Dan De Quille of the Big Bonanza
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1980. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Pp. xii, 127, (1). Introduction by James Rawls. Foreword by Oscar Lewis. Frontis. portrait of de Quille, 1864. Illustrated with reproduction of pen drawings, mostly Native American subjects. Bound in half taupe cloth over patterned boards, gilt lettering stamped on spine. One of 650 copies printed. Fine. Item #1688
Reprints from manuscripts of the journalist, writer and editor William Wright, 1829-1898, who used the nom de plume Dan de Quille. Wright edited the Virginia City Enterprise, where he interacted with Mark Twain. A superb copy of a handsome book, printed by Arlen and Clara Louise Philpott. Publication 165 of the Book Club of California.
Price: $30.00