Mccloskey Joseph J (8 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Textblock is very clean and tight; binding lightly edge-worn; 35p., including acknowledgements; no dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Drawings (illustrator). Hard Cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Acceptable Dust Jacket. First Edition. San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1959. 1st edition. 33pp. NOT ex-library. Interior appears free of markings. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square. Corners sharp. Unclipped dust jacket (price of $5.00) has light sunning, wear and some small tears to edges, and about four penny-sized stains. DJ arrives in protective Mylar. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.…

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. With book plate of noted author and historian John Haskell Kemble on front pastedown. 35 pages. Peter A. Evans, "The First Hundred Years: A Descriptive Bibliograph of California Historical Society Publications" Number 40: "These reminiscences are based on personal interviews which were printed in the San Francisco Call on December 19, 1909. The illustrations are from the Society's collection of lighographed letter sheets. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy." An exceptionally fine copy.…

illustrated cloth, dust jacket. large 12mo. illustrated cloth, dust jacket. 33, (3) pages. Designed and printed by Lawton Kennedy (1900-1980) as the 1959 California Historical Society Christmas keepsake. Two veterans of the Goldrush recall the hardships and humor of an 1849 holiday in this reprint of personal interviews from The San Francisco CallDecember 19, 1909. Illustrated throughout with lithographed "Letter Sheets" from the Society's collection, which served as the illustrated post cards of the day. Kennedy, Lawton (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Small square 8vo. Illustrated with b/w reproductions of contemporary letter sheets. Dust jacket (unclipped; light toning). Very good. 35 pages. No signatures or bookplates.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Printed stapled wraps. Limited to about 300 copies, issued as a Christmas Keepsake. This is the seventh in a series of Christmas Keepsakes by Sagebrush Press. About fine with just a hint of handling. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 16 pages.

Hardcover w/ Jacket. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This 6.5 x 7.75 33-page book is in near fine condition. The green cloth covering shows virtually no wear whatsoever with just the two bottom corners showing just a very small touch of whiteness at all. The interior of the book has a penciled notation on the ffep but beyond that the text is in fine condition. The book was published by the California Historical Society in San Francisco in 1959 and was designed and printed by the noted bookman Laughton Kennedy. The dust wrapper does show some age. The paper is thin and shows some chipping along the top and bottom margins of the wrapper. There are tears and small pieces missing in spots and a two-inch tear along the rear panel's fold. There is some sun fading to the spine and front panel but all in all the jacket is fully intact and in nice condition. 33 pages.…

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1959 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 40 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.…