Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1949
Seller: Jeff Stark, Barstow, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good used condition- No markings. Original Scribner's First edition with 1949 on title page matching 1949 on copyright page and letter "A" under the date.
Language: English
Published by Bonanza Books, 1949
Seller: gigabooks, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hard Cover - Good/Good - Slight ripple to top edge of first few pages and small spot of discoloration to foredge otherwise book is tight - Illustrated - Index - 239 pages.
Language: English
Published by Farrar, Straus and Young, New York, NY, 1952
Seller: Paradise Found Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket has edge wear and rubbing, chipping and small tears on edges, fading on spine and edges. Pages yellowing, interior is clean.
Published by Whittlesey House, NY, 1944
Seller: Paperback Recycler, Benson, AZ, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 5th Printing. 415 pp. Brick-red cloth with green label on spine. Gift inscription on front endpaper; front hinge weak, slight edge wear. Text clean, no tears.
Language: English
Published by Bonanza Books, New York, 1949
Seller: Wabash Museum Books, Mount Carmel, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 239 pages with index and 2 full page maps of Crossroads of the Mountains 1849-1860 and Westward Advance 1849-1860 in rear of book. Pages tight; clean; no markings; no page wear; Numerous b/w drawings and illustrations throughout book; Yellow linen-like hard covers with lack lettering on spine; no shelf wear; Brown dust jacket with white and yellow lettering on dust jacket; illustration of men panning for gold in mountains on front cover. Minor wear of dj edges. Story of the men who sought for gold from California to the eastern rim of the Rocky Mountains. A vivid acount of this phase of history as the reader follows the trails of the pioneering prospectors-of bloodshed, lust, struggle, courage, drama and determination. Chapter headings include: The Sleepy Utopia; Gold Fever; They saw the Elephant; Easier Roads to Fortune; Southwest the Course; Isthmus and Mexico; Around the Horn; First Decade, etc. DELIGHTFUL VINTAGE COPY.
Language: English
Published by Harcourt, Brace & Co., New York, 1949
Seller: Manning's Books & Prints, ABAA, Pacifica, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.
Language: English
Published by Viking Press, NY, 1945
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Stated 2nd printing bound in gray cloth with light blue decorations and lettering. 12mo ( 4 1/4" X 6 3/4") , 570pp. Book is about fine, clean, tight & unmarked. VG dust jacket has a couple of small, shallow chips to the spine tips. Anthology. Part of the Publishers Portable Library Series.
Published by New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952
Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Contributors include Bret Harte, Joaquin Miller, Richard Henry Dana, Mark Twain, Robert Frost and many others. Octavo. Condition: mild shelf-wear to binding; upper corner of pp. 401-438 bumped & creased; else very good. Pages: xiv, 524.
Published by New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949
Seller: Arnold M. Herr, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Map First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Quarto in black cloth binding. B&W illustrations; endpaper maps. Condition: light shelf-wear to binding; inked on first free endpaper; else near fine. Pages: xi, 239.
Paperback. Condition: Good+. First Printing, July #354. 275pp. Cover by Bob Boares. Light general wear, slight cover curl, slight laminate peel. Contributions by Allan R. Bosworth, Anthony Boucher, John Brush, Oscar Lewis, Alfred Meyers, Robert O'Vrien, Lenore Glen Offord, Hildegarde Teilhet and Joseph Henry Jackson. Photos on request. Size: Mass Market.
Language: English
Published by The Heritage Press, 1943, 1943
Seller: Virginia Martin, aka bookwitch, Concord, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible - Near Fine. No Jacket. Wood-Engravings by Paul Landacre (illustrator). Quarto, hardcover, near fine in blue spine and gray pictorial boards with publisher's Sandglass laid in. Very attractive book. clean and unmarked with part of slipcase. 222 pages; b&w illustrations. Edited with an introduction by Joseph Henry Jackson. includes: Horseman in Sky; Occurrence Owl Creek Bridge; Son of Gods; Killed at Resaca; George Thurston; One Officer, One Man, A Resumed Identity and many others.
Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1949
Seller: Jen's Books, Douglas, WY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1St Edition. Clean Tight Nearly Like New, Map Endpapers, No Names Or Marks, 352 First Hand Pictures.Dj With Edge Wear And Chips, Unclipped Collectible.
Published by Whittlesey House, McGraw=Hill, New York, NY, 1944
Seller: Cassidy's Bookstore, San Marcos, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good/very Good. No Jacket. `First Edition, 4th Printing. Very good condition with clean clear text. Rust colored boards, spine is tight even though a bit sun faded. California Literary contributions in the form of poems and stories by authors such as Jeffers, Fante, Rexroth, Saroyan, Cain Sinclair, Banning, Lewis White and others.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1949
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. DJ has chipping to the corners and spine ends and is now in a mylar cover. ; Gold Rush Album. To California in '49. The complete story of the greatest treasure hunt in history.".
Published by Whittlesey House, New York, 1944
Seller: Eel River Books, McKinleyville, CA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Later Edition. Signed by editor on front free endpaper. Third printing. 415 pages. Cloth covers with blue label and gold lettering on spine. Mild edge wear to book. No dust jacket. Includes stories and poems by jeffers, Corle, M.F.K. Fisher, Rexroth, Steinbeck, Sinclair, Lewis, Steffens, Atherton, and others. Signed by editor.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1949
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Original slipcase (which is worn) . ; SIGNED by the editor on the half-titlepage.
Cloth. Condition: G/G. Black & White Illustrations & photos (illustrator). Later Printing. New York, NY: Bonanza Books. G/G. (1949). Later Printing. Cloth. 4to., 239 pp., dj: slightly worn & frayed; bk: good spine & corners, no worn hinges .
Cloth. Condition: VG/G. Black & White Illustrations & photos (illustrator). Later Printing. New York, NY: Bonanza Books. VG/G. (1949). Later Printing. Cloth. 4to., 239 pp., dj worn some, .
Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949
Seller: Cronus Books, Carson City, NV, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New Inside! Crisp Pages w/no markings! Dust cover has shelf wear!
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1949
Seller: Clausen Books, RMABA, Colorado Springs, CO, U.S.A.
First Edition
Black Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. B&W Photographs/Mapped End Pages (illustrator). First Edition. Mapped end pages, textblock is very clean and tight, b&w photographs. Lightly shelf rubbed/soiled cloth binding, slight bump at spine. Moderately worn slip case with illustrated paper paste-down on all panels and spine. 239pp., including index. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hardcover.
Published by Farrar Straus Giroux, New York NY, 1952
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sunned spine which has some handling wear. Shipped from the Calico Cat Bookshop, a brick and mortar bookshop established in 1975. Size: Octavo. Book.
Published by Farrar, Straus and Young, New York, 1952
Seller: Eel River Books, McKinleyville, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Signed by Oscar Lewis at end of his contribution, page 192. Part of the City and County Readers Series, edited by John Farrar and Roger W. Straus, Jr. 524 pages. Blue and black cloth covers with gold on spine. Covers with mild corner bumping and edge wear. DJ illustrated. DJ reinforced with tape on inside at spine top and bottom and at top of front flap. Former owner bookplate on front pastedown. The book is in four sections: Before the Gold, The Gold Rush, City in the Making, and City of Our Times. Signed by Author.
Published by New York: Whittlesey House, 1944, 1944
Seller: Aeolian Books, Marysville, WA, U.S.A.
Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Third Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xv+415 pages.
Published by Bantam, 1948
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Printing. Bantam 354, Very Good condition.
Language: English
Published by Bonanza Books, New York, 1949
Seller: Monroe Bridge Books, MABA Member, Houlton, ME, U.S.A.
Association Member: MABA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ix, [3], 239pp, [4 of maps], bound in mustard cloth, with the binding and hinges tight, b/w illustrations throughout, with three maps in back [one double paged]. The Dust Jacket is NOT price-clipped, and is housed in a protective mylar cover. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper.
Cloth. Condition: G/No Dustjacket. Black & White Illustrations (illustrator). New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. G/No Dustjacket. 1949. . Cloth. w/slipcover . 4to., 239 pp., mildew stains on cover .
Language: English
Published by Viking Press, 1945
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Xii, 570 Pp. Gray Cloth Stamped In Black. First Printing. Light Wear, No Marks, Hinge With Light Crack Before Title Page.
Published by New York: Farrar Straus and Young, 1952
Seller: Silicon Valley Fine Books, Sunnyvale, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Very Good. First Edition, hardcover. 524 pages. SIGNED by Joseph Henry Jackson on the front endpaper! Includes a laid-in card noting some of the provenance of this copy, along with a small newspaper clipping/review. About very good, some wear on extremities, in a very good minus, price-clipped dust jacket (in fresh mylar protector) with light creasing and some edgewear, overall a clean, vintage copy. City and Country Reader Series.
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949
Seller: Sperry Books, Rollinsford, NH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Charles Scribner 1949 first edition hardcover, fine black cloth w/ bright gilet on spine, worn/torn dust jacket, map endpapers, tight binding, clean unmarked text.
Published by Bantam, New York, 1948
Seller: 32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera, IOBA, ESA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Softcover. 12mo., 275 pp. Bantam 354. Cover art by Bob Boares. Contributions by Allan R. Bosworth, Anthony Boucher, John Brush, Oscar Lewis, Alfred Meyers, Robert O'Brien, Lenore Glen Offord, Hildegarde Teilhet and Joseph Henry Jackson. Very Good with some light handling and wear.