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144. Jeffers, Robinson. The Women at Point Sur. [8], 9-175 pp. 8-1/4x5-1/2, black cloth- backed brown boards with gilt spine and cover titles and cover ornament, untrimmed, printed dust jacket with portrait of Robinson Jeffers. First trade edition. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1927. Alberts # 42. Fine condition. (60/90).
145.Jeffers, Una. A.L.S. one page. 11x8-1/2, single sheet of stationery. Carmel: Tor House, August 5, 1940. Una Jeffers handled most of the correspondence for her husband and this letter is a good example. In it she answers a letter directed to Robinson quoting his response. Fine condition. (70/100).
146. Jeffers, Una. A Book of Gaelic Airs for Una's Melodeon. [12], 173, [2] pp. illustrated with numerous drawings by Robinson Jeffers. 8x12-1/4, white cloth with paper spine label printed in green, plain dust jacket. Limited edition of 500 copies. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1989. Fine condition. (60/90).
147. Jeffers, Una. Visits to Ireland. Travel Diaries of Una Jeffers. Foreword by Robinson Jeffers. [4], 5-56, [1] pp. Decorated with wood engravings by Paul Landacre. 9x7, cloth- backed marbled boards with paper spine label, fore-edges untrimmed, plain black slipcase. Limited edition of 300 copies. Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1954. Inscribed by Ward Ritchie for Marlan Bielke on the limitation page. Modest wear of slipcase - otherwise in fine condition. (150/250).
148. [Jeffers, Robinson] Alberts, S. S. A Bibliography of the Works of Robinson Jeffers. [6], vii-xvi, [2], 262, [2] pp. Frontispiece portrait and numerous title page reproductions. 9-1/4x6-1/4, green cloth with gilt-stamped, black morocco spine label, fore-edges untrimmed. Limited first edition of 487 copies. New York: Random House, 1933. Cloth spine faded - otherwise in fine condition. (100/150).
149. [Jeffers, Robinson] Adamic, Louis. A Portrait. [2 adv.], [7], 8-35, [2], [2 adv.] pp. 7x4- 3/4, orange wrappers with printed cover title and ornaments. First edition. Seattle: University of Washington Book Store, 1929. A fascinating description and analysis of a fascinating person. Minor soiling of wrappers - otherwise in fine condition. (100/150).
150. [Jeffers, Robinson] Adamic, Louis. R. J. Robinson Jeffers. A Portrait Written by Louis Adamic. Foreword by Garth Sherwood Jeffers. [6], vii-xiv,[4],1-28, [18] pp. Seventeen illustrations from photographs. 9-1/4x6. Covelo: Yolla Bolly Press, [1983] . The permanent value of Adamic's essay on Jeffers is reinforced by the Robertson's wise decision to reprint it 54 years after the initial publication. Fine condition. (100/150).
151. [Jeffers, Robinson] Antoninus, Brother [William Everson]. Robinson Jeffers: Fragments of an Older Fury. [6], vii-xv, [3], 3-173, [8] pp. 9x6, tan linen with gilt spine title, title page and chapter heads printed in red and black, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. [Berkeley]: Oyez, 1968. Fine condition. (100/150).
152. [Jeffers, Robinson] Beilke, Marlan. Shining Clarity. God and Man in the Works of Robinson Jeffers. [11], xii-lvi, [4], 294, [6] pp. Embossed portrait of Jeffers tipped to title page and thirty- eight illustrations from photographs, facsimiles, drawings and paintings. 6-1/4x8, blue cloth with paper spine label and gold foil embossed cover illustration, decorated endpapers, pictorial dust jacket. First trade edition. Amador City: Quintessence Publications, [1977]. Publisher's announcement with embossed portrait of Jeffers laid in. Fine condition. (70/100).
153. [Jeffers, Robinson] Bennett, Melba Berry. Robinson Jeffers and the Sea. [6], vii-xiv, [2], 1-173, [2] pp. Thirteen illustrations on nine inserted plates. 9-1/2x6-1/4, morocco-backed decorated boards with gilt spine title, untrimmed fore-edges. Limited first edition of 300 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press. San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal Inc., 1936. Fading of ends of spines - otherwise in fine condition. (100/150).
154. [Jeffers, Robinson] Bennett, Melba Berry. The Stone Mason of Tor House. The Life and Times of Robinson Jeffers. [6], vii-xvi, [2], 3-264 pp. Illustrated with 24 unpaginated plates from photographs. 9-1/4x6, black cloth with gilt spine title and cover ornament, pictorial dust jacket. [Los Angeles]: The Ward Ritchie Press, [1966]. After her first book [above], a strong friendship developed between Melba Bennett and the Jeffers. Robinson asked her to be his official biographer. Fine condition. (50/80).
155. [Jeffers, Robinson] Coffin, Arthur D. Robinson Jeffers. Poet of Inhumanism. [9], x- xxiv, [3], 4-300 pp. 8-1/2x5-1/2, orange cloth with spine title printed in black, printed dust jacket. First printing. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, [1971]. Perhaps the most scholarly analysis of Jeffers' philosophy as revealed in his writings and life. Fine condition. (50/80).
156. [Jeffers, Robinson] Ephemera. Includes: 1) an informal 5x6 photograph of Robinson Jeffers 2) a 15-1/2x 10-1/4 inch broadside printed by hand at the Lime Kiln Press announcing the publication of Robinson Jeffers' Tragedy Has Obligations. 3) a 12-1/2x8 inch folded four page announcement of the publication of Robinson Jeffers' Granite and Cypress by the Lime Kiln Press 4) a 10x6-1/2 inch announcement of An Evening with Robinson Jeffers at the Roxburghe Club September 19, 1967 5) Ave Vale Robinson Jeffers. a memorial tribute to Robinson Jeffers for the joint meeting of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs. 32 pp. 11-1/4x7-3/4, white double wrappers with "Robinson Jeffers" printed on cover. 6) Robinson Jeffers, Poet 1887-1987. A Centennial Exhibition. 48 page exhibit brochure with reproduction of Paul Landacre's woodblock print of Hawk Tower on the cover and numerous illustrations from various sources. 7) Eight 4x6 color photographs of Tor House by Roger Larson. All in fine condition. (200/300).
157. [Jeffers, Robinson] Everson, William. The Excesses of God. Robinson Jeffers as a Religious Figure. Foreword by Robert Gelpi. [9], x-xv, [2], 2-190 pp. 8-1/2x5-1/2, brown cloth with gilt spine title, printed dust jacket. First edition. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1988. In this book William Everson tells of his own spiritual awakening from reading Jeffers and attempts to analyze the spiritual nature of his poetry. Fine condition. (50/80).
158. [Jeffers, Robinson] Everson, William. The Poet Is Dead. A Memorial for Robinson Jeffers. [27] pp. Embellished with two linoleum block prints by Tom Killion. 13x9-1/4, full black leather with spine and cover titles stamped in blind, all edges untrimmed, slipcase of gray paper-covered boards with side title and linoleum-cut illustration printed in black. Limited edition of 140 copies.Santa Cruz: The Good Book Press, 1987. Printed letterpress on handmade paper. Fine condition. (150/250).
159. [Jeffers, Robinson] Jeffers, Donnan Call and Garth Sherwood Jeffers. The House that Jeffers Built. Two volumes: The Building of Tor House. [4], 5-34, [1]; Memories of Tor House. [4], 5-38, [1] pp. Illustrated with eighteen duotone plates from photographs. 9-1/4x6, beige linen with paper cover insets with wood engravings of Tor House by Rik Olson, matching cloth slipcase with paper spine label. Limited edition of 175 copies. Covelo: Yolla Bolly Press, [1993]. With publisher's announcement. Fine condition. (150/250).
160. [Jeffers, Robinson] Klein, Mina Cooper and Herbert Arthur. Jeffers Observed by Mina Cooper Klein As Derived from Her Letters Selected, Edited and with Commentary by Her Husband, Herbert Arthur Klein. [6], vii-xii, [2], 53, [1] pp. Illustrated with four paginated plates from photographic portraits. 9-1/2x6-1/4, red linen with gilt spine title and paper cover label, printed dust jacket. Limited edition of 100 copies signed by Herbert Arthur Klein.[Amador City]: Quintessence Publications, [1986]. Signed on the limitation page by Herbert Arthur Klein. Fine condition. (100/150).
161. [Jeffers, Robinson] Luhan, Mabel Dodge. Una and Robin. Edited with Foreword by Mark Schorer. [6], VII-XII, 36 pp. Frontispiece portrait and four other inserted plates from photographs. 9-1/4x6, stiff brown wrappers with spine and cover titles printed in silver. Designed and printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. [Berkeley]: The Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1976. Fine condition. (50/80).
162. [Jeffers, Robinson] Sterling, George. The Man and the Artist. [6], 40 pp. 7-1/2x5, navy-blue cloth with white paper spine label, pictorial dust jacket with portrait of Jeffers. First edition. New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. Sterling's last work just before he took his own life. Darkening of dust jacket spine with slight chipping - otherwise in fine condition. (100/150).
163. [Jeffers, Robinson] Stuart, Gloria. The Inscriptions at Tor House and Hawk Tower. Introduction by Ward Ritchie. [4], 5-37, [3] pp. Illustrated with line drawings and calligraphy to match that of Jeffers by Gloria Stuart. 6x7 coarse white linen with paper cover ornament laid in linen-covered clamshell box with plaster relief of entrance to Hawk Tower inset on lid. Limited edition of 50 copies designed, printed and illustrated by Gloria Stuart. Bound and boxed by Joseph D'Ambrosio.No place: [Imprenta Glorias, 1988]. Signed by Ward Ritchie at the end of his introduction and by Gloria Stuart on the limitation page. Printed in four colors on Ingres Antique paper. Unique and rare Jeffers item [limited to fifty copies]. The author/designer/printer, Gloria Stuart, visited the Jeffers at Tor House with Ward Ritchie and Gordon Newell in 1932 and produced this book in memory of that visit fifty-six years later. The calligraphy and color combinations of the inscriptions are direct copies of Jeffers' own script. Fine condition. (200/300).
164. [Jeffers, Robinson] Van Wyck, William. Robinson Jeffers. [1], 2-17, [2] pp. Typographical decorations arranged by Alvin Lustig. 8x5-1/4, black cloth-backed ruled boards with paper spine label and cover title printed in black, untrimmed fore-edge, plain dust jacket with paper spine label. Limited edition of 250 copies. Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1938. Signed by the author on the limitation page. Fine condition. (100/150).
165. Jones, Idwal. The Vineyard. [10], 3-279 pp. 8x5-1/4, red cloth with gilt spine title. First edition. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1942]. Lengthy presentation inscription in French signed by Idwal Jones and dated 1942. A Lawrence Clark Powell "California classic." Fine condition. (60/90).
166. Jones, Idwal. Vines in the Sun. A Journey through the California Vineyards. [8], 9-253 pp. Illustrated with ten chapter heads and ten plates from drawings by Albert J. Camille. 8-1/2x5-1/2, gray cloth with spine title and spine and cover illustrations printed in red, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1949. Signed on front free endpaper by author and illustrator. A good companion to The Vineyard above. Fine condition. (50/80).
167. Jong, Erica. The Devil at Large. Erica Jong on Henry Miller. [14], 4-337 pp. 9-1/4x5- 1/4, black cloth and boards with gilt spine title and authors cover initials, pictorial dust jacket, decorated endpapers. First edition. New York: Turtle Bay Books/Random House, 1993. Included with this book is a 1976 one-page T.L.S. of Erica Jong to Barnaby Conrad typed on her personal stationery as follows: "If I spend this summer in Malibu, I'd love to drop by the writer's conference one of those June afternoons. Right now I'm working on my second novel and I'm not sure where it will leave me for the summer. Best wishes for a conference as wonderful as it sounds! Sincerely, Erica Jong." Paper slightly wrinkled - otherwise book and letter in fine condition. (60/90).
168. Kerouac, Jack. Big Sur. [8], 3-241 pp. 8-1/4x5-1/2, cloth-backed blue boards with gilt spine title, decorated dust jacket. First printing. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, [1962]. Spine slightly faded, gilt slightly dull - otherwise in near-fine condition. (200/300).
169. [Kipling, Rudyard] Rather, Lois. West is West. Rudyard Kipling in San Francisco. [4], 7-80, [1] pp. Illustrated with chapter-head drawings by Lois Rather from old engravings. 10x6-1/2, cloth- backed pictorial boards with gilt spine title. Limited first edition of 151 copies. Oakland: The Rather Press, 1976 . Signed by Clif and Lois Rather on the front free endpaper. Rudyard Kipling wasn't in San Francisco very long - but his brief visit stimulated considerable literary interest which continues to the present. Fine condition. (70/100).
170. L'Amour, Louis. T.L.S. [2] pp. 11x8-1/2, plain stationery with cover, laid in clear plastic protector. June 15, 1975. Long, detailed letter outlining his philosophy of writing, describing the extensive research and study required to write his novels and the remarkable success that has rewarded his efforts. He is completely uninhibited in his self-aggrandizement and ends with the very clever comment that "My novels are history, in every sense, and the place of the historical novel in the world's literature cannot be equalled by any other, for example, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Hugo, Tolstoy to name only a few." Included with this letter are two Louie L'Amour books: 1) a first edition of Louie L'Amour's autobiographical Education of a Wandering Man [New York:Bantam Books, 1989] and 2) The Book Club edition of The Californios [New York: Saturday Review Press/E. P. Dutton & Co., 1974]. All items in fine condition. (200/300).
171. Lee, W. Storrs. [Editor] California. A Literary Chronicle. [4], v-xxi, [1], 537 pp. Illustrated with twelve paginated plates from drawings by W. Ralph Merrill. 9x6, yellow cloth with spine titles printed in black and green and cover titles in black and blindstamp, endpaper maps, pictorial dust jacket. First edition, second printing. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, n.d. [c. 1968]. Fine condition. (50/80).
172. Lewis, Sinclair. T.L.S. [1] p. 6-3/4x5, typed on Hotel Adlon Berlin stationery, laid in clear plastic protector. Jan. 5, 1931. Letter to Herbert Evans [discoverer of vitamin E and book collector] as follows: "Dear Herbert Evans, Both Dorothy and I were delighted to have your congratulations. We still regard you as a member of the family into which we so enthusiastically adopted you. Dorothy [his second wife, the newspaper columnist, Dorothy Thompson] is just coming out of the hospital today after an appendectomy and we are going to skip off to the mountains for a loaf. We will return to America about March 1st. Is there any chance that you will be in the East? Our address there will be Westport, Connecticut. Yours ever, Sinclair Lewis." Herbert Evans' "congratulations" were undoubtedly sent in response to the Nobel prize for literature awarded to Sinclair Lewis in 1930 [the first Nobel prize to be awarded to an American writer]. Fine condition. (300/500).
173. London, Jack. The Call of the Wild. [6], 9-231, [1], [2 adv.] pp. Illustrated with eleven inserted plates by Charles Livingston Bull and Philip R. Goodwin. Chapter decorations by Charles Edward Hooper. 7-3/4x5, green, vertically ribbed cloth with gilt spine and cover titles and spine and cover illustrations stamped in red, white, black and blind, endpaper decorations by Charles Edward Hooper. First edition. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1903. Minor cover wear with small dark stains on front and rear cover - otherwise in near-fine condition. (300/500).
174. London, Jack. Martin Eden. [6], 411, [1], [10 adv.] pp. Frontispiece portrait by the Kinneys. 7-1/2x5, blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles and spine and cover ornaments stamped in light green. First edition. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909. London's autobiographical novel that Lawrence Clark Powell, in California Classics, describes as one of his best works. Minor cover wear, bookplate of Alexander Eakin - otherwise in fine condition. (200/300).
175. London, Jack. Revolution and Other Essays. [4], v-ix, [3], 3-309 pp. 7-1/2x5, red ribbed cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. First edition. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1909. Front hinge cracked - otherwise in near-fine condition. (250/400).
176. London, Jack. A.L.S. Four pages. 6x8, four leaves of tan paper written in ink on one side of each leaf. Glen Ellen: Aug. 17, 1912. Letter to Charmian addressed to "My Woman:" and signed "Mate-man." Interesting content. Mentions several of his more-or-less long-term guests such as "Hamilton" [Strawn-Hamilton] a philosopher/anarchist friend of Jack, "George" and "Carrie" [the Sterlings] as well as transient guests such as "Grizzly Bierce" [Ambrose], "Witter Bynner," "Harry Leon Wilson," "Mrs. Spreckles," etc. Claims that he made the arrangements for the visits while at the "Grove" [Bohemian Grove?] before he knew that Charmian would be tied up in Oakland. Ends the letter with a brief note about the ranch, "Coons and fox now running, wire enclosed" and closes with "my dear love - woman & wife." Fine condition. (3000/5000).
177. [London, Jack] London, Joan. Jack London and His Times: an Uncoventional Biography. [9], 2-387 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 8-1/4x5-1/2, coarse tan cloth with spine title printed in black on red background and spine illustrations and cover ornament printed in brown, front edges untrimmed, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. New York: Doubleday Doran & Company, 1939. Interesting biography of Jack London written by his estranged daughter by his first wife, Bessie. Fine condition. (70/100).
178. [London, Jack] Sisson, James E. and Robert W. Martens. Jack London First Editions. [2], iii-xxvii, 140 pp. Numerous photographic illustrations of covers, title pages and copyright pages. 8-3/4x6-1/2, pictorial cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. First edition. Oakland: Star Rover House, 1979. Fine condition. (100/150).
179. [London, Jack] Stone, Irving. Sailor on Horseback, the Biography of Jack London. [10],, 2-338 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and eight other inserted plates. 8-1/4x5-1/2, gray- green cloth with spine and cover titles printed in maroon, original printed dust jacket. First edition.Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. Signed by the author on front blank flyleaf. This may be Irving Stone's greatest work. He had the benefit of exploring Jack London's trail while it was still warm. Included with this volume are several original color photographs of Jack London's Ranch taken by the collector. Modest wear of dust jacket - otherwise in near-fine condition. (100/150).
180. Luhan, Mabel Dodge. Lorenzo in Taos. [12], 3-352, [2] pp. Illustrated with four inserted plates from photographs by Edward Weston [3] and Theodore Merrill Fisher [1]. 8-1/2x5-3/4, salmon-color cloth with spine title printed in blue and cover and spine rules and ornaments in red, untrimmed. First edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1932. Minor cover soiling - otherwise in fine condition. (50/80).
181. Lummis, Charles. A Tramp across the Continent. [6]. vii-xiii, [1], 270 pp. 7-1/4x4-3/4, tan pictorial cloth with gilt spine title. Cover title and illustration printed in color. First book edition.New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1892. Rear hinge paper split and crudely repaired, one marginal note in ink, minor cover wear - otherwise in very good condition. (100/150).
182. Markham, Edwin. A.L.S. [1] p. 7-3/4x5-3/4, folded stationery written on one side only, laid in clear plastic protector. March 23, 1916. To Margaret Widdemer as follows: "Yes, you may use my name to let you into the artist's colony at Peterborough; and you may use my name when you reach the gates of Paradise! Your friend always, Edwin Markham" with a postscript greeting to a friend. Fine condition. (100/150).
183. Markham, Edwin. The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems. [8], 11-133, [1] pp. 7- 1/2x5, gray-green cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. First edition. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1899. This poem was an explosive success and for a time became the best known poem in the United States. Included with this item are 1) a later [1913] edition signed and dated by the author on the front free endpaper and 2) a fine copy of Lois Rather's sketch of the life of Edwin Markham and the remarkable success of The Man with the Hoe which is also the title of her book. This was published by The Rather Press in 1977 and signed by Lois and Clif Rather on front free endpaper. Minor wear of bindings - otherwise in fine condition. (150/250).
184. Mighels, Ella Sterling. Literary California. Poetry, Prose and Portraits. [4], 7-423 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait and sixteen paginated plates with a total of 193 portraits of literary figures of California. 9-1/2x6-1/4, blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, uncut. First edition. San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Co. 1918. A veritable "Who's Who" in California literature up to the time of publication. Minor bumping of cover edges - otherwise in fine condition. (80/120).
185. Miller, Henry. A.L.S. [2] pp. 11x8-1/2, written in green ink on teal blue paper from big Sur and dated 6-21-47 with cover, laid in clear plastic protector. Adressed to Mr. Meyerfeld as follows: Yes, I do remember you indeed. I did not authorize the Evans' edition of "Capricorn." Some months ago I met Evans (I suppose it was H. H.) and he asked me if I would, should he bring it out. I told him I would not and warned him, for his own sake, to think it over very carefully before plunging. He has not written me since that time. I don't like the man - not because of this but because of his personality. As I explained to him, anyone has the right to bring out the banned books since they are not copyrighted in this country...Am going to San Francisco tomorrow for a few days to attend the opening of our exhibit of the book ("Into the Night Life"), at the San Francisco Museum of Art...." Minor wear and soiling - otherwise in fine condition. (300/500).
186. Miller, Henry. Correspondence. Three items: 1) One A.L. [2] pp. 10-1/2x8-1/4 written on plain stationery dated 10-29-67 and cover with Paris postmark 2) One A.L.S. [2] pp. 5-1/2x8-1/2 written on Miller's personal stationery with Pacific Palisades address and dated 11-13-67 and 3) a signed carbon copy of a typed letter. [2] pp. 11x8-1/2 from Paris dated 11-9-67 and signed by Henry Miller. Very interesting content concerned mostly with Miller's divorce and his watercolor paintings which were on display in Paris. He mentions a show in Sweden and in Tokyo and a book he that he was hoping to get published from a tape recording of commentary he made on his paintings. He also mentions an earlier edition of the book that is listed as item # 188. The signed carbon copy is of a letter to an editor of Doubleday about the book mentioned above and contains much personal philosophy about writing - in part as follows: "I am telling you all this because, though I intend to edit that tape, delete, rewrite, `transmogrify,' I want you to know that I must take the same liberties in the text that I do in the paintings. That's me, Henry Miller. In short, what makes me is the melange of good and bad, seriousness and nonsense, detours, extraneous remarks, and so on. Publishers are always seeking some sort of imaginary ideal which to me is neither fish nor fowl. I have made my reputation by not pandering to publishers' or public's taste. You have nothing to lose by taking me as I am, even if what I am is not what I was yesterday or the day before." All in very good condition. (300/500).
187. Miller, Henry. Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch. [8], ix-x, 1-404 pp. Frontispiece portrait and thirteen illustrations from photographs of Wynn Bullock and other photographers. 8x5-1/4, orange cloth with black spine title, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. New York: New Directions, [1957]. Included with this book is a postcard with reproduction of a Henry Miller painting on one side and his signature on the message side. Minor wear of dust jacket - otherwise in fine condition. (150/250).
188. Miller, Henry. To Paint Is To Love Again, Including the Text of Semblance of a Devoted Past. [11], 4-117, [3] pp. Illustrated with twenty color plates from watercolor paintings by Henry Miller. 11x8-1/2, beige linen with spine titles in red and white and facsimile cover signature in white, pictorial endpapers, printed dust jacket with spine and cover titles. First printing.New York: Grossman Publishers, 1968. This book is mentioned in the correspondence of item # 186. Minor abrasions and soiling of dust jacket - otherwise in fine condition. (200/300).
189. Miller, Joaquin. A.L.S. Two letters 1) [2] pp. 8-1/2x5, written in ink on plain lined paper dated Nov. 2, '76 2) [1] p. 6-3/4x5-1/2, written in ink on printed personal stationery dated 12-23-10; both laid in clear plastic protector. Written in typically indecipherable Joaquin Miller script so no printed transcript provided despite valiant efforts to unravel the scribble. The first letter was written in New York and the second at Joaquin Miller's residence, "The Hights" in the East Bay. Fine condition. (250/400).
190. Miller, Joaquin. The Complete Poetical Works of Joaquin Miller. [7], vi-xix, [1], 330 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece and one portrait. 8-3/4x5-3/4, red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, rules and ornaments. First edition. San Francisco: The Whitaker & Ray Co., 1897. Very fine condition. (100/150).
191. Miller, Joaquin. The Complete Poetical Works of Joaquin Miller. [6], v-xix, [1], 327 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece plate with portraits of Miller at various ages and seven inserted plates with tissue guards from scenic photographs, photographer[s] unidentified. 8-3/4x6, tan pictorial cloth with gilt spine and cover titles and embellishments, untrimmed. New illustrated edition.San Francisco: The Whitaker & Ray Co., 1902. Signed presentation inscription of Joaquin Miller to fellow author George Wharton James and signed presentation inscription of James to a friend seven months later. Minor cover wear and corner bumping - otherwise in fine condition. (300/500).
192. Miller, Joaquin. His California Diary Beginning in 1855 & Ending in 1857. [12], 17-106 pp. Frontispiece portrait from drawing by Ruth Rodgers and three photo-facsimiles [one double page] of diary pages and letters. 9-1/4x6-1/4, tan cloth with spine title printed in black and blind- stamped cover image. Limited edition of 700 copies. Seattle: Dogwood Press, 1936. Included with this book are: 1) an original carte-de-visite photograph of Joaquin Miller and 2) a small card with his signature. This diary provides an important insight into the life and character of the enigmatic Joaquin Miller. It also confirms his experience as a California gold-seeker. Fine condition. (250/400).
193. Miller, Joaquin. '49. The Gold Seeker of the Sierras. [2 adv.], [5], vi-viii, [1], 10-148, [10 adv.] pp. 7-1/4x4-3/4, printed wrappers with spine and cover titles. First edition. New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1884. Chipping of top and bottom of spine, minor cover soil and edge tears - otherwise in very good condition for such a fragile item. (150/250).
194. Miller, Joaquin. Life Amongst the Modocs. Unwritten History. [7], viii, [1], 2-400 pp. 8-1/2x5-1/2, three-quarter leather and marbled boards with raised spine bands, gilt-stamped red and brown morocco spine labels and elaborate gilt spine rules and ornaments, marbled endpapers. First edition.London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1873. Zamorano 80 # 55. Front hinge cracking, minor cover wear - otherwise in very fine condition. (300/500).
195. Miller, Joaquin. Life Amongst the Modocs. Unwritten History. [9], xii-xvi, 17-445, [3 adv.] pp. Double frontispiece and twenty-three other inserted wood engravings. 8-3/4x5-1/2, black cloth with gilt spine and cover titles and gilt cover illustration. First American edition.Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1874. Included with this copy is a 3x5 piece of paper with some uninterpretable Miller handwriting and his unmistakable signature. Rebacked with orignal cloth laid down, new endpapers - otherwise in very good condition. (200/300).
196. Miller, Joaquin. Songs of the Sierras. [4 adv.], [11], 4-299 pp. 7x4-1/2, green cloth with gilt spine title and cover ornament. First American edition. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. Minor cover wear, rear hinge beginning to crack - otherwise in near-fine condition. (80/120).
197. Miller, Joaquin. True Bear Stories Together with a Thrilling Acount of the Capture of the Celebrated Grizzly "Monarch." Introduction by Dr. David Starr Jordan. Illustrated with six inserted color plates. 7-1/2x5, green cloth with spine and cover titles printed in black and color illustration mounted on front cover. Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company, Publishers, n.d. [1900 ?].. Miller's last work - intended for youth. Reprinted by the Robertson's at the Yolla Bolly Press [see next item]. Very fine condition. (100/150).
198. Miller, Joaquin. True Bear Stories. Foreword by William Everson. Edited by James Robertson. [8], xi-xvii, [3], 80, [3] pp. Illustrated with eight original woodblock prints by Vincent Perez. 9-3/4x6-1/2, full Latigo [premium cowhide] leather with bear blind-stamped on front cover, untrimmed fore-edges, hand-made endpapers, slipcase with stamped leather label. Limited edition of 250 copies. Covelo: The Yolla Bolly Press, 1985. Publisher's advance announcement laid in. Fine condition. (200/300).
199. [Miller, Joaquin] Wagner, Harr. Joaquin Miller and His Other Self. [6], v-xiii, [1], 312, pp. Illustrated with thirteen plates from photographs at the back of the book. 9x6, blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles. Limited edition of 1100 copies. San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, [1929]. Fine condition. (70/100).
200. [Norris, Charles and Kathleen] Davison, Richard Allan. Charles and Kathleen Norris. The Courtship Year. [9], 10-167, [2] pp. Eighteen illustration on 16 plates. 11x8, red cloth with printed spine label. Limited edition of 400 copies printed by W. Thomas Taylor.San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1993. Charles Norris was the younger brother of Frank Norris. Both he and his wife Kathleen became very successful authors in their own right. Fine condition. (70/100).
201. Norris, Frank. A.L.S. [1] p. 11x8-1/2, written in ink on Doubleday & McClure Co. stationery, dated Dec. 17, 1899. Addressed to Mr. B. B. Valentine, Esq. this is letter no. 32 in Letters of Frank Norris edited by Franklin Walker and published by The Book Club of California in 1956 [see item # 207] and no. 47 in Frank Norris Collected Letters edited by Jesse Crisler and published by The Book Club of California in 1986 [see item # 208]. Provenance: Doheny collection. Fine condition. (800/1200).
202. Norris, Frank. Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition of Frank Norris's Works. Ten volumes: [8], ix-x, [2], 274; [8], 361; [6], vii-xiii, [3], 326; [6], vii-ix, [3], 332; [4], v-x, [2], 310; [8], ix-x, [2], 314; [4],v-xliv, [2], 3-236; [6], vii-xi, [3], 375; [6], vii-x, [4], 403; [4], v-xiii, [3], 3-335 pp. 8-1/2x5- 3/4, off-white paper-covered boards with gilt spine title and cover ornament, uncut, t.e.g., dust jackets. Limited edition of 245 copies. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928. Full page of McTeague manuscript enclosed in printed envelope. Very scarce in the original dust jackets. Spines of dust jackets darkened, several pages opened carelessly - otherwise in fine condition. (2000/3000).
203. Norris, Frank. Blix. [6], 339 pp. 7-1/2x4-3/4, gray linen with spine and cover titles printed in orange with black rules and orange and black cover ornament. First edition. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1899. Spine darkened, small edge tear on title page expertly repaired with transparent archival tape - otherwise in fine condition. (100/150).
204. Norris, Frank. The Blue and Gold. [1 adv.], [1 blank], [4], 5-253, [4], 2-31 adv., [1] pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and original drawings. 9-1/2x6-3/4, blue cloth with gilt spine and cover titles and ornaments. First edition. Berkeley: Junior Class of the University of California, [1893]. Although Norris is listed on the masthead only as artist he also contributed the History of the Class of '94 and Two Pair, a Farce in One Act to this volume. Several of the original drawings are by Norris and demonstrate his artistic talent. [He initially intended to be an artist]. Fine condition. (100/150).
205. Norris, Frank. A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the Old and New West. [10], 3-272 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece and three inserted plates. 7-3/4x5-1/4, red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles and ornaments, uncut. First edition in book form. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1903. Fine condition. (100/150).
206. Norris, Frank. The Joyous Miracle. [4], 27 pp. Frontispiece. 7-1/4x5, vellum-backed boards with gilt cover title and ornament. First edition. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1906. Minor cover wear, few small stains on rear cover, small label with crossed out number on front pastedown - otherwise in near-fine condition. (80/120).
207. Norris, Frank. [Letters] The Letters of Frank Norris. Edited by Franklin Walker. [4], v-xiii, [3], 3-98, [3] pp. Frontispiece portrait. 11x8, cloth-backed decorated boards with printed spine label, original plain dust jacket. Limited edition of 350 copies printed by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for the Colt Press. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1956. Fine condition. (100/150).
208.Norris, Frank. [Letters] Frank Norris Collected Letters. Compiled and annotated by Jesse S. Crisler. [7], 8-238, [1] pp. Frontispiece portrait. 12x9, cloth-backed decorated boards with gilt spine title printed on black, plain dust jacket. Limited edition of 500 copies printed by Will Henry Powers and Wesley B. Tanner. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1986. Included with are three issues of the Quarterly Newsletter of The Book Club of California containing previously unpublished letters of Frank Norris. Fine condition. (70/100).
209. Norris, Frank. A Lost Story in The Spinner's Book of Fiction. [2], iii-ix, [3], 367, [1] pp. Frontispiece and four inserted plates. 8-1/4x5-1/2, brown cloth with spine and cover titles and decoration printed in black and color portrait tipped to front cover, uncut, decorative endpapers. First edition, designed by John Henry Nash. San Francisco: Paul Elder and Company, [1907]. A collection of short stories published for the benefit of Ina Coolbrith whose home was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Frank Norris's short story found on pp. 221-242. Fine condition. (100/150).
210. Norris, Frank. A Man's Woman. [6], 286, [1] pp. 7-3/4x5, red cloth with spine and cover titles printed in gray and gilt cover ornament. First edition, first printing. New York: Doubleday & McClure & Co., 1900. Previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper - otherwise in fine condition. (70/100).
211. Norris, Frank. McTeague. A Story of San Francisco. [6], 442, [4] pp. 7-3/4x5, red cloth with spine and cover titles and ornaments printed in gray. Laid in cloth-covered chemise and matching case with gilt spine title. First edition. New York: Doubleday & McClure & Co., 1899. Minor defects in front cover - otherwise in fine condition. (300/500).
212. Norris, Frank. McTeague. A Story of San Francisco. 11, 2-390, [1] pp. Original chapter head-illustrations by Otis Oldfield. 10-1/2x7-1/2, cloth-backed decorated boards with printed spine label, matching slipcase. Limited edition of 500 copies. San Francisco: The Colt Press, 1941. With publisher's advance and an announcement of an exhibit and sale of the original drawings illustrating this book at the Courvoisier Galleries in San Francisco. Very minor cover wear - otherwise in fine condition. (100/150).
213. Norris, Frank. Moran of the Lady Letty. A Story of Adventure off the California Coast. [8], 293 pp. 7-1/4x4-3/4, green cloth with gilt spine title and cover title and ornament, blind-stamped decoration. First edition. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co., 1898. Fine condition. (100/150).
214. Norris, Frank. The Octopus. A Story of California. [11], 4-652 pp. Frontispiece map of the site of the novel. 7-3/4x5, red, ribbed, cloth with gilt spine and cover titles and ornaments. Laid in handsome, custom-made red morocco and cloth clamshell box with gilt ornaments and gilt-titled brown morocco spine labels. First edition. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901. Signed copies of any Frank Norris books are very rare. Only forty copies have been identified. This one is inscribed to Juliet Wilson Thompkins and apparently Norris mispelled her last name as someone has very precisely cut out the h in Thompkins. The inscription is dated May 11, 1901. This is the first book of a planned trilogy on The Epic of the Wheat. Two small ink spots on front cover - otherwise in extraordinarily fine condition. (2000/3000).
215. Norris, Frank. The Passing of Cock-eye Blacklock in The California Story Book. [12], 195 pp. Frontispiece. 8x5, gray cloth with gold spine title and blue and gold cover title and blue and gold cover ornaments, uncut, t.e.g. First edition. Berkeley: English Club of the University of California, 1909. Chip from margin of one page, previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper - otherwise in fine condition. (80/120).
Rare special edition of The Pit
216. Norris, Frank. The Pit. A Story of Chicago. [11], 4-421 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 7- 3/4x5, gray boards with printed spine label. Special presentation edition with the compliments of the publishers. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903. The second volume in the intended trilogy of The Epic of the Wheat. Fine condition. (300/500).
217.Norris, Frank. The Pit. A Story of Chicago. [11], 4-421 pp. 7-3/4x5, red cloth with gilt spine and cover titles and decoration. First edition. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903. The standard first edition of the second book in Norris's intended trilogy of The Epic of the Wheat. Water stain of upper corner of front and rear covers, slight fraying of top and bottom of spine - otherwise in very good condition. (100/150).