J D Stillman (170 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover in overall good shape with general wear Binding firm and square. clean throughout.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 193 pages, frontis, fold-out map, illustrations, limited to 750 copies, original publishers announcement for book laid in, also laid in is a letter from the publisher to a book dealer about the issue of the book. Western Frontiersmen Series XXIII. Stillman traveled alone by horse through Anaqua, Goliad and Helena in 1855. Stillman ventured west as far as the Pecos River in the company of an army wagon train along the newly-opened road from San Antonio to El Paso. He penetrated unsettled areas, risking Indian attack to see first-hand the "wilds" of Texas.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

hardcover. Condition: Good. ex-library.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Fine tan cloth with gilt lettering & design in a Near Fine plain tan dust jacket. Mapped endpapers. One of 2350 copies. Bright, snug & unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 193 pages, frontis, fold-out map, illustrations, limited to 750 copies, signed by the editor. Western Frontiersmen Series XXIII. Stillman traveled alone by horse through Anaqua, Goliad and Helena in 1855. Stillman ventured west as far as the Pecos River in the company of an army wagon train along the newly-opened road from San Antonio to El Paso. He penetrated unsettled areas, risking Indian attack to see first-hand the "wilds" of Texas.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. One of 2350 copies. Original publisher's beige cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and small gilt decoration of a hand writing with a quill on the front cover. Custom beige paper dust jacket with cut-out windows revealing front cover illustration and spinal lettering included. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Gilt lettering on title page. Illustrated endpapers. Paper advertisement from the American West laid in. 7 1/2" x 11." Seventy-four pages, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are virtually pristine and intact. Corners are sharp and not bumped. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is clean and intact except for light age toning and slight wear to extremities. A Fine book in a Fine custom dust jacket. This book contains the printed text of the Gold Rush Letters originally written by Jacob D. B. Stillman (1819-1888), an American surgeon and personal physician to Leland Stanford. He later left the medical profession and became a viticulturist and settled near Redlands, California. Stillman's Gold Rush Letters span the period from August 15, 1849 to October 19, 1850. In this timeframe of a little over a year, Stillman vividly recounts the many events he witnessed and experienced in California. Among the events and subjects he writes about are the city of Sacramento, traveling on the Sacramento River, seeing the Marysville Buttes, the natural beauty of California, mining camp life, the hopes and destitution of many gold seekers, interactions with Indigenous Peoples, operating a hospital in Sacramento (possibly the first in the city), treating patients at the hospital, the calamitous Sacramento flood of January 1850, the Sacramento squatters' riots in summer 1850, and California being admitted as a state in the Union. Introduction by Kenneth Johnson. Back colophon: "The book was designed by the publisher, printed by George Waters of San Francisco, and bound by Filmer Brothers - Taylor & Taylor of San Francisco. The typeface for the text and picture captures is Linotype Baskerville, composed by Hazeltime Typesetting, Inc., of Oakland, California. The display typefaces are Steelplate Text Shaded, Bulmer and Baskerville, handset. The paper is Curtis Rag. The cloth is Bolton buckram, made by Columbia Mills. The edition was limited to 2,350 copies.".…

Condition: New. pp. 367.

Condition: New. pp. 367.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover w/ Jacket. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The book is in fine condition with no real issues or markings. The plain cream wrapper has browned with age, especially around the edges and along the spine., There is very minor chipping along the inside fold of the front dust wrapper along with very modest crinkling and one very slight tear on the upper spine crown. (See additional picture.) The book features the story of Jacob D.B. Stillman, a medical doctor who arrived by sea in San Francisco in August 1849 and who came to spend the coming years in Sacramento where he lived through the period of remarkable change that swept across California. The problem of early flooding of the Sacramento River was a prominent part of the Stillman diaries. The book is illustrated with various etchings and drawings from the gold rush period. 74+ pages.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

hardcover. Condition: fine. very good(-). Illus. 75pp. 4to, tan cloth, d.w. partially faded from sun exposure and lightly soiled. Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne, 1967.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. 193 pages, frontis, fold-out map, illustrations, limited to 750 copies. Western Frontiersmen Series XXIII. Stillman traveled alone by horse through Anaqua, Goliad and Helena in 1855. Stillman ventured west as far as the Pecos River in the company of an army wagon train along the newly-opened road from San Antonio to El Paso. He penetrated unsettled areas, risking Indian attack to see first-hand the "wilds" of Texas.…

Condition: New. pp. 367.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Red cloth with gilt title on spine. Western Frontiersmen Series XXIII. 193pp. Illustrations, maps, bibliography and index. 700 copies printed. FINE.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good condition with some wear and soiling.

Hard Cover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket as Issued. First Edition. Western Frontiersmen Series, XXIII. Stillman's letters from the Texas wilderness give a remarkable picture of Texas during a crucial, complex and little understood time in the state's history. Red cloth binding with gilt lettering on the spine. Black & white illustrations including a fold out map, "Colton's New Map of the State of Texas, 1859." 193 pages. Only 700 copies were printed. Reference: Clark & Brunet (2002) #272.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: NF. Hardback in Near Fine condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Previous owner bookplate on fly-leaf. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.

Hardcover. Introduction by Kenneth Johnson. Small 4to. Beige linen with gilt spine lettering and front board decoration. 75pp. Illustrations, map endpapers. Good plus. Though internally near fine, upper left of front board and top of rear board show some homely dampstains. A tight and decent first edition, limited to 2350 copies, of this correspondence from Governor Leland Stafford's personal physician, with much Sacramento and San Francisco content.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. 193 pages, frontis, fold-out map, illustrations, SIGNED by the editor, limited to 750 copies. Western Frontiersmen Series XXIII. Stillman traveled alone by horse through Anaqua, Goliad and Helena in 1855. Stillman ventured west as far as the Pecos River in the company of an army wagon train along the newly-opened road from San Antonio to El Paso. He penetrated unsettled areas, risking Indian attack to see first-hand the "wilds" of Texas.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.