Joaquin Miller Panama, Union Of The Oc EAN S and 10 similar items

PANAMA, Union of the Oceans by Joaquin Miller No place: No publisher noted, [1915]*. Presumed first edition. A eleven page poem printed on "brown wrap" paper, side-saddle stapled with tipped-on paper illustration of a sailing ship (at night) with the "Light of the Southern Cross." Minor nicks to the tipped-on illustration and faint creases to the covers and text, from reading, else near fine. Octavo (8 11/16" by 5 9/16") 16 pages. Very scarce ephemeral piece. * This is the date given on the joaguinmiller website. This is one of the many items from a family related collection of Joaquin Miller material we acquired many decades ago at auction. Joaquin Miller (Cincinnatus Heine Miller) 1837-1913 was a Western poet, author and frontiersman. He was nicknamed the "Poet of the Sierras". His various colorful occupations included being a miner, lawyer, newspaperman, Pony Express rider, and horse thief. He associated with Ambrose Bierce, Bret Harte, Charles Warren Stoddard, Ina Coolbrith, and actress Adah Isaacs Menken. Free shipping to USA PLEASE VIEW OUR STORE FOR MORE GREAT FIRST EDITION BOOKS THANKS!