Joaquin Miller in 1863 : the sphinx speaks! : being an account wherein bitters-bolstered braggadocio burns within, but instead enter exuberant emotions of a loving husband, who dodges the Civil War, flirts with fleeing society, encounters the charming "Menken," and courts a fickle muse more favoring his wife / by Robert J. Chandler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chandler, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), author.

Contributor:

Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, associated name.

Zamorano Club, associated name.

Patrick Reagh Printers, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913.

Miller, Joaquin.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Monotype Bell.

Mohawk Superfine (Paper).

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Miller, C. H. (autogaph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Chandler, Robert J. (Robert Joseph) (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Reagh, Patrick (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[12] pages : portraits (some color) ; 30 cm

Other Title:

Sphinx speaks!

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Privately printed for members of the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs, 2000.

Notes:

Designed and printed in an edition of 300 in Monotype Bell on Mohawk Superfine paper by Patrick Reagh Printers, Inc. 150 copies have been numbered and signed by the author and printer for members of the Roxburghe & Zamorano Clubs to celebrate their joint meeting October 14 & 15, 2000 in San Francisco.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has number 91.

OCLC:

45221396