Stillman Jacob (82 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. AROUND THE HORN TO CALIFORNIA IN 1849 by Jacob D B. Stillman, hardcover in blank white dustjacket, Published by Lewis Osborne. Palo Alto, California. 1967 limited edition no.449/1950 copies., 92 pages, illustrated. 'some jacket marks, small tears, discoloration, book inside is very very good, clean and tight". …

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Limited. CL1 - A limited ex-library hardcover book in good condition that has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), bent/bowed, bumped corners, stains, tear on the top hinge of the back endpaper, some stains, wrinkling and crease, discoloration, and shelf wear with no dust jacket. This is # 14 of 1,950 copies. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. This hard bound book, with gilt design to the front cover, consists of 109 pages of text, end paper maps, and black & white illustrations. A limited edition printing (2350 copies printed). The book comes without a dust jacket. The covers are in Very Fine condition, the first 2 pages with a small upper corner crease; a former owners signature to the first title page. The book measures 10 1/8" x 7 1/4". …

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

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. taken from Mr. Stillman's journal and letters, text and pages are clean and unmarked, binding tight, no dust jacket, cover shows little wear, front end pages illustrated, prior owner's name sticker on front end page.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Book size about 7 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches with some 92 pages. Bound in bright blue illustrated cloth with gilt spine lettering. Map end papers at the front only. Illustrated. Book number 1064 of 1950 printed. Journal of a 194 day trip around the Horn to the California gold fields in 1849. Book with very slight wear. FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Palo Alto, CA: Lewis Osborne, 1967 January 1967 Binding: Hardcover 1502 OF 1950 COPIES, VERY GOOD.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition. 109 numbered pages. Illustrated. Owner's bookplate inside, else near fine condition. (O4).

Hardcover. No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. This Edition is Limited to 1,950 copies. This Is Number 18. Clean, good binding. Illustrated fron mapped endpapers of North American, South America. Foreword by Kenneth M. Johnson. Frontispiece of the author, Dr Stillman, better known as JDB. While working as a surgeon at Bellevue Hospital, this book documents his adventure, along with hardships faced, on a 194-day ship journey on the Pacific Ocean bound for San Francisco via Cape Horn. Along with ninety-seven other passengers and the ruthless captain of the ship--in his book, âSeeking the Golden Fleece. â That volume also contains accounts of Stillman' sojourn in California from 1849-1950 and of his return by way of Nicaraugua to Baltimore. Soon after he landed in San Francisco, he made another trip on a boat across the Sacramento River with three famous Californians - Mark Hopkins, the famed San Franciso hotel owner, A. S. Marvin, partner of the eminent bookselling team of Marvin & Hitchcock, and John Rosse Browne, secretary to the Secretary of the Treasury in Washington, DC and talented artist. His book An 1850 Voyage, San Francisco to Baltimore, By Sea and Land, recounts his another epic voyage.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Jacket shows some wear along the top edge. See photos. The binding is in good shape. The pages of this book are clean and unmarked. A good solid copy. FAST SHIPPING & FREE TRACKING.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. No. 1266 of 1950 copies. Original publisher's turquoise cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and small gilt decoration of a ship on front cover. Custom beige paper dust jacket with cut-out windows revealing front cover illustration and spinal lettering included. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Illustrated front endpaper show different ship routes around North America and South America (back endpaper not illustrated). Paper advertisement from the American West laid in. 7 1/2" x 11." Ninety-two pages, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are virtually pristine and intact. Corners are sharp and not bumped. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is clean and intact except for light age toning and slight wear to extremities. A Fine book in a Fine custom dust jacket. This is an autobiographical account taken from the journal and letters of Jacob D. B. Stillman (1819-1888), an American surgeon and personal physician to Leland Stanford. He later left the medical profession and became a viticulturist and settled near Redlands, California. Stillman recounts the arduous 194-day journey he and ninety-six other passengers had taken aboard the ship Pacific from New York to San Francisco. He writes of the unpredictable and, at times, unrelenting and dangerous weather, passengers struggling with seasickness, an abusive captain who withheld food and medical aid from passengers, and generally miserable conditions on board during their journey. However, Stillman also notes moments of joy and levity such as seeing rare fish and visiting scenic locales in South America. Foreword by Kenneth M. Johnson. Notably, Johnson writes that there was only one woman, a ship owner's wife, on board during the journey and that the average age of the passengers was only 26 years old. The passengers, including Stillman, pressed charges against the captain in Rio de Janeiro. Front colophon: "This edition is limited to 1,950 copies. This is Number 1266.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. One of 2350 copies. Original publisher's turquoise cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and gilt decoration of an anchor on the front cover. Custom beige paper dust jacket with cut-out windows revealing front cover illustration and spinal lettering included. Dust jacket protected in a paper-backed Mylar sleeve. Illustrated endpapers show Stillman's route through Nicaragua and ship routes to and from California. Paper advertisement from the American West laid in. 7 1/2" x 11." 109 pages, complete. A few black-and-white illustrations, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are virtually pristine and intact. Corners are sharp and not bumped. Binding is tight. Dust jacket is clean and intact overall but has smudges, a few stains, and light age toning. A Fine book in a Very Good custom dust jacket. This book contains the printed text of an autobiographical account originally written by Jacob D. B. Stillman (1819-1888), an American surgeon and personal physician to Leland Stanford. He later left the medical profession and became a viticulturist and settled near Redlands, California. In his account, Stillman recollects his long and harrowing journey from San Francisco back to his original home on the East Coast from 1850-1851 using a route that took him through Nicaragua and over land and sea. His account begins in San Francisco and concludes in Key West. Stillman appears to have run a successful medical practice in California, but his ailments of fever and jaundice, which he overcame, and a cholera outbreak in San Francisco were likely reasons why he chose to leave. This outbreak, as well as the limited space aboard steamers, were also factors in his decision to take the Nicaragua route instead of the typical route around Cape Horn. The general path of Stillman's journey involved traveling by ship from San Francisco to Realejo port, Nicaragua; canoeing upriver to the town of Realejo; an overland trip via horseback; two failed attempts to cross Lake Nicaragua via canoe; using a schooner to finally traverse Lake Nicaragua; another canoe trip; boarding the poorly-manned brig Mechanic; and sailing aboard the Polly Hinds to finally reach Baltimore. Stillman vividly writes about many details of his journey. Among the other subjects Stillman writes about are an amicable whale that followed one of the ships he boarded, deaths on the journey and burials at sea, Cosaquina volcano, day-to-day events on his overland journeys in Central America with different travel parties, Chichigalpa, Lake Managua, beautiful scenery and animals in Central America, interactions with local residents, buying a macaw, eating monkey, Momotombo volcano, San Juan, Old Providence Island, rescuing survivors of the Martha Sanger wreck, contending with abuses by officers of the Mechanic, the incompetency of two captains of the Mechanic, discussions of mutiny, accidentally eating the poisonous manchineel fruit, and arriving in Key West. After his arduous journey back to the East Coast, Stillman actually returned to California in 1856 in part due to the socioeconomic opportunities in that state. Foreword by John Barr Tompkins. Back colophon: "The book was designed by the publisher, printed by George Waters of San Francisco, and bound by Filmer Brothers--Taylor & Taylor of San Francisco. The typeface for the text, picture captions and chapter summaries is Linotype Monticello, composed by Dayton Typographic Service of Dayton, Ohio. The display typefaces are Figgins Long Primer and Bulmer, hand set. The paper is Curtis Rag. The cloth is Bolton buckram, made by Columbia Mills. This edition was limited to 2,350 copies.".…

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

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Horse in Motion. Book.

Condition: New.

Palo Alto: Lewis Osborne, 1967. The land route was across Nicaragua, as the front endpaper map demonstrates. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gold decoration and lettering. 25 cm. 109, (2) pp. b/w plates. The land route was across Nicaragua, as the front endpaper map demonstrates. Bound in publisher's blue cloth with gold decoratio.…

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Nicely produced in an edition limited to 2,350 copies, this book describes Stillman's struggle to return home after the Gold Rush. Original plain white dust jacket has title lightly penned on spine. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 109 pages. …

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Seeking The Golden Fleece: A Record Of Pioneer Life In California: To Which Is Annexed Footprints Of Early Navigators, Other Than Spanish, In Californ. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 92 pages. Illustrated. Map on endpapers. Very light stain to front cover at foreedge. Good plus. (180).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcover in very good condition. No dust jacket. Name plate inside. Review Copy.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

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

PF. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. Limited Edition. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 92 pages; Plain white dust jacket with some browning around edges.