ament william sheffield (10 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Illustrated by PhotosGERITZ, FRANZ illustrations (block cuts) (illustratore). first edition". VERY GOOD CONDITION.clean, solid, bright; front endpapers have 4 ilust gold & black scenes of early california lore. Black spine & cover titlles on orange cloth hard covers.all nice.FACSIMILE SIGNATURES OF EARLY DAY PIONEER PONY EXPRESS RIDER & STAGE COACH DRIVE with short biog of each.Indexe, bibliog.plus 15 full page block print ilustrations in white on black technique. ; 458pg pages; Describes many first person experiences by early california pioneer types, mostly having to do with ships, trains, horse & horsedrawn transportation of the most early description to California historic interest.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Illustrated (illustratore). First Edition. Of the series California edited by John Russell McCarthy. Signed by Author(s).

[xvi] 458p., b/w woodcuts by Franz Geritz, blue buckram, ex libris (California).

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

hardcover. Condizione: Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher's cloth, decorative endpages. Firm and square; slight rubbing to cloth edges. The DJ in mylar is sunned to spine, slightly chipped/edgeworn, few stains. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall.

Cloth. Condizione: G/FR. Black & White Illustrations (illustratore). Los Angeles, CA: Powell Publishing. G/FR. (1929). . Cloth. 8vo., 458 pp., DJ spine faded, edges chipped, .

Nine vols. [12], 452, 3 maps (1 large folding); [6], 413, [1]; [6], 349, [1], 3 maps (1 double-page); [10], 381, [1], 2 maps; [10], 461, [1]; [10], 458; [10], 314; [10], 465, [1]; [10], 322 pp. Numerous maps. Over 100 woodcut plates throughout. Simulated blue leatherette, gilt lettering on front covers, gilt lettering on spine, raised bands, gilt on spines, gilt ruling (minor soiling, some bumping to corners, edgewear, scuffing), still a VG- set, w/ facsimile autographs of California pioneers printed on endpapers. First Gold Edition of the California Series filled with woodcut illustrations specially designed for these volumes by Howard Simon, Franz Geritz, Virginia de S. Litchfield, and Aries Fayer. This set offers an invaluable resource for California history, from the early years of exploration, the colonization by Spain, the pioneers over the Oregon & California Trail, the building of the railroads, the tremendous impact of the Gold Rush, and more.

First Edition. 9 volumes, complete. Limited edition. #95 of 387 copies. Specially bound. Very Good condition. Owner bookplate.