San Francisco: A. Finke's Widow, n.d. but after 1910. Pictorial receipt (17.5x21cm) printed on blue stock with printer's slug of Schmidt Lith. Co. Very slightly darkened along margins, else a Fine example. Unused receipt for the recently indicted wine distributors A. Finke's Widow, in reality the partnership of E...... More

Boston: Cubery and Company, 1900. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue gilt-lettered cloth, green floral endpapers; [4],114pp.; two photographic frontispieces, six leaves of plates, text illus. throughout. Light wear and a few small white smudges to cloth, boards slightly bowed and spine cocked, endpapers toned, else Very Good. The author's..... More

San Francisco: Año Nuevo Island Press / Roxburghe Club, 1998. First Edition, Limited to 200 copies. Single sheet folded into folio keepsake (35.5cm); white pictorial self-wrappers. Light dust-soil, else Very Good and sound. Keepsake given in memory of the poet William Everson and presented to members of the..... More

New York: Mitchell Kennerley, 1913. Second Edition. Octavo (24cm); publisher's black cloth with gilt and red lettering and decoration; [x],208pp.; black and white photographs throughout. Boards bumped along edges, with some spotting and scuffing to cloth. Binding sound. Pages clean and unmarked. Overall, a Very Good copy.  Inscribed on..... More

San Francisco, CA: Bay Tone Records, [ca. 1960]. Photographic postcard (14x9cm) featuring blues and R&B singer Big Mama Thornton. Light curving with mild rubbing to edges; verso unmarked. Best known for her rendition of "Hound Dog" this postcard comes from her days working for Bay Tone, during which she..... More

Berkeley, CA: Bern Porter, 1946. First Edition. Octavo; original striped boards with red lettering; no dust jacket, presumably as issued; 42pp. Spine backing separated but present, with chips and exposure along joints; fragile though binding remains sound; Porter's address written to rear pastedown, else unmarked. Good to Very Good. Signed by..... More

Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1884. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's grey pictorial cloth stamped in four colors (two shades of green, blue, and silver foil), reddish-brown glazed endpapers; viii,[2],384pp.; frontispiece and seven leaves of plates after watercolors by the author, folding map bound in rear of volume (collated complete). Cloth..... More

[Oakland, CA?]: s.i., [ca. 1953]. Photo-illustrated broadsheet palm card (22.5x8.5cm) promoting three records by Bahamian calypso and goombay performer Blind Blake (1915-1986), adorned with a halftone photograph of Blake performing. Contemporary rubber-stamp of the Yerba Buena Music Shop in Oakland, California on recto, mild toning and a couple tiny nicks; Very Good... More

San Francisco, CA: Cattle Protection Board, 1918. First Edition. Thin octavo. 355; [1]pp. 245 pages of brand marks. Red cloth stamped in black. With a brand and ear mark handwritten on wood, property of a Frank Roach of Phelps Ranch. Boards worn and/or gnawed at extremities with minor fraying; a...... More

Los Angeles, CA: Black Sparrow Press, 1967. First Edition, Limited to 125 signed copies  of which this is no. 51. Square quarto; printed stitched wraps; [8]pp. Light wear along bottom edges with adjacent spotting and discoloration, bleeding ever so slightly to bottom edge of text. Binding sound and pages else unmarked; Very Good..... More

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1976. Limited Edition, signed by Leighton and numbered 461 of 500 copies on colophon. Octavo (22cm); [48]pp. Beige textured cloth with orange lettering; eleven full-page wood engravings and three vignettes. Boards are sturdy and square, with some toning to front and back panels..... More

[San Francisco]: Apex Novelties, [1968]. Second Printing. Slim octavo (25cm); 23pp. Publisher’s illustrated staple-bound wraps. Bears 35¢ price and states “Printed by Don Donahue” at rear. R. Crumb’s black-and-white cartoons throughout. Wraps lightly rubbed with brief instances of foxing. Wraps otherwise remarkably bright with sharp corners. Binding sound. Textblock and..... More

San Francisco: Print Mint, 1969. First Edition. Folded newsprint broadsheets (58x49cm unfolded); double issue made up of four folded sheets. Illustrated wraps with 50¢ price intact. Black-and-white interior illustrations, cartoons, and comics with some yellow spot color. Wraps toned along edges. Altogether Very Good or better. Features work..... More