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Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Reprinted from the 1859 edition. First published in San Francisco in 1854. One of 400 copies, the first title of the Rare Americana Series by the Grabhorn Press. 116pp. Introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. 8 color reproductions from drawings by Charles Nahl, silhouettes by Valenti Angelo, folding broadside facsimile. Cloth-backed boards. A bit of offsetting (as usual) and very slight foxing to endpapers, but a very fine copy with plain dust jacket. The first book written on the celebrated Murieta, transforming him from a sanguinary outlaw to a mythical hero. Farquhar's introduction clarifies the confusion surrounding both the myth and the various editions of the book. "Joaquin Murieta. ranks as the most famous Gold Rush brigand. John R. Ridge, a.k.a. Yellow Bird, was the first to make known the story of Murieta in book form" (Kurutz). The tipped-in folding broadside is a facsimile of the original, sold by the Argonaut Book shop in their third California and the West catalogue, c.1942. [Kurutz: 533.1k; Zamorano Eighty: 64n].
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
John Ridge Rollin. The Life of Joaquin Murieta. Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1932.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Joaquin Murieta The Brigand Chief of California, A complete history of his life from the age of sixteen to the time of his capture and death in 1853 The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1932. 8 color illustrations from the drawings of Charles Nahl.Silhouettes by Valenti Angelo, After the essay by Francis P. Farquahar there is tipped in a notice that reads: The reader will find Mr. Farquhar's Bibliographical Notes at the end of the volume. Fold (illustrator). [ 1 of 400 copies]. 8vo. viii, 116 pp. [4 pp.] Fine with the original prospectus laid in and the the facsimile of the original Wanted dead of Alive poster for Joaquin the Brigand. includes 2 period essays in articles on the bandit plus a special association copy given to Carl Melugin of San Francisco by the editor. Mr. George Farguhar. Fine bright copy. Royal 8vo Original patterned boards and green gilt cloth with paper label. Fine. one of only 400 copies letter pressed by the Grabhorn Press on hand made rag paper. Ridge, John Rollin]
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.