Meyer Carl Ruth Frey Axe (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Tan cloth titled in green. First English language edition limited to 450 copies, this being # 48. Covers lightly soiled, edges rubbed. Bookseller pencilled notes else unmarked. Sound and square. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition of This Translation. First Edition of this translation. Limited Edition, No. 36 of 450 copies. Front colophon: "This first edition is limited to 450 copies of which this is copy Number 36." Signed by the translator on front free endpaper in black ink: "Sincerely, Ruth Frey Axe." Original publisher's beige cloth binding with green lettering on spine. 6 3/4" x 9 1/4." 282 pages, complete. Reference "Notes" in the back. Contains a tipped-in, three-page facsimile of the original German edition's front and back cover illustrations and title page. The original German edition was titled, "Nach dem Sacramento," and was first published in 1855 in the Swiss town of Aarau. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for slight bumping to lower-right corner on fore-edge. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. The English translation of Carl Meyer's collection of autobiographical travelogues (or "travel-pictures") from his tour to California beginning in 1849. Translated from the original German by Ruth Frey Axe. Introduction by Henry R. Wagner. Carl Meyer was of German-Swiss descent. It is unclear what his exact background was, but according to Wagner's Introduction, he may have been a wealthy mining engineer who wanted to travel for enjoyment. Meyer's travelogues detail his observations of life in California at the time but also contain many philosophical thoughts about man and nature. His account begins with his departure from New Orleans in 1849. The following is a sampling of the rest of his itinerary: traveling through the Isthmus of Panama, a visit to Mission San Juan Bautista, traveling through Pacheco Pass, arrival to San Joaquin Valley, mining at Mariposa mines, a visit to Stockton, a visit to San Francisco (where he stayed until 1851), mining in Trinidad County, interactions with the Yurok tribe, a ten-month stay in Sacramento, traveling through the Isthmus of Nicaragua, and landing in New York. The publisher of this book, Saunders Studio Press, was operated by Ruth Thomson and her husband, Lynne Saunders, in Claremont, California during the 1920s and 1930s. A particular subject of interest to them were titles on bookplates. Signed by Translator.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Cover shows minor wear, rubbing. Pages are lightly tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Signed and inscribed the the publishers, Ruth and Lynne Saunders, to the previous owner on the front free endpaper. Claremont, California: Saunders Studio Press, 1938. First edition thus limited to 450 copies of which this is copy number 206. Hardcover. 6 ½ x 9 ½ . 282 pp. Very good in a good dust jacket. The dust jacket is protected in mylar. Moderate toning and soiling to the dust jacket with chipping, creases and closed tears to the extremities. The text appears unmarked. The binding is solid.