Storia regionale e locale

RECOLLECTIONS Of OLD TIMES In CALIFORNIA or, California Life in 1843. Keepsake #22

Thomes, W[illiam] H[enry 1824 - 1895] · 1974 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Berkeley: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1974. 1st edition thus. Yellow printed paper wrappers. 29, [5] pp (including Checklist of Publications). Illustrated with 8 plates (some color). 8vo. Nr Fine.

PICTURESQUE OAKLAND. 1889

[Oakland California Ephemera]. Miller, Joaquin [1837 - 1913] - Contributor · 1889 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$302.50 (€274.45 | £228.93 | ¥48,311)

San Francisco: Henry K. Knapp, Publisher, 1889. Printed stiff card stock covers, with cord tie. 1st printing (Rocq 850). Cf. BAL 13870 ["Not Seen"], for Miller's poem, where BAL states, "Text not found elsewhere save as a song..". 5 ll of text, printed recto only, the last lea...

"Rich Relations by Mrs. Abdy", "Schloss Hainfeld; or a Winter in Lower Styria by Captain Basil Hall", "Want by Dryden", "Posthumous Memoirs of His Own Time by Sir N. W. Wraxall", "Sonnets by Wordsworth & H. Coleridge", "The Crusaders Part II by Thomas Keightley", & "Dryburgh Abbey; The Burial Place of Sir Walter Scott by C. Swain" [as published in] The SELECT CIRCULATING LIBRARY. Containing the Best Popular Literature, Including Memoirs, Biography, Novels, Tales, Travels, Voyages, &c. Part II - 1836

Mrs. Abdy, Captain Basil Hall, Dryden, Sir N. W. Wraxall, [William] Wordsworth & H. Coleridge, Thomas Keightley, C. Swain - Contributors · 1836 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.87 | ¥26,352)

Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Adam Waldie, 1836. 1st edition. Period maroon half-sheep over green marbled paper covered boards. [6], 416, [2 (blank)] pp. 11-1/4" x 9-1/4". Average wear to binding, edges rubbed. Wear and light soiling to endpapers and pastedowns, ffep ...

"Intelligence in Card Playing by Sir Walter Scott", "Journal of a West India Proprietor, kept during a residence in the Island of Jamaica by the late Matthew Gregory Lewis", "To T. L. H---, six years old, during a sickness by Leigh Hunt", "Ascent of Mount Etna by Sidney L. Johnson", & "Helen, a Tale by Maria Edgeworth" [as published in] The SELECT CIRCULATING LIBRARY. Containing the Best Popular Literature, Including Memoirs, Biography, Novels, Tales, Travels, Voyages, &c. Volume III, Part I - 1834

Hunt, Leigh, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Walter Scott, Sidney L. Johnson, Maria Edgeworth, Thomas Haynes Bayley - Contributors · 1834 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.06 | ¥21,960)

Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Adam Waldie, 1834. 1st edition. Period maroon half-sheep over green marbled paper covered boards. [4], 416, [2 (blank)] pp. 11-1/4" x 9-1/4". Rubbing and wear to binding, chipping to spine edges. Pencil markings to front and rear pastedow...

"Six Months in America by Godfrey T. Vigne", "Klosterheim, or The Masque by the English Opium Eater", "The Hill and the Valley. A Politico-economical Tale by Harriet Martineau", "Travels in Peru... by Edmond Temple", "Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers by C. Mac Farlane", & "Sonnet on Sir Walter Scott's leaving Abbotsford for Naples by William Wordsworth" [as published in] The SELECT CIRCULATING LIBRARY. Containing the Best Popular Literature, Including Memoirs, Biography, Novels, Tales, Travels, Voyages, &c. Vol. I.

Waldie, Adam - Publisher. Martineau, Harriet, Godfrey T. Vigne, Richard Phillips, Edmond Temple, Lieutenant Colonel Batty, William Wordsworth, [Ebenezer Elliott] - Contributors · 1833 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.06 | ¥21,960)

Philadelphia: Printed and Published by Adam Waldie, No. 6 North Eighth Street, 1833. Period maroon half-sheep over grey cloth covered boards. [4], 424, [2 (blank)] pp. Text triple column. 4to. 11-1/4" x 9-1/4". Wear to boards, rubbing to edges. Front board starting to detach, ...

EAST OAKLAND And FRUIT VALE. A Land of Health and Homes. Alameda County California

[Promotional Pamphlet] · 1888 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$247.50 (€224.55 | £187.31 | ¥39,527)

San Francisco: Issued by East Oakland Improvement Association. Printed by H. S. Crocker & Co, 1888. 1st printing (Rocq 775). OCLC records 7 holding institutions. Original publisher's pink paper wrappers, stapled, printed in dark brown ink. 30, [2] pp. Illustrated from b/w phot...

CERAMIC STRATIGRAPHY At CERRO De Las MESAS VERACRUZ, MEXICO. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 141

Drucker, Philip · 1943 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1943. 1st edition. Green printed paper wrappers. viii, 95, [1 (blank)] pp. B/w photographic images on inserted plates in rear, folding map before p. 1. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". Average wear to wrappers and textblock, sunning to spine and edges. ...

The CONTEMPORARY CULTURE Of The CAHITA INDIANS. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 142

Beals, Ralph L. · 1945 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1945. 1st edition. Green printed paper wrappers. xii, 244 pp. Inserted plates of b/w photographic images in rear. 9" x 5-3/4". Creasing and wear to wrappers, cunning to spine and light chipping to edges. Ex- library with the usual markin...

ANTHROPOLOGICAL PAPERS NUMBERS 27 - 32. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 136

[Smithsonian Collective Publication] · 1943 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$24.75 (€22.45 | £18.73 | ¥3,953)

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1943. 1st edition. Grey printed paper wrappers. viii, 375, [1 (blank)] pp. Intratextual b/w illustrations, inserted plates of b/w photographic images. 9-1/8" x 5-7/8". Light creasing and wear to wrappers, sunning to spine. Ex- library wi...

SIX FLAGS MAGIC MOUNTAIN. "We're Building a Better Mountain"

[Airlines Travel Poster] · 1980 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

(n. p.): (Six Flags Parks), (n. d.). 1st printing, ca. 1980s. Broadside. Large collage (27-1/4" x 17-1/4") of colorful illustrations detailing a family enjoying the divers activities offered at Magic Mountain (including a rollercoaster, banjo, ice cream, dance show, carousel, ...

CIVIL REPORT Of MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD WOOD, MILITARY GOVERNOR Of CUBA; For the Period from December 20th, 1899 to December 31st 1900. Nine Volumes Out of a Twelve Volume Set. Vols: I, II, III, IV, V, IX, X, XI, & XII

[Cuba, Military Governor Headquarters]. Wood, Leonard [1860 - 1927]. Major William M[urray]. Black [1855 - 1933], Leopoldo Cancio [1851 - 1927], Major W[illiam]. C[rawford]. Gorgas [1854 - 1920], Diego Tamayo, Jose R. Villalon - Contributors · 1901 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$1,045.00 (€948.10 | £790.85 | ¥166,893)

(Washington): (Government Printing Office), (n. d.). 1st edition (presumed). [ca. 1901]. Black leather boards, gilt stamped lettering to spine. Boards stamped in blind. Glossy marbled endpapers. Individual volumes, divers paginations within each volume. Many inserted plates of...

MILBURN'S MOTTO! Or, While I Live I'll Crow

[California Songster]. Milburn, J. H. · 1870 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$104.50 (€94.81 | £79.09 | ¥16,689)

San Francisco: San Francisco News Company, No. 912 Kearny Street, (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1870s. (Wolf 1431). 8 holdings recorded on OCLC. Single sheet, printed recto only. 4 verses, each of 8 lines, plus chorus. No music. Typographical decorative border, unsigned. 11-1/2" x...

SAN FRANCISCO. Western Airlines

[Airlines Travel Poster] · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$247.50 (€224.55 | £187.31 | ¥39,527)

(n. p.): Western Airlines, (n. d.). 1st printing. Broadside. Full size image of distant San Francisco skyline behind a toy trolley in forefront. Title printed in white lettering. 38" x 25". Very light edgewear. A VG+ example.

WESTERN AIRLINES To CANADA

[Airlines Travel Poster] · 0 · Tavistock Books

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.06 | ¥21,960)

(n. p.) Western Airlines 1st printing, ca 1970s Broadside. Large image [9" x 25"] of a moose in lush wilderness staring directly into camera. Landscape format: 11" x 27" Western Airlines was a trunk carrier, a scheduled airline based in California, operating in the Western Uni...

HILO On The ORCHID ISLAND Of HAWAII. Fly the Friendly Skies of United. United Airlines

[Airlines Travel Poster] · 1970 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$148.50 (€134.73 | £112.38 | ¥23,716)

(n. p.): United Airlines, (n. d.). 1st printing, ca. 1970s. Broadside. Large image [27" x 23"] of 3 lavender/purple orchids in full bloom in front of a dark green backdrop. Lettering printed in purple on a white background. 40" x 25". Light edgewear in margins. A VG+ example.

HAWAII. United Airlines

[Airlines Travel Poster] · 1978 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$192.50 (€174.65 | £145.68 | ¥30,743)

(n. p.): United Airlines, 1978. 1st printing (presumed). Broadside. Large image [30-1/2" x 21"] of smiling Hawaiian beauty staring directly to camera from behind palm fronds. White border printed with "Hawaii" in red lettering. 40" x 25". Some edgewear in margins. A VG example.

SKI The WEST. United Airlines

[Airlines Travel Poster] · 1970 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$192.50 (€174.65 | £145.68 | ¥30,743)

(n. p.): United Airlines, (n. d.). 1st printing thus, ca 1970s. Broadside. Full size image of excited man in red suit jumping through freshly fallen snow. Lettering printed in white to blue sky in image. 40" x 25". Light wear to edges. A VG+ example.

MAUI. United Airlines

[Airlines Travel Poster] · 1985 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$104.50 (€94.81 | £79.09 | ¥16,689)

(n. p.): United Airlines, 1985. 1st printing. Broadside. Large image [20-3/4" x 17"] of waterfall rushing through lush wild green scenery. Light yellow border with black lettering. 28" x 22". Some light edgewear [only in margins]. A VG+ example.

WASHINGTON D. C. United Airlines

[Airlines Travel Poster] · 1980 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$148.50 (€134.73 | £112.38 | ¥23,716)

(n. p.): United Airlines, (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1980s. Broadside. Large image [20-1/2" x 17"] of fireworks exploding over the Lincoln Monument and the Capitol building at night. Red border and white lettering above and beneath image. 28" x 22". Some edgewear to border. A V...

NEWSWEEK MARCH 4, 1946. Volume XXVII, No. 9. The Magazine of News Significance. Florida Frenzy: See National Affairs

[Muir, Malcolm, Edward W. Barrett, Chet Shaw, Joseph B. Phillips, Fred Vanderschmidt, Edwin Stout - Contributors] · 1946 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: Weekly Publications, 1946. 1st edition thus. Color illustrated printed paper wrappers. 96 pp. Many intratextual illustrations. 11-1/4" x 8-3/8". Chipping and creasing to wrapper edges and spine. Light damp stain to front cover. An About VG copy.