John Bartlett Goodman Iii (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Loose leaf documents wrapped and contained in hardboards with magnetic closure. No marks and no writings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near fine copy in slipcase that shows minor wear.

Small folio, loose sheets in portfolio and cloth box as issued. Fine.

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 275 copies. (Colophon lists twenty-five additional copies issued in wrappers.) Original publisher's white folio with the text and images printed on loose leaves. 8 1/2" x 11." Forty-one pages, complete. Black and white reprinted illustrations, complete. A beautiful copy. Folio and pages are very neat and clean. John Bartlett Goodman III (1901-1991) was an American art director and wrote a comprehensive encyclopedia (which was never published) on the 762 ships that traveled from the East Coast to California during the Gold Rush, titled, "California Gold Rush Fleet Encyclopedia of Vessels Sailing from the East Coast of the United States and Canada for San Francisco, December 7, 1848-December3, 1849." The encyclopedia described the histories of the vessels which were organized A-Z; The Key corresponds to the encyclopedia and is also in alphabetical order. The Key lists the ships' specifications charts and tables, such as where and when they were built, their masters, and what happened to them. Goodman, John Bartlett, III (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The pages are loose in a folder. The folder has a sticker from the previous owner stating Ex-libris. The folder is in a cloth backed slipcase. The slipcase has a very slight marks but is quite bright and lightly used. The pages are nice and also look lightly used. One of 275 copies printed as a keepsake by the Zamorano Club. …

Gilt decorated hard cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Limited edition of 275 copies. Very scarce in this condition. Fine set in fine (magnetic closure) slip case.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Limited to 275 copies presented as a keepsake of the biennial joint meeting of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco and the Zamorano Club on September 19-20, 1992, in San Francisco. An alphabetical list of 762 Gold Rush vessels, recording their master, date of sailing, port of departure, date of arrival, stops en route, etc. Introduced by Neal Harlow. Edited by Daniel Woodward. Quarto. The loose leaves are enclosed in a printed paper folder, and housed in a blue cloth slipcase. A fine copy.…