1983. Limited edition. Original Cloth. The Somesuch Press. Miniature book. 3" x 2". Limited edition # 321 of 395 copies. Terracotta colored cloth stamped in brown. Illustrated with the U.S. "Pueblo Art" postage stamps. Perhaps a hint of fading to spine area. Item #12384
Price: $45.00
Vuillier, Gaston; Maria Xenia Zevelechi Wells
THE PUPI OF STANLEY MARCUS' COLLECTION
Dallas: The Somesuch Press, 1997. Limited edition. Full Leather. The Somesuch Press. Miniature book. 3" x 2.5". Limited edition # 81 of 250 copies. Full red leather stamped in gold. As reprinted from The International Magazine, December 1995. Pupi are marionettes, these date from around 1860. Item #12383
Price: $75.00
Dawson, Mary Helen and Glen
MINIATURE PUBLICATIONS OF DAWSON'S BOOK SHOP. A checklist compiled by Mary Helen and Glen Dawson
Portage and Los Angeles: The Compulsive Printer, 1981. Hardcover. The Compulsive Printer. Miniature book. 3" x 3". unpaginated. Brown leatherette stamped in gold. Revised version of Miniature Books List Number 102. Item #12382
Price: $30.00
Fray Junipero Serra. 1712-1784
Los Angeles: Bela Blau / Richard J Hoffman, n.d. (1984). Hardcover. Bela Blau / Richard J Hoffman. Miniature book. 1.75" x 2.5". Frontispiece is a 40 pesetas memorative postage stamp issued by the Spanish government in 1984. Quarter leather with marbled paper boards by Bela Blau. a couple little scratches... Item #12381
Price: $35.00
Leonardo da Vinci
A FABLE OF THE EARTH
San Anselmo, CA: Feathered Serpent Press, 1976. Limited edition. Hardcover. Feathered Serpent Press. Miniature book. 2.5" x 1.75" Marbled paper over boards. Limited to 275 copies designed and printed by Susan Acker; this is # 31. Intialed by Acker. Paper label toned a little on spine. Item #12380
Price: $60.00
MISSION CATTLE BRANDS
Los Angeles: Tenfingers Press, 1967. Limited edition. Hardcover. Tenfingers Press. Miniature book. 3" x 2.25". Limited to 100 copies, this is #22. Hand-printed by Frank and Phyllis Thomas on an Adana Press. Type is American Unical; paper is Kozo. Decorated paper over boards with the brands illustrated in linocuts. Boards bowed out a little. . Item #12379
Price: $125.00
Hunter, Dard
ELBERT HUBBARD AND "A MESSAGE TO GARCIA"
Buffalo, NY: The Hillside Press, 1981. Limited edition. Hardcover. The Hillside Press. Miniature book. 2.5" x 2". Yellow cloth stamped in black. Limited to 250 copies, this is #107. The yellow cloth looks a bit mottled, but I don't think it is soiled, I think the boards underneath show through. Item #12378
Price: $60.00
Thomas, Annabel
SNAKE-HANDLING SUNDAY IN THE BLUE CHURCH
Evanston. IL: The Press of Ward Schori, 1985. Limited edition. Hardcover. The Press of Ward Schori. Miniature book. 2" x 1.75" bound in the shed skin of a "python"(notated in pencil) by John Lariviere, illustrated endpapers. The entire edition was bound with the shed skins of various live snakes. No... Item #12377
Price: $95.00
Guest, Fr.Francis F.
THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SANTA BARBARA PRESIDIO
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library, 1968. Limited edition. Full Leather. Three copies available in tan, light orang and light olive. $25 each. Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library. Miniature book (5.3 x 4.4 cm). 39pp. Signed by author on the title page. Full leather by Bela Blau. Limited to 500 copies... Item #12376
Price: $25.00
Flaubert, Gustave
BIBLIOMANIA (A Tale)
Dallas: The Somesuch Press, 1984. Limited edition. Full Leather. The Somesuch Press. Miniature book. 2.75" x 2". Limited edition # 283 of 325 copies. Signed by the illustrator. Full red leather stamped in gold. Item #12374
Price: $95.00
Davis, Francis Pierpont [editor]
LOS ANGELES ARCHITECTURAL CLUB YEAR BOOK
Los Angeles: 1910. First edition. Hardcover. 10 3/4'' X 8 1/2''. unpaginated. Illustrated in black and white. General wear to boards. Some light foxing. Item #12373
Price: $250.00
Guest, Fr.Francis F.
THE SYMBOLISM OF THE SANTA BARBARA PRESIDIO
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library, 1968. Limited edition. Full Leather. Three copies available in rust, navy and olive. $40 each. Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library. Miniature book (5.3 x 4.4 cm). 39pp. Signed by author on the title page. Full leather by Bela Blau. Limited to 500 copies, of which only 100 were signed. Item #12372
Price: $40.00
Bazin, Germain
THEODORE GERICAULT
Paris: Fondation Wildenstein, 1987-1997. First edition. Hardcover. Fondation Wildenstein. 13'' x 10 1/2''. Seven volumes. Complete. Illustrated. Item #12371
Price: $750.00
Livingston, Jane
THE PAINTINGS OF JOAN MITCHELL
New York: Whitney Museum of American Art. First edition. Hardcover. Whitney Museum of American Art. 11 1/2'' x 10 3/8''. 237pp. with index. With 88 color illustrations, 22 in black and white. Item #12370
Price: $250.00
Hughes, Edan Milton
ARTISTS IN CALIFORNIA 1786-1940
Sacramento: Crocker Art Museum, 2002. Third printing. Hardcover. Crocker Art Museum. 11 1/4'' x 9''. 1249pp. Two volumes. Alphabetically arranged with nearly 20,000 detailed biographies. A couple of 1/4'' tears and minor wear to dustjackets. Clean bright copy. Item #12369
Price: $175.00
Dawson, Glen
LETTERS TO EMILY 1943-1945
Pasadena: Glen Dawson, 1996. Limited edition. Hardcover. Glen Dawson. Miniature book. 3"x 2.25". 55pp. Hardcover in olive green cloth boards. No dust jacket, as issued. Pastedown of Tenth Mountain Division insignia on front. Mounted on page 44 is a German 20 pfennig postage stamp with a portrait of Adolph Hitler... Item #12368
Price: $25.00
(Lamb, Charles and Mary)
Poetry for Children: Facsimile Reprint of an Obscure American Juvenile Based on the Work of the Same Name by Charles & Mary Lamb.
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1982. Limited edition. Hardcover. Dawson's Book Shop. Miniature book. 3"x 2". 70pp. LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies. Full Blue Leather, Gilt Title Along Spine & Gold-stamped image on cover, part letterpress by Wallace Nethery. Item #12367
Price: $60.00
William Wilcox Robinson
LITTLE HISTORY OF THE BIG CITY, LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1963. Limited edition. Hardcover. Dawson's Book Shop. Miniature book. 2' x 1.5". 36pp. LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies total, this is 1 of 400 bound in cloth over paper covered boards. Drawings by Irene Robinson. Printed by Saul and Lilian Marks at the Plantin Press... Item #12366
Price: $50.00
Storke, C. A.
THE ENGLISH STORKES IN AMERICA
Santa Barbara: The News-Press Publishing Company, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. The News-Press Publishing Company. 10 1/4'' x 7 3/8''. Some light wear to original blue cloth. Item #12365
Price: $60.00
Cole, Philip G.
MONTANA IN MINIATURE
Kalispell, Montana: O'Neil Printers, 1966. First edition. Full Leather. O'Neil Printers. 11'' x 9''. 216pp. This is copy number 259 of an edition of 300 copies, Numbered and signed by Co-Editors Van Kirke Nelson and Cato K. Butler. Full leather and original slipcase. Some light wear to leather covers. Item #12364
Price: $50.00
Frost, Robert
NORTH OF BOSTON
London: David Nutt, 1914. First edition. Hardcover. David Nutt. States "First Edition 1914" 143pp. Green cloth stamped in gold, hint of fading to spine. This is one of the 200 copies bound in the sixth binding state, Crane's binding 'F'. Two attractive bookplates, Peter Beilenson and Frederick Baldwin Adams, Jr.... Item #12363
Price: $1,750.00
Rye, Bjorn; Ellen Easton (Introduction)
RANCHOS: SANTA BARBARA LAND GRANT RANCHES
Santa Barbara: The Easton Gallery, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. The Easton Gallery. Quarto. 152pp. Limited to 3000 copies. This copy is a SPECIAL SIGNED COPY, signed and dated 1996 by Ray Strong on the tile-page which is illustrated from a Ray Strong painting. Also signed by 16 of the featured... Item #12362
Price: $250.00
Seligman, Germain
ROGER DE LA FRESNAYE
New York: New York Graphic Society, 1969. First American edition. Hardcover. New York Graphic Society. 13'' x 10 1/2''. 284pp. text. With 32 colour plates and 731 black and white illustrations. This English language edition consists of nine hundred copies, this is copy number B 169. Some foxing, some tonning... Item #12361
Price: $85.00
