Galvin John Editor (50 results)

Hardcover. Condition: USED Good. Burgoyne, John (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. A JOURNAL OF EXPLORATIONS, Northward Along the Coast from Monterey in the Year 1775 John Galvin, Editor - illustrations in color by Louis Choris, hardcover in see thru plastic dustjacket. limited edition 1000 copies. Published by John Howell Books, San Francisco, Ca., 1964. "very good, some jacket wear, foxing spots page edges, ownership stamp inside, otherwise clean and tight". Louis Choris (illustrator).…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Two Volume set HC no jackets. Grey boards with red decoration. Some markings and underlining.

hardcover. Condition: Interior is excellent. very good cover tear on bott0om front corner of.

paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Lexington, VA Shenandoah / Washington and Lee University 2004 First edition. Magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 6" x 9"], perfect-bound format, 182 pages. Near Fine or better copy save for subscriber's address stamped to the rear cover. clph sh.

Singleissuemagazine. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Philadelphia: Faculty of La Salle University. 1994. First Edition Magazine. Pictorial wrappers [about 7" x 10"], 64 pages. Mailing label else VG+ copy creasing along a portion of the fore-edge of the rear cover whbx 17. David McShane (cover) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. No DJ. Ex Vallejo Public Library non-circulating book. Usual library markings. Light library wear. Illustrated with pull out maps. One of 750 copies. From the preface: The 3 documents presented in this book are evidences of historic change from military to civil law. They relate to California as, at first, an Indian land to be brought within the grasp of Spain, then a Territory of the Republic of Mexico -and, later still, an American state.…

Hard Back. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket As Issued. Limited Edition. 116 Pages Indexed. Tan cloth with Corps of Topographical Engineers logo on front board. Book has wear that is hard to see in the scans, includes small, light stain top left back board. A Christmas 1967 gift inscription in 11 lines of red ink on front endpaper. A beautiful 3000 copy limited edition book designed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy of San Francisco. There is an unusual statement on verso of the title page that this book may be used in whole or in part by anyone who wishes to do so with the Editor's compliments for no copyright exists on this work. The text is from Lt. Abert's field notebook that is a daily record of his journey and return. The illustrations are from his sketchbook. The original notebook consists of 260 unnumbered pages measuring 7 by 9 inches and bound in boards with marbled paper and spine and corner reinforced with black leather. At the top of the first page is written in ink the title: Notes connected with Genrl. Kearny's Expedition to New Mexico 1846. Abert used indifferent spelling, punctuation, and grammar however he could pay some attention to these things when he chose. The notebook includes 22 pages headed English Grammar but these are in ink and dated 1847 and was probably written after his return. There are 172 pages of the Notes in the form of daily diary entries. On three other pages, a vocabulary of Indian words and English equivalents is begun but not completed. The rest of the notebook is blank except that on one page there is copied the Spanish of Gen. Kearny's Aviso dated at Santa Fe, September 22, 1846, naming the men he was appointing to conduct the new civil government of New Mexico. The sketchbook, which, like the notebook, is from a stationer's stock in trade is of 136 leaves bound in boards. The first leaf ss titled Sketches on a march to New Mexico with Gen. S. W. Kearny, Ft. Leavenworth to Santa Fe, 1846, when the U.S. Army, of 3,000 men conquered New Mexico. The pages are numbered by hand, with some omissions as when a leaf was later cut out, and some repetitions of number. Two sheets and a half-sheet are pasted to pages already included in the count. Almost every leaf has on its recto side a watercolor sketch. There are also a few pen or pencil drawings. Some two dozen of the sketches are of landscapes or buildings, or details thereof. Most of the others are of plants, with or without flowers, and some of these are accompanied by drawings of insects. A handful are of birds, animals or reptiles. A few are of human beings. All show a high degree of artistic skill. Contents: Introduction, From Fort Leavenworth to Bent's Fort, Southward from Bent's Fort to Santa Fe, From Santa Fe to the Old and New Placers, Explorations Westward and Eastward, Southward to Valverde and Return, From Santa Fe back to Fort Leavenworth, and Conclusion by Steamer to Louisville. Plus Appendices of Notes Concerning Animals, Birds, Plants, Minerals, and Fossils. There are two fold-out maps of the Territory of New Mexico and A Mao of Mexico and California with Abert's Route Superimposed. The book you see in the image is the actual book we have for sale. When you buy this book from us, you are helping to support a small brick and mortar family owned store. We have been curating our collection for three generations and currently have over 250,000 volumes in stock. Please feel free to call for more stock. Please be aware that if you request any shipping service other than Media Mail Standard Shipping, we may have to ask for more than quoted to ship this large heavy item.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Limited Edition. Translated from the Spanish by Adelaide Smithers, small portion of acetate jacket missing, book is very clean and bright, limited to 750 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. Pictorial white board binding only very slightly rubbed at spine ends & corners, else Near Fine. No dust jacket.; Profuse black & white, color photo illustrations; text in English, French, German & Dutch. ; Oblong 8vo; 180 pages.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Sound binding, clean pages, mild scuffing to boards.

Hardcover. Condition: near fine. Folio. 103pp. With illustrations in color from his Sketchbook. Limited to 3000 copies. Two folded bound maps in rear. In a light chipped mylar wrapper jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. limited to 3000 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Decorated cloth gilt, DW, 4to., (vi), 67, (5) pages, illustrated with maps and color illustrations by Louis Choris. One of 1,000 copies printed by Lawton Kennedy. A near fine copy lightly worn at the extremities and with the bookplate of Richard Scull Pershing, in the original chipped clear DW.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st Edition, thus. 77 pages. Index. Two fold out maps. Color illustrations. Fine (like new) in a fine plain white dust jacket, as issued (A-17, x).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. 1st Edition. 116 pages. Limited to 3,000 copies. Two fold out maps. Illustrated with drawings by Abert. Fine (like new) in a mylar dust jacket. (A-17, x).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st/1st, First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Good. Light to moderate shelf wear to covers/corners; satisfaction guaranteed. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Earthlight Books is a family owned and operated, independent bookstore serving Walla Walla, Washington since 1973. Book is oversized and/or heavy, priority or international orders will require additional shipping funds.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited to 5000 copies. Folio bound in cream-colored cloth. Color illustrations; B&W maps. Condition: slight soiling to binding; else near fine. 77 pages.

Tall patterned cloth boards. Condition: Near Fine. dj. 1000 copies. Fine in near fine original clear dust jacket. Illustrations in original colors by Louis Choris (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition, one of 750 copies printed by Lawton Kennedy. Front colophon on copyright page: "750 copies, designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy." Original publisher' red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Offset illustration of Lady Justice on front cover. 7 1/4" x 10 1/2." Eighty pages, complete. Four illustrations in black-and-white and color (mostly in black-and-white), complete. Two black-and-white maps (one of which is a folding map) in the back, complete. Illustrations and maps named under List of Illustrations. Some leaves unopened. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Sharp, unbumped corners. Pages lightly age-toned. A Fine copy. A collection of three reprinted historical documents, translated into English from the Spanish, relating to the establishment of law in early California when it was controlled by Spain and Mexico. The following are the three documents: "Rules and Regulations for the Presidios on the Frontier Line of New Spain, Ordered by King Carlos III in a Decree of September 10, 1772," "Speech of Carlos Antonio Carrillo in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies, Requesting Adequate Courts for the Administration of Justice in Alta California, 1831," and "Decree of President Santa Anna of Mexico, May 22, 1834 Establishing Circuit Tribunals and District Courts." Two Appendices in the back comprise "Select Articles of a Decree of the Spanish Cortes, of October 9, 1812, concerning the Constitutional Magistrates of the Towns" and "Articles of the Mexican Law of May 20, 1826, concerning Circuit Courts and District Judges." Translated from the Spanish by Adelaide Smithers. Edited by John Galvin.…

Condition: Good. Prospectus. 8vo. One folded sheet. [This is a prospectus, not a book]. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. In original cardboard box. Dust jacket has browned slightly except for stripe down the middle where a protective paper strip had been placed, two small closed tears to bottom edge. Book is in very nice condition, with a very few of the tips of the rough uncut edges slightly browned, endpapers lightly toned also. Otherwise a clean and sound copy of this book; no writing, highlighting, odors, stains, tears or folds. Proceeds from this sale benefit the Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon. This is not an ex-library book.…

First Edition. Cloth, xi, 77pp.+24 pages of color drawings by Abert. Preface. Glossary. References. Index. 2 Large Folding Maps. An attractive and interesting record of Abert's 1845 journey on the Santa Fe Trail from Santa Fe to St. Louis, through Comanche country. This volume was issued as a complement to the 1967 issue of Abert's later diary of 1846-1847, by this same editor and publisher. Fine in plain dust jacket, as issued. Dust jacket has light occassional soiling, and a 1" closed tear at bottom of fore-edge.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition thus. Small 4to. Frontispiece and 2 b/w plates; 2 maps including one large fold-out. 4 page preface by John Galvin. Original red cloth stamped in gilt on the spine and stamped in red on the front cover with a vignette of Lady Liberty. Acetate dust jacket. Fine. 80 pages. No signatures or bookplates. One of 750 copies printed by Lawton Kennedy. Provenance: from the estate of Rosario Curletti.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Pages 127. 215x135mm. Original printed wrappers. Typography by Liam Miller of the Dolmen Press. A near fine copy free from any library stamps, inscriptions or other markings. *** Low weight item - shipping charge will be reduced at processing stage of order. ***.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Edition limited to 5,000 copies. Blue cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 130 pages. Six color plates. Maps. Glossary. Index. Louis Choris (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. Translated from the original Spanish, this volume presents 3 key documents in the history of jurisprudence in California through three eras: as Indian land conquered by Spain (1772), as a Mexican territory (1831), & as an American state (1834). In 80 pages (some uncut), with a pristine, never opened, 5-section foldout map from 1771 (recreated in 1952) bound in rear. Limited to 750 copies, this is a FIRST EDITION from 1963. Hardcover book has salmon cloth-covered boards lettered in bright gilt to spine, blind-stamped statue of Justice to front. Clear, thick acetate cover serves as DJ. Condition is Fine: exceptionally clean & bright & unmarked save for very faint spot to title page & following dedication page, mild toning to endpapers. Corners crisp. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have on hand. Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Pacific time (Pacific); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Numbered Edition. Fresh translation from the original Spanish manuscript of the original diaries ("Diario") kept by Father Campa in his explorations with 2 ships that had originated in Mexico, traveled northward along the coast of Alta California, explored the lands & people of Monterey & the San Francisco Bay Area, & continued northward toward what is now Alaska. With lovely pen-and-wash drawings throughout from the work of Louis Choris, a "young & deserving artist" who sailed in a similar voyage off the coast of San Francisco in 1816 aboard the Rurik with Otto von Kotzebue. In 67 pages, with a 13-page Introduction by the Editor, with notes, the translated text of the diary, & 2 full-page Route Maps in rear. This is one of a Limited Edition of one thousand published in 1964 by John Howell Books, printed by Lawton Kennedy of San Francisco, CA. Oversized hardcover has brown & gold floral cloth over boards with bright gilt lettering to spine. Condition is Fine: just about as bright & crisp & clean as brand new! Binding tight & square, pages creamy white & unmarked. No DJ as issued, but protected in an archival 2.5 mil mylar cover. A beauty! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Choris, Louis (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Cream cloth with bright gilt titles, binding fine, in a fine dust jacket. 14 x 10 1/4 inches, xi, 77 clean pp. With two large folding maps and twenty-six full page color plates. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. Abert led a detachment south and eastward along the Canadian River to the confluence with the Arkansas. Abert's diary gives a thrilling first-hand account of Indians met along the way - Cheyennes and Delawares, Comanches, Kiowa and Crows; the natural scenery of the Timpa Valley, Raton Fork, the Grand Canyon of the Canadian, the Washita River, etc, all punctuated with delightful accounts of prairie dogs, rattlesnakes, mustangs, wolves, plains strewn with agates, wild turkey dinners and so forth. A valuable document of early Western travel.The original edition of 1846 is Howes A10. James James Abert (1788-1863), b. Shepherdstown, Virginia; d. Washington, DC. Abert graduated at West Point (1811), served in the War of 1812, was brevetted Major for gallantry at the Battle of Bladensburg (1814), and was appointed Chief of the Topographic Bureau in 1829. He led the Corps of Topographical Engineers for 32 years, overseeing the exploration and mapping of the American West. He held the rank of Colonel at his retirement. Colonel Abert was a member of many national and international geographical and scientific societies.Abert's paintings from life, reproduced herein, are remarkable. He was sometime instructor of art at West Point (see Wagner-Camp 143), and his paintings portray life in the West now gone forever."The Army and the country will not need to be reminded of the vast interest and value attached to the operations of this Corps since its organization. The geographical and other information concerning this continent which its officers have collected and published has challenged the admiration of the scientific world, while the practical benefit of their labors has been felt in nearly every State and every Territory; the whole forming a proud monument to him who was its founder. As a citizen and a man, Colonel Abert was remarkable for the steadfastness of his friendships, for his candor and unostentatious hospitality. Equally unostentatious, but no less sincere, was the simple piety which supported his declining years, and left behind an example which the proudest soldier would not be ashamed to follow." - U. S. War Department Obituary Notice, January 27, 1863.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Magnificent folio (coffee table) size book. Original dust jacket is present but has some chipping and has been taped on the inside. Beautiful archive quality creme colored paper. Color lithographs throughout this 77 pp. hardbound book. Through the Country of the Comanche Indians in the Fall of the Year 1845. The Journal of the U.S. Army Expedition led by Lieutenant James W. Abert of the Topographical Engineers. Artist extraordinary whose paintings of Indians and Their Wild West illustrate this book. Edited by John Galvin. Published by John Howell Book, 1970. Only 500 first edition copies printed. This is one of them. BR (Box 191). …