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Published by Great West Books, 1991
ISBN 10: 0944220053ISBN 13: 9780944220054
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.85.
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Published by Great West Books, 1991
ISBN 10: 0944220053ISBN 13: 9780944220054
Seller: Southampton Books, Southampton, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($12.95 price intact). Published by Great West Books, 1991. Pictorial Wraps. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp with fold out map present in back pocket. Light shelf wear on covers. 203 pages. ISBN: 9780944220054. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!.
Published by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, CA, 1937
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Reprint, Limited. Reprint, hardcover, limited printing of 550 copies, has a very slight lean to the binding, small bumps to spine ends and cover corners with a touch of chipping to the paper at cover corners, some shelfwear to cover edges, slight sunning to the spine, and a couple areas of very light soiling and peeling to the front pastedown where a previous owner's plate may have been glued, otherwise a solid, tight VG copy in a clear plastic dust jacket.
Published by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1937
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. frontis, xiii, (1), 240p. Original cloth-backed boards. 24 cm. Edges of spine label and cover corners rubbed. No jacket. Edited by Francis P. Farquhar. Third Series of Rare Americana, Number 5. Edition limited to 550 copies.
Published by The Grabhorn Press, 1937
Seller: Moe's Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Limited to 550cc. Deckle edges. Covers shelfworn.
Published by THE GRABHORN PRESS, 1937
Seller: Five Quail Books, Prescott, AZ, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. SAN FRANCISCO, THE GRABHORN PRESS, 1937, 240 PAGES, FRONTISPIECE, TAN CLOTH BACKED SPINE, BLUE PICTORIAL BOARDS, LIMITED EDITION OF 550 COPIES, INTRODUCTION BY FRANCIS FARQUHAR, IN THE 1850'S DERBY MADE MANY IMPORTANT SURVEYS WORKING WITH THE U.S. ARMY, ALSO MUCH ON SAN DIEGO AND HIS ADVENTURES IN CALIFORNIA, SOME OF THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN CALIF. NEWSPAPERS AT THE TIME. FIRST PUB. IN 1855. NO NAMES, STAMPS, OR MARKS. VG, Not a foreign reprint. PRESCOTT, AZ.
Published by Appleton, New York, 1903
Seller: Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Kemble, E. W. (illustrator). New Edition. Illustrated cover. Yellow cloth Near Fine. No jacket.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1886 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 26 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.
Published by Great West Books., Lafayette., 1991
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Map in rear pocket. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 206 pps.
Published by Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1937
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 24 x 16 cm., [xiv], 240 pp., frontispiece and title page in red and black with humorous decorations, other illustrations some on different paper, blue highlights. The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1937. One of 550 copies. Part of the Third series of Rare Americana, No. 5. Bound in quarter tan buckram over turquoise & brown illustrated boards, printed paper spine label, original plain brown paper dust jacket with tears at spine. Edited and with an introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. Illustrations, facsimile sketches, etc. Humorous sketches of California by John Phoenix or John Squibob, the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. Derby who was an army officer ( Ilist several of his short reports of his explorations in California at the time of the Gold Rush) who established a reputation as a wit and practical joker even while at West Point. Phoenixiana; or, Sketches and Burlesques was first published in 1856 (I have a copy for sale). The work offered here draws upon original sources for its material and contains many hitherto uncollected nuggets of humor as well as familiar favorites. The sequence of "hunting scenes" is here published for the first time. [Grabhorn: 277; One of the fifty books of the year; Heller and Magee, Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, No. 277.
Published by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1937
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine label. Spine slightly foxed, slight corner wear, spine label has a microtear. Tight and square. Limited to 550 copies. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages.
Published by New York, Carleton, 1865
Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Original textured cloth, the monograpm of the publisher stamped in blind to the front and rear. Light blue endpapers. Illustrated by the author. Publisher's ads at the end. The spine is sunned. Light to moderate foxing to the text. Quite a tight and otherwise clean copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 247 pages.
Published by California Historical Society., San Francisco., 1933
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. 2 large folding maps (Tulares Valley, Sacramento Valley) Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 81 pps.
Published by California Historical Society, San Francisco, 1933
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 81 pages, maps, illustrations. "Reprinted from the Quarterly of the California Historical Society, Vol XI., Nos. 2, 3, and 4, with additional material" (title page). Original paper wrappers age-toned, corners rounded, short (1") tears to head and foot of front hinge, loss of 1/2" from foot of spine, short (1/2") cut to rear panel, with minor effect of final several leaves; binding cracked, contents clean, folding maps excellent. 250 grams.
Published by Grabhorn Press November, 1937, San Francisco, CA, 1937
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
1/550. Prospectus laid in. G.B. #279. Number 5 of the Third Series or Rare Americana Very good with lightly rubbed edges and a couple corners lightly bumped. 8vo.
Published by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, California, 1937
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. "Third Series of Rare Americana, Number 5". Edition of 550 copies printed. xiv, 240 pages; illustrations; illustrated boards with tan cloth spine, paper label. George Derby (1823-1861) was an early California humorist, and served in the US Army Topographic Corps at San Diego from 1853 to 1857. To supplement his low military pay he wrote humorous articles for the San Francisco Herald, California Pioneer and the San Diego Herald. First as Squibob and later John Phoenix. In 1857 he had a brain tumor which prevented him from reading and writing. Based on the 1856 first edition with an added introduction. Very good clean copy of this fine press work.
Published by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1937
Seller: G.F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. One 550 copies. 240 pp.; 8vo; bound in blue and brown pictorial boards with tan cloth back; blue label lettered and decorated in black on back; title printed in black & sepia; cut on title page and 33 colored headpieces reproduced from contemporary type specimen book; colored drawing of Squibob himself used as frontis; three sets of facsimile sketches by Squibob, two on blue paper, one on brown paper; facsimile newspaper; numerous small sketches. In plain brown paper jacket. Publisher's announcement about the book being the last of Rare American series laid in causing slight offset to front endpaper. Derby was a Massachusetts-born army officer who established a wit and practical joker even while at West Point. After service in the Mexican War he was assigned to California (1852-56) as a lieutenant charged with making explorations and reports on the gold mining country, the San Joaquin Valley and the Colorado River area. His humorous sketches appeared in San Francisco monthly The Pioneer. (Hart, Companion to Calif). One of the Fifty Books of the Year. Third series of Rare Americana no. 5.
Published by New York. Carleton, Publisher. 1865, 1865
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo, 19cm, first edition, 247p., with 11 plates, 17 text illustrations, original brown pebbled cloth, some slight fade freckling on the rear board, fine condition. (amp) ~ Cowan p67. BAL 4651. A series of humorous, satirical stories most relating to U.S. Army life in 1840' s California. George H. Derby (1832-1861) as a graduate of West Point in 1846 and the book, published posthumously, is dedicated to his classmate and friend, General George B. McClellan.
Published by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1937
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Limited to 550 copies. Edited and with an introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. 240pp. Illustrations, facsimile sketches, etc. Cloth-backed pictorial boards, paper spine label. Corners slightly jammed; 2 just showing, paper spine label a bit ragged. A near fine copy. Humorous sketches of California by John Phoenix or John Squibob, the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. Draws upon original sources for its material and contains many hitherto uncollected nuggets of humor as well as familiar favorites. The sequence of "hunting scenes" is here published for the first time. [Grabhorn: 277].
Published by Carleton, Publisher, New York, 1865
Seller: Great Expectations Rare Books, Staten Island, NYC, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Pebbled green cloth lettered in gold on spine. Light blue endpapers. Illustrated with numerous comic line drawings by author. Tips lightly bumped and cloth shows light age wear. Sporadic light foxing throughout. Contemporary owner's signature on prelim, in pencil, dated July 1865. A humorist and sataritst, who published widely in West Coast newpapers, Derby was a West Point Graduate, friend to general George McClelland --to whom this volume is dedicated, and all round wag. Overall a nice copy of this collection of short humorous pieces, good+ or better. BAL 4651.
Published by San francisco, Grabhorn Press, 1937
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. First edition. Small 4to. Edited by Francis P. Farquhar. Numerous illustrations; 3 facsimiles. Original tan cloth over blue patterned boards, paper spine label. Plain tan dust jacket. Fine. One of 550 unnumbered copies, printed at the Grabhorn Press. Publisher's porspectus laid in loose. GB 277. Wheate 63. Cowboy bookplate of J.R. Brehm designed by Poli.
Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1856
Seller: Aardvark Rare Books, ABAA, EUGENE, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Eleventh Edition. Duodecimo, 7 1/2 in. x 5 in. Brown publishers cloth, blind-spamped decorations to front and back boards. Gilt portrait to front board. Some rubbing to extremities, corners bumped. Cloth chipped to front hinge, top and bottom of spine. Letters in gilt on spine with humorous scene in gilt. pp. [1], 274, [14-advertisements]. Dark maroon colored pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper "B[ueyins], J.H. Hofman, Sept 17, 1859" [possibly 1889]. Pencil inscription "Dave y[o]cum" to the back of frontispiece. Portrait frontispiece with printed autograph. Pencil inscription "J.H. Hofman" to titlepage. Some spotting, mostly in margins and first 25 pages. Faint damp stain to bottom edge of rear advertisements. Internal pages clean. (Sabin 19665). The army lieutenant George Horatio Derby (1823-1861) wrote popular sketches and burlesques under the pseudonym John Phoenix or John P. Squibob. After graduating from West Point in 1846, he joined the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers to fight in the Mexican-American War. In 1853, Derby relocated to San Diego. In his spare time there, he wrote short sketches and burlesques for the San Francisco Herald, California Pioneer, and the San Diego Herald. Topics included military surveyors, travel accounts, and local women's clubs. He compiled his writings into the present publication, which saw 11 editions in one year. (Wikipedia).
Publication Date: 1937
Seller: Transmutation Publishing, Corning, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1937 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine/No Dust Jacket edited by Francis P Farquhar; San Francisco, CA, 1937, 1st edition, limited to an edition of 550 copies, Grabhorn Press, near fine condition, bound in half cloth with paper label and decorative paper over boards, light rubbing to bottom 2 corners, else.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Green Cloth, minor edge wear, gilt imp on cover, gilt lettering on spine, gilt demon in ink well illustration on spine, original floral endpapers, previous owners inscription. "Sundry sketches, recently published in the newspapers and magazines of California." --Pref. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 276 pages.
DERBY, George H. Phoenixiana. A Collection of the Burlesques and Sketches of John Phoenix, Alias John P. Squibob, Who Was, in Fact, Lieutenant George H. Derby, U.S.A. Edited by Francis P. Farquhar. San Francisco, 1937. Tall 8vo. Illus. xvi, 240pp. Cloth-backed boards. A fine copy. Library marks. Limited to 550 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press.
Published by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, New York, 1856
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 19 x 12 cm, [xiv], 274, [14, advertisements] pp., frontispiece with printed signature of John P. Squibob with humorous decorations, other illustrations some on different paper, blue highlights. Derby who was an army officer ( I list several of his short reports of his explorations in California at the time of the Gold Rush) who established a reputation as a wit and practical joker even while at West Point. This is the first edition of "Phoenixiana; or, Sketches and Burlesques". This 1856 collection of his work was a best seller and went through eleven printings within a year. Minimal wear at ends of spine and corners. Else, Very Good +. Cowan II p.167. GB 277. Wheat 63. BAL 4650. Brown embossed publisherÕs cloth with gilt titling on spine and gilt illustrations on spine and front cover Internally fine except that pp. 21-216 were torn (not reaching printing) when the two uncut pages were separated on first reading. Covers hardly worn but corners slightly bumped and gilt much dulled. an exceptional copy.
Published by Carleton, New York, 1865
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
First edition, first issue. With comic illustrations by the author. Pp. 247, 6 (ads). Frontispiece, 11 plates, 17 text illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth. Slight wear to foot of spine, corners lightly worn, fading to spine. Overall, a fine copy, internally fine with very little of the usual heavy foxing. Another comic title by the author of "Phoenixiana". John Phoenix, or John Squibob, were the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. This work was edited by the author's widow. Signed on end by the late Wells, Fargo historian, Bob Chandler. [BAL: 4651, state A; Cowan: p. 167;].
Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1903
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
First of this edition, with comic illustrations throughout by E. W. Kemble, the introduction by John Kendrick Bangs, and the decorative pictorial binding. xvi, 332, [4]pp. Yellow pictorial cloth stamped in gold, red and black. Spine a bit darkened, just a few pages with rough edges, else a fine and clean copy. Phoenixiana consists of humorous sketches of California by John Phoenix or John Squibob, the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. [BAL: 762 (under entry for John Kendrick Bangs; also listed as an entry for Derby's writings).].
Published by U.S. Coast Survey c. 1853, New York, 1853
Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
Map
Condition: Very Good; A charming and detailed map of the Greater San Diego region., Size : 385x315 (mm), 15.16x12.40 (Inches), Hand Colored.