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San Francisco: John Henry Nash. Near Fine. 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Full marbled cloth, leather label to the spine lettered in gilt. Illustrated. Erratum slip at the end. An excellent copy, nearly fine. Completely unmarked and very tight. The later slipcase has some light wear. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 379 pages .

San Francisco:: Printed by John Henry Nash, 1929., 1929. 28 cm. vii, 379 pp. Portrait frontis., decorative title, plates (some folding), index, errata. Gilt- stamped leather spine label over full marbled boards, slip-case; label worn, extremities lightly rubbed, corners showing on slip box. Very good.

John Henry Nash, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good/No dustjacket as issued. A Study in Personality and Achievements Bearing Upon the Growth of a Commonwealth. Bound in marbled linen and housed in a matching slipcase. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Includes several black and white plates and two foldout letters. Small ripples along top edge of both front and end matter. Text and images unmarked. The slipcase is in good condition with light edge wear and two 1" cracks along open end. 4to. 379pp.

San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929.. PROSPECTUS. Folio. 6 pp., String Bound Pages, Letterpress On Laid Paper with Deckled Edges, Very Good+ with sun-staining on final back page. Order form with envelope and sample pages from book loosely laid in. Scarce.

San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 27 x 19.5 cm. Quarto. 379 pages. Portrait frontispiece. Marble cloth boards with green endlabel. Some loss to the endlabel. Signed and with inscrption by the author to a friend and classmate. Fading to the spine and edges of the boards.

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San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. Hardcover. vg- to vg+. Quarto. (vii), [1], 379pp. Marbled cloth covered cardboard slipcase. Marbled cloth boards, blue leather label with gilt lettering mounted on spine. Pages uncut. Signed by and dated by Catherine Coffin Phillips on the front free end paper. Facsimile foldouts of letters of Schuyler Colfax & Julia Dent Grant at front of book. B/w illustrated frontispiece. Errata slip at rear. B/w photographic reproductions, sketches and documents throughout. "The American pioneers fought for this land, cleared it and planted hopefully through a long period of germination, in order finally to lay it open to the sun of permanent achievement. To their descendants is presented herein the portrait of Cornelius Cole, pioneer, citizen and statesman, who, at the time of his death in Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Four, had lived during the lifetime of every President of the United States with the exception of George Washington. His activities were and integral part of… Read More

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San Francico, California: John Henry Nash, 1929. Hardcover. VG/VG (light wear to boards & corners. spine lightly sunned w/ plate rubbed. slipcase has general wear w/ sunning/fading). full marbled boards w/ blue & gilt spine plate. 379 pgs w/ bw plates. full marbled slipcase. Pages remain bright. Pages rough cut with many unopened throughout. Remains a handsome edition.

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paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

San Francisco.: John Henry Nash., 1929.. First edition.. Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy in fine slip case.. 4to.. Illustrated with photographs. Bibliography. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.

San Francisco:: John Henry Nash,, 1929.. First edition; one of 250 copies.. original marbled cloth in marbled slipcase.. Pencilled call number on front free endpaper (no other library markings except for the bookplate); spine very slightly faded with some very light use to slipcase. . Large 8vo,. 29 plates (3 folding). Howes P 308; Rocq 10969. Presented by the author to the Library of Knox College, with her inscription on the pastedown, along with the library's bookplate.

San Francisco, California: John Henry Nash, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A Study in Personality and Achievements Bearing Upon the Growth of a Commonwealth. Frontispiece illustration, with 27 plates, two folding, and one folding genealogical chart. San Francisco: John Henry Nash, 1929. First edition. Laudatory biography of Cornelius Cole (1822-1924), a California pioneer who served a single term in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican representing California from 1863 to 1865, and another term in the United States Senate from 1867 to 1873. When he died in 1924 at age 102 he was the oldest former U.S. Senator in American history, and has yet to be surpassed. Errata slip tipped-in at the rear. Signed and dated in the year of publication by Phillips on a prefatory blank leaf. From the James S. Copley Library, with the San Diego newspaper publisher and philanthropist's bookplate to the front pastedown. Full marbled cloth binding, with a gilt-stamped leather spine… Read More