Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: First Edition, Light rubbing to head/tail of spine and corners. Interior clean and binding sound. A Beautiful Copy! #A2/AB/B
Seller: This Old Book, Inc, Grayslake, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Title continues: A series of original illustrated letters, written by one of California's pioneer miners, and dedicated to that class of her citizens by the author. Reprinted from the only edition (1853) with illustrations by Charles Nahl and a new foreword by G.Ezra Dane. pp xxii, 80, with color frontispiece and illustrations. Cloth -backed boards with mounted color illustration. No dust jacket. Light wear to edges, spine label chipped, mild ripple to text block. One of 500 copies printed.
Seller: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 28 x 19 cm, [xxii], 79, colophon pp., two color frontispiece, red [tiny] and black title page, contents, foreword, introduction, publisher's preface, red initials through out and colored drawings above each of twenty stories, 550 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press Provenance: Book plate of Arthur R. Andersen (1893/07/29-1975/09/06) on front fixed end paperQuarto size, 80 pp. Alonzo Delano (1806 - 1874), who went by the pen name "Old Block", was an American humorist, pioneer town city father, and a California Gold Rush Forty-niner; his sketches of gold rush camp life rivaled Bret Harte and Mark Twain in popularity (N. B. info from Wikipedia). This edition was published by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most highly renowned private presses in America in the twentieth century, run by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in blue-green boards with tan cloth spine, front pastedown with full-colour illustration and title by Charles Nahl, cream paper label on spine with black lettering; frontispiece, twenty headpieces, and four full-page drawings in colour by Nahl, decorative initial capital letters; black and sepia text in Janson linotype in double columns on machine made paper, quarto size), 80 pages, limited edition of 550 copies, unnumbered. ___CONDITION: Book is in near fine condition with brightly coloured illustrations, the front label has some minor chips, slight wear to corners and head of the spine. ___CITATION: Heller & Magee no. 204. __
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarto size, 80 pp. Alonzo Delano (1806 - 1874), who went by the pen name "Old Block", was an American humorist, pioneer town city father, and a California Gold Rush Forty-niner; his sketches of gold rush camp life rivaled Bret Harte and Mark Twain in popularity (N. B. info from Wikipedia). This edition was published by the Grabhorn Press, one of the most highly renowned private presses in America in the twentieth century, run by brothers Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. ___DESCRIPTION: Bound in blue-green boards with tan cloth spine, front pastedown with full-colour illustration and title by Charles Nahl, cream paper label on spine with black lettering; frontispiece, twenty headpieces, and four full-page drawings in colour by Nahl, decorative initial capital letters; black and sepia text in Janson linotype in double columns on machine made paper, quarto size (approximately 11.25" tall), 80 pages, limited edition of 550 copies, unnumbered. ___CONDITION: Book is in near fine condition with brightly coloured illustrations, the front label has some minor chips, slight wear to corners and head of the spine. ___CITATION: Grabhorn Press Bibliography, no. 204. ___POSTAGE: International customers, please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA, ILAB, and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we are here to help.
Seller: Swan's Fine Books, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition thus. Small 4to. Foreword by G. Ezra Dane. Numerous color drawings by Delano. Original olive green cloth over gray boards, spine with printed paper label, upper cover with a large printed color pictorial label, uncut. Very good. No dust jacket. One of 550 copies.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: (xxi), 80 pages. Limited to 550 un-numbered copies. First Edition Thus after the 1853 first edition. Illustrated from drawings by Charles Nahl. Frontispiece, twenty headpieces and four (4) full-page drawings in color. Foreword by G. Ezra Dane. Cloth-backed boards. Paper label with colored drawing and title by Charles Nahl on front cover. Paper spine title label. 8" x 11 1/4". Bookplate of businessman and writer D. L. James, featuring the James house "Seaward" (now owned by Brad Pitt) designed and built by Greene & Greene on the Carmel Highlands in 1918 on the front pastedown. One of the Second Series of Americana by The Grabhorn Press. One of the Fifty Books of the Year. From the title page, "A series of original illustrated letters, written by one of California's pioneer miners, and dedicated to that class of her citizens by the author." Delano became a banker in Grass Valley, held in such high esteem that flags were flown at half-staff when he died. A very slightly rubbed Near Fine copy, now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. GB 204. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books via media mail to any United States address.
Seller: Hardy Books, Nevada City, CA, U.S.A.
DELANO, Alonzo. Pen-Knife Sketches or Chips of the Old Block. A Series of Original. , 1934.
Price: US$82.50 + shipping
Description: (CALIFORNIA). DELANO, Alonzo. Pen-Knife Sketches or Chips of the Old Block. A Series of Original Illustrated Letters, Written by One of California's Pioneer Miners, and Dedicated to That Class of Her Citizens.Reprinted from the Only Edition (1853) With the Illustrations by Charles Nahl and a New Foreword by G. Ezra Dane. San Francisco, 1934. 4to. xxii, 80pp. Cloth-backed boards. A fine copy. Howes D-232. Limited to 550 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition. Original paper-covered boards over cloth spine, color printed label on cover. One of 550 copies printed at The Grabhorn Press.
Seller: sonalsorises, los angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$94.11 + shipping
Description: 0 Reprinted from the only other edition of 1853. Frontispiece, twenty headpieces, and four full-page drawings in color by Charles Nahl. Printed in double columns. Colophon and thirty-one initials printed in sepia. Original blue-green boards, tan spine, printed paper spine label; colored drawing and title by Charles Nahl on front cover. Very good. No dust jacket. light shelf wear
Seller: PONCE A TIME BOOKS, SANTA BARBARA, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Description: One of 550 copies. FINE BOOK IN RARE, ORANGE-BROWN DUST JACKET WITH TWO SHORT TEARS AND SLIGHT EDGE WEAR. NO WRITING OR NAMES.
Seller: MARK POST, BOOKSELLER, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
DELANO, Alonzo. Alonzo Delano's Pen-Knife Sketches or Chips of the Old Block. , 1934.
Price: US$110.00 + shipping
Description: DELANO, Alonzo. Alonzo Delano's Pen-Knife Sketches or Chips of the Old Block. A Series of Original Illustrate Letters, Written by one of California's Pioneer Miners. Reprinted from the Only Edition (1853) with the Illustrations by Charles Nahl and a New Foreword by G. Ezra Dane. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1934. One of 550 copies. 4to. xxii, 80 pp., frontis., illus. Orig. cloth-backed boards with pictorial pastedown, and printed paper spine label. Plain publisher's wrapper with penciled title on the spine. Fine. HOWES D-232. One of 550 copies. Original invoice and remittance envelope are laid in. From the Grabhorn Press Rare Americana Second Series No. 4.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Reprinted from the only other edition of 1853. Limited to 550 copies. Foreword by G. Ezra Dane. Small quarto. Pp. xxi, [1], 79, [1]. Frontispiece, twenty headpieces, and four full-page drawings in color by Charles Nahl. Printed in double columns. Colophon and thirty-one initials printed in sepia. Original blue-green boards, tan spine, printed paper spine label; colored drawing and title by Charles Nahl on front cover. A very fine and bright copy with the elusive plain peach dust jacket. Scarce in this condition. The humorous sketches of California Gold Rush life by the man as famous for his profile as well as his wit, "Old Block" of California. Includes a new foreword by G. Ezra Dane. One of the Fifty Books of the Year. [Grabhorn: 204].
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: One of 550 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. Illustrations by Charles Nahl. 1 vols. Folio. The humorous sketches of California Gold Rush life by the man as famous for his profile as well as his wit, "Old Block" of California. Howes D 232 a Cloth-backed boards, printed paper label on spine, illustrated paper label on upper cover. Some rubbing to head and tail of spine, light offsetting from the bookplate of George Lindley Burr Illustrations by Charles Nahl. 1 vols. Folio One of 550 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.