![California] Photograph of The Great Cable Incline, Mt. Lowe, California. Best, Co](/pictures/thumb/3481.jpg?v=1585350157)
California: Best & Co., c. 1895. Photograph. Image shows the transfer point at the foot of The Great Cable Incline on Mt. Lowe in California where passengers would transfer from the tramway to the funicular car for the steep ride up Mt. Lowe. Gelatin silver print with white borders, 8..... More
![San Diego] Original Charles A. Fries Sketchbook. C. A. Fries, Charles Arthur](/pictures/thumb/2837.jpg?v=1585164723)
[San Diego, CA]: c. 1925. Paperback. C. A. Fries was an early American Plein Air painter working mostly out of San Diego who "... carried the torch alone through the early years of art in San Diego. His works reflect nature in her happiest moods." Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 23..... More
San Diego, CA. Eric Toulson. Painting. Showing a sophisticated brush, this watercolor of La Jolla Cove in San Diego, California is signed at bottom left corner "Eric Toulson" and is painted on heavy artist paper measuring 6 inches tall x 9 inches wide. It has been previously framed as evidenced..... More
![Americana] Uncas and Miantonomoh : A Historical Discourse. William Leete Stone](/pictures/thumb/2126.jpg?v=1585067352)
New York, NY: Dayton & Newman, 1842. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Biography of the famous First Nations Chief, delivered by Stone at the dedication ceremony of his monument. From the preface "Exclusive of the notes and appendix, the greater portion of the discourse was delivered at the monument, at..... More
![Chess] Marcel Dzama Presents : Opposition and Sister Squares are Reconciled by Duchamp and...](/pictures/thumb/3439.jpg?v=1584999362)
Colonge, Germany: Salon Verlag, 2011 [1932]. DJ by Marcel Dzama. Edition Ex Libris, No. 20 [Artist's Facsimile Reprint]. Paperback. Text in German, English and French, in parallel columns. Printed card wraps w. color illustrated DJ, 4to (11 inches tall), pp. 112 [2 x], ads, illustrated in color and B&W throughout..... More
![Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts, Rovers] Panoramic Photograph of The First Canadian Jamboree - July 16-24,...](/pictures/thumb/3479.jpg?v=1584904622)
Ottawa, ON: Boy Scouts of Canada, [1949]. Photograph. A great period image, capturing hundreds of Scouts, Sea Scouts, Rovers and a few scattered ladies in a "PROOF ONLY" group shot, taken at what appears to be the First Canadian Jamboree held at Connaught Camp, Ottawa, in 1949. This image has..... More
![Gilwell Park, Boy Scouts] 2nd Deputy Chiefs' Conference. Gillwell - Easter 1922. J. Farringdon,...](/pictures/thumb/3478.jpg?v=1584830823)
London: The Boy Scouts Association, 1922. Photograph. With Gilwell printed in black using two "l"s in the title. Gelatin silver print mounted onto card, photograph is 4-1/8 inches tall x 6-1/4 inches wide, printed mount measures 8 inches tall x 10 inches wide. Card with a tide line stain along..... More
![The Scouter, "Headquarters" Gazette] The Boy Scouts (Baden-Powell's) Head Quarters Gazette....](/pictures/thumb/3477.jpg?v=1584830822)
London: The Boy Scouts Association, 1922. Hardcover. cover title. Green cloth over boards with title and decorations stamped in black to upper cover and spine, 4to (10-1/2 inches tall), pp. iv, 384, illustrated throughout w. halftone photo reproductions and line drawings, index. Volume w. minor wear and soil to covers..... More
![Boy Scouts, Souvenir Edition] The First Canadian Jamboree Daily News. Nos. 1-7 July 16-24, 1949...](/pictures/thumb/3476.jpg?v=1584804722)
Ottawa, ON: Canadian HQ, The Boy Scouts Association, 1949. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. cover title : Souvenir Edition The First Canadian Daily Jamboree News (Nouvelles Quotidiennes du Jamboree). Side stapled printed wraps with linen tape spine, elephant folio (17-3/4 inches tall), pp. [56] - i.e. seven separate eight page..... More
![Vintage Boy Scout Posters] "The Chief Scout" together w. "The Scout Law and Promise" The Boy...](/pictures/thumb/3471.jpg?v=1584391383)
London (Scout Shop Imperial Headquarters): The Boy Scouts Association, c. 1930 [?]. Two Scouting posters on heavy paper, "The Chief Scout" is a letterpress halftone color print measuring 11-1/4 inches tall x 7-1/8 inches wide w. signature in facsimile ; toned and soiled w. pin holes. "The Scout Law and..... More
![Hand Colored Dinner Menu w. 30 Autographs] Boy Scouts Cambridge & District Association Dinner at...](/pictures/thumb/3472.jpg?v=1584377883)
Boy Scouts Cambridge & District Association, 1912. Card Stock. An early, rare, and virtual who's who of the Cambridge/UK Boy Scout movement as it was evolving shortly after the movement's incorpation in 1912. Having autographs in pencil from every official listed in the program - as well as some additional..... More
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1862. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Decorative blind stamped cloth over boards, title stamped in gilt onto spine, color endpapers, small 8vo (7-3/4 inches tall), pp. [i]-viii, [1]-182, [1]-16 [publisher's ads], illustrated with four tissue-guarded tinted lithographs [including the frontis which lacks a tissue-guard] of..... More
![Trade Catalogue] McLoughlin Books for Children. McLoughlin Brothers](/pictures/thumb/3465.jpg?v=1583952723)
Springfield, Mass. McLoughlin Bros., Inc., 1923. Paperback. Illustrated saddle-stapled card wraps, small 4to (10 inches tall), pp. [1]-45, (3 - blank), index, illustrated throughout with line drawings of the various children's materials available. Volume with minor spots, soil and toning to covers, rust to staples [w. no effect to text]..... More
![Artist's Book w. Signed Prints] Mouvement de Folie (English Title "Movement of Madness")....](/pictures/thumb/3430.jpg?v=1583365558)
Paris: Chez l'artiste (B. Dorny), 1963. Bertrand Dorny. Signed, Limited Edition. Hardcover. An early and difficult find in the Dorny oeuvre, virtually unobtainable complete in it's original form and rare thus. This exquisite example of Dorny's work is copy No. 33 of 42 and includes all seven of the prints..... More
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1902. Carl Rungius. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Green cloth gilt, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. [i]-ix-[viv], 1-334, [1 - ads], 1 - blank], teg, illustrated w. maps and B&W photo reproductions (all present as called for *exc. frontis*), index. Volume with rubs and..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Carl Rungius. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth gilt, 8vo (8-1/2 inches tall), pp. [i]-x, [2], 1-278, illustrated with a tissue-guarded color frontis, B&W photo reproductions (all present as called for), appendices, index. Folding map at rear "Route of the Kelley -..... More
New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1904. Carl Rungius. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Gilt stamped green cloth over boards, teg, 8vo (7-7/8 inches tall), pp. [1-8], 9-284, [2 - pub. ads], illustrated w. a captioned tissue-guarded frontis and all illustrations as called for [extra-illustrated w. an uncalled for half-tone..... More
New York, NY: Outdoor Life / E.P. Dutton & Co., (1961). Douglas Allen. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. With a full page signed illustration of a Grizzly Bear in the wild, nicely executed by the illustrator of the book, Douglas Allen using black ink onto recto of ffep. Gilt stamped..... More
Clinton, NJ: Amwell Press, (1982). Carl Rungius. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Gilt stamped green leatherette, 8vo (9-1/4 inches tall), aeg, pp. xxii, 497; [3], 501-1102, [1103 - colophon], [1104 - blank], silk ribbon markers, illustrated, some in color inc. the frontispiece of each volume. Two fine volumes in a VG compartmentalized..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912. Carl Rungius. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's green cloth with title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, top edge gilt, 8vo (8-1/4 inches tall), pp. xvi, [1]-246, illustrated w. 5 maps (one being a fold-out in fine cond.)..... More
New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. Carl Rungius. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Publisher's green cloth with title and decorations stamped in gilt onto upper board and spine, top edge gilt, 8vo (9 inches tall), pp. xxi, [xxii], [1]-354, illustrated w. 4 maps (three full-page and one part. colored..... More
Cleveland, Ohio: Kaywin Publishers Inc, (1951). First American Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Color illustrated stapled wraps, 12mo (7-1/16 inches tall), pp. 128. Upper cover with crease to bottom corner, lower cover fore-edge with two tiny .04 cm closed tears and small 1 cm crease between them, a few tiny chips..... More
![John Ohara's First Separately Published Work] The Kungsholm Cruise News / Post Cruise Edition /...](/pictures/thumb/3356.jpg?v=1577835845)
Shipboard Publication. (all 8 datelines state "On board M.S. Kungsholm"): Swedish American Line, 1934. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. O'Hara's first - and rarest "A" item, with no records found of "Reminiscences" ever having been seen at auction and OCLC locating just the single copy held in Kent State's Special..... More
Vancouver, BC: News-Advertiser Printing and Publishing Co., 1890. First Edition. Paperback. Last seen at auction in 1945, this early B.C. pamphlet is likely one of the finest copies [if not the only copy] to come to market in many years. All other copies found online (RBH & OCLC accessed 12/19)..... More
Tiburon, CA: Off The Wall, 1979. An unmounted 18 x 25 inch, multi-colored Serigraph poster printed onto heavy white paper stock and featuring a jar of Iris. Designed by Ken Perry and printed by Trend Graphics, Inc. More