Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB (36 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Baghdad 1951 by Herb Caen. First edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Doubleday & Co., Garden City, 1950. First edition so stated on the copyright page. Dust jacket is in near fine condition, light stains to front, else fine. The dust jacket is not price clipped, but with round sticker over the price. The binding is in fine condition. Contents clean. 120 pages. 5 � x 7 � inches. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #19-032 Price: $45.

Seller Inventory # 19-032

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. (South Seas) Headhunting in the Solomon Islands by Caroline Mytinger. First edition in dust jacket. Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York, 1942. Black and white illustrations. Dust Jacket is in very good plus condition, chip to bottom of spine, else near fine. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean. 416 pages. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #14-065. Price $75. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # 14-065

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 3rd Edition. Highways and Byways of California written and illustrated by Clifton Johnson. Third edition in original bluish-green cloth. Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York, 1915. Binding is in near fine condition. Contents clean. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout. 323 Pages plus ads. 5 � x 7 � inches. Including the states of Washington, California, Arizona, Oregon, Nevada, Idaho and Yosemite National Park. All these volumes in this series are chiefly concerned with country life, especially that which is typical and picturesque. This series portrays American life long before this country had a freeway system. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #20-120. Price: $75.

Seller Inventory # 20-120

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Highways and Byways of New England written and illustrated by Clifton Johnson. Second edition in original green cloth. Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York, 1916. Binding is in near fine condition. Contents clean. Top edge stained green. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout. 299 Pages plus ads. 5 � x7 � inches. Including the states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont and Maine. All these volumes in this series are chiefly concerned with country life, especially that which is typical and picturesque. This series portrays American life long before this country had a freeway system. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #20-121. Price: $75.

Seller Inventory # 20-121

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Treasury For The Free World by Ben Raeburn, editor with Introduction by Ernest Hemingway. First edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Arco Publications, New York, (1946). Dust jacket is in fine condition. Price on flap is $3.50. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean and bright. 417 pages. 6 � x 9 � inches. Inventory #23-201. Price: $75.

Seller Inventory # 23-201

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. (Australia and the South Seas) Glorious Gospel Triumphs by A. John Watsford. My life and work in Fiji and Australasia. First edition in original cloth. Publisher: Charles H. Kelly, London, 1900. Binding is in near fine condition. Contents clean. 328 pages. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #14-102. Price $100. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # 14-102

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. The Pacific Coast Scenic Tour by Henry T. Finck.). From Southern California to Alaska / The Canadian Pacific Railroad / Yellowstone Park / and The Grand Canon. Early printing in original green cloth. Publisher: Charles Scribners Sons, New York 1891. 20 black and white photos / illustrations. 309 pages including the index. Binding with three small spots to the front, otherwise near fine. Contents clean. 5 � x 8 1/8 inches, Protected by Mylar. Inventory #17-243. Price: $100.

Seller Inventory # 17-243

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Highways and Byways of the Mississippi written and illustrated by Clifton Johnson. First edition in original green pictorial cloth. Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York, 1906. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean, bookplate on the front pastedown. Top edge gilt. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout. 287 pages plus ads. 6 � x 8 � inches. All these volumes in this series are chiefly concerned with country life, especially that which is typical and picturesque. This series portrays American life long before this country had a freeway system. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #20-124. Price: $100.

Seller Inventory # 20-124

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 3rd Edition. Highways and Byways of Pacific Coast written and illustrated by Clifton Johnson. Third edition in original green pictorial cloth. Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York, 1908. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean. Top edge gilt. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout. 323 Pages plus ads. 5 � x 8 inches. All these volumes in this series are chiefly concerned with country life, especially that which is typical and picturesque. This series portrays American life long before this country had a freeway system. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #20-122. Price: $100.

Seller Inventory # 20-122

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Highways and Byways of the Rocky Mountains written and illustrated by Clifton Johnson. First edition in original green pictorial cloth. Publisher: The Macmillan Company, New York, 1910. Binding is in near fine condition, toning to the spine and rear cover edge. Contents clean. Top edge gilded. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout. 279 Pages plus ads. 5 � x 8 inches. Including the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, Kansas, Texas, Utah and Yellowstone National Park. All these volumes in this series are chiefly concerned with country life, especially that which is typical and picturesque. This series portrays American life long before this country had a freeway system. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #20-125. Price: $100.

Seller Inventory # 20-125

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. (South Seas) A South Seas Lover by Alfred St. Johnston. A Romance. First edition in original cloth. Publisher: Macmillan & Co., London, 1890. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean, ever so small nick to ffep edge. 321 pages. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #14-057. Price $125. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # 14-057

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Rambles Around Old Boston by Edwin M. Bacon. First edition in original blue cloth, gold letter and round pictorial pastedown. Publisher: Little, Brown, Boston, 1914. First edition with publishing date the same on the title-page and copyright page and edition statement: Published, October, 1914. viii, 205 pages. Binding is in fine condition. Sepia toned illustrations throughout. 6 � x 9 � inches. Inventory #23-154. Price: $125.

Seller Inventory # 23-154

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. (South Seas) Camping Among Cannibals by Alfred St. Johnston. First edition in original cloth. Publisher: Macmillan and Co., London, 1883. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean. 327 pages. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #14-100. Price $150. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # 14-100

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cyclists Touring Club / Companions to the British Road Book by Herbert S. Vaughan. First edition in original flexible dark green boards. Publisher: E.R. Shipton, London, 1898. Binding is in near fine condition. Contents clean. 5 � x 7 � inches. 380 pages. Illustrations though out. Inventory #19-024. Price: $150.

Seller Inventory # 19-024

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Romantic Cities of California by Hildegarde Hawthorne. Illustrated by E.H. Suydam. Signed first edition in dust jacket. Publisher: D. Appleton-Century Company, New York, 1939. First edition with (1) at the end of the book text. Signed on the half-title page by the illustrator. Dust jacket is in near fine condition, slight toning to the spine. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean. Pastedown and ffep with toning marks where a previous wrapper was applied. Fore edges with areas of browning. Else a very nice copy. Numerous black and white illustrations. 456 pages including the index. 6 � x 9 1/8 inches. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #19-126. Price: $150. Signed by Illustrator.

Seller Inventory # 19-126

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 5th or later Edition. (Sweetser s New England) New England A Handbook For Travelers. Twelfth edition revised and augmented in original flexible red binding. Handbook for travelers with 6 maps and 11 city plans. Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1890. Folding and double page maps and plans including large map in the back. 453 pages including the index. 4 � x 6 � inches Maps are in excellent condition, but with two seam tears repaired with archival tape. Contents clean. Binding is in near fine condition, slight age toning to the spine. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #20-136. Price: $150.

Seller Inventory # 20-136

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Pacific Coast Scenic Tour by Henry T. Finck. From Southern California to Alaska / The Canadian Pacific Railroad / Yellowstone Park / and The Grand Canon. First edition in original green cloth. Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1890. 309 pages including the index. 20 black and white photos / illustrations. First edition with publishing date the same on both the titlepage and copyright page. Binding is in very good, a little edge wear along the spine and spine corners. Toning to the spine Contents clean. Toning to the title-page due to transfer from the tissue guard. 5 � x 8 inches, Protected by Mylar. Inventory #23-106. Price: $150.

Seller Inventory # 23-106

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Tales of Southern Rivers by Zane Grey. First edition in original green cloth with pictorial pastedown. First Edition, First Printing [it states on the copyright page, "First Edition", H - Y". Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York, (1924). Binding is in very good condition, fading to the spine. Contents clean and bright. Owner's name on ffep. 249 pages. 5 � x 8 � inches. Black and white photos throughout. Inventory #23-197. Price: $180.

Seller Inventory # 23-197

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. (Australia and the South Seas) The Wild Animals of Australasia by A.S. Le Souef and Harry Burrell. First edition in dust jacket. Publisher: George G. Harrap & Company Ltd, London, (1926). 105 black and white photos plus 9 black and white drawings. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, small tear at bottom of spine front, toning to the spine. Else a nice complete jacket with price on flap of 25/-net. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean. 388 pages. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #14-066. Price $200. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # 14-066

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing by Zane Grey. 1928 edition Grosset and Dunlap edition in original green cloth. Binding is in very good plus to near fine condition. Contents clean. 62 sepia like photos throughout. 277 pages. 8 x 10 5/8 inches. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #14-152. Price: $200. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # 14-152

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Crofutt's New Overland Tourist and Pacific Coast Guide by Geo. Crofutt. 1880 edition in original green cloth binding. Publisher: Geo. Crofutt, Omaha, 1880. 282 pages. Binding is in near fine condition, touches of wear to the spine ends. Contents clean, bookseller ink stamp on the title-page. 18 fold-out plates are present as called for. Flake 2593. Inventory #23-001. Price: $200.

Seller Inventory # 23-001

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Adventures By Sea from Art of Old Time by Basil Lubbock. Limited edition (#639 of 1750) in original purple cloth. Publisher: Studio Limited, London, 1925. Un-paginated, 115 plates, 22 tipped-in plates in color with tissue guards. Oversized book 10 x 12 � inches. Binding is faded but solid. Contents clean and bright. A solid copy of a wonderful book on the subject of art at sea. Many ocean scenes with ships. Inventory #23-052. Price: $200.

Seller Inventory # 23-052

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. (South Seas) Polynesia by Rev. M. Russell. An historical account of the principal islands in the South Sea. First edition in new cloth binding with original title label. Publisher: Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh, 1842. Folding map facing the frontispiece. Binding is in near fine condition, four small spots to rear cover. Contents clean, no writing or marks. 440 pages plus 16 pages of ads. 4 � x 6 7/8 inches. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #14-064. Price $250. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # 14-064

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. San Francisco As It Was-As It Is- And How To See It by Helen Throop Purdy. First edition in scarce dust jacket. Publisher: Paul Elder, San Francisco, 1912. Dust jacket is in very good plus condition, some wear at the top of the spine and slight wear at the fore edge corners. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean. Numerous black and white illustrations throughout. 6 � x 9 � inches. 221 pages including the index. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #17-233. Price: $250 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # 17-233

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. In Africa by John T. McCutcheon. Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country. First edition in original dark brown cloth with gold lettering. 402 pages. Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, (1910). Binding is in near fine condition. Contents clean with the exception of an edge stain on two pages and repair to a tear on those two pages (no loss and barely visible). 7 x 9 � inches. Numbers black and white photos and sepia illustrations. Inventory #23-086. Price: $250.

Seller Inventory # 23-086

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. The Journals of Francis Parkman edited by Mason Wade. First edition in two volumes in dark blue cloth. Publisher: Harper & Brothers, New York, 1947. First edition so stated on the copyright page with publisher's I-W code. 381 through 718 pages including the index. Bindings are in fine condition. Contents clean and bright. Title-pages with faint residue of a stamp (bearly visible). Endpapers have maps of Parkman's trip. 6 � x 9 � inches.Transparent glue residue on the back pastedown of both volumes where something was removed. Viewing of the maps clear and complete. Illustrated throughout both volumes. A wonderful tight copy. Inventory #23-087. Price: $250.

Seller Inventory # 23-087

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Glimpses of Mexico and California by S.M. Lee. First edition is original green cloth. Publisher: Geo. H. Ellis, Boston, 1887. 124 pages. Binding is in near fine condition just a touch of edge wear else in fine condition. Endpaers with a two inches strip of toning where perhaps a wrapper was on the book to protect it. Contents clean and bright. Owner's name and date (March 1887) in ink on the ffep. 5 x 7 � inches. This is a series of letters describing a train trip from New York to Mexico City and back up the West Coast to San Francisco in 1886. Inventory #23-101. Price: $250.

Seller Inventory # 23-101

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A Tour Around the World by George E. Raum. Inscribed first edition in original green cloth elaborately decorated in gold. Publisher: William S. Gottsberger, New York, 1886. Signed on the fly-leaf "To Mr. F.W. Bau Reynegous with compliments of the Author / San Francisco July 20th 1886". Binding is in fine condition. Contents Clean. 430 pages including index plus ad in back. 5 � x 7 5/8 inches. Light foxing to the title-page and verso. A single spot of light foxing on the first few pages else a clean bright copy. Nice tight copy. Inventory #23-103. Price: $250. Inscribed by Author(s).

Seller Inventory # 23-103

No Binding. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. (Pacific Railroad Surveys) Lithograph: Los Angeles Plate. Pacific Railroad Survey Lithograph. Publisher: House of Representatives, Nicholson, Washington, 1856. Volume 5. Scarce Los Angeles plate X showing the first recorded views of Los Angeles. In fine condition. Matted. 8 � x 11 � inches. A wonderful scarce item. Inventory #16-047. Price: $450 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # 16-047

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas by Zane Grey. First edition, first printing in original green cloth. Publisher: Harper and Brothers, New York, 1925. First printing with letters K-Z on the copyright page. Binding is in fine plus condition. Contents exceptionally clean. Sepia photos throughout. 66 plates and 100 illustrations in all. 216 pages. 8 x 10 5/8 inches. A wonderful tight copy. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #17-272. Price: $450. Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.

Seller Inventory # 17-272