LORTON, WILLIAM B (3 resultados)

LeatherBound. Condición: NEW. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1957 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 32 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Limited Edition. No. 89 of 150 copies printed. "Privately Printed at Los Angeles" on title page. Back colophon: "150 copies of this book have been privately printed for the membership of The Zamorano Club of Los Angeles as a keepsake from John B. Goodman III and Gordon J. Holmquist, No. 89." Original publisher's orange paper-covered boards with beige paper title label on front cover. 6" x 7 3/4." Unpaginated, fourteen pages, complete. One gray and white illustrated frontispiece by "J. Goodman," complete. Original small card on beige paper laid in. The card reads, "Wishing you and yours a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year in 1958 . J G & G H [John Goodman and Gordon Holmquist]." "Scraps of Californiana III" on half-title. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact. Binding is tight. Slight fading along spine. A Fine copy. A limited-edition keepsake for members of the Zamorano Club. This book contains a concise discussion of the enigmatic "Party of Nine or Eleven" and records of said party, which is followed by a reprinted letter by William B. Lorton. The Party of Nine or Eleven braved the Mojave Desert and Death Valley in 1849. Most did not make it. A letter from William B. Lorton is reprinted here after the discussion, the former of which briefly details the inhospitable environment and the plight of those who dared travel through the infamous desert. Excerpt from the first page of text: "The following short account of a journey over the Salt Lake Trail in 1849, was written at Los Angeles, January 30, 1850. It first appeared in the New York Sun, and was reprinted in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, May 11, 1850, page 3, col. 3, 4. . Forgotten and practically unknown for over one-hundred years, Lorton's account so far, is the only one to record the exact number, with their names of what has come to be known as the 'Pinney-Savage Party,' or more commonly referred to as the 'Party of nine or eleven.'".

Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Unpaginated, 14 pages. Scraps of California III. '150 copies of this book have been privately printed for the membership of The Zamorano Club of Los Angeles as a keepsake.' Inscribed on page opposite half-title page: '1/8/1958. To Marcus from a fellow member with all good wishes, John B, Goodman.' With small card, 3.25 x 1.75 inches, printed in red 'Wishing you and yours a happy, healthy and propserous New Year in 1958. J G & G H.' First edition thus (first printing). A very good copy in brick colored paper over board covers with paper label on front cover. Limited edition, #99/150. Front cover with soiling to edges. Some edge wear along front cover fore-edge.