The voice of the valley. San Francisco: William Doxey at the Sign of the Lark, [1897]. Small octavo, pp. [1-4] [1-8] 9-51 [52-56: blank] [first two and last two leaves are blanks], frontispiece (photographic reproduction on tissue paper of a painting by William Keith), publisher's boards with front and rear panels printed in black. First edition. Poetry cycle, "The Voice of the Valley," comprises four poems on Yosemite Valley, pages 13-37. The rest of the poetry lacks Yosemite themes. Noguchi's second book. Introduction by Charles Warren Stoddard. BAL 19005 (Stoddard). Light wear to spine ends, partial hairline crack along lower edge of outer front joint, a very good copy in a chipped dust jacket that is split along the front spine fold. A nice copy of a notoriously fragile book. (#154778).
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