Miller, Joaquin [Cincinnatus Heine] [1837 - 1913]

JOAQUIN MILLER'S POEMS (AUTHOR'S DE LUXE EDITION) [SIX VOLUMES] [Signed]

San Francisco: Whitaker & Ray Company, 1909. First Edition; Limited #19/250. 12mo.; G+; Brown leatherette spines with gold lettering and fold floral imprint; Boards on all volumes show degrees of cornerwear (most pronounced in Vols. I and III), minor shelfwear along the hinges of spines, varying degrees of edgewear to the heads and tails of spines (especially Vols. IV and V), and a small chip near the hinge at the head of the spine on Vol. V; the spines of Vols. I-V have become sunned and appear to be a shade of brown, while Vol. VI has faded to a shade of green; the textblock shows uneven age-toning along the fore-edge; all six volumes are three-quarter bound in a dark blue leatherette, the remainder is a blue marbled board; top edges gilt, others printed uncut (many unopened); each volume is signed by Miller on the Limitation page, which states that these were number 19 of a printing limited to 250 copies; each contains a frontispiece with protective sheet; CONTENTS: Vol. I. An introduction, etc. (vii, 236 pages) -- Vol. II. Songs of the Sierras (234 pages) -- Vol. III. Songs of the sunlands (216 pages) -- Vol. IV. Songs of Italy and others (xiv, 237 pages) -- Vol. V. Songs of the American seas (222 pages) -- Vol. VI. Poetic plays (vii, 244 pages); CX consignment; shelved above Business & Economics.

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Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $450

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Cincinnatus Heine Miller (September 8, 1837 – February 17, 1913), better known by his pen name Joaquin Miller was an American poet, author, and frontiersman. He was nicknamed the "Poet of the Sierras" after the Sierra Nevada, about which he wrote in his "Songs of the Sierras" (1871). The first five volumes of Walker & Ray "Author's De Luxe Edition" of Miller's works were published in 1909, and the sixth in 1910.