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Le Conte, JosephBiblio.com

A Journal of Ramblings through the High Sierra of California; By the University Excursion Party 1870 Forward by Francis P. Farquhar same as the 1930 edition

196014333San Francisco: The Sierra Club New York Lithographing Corporation Printer 1960. First Edition. Very Good Plus/Very Good. Limited to 2500 copies 8.75x5.75in; xii 1 148 pp. 2 nine images including frontispiece and facsimile of original 1875 title page bibliographical notes;Tan paper boards with brick-red cloth spine and gilt letteringl all edges trimmed tan end papers; Red dust jacket with tan letters and half-tone illustration on front and lettering on spine; Minimal shelf wear to covers corners and edges with slight rubbing at top and bottom of spine prior owner ink numbers on title page; Dust jacket Minor shelf wear to dust jacket with rubbing to joint and corners spine faded not price clipped. Joseph Le Conte 1823-1901 arrived in Berkeley in 1869 as a Professor of geology natural history and botany with the newly established University of California. In 1870 he was invited by several students to join them on a four week camping trip to Yosemite and the High Sierra. This trip was his first visit to Yosemite which began a lifetime love affair with preserving the Valley. While John Muir is more closely associated with promoting the establishment of national parks Le Conte was instrumental in laying the foundations for the Yosemite National Park in 1890. He co-founded the Sierra Club with John Muir. He died in Yosemite of a heart attack in 1901.<br /> <br /> Francis Peloubet Farquhar 1887-1974 was a mountaineer environmentalist historian author and certified public accountant. He was active in the Sierra Club from the early 1920's for the rest of his life. He was also active in the California Historical Society and the San Francisco based California Academy of Sciences. The Sierra Club (New York Lithographing Corporation Printer) unknown

David Spilman Fine Books, ABAA & IOBA · États-Unis50,00 $US≈ 42,31 €

Wright, Farnsworth & Long, Frank Belknap ( Weird Tales )Biblio.com

A MOST HISTORIC TYPED LETTER SIGNED dated March 28th 1924 to Frank Belnap long

192419001TYPED LETTER SIGNED dated March 28th 1924 on RURAL PUBLISHING CORP. stationery to author and famous member of the Lovecraftian Circle Frank Belknap Long about 375 words stating that Long's story THE DESERT LICH has unfortuantely been delayed as it was decided that one man namely Edust-wrapper in Baird could not possibly have the time to be editor for WEIRD TALES DETECTIVE TALES and their new venture GHOST STORIES and thus he "will assume the editorial helm of WEIRD TALES & GHOST STORIES" that he has "read several thousand manuscripts when he was a reader for Baird and that he knows the thrill that comes of discovering a distinctively written story" that he "wishes to use DESERT LICH Long's accepted tale in the combination summer issue for June July & August which we are making triple size and putting out to clear the deck for the issuance of GHOST STORIES" "that their rates are not yet as high he would like them to be and that by summer he hopes we can pay on a pay on acceptance basis" and that "Our rates at present are one cent a word". He finishes with these plaudits for Lovecraft: "Please thank Mr. Lovecraft for me for turning THE DESET LlICH our way. And I want to thank you also for telling me of other Lovecraft stories that I have not yet seen. I would as soon think of changing a line or a word or a title of Mr. Lovecrat's work as I would rewriting an Edgar Allen Poe story. He is to my way of thinking the supreme master of weird tales whose mastery is not accidental but the result of careful and directed thought. So far I have seen Mr. Lovecraft's works only in print for I have not had the thrill of reading them in manuscript. I have not even read HYPNOS but I am looking forward to reading the page proofs of the May Weird Tales which contains the story. But those that I have read in the magazine-----THE HOUND THE RATS IN THE WALL DAGON----are marvels of writercraft." Letters from Wright the acknowledged foremost editor of Weird Tales are notoriously scarce and I know of none earlier. They rarely surface on the market place. Indeed letters with a full strong signature of Wright are rarer still as he was virtually unable to sign anything due to Parkinsons disease by 1930. So here's your chance to snatch a piece of history from one major player in the Golden Age of Science Fiction and Weird Tales specifically to another. The earliest letter I have seen by Farnsworth Wright. N.p. unknown

THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY · États-Unis1 588,00 $US≈ 1 343,61 €