THE AWAKENING OF POCCALITO: A TALE OF TELEGRAPH HILL, AND OTHER TALES. San Francisco: The Unknown Publisher, 1903. Octavo, pp. [1-9] 10-130, inserted plate (photographic portrait of the author), original pictorial green cloth, front panel stamped in gold. First edition. "A Mexican Holiday" is a sketch about bullfighting in Mexico. "Chief Skowl's Revenge" is a tale set among the Indians of Alaska. "A Heroine of Diplomacy" is set on a train between Houston and El Paso, Texas. "The Story of a Curse" is a nonfictional sketch about the house owned by Frank Pixley, editor of the ARGONAUT (an important San Francisco literary weekly newspaper); his widow, believing the house to be cursed, ordered it to be torn down after her death. The other two items are stories set in San Francisco. Included in the preliminary matter is a transcription of a letter to the author from Joaquin Miller, praising her stories. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 K-77. Baird and Greenwood, An Annotated Bibliography of California Fiction 1664-1970 1355. Light damp stain to lower edges of endpapers and lower edge of rear cover, else a fine copy with bright cover stamping. (#114168).
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