Brooks D Gist (16 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1979 first edition. Hardcover w/dust jacket. Fine/very good to near fine. Book is like new. Jacket has a tiny 1/8th inch tear on the right side of front cover at the spine edge. The original price tag is pasted in the upper right front corner and the original seller's name/address sticker is on the back cover. Otherwise the jacket is crisp. 138 pages. Clean bright copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1962 first edition, hardcover. Book would be very good with only minor wear except previous owner tore the free front endpaper out to remove it. It probably had an inscription or name on it. Because of the jagged way it was removed you can see the spine gutter. However, the binding is still tight, so book is fine to read. Slight spine slant. This is a good reading copy. Clean internally. (NOTexLib) 213 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd Edition. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book is in generally clean, bright condition. There is some noticeable, light bumping to the spine ends and corners. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks, tears and spots of rubbing. Illustrated by Bruce Comer (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1955 third printing. Hardcover. Very good. A little edge,spine ends and corner rubbing. Green binding w/gold lettering. End papers are a sketch map of southern Sierra Nevada Range. Binding is tight. Clean internally. Black and white photos. (NOTexLib) 172 pages.

8vo. 224 pp., plus 20 pp. publ. ads. Photo illusts., plates, illusts. Brown cloth, gilt lettrng, NF copy, w/ frmr ownrshp signature. First edition of this excellent memoir and history of Tulare, California in the Sierras.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Quality Printing Co., 1952. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good, with some shelf/edgewear. Signed by author on flyleaf. Spotting to pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear and scuffing to boards and dust jacket due to age and use. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed and inscribed by author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Third printing (revised and amended), very good with no dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. The gilt is a little dulled, but legible. Endpapers are a "Sketch Map" of the Sierra Nevada Range, and includes many b&w photos; 172 pages. Full page inscription signed by the author and his wife on the facing page to the half title. The book is tight and square, with no writing other than the author's in or on the book. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR on the front free endpaper as follows: "To Walter Sunkel | 'With best wishes" } Sincerely | Brooks Gist | Jan, 1977." Additional title on dust jacket: A true story of the San Joaquin Valley in California. 8vo. [6} 1-234p. Frontispiece black and white photo plus 30 black and white captioned photos throughout, many of them double-page. Black and white photo of the author on the rear turn-in of the dust jacket. Salmon colored cloth with gilt letters on the spine. No noticeable wear to extremities, cloth clean and bright, gilt bright (!), all photos in fine condition, else fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket has a tear to the rear panel (with nothing missing), a few dings around the edges, and is price-clipped. EMPIRE OUT OF THE TULES tells the story of the development of the San Joaquin Valley through four generations of the De Witt family. We see in their lives how the people of the valley overcame their adversities--hostile Indians, a harsh climate, the loneliness of settle life." [from the dust jacket] Born in the San Joaquin Valley, Brooks D. Gist bought his farm there in 1915 and saw the valley tamed and fenced into well-kept fields. He is knowledgeable about the history of the valley and has gathered firsthand accounts of pioneer days from the valley's early settlers. A "must have" for anyone interested in the history of the San Joaquin Valley, Californnia. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Foxing to bottom edge, Very Good in Very Good unclipped dust jacket. Used with NO markings in text. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition. 8vo; 108 pages; Green decorated cloth covers with light rubbing and wear. Photo illustrations throughout.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition, third printing, 1955. INSCRIBED (NOT TO A PERSON) ON HALF TITLE PAGE: BEST HIGH SIERRA WISHES, SINCERELY BROOKS GIST. This book is in very good condition - two owner's names crossed out with black texta on ffep. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED BY GIST FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. 1st Edition. First edition, second printing. Inscribed best wishes by the author on the back of the second front free endpaper. Brown buckram covers with gold text. Straight, tight spine, square boards and pointed tips. No internal markings. Map of the San Joaquin Valley including rivers, dams and canals, from the Sierra to the central coast on the light green endpapers. Many photos and illustrations throughout. The dust jacket is not price clipped, is colorful and vibrant but with slight fray at spine ends and wear at some edges. Looks intrepid in a shiny new archival cover. Packaging is suitable for wrapping. Inscribed by Author(s).…