(California Miners' Association).

Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual Convention of the California Miners' Association Held at Golden Gate Hall, San Francisco November 17, 18, 19, 1902.

San Francisco: Press of the Hicks-Judd Company, 1902. 1902. - Octavo, 9-7/8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Burgundy cloth titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine. The covers are rubbed & soiled with wear to the bottom edges and head of the spine. Pages [i]-xvi, [1]-170, [2 portraits], and xvii-xlii. Illustrated with portraits, textual diagrams & illustrations, pictorial ads and a folding cost sheet. The bottom edges of several pages are bumped resulting in a tear and chips. There is a tiny ink mark on the title page. Good. First edition. RARE. From the library of geologist and mining engineer James Douglas, after whom Douglas, Arizona was named, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. Douglas, who was born in Quebec, spent much of his early life in Scotland. For many years, as a metallurgist and mining engineer, he was involved in several important Western American enterprises. Good .

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Book number: 97198

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MINERS; PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE CALIFORNIA MINERS' ASSOCIATION; MINING; JAMES DOUGLAS; GOLDEN GATE HALL; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; FOLDING COST CHART; PORTRAITS;

D'Astier, Emmanuel.

Honey & Gall.

London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1958. 1958. - Octavo, black cloth in a dust wrapper. The gilt titling on the spine is partially faded & the top corner of the rear cover is slightly creased. The dust jacket is lightly soiled & chipped with its spine slightly darkened. There is a price sticker on its front fold. 176 pages. There is a previous owner's blind stamp on the front endpaper. Good.

First English edition.

Translated from the French by Humphrey Hare. Good .

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Book number: 35383

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; NOVEL; FRENCH AUTHOR; EMMANUEL D'ASTIER; HONEY & GALL; HUMPHREY HARE, TRANSLATOR; RUSSIAN REVOLUTION; WORLD WAR I; WORLD WAR II; THE RESISTANCE; FIRST ENGLISH EDITION; 1ST ENGLISH EDITION.

Athanasiades, Leon

Souvenirs

Saint-Maurice, Suisse: Published by Georges Athanasiades, 1989. 1989. Saint-Maurice, Suisse: Published by Georges Athanasiades, 1989. 1989. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial black-and-white wrappers. The wraps are very lightly rubbed & bumped & the edges of the rear wrap are darkened. 241 & [2] pages plus colophon. Black-and-white illustrations. There is an ink inscription on the half-title page. Very good.

Leon Athanasiades was a pinaist and piano teacher and the father of Canon [chanoine] Georges Athanasiades, who in 1973 gave his father a file of 100 sheets of blank paper, suggesting that he write his memoirs. The memoirs are followed by a series of tributes to Athanasiades. The text is in French. Very good .

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Book number: 18112

Catalogue: Music

Keywords: MUSIC; MUSICIAN; PIANIST; PIANO TEACHER; LEON ATHANASIADES; MEMOIRS; ILLUSTRATIONS.

(Atherton, John). Ives, Vernon

Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende. Newly Revised from the Original Provencal by Vernon Ives

(New York): Holiday House, 1935. 1935. (New York): Holiday House, 1935. 1935. Very good. - Squarish octavo, gray & red cloth titled in black with vignette stamped in black on front cover, in dw. The covers are lightly bumped & there is a small hole in the cloth of the spine; the dw is lightly soiled & chipped & somewhat darkened with several small pieces out of the dw spine. [x] & 124 pp. Full-page B&W illustrations & B&W head-pieces by John Atherton. The contents are near fine.

First edition.

"The adventures of Sir Jaufry of Normandy were being sung by the troubadours of southern France three centuries before Malory wrote his Morte d'Arthur. Consequently, this story forms one of our earliest pictures of English knighthood..'Jaufry the Knight' was written by an unknown twelfth-century troubadour." - From the dw copy.

Scarce, especially so with the dust jacket. Very good .

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Book number: 24235

Catalogue: Arthurian Legends

Keywords: ARTHURIAN; KNIGHT; CHIVALRY; MIDDLE AGES; MEDIEVAL; TWELFTH CENTURY; 12TH CENTURY; ROMANCE; FRENCH; NORMANDY; KING ARTHUR; CHILDREN'S; ILLUSTRATED; VERNON IVES; ILLUSTRATOR; JOHN ATHERTON; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Atkins, John; Owens, William A.; Antaeus, S.; Weir, Charles, Jr; Viereck, Peter; et al

Epoch (a Quarterly of Contemporary Literature). Vol. I: No. 4: Summer 1948

Ithaca, NY: Epoch Associates, 1948. 1948. Ithaca, NY: Epoch Associates, 1948. 1948. Very good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed blue wraps. The extremities are darkened & there is a tiny stain & some very light foxing to the front wrap. 95 & [1] pages. Very good.

Among the contents of this issue are poems by Charles Weir, Jr. Warren Wirtz, Winfield Townley Scott, Peter Viereck and Edward McGehee. Very good .

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Book number: 14921

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; PERIODICAL; EPOCH; JOHN ATKINS; WILLIAM A. OWENS; S. ANTAEUS; CHARLES WEIR, JR.; WARREN WIRTZ; WINFIELD TOWNLEY SCOTT; PETER VIERECK; EDWARD MCGEHEE.

Atkinson, Frank

Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms: A Selection of Popular Modern Writers in English

London and Hamden, CT: Clive Bingley and Linnet Books, (1977). (1977). London and Hamden, CT: Clive Bingley and Linnet Books, (1977). (1977). Fine. - Octavo, blue cloth, in dw. Very lightly soiled. The dw is lightly rubbed with the spine faded. 248 pp. The top edge is soiled, else near fine in a very good dw.

Second edition, enlarged. Fine .

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Book number: 7270

Catalogue: Reference

Keywords: LITERATURE; PSEUDONYMNS; DICTIONARY; REFERENCE; FRANK ATKINSON. (Pseudonyms). DICTIONARY OF LITERARY PSEUDONYMS: A Selection of Popular Modern Writers in English. Atkinson, Frank.

Atkinson, Philip

Electricity for Everybody; Its Nature and Uses Explained. Revised and Enlarged

New York: The Century Co. 1907. 1907. New York: The Century Co. 1907. 1907. Very good. - Octavo, pictorial olive green cloth with vignettes in red & black on the front cover & spine. The binding is lightly rubbed & bumped with the extremities slightly darkened. xiii, [1] leaf & 276 pages. Black-and-white portrait frontispiece & numerous black-and-white illustrations & diagrams. The contents are very good.

Later printing. Very good .

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Book number: 10986

Catalogue: Science

Keywords: PHYSICS; SCIENCE; ELECTRICITY FOR EVERYBODY; PHILIP ATKINSON; ILLUSTRATIONS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; DYNAMOS; MAGNETISM; BATTERIES; MOTORS; LIGHTNING; HEAT; TELEGRAPH; TELEPHONE; X-RAYS; WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

Atkinson, Geoffroy.

La Litterature Geographique Française de la Renaissance. Repertoire Bibliographique Par Geoffroy Atkinson, Plus Supplement. 2 Volumes in 1.

NY: Burt Franklin, (1968). (1968). - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt. 565 pp.; and 88 pp. Illustrated. Slightly dusty, else near fine.

Reprint of the 1936 edition of 500 copies. Very good .

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Book number: 5806

Catalogue: History

Keywords: HISTORY; FRANCE; FRENCH; RENAISSANCE; GEOGRAPHY; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE; GEOFFROY ATKINSON; ILLUSTRATIONS. (History). (Renaissance). LA LITTERATURE GEOGRAPHIQUE FRANÇAISE DE LA RENAISSANCE. Repertoire bibliographique par Geoffroy A

Peck, George Record (1843-1923). Railroad attorney and President of the American Bar Association who was a childhood friend of the American Impressario & Lecture Manager Major James B. Pond.

A Collection of 7 Letters Signed by the Railroad Attorney and President of the American Bar Association George R. Peck Addressed to His Boyhood Friend the American Lecture Manager Major James R. Pond, One Referring to Winston Churchill.

1891 through 1901. 1891-1901. 1891-1901. - A collection of 7 signed letters to Major James B. Pond from his boyhood friend, the Railroad Attorney & President of the American Bar Association, George R. Peck. Included are 6 Typed Letters and 1 Autograph Letter, each signed by Peck, plus a telegram to Pond. The collection consists of the following: An autograph letter penned on 8-1/2 inch high by 5-3/8 inch wide "Gilsey House, New York" hotel stationery. In his letter dated April , 1891, Peck states that "I came up from down town sick .. I expect to come to your dinner though, sick or well. Would particularly like to meet Mr. Depew". Signed "Y - GRP". In a letter dated September 20, 1895, typed on his 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. Legal Department" stationery, Peck addresses Pond as "My Dear Old Sweetness" and describes his sad departure from his previous Railroad position. Signed "Geo R Peck". The letter is folded for mailing with Pond's dated red "Answered" stamp across the top. In a telegram dated July 1, 1898, Peck offers to help Pond with an army matter and the Paris Exposition "..will write letters to president or anybody else." Sent during the height of the Spanish American War, Peck comments on the troops "If it is as hot in Cuba as it is here I feel sorry for our soldiers." He goes on to express his pride that his "boy Charley is to be first lieutenant in the 12th Illinois". In an August 8, 1899 letter typed on his 7-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company Office of General Counsel" stationery, Peck thanks Pond for sending "so beautiful a copy" of "The Message to Garcia". Signed "Geo R. Peck". Folded for mailing. In a March 12, 1900 2 page letter typed on facing sides of his folded 7-1/2 inch high by 11 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company Office of General Counsel" stationery Peck, addressing Pond as "My dear old sweetness", writes that he "shall take the greatest pleasure in meeting Mr. Landor. Walter Savage Landor is one of my divinities .. Tonight there is to be a literary gathering at the Oakland Culture Club on the South Side, in honor of Eugene Ware - 'Ironquill', - of Topeka. He will be here and I am to introduce him. You see Kansas continues to come to the front." Signed "Geo R Peck". Folded for mailing with a small smudge affecting 2 words. In a May 22, 1900 2-page letter typed on 2 sheets of 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide creamy white stationery, with the first page being on his "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. Legal Department" stationery, Peck addresses Pond as "My dear old American Beauty". He again mentions his son: "My boy Charley is in Texas on a cattle ranch, and bids fair to become a cattle king in time, He rides a bronco, wears a sombrero, and can round up a herd of Texas steers with the best of them." Signed "Geo R Peck". Folded for mailing, the edges and corners are soiled and creased. In a September 24, 1900 letter typed on his 7-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company Office of General Counsel" stationery Peck states that "Sunday night after leaving you, I went to Boston .. but I saw no place more charming and visited no one who gave me such pleasant hospitality as I received at your grand old home at Bergen Heights." Signed "Geo R Peck". He sends "kind regards to Mrs. Pond" and with a postscript in his hand "Also to 'Bim'". Folded for mailing. In a January 4, 1901 letter typed on his 7-1/2 inch high by 5-1/2 inch wide "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company Office of General Counsel" stationery Peck states that "I shall be on hand when you and Winston Churchill come. I noticed what the newspapers said about his striking for better pay, and was delighted that you stood your ground." Signed "Geo R Peck" with a typed postscript "P.S. D---n the dog". Folded for mailing. Having escaped from a Boer prison in South Africa, Winston Churchill received several offers for lecture opportunities. Major Pond's offer was among the first and Churchill left for America in December 1900. The lectures arranged by Pond were not successful and Churchill's earnings were far less than he expected. He sometimes spoke in nearly empty theaters. He wrote to his mother: "I arrived to lecture in an American town & found Pond had not arranged any public lecture, but that I was hired out for 40 pounds to perform at an evening party in a private house - like a conjurer." Pond often sent books, including his own "Eccentricities of Genius", to his correspondents. He would then stamp the word "BOOK" on the letter from the correspondent he was planning to respond to. He has done so on 5 of the letters here. The Railway attorney George Record Peck (1843-1923) was born in Steuben County, NY and was a childhood friend of James B. Pond. He joined the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery when 19 years old. Promoted to Captain in the Thirty-first Wisconsin Infantry, he took part in "Sherman's March to the Sea". Peck studied law at Janesville after the Civil War and was later appointed as United States District Attorney for the District of Kansas by President Ulysses S. Grant. Leaving that position in 1879, he became the general solicitor for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in 1881 and subsequently held the same position with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company. Peck served as President of the American Bar Association in 1905-06. Very good .

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Book number: 96406

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; LAW; GEORGE RECORD PECK; COLLECTION; SIGNED LETTERS; TYPED LETTER SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED; LOT; RAILWAY ATTORNEY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; GEORGE R. PECK; CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY; PRESIDENT OF THE AMER

Treen, David C. (1928-2009).American attorney and politician. In 1979 he was elected the first Republican Governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction.

Typed Letter Signed by David C. Treen, the First Republican Governor of Louisiana Since Reconstruction, Sending Thanks to Congressman Seymour Halpern.

Washington, DC: February 22, 1977. 1977. - 32 words typed on a cream-colored 10-1/2 inch high by 8 inch wide sheet of Congress of the United States / House of Representatives letterhead. Signed "Dave". The top edge of the letter is very lightly creased. Folded twice for mailing. Near fine. Treen writes to Congressman Seymour Halpern thanking him for writing on the occasion of Treen's reelection: "You were very generous in your remarks and I will endeavor to justify your confidence". American attorney and politician David C. Treen [1928-2009] grew up in Louisiana as a Democrat, but joined the Republican Party in 1962. In 1972 he was the first Republican in modern times to be elected to the House of Representatives from Louisiana. He represented Louisiana's Third District from 1973 to 1980. In 1979 he was elected as the first Republican Governor of Louisiana since Reconstruction. His election was a sign of changing party affiliations among white conservatives in the state who had comprised a majority of the population since at least 1900. Treen served as governor from 1980-84, losing his bid for reelection to popular rival Democrat Edwin Edwards. The Queens, New York Republican Congressman Seymour Halpern (1913-1997) started his political career as a campaign aide to New York's powerful mayor Fiorella La Guardia and first served in New York's State Senate for 14 years before seeking a seat in the U.S. Congress. In Albany Halpern sponsored 279 bills that became law, including measures on schools, housing, civil rights, nutrition and mental health. A Liberal, he was something of an anomaly as the lone Republican representative from New York City, and generally garnered support from Labor Unions and endorsement from the Liberal Party. Yet he never even considered switching parties as he considered membership in the Republican Party a family tradition and commitment. While he found ample time for his private pursuits, including painting and collecting autographs, he took his legislative duties very seriously. Of these, he was proudest of his co-sponsorship of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and of the original 1965 Medicare legislation. Very good .

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Book number: 36473

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; AMERICAN POLITICIAN; AMERICAN ATTORNEY; REPUBLICAN; LOUISIANA; TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY DAVID C. TREEN, THE FIRST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA SINCE RECONSTRUCTION, SENDING THANKS TO CONGRESSMAN SEYMOUR HALPERN; TLS; T.L.S.; SIGNATURE; AUTOGR

Atwood, Margaret

Cat's Eye

NY: Doubleday, (1989). (1989). NY: Doubleday, (1989). (1989). Very good. - 8vo, black cloth backed tan boards titled in gilt, in dw. [xv], 446 & [1] pp. (vertical stain to front endpaper). Near fine.

First American edition. Very good .

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Book number: 1731

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST; MARGARET ATWOOD; MODERN LIT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; CAT'S EYE; 20TH CENTURY; WOMEN AUTHORS.

Atzori, Mario; Fois, Guiseppina; et al

La Provincia Di Sassari: La Civilita E L'Arte. Testi Di Mario Atzori, Guiseppina Fois, Marco Magnani

Silvana Editoriale, (1983). (1983). Silvana Editoriale, (1983). (1983). Very good. - Quarto [12-3/8 high by 10-5/8 inches wide], cloth, in a dust wrapper. The covers are lightly bumped. The dust wrapper is rubbed with a price- sticker on its spine. 199 & [1] pages. Profusely illustrated in color & black & white. Near fine in a very good dust wrapper.

The history and twentieth-century life of the people of the province of Sassari, including local tradiions, the arts, architecture, journalism, crafts and food. The text is in Italian. Very good .

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Book number: 24601

Catalogue: Anthropology

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; ARTS; ART; ARCHITECTURE; HISTORY; LOCAL TRADITIONS; ITALY; SASSARI; PROVINCE OF SASSARI; LA PROVINCIA DI SASSARI: LA CIVILITA E L'ARTE; ILLUSTRATIONS.

Auchincloss, Louis

Narcissa and Other Fables

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. 1983. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983. 1983. Very good. SIGNED BY LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS - Octavo, cloth-backed boards in a dust wrapper. The top edges of the boards are slightly faded & the cloth on the top edge of the front board is a bit darkened. The dust jacket is rubbed with some creasing to the edges of its panels. The top edges of the flaps are foxed. [ix] & 213 pages. Very good in a good dust wrapper.

First edition.

Signed in full by Louis Auchincloss on the front endpaper. Very good .

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Book number: 29434

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; FICTION; SHORT STORIES. AMERICAN AUTHOR; LOUIS AUCHINCLOSS; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; NARCISSA AND OTHER FABLES; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

Auden, W. H.; and Isherwood, Christopher

The Ascent of F6: A Tragedy in Two Acts

New York: Random House, (1937). (1937). New York: Random House, (1937). (1937). Very good. - Octavo, cream cloth titled in gilt within red panels on the spine & front cover with a vignette of mountains in gilt & cream on the cover, in a dust wrapper. There is a very light stain to the top corner of the front cover & a tiny dent to its bottom edge. The dust jacket is somewhat darkened & lightly soiled & chipped with a tear to the head of it spine. 123 pages. Very good.

First American edition, revised from the English edition and limited to 1,500 copies. Very good .

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Book number: 29073

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; PLAY; TRAGEDY; MOUNTAINEERING; THE ASCENT OF F6; W. H. AUDEN; POET; BRITISH; CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; MODERN FIRST EDITION.

(Auden, W.H.). Spender, Stephen

W.H. Auden: A Tribute

New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. (1975). (1975). New York: Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc. (1975). (1975). Good. SIGNED BY STEPHEN SPENDER - Quarto, 10 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Golden yellow cloth titled in black on the spine with a vignette illustration in black on the front cover, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is creased with minor wear and rubbing at the edges. 255 pages, with several pages of illustrations. From the collection of James Thurman Bass, Jr. with his bookplate on the front pastedown. The edges of the first and last few leaves are foxed. There are a couple of score marks to the bottom edge of the book. Good.

First American edition.

Signed by Stephen Spender on the half-title. Good .

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Book number: 30119

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; BIOGRAPHY; BIOGRAPHICAL; STEPHEN SPENDER; W.H. AUDEN; A TRIBUTE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.