Teggart frederick j editor (15 resultados)

First Edition. First printing. Very Good condition. Stiff wraps.

Trade Paperback. First Edition. 15 pages. Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, Vol. 1, No. 2, August, 1909. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in tan printed wrappers (paperback).

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A beautiful clean copy uncut and unopened. Illustrated (ilustrador).

Paper wrappers. Condición: Near Fine. First edition. 179 pp. [237-413 pp.]. Sm. 4to. Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History. Vol. 3 No. 3. Wrappers edgeworn else near fine.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. First Thus. . Kinglsey's diary covers the period February 8, 1849 to March 4, 1851, during which he traveled from New Haven around the Horn to San Francisco. Kingsley entered into the shipping business on the Sacramento River between Sacramento and San Francisco and then turned to prospecting near Mormon Island and later worked a "Quicksilver Machine" in the Yuba-Marysville area. Throughout, Kingsley recorded the mining activities and events in Sacramento, Marysville, and San Francisco. "A drop-dead diary of the Gold Rush . if they read it, you won't have a dissatisfied customer" (Mead Kibbey). [Cowan: p. 331; Kurutz: 378; Rocq: 15899].…

Paperback. Condición: Good+. Softbound covers. Some wear to the edges. pages untrimmed.

Stapled wraps. Condición: Very Good. No Edition Stated. Front cover has price sticker, rust to staples on spine, couple tiny light soil spots, a few small light creases; b/w photos ; 16 pages.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Original publisher's beige wrappers with staple binding. December 1914. 6 1/2" x 9 3/4." 179 pages, complete. Some pages are unopened. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Slight chipping and wear at the edges of the covers. A Fine copy. "Berkeley: The University Press" is printed on the copyright page. An Extract from the Constitution of the Academy of Pacific Coast History and a list of officers who are part of the academy are printed on the inside of the front cover. A list of Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History for Volumes 1, 2, and 3 is printed on the inside of the back cover. Nelson Kingsley (????-1852) was a member of the California & New Haven Joint Stock Company. He is perhaps best-known for his 1849-1851 diary, reprinted here, in which he recorded his travels from New Haven, Connecticut to San Francisco, California aboard a ship that rounded Cape Horn. Kingsley also wrote about his travels in California where he tried his hand at gold mining and in the shipping business that ran between San Francisco and Sacramento on the Sacramento River. His personal account also details life in Sacramento, San Francisco, and Marysville. Kingsley wrote his last diary entry when he returned to New Haven in 1851. Frederick J. Teggart (1870-1946) was an Irish-American historian and social scientist whose specialization was the study of civilizations.…

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 8vo. All pages remain uncut. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and covers, ligth crease at top right corner of front cover. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Second Printing. Hardcover; Hardcover: Black cloth boards show soil and edgewear, paint on lower foredge, light fraying to corners. Map illustrated endpapers show light soil and previous owners name. Frontispiece and illustrations are printed on coated stock. Clean text. Fascinating day- by-day diary entries. Illustrated. Nice tight binding; B/w Photos; 4TO; 328 pages.…

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 8vo. 1 page introduction by Nathan Kingsley with a postscript by Frederick J. Teggart. Original tan wrappers printed in black (edge wear), uncut and unopened. Very good-fine. 179 pages + inside back wrapper, 1 page of publisher's advertisements. No signatures or bookplates. Publications of the Academy of Pacific Coast History, Vol. 3, No. 3.…

1st edition (Kurutz 378). 179 pp. Mostly unopened. 8vo. An engaging account of Kingsley's experiences during the California gold rush. The journal covers 207 days; this publication the first, from the original manuscript held by the Bancroft Library. General wear & age-toning, Very Good. Printed brown wrappers, stapled.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. Binding firm, interior clean and unmarked. Black boards have light wear at corners and spine ends. Endpaper maps, 16 plates, Index. 328 pp. Lyman was in Hawaii for 13 months, beginning in May, 1846, and kept a detailed diary. This work is of particular interest for two reasons: the diarist was in sole charge of the Royal School for Chiefs for several months, five of his pupils being future monarchs of Hawaii; and he made detailed observations of Mauna Loa and Kilauea.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Second Printing. 24 x 16 cm. xviii 328pp. Bound into navy cloth. Index, map endpapers. Frontispiece portrait and other plates. Some rubbing to the edges.

Volume 1 only. Very Good condition.