Signed Books from Hardy Books

Carmel: Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation, 1993. First Edition. Spiral bound wrappers. Fine/4-mil clear mylar envelope. 58 (10) pp. Illustrated by Kelly Steele, who SIGNED his name in ink on the title page. Index. Names of contributors. Spiral-bound illustrated wrappers. 5 1/2" x 9" (Oblong). An extensive collection of recipes for food served at the annual May Garden… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Harbor Publishing, 1982. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 175 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Author Glenn Dickey in ink on a front free endpaper. ("For Paul Schneider, a real 49er faithful! My best, Glenn Dickey") (Also signed on a rear endpaper.) Introduction by Herb Caen. Tribute by Mayor Dianne Feinstein. Illustrated dustjacket. Profusely illustrated primarily from… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1948. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. vii, (1) 119 pages. First Edition. SIGNED in ink by Herb Caen on the front free endpaper. Illustrated price-clipped dust jacket. Profusely illustrated from wonderful period black and white photographs and one color photograph by Max Yavno. Technical photographic information on pages 116-119. Green cloth. 6… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1967. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good Plus. 191 (1) pp. SIGNED BY BOTH Herb Caen and Dong Kingman in ink on a front free endpaper.Illustrated from 41 full-color paintings (some double page) and 29 two-color paintings plus many black and white sketches. List of illustrations at rear pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth.… Read more about this item

New York: Delacorte Press, 1976. Second Printing. Cloth-backed Boards. Near Fine/Fine. 408 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author Joshua Logan in ink on the half title: "N.Y.C. / 6.30.76 / For June Blossom / Best wishes, good luck & may you live a life free from fear & doubt. Remember always: 'If the Sun and Moon should doubt They'd immediately… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 244 pp. SIGNED in ink by author Neill C. Wilson on the half-title. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated from photographs, including a two page illustration and dust jacket photograph by Ansel Adams. Two maps. Cloth. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". From the flap: "For most of… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1959. First Edition, Third Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Minus. (xii) 286 (viii) 1 pp. SIGNED in ink by Oscar Lewis on the half title. Illustrated, primarily from period photographs. Illustrated dust jacket. Bibliography. Index. Cloth. Silver spine titling. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2". The story of the big four men of Nevada's… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday & Company, 1950. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 120 pp. SIGNED by Herb Caen in ink on the front free endpaper: "Greetings! Herb Caen". The dust jacket features a photograph of a young, dapper Herb Caen standing on a San Francisco rooftop. POS on front pastedown and free front endpaper. Cloth. Small octavo. From… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1934. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus/Custom Clear Mylar. 399 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Author George Lyman in ink on the half-title: "Inscribed, with great pleasure, for Gladys Mary Smith / George D. Lyman / San Francisco / May 1934.". Illustrated. Scribners' "A" present. Illustrated endpapers. Notes. Sans dust jacket. Blue Cloth. 6" x… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. 277 pages. A presentation copy, SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Gene Fowler in ink on the title page: "To my long-time friend Lucius Beebe, the arbiter. With the best / Gene / 1954". First Edition. Endpapers illustrated from photographs and drawings. Illustrated dustjacket. Octavo. Cloth-backed boards. From the… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1959. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine Slipcase. (viii) 320 pp. SIGNED by author Charles H. Baker, Jr, in ink on the front free endpaper. Index of restaurants; Index of recipes. By the author of The Gentleman's Companion and The South American Gentleman's Companion. Maroon cloth. Publisher's slipcase. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". International… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1930. First Edition. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Very Good Plus/Custom Clear Mylar. (x) 60 pp. SIGNED in ink on the limitation page by Ed Grabhorn. An un-numbered copy of 250 limited copies. Folding frontis map of Southern Mines, 1852. 2 folded reproductions of contemporary lithographs. Facsimile map. Illustrations from photographs. Quoted statements of pioneer… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1999. First Edition. Boards. Fine/Fine. 175 (1) pp. SIGNED in ink by Maria Cooper Janis on the half title. Illustrated dust jacket. Introduction by Tom Hanks. Photographic endpapers. Profusely illustrated, including many family photographs. Gray boards; gilt cover and spine titling. 9 1/2" x 11 1/2". A beautifully drawn intimate portrait of… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1967. First Edition. Cloth-backed cloth. Fine/Near Fine. (xiv) (1) 125 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Brother Antoninus in ink to fellow poet Robert Dawson on the half-title: " for Robert Dawson from Brother Antoninus with the presence of the poet in the man: good! / Oct 23, 1967 / Kentfield Priory". Illustrated… Read more about this item

Nevada City, California: Berliner & McGinnis, 1948. 1st Edition. Cloth. Good Plus/Custom Clear Mylar. (xi) (1) 64pp. A presentation copy to Nevada City leading citizen George Calanan, signed by author H.P. Davis on a front free endpaper: "To George Calanan who, in his forty-three years of public life, has emulated the courage resourcefulness and integrity of the fouinders… Read more about this item

San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1930. Second Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. (xxvii) 232 pp. Presentation copy, SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Publisher/Printer Thomas C. Russell in ink on the limitation page: "Wilber F. Swett from the Printer / Christmas, 1930 / Thomas C. Russell". Two hand printed photogravure portraits of Sir George Simpson. Facsimile of… Read more about this item

Boston: G. K. Hall & Co, 1990. First Edition. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xi) 278 pp. SIGNED in ink by James Karman on the title page. Frontispiece portrait of Jeffers from his Time magazine cover. Cloth-backed cloth. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Inroduction by James Karman. A collection of critical essays on each of Jeffers' books of poetry and… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition, Stated. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. (vii) 421 (1) pp. SIGNED in ink by George Plimpton on a front free endpaper. Pictorial unclipped dust jacket. Blue cloth; silver spine titling. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". A sequel to George Plimpton's Paper Lion, including the particular stories of Detroit Lion linemen John Gordy… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner, 2006. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Fine/Fine. (13) 302 (1) pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author in ink on the title page: "Robert S. Wilson / For Matt, longtime friend, and biographer of my father. Bob / March 1, 2006". Illustrated, from period photographs and 2 maps. Illustrated unclipped dust jacket. Bibliography, Notes and Index. Cloth-backed boards. 6"… Read more about this item

Santa Fe: New Mexican Publishing Corporation, 1928. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. (viii) 219 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink by Elfego Baca on the front free endpaper: "Albuquerque N.M. March, 21-1932 to my Dear Friend Pat Vigil. Elfego Baca". Pictorial dust jacket (not price-clipped). Illustrated from vintage photographs. Cloth. 6" x 8 3/4". Per Adams, Six-Guns: "The first… Read more about this item