Foreword joseph sullivan (25 risultati)

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Excellent condition, dust jacket included when applicable, no markings in text.

Condizione: binding (fair) pages (good). 1962 627 pages illustrated flex imitation leather cover (duroleather)/pocket size.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition Thus. 117 pages. Limited edition, 1/650. No 49 California Heritage series. Green cloth covers with gold lettering to spine. This is the Biobooks reprint of a travel account that appeared in an 1888 report of the "American Horticultural Society.".…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. One of 750 copies printed. Original publisher's gold-colored foil cloth binding with black lettering on spine. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." 163 pages, complete. Illustrations printed in sienna-colored ink at start of every chapter, complete. Illustrations by Victor R. Anderson. List of Illustrations in front. One black-and-white folding map laid in back (formerly tipped in on back pastedown but has separated from glue adhesive). Pages are very clean and intact except for offsetting on front endpaper, glue residue on back of laid-in map and back pastedown, and light age toning. Covers are very clean and intact except for several smudges and slight darkening. A Very Good copy. "California Centennial Edition Fourteen." Fascinating autobiographical account by Charles D. Ferguson, a gold miner originally from Ohio. Ferguson gives a detailed narrative about his journey from Ohio to California's gold fields and recollects many harrowing parts that happened along the way. He describes the generally trying circumstances of overland travel and narrowly escaping an attack by members of a Northern California tribe. According to Joseph A. Sullivan in his Foreword, "[Ferguson's account] is a well-written document of a most picturesque section of the mines. It is one of the best of the early mining histories on the Yuba and the early days in Nevada City." Introduction by F. T. Wallace. Back colophon: 'Seven hundred and fifty copies of this book have been printed at the Times-Star Press, Alameda, California; Designed by Ben Kennedy; Presswork by William R. Morrison; Illustrations by Victor R. Anderson.". Anderson, Victor R. (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. One of 500 copies printed by the Greenwood Press. Original publisher's brown paper-covered boards backed with green cloth. Brown paper spine label with black lettering. Front and back covers have a 3 x 4 grid pattern printed in black ink which shows a repeating motif illustration of an Indigenous warrior. 6 3/4" x 10." 149 pages, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact except for light age toning. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for a few spots of rubbing, slight wear to extremities, and possible age toning to spine label. A Near Fine copy. An entertaining and informative autobiographical account by Friedrich Gerstaecker (also, Gerstacker; 1816-1872), a German world traveler and author. Gerstaecker worked a number of odd jobs as a young adult before he found a successful career as a travel writer. He became well-known for his writings that documented his travels around the world including his journeys to the United States, the American West, South America, Mexico, the West Indies, Hawai'i, Polynesia, and Australia. This particular book documents his travels in California and Honolulu, Hawai'i. He provides many detailed observations and impressions of the people he meets and locales he visits. Notably, this account includes his recollection of working as a gold miner in California and focuses on California gold mining in general. Chapter titles: "San Francisco in the Autumn of 1849," "A Trip to the Gold Mines," "Sacramento City," "Mission Dolores," "The Mines and the People in Them," "The Indians of California," "Life and Character in the Mines," "The Musquito Gulch and Magualome," "San Francisco in the Autumn of 1850," "From San Francisco to Honolulu," and "Honolulu." Back colophon: "500 copies of California Gold Mines were printed at the Greenwood Press of San Mateo, California; Set in Baskerville; Designed by Jack Werner Stauffacher.".…

Hardcover. Large Octavo, 272 pages. In Very Good condition. Quarter bound beige spine bearing beige lettering to green band. Boards show very mild wear and minimal foxing to the joints. Text block shows slight wear to the edges. Deckled fore edge. Pictorial end papers. Slight offsetting to the end papers. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First California edition, limited to 1000 copies. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column D, ND-D. 1376035. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. One of 1000 copies (unnumbered). Small quarto volume bound in gray-colored cloth. Color plates; B&W endpaper map. Condition: light bumping to corners & slight wear to binding; else near fine. Pages: [xv], 245.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition Thus. 124 pages, 8vo. No DJ. California Relations, Number 42. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine and front cover. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and covers, moderate spine fade, previous owner's bookstamp on front and rear inside covers, heavy tanning on inside covers and free endpapers. Tightly bound. Volume is in Very Good-minus condition.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No jacket as issued. Limited Edition. LIMITED EDITION. 155/675 COPIES. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Handsomely printed in two colors, red and black, at the Gillick Press in Berkeley. Original red and black pebbled cloth. Also signed by Charles Erskine Scott Wood beneath his quote on page preceeding the Foreward. Two facsimile newspapers held in special pocket at the rear. Some insignificant rubbing to one lower corner otherwise a bright and fine copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 252 pp. : illustrated, maps ; 24 cm. ; ISBN: 1887901256 LCCN: 98-36820 ; OCLC: 39633927 ; LC: DS559.5; Dewey: 959.704/3/092 ; "Lieutenant Colonel, Retired Robert Hemphill takes us back to his fighting days in Vietnam when he commanded Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Infantry Division--the same unit director Oliver Stone fought in and presumably based his Oscar-winning movie Platoon on. Fresh off a promotion and brand-new to Vietnam when he was unceremoniously given command of Bravo Company, the worst fighting unit in the 25th Battalion, Captain Robert Hemphill had to prove his courage and skill as a commander over the next five months--taking Bravo into an endless series of search and destroy missions, reacting to midnight mortar attacks and ambushed, and trying desperately to not only keep his men alive, but also keep sane in the madness of Vietnam. Then, just when Hemphill was getting the hand of it, the NVA unleashed their 1968 Tet offensive, and Bravo was plunged into the mos t horrific fighting of the war. From the days of immense boredom to electrifying, toe-to-toe battled with the NVA, this riveting account at last tells the real story of Platoon." - Publisher ; wine-red cloth with gold lettering, in color pictorial dustjacket ; crease on front ep ; slight wear to dustjacket ; triffle dusty ; G/VG. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Pictorial hardcover. Limited to 1500 copies. Inscribed to the colophon by Sullivan to Les Hink, owner of Hink's department store in Berkeley. About fine; thin line of dampstaining to edge of lower board. Errata slip at rear. Light damage to colophon page. The DJ has some damping to spine and edges, light edgewear/chipping. ; quarto; 161 pages; Signed by Author. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. One of 750 copies. Original publisher's light brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4." 166 pages, complete. Two black-and-white folding plates and one black, white, and blue folding map in back, complete. Pages are virtually pristine and intact. Covers are virtually pristine and intact except for minuscule wear to edges and corners and fading to gilt lettering on front and spine. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. "California Centennial Edition." Back colophon: "First California Edition; 750 copies of 'Travels in California' have been printed at the Lederer, Street & Zeus Co., Inc., Berkeley, California; Designed by Arthur G. Henry; Title drawings and initial letters by Wm. Kay; Binding by Commercial Bindery." An autobiographical account by Thomas Jefferson Farnham (1804-1848), an American explorer and author. Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan. Farnham took part in many historical events in the early days of the American West. He traveled the Oregon Trail and led a group of men, the Oregon Dragoons, to rendezvous with Jason Lee at his mission in Willamette Valley. After spending time in Oregon, Farnham set sail for Hawai'i. He later returned to the mainland and landed in Monterey, Alta California. There, he helped secure the release of American and British prisoners led by Isaac Graham (1800-1863), an American fur trader and mountain man, who had assisted Juan Alvarado and Jose Castro in their coup against the Mexican Governor of Northern California, Nicolas Gutierrez. However, once Alvarado became the new Mexican Governor, he and Castro turned on Graham and his men and accused them of conspiring against the Mexican government. Graham and his men were subsequently arrested in 1840 and sent to San Blas and then Tepic, Mexico for trial and imprisonment. The prisoners were subject to torture and abuse including being housed in unsanitary environments and deprived of food and water to the point of starvation. Sadly, some of the prisoners died from the ordeal. The remaining prisoners were eventually released about one year later. This entire series of events became known as the Graham Affair. In this book, Farnham begins his narrative in Oregon. He then describes his travels to Hawai'i via ship and the time he spent there. Farnham relays an account by one of the wives of Kamehameha I who describes Captain Cook and his betrayal of the Hawai'ian people, King Kamehameha (III?), and George Vancouver. Farnham also describesthe evangelical movement in Hawai'i. Much of Farnham's book is about Alta California and the Graham Affair. He writes about the Graham Affair from his point of view and retells the firsthand accounts of some of the prisoners on their harrowing journey from Alta California to Tepic. Farnham discusses many other subjects relating to California history such as the missions, presidios, local scenery, and natural resources.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. Cloth-backed patterned boards, spine label. Limited to 500 copies. Signed by Joseph A Sullivan on page adjacent to the colophon. Slight sunning to upper board, label toned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xii, [2]149 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good Plus. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket as Issued. First Edition Thus. 113 pages. Limited edition, 1/750. Map tipped in at rear. Gold cloth and 1/4 leather covers with scuffing at spine bottom edge. Reprinted from the Stockton edition of 1852. Carson was a miner who first arrived in California in 1848. He died in 1853. His account was not only the first account by a miner published in Stockton but, with the exception of the Wierzbicki Guide, the first published in California.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. One of 500 copies printed. "500 copies printed by Times-Star Press--Alameda, Calif.; Harold Jones--Marc Schowalter--Bettis Shaw" printed on copyright page. Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." 124 pages, complete. Index in back. No. 42 of the California Relations series. Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning. Covers are clean and intact except for slight darkening and discoloration along spine, some stains along front and back outer joints, and general fading. Binding is somewhat loosened but still strong and holding. A Very Good, almost Near Fine copy. This is a fascinating autobiographical account by James L. Tyson, an American physician who departed from Baltimore, Maryland to California in 1849 at the height of the California Gold Rush. Two of the main reasons he traveled to California were to become familiar with California diseases and ailments, specifically those commonly found among miners, and to find a prospective location for permanent settlement. In his Introductory Chatper, Tyson gives brief but diverse advice about traveling to California and how to take care of one's health on the journey. He argues that many of the miners' illnesses came from ignorance or negligence. Among his medical advice is to limit time in the purportedly unhealthy environment of Chagres, avoiding eating too much local fruit, limiting work hours, avoiding an all-meat diet, and eating stewed fruits or vegetables. Tyson recounts many events from his journey on both land and sea. Among the subjects and events he describes in his narrative are the dangerous environs of Chagres, his observations of and opinions about Indigenous Peoples, natural scenery, Panama, the Isthmus of Darien, Panama fever, an extinct volcano, a boa constrictor, fruits, sicknesses and death at sea, the changing state of the weather and ocean, marine wildlife, Guatemalan coast, Oaxacan coast, Lower California, Cape Palmas, Cape St. Lucas, provisional shortages, incompetent captains, Alta California, landing in San Francisco, Benicia, Sausalito, crime in California, desertion of crew members, city of Sacramento, gold miners, Sutter's Fort, American River, California wildlife, illnesses of miners, California Indigenous Peoples, Tyson's attempt to establish a tent-hospital, the Sierra Nevada, Oregonians taking part in the Gold Rush, Santa Barbara, Mazatlan, Tyson tending to patients, Gulf of Tehuantepec, Jamaica, and New York. Index and Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. "This Edition Limited To Five Hundred Copies" stated. 'MCMXLIV' on title page. Fine hardback. No dust jacket. Only trivial, if any signs of age/wear/previous use.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good DJ. 2nd Edition. One Of 500 Copies Printed By The Grabhorn Press For Joseph A. Sullivan. Beige Cloth Over Red Paper Covered Boards, Spine Label Printed In Black And Orange. In The Rare Green Dj With Handwritten Title At Top. Book Is Immaculate, Unworn And Unfaded, Slight Bumping At Corners. Green Dj Faded To Brown At Spine And Edges, 1/2" X 3/16" Chip At Bottom Of Spine, Light Chipping To Top Of Spine, 1/2" Closed Tear Bottom Of Front Panel, Short Tears At Upper Tips. Map And Illustrations (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. Limited Edition. One of 500 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Book is in very good condition, with ex-library plates and penciled numbers on the first few pages. Red cloth spine on decorative boards, with edgewear; paper title affixed to spine. Bookstore sticker on end pastedown, from the World Book Shop in Oakland. Rough-cut rag pages-- clean and bright and nicely decorated. Book recounts the life of a 19th-century scoundrel. Frontispiece portraits, a page reproducing Vasquez's handwriting in facsimile, and one folding color illustration of a California stage coach, based on an 1876 painting by W. H. Hilton. Else - Free of any markings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

First edition thus. Oirginal beige cloth and red boards, paper spine label, octavo, [9], 188 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece, a facsimile title page from the 1860 first edition, and a large colored folding map of Sonoma County at rear. Limited edition of 500 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Text is a reprint of the 1860 "A Biographical Sketch of the Life of William B. Ide." This copy inscribed and signed on the colophon by Joseph Sullivan: "To the Scotts, best wishes, Joe Sullivan 9/10/45 Spine label cracked, else fine. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good+. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized hardback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was possibly issued without a dust jacket. This edition limited to 500 unnumbered copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping and rubbing. The red cloth spine has a paper label that is in mostly clean condition - there is a small ding to the top front corner and the lable has noticeable toning. The text pages are clean and bright. "Tiburcio Vásquez was born in Monterey, Alta California, Mexico (present-day California, United States) on April 11, 1835, to José Hermenegildo Vásquez and María Guadalupe Cantúa. In accordance with Spanish tradition, Vásquez's birth was celebrated on the saint's feast day of his namesake, St. Tiburtius; thus, he always referred to his birthday as August 11, 1835. His great-grandfather came to Alta California with the De Anza Expedition of 1776. He grew up in a moderately well-off, middle-class family who owned land, granted to them by the Mexican government, due to his father's military service as a Spanish soldier. He spent plenty of time on his father's and his Uncle Felipe Vásquez's ranchos, learning the skills of ranching. He was noted as excellent in marksmanship and horsemanship from a young age. Vásquez was slightly built, and about 5 feet 7 inches (170 cm). " (from Wikipedia).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Limited Edition(1 of 675 copies; with ownership inscription of Charles Erskine Scott Wood); tall octavo; 205pp plus foldout and two facsimile Gold Rush-era newspapers in rpd pocket; no dust jacket; Very Good+ gilt-stamped red textured boards with black textured spine; book is sunned & very slightly rubbed with minimal signs of shelfwear, top rear corner bumped, quiet soil to panels; else clean tight copyHardcover. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. "625 copies of this book have been printed" stated. Near fine hardback. Book has trivial, if not barely noticeable bumps to lower fore-edge corners. Only trivial, if any additional signs of age/wear/previous use. Appears to be inscribed and dated 7/31/45 by Joe Sullivan on limitation page. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Very good condition. Spine is mildly discolored. Bottom corners are bumped. 92 pages plus fold out color illustration and three other illustrations.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Original cloth-backed decorative boards, spine label. Limited to 500 copies. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. Inscribed to the 2nd ffep by Joseph A. Sullivan. Hint of shelfwear. The plain brown paper DJ has tape repairs to verso, mild edgewear. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; viii, [4],92 pages; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Original cloth, paper spine label. One of 750 copies. The second part is Chinigchinich. Frontis and illustrations. Spine sunned, slight corner wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xviii, [2],147; viii, 72 pages.