Pelton, John Cotter:

$125 · Offered by William Reese Company

LIFE'S SUNBEAMS AND SHADOWS POEMS AND PROSE WITH APPENDIX INCLUDING BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES IN PROSE. A presentation copy, with an unsigned pencil inscription on the front flyleaf: "With happy memories of the olden and lighter days when the author first knew his esteemed pupil & life friend Wesley Hickox. San Francisco May 29 - 93." "Along with poetical effusions contains account in prose of Frank Pixley's trip to California and Pelton's establishing the first San Francisco School in 1849" - Howes.

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