Author: MILLER, JOAQUIN (CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER)
Title: Songs of the Sierras
Description: Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1871. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 2nd issue pages (with Thoughts About Art on the 4th page of preliminary ads) , in Blanck's Binding B (with the gilt wheel around the publisher's name on the spine of the book. Terracotta colored boards, with gilt lettering and decorations on the front cover and spine of the book. This copy is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is some beginning wear / fraying to the corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers are a coated brown color. "In 1877, Miller adapted his First Fam'lies of the Sierras into a play, The Danites, or, the Heart of the Sierras. It opened on August 22 in New York with McKee Rankin as the main character. The anti-Mormon play, which featured Danites hunting the daughter of one of the murderers of Joseph Smith, became one of the most commercially successful in a series of anti-Mormon dramas at the time. The Spirit of the Times, however, attributed its success to curious audience members expecting a disastrous failure and instead discovering a good show: "The play proved to possess more than ordinary merit, and if it is not a great work, it is decidedly not a very bad one." The Danites was extended from a run of only a few days to one of seven straight weeks before moving to another theatre and, ultimately, was performed to such a degree that it rivaled the popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin. It was published in book form later in 1877. Miller later admitted that he regretted the anti-Mormon tone. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Poetry Joaquin Miller Californiana Kit Carson San Francisco, CA
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Title: Songs of the Sierras
Description: Boston, MA: Roberts Brothers, 1871. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 2nd issue pages (with Thoughts About Art on the 4th page of preliminary ads) , in Blanck's Binding B (with the gilt wheel around the publisher's name on the spine of the book. Terracotta colored boards, with gilt lettering and decorations on the front cover and spine of the book. This copy is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. There is some beginning wear / fraying to the corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The endpapers are a coated brown color. "In 1877, Miller adapted his First Fam'lies of the Sierras into a play, The Danites, or, the Heart of the Sierras. It opened on August 22 in New York with McKee Rankin as the main character. The anti-Mormon play, which featured Danites hunting the daughter of one of the murderers of Joseph Smith, became one of the most commercially successful in a series of anti-Mormon dramas at the time. The Spirit of the Times, however, attributed its success to curious audience members expecting a disastrous failure and instead discovering a good show: "The play proved to possess more than ordinary merit, and if it is not a great work, it is decidedly not a very bad one." The Danites was extended from a run of only a few days to one of seven straight weeks before moving to another theatre and, ultimately, was performed to such a degree that it rivaled the popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin. It was published in book form later in 1877. Miller later admitted that he regretted the anti-Mormon tone. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Poetry Joaquin Miller Californiana Kit Carson San Francisco, CA
Price: US$ 125.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 44887
- Book number: 44887
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