Search Results: Adventure from David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA

New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1949. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc.; 1949; First Edition [6x8.75"]; Taupe cloth binding with maroon lettering and horizontal lines on spine, maroon end papers; Mustard yellow dust jacket with black and dark red lettering and images on front and spine, authors narratives on back; [6], 273 pp., [1]; Near fine binding; Dust jacket small closed tears along top, spine slightly faded, bookstore stamp on bottom of rear endpaper. Overall condition is near fine.

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1972. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [6x9.5in]; Dark brown cloth cover with gilt lettering and pick, shovel, pan on spine, blind stamped device and Indiana on lower front, brown ink map of Alaska and Yukon on front and rear endpapers, all edges trimmed; Cream dust jacket with brown and blue lettering on spine and front, illustration of miner with pack on front, image and narrative of author on rear; xiii, 302 pp., frontispiece image of Chilkoot pass, 28 images, bibliography, notes and index; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, prior owner addres label on front endpapers; Minimal shelf wear to dust jacket, closed tear top front.

San Francisco: Scottwall Associates and California Historical Society, 1997. First Edition. Fine/Fine. Signed by Editor and McDaniel desendent [9.25x9in]; xi, 166 pp., many captioned black and white images; Black cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, blue ink maps of the North Pacific, Alaska on front end papers and Cape Nome mining region on back end papers, all edges trimmed; Black dust jacket with gilt and white lettering on front and spine, black and white images on front and back with excerpt of forward;.

NA: NA [G. W. Bertron copyright], 1897. Second Edition, Later Printing. Very Good. [8.25x6.5in]; [0], [color fold out map not present], xi, [1] [image plate and foldout black-white map], 17-566 pp., [2], Frontispiece double plate illustration of fording a river and overland route, 30 black-white images on 15 plates, 32 illustrations in text, includes added Chapter XXIV "A Practical Engineer's Experience" chapter not listed in table of contents; Dark brown cloth covers with gilt and black lettering on front and spine, rear cover not decorated, color and gilt illustrations on front and spine of mining camps with snow capped mountains and sun rays on front, all edges trimmed with blue marbling, light blue floral end papers and headband; Some shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, small closed tears at top and bottom of spine, some soiling and faint water spot on back cover. [Kurutz Klondike 236L, Tourville 1958]. A. C. Harris was a traveler and writer that wrote an extensive and early account of the… Read More

Chicago: Monroe Book Company [J. R. Jones copyright], 1897. Second Edition. Near Fine. [8.25x6.5in]; [2], plate, fold out color map, iii-xi, [1], image plate and fold out black-white map, 17-556 pp., [4], 16 plates including frontispiece recto verso plate illustrations of fording a river and overland route, 30 recto verso black-white images, 32 illustrations in text with several full page; Ochre cloth covers with gilt, black and red lettering on front and spine, color illustrations on front and spine of mining camps with snow capped mountains and sun rays on front, all edges trimmed with multiple color marbling, light brown floral end papers and headband; Minimal shelf wear to covers, edges and corners, rubbing to corners and top bottom of spine, two stain spots at rear top joint and cover, darken top edge, old tape repairs to tear at hinge of fold out color map, slight age toning of text top edges, cover and spine gilt vibrant. [Kurutz Klondike 236j, Tourville 1958, Ricks p. 116 ] CS. A. C. Harris… Read More

Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, 1935. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed by David Irwin, [8.75x6.25in]; x, 254 pp., frontispiece image of David Irwin, 14 plates of 16 black and white images; Green cloth covers with black ink lettering and illustration of dog sled team on front, gilt lettering on spine; Arctic maps and routes on end papers, all edges trimmed; Dark blue dust jacket with white and black lettering on front and spine, illustration of dog sled team and aurora on a globe, image and Irwin biography on back; Minimal shelf wear, back hinge loose; Some shelf wear to dust jacket with chips and closed tears along edges and corners, top and bottom of spine chipped with minor loss of text, long repaired split along front and back spine, some soiling and rubbing to covers and spine, spine slightly darken, inscription on frontispiece by Irwin "To Barney McEntire - The best of pilots & men - Sincerely Your Arctic Friend - David Irwin", tipped in folded plain paper with pencil note to… Read More

Chico, CA: Hurst & Young, 1954. First Edition. Paperback original. Very Good. Signed by Author, 8vo [9x6in]; [8], 88 pp.; Light Blue paper covers with black lettering and illustration of cowboy and stone covered grave site on front, two stapled binding; Some wear, fading and soiling to covers and spine with water and sun, staples rusted, some insect wearing to spine with small chips at top, author signature on front end paper.

Montchanin, Delaware: Cumberland Island Storytellers, 1996. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [first published in 1939] Inscribed by Author, [9.25x6.5in]; xiv, 406 pp., numerous black and white images and illustrations; Red smooth cloth covers with gilt lettering on front and spine, border design on front, maps on front and back end papers, all edges trimmed; Cream dust jacket with black lettering on front and on pale yellow spine, collage of images on front over background of map and illustration of bicycle; Minimal shelf wear to book with minor rubbing to bottom edge, inscription by Birchmore "May good health & Happiness go with you for the rest of your journey through life on God's beautiful Spaceship Earth Sincerely, Fred A. Birchmore", bookplate of Steve Fossett, laid in one page sheet on Birchmore's introduction to the Gainesville Rotary Club; Some shelf wear to dust jacket with small chips and closed tears to top and bottom edges and repaired at top of front. Fred A. Birchmore (1912-2012)… Read More

Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1984. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. , limited to 1000 [American Trail Series XIV][6.5x9.5"]; Brick-red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Cream dust jacket with red and brown lettering on spine and front, spine and front bordered by dark brown border at top and bottom, illustration of covered wagon on spine, red dragon illustrations on front, rear is blank; [6], 7, [1], 9, [2], 12-263 pp., [1] colophon, frontispiece narrative and illustrated title page three color fold out maps, black and white images and charts throughout in text, appendices, bibliography and index; Slight darkening of spine cover; Minor shelf wear to dust jacket with some darkening of spine and obscure lettering, minor chips to top and bottom of spine. Overall condition is Near Fine for book and Very Good for dust jacket. This book is about the southern overland routes to California from the diaries and journals of the participants during 1849 to 1850. The… Read More

Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1966. Later Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [7.25x10.25"]; Flax cloth binding with dark brown lettering on front and spine, maroon illustration of old mining town on front and back endpapers; Yellow dust jacket with black and white lettering on front and spine over illustration of mining town, narrative excerpt of book on back ; xvi, 510 pp., 114 illustrations [by the author] and 14 maps, with bibliography, glossary and index; minor shelf wear to binding and soiling to top and bottom text edges; Rubbed shelf wear to front, spine and back of dust jacket with minor chips to top of spine. A comprehensive work on mining in the west. The chapters describe mining life in each of the twelve western states.

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1988. First Edition. Fine. The Greenwood Press. limited to 450 copies printed by The Greenwood Press [#187] [Designed by Jack Stauffacher and printed by Patrick Reagh] [6.75x10.5"]; Illustrated gray toned covers with black lettering on white paper label on spine; xxiii, 192 pp. [4] , frontispiece image of Allyn, 10 plates of illustrations and images, notes, bibliography and index. Joseph Pratt Allyn [1833-1867] was a journalist and an Associate Justice appointed by Abraham Lincoln for the Arizona Territory. This book is a collection of seventeen letters written to the Hartford Evening Press from 1863 to 1866 about his travels in the West. From the Introduction: "What emerges above all from this collection of letters is Joseph Allyn's extraordinary resilience and his unusual insight into the course of future events and alertness to what has not yet been experienced and developed. One can only regretfully reflect on what he might have seen, done and written… Read More

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. limited to 500, in two volumes 1851 [Number 5, Rare America Series] and 1852 [Number 6, Rare American Series], 8vo, [9x6in]; Vol. I - [2], xviii, [1], 142, [6], [2], Vol. II - [2], xviii, [1], 143, [6], [3], 24 black/white and blue toned illustrations and map, Introduction and Retrospective by Carl Wheat; Dark blue cloth backstrip with gray-blue paper boards, dark blue lettering and line designs on front, spine paper label with black lettering for both volumes, top edge trimmed and others untrimmed; Light tan dust jackets with black lettering narrative about the Rare America Series on front; Vol. I & II boards age toned along edges, darken age toning to front and rear end papers of both volumes, bookplate of Frank Howard Abbott, Jr. on front end paper in both volumes with some offset, tipped in illustration of miners in a saloon on pale blue paper with Grabhorn address; Dust jackets age toned and fragile with chips and… Read More

San Francisco: Ally and Bacon, 1922. Later Edition. Very Good. [5.25x7.75"]; Dark blue cloth cover with gilt lettering on front cover and spine; xi, 216 pp., frontispiece and 172 black/white illustrations and images of California; Corners bumped with shelf and use wear to cover, text block is tight with occasional minor markings and writing throughout, former Santa Ana School District Junior High textbook with issue stamp on front end paper. Checked out twice, but hardly looks read.

Berkeley, CA: Howell-North Books, 1969. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. [9.5x6.5in]; 236 pp., frontispiece image of page in diary, 64 images of pencil illustrations by Christendorff, extensive notes and index; Grayish-Beige cloth covers with black lettering on spine and field of yellow with ruled border, illustration of anchor and shovel on front, mustard colored endpapers; Mustard Dust Jacket with dark brown lettering on front and spine, image of diary pencil illustration on front, gray ruled lines on spine, images and advertisements of books on back; Very minor edge wear to top of spine. [Kurutz 689]. Adolphus Windeler [1822-1870] came to San Francisco as a member of the crew of the Probus in December 1849. He and his partner, Carl Christendorff, set out for the Yuba and Feather Rivers to river mine for gold. This diary is from 1850 to 1853 with many pencil sketches by Christendorff. This account, along with The Shirley letters from the California Mines provide another corroborating source of… Read More

Los Angeles: Glen Dawson [Paul Bailey Westernlore Press], 1956. First Edition. Very Good Plus. limited to 300 [5.25x7.5"]; xvi, 17-93 pp., [1] limitation page, frontispiece illustration of White by Clarence Ellsworth, 18 chapter heading illustrations, fold out facsimile of 1849 Los Angeles map, color illustration of settlement; Burgundy cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, end paper red bordered maps of Santa Anita Rancho on front and Rancho Muscupiabe on back, all edges trimmed; Minimal shelf wear to edges, cracks along front end paper due to excess binders glue, hinge tight, fold over and creases on bottom fore edge at pages 19 and 21. [Rudkin p.172]. Michael C. White (1802-1885) was a described as the "first" foreigner to settle in Southern California. This book is from 1877 testimony of White to Thomas Savage for Hubert Howe Bancroft's collection of memorabilia and first person accounts of the history of California. Glen Dawson (1912-2016) was an American rock climber, mountaineer,… Read More

Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1975. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. [American Trails Series X, 1644 copies] [6.5x10"]; 401 pp. 38 sepia toned images and illustrations including frontispiece; Bright red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine top edge trimmed other edges untrimmed, white end papers; Cream dust jacket with red and dark brown lettering with red rule devices on front and spine, image of McKinstry and pioneer/miner illustrations on front; Minor shelf wear and age darkening of dust jacket. Overall in near fine condition. [Kurutz 422]. Byron McKinstry left Illinois in March, 1850 for the California Trail and crossed over the Sierra near Carson Pass. He settled in Hangtown ( now known as Placerville) and began mining there and Mokelumne Hill. He kept a detailed diary over the next two years of mining. He became homesick and tired of the mining life, so in June, 1852, he sold all of his tools and return home.

San Francisco: The Private Press of Thomas C. Russell, 1919. First Edition. Near Fine. William Smythe, Illus.. Signed by Publisher, #184 of 250 limited printing [10.5x7.5in]; [5], 5a-10a [Forward], xvi, 372 pp.,10 lithographic color plates, including frontispiece of Father Antonio Peyri, woodcut illustration in text, fold out colored map of Pacific Coast from Panama to Cape Mendocino with insets of principal harbors [14.5x19.25in neatline], appendices, index; Original tan linen spine over tan paper on boards, paper spine label with black lettering and red rules, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed, tan end papers, tipped in duplicate spine label on rear end paper; Minimal shelf wear to edges and covers with slight wear to corners, spine label darken with age, rubbing on spine label with minor loss of lettering, small closed tear repaired at map lower hinge, prior owner pencil signature, Elizabeth Gray Potter, on front end paper. [References for 1839 edition, Cowan, 217, Graff 1377, Sloan-Volkmann… Read More

San Francisco: Bacon & Company, Book and Job Printers, 1879. First Edition. Very good. 12mo [7.5x5in]; 159 pp.; Dark green cloth covers with stamped gilt lettering and floral design on front, blind stamped rules and floral design on front and back, dark brown clay end papers, all edges trimmed; Minor shelf wear and rubbing to edges, corners and covers, minor frayed edges to top and bottom of spine, closed tear with few white spots on front free end paper, minimal age toning to text, some tarnishing to gilt on front.

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1933. First Edition. Very Good. limited to 500, in two volumes 1851 [Number 5, Rare America Series] and 1852 [Number 6, Rare American Series], 8vo, [9x6in]; Vol. I - [2], xviii, [1], 142, [6], [2], Vol. II - [2], xviii, [1], 143, [6], [3], 24 black/white and blue toned illustrations and map, Introduction and Retrospective by Carl Wheat; Dark blue cloth backstrip with gray-blue paper boards, dark blue lettering and line designs on front, spine paper label with black lettering; Vol. I boards soiled and toned along edges, minor shelf wear to bottom edges, Vol. I & II corners bumped, and Vol. II small defined dents along bottom edges and darken toning to front and rear free endpapers of both volumes. [Kurutz 133b, Wheat Gold Rush Books 39, Adams 425, Howell 1307, Volkmann Zamorano 80 69b, The Grabhorn Bibliography 178 & 179]. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe [1819-1906] accompanied her husband on the ship Manilla to California in 1849. Fayette and Louise were in their… Read More

Oakland, CA: Biobooks, 1945. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. [California Centennial Edition No.4, limited to 1500 copies], inscribed and signed by Sullivan [11x7.75in]; [2], v, [1] [Salute to General Douglas MacArthur, Sixth and Eight Armies and First Cavalry Division], 161 pp., [1], four color illustrations, tipped in errata slip; Cream cloth binding with red and black lettering on front and illustration of pioneer family; Cream dust jacket with red and black lettering on front and illustration of pioneer family, red lined lettering on spine; Minimal shelf wear on corners with bumps along bottom edges, tipped in prior owner bookplate; Some soiling, offset darkening of dust jacket with darken spine, minor shelf wear on all edges. Quinn Thornton emigrated to the Oregon Territory with his family in 1846. He was appointed a Judge by the provision government of Oregon in 1847 and was the representative of the territory in Washington DC. During his travels, he met survivors of the Donner party in San… Read More