Add this copy of Phoenixiana a Collection of the Burlesques & Sketches to cart. $15.32, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published by The Grabhorn Press.
Add this copy of Phoenixiana: a Collection of the Burlesques & Sketches to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by McBlain Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hamden, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1937 by The Grabhorn Press.
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Very Good. Frontis, xiii, (1), 240p. Original cloth-backed boards. 24 cm. Edges of spine label and cover corners rubbed. No jacket. Edited by Francis P. Farquhar. Third Series of Rare Americana, Number 5. Edition limited to 550 copies.
Add this copy of Phoenixiana: a Collection of the Burlesques & Sketches to cart. $50.00, very good condition, Sold by G. F. Wilkinson Books, IOBA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Grass Valley, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1937 by The Grabhorn Press.
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Near Fine. One 550 copies. 240 pp.; 8vo; bound in blue and brown pictorial boards with tan cloth back; blue label lettered and decorated in black on back; title printed in black & sepia; cut on title page and 33 colored headpieces reproduced from contemporary type specimen book; colored drawing of Squibob himself used as frontis; three sets of facsimile sketches by Squibob, two on blue paper, one on brown paper; facsimile newspaper; numerous small sketches. In plain brown paper jacket. Publisher's announcement about the book being the last of Rare American series laid in causing slight offset to front endpaper. Derby was a Massachusetts-born army officer who established a wit and practical joker even while at West Point. After service in the Mexican War he was assigned to California (1852-56) as a lieutenant charged with making explorations and reports on the gold mining country, the San Joaquin Valley and the Colorado River area. His humorous sketches appeared in San Francisco monthly The Pioneer. (Hart, Companion to Calif). One of the Fifty Books of the Year. Third series of Rare Americana no. 5.
Add this copy of Phoenixiana. a Collection of the Burlesques & Sketches to cart. $75.00, like new condition, Sold by Argonaut Book Shop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1937 by The Grabhorn Press.
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Fine. Book Limited to 550 copies. Edited and with an introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. 240pp. Illustrations, facsimile sketches, etc. Cloth-backed pictorial boards, paper spine label. Corners slightly jammed; 2 just showing, paper spine label a bit ragged. A near fine copy. Humorous sketches of California by John Phoenix or John Squibob, the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. Draws upon original sources for its material and contains many hitherto uncollected nuggets of humor as well as familiar favorites. The sequence of "hunting scenes" is here published for the first time. [Grabhorn: 277].
Add this copy of Phoenixiana: a Collection of the Burlesques & Sketches to cart. $95.00, Sold by George Houle rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Palm Springs, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1937 by San francisco, Grabhorn Press, 1937..
Edition:
1937, San francisco, Grabhorn Press, 1937.
Hardcover
Details:
Edition:
F
Publisher:
San francisco, Grabhorn Press, 1937.
Published:
1937
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
9273592603
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Dust Jacket Included. First edition. Small 4to. Edited by Francis P. Farquhar. Numerous illustrations; 3 facsimiles. Original tan cloth over blue patterned boards, paper spine label. Plain tan dust jacket. Fine. One of 550 unnumbered copies, printed at the Grabhorn Press. Publisher's porspectus laid in loose. GB 277. Wheate 63. Cowboy bookplate of J.R. Brehm designed by Poli.
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