George h derby (31 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condición: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

[unpaginated]; 25.5 x 20.5 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held jointly at Kent Fine Art and Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, November 17 - December 31, 1987. Curated and with an essay by Douglas Blau. Artists include Troy Brauntuch, Ralph Albert Blakelock, Thomas Moran, Charles Wilson Peale, Johannes Vermeer, William Merritt Chase, Randy Dudley, Chesley Bonestell, Norman Rockwell, John Bowman, Thornton Oakley, Caspar David Friedrich, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Cindy Sherman, Hans W. Hannau, Stanford Gifford, William Cameron Menzies, Ricahrd Bergh, Winslow Homer, Joseph M. Newman, Stanley Kubrick, Hugh Ferriss, Arnold Genthe, Mark Innerst, Eugene Medard, Eugene Chaperon, Joseph Wright of Derby, David Deutsch, Thomas Eakins, Charles West Cope, Charles Lewis Fusell, C.E. Swaye, Thomas Anshutz, George Pal, Virgil Mirano, Howard Hawkes, Jack Conway, Charles H. Stephens, Johann Zoffany, John Ferguson Weir, Walter Dorwin Teague, Thomas Cole, Jan Christiaensz, Virgil Mirano, Jack Goldstein, Komar & Melamid, William L. Sonntag, Hubert Robert, Bonfils, Elihu Vedder, Edwin Dickinson, William Bradford, Jospeh Mallord, William Turner, Frederic Edwin Church, Michael Zwack, Arnold Böcklin, Alain Resnais, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, George Caleb Bingham, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Joseph Hirsch, Fernand Khnopff, James Rosenquist, Giuseppe Pellizza Da Volpedo, Chuck Rogers, Angelo Morbelli, Gustave Caillebotte, Michele Zalopany, Edward Hopper, John Singer Sargent, and Rembrandt van Rijn. Includes an image index. Fair. Water damage to top right corner of second half of the catalogue with light staining and rippling; final four pages are stuck together and previous page was also stuck but has been separated resulting in surface tearing of page. Rubbing of cover edges. 7 mm. tear and bumping to spine and 2 mm. tear to bottom edge of spine. Sold "as-is." Due to the size of this item, additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.…

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Ships from California. Slight dog ear to corners of the front cover, otherwise new. With pull-out map insert inside rear cover.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. frontis, xiii, (1), 240p. Original cloth-backed boards. 24 cm. Edges of spine label and cover corners rubbed. No jacket. Edited by Francis P. Farquhar. Third Series of Rare Americana, Number 5. Edition limited to 550 copies.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Limited Edition. SAN FRANCISCO, THE GRABHORN PRESS, 1937, 240 PAGES, FRONTISPIECE, TAN CLOTH BACKED SPINE, BLUE PICTORIAL BOARDS, LIMITED EDITION OF 550 COPIES, INTRODUCTION BY FRANCIS FARQUHAR, IN THE 1850'S DERBY MADE MANY IMPORTANT SURVEYS WORKING WITH THE U.S. ARMY, ALSO MUCH ON SAN DIEGO AND HIS ADVENTURES IN CALIFORNIA, SOME OF THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN CALIF. NEWSPAPERS AT THE TIME. FIRST PUB. IN 1855. NO NAMES, STAMPS, OR MARKS. VG, Not a foreign reprint. PRESCOTT, AZ. …

Soft cover. Condición: Good. First Edition. Bright Gem of the Western Seas, by Carson, James California 1846-1852 with fold out map Early recollections of the Mines, Tulare Plains, Life in California and A report of the Tulare Valley by Lt. George H. Derby Great West Books, 1991, unstated edition, ISBN: 0944220053 Softcover in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, Owners name stamped on casing, post it note with notations on certain pages inside cover. Cover is very clean. This is a great slice of early California History. B&W photos as well as illustrations, original map in good condition. 203 pages Index. Book. …

Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Map in rear pocket. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 206 pps.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine label. Spine slightly foxed, slight corner wear, spine label has a microtear. Tight and square. Limited to 550 copies. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages.

Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. 2 large folding maps (Tulares Valley, Sacramento Valley) Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 81 pps.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good+. Original cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine label. Limited to 550 copies. Corners gently bumped. PO pencil notation to ffep. Plain brown paper DJ has some chipping to top edge, penciled title to spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 240 pages.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 81 pages, maps, illustrations. "Reprinted from the Quarterly of the California Historical Society, Vol XI., Nos. 2, 3, and 4, with additional material" (title page). Original paper wrappers age-toned, corners rounded, short (1") tears to head and foot of front hinge, loss of 1/2" from foot of spine, short (1/2") cut to rear panel, with minor effect of final several leaves; binding cracked, contents clean, folding maps excellent. 250 grams.…

Hardcover. Condición: Collectible-Very Good. "Third Series of Rare Americana, Number 5". Edition of 550 copies printed. xiv, 240 pages; illustrations; illustrated boards with tan cloth spine, paper label. George Derby (1823-1861) was an early California humorist, and served in the US Army Topographic Corps at San Diego from 1853 to 1857. To supplement his low military pay he wrote humorous articles for the San Francisco Herald, California Pioneer and the San Diego Herald. First as Squibob and later John Phoenix. In 1857 he had a brain tumor which prevented him from reading and writing. Based on the 1856 first edition with an added introduction. Very good clean copy of this fine press work.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Limited Edition. One 550 copies. 240 pp.; 8vo; bound in blue and brown pictorial boards with tan cloth back; blue label lettered and decorated in black on back; title printed in black & sepia; cut on title page and 33 colored headpieces reproduced from contemporary type specimen book; colored drawing of Squibob himself used as frontis; three sets of facsimile sketches by Squibob, two on blue paper, one on brown paper; facsimile newspaper; numerous small sketches. In plain brown paper jacket. Publisher's announcement about the book being the last of Rare American series laid in causing slight offset to front endpaper. Derby was a Massachusetts-born army officer who established a wit and practical joker even while at West Point. After service in the Mexican War he was assigned to California (1852-56) as a lieutenant charged with making explorations and reports on the gold mining country, the San Joaquin Valley and the Colorado River area. His humorous sketches appeared in San Francisco monthly The Pioneer. (Hart, Companion to Calif). One of the Fifty Books of the Year. Third series of Rare Americana no. 5.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very good. No jacket. Incluudes a subscriber letter. Mild shelfwear.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Cloth-backed pictorial boards, paper spine label. Fine. 240 pp. Limited to 550 copies Illus.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo, 19cm, first edition, 247p., with 11 plates, 17 text illustrations, original brown pebbled cloth, some slight fade freckling on the rear board, fine condition. (amp) ~ Cowan p67. BAL 4651. A series of humorous, satirical stories most relating to U.S. Army life in 1840' s California. George H. Derby (1832-1861) as a graduate of West Point in 1846 and the book, published posthumously, is dedicated to his classmate and friend, General George B. McClellan.…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Limited to 550 copies. Edited and with an introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. 240pp. Illustrations, facsimile sketches, etc. Cloth-backed pictorial boards, paper spine label. Corners slightly jammed; 2 just showing, paper spine label a bit ragged. A near fine copy. Humorous sketches of California by John Phoenix or John Squibob, the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. Draws upon original sources for its material and contains many hitherto uncollected nuggets of humor as well as familiar favorites. The sequence of "hunting scenes" is here published for the first time. [Grabhorn: 277]. …

Cloth. Condición: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Pebbled green cloth lettered in gold on spine. Light blue endpapers. Illustrated with numerous comic line drawings by author. Tips lightly bumped and cloth shows light age wear. Sporadic light foxing throughout. Contemporary owner's signature on prelim, in pencil, dated July 1865. A humorist and sataritst, who published widely in West Coast newpapers, Derby was a West Point Graduate, friend to general George McClelland --to whom this volume is dedicated, and all round wag. Overall a nice copy of this collection of short humorous pieces, good+ or better. BAL 4651.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Eleventh Edition. Duodecimo, 7 1/2 in. x 5 in. Brown publishers cloth, blind-spamped decorations to front and back boards. Gilt portrait to front board. Some rubbing to extremities, corners bumped. Cloth chipped to front hinge, top and bottom of spine. Letters in gilt on spine with humorous scene in gilt. pp. [1], 274, [14-advertisements]. Dark maroon colored pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper "B[ueyins], J.H. Hofman, Sept 17, 1859" [possibly 1889]. Pencil inscription "Dave y[o]cum" to the back of frontispiece. Portrait frontispiece with printed autograph. Pencil inscription "J.H. Hofman" to titlepage. Some spotting, mostly in margins and first 25 pages. Faint damp stain to bottom edge of rear advertisements. Internal pages clean. (Sabin 19665). The army lieutenant George Horatio Derby (1823-1861) wrote popular sketches and burlesques under the pseudonym John Phoenix or John P. Squibob. After graduating from West Point in 1846, he joined the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers to fight in the Mexican-American War. In 1853, Derby relocated to San Diego. In his spare time there, he wrote short sketches and burlesques for the San Francisco Herald, California Pioneer, and the San Diego Herald. Topics included military surveyors, travel accounts, and local women's clubs. He compiled his writings into the present publication, which saw 11 editions in one year. (Wikipedia).…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Small 4to. Edited by Francis P. Farquhar. Numerous illustrations; 3 facsimiles. Original tan cloth over blue patterned boards, paper spine label. Plain tan dust jacket. Fine. One of 550 unnumbered copies, printed at the Grabhorn Press. Publisher's porspectus laid in loose. GB 277. Wheate 63. Cowboy bookplate of J.R. Brehm designed by Poli. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 232 pages, [18] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portrait ; 21 cm. ; green and orange cloth with designs ; no dustjacket ; OCLC: 9504907 ; LC: SB411 ; Dewey: 583.305 ; Contents: The President makes and appeal / Walter E Clark -- The regional rose-conference idea / Robert Pyle -- What is a rose pilgimage? -- Pernet-Ducher / J Dupeyrat -- Breeding roses at home / George C Thomas -- Propagating roses at home / C C Bramble -- What understock do you use? / Mrs. Gross R Scruggs -- Rose-disease work at the New Jersey Station / Richard P White -- Black spot again / L M Massey, Cynthia Westcott -- A plea for patience / P L A Lines -- When is a new rose a good rose? -- Favorite roses, a symposium -- All roses are beautiful / George T Elliot -- Vermont replies / George P Cheney -- A well-considered list / R Marion Hatton -- A nurseryman's selection / S Roger Mitchell -- Roses which give most pleasure / Mrs J A Frank Neal -- My favorite roses / Mrs Frank Harris Hissock -- The favored few / A J Webster -- Among the newer roses / Clarence A Davis -- Among my favorites / Melvin E Wyant -- Time-tested favorites / Robert Housum -- Some yellow roses I like / Clyde O'Rourk -- Hoosier beauties / Arthur L Hubbard -- The call of the wild / Albert Chandler -- Kansas roses / Otto Greef -- A rose-garden in Arkansas / Dymple B Johnson -- Teas in the South / R N Day -- Favorite roses in Central Florida / Louis P Bosanquet -- Roses I have grown and loved / Henderson L Lanham -- The roses of Spartanburg / Mrs L J Blake -- My favorite roses / Mrs James A Bane -- What are my favorite roses? -- Favorites from the Pernetiana paradise / Aden Hyde -- Ideals and favorites / P L A Lines -- Roses of the future / E G Hill -- Rating rose values / Capt L S Van Duzer -- Shipping cut roses / S S Pannock -- Rugosa roses and their hybrids / Chester D Wedrick -- An experience with little own-root roses / Horace W Treusdell -- California roses, a symposium -- Physical geography of California / Emmet Rixford -- The California climate / George C Thomas -- California as a rose paradise / Forrest L Hieatt -- Old roses of California / Arthur P Howard -- Roses in California / Lowell Swisher -- Some new roses in Southern California / John A Armstrong -- California garden practice / Clarence G White -- Combating heat in the San Joaquin Valley / R O MacDonald -- Roses of Monterey / Francis E Lester -- Roses in Central California / Mrs Charles C Derby -- Rose-planting in Santa Clara County / Mrs Fremont Older -- Roses by the Golden Gate / Victor Reiter -- Experiences from Petaluma / Mrs Maud E Serutton -- Roses in Northern California / Howard Bishop Jr -- Roses in the Redwood empire / Mrs J H Gault -- Commercial rose-growing in California / Dr Emmet Rixford -- The rose-pilgrim's progress / Dwight L Armstrong -- Roses in the Puget Sound country / Dr Hiram DePuy -- The American Rose Society tours Europe / J H Nicolas -- Roses in other lands - Rose notes -- World's new roses -- Roses registered ; tiny mark on front cover, else VG. Book.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Green Cloth, minor edge wear, gilt imp on cover, gilt lettering on spine, gilt demon in ink well illustration on spine, original floral endpapers, previous owners inscription. "Sundry sketches, recently published in the newspapers and magazines of California." --Pref. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 276 pages. …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First edition, first issue. With comic illustrations by the author. Pp. 247, 6 (ads). Frontispiece, 11 plates, 17 text illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth. Slight wear to foot of spine, corners lightly worn, fading to spine. Overall, a fine copy, internally fine with very little of the usual heavy foxing. Another comic title by the author of "Phoenixiana". John Phoenix, or John Squibob, were the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. This work was edited by the author's widow. Signed on end by the late Wells, Fargo historian, Bob Chandler. [BAL: 4651, state A; Cowan: p. 167;].…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. First of this edition, with comic illustrations throughout by E. W. Kemble, the introduction by John Kendrick Bangs, and the decorative pictorial binding. xvi, 332, [4]pp. Yellow pictorial cloth stamped in gold, red and black. Spine a bit darkened, just a few pages with rough edges, else a fine and clean copy. Phoenixiana consists of humorous sketches of California by John Phoenix or John Squibob, the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. [BAL: 762 (under entry for John Kendrick Bangs; also listed as an entry for Derby's writings).].…

LeatherBound. Condición: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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 1886 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 26 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: Near Fine. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1937 First Edition Hardcover Near Fine/No Dust Jacket edited by Francis P Farquhar; San Francisco, CA, 1937, 1st edition, limited to an edition of 550 copies, Grabhorn Press, near fine condition, bound in half cloth with paper label and decorative paper over boards, light rubbing to bottom 2 corners, else.…

DERBY, George H. Phoenixiana. A Collection of the Burlesques and Sketches of John Phoenix, Alias John P. Squibob, Who Was, in Fact, Lieutenant George H. Derby, U.S.A. Edited by Francis P. Farquhar. San Francisco, 1937. Tall 8vo. Illus. xvi, 240pp. Cloth-backed boards. A fine copy. Library marks. Limited to 550 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. …