Clarence King Memoirs: The Helmet of Mambrino.. by KING, Clarence - 1904

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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King Memorial Committee, 1904-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.5000 8.5000 6.0000. Cover shows minor wear, edgewear, rubbing, and tanning. Contemporary gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Pages are clean.

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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. First edition. Octavo with eight full page portraits of King. Publisher's quarter vellum over blue-gray boards, gilt device of a helmet on front, gilt spine and cover lettering, top edge gilt, remainder uncut. Vellum spine somewhat mottled, boards a bit browned due to life in a slipcase. A very good copy.This is a posthumous gathering of essays in tribute to Clarence King. Contributors include James D. Hague (who also owns the copyright on this book), John Hay, William Dean Howells, Henry Adams, Edward Cary and etc. It also contains the first printing of King's short story "The Helmet of Mambrino".

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: King Memorial Committee, 1904. hardcover. very good. Frontis. plus 8 portraits. vii + 429pp., small 8vo, velum-backed boards; ex-lib, library pocket at rear, several library stamps, plus ownership inscriptions. New York: King Memorial Committee of The Century Association, 1904. Internally near fine, a very good copy.<br/><br/>

1904. (ADAMS, HKING, Clarence. Clarence King Memoirs: The Helmet of Mambrino. Original 1/4-vellum and pictorial paper covered boards, T.e.g. New York; G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1904. First edition. BAL 30, 7795, 9756, 18701. Portrait frontispiece and 8 full page portrait plates. Henry Adams contributed his essay "King," written for "a proposed King Memorial Meeting at the Century Club." Also contains the first printing in book form of King's short story "The Helmet of Mambrino," originally published in Century Magazine, 1886. The remainder of the volume consists of essays in memory of the prominent American geologist by John Hay, "Clarence King"; William Dean Howells, "Meetings with King"; John LaFarge, "Clarence King"; Edmund Clarence Stedman, "King-`The Frolic and the Gentle"; William Crary Brownell, "King at the Century"; Edward Cary, "Century Necrological Note"; Samuel Franklin Emmons, "Clarence King-Geologist"; Daniel C. Gilman, "Clarence King's School-days"; and James D. Hague, "Memorabilia.