California in 1852: The Letters of Dame Shirley
Dame Shirley [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith] [Carl I. White]
Published by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1933
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2 volumes. 142,143pp. Octavo [22.5 cm] 1/4 blue cloth over gray boards with the titles printed on the front boards and backstrips. About very good. Boards age-toned at extremities with the corners gently rubbed and bumped. Small lib. Ink stamp at the upper left of the front pastedowns and again on the head of the textblock. Introduction and notes by Carl I. Wheat. Important firsthand account of the gold fields with eight tinted plates. Dame Shirley, as she is known in California literature, sailed around Cape Horn to San Francisco with her husband, Dr. Fayette Clappe. After a short stay in San Francisco, Dr. Clappe went off for the diggings at Rich Bar. Shirley joined him in September, 1851, and began a series of twenty-three letters to her sister back home in Massachusetts. She wrote the last letter in November, 1852. Upon returning to San Francisco, Dame Shirley separated from her husband and eventually met Ferdinand C. Ewer, the editor of California's first magazine, The Pioneer. Recognizing the value of these beautifully crafted firsthand account of the mines, Ewer published one Shirley letter in each number of The Pioneer beginning in January 1854 and ending with the demise of the magazine in December 1855. The Shirley letters have received the highest possible praise. Kurutz 133b. Zamorano Eighty: 69. Seller Inventory # 8424
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Title: California in 1852: The Letters of Dame ...
Publisher: The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco
Publication Date: 1933
Binding: Soft cover
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California in 1851[-1852] : the letters of Dame Shirley. Volumes I-II (complete)
Published by
Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1933
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Hardcover
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Two volumes. xviii, 142, [6], xviii, 143, [6] pages. Rare Americana series, numbers 5 and 6. Quarter bound in paper over cloth. Light wear to corners, boards moderately age-toned, cloth spine very good, spine labels fine; contents unmarked and attractive. Volume II, rear inner hinge cracked but holding at "Notes" page. 840 grams. Seller Inventory # 008912
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CALIFORNIA IN 1851 and CALIFORNIA IN 1852, The Letters of Dame Shirley. (Two volumes)
Published by
The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1933
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Lost Horizon Bookstore, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair only. Limited edition. First edition thus. Octavo. 9 x 6". Two volumes: 142pp.; 143pp. plus notes at end of each volume. Blue laid-paper over boards with blue cloth spine in dust jackets. Volume one has toning/ browning to top edge and endpapers toned on both volumes. Dust jackets have edge wear with chips, tears and splits to spine and folds. Zamorano 80 #69. Seller Inventory # 55845
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California in 1851 and 1852: the Letters of Dame Shirley (Two Volume Set)
Published by
Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1933
Used
Hardcover
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Blue cloth spine over blue-grey boards, spine labels. Two volume set. Covers sunned, spine ends rubbed, block edge lightly foxed, endpages toned. Sound and square. The DJs in mylar are chipped/edgeworn. Numbers 5 and 6 of the Rare Americana Series. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 30649
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California in 1851 (and 1852) The Letters of Dame Shirley
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Softcover
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
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[CLAPPE, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]. California in 1851 (and 1852) The Letters of Dame Shirley. Introduction and Notes by Carl I. Wheat. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1933. Two vols. xviii, 142 (5); xviii, 143, (6)pp. A very good set in orig. cloth-backed boards with printed paper labels. Howes C-427. Limited to 500 copies. "First appearing serially in the Pioneer Magazine under the pseudonym of `Dame Shirley' in 1854-55, these letters present a vivid and unexcelled picture of everyday life in the mines."--Howes. Seller Inventory # 45
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The Shirley Letters From California Mines 1851-1852 (with original sheet of Dame Shirley writing)
Published by
Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1933
Used
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Two volumes. 8vo. xciii, [2], 142, [6]; xviii, [2], 143, [7] pp. Twenty-five scenes from the blue lettersheet lithographs, which were extremely popular in California at the time of the Shirley Letters, used as headpieces. Introduction and notes by Carl Wheat. Laid in is a manuscript leaf in the hand of Dame Shirley. A limited number of these manuscript sheets were provided for an additional $2.00 and it is not known how many were actually purchased; scarce thus. Blue cloth backed printed boards with blue printed paper title labels to spines; in tan dustjackets printed with information about the Series. A very good set of Nos. 5 & 6 in the Grabhorn Press Rare Americana Series. Originally published in the Pioneer Press Magazine of 1854-55 under the pseudonym Dame Shirley, "these letters present a vivid and unexcelled picture of every-day life in the mines." - Howes. "These superlatively readable and informative letters may well be accorded first place in any gathering of notable Gold Rush Literature." - Wheat. "Her letters rightly receive such high acclaim not only for featuring a woman's viewpoint but also for recording in beautifully crafted language a realistic picture of life in the mines." - Kurutz, Sloan Z80:69. (Grabhorn 178; Graff 727; Howes C427; Kurutz 133b; Zamorano Eighty #69). First Edition Thus, Limited to 500 copies. Seller Inventory # 22365
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