Colton rev walter (8 Ergebnisse)

Hardbound. Zustand: Very Good. Small quarto, red cloth with spine lettering and the image of a gold miner pan in hand on the front board in gold stamping in clear mylar wrapper, marbled endpapers, xvi, 261 pp., map, decorative capitals printed in red, seven full-page color plates, two in-text illustrations, large fold-out reproduction of th "Declaration of Rights in the Constitution of California and the Signatures of the Members of the Convention," index Foreword by Joseph A. Sullivan. First California Edition. 1000 copies printed by the Gillick Press, Berkeley, California.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Rebound later in plain cloth and somewhat foxed, but complete with six portraits, six humorous plates and the large folding facsimile page of the California Declaration of Rights, which has been linen backed. Illustrated (illustrator).

1st Ed. 366pp. Frontis. Light stain to upper corner throughout, ownership inscription of Welburn Deas to pastedown, light age toning, gilt lettered blind embossed brown cloth with gilt device to upper board, minor marking, spine sl. chipped. US$111.

Zustand: Fine condition. First Edition. 8vo. Decorated green cloth, blind stamped and stamped in gold. 408 pp. Endpapers printed with publisher's ads. Engraved frontispiece four lovely hand-colored engravings. (illustrator).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Cloth/no dust jacket Duodecimo. faded red boards, gilt lettering, blindstamped decoration, 319 pp covers soiled, corners bumped Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. First edition. 456pp. Octavo [19 cm] in decorative blindstamped green cloth with gilt spine title and cover device. In attractive modern slipcase of marbled paper over sturdy boards. The front pastedown has a previous owner's bookplate and the remains of a small label. The pages are lightly foxed throughout. The text block is sporadically cracked. The preliminary pages, including the frontispiece, have very light tidemarks. Complete. All plates present. With the Declaration of Rights in the Constitution of California (with a 5" closed tear). Wright Howes, 631. The George W. Soliday Collection of Western Americana (A Descriptive Checklist by Peter Decker), II, 233. Walter Colton served as the first Alcalde of Monterey, and was the co-publisher of California's first newspaper, "The Californian.". …

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. A first edition of this interesting documentation of the voyage of the US Congress to California, with illustrations. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding. First edition, second issue of the work, with the addition of a map. Written by American Chaplain, Rev. Walter Colton, this work documents his experiences during a naval expedition from the gulf of Mexico to California in 1846-1847. The voyage takes him through Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, Limo, Honolulu and San Francisco. Colton details many different aspects of the passing countries, including the natural encounters, the weather and religion. Illustrated with a frontispiece Commodore R. F. Stockton, four colour plates and a map of North and South America. In the publisher's original brown cloth binding. Externally, sound with slight bumping to the extremities. Slight rubbing, mainly to the front joint, with a small tear. The odd mark to boards and slight loss to the coth and the head and tail of the spine. Hinges slightly trained but holding. Internally, generally firmly bound. Binding slightly more tender to the rear of the work. Pages bright and clean with the occasional mark. Mark to the lower right corner from p404 until the end, not affecting text. Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Published by A. S. Barnes & Co, New York, 1850. 408 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in blindstamped brown cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Spine has been rebacked. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (boards are lightly chipped and worn). No ownership marks present. Foxing present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A travel narrative with views of Rio de Janeiro, Valparaiso, Lima, and San Francisco in 1846. Colton was the first alcalde of Monterey and founded the Californian, the first California newspaper. This work predates his more famous book, Three Years in California, an important source on the state immediately before the Gold Rush. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…