Whitaker Herman Editor (7 results)

Pictorial Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Very crisp and clean, looks like new - with owner's gift inscription and a tear on a page towards the back, else fine. Subtitled "California's book of fiction written by California Authors and illustrated by California Artists" Jack London, Maynard Dixon, etc. A lovely copy. …

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Inked gift note on front free page: Leana R. Bower, Christmas, 1914 from A.H.P. Lightly read if read at all. No other markings in book. Binding is fine. DJ with light shelf wear except for the top spine edge that has 2" tear on DJ spine edges at the top. …

Cloth. Condition: Very Good (No Jacket). No dust jacket. First edition. 8vo, 219 pp., eight tipped-in monochrome plates. Moderate rubbing and wear to edges and corners of boards; pages tanned. Includes Jack London's THE SON OF THE WOLF. Illustrations by well known California artists including Maynard Dixon.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 219pp., green boards, gilt stamping, paper pictorial label to front cover, covers are slightly scuffed, spine lettering fading, else very good.

Condition: Very Good. None. 219 pages. Features 8 tipped-in plates. Front cover paste-down illustration intact. Titles in gilt on cover and spine. Clean, tight copy. Record # 610052.

dj. First Edition (1914). Bound in parchment like boards with gold lettering and a paste-down coastal illustration. With textured cloud-ike endpapers. Very clean and tight throughout. Crisp and clean. In an attractive dust jacket with a touch of wear to the top and bottom of the spine ends and at the corners. A handsome book with Jack London''s break-out story "The Son of the Wolf." A handsome collection of 15 short stories with eight tipped-in illustrations chosen to demonstrate the literary and graphic culture of California in the early 20th century. The most significant story is "The Son of the Wolf" by Jack London with an illustration by Maynard Dixon. Other California authors, include Herman Whitaker, Elizabeth Abbey Everett, Shirley A. Mansfield, Rebecca N. Porter, and Jack London.…

dj. First Edition. Herman Whitaker, editor. West Winds: California's Book of Fiction - Written by California Authors and Illustrated by California Artists. San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, 1914. First edition. Octavo. 219pp. Illustrated, with mounted plates by various California artists. Publisher's brown paper boards, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, illustrated pastedown to front board, original paper dust wrapper, top edge stained brown. Some pages remain unopened. Short story anthology with contributions from various California authors, including Herman Whitaker, Elizabeth Abbey Everett, Shirley A. Mansfield, Rebecca N. Porter, Jack London, others. . Light wear, minor toning, tape repairs to verso of dust wrapper. Very good. TKC-849. …