Derby, George H.

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.

San Francisco The Grabhorn Press 1937, Limited to 550 copies. Edited and with an introduction by Francis P. Farquhar. 240pp. Illustrations, facsimile sketches, etc. Cloth-backed pictorial boards, paper spine label. A very fine copy. Humorous sketches of California by John Phoenix or John Squibob, the pen names of U.S. Lieutenant George H. Derby. Derby (1823-61) was an army officer who established a reputation as a wit and practical joker even while at West Point. Phoenixiana; or, Sketches and Burlesques was first published in 1855. The work offered here draws upon original sources for its material and contains many hitherto uncollected nuggets of humor as well as familiar favorites. The sequence of "hunting scenes" is here published for the first time. [Grabhorn: 277].

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