Search Results: Authors starting with L from David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA

New York: American Technical Book Company, 1897. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Good. [7.25x4.75in]; 92 pp., [4] [Chapter V. Miners Luck]; Tan paper wrappers with three staple binding, red lettering on front with colored illustration of large gold nugget, red lettered advertisements on rear, all edges trimmed; Handling wear to thin fragile covers with age toning, soiling, stains and large chips along edges of front and rear covers with no loss of text, spine missing part of top and bottom. [Kurutz Klondike 313b, Tourville 2581, Smith 5638, Wickersham 4344, Arctic Biblio 9547] CS. Joseph Francis "Joe" Ladue (1855-1901) was an American of French-Canadian that was an a western miner, engineer and adventurer and founder of Dawson City during the Klondike stampede to the Yukon and Alaska in 1897. He moved to the Northwest in 1881 to explore mining and business opportunities in the Alaska interior. In 1893, he established a trading post on the Yukon at Sixtymile River (the distance upriver from… Read More

San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1927. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. #101 of 260 limited numbered copies, Signed on limitation page, [10.25x7in]; [5], map, German [1812] and English [1814] facsimile titles pages, advertisements, xiv, 158 pp., frontispiece portrait of Langsdorff and Rezanov, six copper engraved illustrations, from German edition, on plates with tissue guard; Blue-Green paper covers with tan linen backed spine with black lettering and border on paper label, top edge trimmed with others untrimmed; Blue-Green dust jacket with black lettering and border on tan spine label, deckled fore edges; Slight fading to bottom edge of covers and spine; Minimal fading of spine bleeding over to covers and along bottom edge. [Hill 970, Cowan64 p. 382, Howgego II R9]. Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff (1774-1852) was a German naturalist and explorer that was a member of the Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences. He was selected as the naturalist and physician by Adam von Krusenstern… Read More

San Francisco: The Sierra Club, 1930. First Edition. Very Good/Good. Taylor & Taylor. Limited to 1500 copies [reprint of 1875 edition] [printed by Taylor & Taylor ] [8.5x6in]; [1], x, [4], 152 pp., [1], five images, including frontispiece and facsimile of original 1875 title page; Blue-gray paper boards with light tan cloth spine and paper label, fore and bottom edges untrimmed; Plain paper dust jacket with repeat of label printed on spine, as issued; Paper boards slightly faded, corners bumped, minor shelf soiling to top of text block, top of spine has small unraveling and top front cover inside edge at spine shows signs of nibbling, ink inscription to prior owner on front endpaper; Dust jacket has typical shelf wear at edges and loss of 4 inches of bottom of spine with no loss to slightly darken spine printing. Joseph Le Conte [1823-1901] arrived in Berkeley in 1869 as a Professor of geology, natural history and botany with the newly established University of California. In 1870, he was invited by… Read More

Boston: Edward Livermore, 1852. First Edition, 1st Printing. Sewn binding. Very Good. [7.75x5in, 19.6x12.5cm] 48 pp. (including wrappers), advertisement on recto and verso of back wrapper, oval illustration on front wrapper of farm house and land, map of California [page 38, 6.5x3.375in neatline, 7.5x4.75in sheet, meridian of Washington City], many charts and tables with vignettes of New England scenes; Thin printed paper wrappers with black ink lettering with sewn binding including a 'hanging string loop'; Some soiling, age-toning and foxing to covers and text, two large chips on top front edge no loss of text, small chips along edges, creases to corners, three pin hole punctures along spine for secondary thread binding, a few prior owner pencil and ink marks. Almanacs were not made to last 170 years and is a remarkable that has survived, and scarce in this condition. (WorldCat shows eight library holdings. RBH listed four auction sales from 1948 with the latest in 1979) [Wheat Maps 212]. Dudley… Read More

Boston: Edward Livermore, 1852. First Edition, 1st Printing. Sewn binding. Very Good. [7.75x5in, 19.6x12.5cm] 48 pp. (including wrappers), advertisement on recto and verso of back wrapper, oval illustration on front wrapper of farm house and land, map of California [page 38, 6.5x3.375in neatline, 7.5x4.75in sheet, meridian of Washington City], many charts and tables with vignettes of New England scenes; Thin printed paper wrappers with black ink lettering with three point and cross sewn binding including a 'hanging string loop', edges trimmed; Light soiling, age-toning and small stain spots to covers and text, small creases to upper corners, a few prior owner pencil marks. Almanacs were not made to last 170 years and this is a remarkable very gently used almanac that has survived well in very good condition with all pages and sewn binding. Very scarce in this condition (WorldCat shows eight library holdings. RBH listed four auction sales from 1948 with the latest in 1979) [Wheat Maps 212]. Dudley… Read More

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1962. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. J.O.H Cosgrave II, Illust. [6.25x9.25in] Brick-red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Dust jacket has colorful illustration by J. O'H Cosgrave II of San Francisco California street scene with cable cars in late 1800's, red, green and black lettering on front and spine, pen and ink illustration of Oscar Lewis on back cover; xi, 291 pp., 16 images and illustrations; Minor shelf wear to dust jacket on edges and corners, spine slightly darken with wear to top and bottom, some age toning to back with closed tear. Oscar Lewis (1893-1992) was a writer on the history of the American West and California and major figure in San Francisco and the Book Club of California. This book is edited by Lewis from first hand accounts, with his notes and commentary, on the growth of San Francisco from the founding in 1776 in Yerba Buena cove as a remote outpost of Spain, the take over by Americans and the impact of… Read More

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. First Edition. Very Good. Limited to 550 copies, [11.25x7.75in]; x, 64 pp., [1] colophon, Frontispiece portrait of Commodore Stockton, nine facsimiles and lithographs, with four in color; Light blue paper boards with gilt lettering and border on darker blue background design on front, black cloth back strip with black lettering on light blue paper label, edges untrimmed; Some shelf wear to surfaces, edges and corners, bottom corners bumped and worn through, rubbing on spine edges, some fading and soiling of covers [Grabhorn 209, This book is about six letters that describe life in California before the Gold Rush. In addition, there are biographical sketches of the people mentioned in the letters. This is one of the Fifty Books of the Year and part of the Second Series of Rare Americana No. 5.

New York: David McKay Company, Inc, 1962. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. J.O.H Cosgrave II, Illust. , signed [6.25x9.25"] Brick-red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Dust jacket has colorful illustration by J. O'H Cosgrave II of San Francisco California street scene with cable cars in late 1800's, red, green and black lettering on front and spine, pen and ink illustration of Oscar Lewis on back cover; xi, 291 pp., 16 images and illustrations; Inscription to A. R. Franklin signed by Oscar Lewis, undated on half title page; Minor shelf wear to dust jacket on edges and corners, spine darken with wear to top and bottom, some age toning to back with closed tear and chip to bottom near spine. Oscar Lewis (1893-1992) was a writer on the history of the American West and California and major figure in San Francisco and the Book Club of California. This book is edited by Lewis from first hand accounts, with his notes and commentary, on the growth of San Francisco from the… Read More

Menlo Park, CA: Lane Publishing Co, 1957. First Edition, 1st Printing. Very Good. [March][8.5x11"]; Burnt orange cloth cover and black spine with gold ink lettering on spine, black and white facsimiles of Hutchings magazine pages [Hutching's California Scenes - Methods of Mining and Miner's Life - Illustrated]; [7], 8-101 pp., [1], image of modern family walking in gold rush town, fold out map of Highway 49 from Sierra City to Mariposa, black and white current day images throughout, index; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, fading of color on covers and spine, faded spine lettering, slight bow to covers.

Washington DC: Library of Congress, 1970. First Edition. Very Good. [10.5x8in]; vii, 349 pp., 4773 entries, author and subject index; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, all edges trimmed; Some soiling and stains to covers and spine. The National Science Foundation and Library of Congress produced and published 24 volumes from 1965 to 1997. The collection of literature relating to Antarctica is limited and the volumes contain mostly scientific and technical references in multiple languages. All have been digitized and are maintained in a database by the American Geosciences Institute. The COLD Database is accessible at www.coldregions.org. This book is a separate volume.

New York - London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1927. First Edition, 9th Impression. Very Good. [August], [8.25x5.75in], 318 pp., frontispiece image of Lindbergh and plane, 23 plates with 47 images; Dark blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt lines at top and bottom of front with illustration of "Spirit of St. Louis" plane on front, light blue pictorial patterned end papers of repeat illustrations of plane, all edges trimmed; No dust jacket or slipcase as issued; Some shelf wear of soiling and rubbing to edges, corners and surfaces, small splits and fraying to top and bottom of spine; spine slightly darken with fainted gilt, front and back hinges loose, but holding; ink signature of prior owner, Virginia Marsden Black, on front end paper and San Francisco "The White House" bookseller label on back end paper. Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) was a US air mail pilot that gained fame as the first to fly alone nonstop from New York to Paris in 1927. This was a great achievement in… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1928. Later Edition. Very Good. [7.75x5.25in] xv, 404 pp., frontispiece of Newton, 120 illustrations in text, index; Red cloth covers with stamped gilt lettering on front and spine, gilt stamped illustration on front of Newtonian telescope and fairies over decorative black ink design with similar gilt and black illustrations on spine, seal of Emanuel School stamped in gilt on rear cover. Minor shelf wear to covers edges and corners with some rubbing and small dents, light soiling to covers and fading to spine and back cover, award book plate on front end paper to H. A. Harris for Science. This is a collection of 18 lectures, revised and updated, on Astronomy and the discoverers. The lectures are about the theories and discoveries of Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Roemer/Bradley, Lagrange/Laplace, Herschel (William and Caroline), Bessel, and other discoveries. They are still relevant and informative today with extensive illustrations on… Read More

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1941. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Edward Shenton, Illustrator. 8vo [8.25x5.75in]; vi. 187 pp.; Blue-green cloth covers with gilt lettering and lines on spine, all edges trimmed, dark green end papers with white illustration of ship, bird and island; Cream dust jacket with gold and green lettering, illustration on front of ship passengers looking out to another ship, advertisements on back; minimal shelf wear with fading to edges and age toned text block edges, prior owner bookplate on half-title page; Dust jacket edges age toned and spine slightly darken, small chips and closed tear to top of spine, 2in closed tear along front lower joint [repaired on rear with archival tape]. [Kurutz 408]. Garrett Low was from Eire, Pennsylvania, and began his diary on November 11, 1850 while traveling with his brother to New York on the Steamboat Belle. In New York, they boarded a packet ship, Washington Irving, for Valparaiso, Chile, arriving on April 6,… Read More

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1941. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Edward Shenton, Illustrator. 8vo [8.25x5.75in]; vi. 187 pp.; Blue-green cloth covers with gilt lettering and lines on spine, all edges trimmed, dark green end papers with white illustration of ship, bird and island; Cream dust jacket with gold and green lettering, illustration on front of ship passengers looking out to another ship, advertisements on back; Minimal shelf wear to edges and corners, prior owner bookplate, Walter E. Mansfield, on front paste down end paper; Minimal shelf wear to dust jacket edges and corners, spine slightly age toned. [Kurutz 408]. Garrett Low was from Eire, Pennsylvania, and began his diary on November 11, 1850 while traveling with his brother to New York on the Steamboat Belle. In New York, they boarded a packet ship, Washington Irving, for Valparaiso, Chile, arriving on April 6, 1851. In Valparaiso, they boarded a fast clipper ship, the John Bertram, and arrived in San Francisco… Read More

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. Later Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; 1944; Later Edition [6x9"]; Blue cloth binding with gold debossed lettering on front and spine and illustration of Virginia City, Nevada Territory, birds eye view and notable buildings on front and back endpapers; Cream dust jacket with black and red lettering and illustrations on cover and spine; [2], xii, 407 pp., 25 black/white illustrations including frontispiece; Dust jacket minimal soiling and shelf wear at edges; Overall condition is Near fine. The Comstock Lode on Mt. Davidson near Virginia City, Nevada, was the first major silver discovery in the late 1850's. This discovery created a Utah Territory "Silver Rush" similar to the 1849 California Gold Rush.

Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1970. First Edition. Slipcased. Fine/Very Good. Mt. Vernon, NY: A Colish/James A. Houston. Limited to 1950 copies, unnumbered and unsigned, [reprint of 1824 edition] [12x8.25in]; xvii [1] map 297 pp. [1] imprint, facsimile of 1824 map of voyage and discoveries, eight pen and ink illustrations by Houston, many black/white in text illustrations from 1824 edition; Dark Blue quarter cloth on spine with gilt lettering and illustration of native fish spear, gray-blue paper on covers with illustration of Inuit man on front, dark blue dye to top edge and all edges trimmed, marbled end papers of shades of blue; Gray blue Slipcase with illustration of Inuit man; Some self wear dents and scratches and fading at edges of slipcase. George Francis Lyon (1795-1832) was part of the great British explorers of the early 19th century. Under William Parry's second expedition in the Fury to find the Northwest Passage (1821-23), he commanded the Helca. This expedition spent two winters in the… Read More