New York: Random House, (1985). First edition. Number 165 of 350 numbered copies SIGNED by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Published to celebrate his 80th birthday. Fine with a tiny touch of creasing at spine ends; in original, near fine slipcase. Issued without a dust jacket. Item #49619 More
London: John Murray, 1945. First edition. Light edge rubbing, names and dates on front free endpaper, some bubbling to pastedowns near hinges and light offset to free endpapers near hinges, otherwise very good or better in lightly soiled dust jacket with tanned spine, shallow chipping to spine ends (not affecting..... Item #34921 More
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005. First edition. The Center's innovative 30th-anniversary publication. Number 3 of 75 copies SIGNED BY BRINGHURST, HENRY, KYLE, and RICHARD MINSKY, The Center’s founder and the project’s coordinator. THIS COPY ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED BY BRINGHURST, "for Allen Mears,/ who may appreciate/ more than most not..... Item #55884 More
New York: Rudd & Carleton, 1857. First edition. An answer in verse to the mocking of the rich in the (then) recently published satirical poem, "Nothing to Wear," pointing out the generousity and charity of many in the upper classes. 16mo brown cloth boards elaborately blind stamped on covers and..... Item #38174 More
(Los Angeles): Jazz Press, (1981). First edition. A collection of pomes designated "Chapbook Series #1." Appears, however, to be the one and only book in the series (we are unable to locate another in OCLC or online). Illustrated with paintings by David Teachout. Spine a little tanned otherwise fine in..... Item #21190 More
Los Angeles, CA: Occidental Publishing Co., 1905. First edition. Scarce early Occidental College magazine. Includes the first appearances of Jeffers' poem "Faunus" [Alberts A-8] on p. 1 under his own name and of "El Dorado" on p. 5 under his "Edwin Rush" pseudonym. Jeffers is also mentioned as one of..... Item #71604 More
Los Angeles, CA: Occidental Publishing Co., 1905. First edition. Scarce early Occidental College magazine. This particular issue includes three poems attributed to Robinson Jeffers: "The Lake" (p. 8) by "R. J." [Alberts A-9]; "Nemesis" (p. 1) by "Rob York"; and "In the Garden" (p. 8) by "Edwin Rush." The latter..... Item #71605 More
Los Angeles, CA: Students of Occidental College, (1905). First edition. RARE 1905 GRADUATION ISSUE. Large 8vo (7 x 10") gilt-embossed heavy black envelope-style paperwraps; 112 pages, including ads. Includes the first appearance of Robinson Jeffers' poem, "The Stream" on p. 71 (preceding the October 1905 issue of Out West Magazine..... Item #71603 More
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1958. First edition. One of 200 copies privately printed for Ted Lilienthal and Carroll Harris for presentation to the Roxburghe and Zamorano Clubs, "In honor of the awarding of the 1958 Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets to Robinson Jeffers." Large format, 10 x 15..... Item #56167 More
London: Printed for R. Dodsley, 1749. First edition thus, translated by West. 22-page introduction followed by Pindar's odes including on the Olympic games. Also includes translations of Horace, Euripides, et al. Quarto contemporary calf. General aging, edge wear and soiling to covers though interior clean. Front endpaper detached but present..... Item #55260 More
Berkeley, CA: Editions Koch, 2005. First edition. Presentation copy of this limited edition, No. 52 of 200 SIGNED and numbered copies. INSCRIBED on the title page "for Allen Mears: / an ancient bottle of old wine / Robert Bringhurst / 6 October 2005." The book is a sequence of 12..... Item #55877 More
Berkeley, CA: Editions Koch, 2005. First edition, limited issue. Presentation copy of this deluxe, slipcased limited edition, LETTER A OF 26 COPIES SIGNED BY KOCH AND BRINGHURST. And INSCRIBED BY BRINGHURST on the colophon "Alas. The colophon is in error. Even Peter / does not always think of everything. /..... Item #55878 More
London: The O.T.O., 1946. First edition. Selections from his poetry covering the years 1897-1946 published by the occult Ordo Templi Orientis (O.T.O.), of which Crowley was an influential member. In the rare Frieda Harris-designed dust jacket (Harris also illustrated his BOOK OF TOTH). One of only 500 copies. Quarto gilt-stamped..... Item #71679 More
London: Wm. Heinemann, 1922. First edition, first issue in yellow cloth. Unavoidable offset to endpapers, page edges very faintly foxed, rear cover lightly soiled and spine ends just slightly darkened, still very good or better in very good, tanned dust jacket with shallow chipping, few inconspicuous tears and spine extremities..... Item #52311 More
New York: W. W. Norton, (1999). First edition. SIGNED on the title page beneath her printed name. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #54663 More
Amherst, MA: Rat & Mole Press, (1973). First edition. Gray stapled paperwraps lettered in black on front, Near fine. Item #51288 More
Port Townsend, Washington: Copper Canyon Press, 2017. First edition. Printout of brief email correspondence with collector Allen Mears laid in. Manning speaks of his upcoming reading at the local library ("Across from our library is a run-down auto parts shop. A perfect setting.") and acknowledges that the drawing of a...... Item #55951 More
Pyle, Howard. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1905. First edition thus; publisher notes "For this new edition [Howard] Pyle has practically redrawn in color his own original illustrations, with results that give the volume an additional charm." Name on endpaper, light rubbing to spine ends and tips..... Item #49864 More
(No place, no publisher, no date). First edition. Poem. 7 pages. Near fine in white stapled paperwraps. Item #51394 More
New York: Random House, (1974). First edition. Number 206 of 300 SIGNED, numbered copies. Slight sunning to spine, otherwise near fine or better in original black paper-covered slipcase which is a little bumped and worn at corners (very slight paper loss at open edges). Issued without a dust jacket. Item #49045 More
New York: Random House, (1974). First edition. SIGNED, LIMITED edition of 300 numbered copies this one being "Out-of-series." Fine as issued, without a dust jacket, in near fine slipcase with minimal wear. Item #72076 More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1929. First edition. A survey of American poetry with an entire chapter, "Shine Perishing Republic," devoted to Jeffers' work. According to Kreymborg, if Whitman closes out the first half century of American poetry, Jeffers closes out the last half and "Whitman and Jeffers afford parallels: both are..... Item #55598 More
(San Rafael: Pacific Sun, 1970). First edition. Presumed offprint from the "Year 8, Number 41" issue. Starts on "Page 4" but with masthead present and, although the newspaper would seem to have been a free one, a printed price of "10 cents." Folio-sized bifolium (single leaf folded once to make..... Item #71941 More
Norfolk: New Directions, (1941). First edition. In the New Directions "Poet of the Month" series. Fine in stiff paperwraps in dust jacket. There was also a small simultaneous edition in boards. Item #33703 More
