Once Upon a Time

San Francisco: Printed by John Henry Nash, 1934 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Number 205 of 600 numbered copies printed by John Henry Nash for the author. Prefatory Note by Edward F. O'Day. Quarto. x, 81pp. Decorative chapter heads and initials. Cloth-backed marbled boards, paper spine label. Front board slightly bowed, else a fine copy. Compilation of 38 pieces; chiefly the author's reminiscences on various California notables (Mackenzie Gordon, David Starr Jordan, Halsey Manwaring, Martin Merle, George J. Presley, and others), plus poems and the dramatic narrative "Traveled Roads" (written in appreciation of Waldemar Young). Also includes the author's thoughts on Comradeship, the Meaning of Christmas, and others. A quite handsome book..