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The doomsters
Rare Books
"When Archer opened the door to the tall young man who was afraid of the light, he was letting the Doomsters in. Who were the Doomsters? Carl certainly knew them--that was why Archer found him on the doorstep in a bad state of exhaustion and desperately in need of help. Zinnie knew them, though you wouldn't expect her to be haunted by memories--or conscience; Zinnie was pseudo-Hollywood, expensive and not very new, but a nice machine for all that. Mildred certainly knew them and that was more understandable, with her grave innocence and the loneliness that made her seem vulnerable. And Dr. Grantland had his fill of them--he was a good doctor suffering from a bad case of lack of integrity. There was the red-headed woman, too, who drank time under the table; she knew them. But Archer didn't, until he got talked into helping Carl, and found himself a lap behind the next murder"--Dust jacket.
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Twilight in the Forbidden City
Rare Books
Reginald Fleming Johnston was a British colonial officer, scholar and a writer with a passion for China and Chinese culture. From 1919 to 1924 he was tutor and adviser to the last emperor of China. The emperor P'u-i had abdicated his throne in 1912. However, in order to ensure a rapid and peaceful transfer of authority, he was allowed to retain his title and was permitted to remain in residence. Johnston was able to observe and chronicle the last years of the Ch'ing dynasty.
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Adams, Lady Agnes. 1 letter to Sara Engert, Los Angeles
Manuscripts
Lady Agnes writes she often reads of Mr. Engert in newspaper accounts and even saw him in a film as he attended the coronation of the Emperor of Ethiopia. Lady Agnes is moving to the Hollywood Hotel as the Canterbury Inn is being torn down.
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Desert steel
Rare Books
"The boss assigned Jim Lineer and Tracy Thomason to throw a railroad spur across the desert into the New Mexico coal fields. That was back in the days when the rails crawled wherever there was a chance of favorable traffic-which meant that often the toughest problems faced by railroad engineers were posed by nature. Top problem of them all was water. It was water that figured principally in the differences between Lineer, who knew railroading and knew the desert, and Thomason, who talked fast and easy and was engaged to the boss' daughter. Lineer wanted to bring water the hard, and sure, way-from the mountains. Thomason thought wells could be drilled, and Thomason got the nod. Lineer went along, doing the best he could to get the line built. But things began to go wrong - with the water, with the way things were between Lineer and Barbara and Thomason. And there was also the simmering feud between the Wares and the Nyes, who dominated the country through which the road must pass. War was inevitable, and when it came nobody was suprised - except the losers"--Preliminary page [1].
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Emelie Melville letter to Tempe E. Allison
Manuscripts
In this letter, Emelie Melville writes that she is very interested in Miss Allison's research, but sadly all the archives of the California Theatre were lost in the great earthquake and fire of 1906. She goes on to write that she could relates many things of interest in that regard as she was an original member of the Company. She invites Miss Allison over for a visit and would be glad to assist her in her research.
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Garbutt, Frank A
Manuscripts
1 item: faint photocopy of handwritten letter from Marian Otis Chandler to Frank A. Garbutt, date not visible. He had written a "tribute" to Harry Chander, possibly at the time of Chandler's death in 1944, and Marian wanted to thank him. "Because of your long association you could speak with understanding," she wrote.
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