Songs Of the Sierras

Boston:Roberts Brothers, 1871. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Boston:Roberts Brothers. 1871. 1st edition, 1st state of binding, with Initials RB at base of spine and 1st ad is Thoughts About Art. teg. Green boards lightly soiled and shelf-worn. Gilt on spine and front cover still bright. Spine edges are gently worn with a small tear starting… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Canadian News And Publishing Co., 1871. First Canadian Edition. 8vo. pp. 200. with half-title. original black & gilt-stamped cloth (some wrinkling to cloth & 2 darker patches on upper cover, browning to 2 pp. from newsprint)

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First U.S. edition. 5 x 7 inches, 299 pp. Printed cloth over boards. Hinges cracked, cloth mottled, wear and small losses to crown and foot of spine; a good copy only. With folded check laid in (see comments following). The check laid into this copy of Miller’s best-known book represents an intriguing literary mystery. Made… Read more about this item

Boston: Roberts Brothers. Used-Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1871. Hardcover. BAL #13751 issue B and binding B . 12mo., 299 pp., Some fading of cover and part of rear cover. Former owner's inscription dated 1897 .

Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers. Very Good+. 1871. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 2nd issue pages (with Thoughts About Art on the 4th page of preliminary ads) , in Blanck's Binding B (with the gilt wheel around the publisher's name on the spine of the book. Terracotta colored boards, with gilt lettering and decorations on the front cover… Read more about this item

Joaquin Miller was an American journalist and poet. He is best known for his collection of poems about the old west called Songs of the Sierras, which provided a romantic portrayal of the American west and was particularly popular in England. This copy is in Good condition. The spine is rather faded and there is some bumping and wear to the… Read more about this item

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. Clean and tight with minor wear to extremities. Corners on back board bumped. Gilt bear on front cover; gilt titling on spine. Gift inscription dated 1841 on the ffep. BAL 13751. 299 pp.. First Edition. Sienna Cloth/Gilt. Very Good+. 7" By 5". Hard Cover.

The Canadian News and Publishing co., 1871. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fair/No Jacket. The Canadian News and Publishing co., 1871. First Canadian Edition. Full-Leather. Cover has considerable shelfwear/staining with rubbed edges/corners, split along entire front spine edge, small piece missing at top spine end, bottom third of spine missing, several rubbed lines across spine. Hinges are cracked.… Read more about this item

Toronto: Canadian News & Publishing, 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Canadian Edition. Lg. 8vo. Gilt decorated & lettered maroon cloth with the striking gilt Bear on the cover (rubbed at the spine with small loss of cloth at the crown). Gray eps. neat name on title page & clipping of Miller pasted to verso of h… Read more about this item

Boston: Roberts Bros., 1871. First US edition. Hardcover. Light wear to spine ends and corners, front innner hinge starting, previous owner bookplate to front fixed endpaper, newsclipping pasted to rear endpaper, else very good. Original green pictorial cloth with gilt spine lettering and golden bear illustration on front board; octavo (5.25 x 7 inches); [8], 29 pp.… Read more about this item

E-143. Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. 12mo. Published by Roberts Brothers, Boston, MA. 1871. Vi, 299 pgs.   Dark brown coated endpapers. Contains "Thoughts About Art" on the fourth page of the preliminary advertising. Bound in brown cloth boards with titles present to the spine and gilt bear present to the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the… Read more about this item

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1872. Hardcover. 16mo (6.75" x 4.75"), purple cloth, gilt emblem of bear at front cover, gilt spine, t.e.g. 3 pp. of ads, 299 pp., 24 pp. of ads CONDITION: Good, head and foot of spine chipped, spine sunned, wear to extremities. Later printing.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871 299 pages. Bookplate to front paste-down, otherwise the book is clean. The text is the first issue with ads beginning with "Thoughts About Art" but the brick-colored binding is secondary with "Roberts Bros" surrounding a circular design on the spine. Size: 8vo. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First Edition. BAL state “B”. Ownership inscription. Book cocked, very good.

Boston: Roberts Brothers. Good+. 1974. Hardcover. 299 pages. Brown boards with gilt stamping. Covers are slightly soiled and rubbed with frayed and chipped spine ends. Previous owner bookplate. The contents are bright and complete. Good+ .

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Toronto: the Canadian News and Publishing Co. 1871, 1st Canadian edition. (Cloth) 200pp. Very good plus. Light soiling..

Songs of the Sierras was the most notable work of American journalist and poet Joaquin Miller (1837-1913). The work was incredibly popular in England for its romantic portrayal of the Old West, though was less popular for the same reason in the US. This copy is in Good condition. There is wear to the brown cloth covering the… Read more about this item

Roberts Brothers, Boston: 1872., 1872 299p. XLib. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, gold pictorial of a grizzly bear on front board. Spine marred. Hardbound. Joaquin Miller was the pseudonym of Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller, 1839?-1913. In 1852 his family moved to frontier Oregon from Indiana. He lived in gold-mining camps, later with Native Americans, and was in turn an… Read more about this item

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1871. First American. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, 299 pages, terra cotta cloth, gilt, torn at head of spine BAL 13751 issue A (earliest ads), binding B with wheel hub at base of spine. Contains 3 poems not in the British edition