Recent Arrivals from Thorn Books

London: Printed by H. M. and sold by T. Norris, et al., 1721. Hardcover. Very good. Volume VI of the Register. 348,(6) pp. followed by 'The Chronological DIary for the Year 1721', 44pp. 19th century half calf. Spine in six compartments, brown leather lettering label, marbled paper boards. The front blank has some ink notes dated 1737, Light… Read more about this item

New York: E. P. Dutton and Company, 1907. First US edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xvi, 340pp. Red textured cloth, gilt title on spine, and upper board blocked in gilt and blind. Color frontispiece by Sargeant. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Folding map in rear. Light wear to the hinges and corners, spine lightly sunned, else this is a… Read more about this item

Des Moines: Mills & Co, 1885. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. iv, 312pp. Green printed cloth, gilt spine title, decorated endpapers. Illustrated and with a frontispiece of the author. Paper toned with age, neat ownership name and an erasure on a preliminary blank, else this is a very good copy. The binding may be a publisher's binding,… Read more about this item

London: n.p., 1894. Leaf. Near fine. Single sheet folded. The address of Harte's home on Lancaster Gate is embossed in blind. Signed at the end "Bret Harte". An old vertical fold, probably for fil;ing, with the handwritten "1894/Bret Harte/May 2" else in fine conditon. Dated May 2, 1894 and addressed to his publisher. "I have seen a… Read more about this item

Portland, Oregon: F. W. Baltes and Company, 1905. Hardcover. Very good. Lewis and Clark Edition. Illustrated by John L. Cassidy. 136pp. Blue cloth blocked in black on the upper board. Frontispiece of the author with a little girls looking at his typewriter. Light wear to the edges else a very good copy. Signed by the author in… Read more about this item

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Tall 8vo. iv, 194pp. Illustrated with folding maps. Maroon T-grain ckithm gilt spine title. A small worn spot on the spine and some rubbing at the edges, else a fine copy. .

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1915. Hardcover. Very good. Photoplay edition. 8vo. Green cloth blocked in black and with a photographic paste-on to the upper board. Illustrated with full page plates from the 1914 motion picture, which was filmed in California redwood country. Spine a little sunned and covers rubbed, else a very good copy.

Paris: D. Belin, 1834. Hardcover. Good. 4th edition. 12mo. 322pp. Original leather boards rebacked retaining the original leather lettering label. Illustrated with 3 full page plates as well as an engraved title page. The title page vignette shows Bougainviille landing in Tahiti. Another plate depicts Montezuma. The voyages of Bougainville, Cook, etc., retold for children. In French. … Read more about this item

San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1915. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two volumes, 4to. xviii, (4),232, (2); vi,(2),233-482, (6)pp. Two of the final pages in Volume II are floor plans. Illustrated throughout with full page plates. Vellum spines, gilt, brown paper over boards. Light wear to the edges, as a little soil, else a very good set.… Read more about this item

London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1836. Poor. Wooden paddle approximates 6½ by 3 inches, and probably made of Sitka spruce onto which is pasted a printed alphabet (on one side) and a list of words grouped phonetically (on the other). The printed paper is well worn and lacks edges affecting some letters which have been inserted directly on the… Read more about this item

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1934. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. 8vo. Grey cloth, spine printed in dark brown. A fine copy. The dustwrapper has darkened from aging else is very good. "Stray papers on Lamb now collected for the Centenary of his Death in 1834." .

Chicago: The Arabian Horse Club of America, n.d.. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. xviii, 276pp. Tan T-grain cloth blocked in drak brown, white and blue with a stunning image of an Arab astride his horse on the upper board. Illustrated with photographs. A fine copy. .

California: Standard Oil, 1942. Wraps. Very good. An accumulation of 194 issues plus 2 duplicates, as follows: Vol. I, 3, 5, 6*, 7*, 12; Vol. II, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 9*, 11*; Vol. III, 2-6, 8, 10, 11, 12 plus the extra Exposition Supplement; Vol. IV, 1-5, 7-10, 12; Vol. V, 1-4, 6-12; Vol. VI, 3,… Read more about this item

Newark: W. Tuttle & Co, 1805. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. xvi, 332pp. Contemporary full sheep, gilt rules on spine, green lettering label, gilt. Leather well rubbed, else very good and the text is free from foxing. .

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1889. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. (6), 290,(2)pp. plus 12pp of publisher's catalogue. Green-gray cloth printed in black on the upper board and gilt on the spine. Light wear to the spine tips and corners, else a near fine copy. BAL 7346. .

Brooklyn;San Francisco: Albertype Co, 1915. Stiff card wraps. Very good. Oblong 4to's. Limp bindings ties with rope. The first is the Albertype edition, No. E., with tipped-in Albertype plates of the exhibition. The heavy paper cover is printed in dark brown with a paste-on photographs of the Exhubition. Bound with a tasseled rope. Light wear, some rubbed… Read more about this item

New York: McClure, Phillips & Co, 1902. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. viii, (2), 289,(1)pp. Red cloth, gilt title on spine and upper board, color paste-on to the upper board with gilt frame lines. Illustrated with four full page plates by E. L. Blumenshein. Top edge gilt. A near fine copy. Autobiographical account… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The California Promotion Committee, 1909. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Thin 8vo. 71, (1)pp. Orange cloth spine, black cloth boards with a printed red label on the upper board. Illustrated, including a photograph of the first map of the Bay. A light pencil mark on the label, and some date stamps on the rear free endpaper… Read more about this item

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 8vo. 323pp. Blue cloth, spine with gilt title, and title in blind on the upper board. Illustrated with 32 illustrations, of which 4 are in color, Constance Baikie.. Ownership name of C. Sumner Greene, the architect, on the front free endpaper. Laid-in is an obituary of his son,… Read more about this item

Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1906. Fine. Hardcover. First Fisher illustrated edition. 4to. Green cloth blocked in cream, brown, black, gilt and blind on the spine and the upper board. Illustrated endpapers. Printed in black with green decorations by E. Stetson Crawford. Full color as well as black and white illustrations by Fisher. LIght wear to the hinges and… Read more about this item