Virtulon Rich (26 results)
Published by Caxton Club 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Jacket. Wear to corners. No jacket.
Published by Caxton Club 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Dunaway Books, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.Dunaway Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Square 12mo in 1/4 cloth and marbled paper. A touch of very light rubbing at the corners.
Published by Caxton Club 1965(65) Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Prairie Archives, Springfield, IL, U.S.A.Prairie Archives
Contact seller4-star sellerVery good minus, light shelfwear hardbound Clean and tight.
Published by Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.Chequamegon Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket. A notebook describing "A sketch of a journey to the West in the spring & summer of 1832," edited and with an introduction by Dwight L. Smith, after the notebooks discovers in 1963. Cloth spine, marbled paper covers (edgeworn), 81 pages.; 6 x 7 3/4 ".
Published by Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Parker's Rare Books, Ontario, WI, U.S.A.Parker's Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardback. Quarter brown cloth and marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, 12mo, xix, 81 pp., map endpapers. No marks in book, binding tight. Covers show edge wear, corners bumped. Book condition VG-. Binding: Hardback.
Published by The Caxton Club 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Presentation page from Caxton Club to an individual as keepsake of The Grolier Club's visit to Chicago.
Published by The Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Duodecimo, cloth and boards. Original published price was $10. In 1832 the sickly Rich left Vermont to travel thru lower Ohio, Indiana and Illinois in search of better health. He studied law in Indianapolis, was admitted to the bar in Zanesville, OH, became a justice of the peace,…re-located to Lapeer, MI where he practiced law and again became a J.P. Printed from the MS, this journal contains intermittent remarks on members of the bar and bench in the Old Northwest Territory. [CC, LIV].
- Hardcover
Seller: Devils in the Detail Ltd, Oxford, , United KingdomDevils in the Detail Ltd
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Condition: Good. Picture Shown is For Illustration Purposes Only, Please See Below For Further DetailsCONDITION ? GOOD Some wear/marks to cover, foxing to fore edges/pages, pages in good condition, shipped from the UK.
Published by Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Cambridge Books, Cambridge, MN, U.S.A.Cambridge Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1965. xix, [1], 81, [1] pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portrait ; 20 cm. A perfect copy of this classic western American reprint.
Published by The Caxton Club 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Dave Wilhelm Books, Evanston, IL, U.S.A.Dave Wilhelm Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Caxton Club reprint. Solid VG condition. Binding tight. Clean. But very slight visible bumping to 4 corners.
Published by The Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.Andre Strong Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 6 x 8 inches. xix, 81 pages. Condition is Very Good; Light wear to edges of covers, text and illustrations are very clean, binding is tight. STK.
Published by The Caxton Club, Chicago, (IL) 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.Bartleby's Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst edition, published as a keepsake by the club from the original manuscript. 12mo. xix, 81 pp. Map, frontispiece portrait of Rich, plates. Rich traveled from Vermont to Illinois. Cloth-backed marbled boards (rubbed), gilt spine title, endpaper maps. Very good copy with a piece of Caxton Club ephemera laid in.
More imagesPublished by The Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellersmall 8vo. quarter cloth, with marble decorated paper-covered boards. (vi), xix, (i), 81 pages. A keepsake which is the fifty-fourth publication of the Caxton Club. A sketch of a journey to the West, in the spring and the summer of 1832 made by Virtulon Rich, a minor politician, a fairly successful lawyer, and a pillar of his ch…urch. Edited with an introduction by Dwight L. Smith. Includes facsimiles of his journal. Colton Storm discovered this manuscript in the Los Angeles bookstore Bennett & Marshall. With a special bound in stating that this is one of a number of copies given out as a Keepsake of the Grolier Club's visit to Chicago in 1965 and has the handlettered name of Jacob I. Zeitlin filled in. quarter cloth, with marble decorated paper-covered boards. Caxton Club (illustrator).
Published by Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Gene W. Baade, Books on the West, Renton, WA, U.S.A.Gene W. Baade, Books on the West
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. 1st printing of Caxton edition. Small quarto in 1/4 cloth & marbled boards. 81pp. Illustrated with photos from the original bound manuscript. Frontispiece. Map. Endpaper maps. Rich's travels were from Pennsylvania through Ohio & Indiana. Owner's bookplate verso of ffep. Light wear to…extremities. Vg.
Published by The Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Peter L. Masi - books, MONTAGUE, MA, U.S.A.Peter L. Masi - books
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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1965. xix,81 pages. Portrait, photos of journal, map endsheets. 7.5 x 6", cloth spine, paper boards. Prospectus inserted. Vermont native, diary through Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois for health, find law practice location; manuscript acquired Dawson's book shop… 1963. Cover rubbed, VG.
Published by The Caxton Club,, Chicago: 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.Town's End Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition. Very good+ in 1/4 brown cloth and marbled paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A 12mo of 7 3/8 by 5 3/4 inches with sections of the marbled paper worn through at the edges of the boards and particularly at the tips of the boards. Without a dust jacket. 81 pages of text. Illustrated with a f…rontispiece portrait of the author and a map of the eastern portion of the United States which traces the routes taken by the author. Edited by and with an introduction by Dwight L. Smith. This title is the first publication of Virtulon Rich's journal which included his journey by horseback from upstate Vermont to Albany, New York City, Washington, DC, Maryland, Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and the eastern edge of Illinois from where he returned in 1832.
- Hardcover
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerhardcover. Ed. by Virtulon Rich. illus. 81pp. 12mo, 1/2 cloth. Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1965. vg.
Published by Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. Cloth, no dj. Quarter-bound beige cloth with marbled paper sides. 81 numbered pp. Minor shelf wear; light rubbing at corners of boards. Else a bright, clean copy.
Published by Chicago. 1965. Caxton Club. 1st.ed. 1965
- First Edition
Seller: The Bookroom, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.The Bookroom
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Published by Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A
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Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. 1st. Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and marbled boards, spine slightly sun faded and stamped in gilt. With 2 maps and 4 plates throughout. Publisher's promotional materials laid in.
Published by Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Bibliodisia Books, Caxton Club
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Includes laid in prospectus. Caxtonian and noted Chicago businessman and book collector Charles Minor's copy, signed in his honor by all the members of the Caxton club. Edited with an introduction by Dwight Smith. LIMITED EDITION for members of The Caxton Club. Fine in custom Mylar jack…et. A superb, clean and unmarked copy.
Published by The Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Round Table Books, LLC, Gurnee, IL, U.S.A.Round Table Books, LLC
Contact seller4-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Limited First Edition. Quarter bound in brown cloth over marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, maps on endpapers. Illustrated with photographs of Rich's bound manuscript, a section of manuscript itself, and a portr…ait. Edited with an Introduction by Dwight L. Smith. This is the first printing of Virtulon Rich's journal of his travels West from his home in Vermont to the Ohio Valley. Rich's manuscript was re-discovered in the Los Angeles bookshop of Bennett and Marshall in 1963. They had purchased it some years earlier for a Mr. Spicer who claimed to be a descentant of Rich's. The editor, Dwight L. Smith was assisted in his work by members of the Caxton Club and by the staff of the Newberry Library. The President of the Newberry Library at the time was Hermon Dunlap Smith, who was also a former President of the Caxton Club. Dwight L. Smith was a prolific author and editor of works on early American history and Westward expansion. He was the author of "Era of the American Revolution: A Bibliography," Indians of the United States and Canada: A Bibliography," and "American and Canadian West." He edited numerous works in this field, including "John D. Young and the Colorado Gold Rush," Survival On Westward Trek: 1858-1859: The John Jones Overlanders," "The Colorado River Survey: Robert B. Stanton and the Denver, Colorado Canyon & Pacific Railroad," and many others. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean; still in original sealed shipping box. NEW. B&W Photographs. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xix, 81 pp.
Published by The Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller81 pp. 12mo, original cloth-backed marbled boards. First edition. Slight rubbing to edges, otherwise fine. Publisher's announcement and order blank laid in.
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerRICH, Virtulon. Western Life in Stirrups. A Sketch of a Journey to the West in the Spring & Summer of 1832. Edited with an Introduction by Dwight L. Smith. Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1965. 1st ed. Illus. xix, 81pp. Very good in orig. cloth in marble-backed boards. Limitation not stated.
Published by The Caxton Club 1965
- Hardcover
Seller: RPL Library Store, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.RPL Library Store
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Issued. Presentation Copy. VERY GOOD / NO DJ. xix, 81 pp, plus 4 pp of b/w plates before title page, and 4 pp at beginning identifying this copy as a special gift to Thomas Slaughter for his presentation to The Caxton Club on Wednesday, October 15, 2003, w…ith signatures from 49 member and guest attendees (including Slaughter himself). Pages are completely clean, unmarked, undamaged. Endpapers feature sepia toned maps of the US, from the East Coast to Illinois. Boards covered in brown marbled paper, brown fabric with gilt titling on spine. Lightly worn along bottom edges, top right corners, otherwise in like-new condition. (Now protected by a library mylar wrap.) Very fine piece overall.
More imagesPublished by The Caxton Club, Chicago 1965
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Edited with an Introduction by Dwight L. Smith. Small octavo. 81pp. Spine sunned, boards with moderate edgewear and a bit of rubbing on the lower board, very good. Signed by 97 members and friends of The Caxton Club and presented to Yale University Librarian James T. Babb, on the o…ccasion of his addressing the Caxton Club, concerning collections of the Yale University Libraries, on October 20, 1965. The signatures are on four tipped-in leaves, with a calligraphic gift inscription.
