Owen Coy (225 results)

Condition: Very Good. Owen Coy, Joann; Higa, Allison (illustrator). Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condition: Good. Owen Coy, Joann; Higa, Allison (illustrator). Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. deS. Litchfield, Virginia - Cover (illustrator). Pages 99-126. Stapled pamphlet format that was published six times a year October through March and made available to elementary and junior high schools. Page edges and spine very slightly age-tanned. Otherwise the aoppearance of an unread book. First story is a five page biorgraphy of Dr. David Starr Jordan, the first presand of Leland Stanford Junior University where he remained for 40 years. Thousands and thousands of students who passed through Stanford in those years cherish him as a beloved teacher. His office and his home were always open and he was never too busy to share his great learning and common sense. But he thought of himself as a naturalist. He often said he had lived three lives: First as a naturalist and explorer, second as a teacher, and third a minor prophet of democracy. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Contents: Beloved Teacher, Fords and Ferries of Early California, Raisins of the Sun, Big Trees in California History, and the Editor's Sluice Box. The woodcut cover drawing is titled Winter Sports.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Pages 99-126. Stapled pamphlet format that was published six times a year October through March and made available to elementary and junior high schools. Page edges and spine very slightly age-tanned. Otherwise the aoppearance of an unread book. First story is a five page biorgraphy of Dr. David Starr Jordan, the first presand of Leland Stanford Junior University where he remained for 40 years. Thousands and thousands of students who passed through Stanford in those years cherish him as a beloved teacher. His office and his home were always open and he was never too busy to share his great learning and common sense. But he thought of himself as a naturalist. He often said he had lived three lives: First as a naturalist and explorer, second as a teacher, and third a minor prophet of democracy. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. Contents: Beloved Teacher, Fords and Ferries of Early California, Raisins of the Sun, Big Trees in California History, and the Editor's Sluice Box. The woodcut cover drawing is titled Winter Sports.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Cover is chipped along the spine and corners are bumped, spine is creased at the back of the cover. Book is clean with no marks or page folds. Bookseller Inventory BS/ME46830216.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Battle of San Pasqual: A Report of the California Historical Survey Commission With Special Ref. Book.

hardcover. Condition: Good.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Condition: VG. Original Issue. Page 99 to 127 - as was the format for this California history monthly. Size: Thin 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

Condition: New.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good copy in white printed wraps. [28] pages. Issue focussed on Monterey County history; contains the article 'The Customs House at Monterey', plus the cover illustration 'The Old Pacific Capital' (woodcut by Virginia Litchfield); also notable for the history of the Great Seal of California. Slight soiling and rubbing to wrappers; previous owner's rubberstamps on lower wrapper; slight uniform browning throughout.Over 10 b/w Illustrations (including Title Page & endpapers).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No DJ. Scuffing to covers with a touch of rubbing to cover corners and edges. No markings in book. Lightly read if read at all. Binding is tight. Dent line running across bottom page edges, probably happened when stored.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Light exterior wear. All pages clean. Binding solid. Exterior lettering is bright and clear.

Magazine. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Offered is the April 1929 issue of "California History Nugget: Devoted to the Story of the Golden West" (Vol. 2 No. 7) edited by Owen C. Coy and published by the California State Historical Association out of Los Angeles, California. A left-stapled digest-sized magazine measuring 6" by 9" and containing 20 pages including front and rear covers. The Contents are as follows: "A Pacific Mail Steamship of the Sixties" (photo frontispiece); "Pioneers in the North Pacific: The 'Oregon' - Queen of the Old Mail Fleet"; "Once a Proud County Seat" (photo); "Millerton, Landmark of a Vanished Frontier"; "Old Camp Barbour" (photo); "About Deserts: Some Tree and Shrub Personalities." Oblong stamp of the San Gabriel District Library to front and rear covers; staples age-rusted.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the (single issue) February-March 1931 issue of "California History Nugget: Devoted to the Story of the Golden West" (Vol. 3 No. 7) edited by Owen C. Coy and published by the California State Historical Association out of Los Angeles, California. A left-stapled digest-sized magazine measuring 6" by 9" and containing 20 pages including front and rear covers. The Contents are as follows: "John Charles Fremont, Adventurer and Misadventurer: I. The Soldier of Fortune"; "Jessie Benton Fremont" (illustration); "Monterey's 'Old Customs House'"; "The Customs House at Monterey" (photo); "Fire Fall at Glacier Point, Yosemite Valley" (photo); "Counties Never Heard From." Oblong stamp of the San Gabriel District Library to front and rear covers; staples age-rusted; pages lightly aged-toned but otherwise in excellent condition.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the (single issue) April-May 1930 issue of "California History Nugget: Devoted to the Story of the Golden West" (Vol. 3 No. 4) edited by Owen C. Coy and published by the California State Historical Association out of Los Angeles, California. A left-stapled digest-sized magazine measuring 6" by 9" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. The Contents are as follows: "Los Angeles, Area 4 Square Leagues, Population 44"; "Los Angeles in 1857" (illustration); "Plan of Pueblo de Los Angeles, 1786" (drawing); "The Marshall Monument"; "The Monument at Coloma" (photo); "From the Rifle Box - The Wash-Tub Mail"; "Thomas O. Larkin: Silent Partner of his Government"; "Larkin's Home at Monterey" (photo). Oblong stamp of the San Gabriel District Library to front and rear covers; staples age-rusted; tiny chip to upper left corner of front cover and first inside page (not affecting text).

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the May 1929 issue of "California History Nugget: Devoted to the Story of the Golden West" (Vol. 2 No. 8) edited by Owen C. Coy and published by the California State Historical Association out of Los Angeles, California. A left-stapled digest-sized magazine measuring 6" by 9" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. The Contents are as follows: "Pioneers in the North Pacific: The 'Flying Cloud' and the California Clipper Fleet; "The 'Flying Cloud'" (illustration); "Josiah Gregg - Scientist, Author, Explorer"; "Josiah Gregg" (illustration); "Believe It or Not: A Story of Imperial Valley"; "Curbing the Colorado, 1906" (photo). Oblong stamp of the San Gabriel District Library to front and rear covers; staples age-rusted; pages lightly aged-toned but otherwise in excellent condition.

Magazine. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Offered is the (single issue) December 1929-January 1930 issue of "California History Nugget: Devoted to the Story of the Golden West" (Vol. 3 No. 2) edited by Owen C. Coy and published by the California State Historical Association out of Los Angeles, California. A left-stapled digest-sized magazine measuring 6" by 8-7/8" and containing 24 pages including front and rear covers. The Contents are as follows: "Covered Wagon Days: The Oregon Trail"; "Westward on the Great Trail" (photo); "The Iron Horse Goes Overland" (photo); "Theodore Judah - Practical Dreamer"; "Mission San Francisco Solano Today" (photo); "Memories of Old Sonoma Mission"; "Plat of Sonoma Mission, 1854" (illustration). Oblong stamp of the San Gabriel District Library to front and rear covers; staples age-rusted; tiny chip to lower left corner of front cover; outer covers lightly edge-sunned.

Stapled wraps. Condition: Good+. No Edition Stated. Light toning, 1 page has tear all the way across the page, very tiny chip and small crease to bottom corner of front cover; b/w photos; 27 pages.

Stapled wraps. Condition: Very Good. No Edition Stated. Light toning, couple small creases, tiny tear to top spine, light shelfwear; b/w photos ; 28 pages.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Franz Geritz (illustrator). Hardback book (349 pages) beautifully illustrated with woodcuts by Franz Geritz (all present) and three maps (all present). Boards show moderate rubbing/soiling - name written on front free endpaper. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-16-Bottom-Up-R) rareviewbooks.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. First Edition. Cloth, no dj. 8vo, 81 pp., illus. (including a folding plan). Scuffing and edge wear to boards. Expected age-toning to text block, but text and images remain clean and bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. hardback book in good condition,front hinge barely starting.