10 volumes. Gravure frontispiece from photograph by Arnold Genthe. 21.5x14.5 cm. (8½x5¾"), full red levant morocco richly tooled in gilt on the covers and spines, raised bands, green levant morocco doublures tooled in gilt, moiré silk free endleaves, top edges gilt. No. 17 of 245 sets of the Argonaut Manuscript Edition.

With original sheet of ink manuscript by Frank Norris from McTeague, inserted in front of Vol. I (The Octopus). It is a 16x10 sheet of paper which folds, and has the original ink smears and fingerprints of the author. The hinge of the volume is cracking where the ms. leaf is inserted. Born in San Francisco, Frank Norris (1870-1902) was an important figure in California letters. His writings contained themes of social consciousness as well as action and adventure. BAL 15049, 15048 (Vol. 10).