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Edité par D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1903
Vendeur : Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by E. W. Kemble (illustrateur). Exlibrary markings. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, tanned pages. Pictorial cloth over boards is shelf worn with overall light soiling, darkened spine, wear to corner tips. ; Writings by early California humorist George Horatio Derby (1823-1861). Ex-Library; Drawings; 7.75" tall ; 332 pages.
Edité par Appleton, New York, 1903
Vendeur : Gerry Kleier Rare Books, Martinez, CA, Etats-Unis
Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. Illustrated by Kemble, E. W. (illustrateur). New Edition. Illustrated cover. Yellow cloth Near Fine. No jacket.
Edité par D. Appleton, New York, NY, 1903
Vendeur : 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hard Cover/Stitched. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. E.W. Kemble (Illustrator) (illustrateur). First Edition, 2nd Printing. Text/Bright & clean w/one folded corner. Illustrated (prospector pushing a reluctant burro) mustard linen boards/VG, showing backstrap discoloration. DJ/None. PO name to fEP. First published 1856; this is the printing of 1903. Humorous narratives of John Phoenix, psuedonym of Army topographical engineer Lt. George Horatio Derby (1823-1861) of Massachusetts, West Point 1846. He spent seveyn years in California, leading three exploring expeditions, and, became one of the state s first humorists. This volume contains Derby s pieces as "Professor John Phoenixiana", making light of a vast range of subject matter including military surveyors and explorers and army life, contemporary travel accounts, literary societies & women s clubs and the like. A treasury of American humor illustrated with pen & ink drawing of political cartoonist of Edward Winsor Kemble (1861 - 1933) who was commissioned by Mark Twain to illustrate the original edition of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Strong copy.
Edité par D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1903
Vendeur : S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Illustrated by E. W. Kemble (illustrateur). New Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; New Edition - First Edition Thus. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and scuffing. The covers of the book have generalized ground-in dirt. The front cover has an indented partial coffee ring and some beginning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate (F. E. Perham) on the front pastedown page. "George Horatio Derby (April 3, 1823 May 15, 1861) was an early California humorist. He attended West Point with Ulysses S. Grant. Derby used the pseudonym "John P. Squibob" and its variants "John Phoenix" and "Squibob." Derby served as a Lieutenant in the U. S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers. In his spare time, he wrote humorous anecdotes and burlesques, often under the guise of his pseudonyms.While waiting for approval of his San Diego River diversion plans, he had some time on his hands. He supplemented his low military pay by contributing humorous articles to the San Francisco Herald, California Pioneer magazine, and the fledgling local newspaper, the San Diego Herald. He wrote articles that poked fun at the figures and pretenses of high society. These articles were written to appear as if a running narrative from John Phoenix and were the state's first published humor. When another writer started writing articles with his pen name Squibob in a competing San Francisco newspaper, Derby wrote an article "killing off" Squibob and continued to write with a new penname, John Phoenix. ".
Edité par Appleton NY 1903, 1903
Vendeur : Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, Etats-Unis
Edition originale
332pp. + ads 8vo illustrated by E.W. Kemble. Bolton says 15 full page & 25 text line illus Pictorial yellow cloth BAL 762: 1st edition thus, with introduction by John Kendrick Bangs Spine darkened, covers soiled, spine ends chipped, Good+ to VG-/no dj.