Stephen C Massett (106 results)

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

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

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

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Biobooks, Published 1954. Hardcover, xiii, 96 pp.; 24 cm; First California Edition, one of five hundred copies printed at the Abbey Press, Oakland, by Ben Kennedy and William R. Morrison; illustrated with a portrait plate and facsimiles. In Very Good condition, no dust jacket. Copper foil paper over boards with green textured cloth spine, faded gilt lettering on spine. Mild shelf and edge wear, with a hint of color loss at corner tips and a small chip to the copper paper at a corner tip of the rear board. Binding tight. Light toning to edges of text block. Otherwise unmarked. Massett (1819-1898) gave what is generally considered the first public entertainment in San Francisco, a one-man show at the schoolhouse on Portsmouth Square on 22 June 1849, playing dramatic roles, reciting, and singing his own songs to an audience of about two hundred who paid three dollars each; his accompanist worked at a piano lent by the Collector of the Port. He wrote as "Jeems Pipes of Pipesville" and edited the Marysville Herald. Joseph A. Sullivan drew this text from Massett's 1863 autobiography Drifting About for his California Relations series, whose print blocks now sit with the Biobooks papers at UCLA. Facsimiles reproduce Massett's sheet music from San Francisco and New York publishers, a letter from J. A. Sutter dated Nicolaus, 26 February 1851, and the programme for his farewell concert at the Adelphi Theatre, 23 February 1852.…

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

Condition: New.

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

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Drifting About; Or, What Jeems Pipes, of Pipesville, Saw-And-Did. an Autobiography by Stephen C. Massett. with Many Comic Illustrations by Mullen. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Biobooks, 1954. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new. No dust jacket.

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

Condition: New. Mullen (illustrator).

Condition: New. Mullen (illustrator).

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

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Pages have light damp staining to the upper margins through out. Light damp staining to the lower corners in the front. Covers have a bend to the front lower outer corner and some light staining. ; Wright 2-1678. Illustrated by Mullen (illustrator).…

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good. viii, [11]-371 pages frontispiece, illustrations. This is an attractive copy in the publisher's blindstamped pebbled cloth. The binding is sturdy, with three ink smudges and one faint water stain to the front board, a small ink stain at the rear board, and light wear to the head and foot of its spine; the spine is slightly slanted; the contents are unmarked. 450 grams.…

Condition: New. In English.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. Signed by the publisher, J. A. Sullivan, on prologue page xiii. 96 pages. Near fine in bright red-gold paper over cloth boards. No dust jacket. Limited edition, 1/500 copies. Printed at the Abbey Press. No. 37 in California Relations series. Stephen Massett was "a 49er, he was the earliest entertainer at San Francisco and Sacramento. Stephen Massett was the start of theater in this State." - from the prologue. Signed by Publisher.…

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

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. slate cloth, stamped borders and decoration front and back, gilt lettering on spine, many vignette engraved illustrations, foxing, small wear to binding board tips, marginal dampstaining to last 60 pages[.not impacting text, 371 pages plus 6 page. publisher's catalog. Mullen (illustrator). …

Condition: New. In English.

hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. In poor condition, with boards detached, heavy chipping and rubbing to the cover. Newspaper clippings about the book affixed to front endpaper, loose hinges, bookplate and some writing in the prelims. Pages are tanned with some minor tidemarks.

Decorated hard cover. First edition. Limited edition of 500 copies. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy.

Condition: New. Mullen (illustrator).

Hardcover. No Dust Jacket. Spine ends worn, spine slightly faded and; 12mo; 371 pages Good canted. Some foxing throughout. Front ep blind stamp and paper wear. Illustrated by Mullen (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 371 pp + publisher's catalogue, with frontispiece and occasional illustrations in the text. Bound in original green cloth. Corners rubbed through, soiling to foot of spine, scattered foxing throughout, binding sound. Label of Meguier's Circulating LIbrary ("Library at my Store, opposite the Parker House"), East Cornith, Vermont, on front pastedown. Sabin 46175. Massett was an English-born composer, singer, dramatic recitalist, impressionist, travel writer, and humorist. He is credited with being the first professional entertainer to perform in San Francisco.…