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Includes: 

One book signed by Frank Merriam:

• Priaulx, D.D. and W.M. Welch. Teachers' Memory Gems. Schoolbook in flexible cloth (spine lacking). Donohue & Henneberry, 1886. Inscribed by Frank F. Merriam, dated Oct. 18, 1886 from Hopkinson, Iowa (where he was born).

Plus 4 titles inscribed from the authors, to Frank Merriam:

• Fenton, Norman. The Delinquent Boy and the Correctional School. Green cloth. Claremont Colleges Guidance Center, 1935. Inscribed and signed from the author to the Governor on the front free endpaper, dated 1935, "with deep appreciation of your effective support of the California Bureau of Juvenile Research."
• Bates, Sanford. Prisons and Beyond. Maroon cloth, dust jacket (price-clipped). Macmillan, 1935. Inscribed and signed on the front free endpaper.
• Memoirs of Ed Fletcher. Maroon cloth. [Pioneer Printers, 1952]. Inscribed to the Governor on the limitation page, from Mary & Ed Fletcher. No. 1003 of an limited edition privately printed for family, close friends and associates.
• Powers, Laura Bride. Old Monterey: California's Adobe Capital. Red cloth, dust jacket (fairly tattered). San Carlos Press, 1934. Inscribed to the Governor on the blank leaf before half title from the author, dated 1934.
• Murphy, Celeste G. The People of the Pueblo or The Story of Sonoma. Brick red cloth, dust jacket (front panel detached but present, many chips to edges). Inscribed to the Governor from the author, dated 1937 on the front free endpaper.

Plus 1 book inscribed to Frank Merriam's second wife, Jessie M. Lipsey:

• Cook, E.U. The First Mortgage. Green cloth. Rhodes & McClure, 1897. Inscribed on front free endpaper, "Jessie M Lipsey Xmas 1897 From Auntie."

Plus:

• Thompson, Slason. Eugene Field: A Study in Heredity and Contradictions. 2 volumes. Maroon cloth. Scribner's, 1901. Inscribed to the Governor with a Christmas message dated 1925, signed from George M. Laird, on front free endpaper of Volume 1.

Frank F. Merriam (1865-1955) was the Governor of California from 1934-1939, assuming the role after the death of Governor James Rolph. While in office, he waged war against corrupt lobbyists. This nice collection of books from his library mostly pertain to California and the justice system. Most books with a personal inscription from their author to the Governor. Provenance: From the family of Frank F. Merriam.