John Haskell Kemble Editor (23 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. To California and The South Seas The Diary of Albert G Osbun 1849-1851 John Haskell Kemble, Editor Hardcover in dustjacket, Published by The Huntington Library, 1966. An Ohio doctor crosses the Isthmus of Panama, ships to California- 'the great land of gold and humbuggery- and eventually sails in pursuit of a speculative commerical venture to the South Seas. "jacket wear, tear, discoloration, book inside is very good clean and tight".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. A Naval Campaign in the Californias 1846-1849 : The Journal of Lieutenant Tunis Augustus MacDonough Craven U.S.N. United States Navy. John Haskell Kemble(Editor) limited edition 400 copies. Published by Book Club of California; Ward Ritchie Press, 1973. The U.S. Navy Pacific Squadron played a decisive role in the Conquest of California during the Mexican-American War. Commanded by officers like John D. Sloat and Robert F. Stockton, naval forces seized key ports, landed marine and sailor battalions, and secured American control over Alta and Baja California from 1846 to 1849 "some cloth wear, edge fading, inside is clean atight and very good".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover -- VG/VG -- Book and dust jacket show only light wear -- 233 pages with index.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Book does not have dust jacket. Book has mild rubbing to corners of cover, mild rubbing to edges of spine, mild foxing to edgeblock, very mild toning to edgeblock, very mild toning to endpages, abd very mild foxing to endpages. otherwise book is in very good condition with a bright cover, clean pages, and a solid binding. *Photos available upon request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Illustrated (illustrator).

Trade Paperback. First Edition. Twelve folders issued during 1965 by the Book Club of California as Keepsakes. First edition (first printing). Near fine copies. Mailing envelope from Book Club of California included.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. xiii, 233p. Frontispiece black and white photo of Albert Gallatin Osbun, black and white map of the area in California visited by Gallatin, and a double page sketch of the Pacific Ocean drawn by Osbun. Letters; Appendix A: Persons; Appendix B: Places; Appendix C: Ships; and Index. Green cloth with gilt letters on the spine. Near fine with clean cloth, bright gilt, illustrations in fine condition, and with no internal markings. Dust jacket slightly darkened around the edges, else very good to near fine and not price-clipped. This is an account of a trw-year odyssey by an Ohio doctor to the gold mines on the Yuba and upper Sacramento rivers. The enterprise was abandoned after six months and Osbun organized an expedition to buy pigs, chickens, yams and other provisions for the San Francisco market from the natives of the Pacific Islands. This book comprises his observations on these journeys.…

Paperback. Condition: Acceptable. 12 parts in a slipcase. Slipcase shows heavy wear and tear, rubbing and fading. Cards are near pristine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. xiii, 233 pp, b&w frontis, introduction, 1. Ohio -- Panama -- San Francisco; 2. San Francisco -- Benicia -- Sacramento -- Youba River; 3. Sacramento River; 4. Sacramento -- San Francisco; 5. Voyage to Stockton -- San Francisco; 6. Voyage to Fanning Island; 7. Samoan Islands; 8. Wallis Islands; 9. Voyage to Pearl and Hermes Reef -- Return to San Francisco; 10. San Francisco -- Voyage to Acapulco -- Journey across Mexico; Letters; Appendix A. Persons; B. Places; C. Ships, index with three maps. First Edition, 1966. "There is no such thing as a 'typical' California Gold Rush journal. Every journal and the experiences which fomed the basis of every journal reflected individual and unique happenings, and it yould be pointless to try to select one which was a common denominator. Dr. Osbun was remarkable at almost every turn. His journal throws light on phases of the Gold Rush, of life in San Francisco in 1849 and 1850, and on Pacific Ocean commerce which is of real interest and importance. Furthermore, he emerges from his narrative as a person worth knowing, a man who consciously and unconsciously reveals much that is amusing and significant about charactor." from the Introduction. Price clipped, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Size: 8vo. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Handsomely printed on quality textured paper. Pages are stiff and unopened. With frontispiece and three illustrations of contemporary paintings in color. In thick, like new linen-textured covers with bright spine gilting and design. Name to front pastedown. No jacket, if it came with one. Benefits the Friends of the Albany, Ca Library.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. The doctor's two year odyssey to the gold fields on the Yuba and upper Sacramento Rivers and then to the Pacific islands. Kurutz: 472. 233 pages with 2 maps, several small illustrations, and index. Bound in pale green cloth with silver lettering on spine. Fine in fine dust jacket with mild toning on spine panel. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. The doctor's two year odyssey to the gold fields on the Yuba and upper Sacramento Rivers and then to the Pacific islands. Kurutz: 472. 233 pages with 2 maps, several small illustrations, and index. Bound in pale green cloth with silver lettering on spine. Fine in fine price-clipped dust jacket with light toning on spine panel. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: very good. Blue-red-white oblong quarto, red plastic comb binding; unpaginated, approx. 30-40 p, b&w photos; 27 x 36 cm. Series: The Ships & sailing albums, v. 3. No DJ. World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American -- Pictorial works. Gently rubbed spine head, extremely mild rubbing to spine foot, very gently rubbed corners and page edges, light sunning to front board-top edge and front pastedown, very faint soiling to covers, clean pages, tight binding, else very good++ to near fine. A very crisp copy. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. xiii, 233pp, index, appendices, few bw ills, map, frontis portrait. Or gray cloth in jacket. Prev owners bookplate inside front cover. Jacket spine darkened. An Ohio doctor travels to the California gold fields. Over 2 years he mines for gold on the Yuba and Sacramento Rivers, and after 6 months organizes an expedition to buy pigs, chickens, yams and other provisions for the San Francisco markets from the Pacific islands. Includes Samoa and the Wallis Islands, as well as a return journey via Mexico. Size: 8vo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Loose Folded Sheets, in portfolio, in hardcover slipcase. All in very good condition. Slipcase has sunned spine and scuffed bottom edge.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Blue cloth stamped in gilt. Limited to 400 copies. Fine condition. Prospectus laid in. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Oversized red leather spine titled in gilt, tan cloth boards. Limited to 400 copies. Cloth lightly soiled, gutters darkened, bookplate, spine ends/edges rubbed. All plates present and clean. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; xvi, 68 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition - Limited Edition. 68 pgs. Frontis map. 10 colour plates. One of 400 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Leather backed beige cloth with light scuffs to spine ends and the slightest fading to cloth on the back. Endpapers dark toned along the joints front & back. (see photo) This oversized volume may require addition shipping charges.…

Condition: Very Good. 8vo. hardcover. 233pp. index. Very good+, light foxing to top edge of text-block. / Very good d/w.

Leather Binding. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Folio - between 12" - 15" Tall. Nice copy in the original red morocco over tan cloth, spine stamped in gilt (very slight wear). One of 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press.Color Illustrations.

Leather Bound. xvi, 68p., immense hardbound, a 15x10 inch folio in openweave linen boards backed in lovely red-orange morocco gilt. Frontispiece reproduces Myers' map of the Pacific area, many color plates, marginal decorations, introduction, notes, appendix. The large rubricated prospectus is laid-in (folded and fine), very good first edition, one of 400 copies; the Bechtel family owns the original plates, and no fewer than four different Grabhorns worked over this production. Publication no. 91. The 1955 Christmas publication.…

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1955. Folio, xviii, 68 pp. Black and white frontispiece map, 10 color plates. Original natural linen backed in red leather, backstrip lettered in gilt. Backstrip lightly rubbed, gutter of endpapers toned, very occasional foxing. Very good. § Limited to 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press and one of the "Fifty Books of the Year." The handsome color drawings depict scenes in California and Hawaii. Grabhorn Bibliography 578; Book Club of California 91.…

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1955. Folio, [i-v], vi-xviii, 68 pp. Black and white frontispiece map, 10 color plates. Original natural linen backed in red leather, backstrip lettered in gilt. Backstrip lightly rubbed, gutter of endpapers toned, original prospectus and order form laid in. Very good. § Limited to 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press and one of the "Fifty Books of the Year." The handsome color drawings depict scenes in California and Hawaii. Grabhorn Bibliography 578; Book Club of California 91.…