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SONG OF THE CONTRA COSTA HILLS and STORIES TOLD A CHILD

Edition: First printing.

San Francisco: The Recorder Press, 1937. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Uncommon collection of poems written by this Contra Costa rancher, born in Ireland, who came to California in 1851 during the gold rush. Collected and arranged and with a biographical introduction by his daughter, Margaret C Dowling. Some of the poems had appeared in San Francisco newspapers, others are published her for the first time. The second section includes a series of poems on Puss and Boots and other folk tales. A presentation copy, INSCRIBED on the first page Charles M. Dowling, the author's son. 146 pp.

Condition: Very good in tan cloth with dark brown lettering (minor wear to the covers, contents fine, binding tight and sturdy)

Book ID: 92545
Keywords: california, Poetry, presentation copy, puss in boots
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