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Published by HardPress Publishing, 2021
ISBN 10: 0371420679ISBN 13: 9780371420676
Seller: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, United Kingdom
Book
Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
Published by A.L. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco, CA, 1874
Seller: Blackwood Bookhouse; Joe Pettit Jr., Bookseller, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair Only. First Edition. San Francisco, CA: A. L. Bancroft and Company, 1874. First edition. 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches: pp. xii, 511. Blue cloth with gilt decoration on cover and spine. With foldout meterological observations chart [creased], illustrations. Corners worn, some fraying at edges and top of spine and lower spine end chipped. Spine a little faded, some darkening to front edge of cover, rear board scuffed and scratched. Sticker with the number 1905 affixed to bottom spine. Owner stamp and name written in pencil on free facing end page. Foxing. Pages are unmarked. Front and back hinges cracked, binding shaken but holds. NOTE: This is a fairly rough but all there READING COPY. Extracts from the author's private journal as a medical officer in the army. With his accounts of Garrison life and the Oregon and Washington Territorial Indian wars from 1855-58.
Published by A.L. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco, 1874
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Very Good -. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1874, First Edition. Octavo; [xii], 511pp. Twenty-one illustrations including frontis, all present. Foldout meteorological observations table at back. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt and black lettering and and decoration. Ex-Duluth Public Library copy with their reference bookplates to front and rear pastedown, stamps to preliminaries, and sticker shadow to spine, but no card pockets or other additions. Boards rubbed along edges and corners with some exposure; split to cloth across spine tail with no loss, darkening to spine and edges of boards, with some staining and soiling to cloth, but gilt still legible. Likely re-cased, with apparent repair to top corner of rear board. Opens easily between gatherings but binding is holding soundly. Pages a touch toned along edges. Some very sparse pencil marginalia with small puncture to page 217-8 with loss, but otherwise text all legible. [HOWES G-209, GRAFF 1575].
Published by Outlook Verlag Okt 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 3368839802ISBN 13: 9783368839802
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Book Print on Demand
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. 568 pp. Englisch.
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Published by Outlook Verlag Okt 2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 3368839810ISBN 13: 9783368839819
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Book Print on Demand
Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. 568 pp. Englisch.
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Published by A. L. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco, 1874
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition. 8vo. xi, (i), 511 pp. HOWES G-209: "Served in Oklahoma, Washington, and Oregon." Graff 1575. Rader 1609. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth (flecked, some fading). Bookplate on front pastedown.
Published by Life A. L. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco, 1874
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good -. First Edition. Red cloth with gilt lettering and design, frontis, 511 pgs, fold-out chart, illustrations, minor exterior wear, front free end papers stuck to inside cover, Howes G209, Glisan served as Surgeon, in Oklahoma, Washington and Oregon. Rader 1609 Garrison life on the border, Indian Wars, 1855-1858. Graff 1575.
Published by A. L. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco, 1874
Seller: Avol's Books LLC, Madison, WI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. xi, [1], 511pp. plus plates and folding table at rear. Frontis. Original brown cloth with gilt on front cover and spine. Covers shelf rubbed. Spine sunned, head and heel chipped. Cloth on front cover wrinkled. Small label inside front cover. Name, city and date (1874) in pencil on second blank page. A little foxing to front and rear matter. The extensive military experiences of an army surgeon in the Northwest, including coverage of Indian uprisings in 1855-58. Glisan served in Oklahoma and west Texas in 1850-53, and later in Washington and Oregon, among other states in the southern plains and the Northwest. Howes G209. Graff 1575. Howell 118. Matthews 325. Cowan, p. 239. Rader 1609.
Published by A. L. Bancroft Company
Seller: Koster's Collectible Books, Farmingville, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Good, No Dust Jacket. 1874. 8VO, B/W Illus, Hardcover Hardcover. Green cloth boards are worn and frayed. Frayed spine ends and edges. Some soil and scuffing. Title and illustration in gold on front board and sun darkened spine. Previous owner's bookplate on inside paste down. Endpapers have pencil scribbles/notations and soil. Hinges starting. Pages tanned, occasional finger soil to text. Rear fold out meterological observations chart is creased and chipped. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase. Previous owner's name on the bookplate is General J. J. Milhau. General Milhau was a civil war Brevet Brigadier General who settled and was educated in New York. He was appointed Medical Inspector of the Army of the Potomac, then Medical Director of the Third Army Corps and served and rose through the ranks for his gallant service during the Civil War.
Published by Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1911
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Herbert W. Gleason, E.T. Parsons, M.V. Tenney, Edward Gray, H.E. Bailey, W.P. Boland, P.S. Bernays, C.C. Clarke, C.H. Hamilton, C.W. Pohlman, Mabel Sykes, R.L. Glisan, Arthur Gray, Geo. W. Hall (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1911. First Edition. January, 1911 Issue [Vol. VIII, No.1 ]. Original printed wrappers, 9 3/4" x 6 1/4"; 88 pp. + numerous unpaginated photographic plates, other features, and ads. Very, very Near Fine, certainly one of the nicest examples available from this early in the series. Very minute traces of handling, not even any of the typical issues with the overextending circuit binding (yapp binding). See scan. Clean, sturdy, handsome, bright. Everything we all aspire to be. See scans. The scan of the contents page lays out the array of always-inspired articles (Cathedral Peak; Tuolumne; Yosemite Valley; Kings River; Gray-Crowned Leucosticte; Mount Kinabalu (Borneo); Red Peak; Mountain Meadows; "Light Burning",and more) and their authors: John Muir, Francois E. Matthes, R.L. Glisan, F.W. Foxworthy, S.L. Foster, Milton S. Ray, Harold C. Bradley, F.E. Olmsted, and Marion Randall Parsons. The photographs for which the publications has long been famous were executed, for this issue, by Herbert W. Gleason, E.T. Parsons, M.V. Tenney, Edward Gray, H.E. Bailey, W.P. Boland, P.S. Bernays, C.C. Clarke, C.H. Hamilton, C.W. Pohlman, Mabel Sykes, R.L. Glisan, Arthur Gray, and Geo. W. Hall. with a large number of uncredited shots as well. Very difficult issue to find in this condition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course; not a bag. L SC-2.
Published by Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1912
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Herbert W. Gleason; C.C. Clarke; Francis P. Farquhar; Miss Atterbury; Arthur L. Jordan; J.N. Le Conte; Rodney L. Glisan; Marion Randall Parsons; Mabel Sykes; Edward Gray; R.R. Lawrence; E.T. Parsons; W.L. Huber (illustrator). 1st Edition. Fine. See scans and description. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1912. The January,1912 issue of the Sierra Club Bulletin, that being Volume VIII, Number 3. 9 1/4" x 6 3/16", staple-bound wraps with squared spine, 98 pp.+ 10 pp. ads + 30 pp. photographic plates. Very Good, plus some; moderate stain toward top right of cover (scan), roughening at spine bottom (scan), no other flaws, contents Fine. Topics for this issue of the always content-rich SCB are High Sierra Birds; Kings-Kern Divide; Devil's Postpile; Mazama Club-Glacier Peak; Sherbrooke Lake; Cottonwood Lake Golden Trout; Wildflowers , and of course more. Writers include editor William Frederic Badè; Robert M. Price; William E. Colby; J.N. Le Conte; Marion Randall Parsons; Rodney L.Glisan; Fred Koch; George T. Ruddock; J. Horace McFarland. Contributing photographers: Herbert W. Gleason; C.C. Clarke; Francis P. Farquhar; Miss Atterbury; Arthur L. Jordan; J.N. Le Conte; Rodney L. Glisan; Marion Randall Parsons; Mabel Sykes; Edward Gray; R.R. Lawrence; E.T. Parsons; and W.L. Huber. Hours of the Club's best. For the collector, in collectible condition. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box; no bag. LSC2.
Published by Sierra Club, San Francisco, 1920
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Original Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Herbert W. Gleason, Rodney L. Glisan, William E. Colby, Philip S. Carlton, Walter L. Huber, F.E. Matthes, Willard D. Johnson, F.R. Parker, Francis P. Farquhar, F.M. Fultz, G.R. Bunn (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1920. First Edition. Vol XI, No. 1, for January, 1920. Original printed wrappers, 9 1/4" x 6 1/4", 115 pp. + numerous unpaginated photographic plates and ads. This example is the buff shaded form; there was also a gray variant. The inevitable slight cover edge overlap curl, caused by the Yapp binding (covers being a bit larger than the textblock); short cut tag at spine bottom, else Near Fine. See scans. Binding sturdy, bright, tight, contents fine. See scan of contents page for the lineup of stellar club writers and their always engaging and adventurous topics. The always amazing panoply of photos are, in this issue, contributed by: Herbert W. Gleason, Rodney L. Glisan, William E. Colby, Philip S. Carlton, Walter L. Huber, F.E. Matthes, Willard D. Johnson, F.R. Parker, Francis P. Farquhar, F.M. Fultz, and G.R. Bunn, with several uncredited. SC2.
Published by A.L. Bancroft,, San Francisco:, 1874
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Thick 8vo. xi, [1], 511, [1] pp., including pasted on errata notice at rear indicating that Glisan had been unable to review the proofs while they were in process. With woodcut-engraved frontisp., woodcut-engraved plates, 1 large folding table of Meteorological Observations at rear. Illustrated brick-red publisher's cloth, gilt illust. front cover & spine of pennant, saber, rifle & bayonet, w/ bow & arrows front cover, pennant on spine, black border ruling, gilt lettering (minor shelfwear, minor rubbing to lower right corners, slight scuffing, printer error cocking text pp. 217-218), still VG bright copy, preserving the original pale yellow publisher's endpapers. First edition of this excellent memoir by the noted American military doctor, and authority of the 19th Century, as well as early Oregon & California pioneer. He details his time as surgeon in the Pacific Northwest during the Indian Wars of 1855-58, after serving in the Indian Territories, and West Texas from 1850-1853. After leaving San Francisco in 1863 to move to Portland where Glisan (1827-1890) married Elizabeth Couch, daughter of one of Portland, OR's founders, John Couch, he became president of the Multnomah County Medical Society, and professor of OB/GYN at Willamette University School of Medicine. See: Graaf, 1575; Howes, G209.
Published by Life A. L. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco, 1874
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and design, frontis, 511 pages, fold-out chart, illustrations, very slight edge wear, a very nice collectable copy, difficult to find in this condition. Howes G209, Glisan served as Surgeon, in Oklahoma, Washington and Oregon. Rader 1609 Garrison life on the border, Indian Wars, 1855-1858. Graff 1575.
Published by A L Bancroft San Francisco, 1874
Seller: THE BOOKSNIFFER, Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SUPERBLY BOUND in Half Leather, with hand marbled covers and endpapers. A sturdy and beautiful special fine binding. The book is a vigorous and still enthralling account of its subject. At the rear of the book is a fold-out meteorlogical observations chart, and there are also text illustrations. A tight, unmarked very good copy of the military experiences of this army surgeon in the Northwest, including coverage of Indian uprisings in 1855-58. The author served in Oklahoma and west Texas in 1850-53, and later in Washington and Oregon, among other states in the southern plains and the Northwest. An excellent personal narrative of western Indian fighting. THIS IS A SUPERBLY BOUND COPY.