Rare Books
Ernest Dawson
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
In this letter to Ernest Dawson, Charles Lummis writes that he understands that his book of songs, probably "Spanish songs of old California," published in 1923 is somewhat out of scope, but he his happy that Dawson can sell one now and then. He thanks Dawson for sending him a book that Lummis refers to as a "handsome piece of printing" with a "very bookman-like text." Lummis is glad that Dawson is publishing fine books and that it reflects well on Los Angeles. Lummis is most likely refering to W. Irving Way's "Migratory books, their haunts and habits," published in 1924.
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Manuscripts
The collection consists primarily of the personal and business correspondence of Dr. T. Perceval Gerson (chiefly for the years 1934-1937). It includes letters from conductors, musicians, and lecturers on liberal causes. There are sets of newspaper clippings covering the San Francisco Graft Trial of 1907 and the William Dudley Haywood trial in Idaho in 1907.
mssGerson papers
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Visual Materials
This is a collection of eight photographs taken by Marilyn Sanders of California booksellers, book printers, collectors, and writers. Also included is a photocopy of a December 21, 1980, Los Angeles Times article by Sanders summarizing this photograph project. All of the photographs are mounted and signed by the photographer.
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