Publisher:Calif. Historical Society, San Francisco, 1928
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Condition:Fair
Dust Jacket:No
Calif. Historical Society, 1928, Hardcover (Original Cloth), Book Condition: Fair, Dust Jacket Condition: No, First
CHARLES L. CAMP [editor]. James Clyman, American Frontiersman, 1792-1881, San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1928. Quarto, first edition, pp. 247, 4 (index), blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front, 3 maps (1 folding), frontis photo portrait tipped in, lacking the dust jacket, ex-library showing former owner's unfortunate efforts to expunge the library's markings. Adventures of a trapper and covered wagon emigrant as told in his own reminiscences and diaries. Howes, C 81: "One of the most trustworthy narratives of the far west." Also see Streeter 3095, Rader 849 and Zamorano Eighty 19. Condition of this book: Both joints splitting with the back cover nearly detached, crease in cloth on front, clean inside, but only fair to good. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 1920s; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54477.
CHARLES L. CAMP [editor]. James Clyman, American Frontiersman, 1792-1881, San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1928. Quarto, first edition, pp. 247, 4 (index), blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front, 3 maps (1 folding), frontis photo portrait tipped in, lacking the dust jacket, ex-library showing former owner's unfortunate efforts to expunge the library's markings. Adventures of a trapper and covered wagon emigrant as told in his own reminiscences and diaries. Howes, C 81: "One of the most trustworthy narratives of the far west." Also see Streeter 3095, Rader 849 and Zamorano Eighty 19. Condition of this book: Both joints splitting with the back cover nearly detached, crease in cloth on front, clean inside, but only fair to good. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; United States; 1920s; Biography & Autobiography. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 54477.