California book fairs LA and San Francisco 2026

Februari 21 - March 1, 2026

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Barraband, J. [in F. Levaillant]

Red bird-of-paradise ( Paradisaea rubra). From: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus [Plate 6. L'Oiseau de Paradis Rouge].

€3,200.00

Bonanni, P.

Musaeum Kircherianum sive musaeum a p. Athanasio Kirchero in Collegio Romano Societatis Jesu jam pridem incoeptum nuper restitutum, auctum, descriptum, & iconibus illustratum.

€12,000.00

Hilli (Safi Al-Din) [G. H. Bernstein (ed.)]

Szafieddini hellensis. Ad sulthanum Elmelik Eszsaleh Schemseddin Abulmekarem Ortokidam. Carmen Arabicum e codice manu scripto Bibliothecae Regia Parisiensis editit interpretatione at Latina et Germanica annotationibusque illustravit.

€4,800.00

[Photography] Album: China and adjacent countries

Photos of China, Thailand and Myanmar.

€25,000.00

[Scissor Art and Lepidochromy]

Les Lépidoptères.

€15,000.00

Byrne, O.

New and improved system of logarithms, with a table of the logarithms of the natural numbers, from 1 to 100,000, and by differences, from 1 to 10,000,000. The calculations have been recently made, and afterwards compared with the tables of Callet, Hutton, Vega, Briggs, Gardiner, Taylor, and Babbage. To which is added, an account of the origin, nature and use; and their application to several subjects to which they appertain. Also, an index, containing tables of trigonometrical formulae, (the notation entirely new and simple.)

€7,250.00

[Darwin, Charles Robert]

Portrait of Darwin - Rare carte de visite.

€1,500.00

Einstein, Albert [Gertie Simon]

Original photo by Gerty Simon.

€6,500.00

Mayer, A. G.

The Medusae of the World. The Hydromedusae. The Scyphomedusae. [Complete in three volumes].

€4,000.00

Jaring, C. [Photography]

Photo of Marijke Koger "The hippest chick in town".

€500.00

Brodtmann, C. J.

Naturhistorische Bilder-Galerie aus dem Thierreiche gezeichnet von Carl Joseph Brodtmann.

€10,000.00

Escher, M. C.

Vissen. [In: De Tekens van de Dierenriem - limited edition, with extra letter and invitations to exhibitions of the artwork].

€6,500.00

Brokatpapier [gilt-printed paper]

A large, gilt-embossed sheet.

€650.00

Aa, P. van der [publisher]

Habillemens de plusieurs nations, représentez au naturel, en cent trente sept belles figures. [Excessively rare complete copy].

€9,000.00

Ogawa, K.

Some Japanese Flowers.

€3,200.00

Barraband, J. [in F. Levaillant]

The yellow-ridged toucan ( Ramphastos vitellinus culminatus). From: Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des Toucans et des Barbus [Plate 5. Le grand Toucan à gorge orange].

€2,500.00

Bennett, J. W.

A selection from the most remarkable and interesting of the fishes found on the coast of Ceylon. From drawings made in the southern part of that island from the living specimens.

Reserved

Heim, J. [Publisher]

American Commercial Specimens. Amerikanische Mercantil-Arbeiten.

€1,000.00

Hilli (Safi Al-Din) [G. H. Bernstein (ed.)]

Szafieddini hellensis. Ad sulthanum Elmelik Eszsaleh Schemseddin Abulmekarem Ortokidam. Carmen Arabicum e codice manu scripto Bibliothecae Regia Parisiensis editit interpretatione at Latina et Germanica annotationibusque illustravit.

€4,800.00

[Humphreys, H. N.]

The Night-Flyers. A Series of Moth Pictures.

Reserved

[Paper Peepshow]

Wine Cellar.

€2,000.00

[Photography] Album: China and adjacent countries

Photos of China, Thailand and Myanmar.

€25,000.00

Spix, J. [B.] de and J. [G.] Wagler

Serpentum Brasiliensium species novae ou histoire naturelle des espèces nouvelles de serpens, recueillies et observées pendant le voyage dans l'intérieur du Brésil dans les années 1817, 1818, 1819, 1820, exécuté par ordre de sa majesté le roi de Bavière, publiée par Jean de Spix, écrite d'après les notes du voyageur par Jean Wagler.

€12,500.00