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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The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.
KEYNES, John Maynard.Original price £6,750.00 - Original price £6,750.00Original price £0.00£6,750.00£6,750.00 - £6,750.00Current price £6,750.00| /'We are all Keynesians today'. The first edition of Keynes' masterwork, scarce in dust-jacket. Written in the aftermath of the Great Depression, Th...
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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].Original price £5,750.00 - Original price £5,750.00Original price £0.00£5,750.00£5,750.00 - £5,750.00Current price £5,750.00| /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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The Tempest.
CHAGALL, Marc (artist); SHAKESPEARE, William.Original price £10,000.00 - Original price £10,000.00Original price £0.00£10,000.00£10,000.00 - £10,000.00Current price £10,000.00| /Signed by the artist - one of 250 copies. A fine example of this limited edition of Shakespeare's The Tempest with 50 original lithographs after Ch...
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Portrait photograph of Samuel Beckett.
[BECKETT, Samuel]. BRASSAI.Original price £4,250.00 - Original price £4,250.00Original price £0.00£4,250.00£4,250.00 - £4,250.00Current price £4,250.00| /With photographer's presentation inscription. A stunning portrait of Beckett in his absolute prime, showing his head and shoulders, leaning slightl...
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Advertisements For Myself.
MAILER, Norman.Original price £575.00 - Original price £575.00Original price £0.00£575.00£575.00 - £575.00Current price £575.00| /Presentation copy to Mailer's editor. A fine association copy with the author's signed presentation inscription to the front free endpaper, 'To Fra...
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The River War.
[MILITARY]. CHURCHILL, Winston.Original price £6,500.00 - Original price £6,500.00Original price £0.00£6,500.00£6,500.00 - £6,500.00Current price £6,500.00| /Churchill's account of his adventures during the war in the Sudan. The River War was Churchill's second published book after The Story of the Malak...
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Snowblind. A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade.
HIRST, Damien; SABBAG, Robert.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /Special limited edition - signed by Damien Hirst. Special limited edition of this cult novel about Zachary Swan's adventures in the narcotics trade...
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Film Problems in Soviet Russia.
BRYHER.Original price £750.00 - Original price £750.00Original price £0.00£750.00£750.00 - £750.00Current price £750.00| /Produced by the group responsible for the ground-breaking periodical Close Up, this important early study of early Russian film makers was amongst...
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Breakdown.
BRATBY, John.Original price £850.00 - Original price £850.00Original price £0.00£850.00£850.00 - £850.00Current price £850.00| /Signed by the author along with an original self portrait. Signed and dated (1960) by the author beneath a fabulous, full-page, pencil self portrai...
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Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor.
PEAKE, Mervyn.Original price £3,500.00 - Original price £3,500.00Original price £0.00£3,500.00£3,500.00 - £3,500.00Current price £3,500.00| /Peake's first book and of considerable scarcity. It has been said by hopeful booksellers over the years of pretty much every uncommon book printed...
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Arctic searching expedition:
RICHARDSON, John.Original price £2,500.00 - Original price £2,500.00Original price £0.00£2,500.00£2,500.00 - £2,500.00Current price £2,500.00| /Richardson, the noted naturalist, accompanied Franklin on his first and second expeditions. The present work includes the journals of Richardson a...
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Poems.
OWEN, Wilfred; SASSOON, Siegfried (editor).Original price £8,750.00 - Original price £8,750.00Original price £0.00£8,750.00£8,750.00 - £8,750.00Current price £8,750.00| /First impression of limited edition. Only 1000 copies of this monumental collection were printed, with a second impression coming out the following...
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Low-Flying Aircraft.
BALLARD, J.G.Original price £475.00 - Original price £475.00Original price £0.00£475.00£475.00 - £475.00Current price £475.00| /Inscribed copy. A fine, inscribed first edition of this key Ballardian title, in the distinctive Bill Botten dust-jacket.First edition, signed pres...
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The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes.
POTTER, Beatrix.Original price £1,250.00 - Original price £1,250.00Original price £0.00£1,250.00£1,250.00 - £1,250.00Current price £1,250.00| /A near fine example. The story of Timmy and Goody Tiptoes is the only Beatrix Potter story apparently set in North America - although this is impli...
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Wall Street.
STRAND, Paul.Original price £16,500.00 - Original price £16,500.00Original price £16,500.00£16,500.00£16,500.00 - £16,500.00Current price £16,500.00| /Icon of Modernism. An iconic image of Wall Street and a turning point in modern photography.Wall Street depicts a scene of everyday life in Manhatt...
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