Read Georgia Willis Editor (6 results)
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1927
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Stony Hill Books, Madison, WI, U.S.A.Stony Hill Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Bound in dark blue cloth with gilt spine lettering, clean tight and unmarked, pages very slightly age-toned around edges, very light water sprinkles on front cover, spine slightly dulled.
Published by Columbia University, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Adkins Books, Chattanooga, TN, U.S.A.Adkins Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Free of markings.
More imagesSeller: Sheapast Art and Books, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.Sheapast Art and Books
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Condition: Very Good. A Pioneer of 1850: George Willis Read, 1819-1880 - The record of a journey overland from Independence, Missouri to Hangtown (Placerville), California. Read, Georgia Willis, editor Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1927.
A PIONEER Of 1850. George Willis Read 1819 - 1880
Read, George Willis [1819 - 1880]. Read, Georgia Willis - Editor
Published by Little Brown and Company, Boston, 1927
- Hardcover
Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA, Reno, NV, U.S.A.Tavistock Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star seller1st edition (Cowan, p. 523). xxvi, 185, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. Illustrated from Old Prints. Fold-out map at rear. 8vo. "The record of a journey overland from Independence Missouri, to Hangtown (Placerville), California, in the spring of 1850, with a letter from Diggins in October of the same year and an account of a journ…ey from New York to California, via Panama, in 1862, capture by the confederate raider Alabama, etc., and a visit to the Nevada silver mining district in 1863." [dj blurb]. Nr Fine (top edge lightly soiled/bookplate)/VG (age-toning/modest edgewear). Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Pale blue dust jacket printed in dark blue.
Published by Little, Brown & Co., Boston, MA, 1927
- Hardcover
Seller: Cat House Books LLC, Pensacola, FL, U.S.A.Cat House Books LLC
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. This is a fine copy. The board are a bright clean blue and the dust jacket has faded along the edges and the spine but very little wear.This is an exceptional copy. References pertaining to this work are numerous including Howes which considered this one of the "most…elaborate of overland journals" but Mattes, in his Platte River Road Narratives, questions the authorship of the journal, arguing that it may have been written by another member of company. Other references include Cowan II,p.523; Gudde, pp. 417-418; Mattes 937; Mintz 386; Norris 3232; Randall 405; and Wheat, "Books" 163.
Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings, and Other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff: Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association, April 2, 1849 - July 20, 1851 (2 Volume Set)
Read, Georgia Willis (editor); Gaines, Ruth (editor); Bruff, J. Goldsborough
Published by Columbia University Press, New York, NY, 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Russian Hill Bookstore
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2 Volume Set with slipcase. Minor shelfwear to both volumes: light scuffing along edges and covers. Both volume are tightly bound, no marks. Books are in Very Good-plus condition. Heavy shelfwear to slipcase: scuffing, top edge is completely split and torn, very delicate and coming undone. Slipca…se is in Poor condiiton.
