Published by Book Club of California 1980, 1980
Seller: Wonderland Books, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Limited edition - 1 of 650 ed. hardback about very good condition with a bit of wear and some bumping- no dust jacket.
Limited edition. Brown cloth spine with gilt titles over patterned boards. Fine with very light wear to edges and corners.
Published by Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1980
Seller: 221Books, Westlake Village, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Fine As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illlustrated (illustrator). First Edition. Forward by Oscar Lewis. Limited to 650 copies.
Cloth-backed patterned boards. Condition: Fine. First Thus. (xii) 129 pp. Prospectus and related material laid in. Illustrated, including several from pencil sketches by Dan De Quille. Foreword by Oscar Lewis. Edited with an Introduction by James J. Rawls. Edition limited to 650 un-numbered copies. Printed by Arlen & Clara Louise Philpott, Fairfax, California. Cloth-backed patterned boards. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Dan De Quille was the local and mining editor of the Virgina City Territorial Enterprise newspaper during the glory days of the Comstock Lode bonanza. Mark Twain was on the staff. De Qulle later wrote The History of the Big Bonanza, one of the best accounts of life during the Comstock boom. BCC 165. A Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket.
Published by Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1980
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited First Edition. Quarter cloth over decorated paper boards in publisher's plain paper dust-jacket (mylar protected). 127 pages. One of 650 copies printed by Arlen & Clara Louise Philpott; monotype composition by Mackenzie-Harris; photolithography by Paragraphics and binding by Cardoza-James. Paper is Mohawk Superfine. This is publication 165 of The Book Club of California. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Small Quarto.
Published by San Francisco, The Book Club of California, 1980., 1980
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Small 4to. Frontispiece and 7 b/w illustrations. Edited with a 17 page introduction by James J. Rawls. 2 page foreword by Oscar Lewis. Original 1/2 brown cloth stamped in gilt over patterned boards. Plain dust jacket (light soiling), else fine. 18 pages. No signatures or bookplates. One of 650 copies printed by Arlen & Clara Louise Philpott.
Published by University of Alabama, Alabama, USA, 1979
Seller: Greystone Books, Margate, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Large Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. NrF. First edition. Large paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE EDITOR JAMES HATCHER, on Preface page. Inscription reads, 'For ----/with much/affection -/Jim Hatcher'. James Hatcher, writer of the Preface and editor of the book, (1921-1993) was founding director of the Town and Gown Theater, University of Alabama. Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968) was an American actress of stage and screen. 98pp. Illustrated with photographs and line-drawings. The author Eugenia Rawls (1913-2000) was an American actress who performed with Bankhead. A near fine copy of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY THE EDITOR. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed By Editor.
Published by The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1980
Seller: Books Tell You Why - ABAA/ILAB, Summerville, SC, U.S.A.
1/4 Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. One of 650 copies. Fine in very good dust jacket. Plain paper dust jacket has small scuff mark and light sunning to front. Quarter brown cloth with decorated paper boards and gilt stamped spine. Illustrated ; Foreword by Oscar Lewis. Dan De Quille was once a widely-read Western writer. Among other projects, he and Mark Twain together wrote for the publication "Territorial Enterprise" in Virginia City. This collection of De Quille's writings was discovered fortuitously by a librarian of the California Historical Society after they had been long misplaced in an unmarked box; 4to.
Published by The Book Club of California, San Francisco, 1980
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Limited to 650 copies printed by Arlen and Clara Louise Philpott. Introduction by the Editor. Foreword by Oscar Lewis. 128pp. Frontis portrait, plates. Cloth-backed patterned boards, gilt-lettered spine. A very fine copy. A collection of stories and humorous sketches by one of the most talented journalists of the West. He was an early associate of Mark Twain who urged him to write his mining history, The Big Bonanza and thus preserve the history and legendry of the Comstock Lode. Dan De Quille also served as reporter and editor on the Virginia City Territorial Enterprise for more than thirty years and was a frequent contributor to The Overland Monthly and Golden Era in San Francisco. Rawls provides an introduction surveying the life of Dan De Quille, and in his brief foreword, Oscar Lewis tells of the discovery and identification of the manuscripts from which this volume is formed. Book.