[Fowler, Gene]. 6 Items (4 Books, 1 Pamphlet, 1 Photograph) from the collection of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg. Vp:vp. Mostly 8vo. 4 books hardcover (2 in dj), 1 item softcover. Books are fair to very good. ++ Photograph of Fowler reading The Territorial Enterprise. Sight condition near fine. Framed under glass. Not examined out of frame. Signed and inscribed “To Lucius & Chuck. From one who reads a thinking man’s newspaper/ Gene Fowler/ 1959.” In 1952, Beebe purchased The Territorial Enterprise, Nevada’s oldest newspaper. At the time the Territorial Enterprise had been dormant. Beebe put it back in operation. The photograph is accompanied by a handwritten note "Dear Lucius, Money is something to be thrown off the back end of trains./ Gene Fowler." ANS has some soiling, previously taped to back of frame. ++ Fowler. MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING. 1954. Upper margin of title signed and inscribed “To my long-time friend Lucius Beebe, the arbiter. With the best/ Gene/ 1954).” ++ Fowler. SCHNOZZOLA: The Story of Jimmy Durante. 1951. Ffep signed and inscribed “To that gallant Knight, Sir Lucius Beebe, my great friend and colleague. With the best, Gene Fowler/ 1951.” ++ THE LIFE & TIMES OF JIMMY WALKER: BEAU JAMES. 1949. Ffep signed and inscribed “For my friend Lucius Beebe, with all good wishes, Gene Fowler 1949.” ++ SKYLINE: A Reporer’s Reminiscence of the 1920’s. 1961. ++ GENE FOWLER 1890-1960: Recollections by his Friends on the Occasion of The Publication of His Last Book “Skyline”. (©1960). Stray ink mark to front wrap, sunned, very good. All of the above are from the Estate of Charles Clegg (1916-1979), railroad historian, photographer, author, and partner of Lucius M. Beebe (1902-1966). Beebe won Yale’s Richard Memorial Prize for poetry but was later expelled from the University. From 1933-1944 Beebe wrote a column for the New York Herald Tribune, covering nightclubs, restaurants, etc., especially those catering to high society. Beebe wrote a column for Gourmet magazine, “Along the Boulevard.” After Clegg and Beebe met, in 1948 they planned a move to Virginia City, Nevada, where Beebe had previously visited in 1940 to write a review of the movie “Virginia City”. Soon Beebe purchased and redecorated a Pullman train car – the Gold Coast – and reactivated a newspaper, The Territorial Enterprise, which they sold in 1961 before moving to San Francisco. Both before and after the move, their work as railroad photographers and authors required them to travel widely, as they did in their private rail car. Beebe authored over 35 books, nearly half of which were co-authored by Clegg, mostly pertaining to trains and railroads.From 1960 and until his death, Beebe wrote a column for the San Francisco Chronicle covering diverse subjects. He used his own funds to buy Virginia City a new fire engine. Together Beebe and Clegg bought an additional private rail car naming it “Virginia City”. Clegg hired a Hollywood set designer, Robert Hanley, to decorate it. Roughly $375,000 was spent on the project, which included glass chandeliers, silk drapes, marble fireplace, an 18th century mirror, and a painted reproduction of the Sistine Chapel. When Beebe died in 1966, Clegg inherited most of his estate (roughly $2 million).