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New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1903. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by E. W. Kemble. 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.

New York: Henry Holt and Co, 1937. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good. First edition, 1937. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 242 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy in Good price-clipped dust jacket, soiling and age-toning to the pages and page-edges, soiling and discoloration to the dust jacket, wear to the dust jacket including creasing, tearing, and some loss. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.

New York: AMS Press, 1973. Fascimilie of the 1865 Carleton Edition. Hardcover. In exceptionally good condition. 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 Mexican–American 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.

D. Appleton and Co., New York: 1856., 1856 pp. 274, (14)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus engraved frontis. Signatures loose. Dampstained. foxed. Four pages of index and first chapter missing. Replaced with early purple ink typed sheets. From the library of Chaplain Ruter and Gertrude Springer with their paper label location. Springer library stamp on title page and inked ownership on paste down. 8vo. Original full gold decorated brown cloth binding, spine torn with slight loss. Very worn copy. HUMOR 8 0.0. Hardcover.

New York: D. Appleton and Company. Very Good. 1903. New Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 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… Leer más

New York, Carleton. Very Good. 1865. First Edition. Hardcover. Original textured cloth, the monograpm of the publisher stamped in blind to the front and rear. Light blue endpapers. Illustrated by the author. Publisher's ads at the end. The spine is sunned. Light to moderate foxing to the text. Quite a tight and otherwise clean copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 247 pages .

NY: Appleton, 1903. Pictorial yellow cloth. Spine darkened, covers soiled, spine ends chipped, Good+ to VG-/no dj. 8vo. illustrated by E.W. Kemble. Bolton says 15 full page & 25 text line illus. BAL 762: 1st edition thus, with introduction by John Kendrick Bangs

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1903. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Kemble, [Edward Windsor]. 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.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1903. Hardcover. Near Fine. A New Edition, Illustrated by E.W. Kemble. With an Introduction by John Kendrick Bangs. First edition thus. A lifelong wag and practical joker, Derby (1823-61) was a West Point graduate serving with the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers assigned in San Francisco and San Diego during the 1850s. These burlesques of the local citizenry, written under the guise of his pseudonyms "John Phoenix" and "John P. Squibob," were the state's first published humor. Octavo. Original yellow cloth binding, with pictorial black, red, and gilt stamping. Internally crisp and clean. The spine is lightly faded; otherwise near fine.

NY: Carleton, 1865. Purple cloth. Cloth waterstained & buckled, missing 1/2" top spine, front cover partially torn at joint and reglued: Good-. text clean/bright/tight. small 8vo. illustrated in black & white by the author. 1st edition. BAL 4651: 5 states noted. This copy represents a 6th: signature mark for 3rd sig is NOT present, but 4th is. Artemus Ward's 2nd book is advertised by title ("His Travels"). LWII 740, Hamilton-- Illustrators #693

Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1897. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. George Derby. 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… Leer más

New York: D. Appleton And Company. Good+. 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. 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. .

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1937 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]..

New York. Carleton, Publisher. 1865. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 12mo, 19cm, first edition, 247p., with 11 plates, 17 text illustrations, original brown pebbled cloth, some slight fade freckling on the rear board, fine condition. (amp) ~ Cowan p67. BAL 4651. A series of humorous, satirical stories most relating to U.S. Army life in 1840' s California. George H. Derby (1832-1861) as a graduate of West Point in 1846 and the book, published posthumously, is dedicated to his classmate and friend, General George B. McClellan.

New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1865. Pebbled green cloth lettered in gold on spine. Light blue endpapers. Illustrated with numerous comic line drawings by author. Tips lightly bumped and cloth shows light age wear. Sporadic light foxing throughout. Contemporary owner's signature on prelim, in pencil, dated July 1865. A humorist and sataritst, who published widely in West Coast newpapers, Derby was a West Point Graduate, friend to general George McClelland --to whom this volume is dedicated, and all round wag. Overall a nice copy of this collection of short humorous pieces, good+ or better. BAL 4651. First Edition. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1867. Twelfth Edition. Hardcover. 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.

New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1884. Hardcover. Very Good+. Green Cloth, minor edge wear, gilt imp on cover, gilt lettering on spine, gilt demon in ink well illustration on spine, original floral endpapers, previous owners inscription. "Sundry sketches, recently published in the newspapers and magazines of California." --Pref. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 276 pages.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1856. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. Good. Duodecimo, 7 1/2 in. x 5 in. Brown publishers cloth, blind-spamped decorations to front and back boards. Gilt portrait to front board. Some rubbing to extremities, corners bumped. Cloth chipped to front hinge, top and bottom of spine. Letters in gilt on spine with humorous scene in gilt. pp. [1], 274, [14-advertisements]. Dark maroon colored pastedowns and free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper "B[ueyins], J.H. Hofman, Sept 17, 1859" [possibly 1889]. Pencil inscription "Dave y[o]cum" to the back of frontispiece. Portrait frontispiece with printed autograph. Pencil inscription "J.H. Hofman" to titlepage. Some spotting, mostly in margins and first 25 pages. Faint damp stain to bottom edge of rear advertisements. Internal pages clean. (Sabin 19665). The army lieutenant George Horatio Derby (1823-1861) wrote popular sketches and burlesques under the pseudonym John Phoenix or John P. Squibob. After graduating… Leer más

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1903 First of this edition, with comic illustrations throughout by E. W. Kemble, the introduction by John Kendrick Bangs, and the decorative pictorial binding. xvi, 332, [4]pp. Yellow pictorial cloth stamped in gold, red and black. Spine a bit darkened, just a few pages with rough edges, else a fine and clean copy. Phoenixiana consists of humorous sketches of California by John Phoenix or John Squibob, the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. [BAL: 762 (under entry for John Kendrick Bangs; also listed as an entry for Derby's writings).]..

New York: Carleton, 1865 First edition, first issue. With comic illustrations by the author. Pp. 247, 6 (ads). Frontispiece, 11 plates, 17 text illustrations. Publisher's brown cloth. Slight wear to foot of spine, corners lightly worn, fading to spine. Overall, a fine copy, internally fine with very little of the usual heavy foxing. Another comic title by the author of "Phoenixiana". John Phoenix, or John Squibob, were the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. This work was edited by the author's widow. Signed on end by the late Wells, Fargo historian, Bob Chandler. [BAL: 4651, state A; Cowan: p. 167;].