John Marsh, Pioneer. The Life Story of a Trail-blazer on Six Frontiers by LYMAN, George D - 1931

chARLES SCRIBNERS SONS, 1933. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. HARDCOVER CONDITION GOOD. 394 p. hardcover condition good

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Very Good. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition with "A" on full title page. From the preface, "To all those interested in the bold and daring lives of our wilderness wanderers, I offer this biography as a belated tribute to John Marsh, whose stride westward was marked by Sheepskin, Redskin, and Cowhide." Ships same or next business day. Spine is skewed and loose. Normal edge wear. Lightly faded on spine and on front board near spine. Some rubs to boards. Moderate soiling and tanning to edges of pages. Tiny crease on tail edge of page 161. Small bumps on corners and spine ends. Tape residue on front paste-down endpaper and half-title page. Faint writing in pencil on half-title page and first blank page. No dust jacket. Protected in archival cover. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 394 pages .

San Francisco: Byron Hot Springs, 2012 First edition, thus. Pp. xv, [3], xiii, 394, [8]. 24 illustrations; bibliography and index. Publisher's stiff pictorial wrappers. A very fine copy. A facsimile reprint of the 1930 first edition with a new introduction and an apologia by Carol A. Jensen. Marsh was a graduate of Harvard, first schoolmaster in Minnesota, supposed author of a dictionary and grammar of the Sioux language, Indian agent, traded furs, storekeeper, over the Santa Fé Trail to California, practiced as the first doctor in California (Los Angeles, 1836), cattle baron, etc. As a physician, Marsh's fees (mainly in cattle hides) allowed him to buy, from José Noriega, Los Médanos rancho near Mt. Diablo. Marsh became a well-to-do cattle rancher, married the daughter of a Massachusetts minister, built a great stone house (1856) for his wife and their daughter, and was eventually murdered leaving a vast fortune hidden, still undiscovered. Ms. Jensen has also added a few… Read More

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. First Edition. Near Fine condition. No dust jacket.

Chautauqua, NY: The Chautauqua Press. Very Good. 1931. Hardcover. 394 pages, 8 3/4" x 6", tan cloth covers with black printing. The binding is solid and tight. The contents are bright and nice. Very Good. .

Charles Scribner's Sons, NY, 1930, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Gilt-stamped cloth. 394pp. Illust. Bibliography. Index. Endpaper maps. Gift inscription at top of ffep. One of the classic biographies of the West. Marsh was an Indian agent, wrote a dictionary & grammar of the Sioux language, trekked over the Santa Fe Trail to California, studied medicine & became the first doctor in California, "participating in the revolutions which preceded California's entrance into the Union." Fine, bright copy in chipped & sun darkened dj. Cowan p400, Rocq 1606, Howes L578, 6-guns 1376.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Hardback. First Edition. John Marsh, Pioneer. The Life Story of a Trail-Blazer on Six Frontiers. Very slight wear to corners of cloth. Slight mark to front cloth. Dark Blue with gilt lettering. Contents: Book One - Sheepskin. Book Two - Redskin. Book Three - Cowhide. Appendix. Acknowledgements. Bibliography. Index. Illustrated. 394 pp. Hand cut pages. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.) . Very Good. Cloth. First Edition. 1930.

New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1930. Book. Near fine condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Octavo (8vo). xiv, 394 pages of text including a bibliography and an index. Hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear. The unclipped dustjacket is sunned/browned on the spine and top edge, with minimal shelfwear; protected in archival mylar. Contains 24 illustrations. First edition with "A" and publisher's seal present on the copyright page..

New York, 1930. 394pp. Original cloth. Bookplate. Fine. In slightly chipped, clipped dust jacket. Trade edition. Describes Marsh's career as a pioneer in Minnesota, Missouri and California from 1836 to 1856. HOWES L578. RITTENHOUSE 380.

1930. LYMAN, George D. John Marsh, Pioneer The Life Story of a Trail-Blazer on Six Frontiers. N.Y., 1930. 1st ed. Illus. xii, 394pp. A fine copy in the seldom seen d/j. Howes L-578.