Mccarthy John Russell Editor (19 results)
California History Nugget: vol. 6 #5 February, 1939
Coy, Owen C., editor, John Russell McCarthy, Fletcher R. Flynn, Frances Christeson et al.
Published by California State Department of Education, Sacramento, 1939
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Manuscript
Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Bolerium Books Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerPp.131-159p., 6x9 inches, illustrated with archival photos, very good pamphlet periodical in stapled white pictorial wraps with mild toning at spine fold. Published six times a year for elementary school kids. Short pieces on the Mexican flag (this one by editor Coy), on borax, on Ina Coolbrith, and on the collection-building th…at started our state library.
Published by Powell Publishing, San Francisco, CA, 1931
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.100POCKETS
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Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus. Text/Strong & sound w/discoloration to pgs 78/79 & 102/103 from acidic reaction to newsprint clippings; soiling to leading text edge. Gilt embossed crimson linen boards/NF w/rubs to edges & trace soiling. DJ/None. Clipping of promotional for book pasted to f…EP; PO label to fEP verso. Historian Owen Conchran Coy (1884 - 1952) chroncles the great westward migration that determined the history of California. Text, with maps and illustrations number 11 chapters: I, With the Santa Fe Caravans; II, Along the Oregon Trail; III, The Gold Discovery Arouses the World; IV, Democracy on the March; V, Up the Platte to South Pass; VI. The Humbolt Trail; VII, Across the Desert & Through the Sierra; VIII, Over Southern Plains; IX, The Gila Route; X, The Death Valley Trail; and, XI, Lights & Shadows of the Overland Journey. Franz Geritz (Illustrator) (illustrator).
Published by Powell,, 1929
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Seller: Heroes Bookshop, Paris, ON, CanadaHeroes Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Signed by both Nellie Van De Grift Sanchez and John Russell McCarthy.this copy has a still solid binding with some cocking gilted and rought cut edges.limited autographed edition of which this is #9 of 225 sets.the interior text is clean of marks. Signed by Author.
Published by Powell, 1929
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Book Alley
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. SIGNED; signed by Juan J. de la Guerra on "spanish gentleman" page. Limited edition, number 232 of 387. Good. Used, has some wear, spine cover is starting to detach, and may have markings but is still in solid reading condition. Pasadena's finest new and used bookstore.
Vermilion Bird
Sheffield, Rena (Editor); Don Blanding, Florence Churchill Casebeer, Virginia Church, Hildegarde Flanner, James B. Foley, Robinson Jeffers, Florence Scripps Kellogg, Beulah May, John Russell Mccarthy, Ernest Mcgaffey, John Steven Mcgroarty, Ruth Comfort Mitchell, Leetha Journey Probst, Helen Salz, Mina Shafer, Sara Bixby Smith, George Sterling, Francisca Vallejo, Judy Van Der Veer, Irene Wilde, Charles Erskine Scott Wood, Anne Zuker, Etc.; Frontispiece By Franz Geritz
Language: English
Published by Valley Press, Redlands Ca, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Xi, 12-143 Pp. First Printing, 1937. Fine In Worn Dust Jacket, Chipping, Spine Faded, Priced $2.50. A Collection Of Poetry By Californians, Amateurs And A Few Well Known Professionals, Some Literary. Ownership Signature In Pencil.
More imagesFantasy Advertiser / April, 1951 / Fifth Anniversary Edition / Stirling Macoboy cover. Vintage science fiction and fantasy fanzine. Arthur C. Clarke's "Space Travel in Fact and Fiction", second installment.
Roy Squires (editor); Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur J. Cox, John Elstrom, Malcolm W. Ferguson, Paul Jordan-Smith, Russell A. Leadabrand, Willie Ley, R.W. McCarthy, Jud Marshall
Language: English
Published by Roy Squires, Los Angeles, 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.Singularity Rare & Fine
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Los Angeles: Roy Squires, 1951. Volume 5, No. 1, the April, 1951 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Scott Macoby; interior art by Neil Austin, Ken Brown, Morris Scott Dollens, Jack Gaughan, and Roy Hunt. Octavo, stapled wraps, 30 numbered pages. Near Fine copy, notable toning at…margins, else flawless. See scan. A high grade, very sharp, undamaged example. The Fifth Anniversary Edition of the thrice-titled classic sci-fi fanzine (Fantasy Advertiser, then Science Fiction Advertiser, then Inside and Science Fiction Advertiser); essays, opinion, ads, book lists, book reviews. In this issue, the offerings are from editor Roy Squires, Clyde Beck ("Cybernetics, Science Fiction, and Survival"), Arthur C. Clarke (Space-Travel In Fact and Fiction, a reprint of a paper read to the British Interplanetary Society on April 1, 1950, this being the second installment after February's first installment, reprinted with permission of Clarke and the BIS), Arthur J. Cox (review of Henry Kuttner's Fury), John Elstrom (review of Applied Nuclear Physics), Malcolm W. Ferguson (essay, and a short review of Isaac Asimov's The Stars, Like Dust), Paul Jordan-Smith (a review of a bio of Arthur Machen), Russell A. Leadabrand (short review of Theodora DuBois' Solution T-25), Willie Ley (review of L. Sprague de Camp's Lost Continents), R.W. McCarthy (review of Arthur C. Clarke's Prelude to Space), Jud Marshall (review of Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man).and of course much else - all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, by intent, but mostly on Science Fiction by execution at this time. L-pr1. Stirling Macoboy, Neil Austin, Ken Brown, Morris Scott Dollens, Jack Gaughan, Roy Hunt (illustrator).
More imagesFantasy Advertiser / April, 1951 / 5th Anniversary Edition / Stirling Macoboy cover. Vintage science fiction and fantasy fanzine. Arthur C. Clarke's "Space Travel in Fact and Fiction", 2nd installment.
Roy Squires (editor); Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur J. Cox, John Elstrom, Malcolm W. Ferguson, Paul Jordan-Smith, Russell A. Leadabrand, Willie Ley, R.W. McCarthy, Jud Marshall
Language: English
Published by Roy Squires, Los Angeles, 1951
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Singularity Rare & Fine, Baldwinsville, NY, U.S.A.Singularity Rare & Fine
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine. See scans and description. Los Angeles: Roy Squires, 1951. Volume 5, No. 1, the April, 1951 issue of Fantasy Advertiser. Cover by Scott Macoby; interior art by Neil Austin, Ken Brown, Morris Scott Dollens, Jack Gaughan, and Roy Hunt. Octavo, stapled wraps, 30 numbered pages. Fine c…opy; no damage whatsoever, and even the expected age-toning to the paper is quite minimal - virtually non-existent at most places. See scans. The highest grade you'll see for this periodical. The Fifth Anniversary Edition of the thrice-titled classic sci-fi fanzine (Fantasy Advertiser, then Science Fiction Advertiser, then Inside and Science Fiction Advertiser); essays, opinion, ads, book lists, book reviews. In this issue, the offerings are from editor Roy Squires, Clyde Beck ("Cybernetics, Science Fiction, and Survival"), Arthur C. Clarke (Space-Travel In Fact and Fiction, a reprint of a paper read to the British Interplanetary Society on April 1, 1950, this being the second installment after February's first installment, reprinted with permission of Clarke and the BIS), Arthur J. Cox (review of Henry Kuttner's Fury), John Elstrom (review of Applied Nuclear Physics), Malcolm W. Ferguson (essay, and a short review of Isaac Asimov's The Stars, Like Dust), Paul Jordan-Smith (a review of a bio of Arthur Machen), Russell A. Leadabrand (short review of Theodora DuBois' Solution T-25), Willie Ley (review of L. Sprague de Camp's Lost Continents), R.W. McCarthy (review of Arthur C. Clarke's Prelude to Space), Jud Marshall (review of Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man).and of course much else - all focused on science fiction, fantasy and horror, by intent, but mostly on Science Fiction by execution at this time. LG8. Stirling Macoboy, Neil Austin, Ken Brown, Morris Scott Dollens, Jack Gaughan, Roy Hunt (illustrator).
Vermilion Bird
Sheffield, Rena (Editor); Don Blanding, Florence Churchill Casebeer, Virginia Church, Hildegarde Flanner, James B. Foley, Robinson Jeffers, Florence Scripps Kellogg, Beulah May, John Russell Mccarthy, Ernest Mcgaffey, John Steven Mcgroarty, Ruth Comfort Mitchell, Leetha Journey Probst, Helen Salz, Mina Shafer, Sara Bixby Smith, George Sterling, Francisca Vallejo, Judy Van Der Veer, Irene Wilde, Charles Erskine Scott Wood, Anne Zuker, Etc.; Frontispiece By Franz Geritz
Language: English
Published by Valley Press, Redlands Ca, 1937
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Xi, 12-143 Pp. First Printing, 1937. Fine In Worn Dust Jacket, Chipping,Tears, Internal Clear Tape Repairs, Spine Faded, Priced $2.50. A Collection Of Poetry By Californians, Amateurs And A Few Well Known Professionals, Some Literary. Signature Of Rena Sheffie…ld On Title Page. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Powell Publishing Company, Los Angeles, 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Maxwell's House of Books, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.Maxwell's House of Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A clean, crisp, eight volume set--two signed by author--including: Gold Days (signed) by Owen Cohran Coy; The Great Trek (signed) by Owen Cochran Coy; March of Industry by Robert Glass Cleland and Osgood Hardy; Oxcart to Airplane by Rockwell Dennis Hunt and William Sheffield Ament; Pathfinders by… Robert Glass Cleland; Spanish Arcadia by Nellie de Grift Sanchez; Songs and Stories by Edwin Markham; and, Outdoor Heritage by Harold Child Bryant. Mild wear to leatherette finish. No DJs, as issued. NOTE: Eight volume set; extra shipping may be required, standard domestic shipping only.
Published by Powell Publishing Company., Los Angeles, 1929
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Heroes Bookshop, Paris, ON, CanadaHeroes Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Limited edition #9 of 225 sets published, Signed by both Frank J Taylor and John Russell McCarthy, on the Registered Autographed page.this copy has a solid tight binding with clean unmarked pages.wear and rubs to the blue cloth covers. Signed by Author.
Published by Powell Publishing Company, (1929, 1929
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Book Alley
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. Very Good. Signed by 8 "Covered Wagon Babies, Born on the Trail in '48, '49, and the '50's" Limited edition, number 277 of 387. Gently used with NO markings in text; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
OUTDOOR HERITAGE. A Volume of the Series California.
Bryant, Harold Child. McCarthy, John Russell - Series Editor.
Published by Powell Publishing Company, (1929, 1929
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Book Alley
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. Very Good. Signed by 12 "Covered Wagon Babies, Born on the Trail in '48, '49, and the '50's." Limited edition, number 277 of 387. Gently used with NO markings in text; some rubbing to boards; binding is tight. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
Published by Powell Publishing Company, 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Charles Berry, Bookseller, Lakeport, CA, U.S.A.Charles Berry, Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Nine maroon volumes in excellent condition: pages unmarked, slight to light exterior edge wear, noticeable at the spine ends. Deluxe features include gilt on top page edges, 5 raised spine bands. [21 lbs]. Book.
California: Oxcart to Airplane
Hunt, Rockwell Dennis; Ament, William S.; McCarthy, John Russell [editor]
Published by Powell, 1929
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Book Alley
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. VOLUME VI in the California series (1929); SIGNED COPY; LIMITED EDITION; edition is limited to 387 copies, this copy is 232; signed by four pioneers: stagecoach driver Sam Jobe, locomotive engineer Charles Trott, Pony Express rider William Campbell, and clipper-ship master Captain I.R. Hibberd. brown…Morocco is cracked on spine, there is general rubbing to the extremities.There are no markings to the pages. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
Published by Powell Publishing Company, 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.Eureka Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. 9 Volume set with authors Robert Glass Cleland, Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez, Owen Cochran Coy (2), Rockwell Dennis Hunt, Harold Child Bryant, Edwin Markham, Frank J. Taylor and Robert Cleland and Osgood Hardy. 9 Volume mixed set in red bloth covers with uniform spines but variations in cloth color and texture. Mild ed…ge and corner wear. One volume (Gold Days) has white stain on spine. No dust jackets.
OUTDOOR HERITAGE. A Volume of the Series California.
Bryant, Harold Child. McCarthy, John Russell - Series Editor.
Published by Powell Publishing Company, (1929, 1929
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Book Alley
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. VOLUME IX of the California series (1929) SIGNED COPY; LIMITED EDITION; edition limited to 387 copies, this copy 232; signed by 12 of the original California pioneers. Good. Used, brown Morocco is cracked, mainly on spine; mild rubbing to extremites. No markings to the text. Pasadena's finest…new and used bookstore.
Published by Powell Publishing Company, (1929, 1929
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Book Alley, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Book Alley
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Signed. VOLUME VIII of the California series; (1929) SIGNED COPY; LIMITED EDITION; edition is limited to 387 copies, this copy is 232; signed by 8 of the original California pioneers, or "Covered Wagon Babies"; GOOD+ copy with general rubbing to extremities; brown Morocco on spine is cracking; binding… is tight and there are no markings to the pages. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore.
California Series (8 Volume Set)
McCarthy, John Russell (editor); Cleland, Robert Glass; Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift; Coy, Owen Cochran; Markham, Edwin
Published by Powell Publishing Company, Los Angeles, CA, 1929
- Hardcover
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Russian Hill Bookstore
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8 Volume Set, 8vo. No DJs. Volume I: Pathfinders, by Robert Glass Cleland. II: Spanish Arcadia, by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez. III: The Great Trek, by Owen Cochran Coy. IV: Gold Days, by Owen Cochran Coy. V: Songs and Stories, by Edwin Markham. VI: Oxcart to Airplane, by Rockwell Dennis Hunt and… William Sheffield Ament. VII: March of Industry, by Robert Glass Cleland and Osgood Hardy. VIII: Outdoor Heritage, by Harold Child Bryant. Tan cloth boards with black lettering along spines and front covers, two green bands. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover boards, some light soiling on a couple volumes, light tanning along page edges. Volumes are tightly bound, no marks. Set is in Very Good condition.
More imagesPublished by Powell Publishing Company, 1928
- Hardcover
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Seller: Chaparral Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.Chaparral Books
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Leather Bound. Condition: Good. no dustjacket as issued. This complete nine volume set is #241 of 387 impressions of this edition of the California series, printed from type and specially bound for Agnes Girard Klamp, granddaughter of William S. Oury. Wood engravings from the original text blocks. Each volume features original a…utographs of various California pioneers. Bound in full brown leather with decorative gilt covers and spine, five backbone hubs, gilt top edge and marbled endleaves. The set is in overall good+ condition, with each volume showing various degrees of wear: small cracks and splits to ends of spine, chipping and rubbing to extremities, corners bumped (a few worn through), chipping and rubbing to some of the panels. A few volumes show areas of loss to ends of spine. Very light scratching, soiling, and small gouges to gilt edges. Internally the set is in very good condition. The bindings are tight, text and images unmarked. The leaves show mild age toning to edges. Additional photos available upon request. **PLEASE NOTE: This set weighs over 25 pounds and will require additional postage to domestic addresses. NOT eligible for international shipping.**. Signed by Other.
