THE NORTHERN MINES: Factual Narratives of the Counties of Nevada, Placer, Sierra, Yuba, and Portions of Plumas and Butte.
Kinyon, Edmund. Original green cloth with gilt title, octavo, [14], 1-167, [5] pp. illustrations from photographs, folding map at rear. Signed by the author on blank leaf facing title page. Author was a Grass Valley journalist and historian of the Gold Rush. Lght wear to covers but overall very good- $100
- $100
MARTINI DIARIES. (Cover title: “Aerobleu Martini Diaries”).
Nash Leslie Ann. Discovered and Intruduced by Alston Chase. brown boards hinged at top, 4.25 x 10 inches, 53 leaves, illustrations in color, aluminum slipcase Fictitious diary of Bohemian life in post-WWII Paris. With martini recipes attributed to notable figures of the era. Some scuffing to boards and metal case but about very good- $25
- $25
THE OPPORTUNITIES OF A NIGHT.
"M. de Crebillon le Fils." Translated by Eric Sutton, With an introduction by Aldous Huxley. Octavo, original tan cloth and decorative boards, xxv, 188 pp. top edge gilt, others untrimmed, jacket. A play, originally published in Paris on 1755, with extensive introduction by Aldous Huxley. Printed at the Curwen Press in an edition of 1000 copies, this #877. Toning to free endpapers, else fine in very good jacket. Mostly unopened (pages uncut)- $30
- $30
GOLD MINES AND MINING IN CALIFORNIA: A New Gold Era Dawning in the State, Progress and Improvements Made in the Business, Perfected Methods, Processes and Machinery, etc.
[Anonymous]. Gold mining. Original wrappers (lacking front wrapper), 349 pp. + 18 pp adverts and inserted litho advert on cardstock at rear, engraved illustrations in the text. In protective paper chemise and card slipcase. Scarce, OCLC/Worldcat finds 9 library holdings. Cowan (1933 edition) page 240. Lacking front wrapper and front blank leaves, toning to top of title page, text clean and complete- $60
- $60
THE ROYAL BOOK OF OZ.
Baum, L. Frank. "Enlarged and Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson." Illustrated by John R. Neill. Small quarto, original light gray cloth with pictorial paper label in colors on front board; 312 pp. including 8 pp. publisher advertisements at rear, 12 full-page color plates including plate at page 255 with typographical error in plate caption (Scarecrow's misspelled "Scarecorw's." This error is found only in the first printing, all later issues were corrected. Bibliographia Oziana states that inspite of the title page credit as editor, Ruth Plumly Thompson deserves full credit as sole author of this Oz book. Bibliographia Oziana (2nd edition) #15. Skinned area at lower right corner of pictorial label on front board, front inner hinge weak but holding, previous owner name in pencil at top of front free endpaper, 2 short tears to bottom of title page, fore-edge of title page slightly soiled,else text and plates very clean.- $65
- $65
PIERCE EGAN’S FINISH To the Adventures of Tom, Jerry, and Logic, in Their Pursuits Through Life in and Out of London.
Egan, Pierce. Illustrated by Robert Cruikshank. xvi, 368 pp. handcolored frontispiece and vignette title page, 35 handcolored plates; octavo, red morocco and boards. Originally pubished in 1830 Text and plates quite clean but binding poor: boards detached, spine ends chipped.- $75
- $75
CONVERSATIONS ON THE SANDWICH ISLANDS MISSION. “By a Lady.” Revised by the Publishing Committee.
[Tuttle, Sarah]. 12mo, marbled boards, 216 pp., engraved frontispiece. Rare in commerce. OCLC/World Cat locates 12 copies. Forbes Hawaiian National Bibliography #822. A slightly shorter first edition was published in 1829. Complete but poor. Boards detached but present, spine perished, first gathering loose, first few pages detached, brown stain to last 25 pages (not obscuring text), scattered faint stains to text.- $150
- $150
THE SHU KING: Or the Chinese Historical Classic. Being an Authentic Record of the Religion, Philosophy, Customs, and Government of the Chinese from the Earliest Times. Translated from the Ancient Text, with a Commentary by Walter Gorn Old.
Old, Walter Gorn. [Confucius). xiii, 306 pp., small octavo, original maroon boards with gilt spine title A translation of the texts attributed to Confucius by the Theosophist astrologer Walter Gorn Old (aka Sepherial, 1864-1929). Crease to front board, else about fine- $25
- $25
SAN FRANCISCO’S CHINATOWN.
Dobie, Charles Caldwell. Illustrated by E. H. Suydham. Original brick red cloth with gilt title, octavo, xiv, [1], 336 pp., color frontispiece, 32 full-page b & w illustrations. A native San Franciscan, Charles Caldwell Dobie's acquaintanceship with Chinatown began at an early age. Fine, quite clean and unworn in price-clipped lightly edgeworn jacket- $30
- $30
