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California International Antiquarian Book Fair 2024

The 56th California International Antiquarian Book Fair returns to San Francisco in 2024. 

Bernard, Jeffrey and Adam look forward to meeting old friends and customers and meeting new ones too.

Look forward to welcoming you to Stand 238!

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  • Album of watercolours of flowers, fruit and silkworms.

    [CHINESE SCHOOL].
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    From the collection of the 5th Duke of Marlborough. A sumptuous collection of mounted watercolours depicting Chinese silkworm cultivation, birds (i...

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  • Out of Africa.

    BLIXEN, Karen.
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    The UK edition precedes the much more common Random House printing. Memorably filmed. This is by far the best copy we have handled.Out of Africa i...

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  • Animal Farm.

    ORWELL, George.
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    The first edition of Orwell's socio-political classic, intended by the author to serve as a satirical take on the events that led up to the Russia...

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  • Ninety-Two Days.

    WAUGH, Evelyn.
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    Presentation copy to Juliet Duff. An account of Waugh's travels in British Guiana and Brazil. Inscribed by the author to Lady Juliet Duff (1881-196...

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  • Chevaux de minuit.

    PICASSO, Pablo; ILIAZD; GREY, Roch [pseud. OETTINGEN, Hélène].
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    Signed by picasso and iliazd. One of 52 copies, Chevaux de minuit is one of Picasso and Iliazd's most successful collaborations. 'Picasso's stylist...

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  • The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse.

    POTTER, Beatrix.
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    The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse was published with the boards in either blue or brown but neither has priority over the other.First or second printin...

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  • A Wrinkle in Time.

    L'ENGLE, Madeleine.
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    Setting copy used for the British edition. A particularly interesting setting copy of this American classic in the scarce first issue dust-jacket, ...

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  • The Edible Woman.

    ATWOOD, Margaret.
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    Association copy of the author's first novel - with autograph letter. A lovely association copy of Atwood's first novel, inscribed to her friend Je...

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  • The Tiger Who Came to Tea.

    KERR, Judith.
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    Rare, especially in such very good condition and with the dust-jacket, which is entirely unsophisticated in having no restoration, tears or signif...

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  • The Story of a Puppet or The Adventures of Pinocchio.

    COLLODI, Carlo [pseud. LORENZINI, Carlo].
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    Rare first UK edition of Pinocchio. The rare first UK edition of Collodi's classic for children, originally published in book-form in Florence, Ita...

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  • Perelman's Home Companion.

    PERELMAN, S.J.
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    Inscribed by the author to his mother. A delightful association copy, inscribed by the author to his mother on the front free endpaper: 'To mother,...

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  • Substance of a Minute

    RAFFLES, Thomas Stamford.
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    Rare. Raffles became lieutenant-governor of Java in 1811, and governor of Sumatra shortly thereafter, gaining renown for his benevolence and his o...

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  • The Gremlins.

    DAHL, Roald.
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    With photograph of Walt Disney in his studio. A very smart first edition copy of Roald Dahl's first book The Gremlins, a collaborative effort with ...

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  • The Story of the Malakand Field Force:

    CHURCHILL, Winston Spencer.
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    Churchill's first book. 'While I was attached to the Malakand Field Force, I wrote a series of letters from the London Daily Telegraph. The favoura...

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  • Les plans, profils, et élévations des ville [sic] et château de Versailles, avec les bosquets et fontaines, tels qu'ils sont à présent[...].

    [VERSAILLES].
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    A record of Versailles as completed for the Sun King: Louis XIV. A collection of plans and views of the Palace of Versailles, made between 1714 and...

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