Original black and white photo postcard with sepia tones. No date, circa 1910s-1920s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. Imprint of "Guy F. Cameron" and what appears to be the identification number of the postcard are in the lower-right corner. Postcard is unused. Postcard is virtually pristine and intact except for age toning on the back. A Fine copy. This postcard shows a dog sledding team with twelve dogs. Four people stand nearby. Guy F. Cameron was a notable Alaskan photographer who was active during the early twentieth century. View More...
Original publisher's brown cloth binding. No date, circa 1910. 7 1/2" x 9 3/4." 148 pages, complete. Twelve color plates and many black-and-white in-text illustrations, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for age toning and small red colored pencil marks accenting a few of the black-and-white illustrations in front. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for light rubbing to front illustration, extremities, and edges of text block. A few of the front pages are slightly loose, else binding is tight. Overall, nice and clean inside and out. A Fine copy. Lew... View More...
118 pages; illustrations; bound in light brown cloth with gilt lettering on the cover and spine. History of the horses in the old and new world with illustrations in color by Edward Miner. Unusual for such a clean fine copy. View More...
Extracted from Bulletin of the American Museum, Volume II, Number 3 issued June 7, 1889. [6] pages; gray paper wrapper (6 x 9 1/4 inch). Group of biographical papers written by Frank M. Chapman. Very good clean copy. View More...
Ribbed cloth, with pressed design in gilt on spine. Chipping at top and bottom of spine and extremities. Former owner's name on frond end paper. End papers browned. Scattered foxing throughout. 416 pages. View More...
Full contenporary tan leather. Staining to outside of all volumes. Joints strong. Binding a bit scuffed but unworn. Internal moderate foxing. xxxiii, (1) -448, (1); 4 plates. xv, (1) -475; 10 plates. xx, (1)-575, 3 plates. xii, (1)-545, (1), 3 plates. Complete. All plates black and white only. First edition of this translation and first edition of the M'Murtrie contributions. View More...
Original publisher's purple cloth binding. No date, circa 1928. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2." Eighty-five pages, complete. Six black and white plates and illustrations, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact except for some foxing on front and back endpapers and top edge. Book explains what breeding to type is, heredity, strains, color, and other topics related to the breeding. In the back are a breeders' table and table of breeding data. View More...
38 pages; maps, tables; bibliography; paper wrapper (6 x 9 inch) stapled with title on the cover. Biological discussion of pocket gophers and the destruction they do to range land and farms. Also methods of controlling them is included. Fine clean copy. View More...
Original brown cloth binding with a gilt illustration on the front cover. The illustration shows Lady Justice on the left and Lady Liberty on the right with ships and a train in the background; an eagle is in the center with a banner that says, "Excelsior." Front and back covers have lightly impressed decorative borders. Gilt lettering and an illustration of a deer head on the spine. 9 3/4" x 11 3/4." This book is divided into two sections. The first section is titled "Introduction" and is about the history of New York. It is 188 pages and has two black and white diagrams of the Croton ... View More...
Fifth Edition, Revised. Original publisher's yellow cloth binding with black lettering on front cover and spine. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4." 211 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Three additional pages of advertisements for other books about the dairy industry, cheese-making, and the like in back. Former owner's signature in black ink on front pastedown. Pages are very clean and intact except for slightly bumped corners, slight age toning, and occasional rippling. Covers are very clean and intact except for slight rubbing and darkening. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. An... View More...
'Keepsake Number 1' issued by the Library Assoicates of the University of California, Davis. 400 copies printed by the Printing Department, University of California, Berkeley. 12 pages pamplet in an orange wrapper with title on the cover. Foreword by J. Richard Blanchard. A biographical lecture on John Adams, better known as 'Grizzly Adams' and his travels in California and the Pacific Northwest. View More...
Agricultural Experiment Station, Circular No. 268. 32 pages, illustrations, drawings. Paper wrapper. Guide to labor saving methods for a poultry operation. Design of cages, feeders, chicken catchers, sorting tables, etc. Actualy quite useful for a small operation. View More...
"Reprinted from Annals of the Carnegie Museum Vol. XXIII, p. 241-274, 1934. Issued August 4, 1934." Photo illustrated. A nice copy in original wrappers. View More...
Original black and white photo postcard. No date, circa 1940s-1950s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. Imprint of "Eastman's Studio" in the lower-right corner of the image. "Kodak Paper" printed on the back. Postcard is unused. Postcard is virtually pristine and intact. A Fine copy. This postcard show horses with saddles, some of which, if not all, are tied to pine trees. "Bucks Lake Lodge" can refer to a lodge in the town of Bucks Lake, or the town itself, which is sometimes referred to as "Bucks Lodge." Eastman's Studio was founded in 1921 by Jervie Henry... View More...
Original trade card in the shape of a clam, hinge included, with color illustrations on front and back. Trade card is made to have a trompe l'oeuil effect mimicking a clam. Printed on the inside of the clam is the text promoting the dealer's business and a woman in a blue one-piece jumpsuit or swimsuit. No date, circa 1910. About 4 1/4" x 6 opened. About 4 1/4" x 3" closed. Trade card is very clean and intact except for slight rubbing and microscopic surface chips. Hinge is a bit worn but still holding. A Fine copy. Trade card for Eli Parizeau, "Dealer in Confectionery, Cigars & Tobac... View More...
Original black-and-white photograph showing a flock of sheep in a field in Southern California. No date, circa 1896-1900. 8" x 5." Photographer's stamp in purple ink on back: "F. H. Maude & Co., Landscape Photographers. 211 W. First St., Los Angeles, Cal." "F. H. Maude Co. Photo." also printed in lower-right corner on front. Photograph is clean and intact overall but there are two tiny chips on right corners, slight edge wear, a thin vertical band of fading on left edge, and two spots of discoloration which are visible on front and back. A Good copy. A beautiful photograph showing many... View More...
viii, 256 pages; drawings; light green cloth binding, dust jacket under mylar. Walter Farley (1915-1989) was an American author of children's horse stories. The 'Black Stallion' was the first and most famous of his works (1941). Very good clean copy. View More...
Collection of five original black-and-white photographs and one letter typed on beige paper and signed by F. C. Franklin as "Fred." Signature is in dark blue pen. Included is a folded paper envelope which contained the letter and photos. One photograph is dated 1949. The remaining photographs are undated but circa 1949-1950. Letter is datelined June 25, 1950 in Durham, California. Each of the photographs is 7" x 5" except for one measuring 5" x 3 3/4." Letter: 8 1/2" x 5 1/4." Letter is one page, complete. Photographs range from Near Fine to Fine and are very clean and intact. Some o... View More...
Original black and white photo postcard. No date, circa 1930s-1940s. 5 1/2" x 3 1/2." Title printed at the bottom of the image. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact except for a small mark on the image. A Very Good copy. This postcard shows a baby donkey or burro, "a native son" of Baker, California. The imprint of "Frasher's Fotos, Pomona, Calif." is printed in the lower-right corner of the image. "Pub. by Frasher's, Inc., Pomona, Calif" is printed on the back. Burton Frasher (1888-1954) was an American photographer and publisher of postcards. Frasher toured aroun... View More...
