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COLLECTED LETTERS: Compiled and Annotated by Jesse S. Crisler
by Norris, Frank
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited to 500 copies printed by Will Henry Powers and Wesley B. Tanner. "In part, this book was conceived to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Franklin Walker's first compilation for the Club of Norris letters (1956). The letters and fragments included here, twenty-six of which have not been previously published, cover the years 1891-1902. An appendix contains forty-one inscriptions by Norris. Foreword by James D. Hart." Quarto: 238 p. with a title page illustration, a reproduction of portrait of Norris in oil by Ernest C. Peixotto, and one photographic portrait. Original decorative paper-covered boards over a red cloth spine, with a gilt-stamped black spine label. A fine copy in the original plain paper dust jacket. The Two Hundredth Book 182.
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Details
- Seller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 75510
- Title
- COLLECTED LETTERS: Compiled and Annotated by Jesse S. Crisler
- Author
- Norris, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Book Club of California
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- California, Western Americana, Literature, San Francisco, Fine Press
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Cloth
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- Spine Label
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- Spine
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