William Robinson Grimshaw J R K Kantor (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "This is not only an interesting sketch of his own life and adventures, but one of the best accounts extant of the events of '48-50 in the Sacramento region" -- Hubert Howe Bancroft in the Pioneer Register. With a good index, map endpapers and a preface by J.R.K. Kantor. Secure binding. Not cocked. Clean inside and out. With just slight rub wear to the bottom edge of the spine and a just slightly bumped upper right corner of the front cover. A very nice copy of an interesting and collectible work of California gold rush history.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Gray cloth titled in gilt. Limited to 310 copies. Fine condition, some pages unopened. Prospective laid in. ; quarto; 59 pages.

Limited edition, 310 copies. weight: 1.1 lb. Near fine, no dust jacket as issued. 28x18 cm. 59 pp. Gray cloth, gilt spine title, gilt initials on cover, map endpapers.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Gray cloth, gilt lettering on the spine. Limited to 310 copies. Nearly fine. No names or bookplates. Very clean. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 59 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Original gray cloth with gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. 7 1/4 X 11 inches. 59 pages which include 7 pages of index. Several pages are unopened. Deckled edges. 310 copies printed by Roger Levenson / Tamalpais Press. Copy contains a black and white illustrations of a younger Grimshaw which was taken from a photograph soon after his arrival to Sacramento in 1848. This narrative by Grimshaw tells of his adventures in California during the Gold Rush. From the Preface, "Of William Robinson Grimshaw's Narrative, published here for the first time, Bancroft wrote, in his Pioneer Register: "This is not only an interesting sketch of his own life and adventures, but one of the best accounts extant of the events of '48-50 in the Sacramento region." On the inside of both covers is the map that Grimshaw followed on his adventures in Sacramento and down to San Francisco and Stainislaus.Copy is very clean and complete.