Johnson Kenneth M Foreword (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. No. 1266 of 1950 copies. Original publisher's turquoise cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and small gilt decoration of a ship on 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. Illustrated front endpaper show different ship routes around North America and South America (back endpaper not illustrated). Paper advertisement from the American West laid in. 7 1/2" x 11." Ninety-two 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 is an autobiographical account taken from the journal and letters of 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 recounts the arduous 194-day journey he and ninety-six other passengers had taken aboard the ship Pacific from New York to San Francisco. He writes of the unpredictable and, at times, unrelenting and dangerous weather, passengers struggling with seasickness, an abusive captain who withheld food and medical aid from passengers, and generally miserable conditions on board during their journey. However, Stillman also notes moments of joy and levity such as seeing rare fish and visiting scenic locales in South America. Foreword by Kenneth M. Johnson. Notably, Johnson writes that there was only one woman, a ship owner's wife, on board during the journey and that the average age of the passengers was only 26 years old. The passengers, including Stillman, pressed charges against the captain in Rio de Janeiro. Front colophon: "This edition is limited to 1,950 copies. This is Number 1266.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book has light scuffing to the cover, otherwise it is in great condition. Tight binding, unmarked pages. Dust jacket showing light wear, now protected in archival cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Gift inscription inside front cover otherwise like new. ISBN 0399144463. Book.