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SAILS AND MIRAGE AND OTHER POEMS (SIGNED)
by STERLING, George
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1921. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Custom Clear Mylar. 119 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED in ink twice by George Sterling. The inscription on a front free endpaper is: "Dear Jack: Here's one more book - and I don't promise to quit even now! / Ever your friend, George / Dec. 8th, 1921". on a page opposite the title page is written in ink: "For J. J. Newbegin, Jr., from George Sterling" John J. (Jack) Newbegin Jr. was the son of a well-known San Francisco bookseller. J. J. Newbegin. Newbegin Jr. took over his father's business, becoming well-known in the trade. Two bookplates are affixed to the front pastedown. The smaller of the two is that of L.H. Kaufman. The larger bookplate is that of bibliophile Willard S. Morse of New York. Tipped in at the rear pastedown is Mr. Morse's collection slip. Green cloth. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4". A collection of poems including, "Spring in Carmel", To A Girl Dancing" and "The Passing of Bierce". Poet/Playwright George Sterling (1869-1926) was a resident member of early Carmel's bohemian colony and a friend of Jack London, Mary Austin and Robinson Jeffers. His later years were spent in San Francisco, where he died by his own hand in 1926. A San Francisco book trade association copy. Mattila A25. A Near Fine copy (slightly rubbed, some soiling and edgewear), now in a custom clear mylar protective jacket. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books in boxes via medai mail to any United States address.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hardy Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2375
- Title
- SAILS AND MIRAGE AND OTHER POEMS (SIGNED)
- Author
- STERLING, George
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Custom Clear Mylar
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. M. Robertson
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1921
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books; Poetry; San Francisco;
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Hardy Books
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Hardy Books is a rare and out-of-print book and ephemera seller located in Nevada City, California, in the heart of the California Northern Mines Gold Country. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA) and follow the IOBA Code of Ethics.
Our specialties are Californiana, Western Americana, Books About Books, Fine Press, Original Posters and Movie books, photos and ephemera.
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