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San Francisco: The Colt Press [1939]. Very Good. 1939. Limited to 750 copies. Hardcover. 4to; paper covered boards, black cloth back with paper spine label. Browning to covers at extremities. .

San Francisco: The Colt Press [1939]. Very Good. 1939. Limited to 750 copies. Hardcover. Signed by the author on title page. 4to; paper covered boards, black cloth back with paper spine label. Browning to covers at extremities; adhesive residue from bookplate on front pastedown. In plain brown paper jacket with closed tear a foot of spine, wear at corners.; Signed by Author(s) .

San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1939. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 67 pages, minor soiling to cover around edges, limited to 750 copies. Thomess early California experiences, reminiscences of a gold hunter, the pioneers of 49..

San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. hardcover, 1/750 copies, 67 pages. Darkening to the edges of the front and rear covers, some wear to the corners, still a very good copy with clean text and tight binding. Illustrated paper covered boards, black cloth backed spine. No dust jacket as issued but with custom mylar cover.

San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1939. First Edition. Cloth-backed Boards. Very Good Plus/Custom Clear Mylar. 70 pages including colophon. Edition limited to 750 un-numbered copies. Colt Press printer's device and marginal woodcut vignettes by Mallette Dean. 8 1/2" x 11 1/2". Black cloth-backed boards with paper spine label and paper printer's device affixed to front cover. A biographical sketch of New Englander/Argonaut William Henry Thomas, containing material on early Monterey and San Francisco. By the author of "Ordeal By Hunger". Roth,"The Colt Springs High" pgs 63-4. Some toning of the covers (which seems customary for this title) and slight edgewear; overall, Very Good Plus or better, and now in a cutom clear mylar jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes via media mail to any United States address.

San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1939. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 67 pages, slight soiling to cover around edges, limited to 750 copies. Thomess early California experiences, reminiscences of a gold hunter, the pioneers of 49..

San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1939. Hardcover. Very Good. Quarter black cloth with grey paper-covered boards, spine and cover labels, 4to., 67, (1) pages, illustrated with 17 charming marginal wood engravings by Mallette Dean (unattributed). One of 750 copies printed. A very good copy with moderate soiling and light edgewear, in archival mylar.

San Francisco, The Colt Press, 1939., 1939. First edition. 4to. Title page and 22 b/w woodcut illustrations in the text. Original 1/2 blue cloth with printed paper label on the spine over gray boards with printed paper illustrated label on the front cover (snag at head of spine). Very good. 67 pages. No signatures or bookplates. One of 750 copies issued from The Colt Press by Jane Swinerton, William Roth & Jane Grabhorn, San Francisco, June 1939. Provenance: from the estate of Rosario Curletti.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.

San Francisco: Colt Press, 1939 First edition. Limited to 750 copies issued from The Colt Press by Jane Swinerton, William Roth, & Jane Grabhorn. Thin quarto. 67pp. Numerous small illustrations, title printed in red and black. Black cloth-backed light blue boards, paper spine label, decorative label on front cover. Boards discolored, soiled, and lightly rubbing at the corners. Has a cut on the front cover. Previous owner's ink signature. Otherwise a good copy, internally fine. A biographical sketch with an emphasis upon Thomes' contacts with early California and his mastery of a popular literary technique. Part one draws from Thomes' "Recollections of old times in California," part two from his "The Reminiscences of a Gold Hunter" (first published in 1882 in Ballou's Monthly Magazine), and part three from "The Pioneers of '49" by Nicholas Ball (1891)..

San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1939. 1st. Hardcover. As New.. First Edition. Limited to 750 copies issued from The Colt Press by Jane Swinerton, William Roth, & Jane Grabhorn. Quarto; 67 pages, black cloth spine and pale blue paper-covered boards.

San Francisco: Colt Press, 1939.. One of 750 copies bound in quarter black cloth with paper over boards. Slight soiling and rubbing to corners, former owner's signature on front free end paper, otherwise very good.

San Francisco.: The Colt Press., 1939.. First edition.. Decorated hard cover. . Fine copy.. 4to.. Illustrated. Limited edition of 750 copies. Illustrated. Rare. Very scarce in this condition.

1939. STEWART, George R. Take Your Bible in One Hand. The Life of William Henry Thomes, Author of a Whaleman's Adventures on Land and Sea, Lewey and I, The Bushrangers, A Gold Hunter's Adventures, Etc. San Francisco: Colt Press, 1939. 4to. 67pp. Illus. Orig. cloth-backed boards with spine and cover labels. Boards a bit faded, else fine. Limited to 750 copies. Prospectus laid in.

The Colt Press, 1939. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Signed by the author. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. Limited to 750cc. Covers shelfworn and faded along edges.

San Francisco: Colt Press, 1939. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Very Good. pp: 66, (1), colophon; rubricated title-page, vignettes in margins, printer's device above colophon. Presentation inscription on blank flyleaf, signed by the author. Bound in cloth-backed pale-green boards, Colt Press device mounted on cover, paper spine label; edges of boards sunned. 11.5" x 8.25" Limited to 750 copies issued from The Colt Press by Jane Swinnerton, William Roth & Jane Grabhorn. Thomes emigrated from New England to California, sailing around the Horn in 1849.

San Francisco: Colt Press, 1939. The life of William Henry Thomes... Pp. 70 (last colophon, blank), marginal vignettes, the title page and colophon printed in red & black; narrow demy 4to; cloth backed pale blue/grey papered boards, with printed paper title label (slightly chipped) on spine, and pictorial label featuring the publisher's colt device at centre of upper board, the boards soiled and a trifle rubbed, fore-corners worn; uncut; outer leaves a trifle soiled; Colt Press, San Francisco, 1939. First edition; limited to 750 copies. Bender 11. *The fifth publication from the Colt Press. The device on the upper board, designed by Mallette Dean, is the second of the Colt Press Marks, used here for the first time. William Henry Thomes, who first came to California as a sailor in 1843, was best known as a writer of popular adventure stories.

San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1939. One of 750 copies. Vignette illustrations in the margins. 4to., original blue cloth backed paper covered boardw itha print of the Colt Press device in silver on black paper on the upper cover, printed paper spine label. Some darkening to edges, otherwise a good copy.|||

San Francisco: Colt Press, 1939 First edition. Limited to 750 copies issued from The Colt Press by Jane Swinerton, William Roth, & Jane Grabhorn. Thin quarto. 67pp. Numerous small illustrations, title printed in red and black. Black cloth-backed light blue boards, paper spine label, decorative label on front cover. Edges of boards slightly darkened (as usual), else a fine and clean copy. A biographical sketch with an emphasis upon Thomes' contacts with early California and his mastery of a popular literary technique, as well as his experiences in the Gold Rush. Part one draws from Thomes' "Recollections of old times in California;" part two from his "The Reminiscences of a Gold Hunter" (first published in 1882 in Ballou's Monthly Magazine), and part three from "The Pioneers of '49" by Nicholas Ball (1891). This book is notorious for the boards being edge-darkened, corners showing, general wear, etc. Our copy has the obligatory edge darkening (less so… Read More

San Francisco: The Colt Press - Jane Grabhorn, 1939. First Edition. Very Good. Mallette Dean. Signed by Jane Grabhorn, limited to 750 copies, with Prospectus, [11.5x8.5in]; 67 pp., [1] colophon; Light blue paper covers with black cloth backstrip, black lettering on spine label and Colt Press illustration by Mallette Dean on black and gray label on front, top edge trimmed and all others untrimmed, title page in black and red lettering with illustration, illustrations in margins throughout, tipped in four page red and black prospectus; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, age toned edges, minor soiling to covers, faint remains of adhesive stamp on front, spine label darken, prospectus folded for mailing with canceled stamp and hand addressed to "Mr. Frank Schwabacher" at the famed Russ Building in San Francisco. William Henry Thomes (1824-1895) was an adventurer, author and publisher. This is a short book from his works and the Bancroft Library archives relating to two trips to California.… Read More