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Published by D. Appleton & Company, 1867
Seller: Visible Voice Books, Cleveland, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. New York D. Appleton and Company January 1867 Binding: Hardcover *****1856 tenth edition*****.
Published by D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1903
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by E. W. Kemble (illustrator). Exlibrary markings. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, tanned pages. Pictorial cloth over boards is shelf worn with overall light soiling, darkened spine, wear to corner tips. ; Writings by early California humorist George Horatio Derby (1823-1861). Ex-Library; Drawings; 7.75" tall ; 332 pages.
Published by AMS Press, New York, 1973
Seller: Charles Lewis Best Booksellers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Fascimilie of the 1865 Carleton Edition. Demy octavo, [18cm/7.25inches], full gilt-embossed teal-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 247. Illustrated with 15 caricatures. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Derby graduated from West Point in 1846 and first served in the MexicanAmerican War at Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo. According to Vol. One of the Autobiography of Mark Twain, (2010), Ulysses S. Grant was a classmate of "Squibob's" and the General told Twain some stories of Squibob at West Point. In exceptionally good condition.
Published by D. Appleton & Company, Boston, 1889
Seller: The Antiquarian Shop, Bend, OR, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Thirteenth Edition, publisher's original brown cloth with gilt lettering and illustration on cover. 274 pp., plus 2 pp. ads. Humor, satire. See Picture.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1889 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 305 Language: English.
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. 1st Edition. 247 pages plus 4 page catalogue. In decorated cloth. Very good, corners bumped. Cloth has an unnatural gilt-like sheen. (104).
Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1903
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by E. W. Kemble (illustrator). New Edition; 1st Printing. B&W Illustrations; New Edition - First Edition Thus. This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping, rubbing and scuffing. The covers of the book have generalized ground-in dirt. The front cover has an indented partial coffee ring and some beginning fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's bookplate (F. E. Perham) on the front pastedown page. "George Horatio Derby (April 3, 1823 May 15, 1861) was an early California humorist. He attended West Point with Ulysses S. Grant. Derby used the pseudonym "John P. Squibob" and its variants "John Phoenix" and "Squibob." Derby served as a Lieutenant in the U. S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers. In his spare time, he wrote humorous anecdotes and burlesques, often under the guise of his pseudonyms.While waiting for approval of his San Diego River diversion plans, he had some time on his hands. He supplemented his low military pay by contributing humorous articles to the San Francisco Herald, California Pioneer magazine, and the fledgling local newspaper, the San Diego Herald. He wrote articles that poked fun at the figures and pretenses of high society. These articles were written to appear as if a running narrative from John Phoenix and were the state's first published humor. When another writer started writing articles with his pen name Squibob in a competing San Francisco newspaper, Derby wrote an article "killing off" Squibob and continued to write with a new penname, John Phoenix. ".
Published by Appleton NY 1903, 1903
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
332pp. + ads 8vo illustrated by E.W. Kemble. Bolton says 15 full page & 25 text line illus Pictorial yellow cloth BAL 762: 1st edition thus, with introduction by John Kendrick Bangs Spine darkened, covers soiled, spine ends chipped, Good+ to VG-/no dj.
Published by Hansebooks, 2016
ISBN 10: 3743383322ISBN 13: 9783743383326
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New.
Published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1903
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Kemble, [Edward Windsor] (illustrator). 12mo. Orig. tan publisher's cloth. xvi, 332 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Spine cocked and sunned, bruise to upper corner of rear board. Ink ownership inscription to half-title. Near fine overall.
Published by D. Appleton And Company, New York, 1856
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First Edition. Original blue-stamped boards now faded to greenish, with gilt portrait of "John P. Squibob" on front and again in a frontispiece engraving. Elaborate gilt illustration on spine, mostly faded but still discernible. Solid binding and generally clean pages, with light tanning at edges toward spine and some spotting throughout. Blue endpapers; front free endpaper is torn at top and one-fifth of page is missing. Book is a collection of sketches originally published in California newspapers and magazines of the day by George Derby, an early California humorist who often wrote under the pseudonym "John P. Squibob" and its variants "John Phoenix" and "Squibob. " Small 8vo. 274 pp. Plus 14 pp. Of ads.
Published by The Caxton Club, Chicago, 1897
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. George Derby (illustrator). Limited Edition. 12mo. Pp. xxxiii, 123; 119, [15 plates]. Vol I. Frontis. gravure portrait with tissue guard, Vol. 2 frontis. Squibob engraved portrait and signature. Preface by editor Cheney. Vol. 2 concludes with a section of Derby illustrations, facsimiles and color plates reproducing watercolors. Title pages printed red and black. Green cloth, Caxton device stamped in gilt on the cover, titles and diapering stamped in gilt between four raised bands on the spine, gilt tops, others untrimmed. Printed at the Lakeside Press, Chicago. Edition limited to 165 on handmade American paper. Spines and head edges sunned, minimal age-toning to leaf edges. Reputed to be the first humorist published on the West Coast, West Point graduate Derby (1823-1861) was a lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers sent to San Diego in 1853 who supplemented his income by selling these parodies to San Francisco and San Diego newspapers, first under the pseudonym Squibob, then John Phoenix. The tenth publication of the Club just two years after its founding. The editor made minor changes to the text of the 1855 D. Appleton edition, then in its 35th printing. .
Published by Carleton, Publisher., New York, New York, 1865
Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. First Edition. 247 pages; [4] pages ads; illustrations; publisher's green cloth binding. Former owner's name in pencil on the front flyleaf. Howell #50 - "More of 'Phoenix's' humorous sketches, enlivened by his sprightly comic drawings. Recent research has shown this collection to be only partly the work of George Derby." Very good clean copy.
Hardcover. Twelfth Edition. Book condition is Very Good in boards. Minor edgewear and rubbing to exterior. A few small stains to interior. Text is clean and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by D. Appleton, N.Y, 1856
Seller: Recycled, Corte Madera, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Gilt Decorated Cloth. Condition: VG+. 1st Edition. Dulling to gilt on covers, rubbing to spine ends, light scattered foxing and a bit of staining to the upper edge of a few pages, penciled numbers on end paper, otherwise a solid clean copy in better shape than most. Although best known for for his humorous writings under the pseudonyms of John Phoenix and Squibob, Derby served with distinction as a topographical engineer with the U.S. Army, creating an important map of the California gold regions and performing the first reconnaissance of the Colorado River. Cowan p.167.
Published by D. Appleton & Co., 1903
Seller: Ironwood Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. E.W. KEMBLE (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition thus. Introduction by John Kendrick Bangs. Decorated binding; design not attributed. No DJ. Book cover and spine lettering intact; spine darkened and scratched. Illustrated by E.W. KEMBLE. Unmarked pages. More images and/or description can be sent on request. Will insure at buyer's expense, if requested. Condition: Very Good+.