J goldsborough bruff (17 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. The dust jacket shows significant wear, including a large closed tear and several smaller chips along the top edge of the front panel, with additional creasing and edge wear. The blue cloth binding is intact. The internal pages are clean and free of markings or inscriptions. The binding is sound. worn with several tears and chips along the top edge. Robert V. H. Adams (photographs); J. Goldsborough Bruff (sketches) (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Octavo, 221 pages. In Good condition with a Fair plus dust jacket. Spine is tan with orange print. Dust jacket has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, toning to spine, peripheral toning. Boards in pink illustrated cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has name in ink on front flyleaf, uncut pages. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait, 2-color folded maps, large b&w folded chart in rear pocket. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. 1376551. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. lacking dj. cover shows minor wear, pages tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. SUBTITLED: Captain, Washington City and Virgina Mining Association. April 2, 1849 - July 20, 1851. Edited by Georgia Willis Read and Ruth Gaines. With a Foreword by H.W. Hodge. Volume I, Washington City to Bruff's Camp. Volume II, Bruff's Camp To Washington City. BOOK DESCRIPTION: 2 volumes. 4to, lxxxviii, 630; viii, 633-1404 pgs. Frontispieces, illustrations, plates. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Both volumes with minor to light edge and cover rubbing. Interiors are clean and tight. Now with clear, mylar wrappers. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: First edition of an overland and California Gold Rush classic. This lengthy account includes journals, drawings, and papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff of his overland journey from Washington D.C. to California via the Lassen Trail and his residence in the gold-mining country. Bruff provides a detailed account of his experiences during the California Gold Rush from 1849 to 1851. Bruff (1804-1889) was a West Point graduate and draftsman for the US Bureau of Topographical Engineers. His training and observational skills allowed for as detailed a view of the gold rush as any. The second volume is mostly devoted to his experiences in the mines. Overall, a valuable account documenting the daily life, challenges, and adventures faced by the miners and early settlers. The editing by Georgia Willis Read and Ruth Gaines is top-notch. F. W. Hodge provides an excellent forward to this important work. This set lacks the original slipcase as originally issued. REFERENCES: HOWES R-91; Kurutz 93a, "Most elaborate of overland narratives.".…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. volume 2 only. ex-library copy with usual markings. cover shows minor wear and tear, tanning. pages tanned and clean.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good +. 4to, 221 pp, inc Index, and folded map in rear pocket, Showing Approaches to Gold Region, 1857, by George H. Goddard. 1959 (1959). Condition: rear top corner is bumped, text is clean and lightly read. No interior marks. Jacket is worn along top edge, mostly top of spine and front cover corners. Noted in pencil, top of front leaf, "Limited Edition, 1250 copies.". Illustrated with a portrait, and two unpublished maps of 1849, drawn by J. Goldsborough Bruff. (illustratore).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Cloth very good. Paper toned. Dj with light edge wear and chips, small hole on spine, with depression in cloth.; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 794 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2 Volume Set with slipcase. Minor shelfwear to both volumes: light scuffing along edges and covers. Both volume are tightly bound, no marks. Books are in Very Good-plus condition. Heavy shelfwear to slipcase: scuffing, top edge is completely split and torn, very delicate and coming undone. Slipcase is in Poor condiiton.…

Hardcover. First edition thus. Reprint of Howes R91. Color plates, black & white reproductions. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). 794 pps.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: near fine. First Edition. Two volumes, [large octavo], lxxxviii, 630pp; viii, [631]-1404pp. Publisher's gray boards, black cloth spine, lettered in gilt. Illustrated with frontispieces, maps, facsimiles, and reproductions of Bruff's drawings and sketches. Housed in the publisher's slipcase with printed paper label on side panel. Glassine dust jackets, light shelf wear. A fine copy. From an unstated limited edition of 1250 copies. (Howes R91) (Kurutz 93) (Wheat 25) (Zamorano Select 9). Bruff led the Washington City and California Mining Association overland to California in 1849. His journals document the journey west, life in the mining districts, and his return to Washington in 1851. The first edition of Gold Rush by J. Goldsborough Bruff, edited by Georgia Willis Read and Ruth Gaines. The "most elaborate of overland narratives." (Howes). (illustratore).…

Paperback. Condizione: Good. First Edition. [Rare American Military Costume Plate Book] Bound in contemporary wraps. Held in modern cloth folder. Folio, 14 x 11 1/2 inches. Moderate wear to wraps, spine cloth. 14 [of 15] plates, 12 of which are chromolithographs. 15, [1] pages. Marginal tears along bottom margin. Moderate foxing and soiling. A seminal work on naval uniforms, including the full set of regulations in effect at that time, and finely executed plates. Lithographed by C. Schuessele after drawings by J. Goldsborough Bruff, and printed by the Philadelphia firm of P.S. Duval & Co. Sabin 68960.…

One page, 9.75 x 7.5, drymounted to stiff board, edge toning, tiny tear at top else a fascinating letter. Bruff writes Colonel George Talcott of the Ordinance Corps, US Army: "Dear Colonel, I hope you will excuse the liberty taken in this epistle, as if through your kindness I am fortunately successful, the interest of my cabinet is greatly enhanced. Being informed that there is at our arsenal a number of western arms, of various kinds, it occurs to me that I might borrow some to deposit in my collection, subject to your order at ____(?). If, Sir, you can consistently oblige me herein, the favor will be very highly appreciated by, Your Obedient and most Humble Servant, [signed] J. Goldsborough Bruff. Mr. B invites the Col. to visit his curiosity shop when convenient. C Street betw 9th and 10th, blue brick. To Colonel Geo. Talcott, Chief of Ordinance Corps, USA." The fascinating aspect to this letter is the substitution of words with pictures: a drawing of a deer for "dear," a drawing of a soldier on horseback for "Colonel," "Washington" is substituted for by a drawing of a lady washing clothes and a drawing of a one-ton weight, "western arms" is shown as a cowboy and two arms, "you" and "your" are shown as ewes, "be" is a "bee," "cabinet" is a cab + an eye + a net, "epistle" is a letter E and a pistol, "chief" is an Indian chief, "humble servant" is drawn as a black man bowing, etc. Bruff was a mapmaker and architect who left Washington in 1849 for the California Gold Rush; his journal is one of the best sources for life in the Gold Country. Talcott would become a General, and within a few years would be tossed out of the army on his ear for mishandling purchasing for the Ordinance Corps. Fascinating letter, very scarce and important. A real work of (lost) art.…

Condizione: Red cloth. Almost fine. California Centennial Edition. California Centennial Edition. Illustrated. lxxii. 1404 pp. 1 vols. 4to. With this inscription on flyleaf "Alistair Cooke San Francisco: Sept. '51 (Japanese Peace Treaty)" Illustrated. lxxii. 1404 pp. 1 vols. 4to.

BRUFF, J. Goldsborough. Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawing, and Other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff, Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association, April 2, 1849-July 20, 1851. Edited by Georgia Willis Read and Ruth Gaines. New York: Columbia University Press, 1944. 1st ed. 2 Vols. lxxxviii,630;viii,[631]-1404pp. Frontises., illus., plates. Orig. cloth-backed boards. Light offset sunning to boards, bookplates, else very good or better. HOWES R-91, "aa": "Most elaborate of overland narratives." Kurutz, California Gold Rush, 93a. Bruff was a West Point graduate and draftsman for the US Bureau of Topographical Engineers. The second volume is devoted to Bruff's experiences in the mines. …

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