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1895 – 1897., San Francisco. The chief literary organ of the Bayside Bohemians of the last decade of the 19th century. Gelette Burgess was responsible for much of the text, along with illustrations and cover designs by Florence Lundborg, Gelett Burgess, Ernest Peixotto, Hervert Van Vlack, Newton Tharp, Reginald Rix, Willis Polk and Bruce Porter, and other contributions by Maynard Dixon, Yone Noguchi, Porter Garnett, et al.

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1895 – 1897., San Francisco. The chief literary organ of the Bayside Bohemians of the last decade of the 19th century. Gelette Burgess was responsible for much of the text, along with illustrations and cover designs by Florence Lundborg, Gelett Burgess, Ernest Peixotto, Hervert Van Vlack, Newton Tharp, Reginald Rix, Willis Polk and Bruce Porter, and other contributions by Maynard Dixon, Yone Noguchi, Porter Garnett, et al. A number of Stevenson relics appear in the early issues. The first issue contains Burgess’ famous nonsense poem’The Purple Cow’, and it was fitting that when’The Lark’ ceased publication with issue 25 in 1897, the penultimate issue included Burgess’ lines,’Yes I wrote the Purple Cow, I’m sorry now I wrote it, but I can tell you anyhow, I’ll kill you if you quote it. See photos for condition details. V1 title starting to loosen. Do not pay for the items before receiving this corrected invoice. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “jtheis2012″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

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1895 – 1897., San Francisco. The chief literary organ of the Bayside Bohemians of the last decade of the 19th century. Gelette Burgess was responsible for much of the text, along with illustrations and cover designs by Florence Lundborg, Gelett Burgess, Ernest Peixotto, Hervert Van Vlack, Newton Tharp, Reginald Rix, Willis Polk and Bruce Porter, and other contributions by Maynard Dixon, Yone Noguchi, Porter Garnett, et al. A number of Stevenson relics appear in the early issues. The first issue contains Burgess’ famous nonsense poem’The Purple Cow’, and it was fitting that when’The Lark’ ceased publication with issue 25 in 1897, the penultimate issue included Burgess’ lines,’Yes I wrote the Purple Cow, I’m sorry now I wrote it, but I can tell you anyhow, I’ll kill you if you quote it. See photos for condition details. V1 title starting to loosen. Do not pay for the items before receiving this corrected invoice. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “jtheis2012″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

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1895 – 1897., San Francisco. The chief literary organ of the Bayside Bohemians of the last decade of the 19th century. Gelette Burgess was responsible for much of the text, along with illustrations and cover designs by Florence Lundborg, Gelett Burgess, Ernest Peixotto, Hervert Van Vlack, Newton Tharp, Reginald Rix, Willis Polk and Bruce Porter, and other contributions by Maynard Dixon, Yone Noguchi, Porter Garnett, et al. A number of Stevenson relics appear in the early issues. The first issue contains Burgess’ famous nonsense poem’The Purple Cow’, and it was fitting that when’The Lark’ ceased publication with issue 25 in 1897, the penultimate issue included Burgess’ lines,’Yes I wrote the Purple Cow, I’m sorry now I wrote it, but I can tell you anyhow, I’ll kill you if you quote it. See photos for condition details. V1 title starting to loosen. Do not pay for the items before receiving this corrected invoice. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “jtheis2012″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

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1895 – 1897., San Francisco. The chief literary organ of the Bayside Bohemians of the last decade of the 19th century. Gelette Burgess was responsible for much of the text, along with illustrations and cover designs by Florence Lundborg, Gelett Burgess, Ernest Peixotto, Hervert Van Vlack, Newton Tharp, Reginald Rix, Willis Polk and Bruce Porter, and other contributions by Maynard Dixon, Yone Noguchi, Porter Garnett, et al. A number of Stevenson relics appear in the early issues. The first issue contains Burgess’ famous nonsense poem’The Purple Cow’, and it was fitting that when’The Lark’ ceased publication with issue 25 in 1897, the penultimate issue included Burgess’ lines,’Yes I wrote the Purple Cow, I’m sorry now I wrote it, but I can tell you anyhow, I’ll kill you if you quote it. See photos for condition details. V1 title starting to loosen. Do not pay for the items before receiving this corrected invoice. The item “1895-7 The Lark 2 Books COMPLETE San Francisco, California” is in sale since Saturday, March 23, 2019. This item is in the category “Books & Magazines\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “jtheis2012″ and is located in Albany, New York. This item can be shipped worldwide.

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First Edition / First Printing. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1988. “Sonomama Sonomama: High Fashion in the Japanese Countryside” photographs by Taishi Hirokawa. Softcover wrappers show marks and some light wear (see photos). Endpages show some very light foxing. Previous owner’s library stamp to front page, interior is otherwise clean of any marks or writing. The item “Taishi Hirokawa Sonomama Sonomama FIRST EDITION 1988 Chronicle Books RARE” is in sale since Sunday, November 1, 2020. This item is in the category “Books\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “jonasthebean” and is located in Sag Harbor, New York. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Year Printed: 1988
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Topic: Photography
• Binding: Softcover, Wraps
• Author: Taishi Hirokawa
• Subject: Art & Photography
• Language: English
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Place of Publication: San Francisco, California
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition

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Books of the California Gold Rush: A Centennial Selection By Carl I Wheat. Signed hardcover limited edition book. Hardcover limited edition, Colt Press [San Francisco], 1949. One of 500 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Signed by both Robert and Ed Grabhorn on the colophon. Bound in cloth-backed decorative paper-covered boards. Rubbing to upper and lower spine edges and lower edge of front board. There’s a vintage former owner book plate (“Barry Whitehead”) to front pastedown and heavy age-toning to the front and rear endpapers and a small spot to 3 pages, including the colophon, otherwise pages are excellent. A guide to Gold Rush literature covering 321 titles. We’re a member of the Miniature Book Society (MBS) and International Online Bookseller’s Association (IOBA). The item “Books of the California Gold Rush Colt Press SIGNED Robert Grabhorn Bibliography” is in sale since Saturday, November 2, 2019. This item is in the category “Books\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “trianglehead_books” and is located in Shingle Springs, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Year Printed: 1949
• Modified Item: No
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Topic: Bibliographies, Indexes
• Binding: Hardcover
• Region: North America
• Author: Carl I Wheat
• Subject: Books on Books
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Language: English
• Publisher: Colt Press
• Place of Publication: San Francisco
• Special Attributes: Signed

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