(19) Books, Poetry, Novels, S.F. Earthquake, Woodcuts

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(lot of 19) Books, including: (1) "Gods' Man: a Novel in Woodcuts," Lynn Ward, Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1930, fifth printing, approx 144 woodcut illustrations; (1) "The Grands," Carolyn Osborn, woodcuts by Barbara Whitehead, The Book Club of Texas, 1990, 35 pages; (1) "Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror," introduction by Rev. S. Fallows, published by Hubert Russell, 1906, includes text and many photographs, blue hardcover, gilt lettering; (1) "Dreamtigers," Jorge Luis Borges, University of Texas Press, 1964, 95 pages, dustcover; (1) "The Poems of St. John of the Cross," Indiana University Press, 1968, 123 pages, dustcover; (1) "A Treasury of Southern Folklore," edited by B.A. Botkin, Crown Publishers, 1949, 776 pages; (2) Childcraft, Vol. 2 & 4, The Quarrie Corporation, Chicago, 1939; (1) "Arithmetic in Maya," George I Sanchez, Austin, 1961, author signed at first inside page; (1) "Bestiary Bestiario," Pablo Neruda, woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1965, softcover; (1) "Language," Jack Spicer, White Rabbit Press, 1965, 66 pages, softcover; (1) The Jazz Standards," Ted Gioia, Oxford University Press, 2012, 527 pages, dustcover; (1) "Bloodwater," F. Colin Duerden, Moonshine Publishing, 2016, 306 pages, softcover; (1) "Across the Bridge of Sighs," Jane Turner Rylands, Pantheon Books, 2005, 354 pages, dustcover; (1) "A Midsummer Night's Scream," R. L. Stine, Feiwel and Friends, New York, 2014, 248 pages, dustcover; (1) "Mexican Jewelry," Mary L. Davis and Greta Pack, University of Texas Press, 1973, second printing, illustrated, 262 pages, dustcover; (1) "The Flamenco Academy," Sarah Bird, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, author signed with sentiment "To Connie" at first title page, 381 pages, dustcover; (1) "A Weekend in September," John Edward Weems, Texas A&M University Press, 1980, author signed with sentiment "For Connie Todd" and a folded letter to Connie at the interior, 180 pages, dustcover; (1) "Sorrowless Times," James Herndon, Simon and Schuster, 1981, 185 pages, dustcover; largest: approx 11.5"h, 8.25"w, 2.25"d, 20lbs total (for shipping purposes only) Provenance: From the estate of Connie Todd (Constance Clare Todd, Austin, Texas, 1941-2024). For many years, Connie Todd was the personal assistant to prominent Austin-based book publisher, photographer, and author Bill Wittliff (William Dale Wittliff, American, active in Austin, Texas, 1940-2019). Bill Wittliff wrote celebrated screenplays such as "Lonesome Dove" (1982), "Legends of the Fall" (1994), and "Barbarosa" (2000), and founded the regionally-oriented publishing company, Encino Press, with his wife Sally in 1963. Connie Todd later served as the founding director of the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University from 1997-2010, transforming it into an internationally-acclaimed collection through noteworthy acquisitions such as the Cormac McCarthy archive. After retiring from Texas State, Connie Todd spent time traveling the world with friends and family.