Take your Bible in one hand : the life of William Henry Thomes, author of A whaleman's adventures on land and sea, Lewey and I, the bushrangers, A gold hunter's adventures, etc. / by George R. Stewart ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stewart, George R., 1895-1980, author.

Contributor:

Colt Press, publisher.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomes, William Henry, 1824-1895.

Thomes, William Henry.

Novelists, American--19th century--Biography.

Novelists, American.

Genre:

Wood engravings.

wood engravings (prints)

Biographies.

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Baskerville.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

66, [3] pages : illustrations ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : The Colt Press, MCMXXXIX [1939].

Summary:

Biography of Thomes, who sailed to California and wrote on hide and tallow commerce in the 1840s. He later wrote popular adventure novels and was involved in California pioneer societies.

Notes:

"Limited to seven hundred and fifty copies."

Text in Baskerville--prospectus.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has prospectus laid in.

OCLC:

2429015