Compiler Elder Paul (7 results)

Poor condition. 16 pages. H 21 x L 11.5cm. Dark gray suede covers soiled and tattered at edges with loss particularly along spine and fore-edges, front cover decorated with bright gilt stamped lettering and ship design. Interior pages detached from binding string; toning to leaves with some wear along edges. Ornamental tissue paper between endpapers and the numbered leaves. A poor copy but an early Paul Elder title. Elder operated several bookstores as well as his own publishing company in which he often utilized an Arts & Crafts aesthetic. Elder printed approximately 400 books primarily between 1898 and 1919 initially in association with designer/illustrator Morgan Shepard under the imprint of Elder & Shepard (1898-1903) with successive efforts under the imprint of Paul Elder and Company in conjunction with the skilled printer John Henry Nash.

Paperback. First Edition, First printing. 16pp plus endpapers, suede wraps, with gilt design and lettering on front panel. String binding. LIGHT WEAR TO SUEDE COVERS, BUT NO TEARS OR CHIPS. INTERIOR CLEAN.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 75pp., 35 mounted plates. Pages are clean and sharp, with affixed artwork likewise. Covers have some edgewear, one board corner worn through, a water stain to bottom front board corner. The burlap binding at spine is not in bad shape; it has some small splits at the corner folds but is not heavily frayed. Some of the cover titling and cover illustration are rubbed out, but a relatively low amount of each. A rustic-looking book that has seen some wear but is solidly intact. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. Scuffing to boards else vg. Collection of writings and camera studies of California with pieces by John Muir, Helen Hunt Jackson, Bret Harte, Joaquin Miller among many others.

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. No jacket. First Edition. San Francisco:Paul Elder and Company. (1911). 1st edition.  (75)pps. Illustrated with 37 tipped in photographs. Hardcover. Quarter bound with corse cloth (burlap) and light brown boards with title in gilt to front cover and a paste down photograph, lightly soiled and shelfworn with wear along edges. Internally, an inked inscription to Inez from Edna and Porter Garnett to 1st free end-page, but otherwise pages clean and bright. The binding is tight and hinges intact.  *Porter Garnett was prominent in west coast literary activities and fine printing, as well as co-founder of The Lark with Gelett Burgess. .

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Anthology of verse & prose accompanying often-related photos of California architecture & natural beauty; authors include Joaquin Miller, George Wharton James, Charlotte Perkins [Gilman] Stetson, David Starr Jordan, Frank Norris, Bret Harte, Gelett Burgess, Gertrude Atherton, Adeline Knapp, Olive Harper, John Muir, Stewart Edward White, Helen Hunt Jackson, Charles Keeler; photographers include Oscar Maurer, Harold A. Taylor, Harold A. Parker, A. Putnam, Hermann O. Albrecht; subjects include San Diego Bay, La Jolla, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Monterey, Carmel, San Francisco, Chinatown, Sierras, Yosemite, Sequoias, Lake Tahoe, Mt. Shasta. Oversize hardcover, as pictured, in the uncommon full 'suede' leather binding. Delicate covers show some scuffs, rubbing, small stains; text clean, no names or marks; v, blank, [75] pages, thick brown paper with 37 tipped-in sepia-tone plates, as called for. Size: Quarto.

First Edition. Quarto; [2], vi, 75 pages. 37 tipped-in sepia photogravure plates (including tissue-protected frontis of the Golden Gate) on rectos, text on verso of pages. This copy is from the family of John Henry Nash and bears his bookplate on the front pastedown. Bound in original 1/2 coarse tan burlap and tan paper-covered boards with gilt lettering to front board. Light wear, mainly to burlap on spine and corners, else near fine. During the years 1903-1911 almost all of Paul Elder's memorable and collectable works were designed and typeset by John Henry Nash at the Tomoye Press. Nash and Elder's association ended in 1911, thus California the Beautiful was one of the last books issued during their association.