Author: Derby, George H. Phoenix, John
Title: Phoenixiana. A Collection of the Burlesques & Sketches of John Phoenix, Alias John P. Squibob, Who Was, in Fact, Lieutenant George H. Derby, U.S. A.
Description: San Francisco, The Grabhorn Press, 1937. First edition thus, 1 of 550 copies; 9 3/4 x 6 1/2; pp. [11], vi-xiii, [4], 2-240, [4]; blue, pictorial paper over boards and 1/4 cloth with paper label to spine; illustrated with portrait frontis, facsimile documents, and drawings; "To Our Subscribers" notice and book list laid-in; very light wear - in near fine or better condition. The personal copy of Christopher Augustine Buckley Jr. with his signature at the front pastedown - son of the iconic San Francisco politician and saloonkeeper Blind Boss Buckley. Number 5 of the Third Series of Rare Americana printed by the Grabhorn Press and one of the Fifty Books of the Year, it was a collection of jokes and humorous sketches of California (first published in 1855) by John Phoenix or John Squibob, pseudonyms for practical joker and humorist Lieutenant George H. Derby (1823 - 1861). Near fine .

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