The Complete Poetical Works of Joaquin Miller. (With 2 signed checks by Joaquin Miller, written out by his publisher, Roberts Brothers in 1890 and 1892.)

Joaquin Miller

Published by The Whitaker & Ray Co, San Francisco, 1897

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Sturdily bound in textured maroon cloth with bright gilt borders, gilt lettering, surrounded by a golden dove and laurel wreath on the front boards. With bright gilt lettering on the spine. Top edges gilded. Photographic frontispiece and title page with a photo of "The Heights," Miller's home. Black endpapers. Very clean and tight throughout. With light wear to the extremities and strips of flecking and oxidation along the edges of the front and rear panels. Laid in are 2 checks signed by Joaquin Miller, written out by his publisher, Roberts Brothers in January of 1890 and January of 1892. The checks are written on the National Bank of the Commonwealth and endorsed by Joaquin Miller on the back with various colored stamps and perforations. Uncommon. Cincinnatus Heine Miller.(September 8, 1837 February 17, 1913), better known by hispen nameJoaquin Miller, was anAmericanpoet, author, and frontiersman. He is nicknamed the "Poet of the Sierras" after theSierra Nevada, about which he wrote in hisSongs of the Sierras(1871). He accompaniedWilliam Walkeron the latter's 1855filibusteringexpedition to Nicaragua.[12][13]In the spring of 1857, Miller took part in an expedition against thePit River Tribeafter they killed a white man onPit River.[14]Years later, he claimed that he had sided with the Native Americans and was run out of town for it.[15]He was widely rumored to have married an Indian woman, possibly aWintuprincess who nursed him back to health after he was wounded by Modocs, and to have fathered with her a daughter named Cali-Shasta, or "Lily of the Shasta."[16]Although Miller soon left the area to pursue other adventures, in the 1870s he sought out Cali-Shasta, then in her teens, and took her to San Francisco to be educated by his friendIna Coolbrith.[17]Contemporaries believed that Miller's "Indian wife" was the woman later kidnapped byModocsand held in captivity for some years until rescued by a man named Jim Brock (whom she married), but when "Amanda Brock" died in 1909, Miller denied news reports describing his supposed romance with her. He credited her with saving his life, but said she had always been a platonic friend. (Wikipedia) First Edition with matching dates of 1897 on the title and copyright pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Poetical Works of Joaquin Miller. (With 2 signed checks by Joaquin Miller, written out by his publisher, Roberts Brothers in 1890 and 1892.)
• Publisher: The Whitaker & Ray Co, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 1897
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Poetry