M'collum William (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Limited Edition. One of 750 copies printed. Bookplate of historian John Haskell Kemble tipped in on front pastedown: "Golden Age--1853. John Haskell Kemble; Ex Libris." Original publisher's beige paper-covered boards backed with red cloth. Original pink paper dust jacket with black lettering on front panel and spine included. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." 219 pages, complete. Introduction by Dale L. Morgan. Notes and Index in back. Pages are crisp and virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning, a few tiny marks and pencil inscriptions on endpapers, and Kemble's bookplate which has partially obscured the illustration on front pastedown. Covers are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is very clean and intact except for sunning and fading along spine. Dust jacket not price-clipped. No remainder marks. An As New book in an As New dust jacket. Fascinating contemporary account of the California Gold Rush by William McCollum. Back colophon: "Designed and printed by Robert Greenwood and Newton Baird at The Talisman Press in an edition limited to 750 copies. July, 1960." From front flap: "Wright Howes, in his U.S.-iana, placed McCollum's book among the class of superlatively rare books, almost unobtainable, and calls the work 'one of the most authentic contemporary narratives of California in the first year of the gold rush.' Dr. McCollum came to the California gold fields via Panama. From San Francisco he journeyed to Stockton, thence to the Southern mines. Later expeditions took him to Sacramento and the Northern mines on the American River, then again to San Francisco, where he practiced medicine for a brief time. His journal is important insofar as it is one of the earliest gold rush accounts, and gives much important data regarding the rapid growth of California in 1849." Contents: "Introduction" by Dale L. Morgan, "Introductory Chapter" by William S. McCollum, "From Lockport to Chagres," "From Chagres to Panama," "Experiences at Panama," "Voyage to San Francisco," "San Francisco in July, 1849," "The Southern Mines," "Return Home via the Isthmus," "Home Recollections of California," Bradley's Recollections of San Francisco," "Cook's Recollections of the Northern Mines," "William S. McCollum's Appendix," "Five Letters Written From the Isthmus in 1849" by W. H. Hecox, "Arrival of Vessels and Passengers at Chagres for California," "Notes," and "Index.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Original pictorial cloth, 219 pages, illustrations, limited to 750 copies, signed by Morgan. The first edition was printed in 1850. Mintz 573, Howes M55n. M'Collum comments on California ranches and speculates on the future of stock raising in the state. He arrived in San Francisco on July 5, 1849 and "survived by practicing the healing arts.".

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Original pictorial cloth, 219 pages, illustrations, limited to 750 copies, minor closed tear to jacket. The first edition was printed in 1850. Mintz 573, Howes M55n. MCollum comments on California ranches and speculates on the future of stock raising in the state. He arrived in San Francisco on July 5, 1849 and survived by practicing the healing arts.

Condition: Fine. Reprint. "Pencillings by the way of Its Gold and Gold Diggers! and Incidents of Travel by Land and Water.with Five Letters from the Isthmus by W.H. Hecox". Fine in near fine dustjacket, very light wear to top edge of jacket. Edited by Dale Morgan. 23.8x15.6 cm. 219 pp. Quarter red cloth over tan boards, paper spine label, San Francisco view on cover.

Condition: Good. Prospectus. 8vo. One folded sheet. [This is an advertisement for the book, not the book itself].

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. One of 750 copies. Reprint of Howes M-55.

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited. 219 pages. Limited to 750 copies. Map on endpapers. McCollum's "journal is important insofar as it is one of the earliest gold rush accounts, and gives much important data regarding the rapid growth of California in 1849." Fine in dust jacket. (069).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Limited to 750 copies designed and printed by Robert Greenwood and Newton Baird. Signed by editor Dale L. Morgan on the half-title. "Dr. William M'Collum left Lockport, New York, as a member of a California company on January 28, 1849. In New York City, he boarded the steamer Crescent City on February 5 and headed for the Isthmus of Panama. After an adventurous crossing and stay in Panama City, M'Collum boarded the Niantic and arrived in San Francisco on July 5, 1849. From there, the physician traveled to Stockton and the Southern Mines. The good doctor soon discovered that mining for gold was too strenuous . Thereafter, he went back to San Francisco and survived by practicing the healing arts. He journeyed to Sacramento and the Northern Mines and again tried mining. After a short stay in San Francisco, he headed home via the Isthmus of Panama. The doctor's adventure ended on February 15, 1850. In the final portion of the book, he expressed his negative feelings about California; offered advice to would-be miners; and reprinted the recollections of Lyman Bradley on San Francisco and Major E.W. Cook on the mineral region." Octavo: 219 p. with textual illustrations. Original printed paper-covered boards over a red cloth spine, with a printed paper spine label. The spine label is a touch tanned; else near fine, housed in the publisher's slipcase. Kurutz 417b.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; First Printing. Edition limited to 750 copies. ; Tight, clean and crisp. A hint of light shelf wear to dustjacket with very mild sunning to spine, otherwise an excellent First Edition now protected in a new Mylar cover. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. ; 8vo; 219 pages.

Publisher's Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus or Better. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus or Better. Limited Edition. Limited Edition, One of 750 copies, republished journal of Dr. M'Collum, pencillings by the way of its gold and Gold diggers! and incidents of travel by land and water. plus 5 letters of the Isthmus by W.H. Hecox. All edited by Dale L. Morgan. 219 pages, map endpapers, Book Very Good Plus or Better, quarter bound with spine label on dark rust spine, illustration of San Francisco on front board and front jacket panel. Jacket Very Good Plus or Better. Super clean with No previous owner bookplate or writing, Jacket in new mylar sleeve. Quality Publication.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited, 750 copies. Mapped endpapers. Binding tight and straight, inner pages clean and unmarked. Dust Jacket is flap-intact, clean with light edgewear, now protected within mylar cover.; 219 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very nice copy of this classic look at the California Gold Rush. Book has light shelf wear and yellowing of pages. DJ has light edge wear, tiny closed tear at front bottom, and light fading of spine. Time Tested Books has been in the same location for over 25 years. You can actually walk into our store and see books! When in Sacramento we invite you to do so.

M'COLLUM, William. California as I Saw It: Pencillings by the Way of Its Gold and Gold Diggers! and Incidents of Travel by Land and Water.with Five Letters from the Isthmus by W.H. Hecox. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. Los Gatos, CA: The Talisman Press, 1960. 1st ed. 219pp. Illus., map endpapers. Orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, printed paper spine label, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine. One of 750 copies. "One of the most authentic contemporary narratives of California in the first year of the gold rush"--Howes M-55.

M'COLLUM, William. California as I Saw It: Pencillings by the way of Its Gold and Gold Diggers! and Incidents of Travel by Land and Water.with Five Letters from the Isthmus by W.H. Hecox. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. Los Gatos, CA: The Talisman Press, 1960. 1st ed. 219pp. Illus., map endpapers. Orig. cloth-backed pictorial boards, printed paper spine label, in publisher's cardboard box. Box starting to split, private owner's blindstamp on title page, else fine. Signed by the editor on 1/2-title. One of 750 copies. "one of the most authentic contemporary narratives of California in the first year of the gold rush"--Howes M-55. . Signed.

Inscribed and Signed by Dale L. Morgan. First Edition. Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket.