James S Copley (64 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good Solid Ex. Library Copy. Limited Special Edition Numbered #149. Copyright Date: 1971 Quarto, Hardcover, Red Cloth With Illustration Inset, Map Decorated End Papers, , PP.216, Signed By Both Copely and Pourade Quarto, Hardcover, Red Cloth With Illustration Inset, Map Decorated End Papers. Color And B & W Illustrations (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Large octavo in black cloth binding. B&W illustrations. Condition: slight soiling to binding; minor insect damage to upper corner of frontispiece illustration and last free endpaper; inked name on first free endpaper; else very good. Pages: [xiii], 460. …

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. 4to. Cloth, d.j., in an acetate cover. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy.

hardcover. Condition: As New. Used hardcover like new. No underlining, highlighting or damage. A clean, sound and serviceable copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition large hardcover in excellent, unmarked condition, with merely good dust jacket (top 1cm missing from the spine, one 4cm tear). The DJ is protected by a new, clear, removeable cover. 194 pages. [2.4 lbs]. Lloyd Harting (illustrator). Book.…

Hardbound. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Description: Features many black and white and color illustrations, including maps and special artwork. This is the third volume in a series on the history of San Diego, commissioned by James S Copley. This volume tells the story of the Spanish Dons and how they wrestled the lands of California from the Franciscan Missionaries, and in turn, lost them to the American pioneers. Tells of the Indian wars, cattle drives, the march of General Kearny, the Battle of San Pasqual, the Mormon Battalion, and the war in Baja California. Mentions the kidnapping of the Leiva girls, the Garra uprising and executions, and the battles along the Colorado River. BINDNG/CONDITION: blue cloth; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket; the jacket is price clipped. chronology, bibliography, artwork sources, index. 4to (11.25 inches tall). 286 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hi. Welcome to our small, family-owned bookstore. Copyright Union Tribune Publishing Company (San Diego), 1968. Subtitled The Epic Journey of the Portola-Serra Expedition in 1769. Coffee-table size: 8 9/16" x 11 1/4" x 3/4". Hardcover (green) with pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket, light-moderate wear, with a 1" tear and folded paper. Price-clipped flap. Book, very slight wear along bottom edge. especially the base of the spine. Gift dedication on the flyleaf. All else, clean, bright, unmarked. Each left-side page is an illustration, many full-color photos; right-side is text, the story of the expedition. 189 pages. Stout binding. Packaged using bubble wrap and a sturdy cardboard box. Tracking number provided for no extra cost. Thanks for checking out this book from our small town brick-and-mortar and supporting a small business.…

Hardback. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st Edition. Hardback bound in blue boards with gilt title 0n the spine. Book has light wear at lower spine. Dust jacket has light edge wear. A history of the ancient hunting society in Souther California. Numerous photos in color and black & white. 207 pages including the Index. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book. …

Condition: As New. Signed Copy . Signed by author and publisher on half title page. Limited edition. Copy #314. Slipcase Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. 1st. First edition stated on copyright page. Interesting map-endpapers. Signed by two of the authors boldy in two different inks and styles with just their names on the half-title page; " James S. Copley" "Richard F. Pourade." Very good or a little better with pictorial covers. Also laid-inside are a few articles from around 1970 related to the ranchos of San Diego.…

Quarto, hardcover, VG, clean and unmarked, in fair, lightly edgeworn, blue pictorial dj. color frontis, numerous b/w maps, illustrations, small foldout 3-panel color view of San Diego 1853, chronology, acknowledgments, source of art work; 262 pages. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good(+). Quarto in black cloth with silver text; 460 pages illustrations, portraits, maps, facsimiles 26 cm.; very good(+) copy with light edgewear and bumps to cloth at the spine ends and open corners; very light soil to spine head; cloth is o/w clean; book is slightly leaning; o/w binding is tight; pages are clean, crisp, bright and free of marks, creases and foxing; edges of leaves are clean; a gently used copy. In English. Very good(+) to near fine copy.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Apparent First Edition. The history of the Copely Press, encompassing 15 daily newspapers, issued to commemorate its 25th Anniversary. Condition notes - 460 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, photo portrait frontis; a.e. tanned, t.e. lt foxed. Cover: pebbles navy, silver titles front/spine; v lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, silver mildly rubbed. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. SIGNED by the author and James S. Copley on inside front free end paper. Numbered 245 of a December 1967 SPECIAL EDITION. No dust jacket. Not in slipcase. Foxing on page edges and first couple pages. Spine slightly sun faded. A couple small stains on front cover. What makes this copy unique is an accompanying 2-page handwritten letter dated 3/21/1969 from Gene Patrick Hussey, a member of Richard Nixon's Secret Service detail, saying that the book had belonged to the President. Index. 268 pages. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s).…

Very good condition. Name and year on front fly leaf. Front cover is slightly sticky, probably from a removed plastic sleeve. Spine tips and corners are lightly bumped. Binding is just a bit shaky. 460 pages with index. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. book in fine condition and dust jacket is VG.

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (US history, illinois, IL, journalism, newspapers) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Corner clipped from front flap. Dust jacket wrapped in protective mylar sleeve. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No DJ as Issued. Special Edition. A beautiful crisp clean hardcover copy in fine condition. No DJ as issued. Includes slipcase in very good condition with light sunning to edges. No. 40 of a limited edition series signed by Copley and Pourade.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No dust jacket. First Edition. Washington D. C: The Brookings Institute, 1959. With the bookplate of James Strohn Copley (August 12, 1916 - October 6, 1973). "Copley was a journalist and newspaper publisher. He published the San Diego Union and the San Diego Evening Tribune, both later merged into The San Diego Union-Tribune in 1992, from 1947 until his death in 1973, and was President of the Inter American Press Association (1969 - 1970). He had close associations with leading Republican of the era, including Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew. Copley's presence was a chief reason that the Republican National Convention of 1972 was originally planned to be in San Diego." -- Wikipedia. Near Fine condition. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. 1959. First Edition. Bound in the original dark blue cloth, stamped in shiny gold. From the Foreword: "In 1936 the Robinson-Patman Act was enacted by the Congress to protect trade and commerce against unlawful price discrimination and trade practices. A voluminous literature has developed on the legal and economic issues arising out of the enforcement of this legislation. But no comprehensive review of the experience under the act or its economic effects has theretofore been made. An appraisal of this experience after twenty years seemed desirable, especially in view of the widespread implications of the law." . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xxii, 698pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hi. Welcome to our small, family-owned bookstore. Copyright Union Tribune Publishing Company (San Diego), 1968. Subtitled The Epic Journey of the Portola-Serra Expedition in 1769. Coffee-table size: 8 9/16" x 11 1/4" x 3/4". Hardcover (green) with pictorial dust jacket. Dust jacket, light-moderate wear, with a 1" tear and folded paper. Price-clipped flap. Book, very slight wear along bottom edge. especially the base of the spine. Gift dedication on the flyleaf. All else, clean, bright, unmarked. Each left-side page is an illustration, many full-color photos; right-side is text, the story of the expedition. 189 pages. Stout binding. Packaged using bubble wrap and a sturdy cardboard box. Tracking number provided for no extra cost. Thanks for checking out this book from our small town brick-and-mortar and supporting a small business.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Special slipcased limited and numbered edition. Signed by both Richard F. Pourade and James S. Copley. Bound in full light olive-green cloth. Housed in a pictorially illustrated slipcase. Fine clean copy in a fine slipcase. Search our listings for other volumes from this series on San Diego history. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. No dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: The Bookmailer, 1963. With the bookplate of James Strohn Copley (August 12, 1916 - October 6, 1973). "Copley was a journalist and newspaper publisher. He published the San Diego Union and the San Diego Evening Tribune, both later merged into The San Diego Union-Tribune in 1992, from 1947 until his death in 1973, and was President of the Inter American Press Association (1969 - 1970). He had close associations with leading Republican of the era, including Barry Goldwater, Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew. Copley's presence was a chief reason that the Republican National Convention of 1972 was originally planned to be in San Diego." -- Wikipedia. Near Fine condition. NOT a remainder. NOT a library discard. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked. 1963. "First Edition" is so stated. Bound in the original pale orange cloth, stamped in brown. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. (x), 148pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Slipcase Near Fine. Special Edition. 168pp.+index; HB blue w/blk.pic.cover--brwn.w/gilt spine; fine condition w/clean,tight pgs. Slipcase lt.blue w/lt.brwn.; slight rub. "The descriptive and poignant letters of Lieutenant John James Peck, a United States soldier in the conflict with Mexico, and the enchanting color lithographs of Mexico by John Phillips, Carl Nebel, Daniel Thomas Egerton, Casimiro Castro, and Captain D.P. Whiting" illus. Number 263. signed by James Copley & Richard Pourade. Various (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Special slipcased limited and numbered edition. Signed by both Richard F. Pourade and James S. Copley. Bound in full light olive-green cloth. Housed in a pictorially illustrated slipcase. Fine clean copy in a fine slipcase. Search our listings for other volumes from this series on San Diego history. Signed.…

San Diego, CA: Union-Tribune Publishing Co. Good plus condition/No Dustjacket. (1970). 12mo., XIV, 170 PP. . Good plus condition/No Dustjacket. Color, Black & White Illus. (illustrator).

Hard Cover With Fine Slip Case. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Special Edition. Fine clean copy in fine slip case of special edition #8 signed by Copley and Pourade. Large or heavy book and may require extra postage. No AMAZON international order on this title. Signed by Authors on Label.…

Hard Cover With Fine Slip Case. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. Special Edition. Fine clean copy in fine slip case of special edition #11 signed by Copley and Pourade. Large or heavy book and may require extra postage. No AMAZON international order on this title. Signed by Authors on Label.…