Published by Powell Publishing Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1929
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8 Volume Set, 8vo. No DJs. Volume I: Pathfinders, by Robert Glass Cleland. II: Spanish Arcadia, by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez. III: The Great Trek, by Owen Cochran Coy. IV: Gold Days, by Owen Cochran Coy. V: Songs and Stories, by Edwin Markham. VI: Oxcart to Airplane, by Rockwell Dennis Hunt and William Sheffield Ament. VII: March of Industry, by Robert Glass Cleland and Osgood Hardy. VIII: Outdoor Heritage, by Harold Child Bryant. Tan cloth boards with black lettering along spines and front covers, two green bands. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover boards, some light soiling on a couple volumes, light tanning along page edges. Volumes are tightly bound, no marks. Set is in Very Good condition.
Published by Powell Publishing Co., [1929]., Los Angeles:, 1929
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Nine vols. [12], 452, 3 maps (1 large folding); [6], 413, [1]; [6], 349, [1], 3 maps (1 double-page); [10], 381, [1], 2 maps; [10], 461, [1]; [10], 458; [10], 314; [10], 465, [1]; [10], 322 pp. Numerous maps. Over 100 woodcut plates throughout. Simulated blue leatherette, gilt lettering on front covers, gilt lettering on spine, raised bands, gilt on spines, gilt ruling (minor soiling, some bumping to corners, edgewear, scuffing), still a VG- set, w/ facsimile autographs of California pioneers printed on endpapers. First Gold Edition of the California Series filled with woodcut illustrations specially designed for these volumes by Howard Simon, Franz Geritz, Virginia de S. Litchfield, and Aries Fayer. This set offers an invaluable resource for California history, from the early years of exploration, the colonization by Spain, the pioneers over the Oregon & California Trail, the building of the railroads, the tremendous impact of the Gold Rush, and more.
Published by John Powell Publishing Company, 1928
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
FIRST EDITION. CALIFORNIA, John Powell Publishing Company, 1928 & 1929, first edition, 9 volumes, some volumes exhibit some light wear, 3 with some modest but obvious wear to the heads of the spine, else a near fine set with fine contents and unbroken inner hinges with all woodcuts, illustrations and maps as called for, bound in the publishers full calf binding with gold gilt rules, decorations and illustrations and t.p.e.'s in gold-gilt as well with raised spines in 6 compartments, two with red and green leather labels. The 9 leather bound volumes are entitled Pathfinders; Spanish Arcadia; The Great Trek; Gold Days; Songs and Stories; Oxcart to AirplanE; March of Industry; Land of Homes & Outdoor Heritage. This is the De Luxe Edition, #157 of 387 numbered copies, this one for Kenneth R. Kingsbury, at one time President of the Standard Oil Company of California. It contains the full compliment of 59 signatures by those connected with these volumes. An obviously desirable book for those collecting Western Americana.