Dawsons Book Shop (68 results)
Published by Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, CA, 1948
- Softcover
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.Willis Monie-Books, ABAA
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. Light discoloration on wrapper. ; 24 pages.
Published by Sowers, Roy V. + Dawson's Book Shop, Glenwood, CA, 1946
- Softcover
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Larry W Price Books
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Add to basketPamphlet. Condition: Very Good. 2 Book Catalogs issued for Christmas, 1946 & 1962: Roy V Sowers, 36 pp., 1946 & Dawson's Book Shop, 40 pp., 1962, VG.

Published by Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angleles, Ca
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Counterpoint Records & Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.Counterpoint Records & Books
Contact seller4-star sellerStapled Soft Cover. Condition: Good +. First Thus. White wrappers display light edge-wear, corners neat. Black titles and b/w illustration on front cover, corners neat, mild scuffing to covers. Book body clean and tight.
More imagesPublished by Dawson's Book Shop, 1990
- Softcover
Seller: Epilonian Books, Manhattan Beach, CA, U.S.A.Epilonian Books
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. Dawson's Book Shop, Catalogue 503, May 1990. In very good condition. Illustrated paper covers have light bumping to edges and corners and light overall scuffing. Binding tight (staple bound). Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-library. NO remainder marks. Detailed descriptions, several with black a…nd white illustrations, and asking prices for 255 works of art. Dawson's Book Shop, founded by Ernest Dawson in 1905 on South Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, became a renowned rare book dealer specializing in Western Americana, fine press books, art and photography. The shop, run by the Dawson family for over a century, was a cultural hub for collectors and enthusiasts and published numerous limited editions. [From inside front cover] We are pleased to offer a selection of Southern California artwork encompassing the period from the late 1880's to the 1950's, with several more contemporary works. The subjects range from landscapes of the region, city views, California missions and bird's-eye views to portraits and magazine illustrations. We have included the work of a few photographers as well: Albert Hiller, James Doolittle, Ernest Pratt and W. H. Rabe. The sizes given on the prints are the printed area, not including margins, with height preceding width. All loose leaf artwork on paper is matted with archival board, unless otherwise noted. We also offer illustrated books, pamphlets and catalogues pertaining to California artits. Prints, Drawings and Paintins : Items 1-170, Illustrated Books items 171-255.
Published by Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1940., 1940
- Softcover
Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd., Cadyville, NY, U.S.A.Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Add to basketCondition: Very good. - Small octavo, softcover. Printed cream self-wraps. 31 & [1] pages. The title page & last page are lightly soiled & bumped with a pencil notation in the top left corner of the title. Very good. 245 items are catalogued with prices.From the library of E. Harold Hugo of Meriden Gravure with his address typed… on the last page and with a postmarked stamp in the top right corner. There are pencil crosses against a few items in the catalog.

Published by Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1946
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antiquarian Bookshop, Washington, DC, U.S.A.Antiquarian Bookshop
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 8vo; Former owner's initials at top of front wrapper and address label on rear wrapper, front wrapper faded at edges. 191 items listed including "A Collection of John Masefied" for $3000 and a lovely 15th century Book of Hours with 15 miniatures for $750 and most impressively a 149…9 Hypnerotonachia with 172 magnificent woodcuts at $600. . Previous owner Francis Xavier Dwyer was co-author of a widely used textbook: "Introduction to the Study of Law," by Edmund M. Morgan and Francis X. Dwyer, and was a librarian at the Law Library of Harvard University and later for decades at the Law Library of Library of Congress.
Published by Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1980
- First Edition
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.sonalsorises
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in original printed wrappers. 252 books about California and Oregon.
Language: English
Published by Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1990
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Larry W Price Books
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 44 pp., Illus, Color Plt e.p., White Color Plt Illus Paperback, pencil checkmarks else VG, 1st ed (Nice Price guide for Yosemite Publications).
Published by Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles
- First Edition
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.sonalsorises
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First Edition. Original printed wrappers. Circa 1950. Excellent reference for Californiana.
Published by Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, Cal, 1975
- Softcover
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.Willis Monie-Books, ABAA
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Add to basketsoftcover. Condition: Very Good. Date stamp on the front cover. ; 130 pages.
Published by Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles
- First Edition
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.sonalsorises
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. First Edition. Near fine in original printed wrappers. 211 rare books listed.
Published by Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles
- First Edition
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.sonalsorises
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good in original wrappers.
Published by Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1947
- First Edition
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.sonalsorises
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More imagesPublished by Dawson's Book Shop, 1949
Seller: Epilonian Books, Manhattan Beach, CA, U.S.A.Epilonian Books
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pamphlet. Condition: Good. Dawson's Book Shop Catalog 227, circa late 1940's. Booklet, paper covers, 16 pp. Good condition, with a few small nicks and tears and aging along the edges and fold of spine. Fourth part of the Frontier Americana collection offered by the shop in the late 1940's. Includes over 163 descriptions and aski…ng prices of items offered for sale. Includes 2 black and white illustrations. Dawson's Book Shop, founded by Ernest Dawson in 1905 on South Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, became a renowned rare book dealer specializing in Western Americana, fine press books, and photography. The shop, run by the Dawson family for over a century, was a cultural hub for collectors and enthusiasts and published numerous limited editions.
Published by Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, California, 1948
- Softcover
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. 39 pages; paper wrapper with title on the cover and illustration. Catalogue broken into sections of various presses with a large section on the Grabhorn Press, 292 title listed in total. As usual from Dawson's an interesting catalogue with annotations about fine items. Clean copy.
Published by Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, California, 1950
- Softcover
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Barry Cassidy Rare Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Catalogue 243. 37 pages; paper wrapper with title on the cover (4 x 6 inch). 92 titles listed with annotations, especially the Incunabula (21). Includes a count of incunabula in Southern California institutions - Huntington 5,296; University Southern California 46; and so on for 14 l…ocations.

Published by Dawson's Book Shop November 1990, Los Angeles, 1990
- Softcover
Seller: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, U.S.A.Alkahest Books
Contact seller5-star sellersoftcover. Condition: Fine. Bookseller's catalog, softcover. 408 items described, with prices. Section 1: Yosemite - Books, Brochures, Maps. Items 1 -254. Section 2: Yosemite - Drawings, Paintings, Prints, and Photographs. Items 255 -333. Section 3: General Mountaineering, Items 334 - 408. Four color illustrations on covers. Oth…er illustrations in black and white. Fine condition. 061507B - W.
More imagesPublished by Dawson's Book Shop, 1949
Seller: Epilonian Books, Manhattan Beach, CA, U.S.A.Epilonian Books
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pamphlet. Condition: Good. Dawson's Book Shop Catalog 238, circa late 1940's. Booklet, paper covers, 26 pp. Good condition, with a few small nicks and tears and aging along the edges and fold of spine. Previous owner's address and stamp residue (stamp removed) on rear cover. Eighth and final part of the Frontier Americana collec…tion offered by the shop in the late 1940's. Includes over 200 descriptions and prices of items offered for sale. Includes several black and white illustrations. Dawson's Book Shop, founded by Ernest Dawson in 1905 on South Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, became a renowned rare book dealer specializing in Western Americana, fine press books, and photography. The shop, run by the Dawson family for over a century, was a cultural hub for collectors and enthusiasts and published numerous limited editions.
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Seller: Epilonian Books, Manhattan Beach, CA, U.S.A.Epilonian Books
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pamphlet. Condition: Good. Dawson's Book Shop Catalog 235, circa late 1940's. Booklet, paper covers, 32 pp. Good condition, with a few small nicks and tears and aging along the edges and fold of spine. Previous owner's address and cancelled 1 1/2 cent stamp on rear cover. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. Seventh pa…rt of the Frontier Americana collection offered by the shop in the late 1940's. Includes over 270 descriptions and asking prices of items offered for sale. Dawson's Book Shop, founded by Ernest Dawson in 1905 on South Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, became a renowned rare book dealer specializing in Western Americana, fine press books, and photography. The shop, run by the Dawson family for over a century, was a cultural hub for collectors and enthusiasts and published numerous limited editions.
Published by Los Angeles, Dawson's Book Shop, 1972., 1972
- Softcover
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo. Illustrated. Original printed pictorial wrappers. 32 pages including covers. Very good. No signatures or bookplates. 437 listing for first edition books. Prepared by Tom Neal. Includes a selection of books with foredge paintings.
Published by Los Angeles, Dawson's Book Shop, 1975., 1975
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. Anthony S. Bliss, compiler. Original red stamped gray cloth. Fine. 130 pages. As issued, without dust jacket. No signatures or bookplates. Printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press. Catalogues 428, 433, 436.
Published by Dawson's Book Shop
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.Robinson Street Books, IOBA
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDED596 lots of rare books and photographs. Some illustrations. Some minor sunning to bottom of front cover.

Published by Los Angeles, Dawson's Book Shop, 1970., 1970
- Softcover
Seller: Alexanderplatz Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.Alexanderplatz Books
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Good. Self-wrappers. 8vo, 32 pp. Black-and-white illustrations. Items nos. 727-877, numbering continued from previous catalogues. Chinese items are nos. 851-868, and there are two Korean paintings, nos. 840-841. Very good condition. staple punctures on front page, sent through the mail. We have listed sepa…rately the two catalogues dealing with ukiyo-e painting.

Published by Dawson's, Los Angeles, 1949
- Softcover
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerpp27-52, 6x9 inches, booklist with prices, toned spine and edges else very good booklet in stapled printed white wraps. Introduction states that the majority of the list offered were obtained in Mexico & New York in the Fall of 1947.
Published by Los Angeles, Calif.: Dawson's Book Shop., 1996
- Softcover
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Wittenborn Art Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. February 1996. 8vo. 244 items listed, including works by Edgar H. Adams, Homer Aschmann, Alice Edna Berry, Roscoe P. Conkling, Frank J. Dobie, Daniel Drumheller, Zenas Leonard, et al. Illus. Very good in stapled paper wraps.

Published by Los Angeles, Dawson's Book Shop, 1965, 1967., 1967
- Softcover
Seller: Alexanderplatz Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.Alexanderplatz Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Wrappers. Two items. Numbering continuous over the two catalogues, items 1-128 are in the first catalogue, and items 129-271 in the second catalogue. Both catalogues in good condition, catalogue 372 is marked "Dup" in red ink on face, and covers of both catalogues have pairs of small puncture ma…rks, probably left from staples. The two catalogues together form the first such offering of ukiyo-e paintings in the US. Two-page preface to first catalogue. Catalogues were edited by Dr. Richard Lane. Catalogue 352, while representing a new category, was also Part V of the shop's series Japanese Picture Scrolls and Paintings. We include with the two a third catalogue, no. 351, which was part IV of that series. Two of the catalogues, nos. 351 and 372, have a mailing address in the space provided on the back cover.
Published by Dawson's Book Shop, 1969
- Softcover
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.Books From California
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Published by Dawson's Book Shop, 1964
- Softcover
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.Robinson Street Books, IOBA
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paperback. Condition: good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGood trade paperback. Clean pages. Light tanning, foxing on cover.

Published by Dawson's Book Shop 1974, 1975, Los Angeles, 1974
- Softcover
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.George Ong Books
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. 71; 95; 130 pp.; 2 pp. of illustrations in Catalogues 433 and 436, one p. in Catalogue 428; 8vo; wrappers. A set of the original three catalogues listing and describing a total of 1,358 items; Dawson's later issued a clothbound version. The collector, Jackson Burke, was at one time the Director o…f Typographic Development for the Mergenthaler Linotype Corporation. Designed and printed by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press. Very good copies; contents fine, wrappers show some light fingersoiling and a bit of age-toning to its edges; small stain on rear wrapper panel of Catalogue 433.
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- Softcover
Seller: Chesil Books, DORCHESTER, United KingdomChesil Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not relevant. Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1974-1975; issued as three separate calaogues, viz. Part I, Catalogue 428. History, October 1974; Part II,Catalogue 433, Forms, June 1975; Part III, Catalogue 436, Use, December1975; each part 140 x 216mm and pp 71, 95 and 130… respectively; card covers, part I stab stitched and with the staples rusted and part II with some lightening of the spine but otherwise all in very good condition. A total of 1,358 books are listed across the three volumes; part III has a short reference list, an author index and a title index to all three volumes. Each volume has one or two plates.