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Stewart, George R.

TAKE YOUR BIBLE IN ONE HAND: The Life of William Henry Thomes, author of A Whaleman's Adventures on Land and Sea....

San Francisco: Colt Press, 1939. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. pp: 66, (1), colophon; rubricated title-page, vignettes in margins, printer's device above colophon. Presentation inscription on blank flyleaf, signed by the author. Bound in cloth-backed pale-green boards, Colt Press device mounted on cover, paper spine label; edges of boards sunned. 11.5" x 8.25" Very Good. Item #039060

Limited to 750 copies issued from The Colt Press by Jane Swinnerton, William Roth & Jane Grabhorn. Thomes emigrated from New England to California, sailing around the Horn in 1849.

Price: $65.00