The Silverado squatters / by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894, author.

Contributor:

Grabhorn Press, publisher, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

California--Description and travel.

California.

Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.

Travel.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printers' devices (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Dust jackets (Binding)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Illustrated works.

Memoirs.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 32) (Schimmel Fiction 48))

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 32) (Schimmel Fiction 48))

Elder, Paul, 1906-1997 (label) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 48))

Physical Description:

[8], 181, [3] pages : 1 color illustration ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : The Grabhorn Press, MCMLII [1952]

Contents:

The Silverado squatters

In the valley: I. Calistoga ; II. The petrified forest ; III. Napa wine ; IV. The Scot abroad

With the children of Israel: I. To introduce Mr. Kelmar ; II. First impressions of Silverado ; III. The return

The act of squatting

The hunter's family

The sea fogs

The toll house

A starry drive

Episodes in the story of a mine

Toils and pleasures.

Notes:

"This book reprinted from the first edition published by Chatto & Windus, London, 1883."--Page [1].

"Printed at the Grabhorn Press San Francisco"--Colophon.

Title and printer's device printed in black within red borders; chapter titles printed in black within red borders. Deckled edges, fore- and tail edges untrimmed. One color illustration. Bound in quarter linen over decorative blue paper boards; black-printed blue paper spine label.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies (Schimmel Fiction 32 & 48) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 32) in plain paper dust jacket with manuscript title ("GRABHORN SILVERADO RLS") in pencil on spine.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 48) has dated 20th-century manuscript gift inscription ("May 14- 1960 hapy Birthday to Eddie from Mims.") in blue ink on blank leaf following front free endpaper.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Schimmel Fiction 48) has oval label ("Paul Elder's BOOKS SAN FRANCISCO") on back pastedown.

OCLC:

493605