Mccomas E S (14 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed.,84 pp., frontis., illus., cloth, nice Mintz#314 Overland from Iowa City to Oregon in 1862. Material on the northeastern Oregon gold fields, else of interest. Ltd. to 500 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1954 1st Edition (Only 500 Copies Printed) Near Fine Hardcover wrapped in a clear glassine cover for protection. Gold cloth boards with "A Journal For 1862 - 7" and an Eagle on the cover in black. Gilt lettering on spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. One of 500 copies printed by Lawton Kennedy, a noted Bay Area printer. Original publisher's beige cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Several leaves are unopened. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4." Eighty-four pages, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. The illustrations were taken from the author's drawings as they originally appeared in his journal. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are clean and intact overall but have slight discoloration and a few small marks or smudges. A Fine copy. This book contains the printed text of the journal kept by Evans S. McComas (1839-1907), a pioneer who traveled over the Oregon Trail from Iowa City to Oregon in 1862, from 1862-1867. The journals are organized by year and are printed chronologically. The journal for 1862 documents McComas's journey from Iowa City to Auburn, Oregon. His diary is replete with observations of natural scenery and descriptions of colorful events and encounters with different people. Some of the journals are relatively brief. For example, McComas's journal for 1867 is only about two pages in length. In his Introduction, Martin Schmitt highlights some of the features of McComas's diary. Schmitt says that while McComas was one of many pioneers who kept diaries, his is unique in that it is one of the few accounts documenting Auburn which was located in Oregon's northeast mining region. As with other pioneer diarists, McComas also had unique experiences by virtue of him being an individual and having chance encounters on his journey. One example of this is a dispute he had with a soldier which culminated in McComas shooting the soldier but without serious injury. The incident was apparently settled after an explanation to the soldier's superior officer. McComas also had various occupational ventures such as trying his hand at mining and founding the Whirlwind Remedy Company. Through this company, he sold Whirlwind Kidney and Rheumatic Remedy, a medicine purportedly made from a recipe given to him by a Cayuse friend, Chief Whirlwind. McComas also sold evaporated salts from Medical Lake, Washington. In the back is a series of pioneer ballads as they appeared in his diary, at least one of which was composed by him, "My Journey O'er the Plains." His charming sketches also offer rare documentation of life in the Powder Mines. Back colophon: "500 Copies, Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy.".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Binding clean & crisp in shelf worn glassine cover. Verso page is coming loose. Limited edition of 500 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Like new book given 3 stars by Mattes. Book has information on Oregon gold mines in 1862-63. Limited printing of 500 copies. I have 3 copies, one with remnants of original glassine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. Book is in very good condition. Most of the pages remain uncut so most likely barely/never read before. Limited edition of 500 copies, designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Tan boards with gilt lettering on spine and black lettering on front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dustjacket as issued. Limited edition. 500 copies printed. The binding is tight, corners sharp. A tiny stain on the front cover is noted (see photo). Top edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed. Text and images are unmarked.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Limited to 500 copies. xii, 84 pp. Illus. by author. Pict. cloth. Designed & printed by Lawton Kennedy. Intro. by Martin Schmitt. Fine copy. McComas's overland journal from Iowa City to Oregon in 1862-1863, and his experiences in the Powder River mines. Includes several ballads and songs recorded by McComas. The journal suggests McComas was a Confederate sympathizer who journeyed west to escape conscription into the Federal army. The illustrations, from the author's own sketches, are the only contemporary pictorial record of life in Oregon's Powder River mines. Clean. Limited Edition.

softcover. Condition: nf.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. 500 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kenndy. Inscribe by Kennedy on second endpaper, "To my friend Charlie Camp -, Lawton Kennedy." Beige cloth, spine lettered in gilt. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 84 pages; Charles L. Camp, was a noted palaeontologist and zoologist, working from the University of California, Berkeley. Camp was also an important bibliographer and historian of Western America, remembered for many works, especially his biography of American pioneer James Clyman, which Bernard De Voto called "one of the half-dozen classics in the field," and the third edition of Henry R. Wagner's, The Plains and the Rockies, published in 1953, which Camp annotated heavily.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. McComas, E.S. (illustrator). First Edition & Limited Edition. Portland, OR: The Champoeg Press, 1954. First Edition, Limited Edition. 1 of 500 copies designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy. Introduction by Martin Schmitt. Illustrated with 3 plates reproducing sketches by McComas. Octavo, 84 pp; pictorial cloth, uncut foredges and bottom edges. Near Fine; head of spine just a bit pushed and a notable previous owner's stamp on front pastedown (see Clyde Arbuckle, below), only very small signs of wear elsewhere. See scans. Mintz 314 - McComas traveled to Oregon to escape from involvement in the Civil War. Mintz notes that "he tells of the trip, which, considering the alternative, he was prepared to enjoy. The illustrations, from the author's sketches, are apparently the only known contemporary record of life in the Powder River Mines. Nicely printed by Lawton Kennedy." For a bit of association status, front pastedown bears the stamp of Clyde Arbuckle, who died in January of 1998, was an expert on San Jose history, and was the author of "The History of San Jose" and "Santa Clara County Ranchos". l-49n.

very good condition, 1 of 500 printed.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1942 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 60 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 60 Volume no.35 McComas, Paul S. (Paul Sinclair),Mullins, Troy., joint author,Langsford, E. L., joint author,United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1942 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 18 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 18 Volume no.28 McComas, P. S,Langsford, E. L., joint author,United States. Bureau of Agricultural Economics,Mississippi Agricultural Extension Service.