Search Results: Titles starting with J from Hardy Books

Ann Arbor: University of New Mexico Press, 1969. First Edition. (xxi) 419 pages. First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Illustrated, including a few drawings by Browne. One of the unique characters of the American West, J. Ross Browne was a custom-house inspector, Indian agent, writer, artist, and Ambassador among other occupations. From the jacket, "Here, in letters and journals published for the first time, and in selections from his published but scarce books, the full man is revealed." Edited and with an Introduction and Commentary by Lina Fergusson Browne, the granddaughter-in-law of J. Ross Browne. A FINE copy in a price-clipped, slightly edgeworn NEAR FINE dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. Always FREE SHIPPING via media mail to any United States address.

San Francisco: The San Francisco Corral of the Westerners, 1988. First Edition. Cloth. As New/Custom Clear Mylar. 38 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Author to California historian Doyce Nunis in ink on the front free endpaper, "For Doyce Nunis / California's great historian! / With best wishes / Al Shumate". First edition limited to 500 un-numbered copies. red cloth. 6 1/2" x 9 1/4". Three illustrations from vintage photographs, including a frontispiece portrait of General Curtis. Index. The biography of Bostonian James F. Curtis, who came to San Francisco during the Gold Rush, became a fireman and a member of the first Committee of Vigilance in 1851. Thereafter, he became San Francisco's first Chief of Police, retiring in 1858. As a Major, he joined the volunteer campaign against the Paiutes in Nevada in 1860. In the Civil War, he served in various campaigns along the Pacific Coast, and was discharged as a Brigadier General in 1866. Thereafter, he was involved in Idaho railroads and was elected Idaho's… Read More

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2009. First Edition. Cloth-backed cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xv) (1) 324 (3) pp. 208 illustrations, some in color. Color illustrated endpapers. One of 500 un-numbered copies designed and printed by Castle Press of Pasadena. Black cloth backed green cloth. Silver spite titling; paper titling on front cover. Large quarto. Appendices. Location abbreviations. Endnotes. References consulted. Index. Containing both a biography and bibliography of James Mason Hutchings. A tireless promoter of Yosemite from his first visit in 1855, Hutchings ran one of the first hotels in the Valley and was a prolific advocate, author and publisher of all things Yosemite. A beautifully produced book and a cornerstone of any Yosemite collection. A Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United Sates address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2008. First Edition. As New/Clear mylar. (xiii) 214 pp. Illustrated. Prospectus laid in. One of 275 un-numbered copies printed by Patrick Reagh. Purple cloth. 7 1/4" x 10 1/4". Notes. Appendices. Index. The well-researched story of the pioneer San Francisco printer and publisher. An As New copy in clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

Denver: The Old West Publishing Company, 1962. First Edition. Illustrated Cloth. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (xv) 304 (3) pp. Illustrated, including three folding maps. Edition limited to 1000 un-numbered copies designed and priinted by Lawton Kennedy, San Francisco. Small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown (The Cottage Bookshop. San Rafael, California). Notes. Index. Illustrated cloth. 7" x 10 1/2". Remarkably detailed writings by an argonaut in the California Gold Rush. Kurutz 157. Per Kurutz: "Erwin Gudde praised this work, writing: 'Next to Bruff, it is probably the best of the published Gold Rush diaries.'". A handsome book. A Fine copy, now in a custom clear 4mil protectve jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2006. First Edition. Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. (viii) 67 (1) pp. Illustrated, including from period photographs. Printed letterpress and offset at Hillsdale Press, San Francisco. Decorative Illustrations by Rik Olson, Sebastapol. Maroon cloth; paper spine title. 7 1/4" x 10". Checklist of writings on wine by Bleasddale. The story of John Ignatius Bleasdale (1822-1884), who brought his knowledge and practices of viticulture from Australia to California. BCC 221. A Fine copy in a custom 4mil clear mylar jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail, to any United States address.

Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1991. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. 252 Pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated, including vintage photographs. 5 3/4" x 8 3/4". Cloth. Notes. Bibliography. Index. The definitive biography of John Rollin Ridge, a Cherokee born in 1827, growing up in a tumultuous time for the Cherokee Nation in Georgia. From the jacket, "The murder of his father (which he witnessed) and of his grandfather and uncle, who had advocated removal to the West, marked him permanently, activated his mental and spiritual powers to make him someone to be reckoned with." Ridge came West to settle in Grass Valley, California. In California he achieved fame as a poet, newspaperman and author of The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murietta, the Celebrated California Bandit (1854). He is buried in Grass Valley. This copy As New in an As New dust jacket, now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes, via media mail. to any United States address. Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1976. Second Printing. Cloth-backed Boards. Near Fine/Fine. 408 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by author Joshua Logan in ink on the half title: "N.Y.C. / 6.30.76 / For June Blossom / Best wishes, good luck & may you live a life free from fear & doubt. Remember always: 'If the Sun and Moon should doubt They'd immediately go out.' / Best / Joshua Logan". (Quote from page 389.) Illustrated from 60 B/W photographs. Chronology listing Mr. Logan's film and stage productions. Illustrated dust jacket. Cloth-backed boards. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". June Blossom was a prominent member of New York society, a patron of the annual International Debutante Ball, and, as a singer and dancer, had a brief theatrical career on Broadway (Her New York Times obituary laid in.) A memoir by the brilliant stage and film writer, producer and director (Annie Get Your Gun, Mister Roberts, South Pacific, Picnic), describing his successes and his battle against depression. A Near Fine copy (some hinge weakness) in a… Read More