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1906 First Edition “Lady Baltimore” – San Francisco January 1906 Ownership + 1915 Oakland Provenance Archive (Expo Cover, School Card & Photograph)
Offered is a confirmed First Edition, Published April 1906 copy of Lady Baltimore by Owen Wister (The Macmillan Company), accompanied by original early 20th-century Bay Area ephemera.
This grouping represents a documented Northern California ownership chain spanning 1906–1915.
Book Details:
• First Edition – Published April 1906
• The Macmillan Company
• Norwood Press imprint
• Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering
• Owner inscription: “S.F., January ’06”
• Additional handwritten name: “Alice Grace Bassett”
The January 1906 San Francisco inscription places the book in the Bay Area just months before the April 1906 earthquake.
Included Ephemera:
• Oakland High School Student Body Association Membership Card
– Name: Mary Alice J. Bassett
– Address: 734–60th St., Oakland
– Dated Sept. 17, 1915
• 1915 Oakland, California postal cover with Panama-Pacific International Exposition cancel
• Original photograph contained within the 1915 envelope
All items were found together and are included as a single historical grouping.
Ideal for collectors of:
• Bay Area history
• Panama-Pacific Exposition memorabilia
• Provenance-based book collecting
• Early 20th-century ephemera
