Edited by john haskell kemble (8 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. The DJ has some tanning on the spine and a few other light spots. The boards show little wear. The hinges and the spine are very good. 233 pages. The inside pages are bright and look unmarked.

Condición: NEAR FINE. First printing. Osbun was an Ohio doctor who traveled to California during the height of the Gold rush, as one of the leaders of a mining company. His two-year journal supplies an excellent account of both Gold Rush California and of the Pacific Islanders he encountered. It covers the ocean passage from New York to San Francisco, by way of Panama, mining on the upper Sacramento and Yuba rivers, and his expedition to buy pigs, chickens, yams and other produce for the San Francisco market from the natives of the Pacific Islands and his return by way of Mexico. Photo frontispiece, maps, several appendices with additional information on the places, persons and ships mentioned in the diary. Index. 233 pp. Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (price-clipped, slight loss of paper at the upper corner).…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 288pp. Fine in very good spine-darkened dustjacket with short tears.

Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. Hardcover edition. 2 volume set. Slipcase Good. ( Ocean travel, Seafaring life) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.…

Hard Cover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. First published in 1840, this is the 1964 edition by Ward Ritichie Press, issued in 2 volumes. Edited from the original manuscript and from the first edition, with journal and letters of 1834-1836 and 1859 - 1860 amd notes edited by John Haskell Kemble. 2 FINE HARDCOVERS, not issued with dust jackets. Slipcase is not present. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Robert A. Weinstein (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. Very good in soiled d.j. Cloth 8vo. Dr. Osbun went to California to mine for gold, then organized an expedition to Fanning Island, Samoa, Wallis Island, and Pearl and Hermes reefs to buy supplies for the San Francisco market. 73pp. on this Pacific voyage, with many details on the islands and their inhabitants. 233pp. Index. Frontis, 2 maps. > DJ Fair | > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |. …

Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. No Jacket. Publication number 144 of the Book Club. One of 400 copies published by the Ward Ritchie Press. The boards are very nice. The hinges and the spine are tight. 124 pages. The inside pages are bright and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condición: Good.