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$15 USDChinese Folk Papercuts
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For sale is a set of four Chinese Folk Papercuts still in their clear plastic wrapping. The four scenes are folded accordion-style and are painted. Comes with a paper envelope which shows some wear and tearing.
$35 USDObservations on a Man Dead in Appearance by Distending the Lungs With Air by Dr. John Fothergill
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For sale is an 13 page booklet limited to 175 copies published for the Zamorano-Roxburghe Club meeting of September 13-14, 1980. The original of this manuscript was printed at Edinburgh in 1744. In it Dr. John Fothergill, noted 18th century Quaker physician, comments about an essay entitled A Man dead in appearance, recovered by distending the Lungs with Air published by Surgeon William Tossack which was the first recorded use of artificial respiration. The cover's edges show some light wear and ...
$25 USDDrake on the Pacific Coast - Henry R. Wagner
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For sale is an 18 page booklet published by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press for the joint meeting of the Zamorano-Roxburghe Clubs on September 27-28, 1970. This article, written in the late 1940s and published after Wagner's death, discourses on the discovery of a brass plate said to have been placed by Sir Francis Drake in California where he careened his ship for repairs. The author was recognized as the foremost authority on the voyages of Sir Francis Drake. The booklet shows just a touch ...
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Author: Donald E. Westlake, Joe Gores, and Ross Thomas Publisher: The Mysterious Press Description: Softcover. 48 pages. Signed by all three authors on the table-of-contents page. Date: 1994 Condition: Light cover wear. Dedication stamped on the title page. Dust Jacket: None as published. Contents: This paperback booklet contains excerpts from "Baby, Would I Lie?" by Donald E. Westlake, "Menaced Assassin" by Joe Gores, and "Ah, Treachery" by Ross Thomas. All three authors have signed. This ...
$15 USDDedication Ceremonies: Archival Center of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
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For sale is a 47 page booklet printed to commemorate the dedication of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Archival Center on September 13, 1981. It contains the text of the Eucharistic Liturgy preached by Cardinal Timothy Manning as well as the Historical Convocation given by Dr. Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. Presented as a keepsake to the members of the Zamorano-Roxburghe Clubs at their Fall 1982 meeting. The booklet only shows light shelf wear.
$15 USDCastles & Palaces of the British Isles - Historical Map
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For sale is a Bartholomew Historic Series Map of Castles and Palaces of the British Isles. The map was published by John Bartholomew & Son, probably in the 1970s. The map is paper and when unfolded about 40 inches long and 26 1/2 inches wide. The map cover shows some light wear. The map itself is clean and bright with one small tape repair on one of the creases.
$25 USDTwo Letters from Samuel Johnson to Sir Robert Chambers
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Offered is a 5 page of facsimile booklet with transcriptions and historical introduction, deckle edge paper, printed covers, 11 3/4 x 8 1/4", one of 600 copies, printed slip laid in stating this was presented at the joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs in Los Angeles, October, 1986. Fine copy. These two letters escaped publication in Chapman's "The Letters of Samuel Johnson" and Mary Hyde's supplement. Printed by the Rasselas Press, 1986.
$15 USDTheodore Lilienthal, Robinson Jeffers and the Quercus Press
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This 20 page booklet contains the story of the collaboration between Theodore Lilienthal and Robinson Jeffers in the printing of some of Jeffers' work by the Quercus Press. Written by Ward Ritchie and printed by the Ward Ritchie Press for the Mary Norton Clapp Library at Occidental College in 1974 it also contains a checklist of the Lilienthal Jeffers Collection housed at Occidental. Booklet is Near Fine with just the slightest of cover wear.
$15 USDChancellorsville Battlefield Map Includes Fredricksburg & Salem Church
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For sale is a Civil War battlefield map of Chancellorsville including Fredricksburg and Salem Church in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The map is part of the Civil War Watercolor Map Series and is based on Jedadiah Hotchkiss' 1866 maps of the field. The reverse of the map discusses how Hotchkiss mapped the battlefield as well as Fredricksburg. The map looks almost unused with clean crisp creases and no tears. However the outer cardboard sleeve in which the map is stored has two tears and is ...
$15 USDThese Are The Cliffs of Remembrance - Poem in Honor of Albert Sperisen
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For sale is a one page poem published for the attendees of the Joint Meeting of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs on October 15, 2000. This is a limited edition of 200 copies set in 10 pt. Bell by Barbara Jean Land of the Sea Cliff Press in honor of Albert Sperisen - member of the Book Club of California, printer, artist, designer, and book collector - who died in 1999.
$30 USDThe Biennial Report from Mission San Buenaventura 1811-1812 Prepared by Fray Jose Senan, O.F.M.
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This translation and reproduction of an original biennial report by Father President of the California Missions, Father Jose Senan O.F.M. is typical of the reports the mission president was required to send to the government, particularly with regard to Indian vital statistics, the governance of the missions, and the annual stipends paid the missionaries from the Pious Fund. A ten page booklet published on the occasion of the Twelfth Joint Meeting of the Zamorano-Roxburghe Clubs September 28-29, ...
$10 USDExtra Illustration for The Adventures of Stickeen by John F. Janes
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One page extra illustration for The Adventures of Stickeen by John F. Janes showing "the different nations represented in the cosmopolitan city of San Francisco." Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press for Roxburghe-Zamorano Club September, 1972. Some light creasing along the top edge and at the lower corner.
$35 USDGrant Dahlstrom at Seventy-Five
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On January 7, 1977 the Rounce & Coffin Club organized a surprise party for Grant Dahlstrom to celebrate his 75th birthday. On April 2, 1978 a volume of tributes was published, "Grant Dahlstrom Master Printer" in an edition of 300 copies printed by Vance Gerry. Due to the number of persons involved in publishing this volume, a mishap occurred. Ward Ritchie's preferred version of his contribution was not printed. The correct version is here printed, along with a tribute from Margot and H. Richard ...
$25 USDHow to Build a Poor Man's Library - Michael Harrison
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Unpaginated approximately five page booklet reprinted from the Book Club of California Quarterly News-Letter for Winter, 1969, in a limited edition of 250 copies for the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs by Michael Harrison, Duncan Olmsted, Lester Lloyd, and Arlen Philpott. Some light cover wear.
$15 USDHumboldtian Physicians in California - J.B. de C.M. Saunders
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Offered is a privately printed limited edition booklet of 750 copies by The University of California Printing Department. This is keepsake number 4 in a series issued by Library Associates of the University Library, Davis. 1971. 17 pages. This booklet deals with the influence of Baron Alexander von Humboldt on several of California's early physicians. Complete with original envelope.
$20 USDCalifornia Dahlia Grower: November 1930
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Author: Various Publisher: The Dahlia Society of Southern California Description: Softcover. 32 pages. Date: 1930 Condition: Covers show some light wear and creasing. Old label on the front cover. Dust Jacket: None as published. Contents: This bulletin of the Southern California Dahlia Society carries information on the entries and winners of the Dahlia Show held at the Biltmore Hotel on September 11-12, 1930 as well as various other articles on Dahlia growing. Illustrated with black-and-white ...
$20 USDLos Angeles City Decree - Cityhood Grant
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For sale is a facsimile of the original printed decree giving Los Angeles the title of a City. This decree elevated the Town of Los Angeles to the dignity of a City. The original decree was issued in Mexico on May 23, 1835 This keepsake was printed for the members of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco for their joint meeting of September 26-27, 1970.
$10 USDSears Tower Skydeck Map
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For sale is a map of what can be seen from Chicago's Sears Tower Skydeck from 1982. The map is only lightly used and has the date in ink on the front.
$15 USDNovel Reading Booklet From Latter-Day Saints Millennial Star of 1850
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This four page French-fold booklet is excerpted from the Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star of July 15, 1850, volume 12, pages 212-213 and discusses the evils of novel reading. This copy is part of a limited edition of 200 printed for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs of September 26 and 27, 1970. Lightly bumped at the spine bottom otherwise looks unread.. Comes with protective outer envelope.
$30 USDOliver Goldsmith Verses in Reply to an Invitation
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For sale is the 16 page booklet, "Oliver Goldsmith: Verses in Reply to an Invitation to Dinner at Dr. George Baker's January 20, 1767" This is a limited letterpress edition of 400 by Patrick Reagh, Printers for presentation to the members of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs and to the members of the Samuel Johnson Society of Southern California. Edited and with an introduction by Loren R. Rothschild. Los Angeles Rasselas Press 1994.
$15 USDThe Life & Times of "Dr." James Stokes
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For sale is the 21 page booklet, "The Life & Times of Dr. James Stokes," by Robert J. Moes, M.D. Written in 1982 as a keepsake for the 16th biennial joint meeting of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, October, 1982 it is third in the series of essays relating to California medical history. Printed by Richard J. Hoffman, Van Nuys.
$45 USDOctober Songs - Carlyle Macintyre Limited Edition Poetry
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For sale is a 24 page booklet of Macintyre poems selected by former students and printed as a keepsake for the Zamorano-Roxburghe Biennial Meeting in Los Angeles in October, 1982. The booklet contains 16 poems selected from "A Little Book for Dionysus" and "One Hundred Dwarf Lyrics."
$20 USDA Chronology of James Blake, M.D.
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Offered is a privately printed booklet by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy for presentation to the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs, 1972. Four pages, unpaginated. This booklet gives a brief chronology of the life of James Blake, pioneer molecular pharmacologist and California's first great scientist. Complete with presentation card laid in and original envelope.
$40 USDA Record Day at Sotheby's by Sir William Osler
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This approximately 10 page booklet contains the history and the text of Appendix I of Osler's Bibliotheca Osleriana which Osler titled "A Record Day at Sotheby's". This edition was published as a keepsake for members of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs for their biennial meeting in San Francisco in 1992 a for members of the American Osler Society. Booklet shows little or no wear. Very clean copy.
$25 USDAnais Nin: A Life in Letters - Limited Edition Booklet
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This limited edition booklet was published in an edition of 500 copies to commemorate the exhibition that ran in the Donohue Rare Book Room of the Gleeson Library at the University of San Francisco from August 28 to October 27, 2000. Documenting the personal life and literary career of Anais Nin and drawing upon more than 3,000 pieces of correspondence, the exhibition highlighted a lesser-known side of Anais Nin's intellectual autobiography. Presented to the biennial joint meeting of the ...
$15 USDA Dedication to a Merchant from a Florentine Printer in 1549
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For sale is a commemorative four page limited edition (limited to 250 copies) booklet designed for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Club members on September 9 and 10, 1972. This booklet contains the text of a note written by Florentine printer Lorenzo Torrentino to M. Bartolomeo Bettini, a Florentine Merchant in Rome. The subject matter is the publication of two essays by Benedetto Varchi on the sonnets of Michelangelo Buonarroti.| Items 1 - 26 of 26 | Page 1 of 1 |
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