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Robinson Jeffers: The Man and His Work
by Powell, Lawrence Clark
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Primavera Press, 1934. Hardcover, large octavo in light brown cloth with white printed paper spine label, publisher's clipped dust-jacket, housed in custom hard red cloth slipcase with roan spine label lettered in gold. 215 pages, Index. Foreword by Robinson Jeffers. Decorations by Rockwell Kent. Designed and printed by Ward Ritchie. First edition, first issue, 1 of 750 published. A unique and highly collectible copy. Although not called for, this copy signed and inscribed by Robinson Jeffers at front Jeffers photograph (Carmel, 1935); signed and inscribed to Mel Smith by publisher Ward Ritchie at colophon; signed and inscribed by Primavera Press by Jake Zeitlin on title page; signed and inscribed to Mel Smith by author Lawrence Clark Powell on title page. Small book label from Lilienthal, San Francisco on rear paste-down. Unused "Bookfellows" label / bookmark laid-in. Also laid-in is the original Primavera Press prospectus for the book. A fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket and fine slipcase. . Signed by Author and Subject. Primavera Press. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013568
- Title
- Robinson Jeffers: The Man and His Work
- Author
- Powell, Lawrence Clark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Primavera Press
- Publisher
- Primavera Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Robinson Jeffers, Ward Ritchie, Rockwell Kent
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
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- Octavo
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- Spine Label
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- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Cloth
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- Title Page
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- Fine
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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