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BEAUTIFUL "MINGEI" ART CALENDAR

Takeshi Nishijima
Japanese Katazome Calendar 1972, First Edition
$350

EXTREMELY RARE DUST JACKET

Jack London
The Night Born, First Printing
$5000

SCARCE "HOMMAGE A CALIFORNIA"

Robinson Jeffers; Florian Steiner
Three Poems, Limited #17 of 35 copies
$375

ZAMORANO 80 #25

Harrison Clifford Dale
The Ashley-Smith Explorations and Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific 1822-1829, First Edition
$450

IMPORTANT STEEL ENGRAVED & COLORED MAPS

Alvin Jewett Johnson; J. H. Colton
Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical
$1500

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

J. Evetts Haley
Charles Goodnight Cowman & Plainsman, First printing of New Edition
$500

PANORAMA OF NEVADA HISTORY

Unique Archive of Elko Hotel, Casino & Saloon Owner/Author Kenneth Scott & Wife Jennette (granddaughter of ‘Bandit Queen’ Belle Starr)
$5000

CALIFORNIA MISSIONS AND RANCHOS

$100 or less
Phil Townsend Hanna; W. W. Robinson and William H. Newbro, Jr.
A Map of the Missions, Presidios, Pueblos and Some of the More Interesting Ranchos of Spanish California, Together with the Routes of the Principal Land Explorations Therein, First Edition
$100

UNCOMMON HAGSTROM MAP CATALOG

Andrew Gunnar Hagstrom
Hagstrom's Decorative and Historical Maps, First Edition
$375

THE EXTINCT HARE-INDIAN DOG (DOMESTICATED COYOTE?)

$100 or less
John James Audubon
Hare-Indian Dog [Plate 132]
$100

IMPORTANT MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR HISTORY

John Frost
The War and its Warriors; Comprising a Complete History of all the Operations of the American Armies in Mexico, First Edition
$150

AUDUBON'S BEAUTIFUL COUGAR

$100 or less
John James Audubon
The Cougar [Plate 96]
$100

GILL SHOWCASE - FREDERIC MELCHER'S COPY

Eric Gill
A Specimen of Three Book Types designed by Eric Gill: Joanna, Joanna Italic, Perpetua, First Edition
$450

SCARCE DEL MONTE HOTEL MENU

St. Patricks Day (dinner menu)
$150

WORLD WAR II HOSPITAL TRAINING

A. Alfred Solomon, M.D
1942 Correspondence from an Army Doctor in OCS Training to His Wife
$150

RARE JIGSAW PUZZLE TO ADVERTISE 'RCA RADIOTRONS'

Morton Downey and Paul Whiteman (jigsaw puzzle)
$200

THE GREATEST MALE DANCER OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Geoffrey Whitworth
The Art of Nijinsky, First American Edition
$200

PIONEER LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT FLORENCE YOCH'S COPY

George A. Martin (editor)
Fences, Gates And Bridges: A Practical Manual, Early printing
$200

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

Timothy G. Turner
Bullets, Bottles and Gardenias, First Edition
$425

PACIFIC GROVE COTTAGES/TRAILER PARK WITH MAP

17 Mile Drive Cottage Court
$125

BIOGRAPHY OF THE CHARISMATIC PIONEER

Mari Sandoz
Old Jules, First Edition
$250

WITH FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF NEWLY-OCCUPIED OKINAWA

[U.S.S. Hyades]
Collection of Publications Printed Aboard the U.S.S. Hyades (AF-28) Pacific Theatre 1944-45
$450

FUN VINTAGE 'FLICKERTAIL STATE' NAPKINS

North Dakota: The Peace Garden State
$200
[St. Catherine's Hospital] Wm. A. Lagé, photographer
Golden Jubilee... St. Catharine's (sic) Hospital, First Edition
$350

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

Catherine Wheeler
Bright Little Poems for Bright Little People, First Edition
$150

INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

William Denton
Is Darwin Right? Or The Origin Of Man, First Edition
$250

SCARCE FIRST EDITION W/SILOUETTES

Zoe Anderson Norris
The Color of His Soul, First Edition
$375
New items will be added as items are sold and extra items will be displayed starting Saturday at 10am

Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA

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Mary Hill & James Bryant

245 Pearl Street
Monterey, CA, 93940
United States

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 831-224-2272
Cell: 831-224-2272 (text)
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Your satisfaction is guaranteed. All items are offered subject to prior sale and are returnable (notification of return must be made within ten days and returns made promptly). Postage is additional. We accept most forms of payment including check or bank draft, most credit cards and PayPal. We are pleased to work with Institutional requirements. 9.25% sales tax will be charged California residents.

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We are a physical shop open by appointment/chance in historic Monterey, California.

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Carpe Diem Fine Books offers a discriminating selection of out-of-print, and out of the ordinary books in all fields - with a special emphasis on the history and literature of California and the West.

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