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Pale horse, pale rider : three short novels

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Description: Contains three short novels, -- Old Mortality, a story of race tracks, of the Deep South, of the survival and shattering of a family legend; Noon Wine, Texas and a dairy farm rescued from decay by a man who turns out to be an escaped lunatic from Dakota and of the tragedy that ended it all; Pale Horse, Pale Rider, a mystical story of the narrow ledge between life and death, set at the time of the flu epidemic. --Kirkus Reviews.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1939]
Call number: 490995
Creator: Porter, Katherine Anne (1890-1980)(Opens in new tab)
ISBN: 0151707553; 9780151707553
Provenance: Purchased from Holly Stevens, June 1990.
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Pale horse, pale rider : three short novels

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Horse and rider in ring during circus, Deauville Club in Santa Monica

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Image of people watching a horse and rider in an outdoor circus ring on the beach in front of Deauville Club in Santa Monica, California. People can be seen swimming in the ocean in the background.

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Single rider jumping his horse, Urban Military Academy, Brentwood, Los Angeles

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Image of a single rider wearing an Arabian costume jumping his horse over tables at the Urban Military Academy located on Sunset Boulevard in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California.

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The Banning Family Collection of Photographs, Part II, 1814-1979, consists of 1204 photographs and 23 photographs albums. The three most substantial categories of images in this collection are views of Santa Catalina Island; Banning family properties and residences in southern California; and portraits of family members and relatives. Of special significance are the Catalina photographs documenting the development of the island from a natural enclave with a few inhabitants to a thriving tourist resort. Volume 7 in the Family Album section contains images of the devastating effects of the Catalina fire of 1915. Also of particular interest are photographs of the George S. Patton family.

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A collection of glass plate and film negatives by amateur photographer and Los Angeles real estate broker George P. Thresher focusing on the American Southwest and Native Americans of the region, particularly of Arizona, and the Gila River crossing area, from ca. 1898 to 1910. The majority of the Thresher Collection contains images of towns and sites in Arizona, including Phoenix, Mission San Xavier del Bac, Montezuma Castle, Peach Springs, and adobe ruins. Photographs of Texas are well represented in the collection, including many views of Missions San Concepcion, San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo), San Francisco de la Espada, and Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo. There are also images of Colorado (Garden of the Gods, Pike's Peak, and Castle Rock), New Mexico (Santa Fe, Tesuque, and possibly Laguna), and unidentified pueblos. Notable portraits from California are of Victoriano, chief of the Soboba Indians, and his unnamed third wife. There is a separate and very interesting sequence of images depicting the Mount Beauty Mine and its operations in San Diego County, California. A small assortment of lantern slides is at the end of the collection showing Indians of Arizona, California, and New Mexico.

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H. Rider Haggard correspondence

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A collection of 303 letters to and from Sir Henry Rider Haggard, as well as manuscripts, legal documents, and ephemera. A frequent subject of discussion is the fortunes of the British Empire, particularly in South Africa and Rhodesia. Some other letters discuss the alleged plagiarism of Haggard by a Frenchman. Correspondents include: Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell; Arthur James Balfour, Earl of Balfour; Sir Walter Besant; George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess of Curzon; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Edmund Gosse; Rudyard Kipling; and Theodore Roosevelt. Also includes 1 folder of printed material, legal documents, autograph notes, and clippings.

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