San Francisco

Autograph letter signed by Harry Mathews addressed to his love Claude Arthaud (14 lines in black ink) from the Huntington Hotel in San Francisco, envelope included.
Two small tears to the right margin of the letter affecting one word and one dash.
In this tender letter imbued with the melancholic sadness of separated hearts, Harry Mathews yearns to reunite with his love: "Tout se passe bien : tout se passe, tout passe. Mais au passage il ne reste peu de temps pour s'occuper des absents - de l'absente. Pourtant je pense à toi si souvent, avec des pointes de désir et d'amour..." ["Everything is going well: everything passes, everything goes by. But in passing there...

Autograph letter signed by Victor Segalen addressed to Emile Mignard, four pages written in black ink on a double sheet of blue letter paper. Transverse creases inherent to the sending. Trace of white paper hinge.
Emile Mignard (1878-1966), also a doctor and from Brest, was one of Segalen's closest childhood friends whom he met at the Jesuit college Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, in Brest. The writer maintained with this schoolmate an abundant and very sustained correspondence in which he described with humor and intimacy his daily life in the four corners of the globe. It was at Mignard's wedding, on February 15, 1905, that Segalen met his wife, Yvonne Hébert.

Autograph letter signed by Victor Segalen addressed to Emile Mignard, eight pages written in black ink on two double sheets of white paper. Transverse creases inherent to mailing. Trace of white paper tab. A small stain in the lower margin of the last sheet.
Emile Mignard (1878-1966), also a doctor from Brest, was one of Segalen's closest childhood friends whom he met at the Jesuit college Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours in Brest. The writer maintained an abundant and sustained correspondence with this friend in which he described with humor and intimacy his daily life in the four corners of the globe. It was at Mignard's wedding on February 15, 1905, that Segalen met his...

Double autograph letter signed by Victor Segalen addressed to Emile Mignard, six pages written in black ink on three sheets of white paper. Transverse folds inherent to posting. Traces of white paper tabs.
Emile Mignard (1878-1966), also a doctor from Brest, was one of Segalen's closest childhood friends whom he met at the Jesuit college Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, in Brest. The writer maintained with this comrade an abundant and very regular correspondence in which he described with humor and intimacy his daily life in the four corners of the globe. It was at Mignard's wedding, on February 15, 1905, that Segalen met his wife, Yvonne Hébert.
Segalen, who departed...

Signed handwritten letter sent from San Francisco addressed to Emile Mignard on Asian wood paper
San Francisco Thursday 10 December 1902, 11.2 x 17 cm, 2 pages on one leaf
Handwritten signed letter from Victor Segalen addressed to Emile Mignard, two pages written in black ink on a leaf of Asian wood letter paper printed in the margin with blue Asian silhouettes and landscapes.
Emile Mignard (1878-1966), also a doctor and Brest-born, was one of Segalen's closest friends of youth whom he met at the Jesuit Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours School in Brest. The writer interacted with this comrade in an abundant and closely followed correspondence in which he described, with humour and...

The Lark, complete series, issues 1 to 24
William Doxey | San Francisco May 1895 – April 1897
| 14 x 20.5 cm | publisher's cloth & various leaflets
First edition and complete series of the humorous end-of-century magazine, The Lark. Issue 1 contains Gelett Burgess' famous, absurd poem entitled «The Purple Cow».
Bound in publisher's beige cloth, illustrated boards.
Rubbed cloth has some minor cuts and parts missing.
There are 5 leaflets, one of which is signed by Gelett Burgess, as well as the folding leaflet entitled The Purple Cow, signed and monogrammed by the same.
The Lark magazine greatly...

First edition for which it was not drawn large papers.
Publisher's binding in full brown cardboard, smooth back, first plate illustrated with a reproduction of photography.
Iconography.
Nice copy.
Handwritten signature of Jamie Baldrigde on the fake title page.

First edition, one of 75 numbered copies on Rives paper, the only printing with 10 others also on Rives signed by Adrian Wilson and 3 hors commerce copies.
Cream-colored cloth, complete with slipcase.
With numerous original woodcuts by Adrian Wilson.
This copy retains its chemise, which holds 50 or so characteristic examples of the work of the printer Adrian Wilson.
A fine and rare copy.