Reminiscences and incidents of early days of San Francisco (1845-50).
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. 8vo. Cloth-backed marbled boards; uncut. Originally printed in 1866, this is a limited printing of 500 copies by the Grabhorn Press. More
San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. 8vo. Cloth-backed marbled boards; uncut. Originally printed in 1866, this is a limited printing of 500 copies by the Grabhorn Press. More
New York: Robert Carter & Brothers, 1862. 12mo. 90 pp. FIRST EDITION. With frontispiece. Original stiff pebbled wrappers, decorated in blind, gilt stamped, top wrapper as well as first few gatherings detached. First edition. “Three of these sermons were written for, and (shall I say?) preached some years ago, in..... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1907. 8vo. xi, [iii], 368 pp. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece plus 11 plates. Blue cloth, worn at head and foot of spine; some foxing to preliminaries and last few leaves. Unidentified bookplate (name of owner scratched out). First edition, second printing. Edited by his son and..... More
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [n.d.]. 8vo. 48 pp. Frontispiece portrait of author. Soft red morocco, title in gilt on front cover, marbled endpapers, hinges starting. Later American edition of an essay on Marjory Fleming (1803-11), the Scottish infant prodigy who was a favorite of Sir Walter Scott’s..... More
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1878. 4to. 34, [1] pp. Frontispiece portrait plus 7 engraved plates, vignette of “Rab” on title. Publisher’s original beveled green cloth, decorated in blind and gilt, a bit worn at head and foot of spine; a few leaves loose. Bookseller’s label, “Roffey & Clark, CROYDON,” on front..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. 8vo. 458 pp. LATER EDITION. Publisher’s blind-stamped cloth, spine faded; interior excellent. A presentation inscription on the fly-leaf reads: “Presented to George Washington Flint as a prize for excellence in scholarship during his freshman year. Bates College, July 15, 1868" by Jon. Stanton (the ornithologist..... More
London: Percival & Co., 1893. 8vo. xii, 197 pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece portrait plus text illustrations and photographs. Original brown cloth; some very light foxing on first few leaves. First edition of this biography of the well-known Scottish surgeon and author. More