SAN FRANCISCO AS IT IS. Gleanings from the Pecayune. by Johnson, Kenneth M

Georgetown: Talisman Press, 1964. One of 1000 copies. Offset toning to rear endpapers. Map endpapers. 285pp., illustrations, index. Good only jacket is rubbed and crinkled.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.

Talisman Press, 1964-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. . Dust jacket shows minor wear and rubbing. Pages are clean.

Georgetown, CA: The Talisman Press, 1964. Limited Edition. Fine. Fine. 4to. Pp. 285. Introduction; a list of sources; index. Endpaper plans of San Francisco, late -19th C. Printed paper-covered boards, with a half-cloth binding affixed with a mounted paper label. One of 1,000 copies printed. The editor has picked a fascinating and effective approach to transporting the reader to the San Francisco of the 1850s, e.g. this sample from September 30, 1850: "At some future period, when the site of San Francisco may be explored by generation ignorant of its history, it will take its place by the side of Herculaneum and Pompeii, and furnish many valuable relics to perplex the prying Antiquarian. Buried beneath the surface, there is already a stratum of artificial productions which the entombed cities of Italy cannot exhibit. Knives, forks, spoons, chisels, files and hardware of every description, gathered from the places of several conflagrations . . .." A lovely copy.

Georgetown, CA: The talisman Press. No. 40 of a limited, signed edition of 75 copies. A collection of columns that appeared in the San francisco Evening Picayune form August 5, 185 through April 17, 1852. Fully illustrated with period photographs including a 45" fold-out at rear of a San francisco harbor. Clean and unmarked. Housed in a very good, sturdy card slipcase. . Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 1964.

Talisman Press, 1964. hardcover. Like New. 0x0x0. Signed by Author. Georgetown, 1964; #10/75 signed copies; red cloth covered boards; mild shelf wear; slip case with mild wear; 4to, 9 3/4"-12" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; 285 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book. from the library of retired ABAA bookseller, Tom Nicely;

Georgetown, California: The Talisman Press, 1964. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 16 illustrations, with endpaper maps. A collection of columns that appeared in the San Francisco Evening Picayune for the period beginning August 5, 1850 and ending April 17, 1852. Anticipating the work of modern journalists, the articles serve as a valuable and detailed record of the personalities, politics, and events of the time. Some minor fading and wear along the extremities of the boards. The dust jacket is a bit edgeworn, with tears to the top third of both folds that have been repaired with tape on the verso; otherwise a very good copy.

Georgetown: Talisman Press, 1964 First edition. Limited to 1,000 copies. Quarto. 285pp. 16 plates from early photographs and prints, numerous text illustrations; notes and references, index. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. A very fine copy with lightly chipped pictorial dust jacket. The material in this very interesting work is derived from the rare files of the San Francisco Picayune, probably the enfant terrible of the early San Francisco newspapers. "This handsome volume reproduces the text of one of San Francisco's most important Gold Rush era newspapers beginning with August 5, 1850, and ending with April 17, 1852 ... This newspaper superbly documented not only the phenomenal growth of San Francisco but also news from the mines" (Kurutz). [Kurutz: 361]..

Georgetown.: The Talisman Press., 1964.. First edition "Special Edition".. Hardcover.. Fine copy in fine slip case.. 4to.. Features early photographs and daguerreotypes of San Francisco, many of which are very rare and among the earliest known views of the city, as well as maps. Large, folding panorama. Important reference work. Limited edition of 75 copies, number 28. Signed by the editor. Very scarce in this condition.