Editore: Copyrighted -1935- W. Blondel, [Bay Area CA], 1935
Da: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Arte / Stampa / Poster Prima edizione
Poster. Entrepreneur-generated aerial view looking north from San Francisco's embarcadero, shows (left to right) the Golden Gate Bridge, horizon of Marin and other counties extending to western Berkeley with foreground of Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island and an invented Exposition-scape. Appears to be based on a photograph but every Frisco building (hundreds!) has been worked over with pen and ink for "clarity" or to base the "copyright" claim or just out of sheer inspiration. This peculiar b&w graphic measures 8x21 inches centered on a long folio sheet (12x24") of reasonably alkaline paperstock. Item is not from a book, but a stand-alone poster. Not in great shape; it has been creased vertically in several places and probably at one time was rolled, and we see an area damaged with vertical dampstaining (occupies some 2x5 inches of marginal space below image of Bay Bridge's city terminus), the sort of odd damp patterning that occurs when rolled-up paper is briefly exposed to water.
Editore: Milan: 1970., 1970
Da: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 8vo. pp. [19]. Italian text. b/w illus. biblio. wrs. (edge sunned, institutional bookplate to front endpaper, some yellowing to the margins of interior pages). Exhibition catalogue.
Da: Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V., Amsterdam, Paesi Bassi
Berlin & Leipzig, Waltyer de Gruyter & co., 1927. IV,[4],49 pp. [70] b./w. ills (partly on plts; incl. 1 map) & 35 plts with photographs & line-drawings (5 double-page; 7 coloured). Orig. hardcover (brown lettered grey cloth). Large 4to.
Editore: CAL Y ARENA, 2013
ISBN 10: 9684934084 ISBN 13: 9789684934085
Da: Iridium_Books, DH, SE, Spagna
Condizione: Muy Bueno / Very Good.
Editore: Printed by Worthington Gates Independent Press, [San Francisco, 1923
Da: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Illustrated throughout. Unpaginated, [67] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Elegant illustrated prospectus for California stud farms, recording the revival of horse racing at the Tanforan racetrack near San Francisco. This copy bound for Robert L. Gerry (1877-1957), American banker, thoroughbred horse owner, and member of The Jockey Club. His wife was Cornelia, née Harriman, sister to the governor of New York, and herself an owner of successful thoroughbreds. OCLC records seven copies in three records, most in California Original white kid, upper cover stamped in green with club logo, green silk pastedowns. Bound for Robert L. Gerry, with his name in gilt. Near fine (ink title to spine). Card slipcase Illustrated throughout. Unpaginated, [67] pp. 1 vols. 4to.
ISBN 10: 8497040120 ISBN 13: 9788497040129
Da: Iridium_Books, DH, SE, Spagna
Condizione: Muy Bueno / Very Good.