Schiel Jacob (42 results)

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Near-fine hardcover copy in a very good dustjacket that shows some light scuffing at edges and sunning to back side. Price-clipped. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A clean, crisp hardcover copy; light shelf wear and bumping at lower edge. DJ in mylar cover; clipped, mild rubbing and edge wear--slightly more pronounced at extremities.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A clean, crisp hardcover copy; light shelf wear and bumping at lower edge. DJ in mylar cover; mild rubbing and edge wear--slightly more pronounced at extremities.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 114 page hardcover with illustrations. Translated and edited by Thomas N. Bonner. Dust jacket is somewhat soiled on white back side and has a chip at top on that side, but is bright, crisp and clean on the front and spine. Light green cloth exterior with title on spine in silver. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: DJ Near Fine. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Nice book, bright, tight and square. Interior clean with no names, stamps, etc.

hardcover. Condition: Good. ex-library.

hardcover. Condition: Good. ex-library.

Green Cloth. Condition: Nearly Fine. Price-clipped Dust Jacket. First English Editiion. Dust jacket with almost no wear. Small closed tear top of rear panel. Translated from the German and edited by Thomas N. Bonner. Schiel, a German scientist, was born in 1813. He published his account of the western US journey in German in 1859. Twelve illustrations and a double-page map. 114pp. Size: Octavo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, publisher's cloth, dustwrapper, xxi + 114pp., ills. First edition. VG+/VG: clean cloth, sound binding, clean edges, endpapers and text; bright & unclipped wrapper with mild dust-soiling to rear panel and flap, light wear at the joint of front panel and spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st printing. Cloth. 114pp. Illus. Bibliography. Index. Table of Elevations and Geographical Locations. Fine in pc dj.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Name inked on front paste-down. Edited by Thomas Bonner, 114 pages. Schiel, a German speaking geologist, served as surgeon to the Gunnison Expedition in 1853 exploring the possibilities of a railroad route to the Pacific. Vol. 27 in the "American Exploration and Travel" Series.; 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 " Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.…

Green Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Very Good (in mylar). First Edition. Several pages of the editor's introduction are underlined and ticked, as well as a half dozen pages of text, else textblock very clean and tight; Spotless green cloth binding, minimally rubbed at tips; Unclipped dust jacket, tear on front top corner on head of spine, lightly shelf worn; 114p., including bibiography and index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Plates/Drawings (illustrator). Hardcover. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Norman, OK: University Press, 1959. 1st edition F/NF. Book has very little wear. DJ has some wear to lower spine and lower rear panel. Black and white illustrations, 1 map. Includes table of elevations & geographical locations, bibliography and index. Schiel, a geologist, served as a surgeon on the famous Gunnison Expedition in 1853-4, that went from Westport, Missouri through the central Rockies, by way Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Nevada and into northeast California, and back. Short text, but well-written, nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. WESTERN HIST-This regular size hardcover is FINE in a VERY GOOD, edge worn DJ. Couple of small, closed tears. green w/white lettering 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0.0.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Translated from the German by Thomas N. Bonner. Stated first edition. Very good in a good (ink check marks on titles list on verso, minor edge wear) dust jacket.

Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. xxi, 114. Illustrated with twelve black & white plates and one map in the text., with title page and chapter head illustrations by Joe Beeler printed in dark green. Bibliography, index. American Exploration and Travel Series No. 27. Green cloth, titles stamped in silver foil on the spine, light green topstain. In the two color illustrated dust jacket with price $3.75 intact on the front flap, publisher's catalog printed verso. Translation of the scarce original 1859 Reise durch die Felsengebirge und die Humboldtgebirge nach dem Stillen Ocean, of which five copies are extant, by a German geologist serving as surgeon to the Gunnison Expedition seeking a railroad route to the Pacific. A remarkably fresh first edition copy with splendid illustrations. Dust jacket is now preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve. Joe Beeler (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. None. First Edition. Price clipped. In Mylar cover. Out of print. Translated and edited by Thomas N. Bonner. Illustrated with maps and illustrations. Binding is cloth boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Small closed dust jacket corner tear. Out of print. In Mylar dust jacket protector. Binding is cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. xxi, 106pp+ index. Very good hardback in a lightly rubbed jacket.

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California 1st. ed.not read or opened. fine. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.

Hardback. First Printing. VG to Near Fine in VG to Near Fine Price Clipped Dustjacket. Small four digit ink number written on the front endpaper, otherwise a tight square unmarked copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover with straight, secure spine, tight hinges, and clean interior. Top edge staining in green. Shelf wear as usual. Dust jacket in Good condition with some minor rubbing along the flap folds and head and tail of the spine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This book records the impressions of Jacob Heinrich Schiel, German scientist, who made a lengthy visit to America in the 1850's. This is the story of his experiences as official geologist and surgeon for the Gunnison expedition, one of several parties sent west in 1863 and 1854 to investigate the possible Pacific railroad routes. 114 pages (bibliography, index) . Price clipped dust jacket has moderate wear. Book has foxing on free end pages. Otherwise clean, no writing and tightly bound. Dust jacket and book are in Very Good condition. ; Standard book size. First Edition is stated on the copyright page.…

HC. Condition: good. 114 Overland journey through Colorado to California.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, translated and edited by Thomas N. Bonner, illustrated, 114pp., bound in light green cloth, spine lettered in silver, previous owner's bookplate otherwise a fine copy in unclipped clean bright dust jacket with one tiny closed tear and minor rubbing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. First English translation. Translated from the German and Edited by Thomas N. Bonner. 114pp. Drawings and maps by Joe Beeler. A very fine copy with dust jacket. Schiel served with the Gunnison Expedition sent out in 1853 to explore the possibilities of a railroad route to the Pacific. Fate allowed him to escape the massacre of Gunnison's command and he continued the remainder of the expedition under the command of Lieutenant Beckwith, wintering with the Mormons at Salt Lake City and reaching the coast the following year. Book.…

Hardcover. First Edition, First printing. First printing Very good+ in lime green cloth covered boards with silver colored text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6" with light rubbing to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and with mild dust staining to the top edge of the text block. In a very good+ unclipped dust jacket with modest rubbing and wear to the ends of the spine area and with light soiling to the rear panel. Translated from the German and edited by Thomas N. Bonner. This is volume 27 in the University of Oklahoma's collection of books referred to as The American Exploration and Travel series. 114 pages of text including a list of other volumes in the American Exploration and Travel Series, an index, bibliography, a list of elevations and locations and text. Originally published in German in 1859, this was the author's account of his participation in the Gunnison Expedition sent out in 1853 from Missouri to explore railroad routes to the Pacific. A lame horse forced his return to the main party, an event which saved his life as Gunnison and the accompanying personnel were massacre by Indians. Schiel then joined the command under Lt. Beckwith which eventually reached the Pacific shore the following year. (Howes, S159).…