Condition: Very Good

The Gettysburg Address of Abraham Lincoln

By: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Distributed by Dawson's Book Shop : 1963

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 numbered copies, this is number 831

Seller ID: TEA521-001

Binding: Gilt-stamped red leather

Condition: Very Good

(Los Angeles, CA: Bela Blau, Distributed by Dawson's Book Shop, 1963. Miniature Book. 1 11/16 x 1 5/16 inches. (22) pp. Half-title, frontispiece portrait Abraham Lincoln, all printed within a gilt-ruled border; text clean, unmarked, paper a bit toned. Gilt-stamped red leather; binding square and tight. TEA521-001. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 numbered copies, this is number 831, handset, printed, and bound by Bela Blau. Published on the 100th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, "an iconic call for nationalism, republicanism, equal rights, liberty, and democracy." Wikipe...
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The Joys of Collecting Children's Books

By: Alla Tchikoff Ford (1910-1994)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Hong Kong, Ford Press : 1968

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies, this is number 166. The FIRST EDITION in book form of this essay

Inscription: SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the colophon

Seller ID: GHEEY312-1

Binding: Gilt-stamped red cloth

Condition: Very Good

Hong Kong: Ford Press, 1968. Miniature Book. 2 3/8 x 1 15/16 inches. [vi], 106, [2] pp. Black-and-white frontispiece of the title page for an American edition of Janeway's A Token for Children, and 15 other black-and-white illustrations from vintage children's books, front free end-paper and colophon embellished with hand-drawn flower illustrations; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped red cloth; bindings slightly askew, front paste-down beginning to come up. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the colophon. GHEEY312-1. Very good. LIMITED EDITION of 500 copies, this is number 166. The FIRST EDITION in book ...
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Scumbling & Colour Glazing. A Practical Handbook for House Painters, Coach Painters and Others. Illustrated by Many Examples Executed in Paint

By: Andrew Millar

Price: $200.00

Publisher: London; New York; Syndney, Australia, The Trade Papers Publishing Co., Limited; Spon & Chamberlain; Bishop Bros. : 1924

Edition: SECOND EDITION, revised, re-written and enlarged

Seller ID: DB722-001

Binding: Blind-stamped green debossed paper over boards

Condition: Very Good

London: The Trade Papers Publishing Co., Limited; New York Spon & Chamberlain; Syndney, Australia: Bishop Bros., 1924. Series: The Decorator, No. 6. 8vo. 8 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches. [ii], (x), (91) pp. Half-title, 14 plates (13 numbered plates plus plate IIIa), index; text unmarked, paper toned, some minor foxing, offsetting associated with a few plates, chips to the samples on plate 4. Blind-stamped green debossed paper over boards, the end-papers are advertisements, added mylar jacket; binding square and tight, spine toned, corners showing, stain on rear board. DB722-001. Very Good. SECOND EDITION...
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Cinderella: Or, the History of the Little Glass Slipper

By: Anonymous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Alhambra, CA, C. F. Braun & Co. : No Date

Edition: Facsimile Reprint

Seller ID: OG915-002

Binding: Marbled paper wrappers, bound with white string

Condition: Very Good

Alhambra, CA: C. F. Braun & Co., n.d. Not Quite a Miniature Book. 4 x 2 5/8 inches. [ii], 32, [i] pp. A note from Carey S. Bliss, frontispiece, black-and-white illustrations throughout; text clean, unmarked. Marbled paper wrappers, stapled; binding square and tight. OG915-002. Very Good.Facsimile Reprint of the earliest known American edition of Cinderella, published by Mathew Carey in Philadelphia in 1800. This volume is a photolithographic facsimile by the private press of C. F. Braun & Co., in Alhambra, California, and faithfully recreates the tones of the pages of the original 1800 edition...
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Cinderella: Or, the History of the Little Glass Slipper

By: Anonymous

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Alhambra, CA, C. F. Braun & Co. : No Date

Edition: Facsimile Reprint

Seller ID: OG915-003

Binding: Marbled paper wrappers, bound with white string

Condition: Very Good

Alhambra, CA: C. F. Braun & Co., n.d. Not Quite a Miniature Book. 4 x 2 5/8 inches. [ii], 32, [i] pp. A note from Carey S. Bliss, frontispiece, black-and-white illustrations throughout; text clean, unmarked. Marbled paper wrappers, bound with white string; binding square and tight, white paint stains on front cover. OG915-003. Very Good.Facsimile Reprint of the earliest known American edition of Cinderella, published by Mathew Carey in Philadelphia in 1800. This volume is a photolithographic facsimile by the private press of C. F. Braun & Co., in Alhambra, California, and faithfully recreates ...
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He Is Nothing But A Little Boy

By: Anonymous

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Skokie, IL, Black Cat Press : 1080

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 249 copies

Seller ID: IY915-118

Binding: Gilt-stamped white leather, light blue end papers,

Condition: Very Good

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, (1980).

Miniature Book. 5/8 x 3/4 inches. Unpaginated. [34] pp. Frontispiece and decorative initial in black, white, and blue; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped white leather, light blue end papers; binding square and tight, small cracks along spine. IY915-118. Very Good.

LIMITED EDITION of 249 copies, designed by Norman Forgue, bound by Bela Blau. Illustrated by Barbara J. Raheb. A short story to a son from a father. Author unknown.

REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books, No. 1348.
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He Is Nothing But A Little Boy

By: Anonymous

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Skokie, IL, Black Cat Press : 1980

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 249 copies

Seller ID: IY915-119

Binding: Gilt-stamped white leather, light blue end papers,

Condition: Very Good

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, (1980).

Miniature Book. 5/8 x 3/4 inches. Unpaginated. [34] pp. Frontispiece and decorative initial in black, white, and blue; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped white leather, light blue end papers; binding square and tight, small cracks along spine. IY915-119. Very Good.

LIMITED EDITION of 249 copies, designed by Norman Forgue, bound by Bela Blau. Illustrated by Barbara J. Raheb. A short story to a son from a father. Author unknown.

REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books, No. 1348
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Some Minor Book Plates

By: Audrey Arellance (1920-2005), introduction. William Murray Cheney (1907-2002), illustrator

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1975

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of "somewhat under 200 copies"

Seller ID: OG914-084

Binding: Gray cloth, gilt-titled spine

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1975. Miniature Book. 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 inches. (x), (25) pp. 23 bookplates; text clean, unmarked. Gray cloth, gilt-titled spine; binding square and tight, minor shelf wear. OG914-084. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of "somewhat under 200 copies," colophon. A collection of 23 bookplates designed by William M. Cheney. "The miniature bookplates in this volume, designed by William Cheney, aptly meet the criteria set by [Edward Gordon] Craig (1872-1966); in addition they possess two elements associated with Cheney - perfection in graphic design & subtle touches of hum...
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A Leaf from the Letters of St. Jerome, First Printed by Sixtus Reissinger, Rome, c. 1466-1467. With an Historical Essay by Jeremy Duquesnay Adams and a Bibliographical Essay by John L. Sharpe III

By: Bennett Gilbert, editor

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA and London, UK, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge - H. M. Fletcher : 1981

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies

Seller ID: QG915-001

Binding: Quarter vellum, marbled paper over boards

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles and London: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge - H. M. Fletcher, 1981. Folio. 15 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches. [vi], (36) pp. Pocket with the printed incunable leaf mounted at the rear, half-title, title-page with a Jerome-and-the-Lion vignette in red, 2 red initials within typographic borders, the original leaf has a blue hand-painted initial "B" as hand-rubricated when first issued; text clean, unmarked, the printed leaf has some marginal water-staining. Quarter vellum, marbled paper over boards, spine label titled in gilt; binding square and tight. QG915-001. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies,...
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Psalme XXIII from the Bay Psalm Book

By: Bible, Old Testament

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Muir Dawson : 1960

Edition: FIRST EDITION, thus

Seller ID: CGSZ817-001

Binding: Printed wrappers, stitched

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: (Muir Dawson), 1960. Miniature Book. 3 1/16 x 2 1/4 inches. [iv], (vii) pp. Text elegantly printed in black and red inks; text clean, unmarked. Printed wrappers, stitched; binding square and tight, very light toning along spine and head of front cover. Ink correction on colophon. CGSZ817-001. Very Good. No Limitation Stated. "Printed by Muir Dawson from 'The Whole Book of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre.' (Cambridge) 1640." Colophon. I am not sure why Bradbury placed this item under "Dawson's Book Shop." Nowhere in the text is the book store mentioned. Muir ...
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This Body I Wear….

By: Brett Harte (1836-1902)

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Laguna Beach, CA, Laguna Verde Imprenta : 1967

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies

Seller ID: 782-338-004

Binding: Broadside

Condition: Very Good

[Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Verde Imprenta, 1976.] Broadside. 9 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches. [2] pp. Includes a Paul Landacre wood engraving, printed on Wookey Hole cream laid paper; very minor creasing to paper. 782-338-004. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies printed with Carolus type. "This was a small broadside printed with a wood engraving by my friend the late Paul Landacre. It was done for an edition of Brett Harte's 'How Christmas Came to Simpson's Bar' which I had printed several years earlier. The broadside was originally done as a keepsake for the joint meeting of the Roxburghe Club of Sa...
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Solvang Cal. Garden of the Santa Ynez

By: Brock-Higgins Studio

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Santa Barbara, CA, Brock-Higgins Studio : 1925 or later

Seller ID: KD123-037

Binding: Real Photo mounted on bifold. Bifold measures 3 x

Condition: Very Good

Santa Barbara, CA: Brock-Higgins Studio, No Date [but after 1925]. Real Photo mounted on bifold. Bifold measures 3 x 7 inches closed; photo measures 2 x 6 inches. Photograph of a man standing on a country road under a canopy of oak with a rural valley opening in the background, the photograph with a printed Art Nouveau border with caption, bifold with blind-stamp of Brock-Higgins, Santa Barbara and crest; photo lightly faded, small pencil notation on last leaf of bifold. KD123-037. Very Good. This photograph depicts a man on a road standing under an old oak tree. The inside of the bifold has a...
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Made in L.A. The Prints of Cirrus Editions

By: Bruce Davis (1952-1998)

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art : 1995

Edition: FIRST EDITION

Inscription: INSCRIBED "To Chris Wyatt, from Jean Milant, '96"

Seller ID: VR1115-012

ISBN-13: 9780875871738

Binding: White cloth titled in blue, dust-jacket in archiva

Condition: Very Good

(Los Angeles, CA): Los Angeles County Museum of Art, (1995). 4to. 12 x 9 1/8 inches. 368 pp. Illustrated throughout with color and black-and-white photographs, list of printers; text clean, unmarked, edges of pages lightly toned as is common with such glossy stock paper. White cloth titled in blue, dust-jacket in archival mylar; binding square and tight. INSCRIBED "To Chris Wyatt, from Jean Milant, '96." VR1115-012. Fine.FIRST EDITION of this volume published in conjunction with the exhibition Made in L, A,: The Prints of Cirrus Editions, organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and h...
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An Open Letter to the Republican City Central Committee

By: C N Earl

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Peggy Christian : 1971

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies

Seller ID: RGKK819-040

Binding: Printed stiff paper wrappers with slip case

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Peggy Christian, 1971. Miniature Book. 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 inches. (13) pp. Decorative initial; text clean, unmarked. Printed stiff paper wrappers; binding square and tight, tail of spine softened. Housed in a paper slipcase with a ribbon pull; ribbon loose. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-040. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies. Printed at the Press at the Gatehouse for Peggy Christian, letterpress by William M. Cheney. Reprints a letter originally written November 29, 1887 in which C. N. Earl denounces the Los Angeles Republican party for charging ca...
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The Valley of the Yosemite

By: C. Crane, illustrator

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Arundel Printing and Publishing Company : 1879

Seller ID: KD123-038

Condition: Very Good

"The Valley of the Yosemite" hand-colored wood engraving. Extract from: David J. Williams, editor, America Illustrated, New York: Arundel Printing and Publishing Co., 1879. Hand-colored wood engraving, signed in the plate "C. Crane, 1874." Image measures 6 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches. The plate measures 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches. Mounted on blank stiff board with tape, a second stiff board with a window with a clear plastic protective sheet; minor soiling to margins of the plate, the matting material also soiled. KD123-038. Very Good. Not a first edition. David Williams' "America Illustrated" was in print ...
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An Open Letter to the Republican City Central Committee

By: C. N. Earl

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Peggy Christian : 1971

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies

Seller ID: OG914-044

Binding: Printed stiff paper wrappers, slip case

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Peggy Christian, 1971. Miniature Book. 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 inches. (13) pp. Decorative initial; text clean, unmarked. Printed stiff paper wrappers; binding square and tight. Housed in a paper slipcase with a ribbon pull; binding square and tight, ribbon pull loose on this copy. OG914-044. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies. Printed letterpress by William M. Cheney at the Press at the Gatehouse for Peggy Christian. Reprints a letter written November 29, 1887 in which C. N. Earl denounces the Los Angeles Republican party for charging candidates a $150 fee to become candidates ...
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Calaveras Nugget. Calaveras County California [Cover Title]

By: Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce

Price: $75.00

Publisher: [San Andreas, CA], Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce : circa 1915

Edition: FIRST EDITION

Seller ID: EE516-604

Binding: Color printed wrappers, stapled

Condition: Very Good

[San Andreas, CA: Calaveras County Chamber of Commerce], No Date [but circa 1915]. Pamphlet. 5 15/16 x 3 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. [20] pp. 12 pages of color illustrations with captions, 6 pages of text with initials in red and a multi-color vignette at head of the text, and a colophon at the rear indicating this item was printed by the Union Lithograph Company, San Francisco, Advertising Service; text clean, unmarked. Color printed wrappers, stapled; binding square and tight, shelf wear to covers, staples in the center fold are rusted but does not affect the paper. EE516-604. Very Good. FIRST ...
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Image for The Romance of El Camino Real, With Authentic Kaloprints Attesting to the Period of Construction (1769-1830), The Period of Depletion (1835-), and Partial Preservation of the Historic California Missions

The Romance of El Camino Real, With Authentic Kaloprints Attesting to the Period of Construction (1769-1830), The Period of Depletion (1835-), and Partial Preservation of the Historic California Missions

By: California Landmarks and Historical Records Bureau

Price: $300.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Kaloprint Corporation : 1936

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 copies

Inscription: Sherman Danby's signature on a certificate loosely

Seller ID: CYG512-005

Binding: Blind- and gilt-stamped brown leather, this copy h

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Kaloprint Corporation, [1936]. 4to. 13 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches. Unpaginated. [122] pp. Registration and Dedication Pages left blank, 2 vignettes on the title page, list of the missions by date of dedication, what follows are a series of 25 openings with descriptive text on the versos, tissue guards, and a Kaloprint image on the rectos (text facing illustration) of Father Serra, the mission buildings, manuscript documents, and Indian survivors of the missions; text clean, unmarked. Blind- and gilt-stamped brown leather, this copy has been neatly re-backed with brown cloth that matc...
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The Man in the Smock: Memoirs of an ex-Girl Friday

By: Carla Harris

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Skokie, IL, Black Cat Press : 1979

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 249 copies

Seller ID: HG716-006

Binding: Gilt-stamped blue leather, decorative end-papers

Condition: Very Good

Skokie, IL: The Black Cat Press, [1979]. Miniature Book. 2 1/2 x 1 13/16 inches. (54) pp. Half-title, black-and-white frontispiece portrait of "The Boss," drawing of the man in the Smock on title-page highlighted in blue, illustrations throughout highlighted in blue; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped blue leather, decorative end-papers; binding square and tight, some shelf wear on rear cover. HG716-006. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 249 copies, printed with Linotype Fairfield on Strathmore paper, printed by Alpha Beta Press with decorations by Aimo W. Hill, Jr, hand-bound by Bela Blau with ...
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La Vida y La Obra de Altimarano

By: Carlos Gonzales Pena

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1964

Edition: LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies

Seller ID: RGKK819-042

Binding: Gilt stamped red leather, marbled end-papers

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1964.

Miniature Book. 1 7/8 x 1 1/2 inches. [vi], (33) pp. Text in Spanish, 1 illustration; text clean, unmarked. Gilt stamped red leather, marbled end-papers; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-042. Very Good.

LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies. Spanish-language text, printed and bound in Mexico, on the life and works of Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834-1893), Mexican liberal writer, journalist, teacher, and politician.

REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books, No. 2299.
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