As it Was in the Beginning. First Edition. Full Leather. Tipped in Photo of Miller with a Signed Letter from Miller. San Francisco, 1903.

First Edition. Bound in full blue dark green leather, gilt rules on covers, gilt titles on spine. Tall 8vo., original covers bound in fully uncut. With a large gelatin photograph of Joaquin Miller tipped onto the front free endpaper marked "Rice-Berkeley." Tipped onto the front pastedown is a contemporary bookplate marked "Tufts." Laid in is a 3 page also, signed by Joaquin Miller, dated 10-26-03, in original envelope address to Mrs. Tufts. The letter is personal and relates to a breakfast attended by both. Miller, known as the "Poet of the Sierras," was born in 1837 and died in 1913. A unique copy with an exceptional photograph of the elder bearded Miller. BAL 13855. Plastic cover for protection in a custom-made slipcase.