Grace dangberg (10 Ergebnisse)

Limited. FINE/nFINE. Large eggshell cloth boards. Map endpapers. . [B186].

beige cloth. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. A very good copy in a chipped and edgeworn dust jacket. . Library of Congress #72-91426 4to. 144 pp. + index.

beige cloth. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd Edition. A very good copy in a very good dustjacket. Library of Congress #72-91426 4to. 144 pp. + index.

beige cloth. Zustand: Very Good. 3rd Edition. A very good copy in a very good dustjacket. Library of Congress #72-91426 4to. 144 pp. + index.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Wear commensurate with age and use. Clean unmarked copy. Light bumping visible to corners of boards and ends of spine strip. Small chip to upper edge of rear jacket face. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery. …

beige cloth. Zustand: Fine. 3rd Edition. weight: 2.3 lb. A fine copy, as new in the original shrinkwrap with dustjacket. Library of Congress #72-91426 4to. 144 pp. + index.

Zustand: Collectible/AS NEW. FIRST- Limited/Numbered/Signed. FINE/nFINE+ jascket. Textured light tan boards, bright gold titling on cover and spine. Book AS-NEW. map endpapers, Crisp jacket with miniscule chip at top of spine. LIMITED EDITION - FIRST - #983/1000 - SIGNED BY AUTHOR - Grace Dangberg. Her family settled this valley just to the east of Lake Tahoe in northern Nevada - important Carson River Route of the California Trail and near Placerville Gold Rush area.starting in the 1850's. Major route through the Sierra Nevada Mountains to Sacramento and San Francisco . Also Important for Mormons and Latter Day Saints - Genoa was a touchstone location after Salt Lake City, Utah. After surviving the large desert and limited water plains between Utah and the Sierras, this valley was a main re-provisioning location. Also supported The Comstock and Virginia City gold and silver mines with food and timber. SCARCE RARE COLLECTIBLE LIMITED EDITION of the early history of Nevada as a territory and then state. LARGE BOOK - USA Media Mail ONLY. No Amazon Int'l orders or priority please -(costly postal rates). GREAT FOR GIFTING. Rare pictures and information. [B38]. Signed by Author. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Ix, 568 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt. First Printing. Chronology, Bibliography, List Of Articles And Reprinting Of His Fine Published Works On History, Looking At The Dynamics And Implications Of Events Rather Than Just Editing Of The Historical Record. His Work Is More In Tune With The Finest Intellectual Work Of The Much Later Twentieth Century, And Can Be Read Without Moaning. Per Wikipedia, Frederick John Teggart (1870-1946) Was An Irish-American Historian And Social Scientist, Known For Work On The History Of Civilizations. He Was Born In Belfast On 9 May 1870, And Was Educated At Methodist College Belfast And Trinity College, Dublin. He Emigrated To The United States And Graduated B.A. At Stanford University In 1894. He Then Worked As A Librarian, First At Stanford And Then At The Mechanics-Mercantile Library In San Francisco. He Had Positions At The University Of California, Becoming Associate Professor There In 1911; In 1919 A New Department Was Set Up For Him, At Berkeley, The Department Of Social Institutions. A Full Professor In 1925, He Retired In 1940, Although He Remained Actively Engaged In Research Until Shortly Before His Death.[1] He Supervised Robert Nisbet's Doctorate Studies. When Arnold J. Toynbee Was Still Forming His Concept For A Study Of History He Read Some Of Teggart's Works. "You Are Quite Right About My Debt To Professor Teggart," He Wrote U.C. Sociology Professor Margaret T. Hodgen. "I Read [. . .] His Books At A Time When, Though I Knew What I Wanted To Do, I Still Could Not Find The Right Starting Point. Dr. Teggart's Work, More Than Anyone Else's, Opened The Door For Me.".…

Tan pictorial paper cover. Zustand: Very Good. Second printing. Uncommon Carson Valley history. weight: 0.2 lb. Very good. 28x21.5 cm. 19, [2] pp.

Zustand: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Folding chart in pocket. 4to. 467 pages. Hardcover, blue-green cloth, gilt titles.