San Francisco: Paul Elder (1917). Good. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex- Pacific Union Club Library with their bookplate tipped-in, and only small call numbers in pencil and pen on copyright page, an pen on verso of front endpaper. Front endpaper with gift inscription from club member J. M. Quay (Joseph Madison) to fellow member Mr. Thomas J. Barbour, with compliments, May 16, 1917. Further gift inscription from Barbour to the P. U. C., 1918. Octavo; 105pp.; quarter blue cloth spine lettered in gilt and gray paper over boards. There is 2 1/5 inch X 1 inch loss of the paper on front cover, else light wear. No dust jacket. Born in New York, 1824, Thomas Starr King was a popular Unitarian minister in Boston before accepting the call to the Unitarian parish of San Francisco. During the four years before his premature death from diphtheria in 1864, he was popular as a preacher and person in his new city. His eloquent talks for the Sanitary Commission aided support of the Union Army and helped influence California to the Union Side. [from Hart, A Companion to California). "O that the President would soon speak that electric sentence, - inspiration to the loyal North, doom to the traitorous aristocracy whose cup of guilt is full! Let him say that it is a war of mass against class, of America against feudalism, of the schoolmaster against the slave-master, of workmen against the barons, of the ballot-box against the barracoon." .

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

Details

Bookseller: G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 10150
Title: Starr KIng in California.
Author: Simonds, William Day
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Paul Elder (1917)
Place of Publication: San Francisco
Date Published: 1917
Keywords: CALIFORNIA, WESTERN, AMERICANA, RELIGION, CIVIL, WAR, HISTORY
Bookseller catalogs: Biography & Autobiography;

Terms of Sale

G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA

Credit card processing through Biblio. Checks with order. Libraries may be invoiced. All books guaranteed returnable if not as described. Please notify us within 5 days of receipt.

About the Seller

G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA

This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Biblio member since 2005

GRASS VALLEY, California

Ask Seller a Question

About G. F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA

Full time bookseller since 1978.I check e-mail & phone queries frequently and endeavor to respond promptly.

Glossary
Frequently asked questions

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Copyright page: The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...