1935 First Edition Nash Printing Jesse Benton Fremont: The Life of Jesse Benton Fremont A Woman Made History John Henry Nash (1871-1947), American printer and bibliophile, born Woodbridge, Canada. After learning the printer's trade, he emigrated to the United States in 1894. He eventually became professor of typography at the University of Oregon. A vital and vigorous personality in American printing he made beautiful books in Calfornia under patronage which has permitted him to work without too much consderation fo limits of time, materials and expense. All of Nash's books are collectors items and are highlighted in a 1932 edition by Lakeside Press, ranking Nash's books amongst the best printers and binders since William Morris.

Jesse Benton Fremont: A Woman Who Made History By Catherine Coffin Phillips. Author of Cornelius Cole A California Pioneer and United States Senator Portsmouth Plaza The Cradle of San Francisco. San Francisco John Henry Nash. 1935. 361 pages, large book with very nice margins. Retains original dust jacket but has chips and loss of paper on head of spine covering. Binding and boards underneath are pristine. Well written and expertly printed and bound as are all of John Henry Nash's books. One of 1,000 copies. Howe's P-310, Rocq 17092. An Americana First Edtion.   

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1937 Nash's Reprint of the History of California Signed.

John Henry Nash (1871-1947), American printer and bibliophile, born Woodbridge, Canada. After learning the printer's trade, he emigrated to the United States in 1894. He eventually became professor of typography at the University of Oregon. A vital and vigorous personality in American printing he made beautiful books in California under patronage which has permitted him to work without too much consideration of limits of time, materials and expense. All of Nash's books are collectors items and are highlighted in a 1932 edition by Lakeside Press, ranking Nash's books amongst the best printers and binders since William Morris. San Francisco John Henry Nash 1937., 1937. Printed in an edition limited to 650 copies. (Nash, Biography.105). Nash reprint of 1839 history of California from its discovery through the early 19th century. Full title: "California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their first discovery to the present time, comprising an account of the climate, soil, natural productions, agriculture, commerce, etc. A full view of the missionary establishments and condition of the free and domesticated Indians with an appendix relating to steam navigation in the Pacific." Map attached before back free end paper. Second in a series of books Nash published on the history of California, which also included John Bidwell's A Journey to California,and Guillermo Prieto's San Francisco in the Seventies. Binding is 8vo., quarter cloth with marble paper-covered boards, paper spine label, dust jacket is slightly ripped and missing some pieces at the top. Tipped in signature of Priestly with a letter and signature of Alex Forbes as well tipped in. A very nice edition. (iv), xxxii, 230 pages, lesser copies selling at $250.

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1965 First Signed Letter 2nd Book Edmund Wilson Elena Wilson. Two books! The first edition signed by the author Sherman Paul and the 1966 second printing. The First edition signed by Paul also comes with a letter from the famous wife of critic Edmund Wilson-Elena Wilson. First edition: Edmund Wilson: A Study of Literary Vocation in Our Times. University Press, Urbana, Ill-1965, First Edition. Cover in very good condition and mylar. Interior bright and clean and signature of Sherman Paul on the inside fly. Includes letter by Elena Wilson to J. Marshall thanking him for his recollection of Edmund Wilson in a 'Punch and Judy' performance. Second volume is the 1966 'second printing'. Cover present but with a surfac scratch and back torn with tattered edges and toning with stains. A nice companion to the first edition. It is rare that we have such memorable duplicates. A rare set, plus letter.

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Edmund Wilson (8 May 1895 – 12 June 1972) was an American writer and literary critic. Wilson was considered one of the preeminent American literary critics. Wilson was born in Red Bank, New Jersey. His father, Edmund Wilson, Sr., was a lawyer and served as New Jersey Attorney General. From 1912 to 1916, he was educated at Princeton University, after attending prep school at The Hill School, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the school's literary magazine, The Record. He began his professional writing career as a reporter for the New York Sun, and served in the army during the First World War. Wilson was the managing editor of Vanity Fair in 1920 and 1921, and later served as Associate Editor of The New Republic and as a book reviewer for The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books. His works influenced novelists Upton Sinclair, John Dos Passos, Sinclair Lewis, Floyd Dell, and Theodore Dreiser. He wrote plays, poems, and novels, but his greatest strength was literary criticism.

After Edmund’s death in 1972, Elena assisted in the editing of Edmund’s journals, the first two volumes of which were finished by Elena’s death in 1979. Her private papers and family information are stored at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.