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Paperback. Condizione: Good to Very. 148 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. There is some mottling on the spine. (spine showing a little bit more tan than white).

Trade Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. VG/none, used, illustrated stiff paper wraps, v-xix, 148pp. Interior clean, no marks, binding tight. On the front free end paper is a book plate of a former owner. 2ND printing. Slight shelf rubbing to wraps, no chips or tears, corners slightly thumbed. Don Perceval (illustratore).…

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Very good trade paperback.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. Paperback is clean with endpaper gift inscription the only mark. Edges are square with light rub wear to exterior. Binding is tight and strong. Edited by Turbese Lummis Fiske; Foreword by Dudley Gordon. Don Perceval (illustratore).

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original publisher's brown boards backed with white cloth. 5 1/4" x 7 5/8." 217 pages, complete. Three black and white plates, complete. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. A collection of short stories by literary greats of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The stories are the following: "The Church with an Overshot Wheel" by O. Henry; "Captain Scarfield" by Howard Pyle; "The Wild Western Way" by Octave Thanet; "Dorothy of the Mill" by Robert Barr; "Blueskin, the Pirate" by Pyle; "The Miller's Seal" by Thanet; "The Blue-Coin Witch" by Charles F. Lummis; "The Old Mill on the Elkhorn" by Jame Lane Allen; "A Graceless Husband" by Hamlin Garland; "The Swearing Enchiladas" by Lummis; "The Labor Question at Glasscock's" by Thanet; "The First Grain Market" by Edward Everett Hale; "The Mill on the Kop" by Barr; and "The Christmas Wreck" by Frank R. Stockton. Prior to this publication, all stories appeared in The Northwestern Miller magazine.…

Red Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No DJ. Third Edition, Revised and Augmented. Xxxv, 744 Pp. Red Cloth. First Printing, 1930 Date On Title Page, Of This Third, Revised Edition Of These Massive Reminiscences Of Early Los Angeles By The Head Of Its Most Prominent Banking Family Circa 1880-1920. Light Wear, Gilt Complete But Faint, Cloth Clean, No Marks, Front Hinge Mostly Cracked, Endpapers With Some Browning As Usual, Fraying At Ends Of Spine. Per Wikipedia, Harris Newmark (1834 - 1916) Was A Jewish American Businessman, Philanthropist, And Historian Who Was Born In The West Prussian City Of Löbau (Now Lubawa, Poland). Newmark Immigrated To The United States In 1853. He Sailed From Europe To New York City, And Then To San Francisco. He Joined His Older Brother And Other Family In Los Angeles. His Branch Of The Family Were Among The Founders And Developers Of The Region. At The End Of 1885, Newmark Retired From The Grocery Business To Devote More Time To His Real Estate And Investment Pursuits. In 1886, He And Four Other Businessmen: His Nephew Kaspare Cohn, John D. Bicknell, Stephen M. White, And I.W. Hellman—Purchased A 5,000-Acre (20 Km2) Ranch Located In East Los Angeles Called Rancho Repetto. The Land Had Been Owned By An Italian Settler Named Alessandro Repetto, Who Had Bequeathed The Ranch To His Brother Antonio. Newmark's Group Bought The Inheritance For Us$60,000, Or About $12 Per Acre. In May 1899, Newmark Subdivided The Tract Owned By Him And His Nephew, After Contracting With William Mulholland To Design And Construct A Suitable Water System For The New Settlement. Accounts Differ As To The Actual Size Of Newmark And Cohn's Parcel, But It Was Somewhere Around 1,200 To 1,500 Acres (6.1 Km2). A Piece Of This Tract, Adjacent To The Tracks Of The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, Was Developed Into A Town Site Called Newmark. The Remaining Land Was Subdivided Into 5-Acre (2.0 Ha) Lots Suitable For Small-Scale Agriculture. The Entire Settlement, Including The Newmark Town Site, Was Given The Name Montebello. When The Town Incorporated In 1920, It Renamed The City As Montebello. Newmark Contributed To Developing Many Local Institutions, Such As The Los Angeles County Library And Others Supporting Children's Welfare. He Wrote A Memoir, Sixty Years In Southern California: 1853-1913, Which Has Been Cited In Dozens Of Academic Papers And Books. It Is Described As The Los Angeles Equivalent Of A Pepys Diary. Photographic Plates, 182 Illustrations (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Half white cloth with printed paper spine label, papercovered boards. Illustrated by R. Caton Woodville, Howard Pyle and Frank X. Leyendecker. Very good with hinges cracked, pages lightly age-toned, corners worn. Scarce.

Red Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No DJ. Third Edition, Revised and Augmented. Xxxv, 744 Pp. Red Cloth. First Printing With 1930 Date On Title Page Of This Third, Revised Edition Of These Massive Reminiscences Of Early Los Angeles By The Head Of Its Most Prominent Banking Family Circa 1880-1920. Light Wear, Gilt Lettering Weak But Readable, Cloth Clean, No Marks, Hinges Solid, Endpapers With Some Browning As Usual, No Fraying. No Marks. Per Wikipedia, Harris Newmark (1834 - 1916) Was A Jewish American Businessman, Philanthropist, And Historian Who Was Born In The West Prussian City Of Löbau (Now Lubawa, Poland). Newmark Immigrated To The United States In 1853. He Sailed From Europe To New York City, And Then To San Francisco. He Joined His Older Brother And Other Family In Los Angeles. His Branch Of The Family Were Among The Founders And Developers Of The Region. At The End Of 1885, Newmark Retired From The Grocery Business To Devote More Time To His Real Estate And Investment Pursuits. In 1886, He And Four Other Businessmen: His Nephew Kaspare Cohn, John D. Bicknell, Stephen M. White, And I.W. Hellman—Purchased A 5,000-Acre (20 Km2) Ranch Located In East Los Angeles Called Rancho Repetto. The Land Had Been Owned By An Italian Settler Named Alessandro Repetto, Who Had Bequeathed The Ranch To His Brother Antonio. Newmark's Group Bought The Inheritance For Us$60,000, Or About $12 Per Acre. In May 1899, Newmark Subdivided The Tract Owned By Him And His Nephew, After Contracting With William Mulholland To Design And Construct A Suitable Water System For The New Settlement. Accounts Differ As To The Actual Size Of Newmark And Cohn's Parcel, But It Was Somewhere Around 1,200 To 1,500 Acres (6.1 Km2). A Piece Of This Tract, Adjacent To The Tracks Of The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad, Was Developed Into A Town Site Called Newmark. The Remaining Land Was Subdivided Into 5-Acre (2.0 Ha) Lots Suitable For Small-Scale Agriculture. The Entire Settlement, Including The Newmark Town Site, Was Given The Name Montebello. When The Town Incorporated In 1920, It Renamed The City As Montebello. Newmark Contributed To Developing Many Local Institutions, Such As The Los Angeles County Library And Others Supporting Children's Welfare. He Wrote A Memoir, Sixty Years In Southern California: 1853-1913, Which Has Been Cited In Dozens Of Academic Papers And Books. It Is Described As The Los Angeles Equivalent Of A Pepys Diary. Photographic Plates (illustratore). …

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. McClure's Magazine Vol. 38 No. 4 February 1912. F. Graham Cootes (illustratore).