WOLFWATCHING.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, (1990). First U.S. edition. Uncorrected proof, fine in gray paperwraps with publisher's letter laid in. Item #30867 More
POETRY
THE BURNING WHEEL.
Oxford: B. H. Blackwell, 1916. First edition. Only 250 copies printed. His uncommon first book -- a selection of poetry published as number 7 in Blackwell's "Adventurers All" series of "young poets unknown to fame." Small 8vo cream paperwraps with lower and fore edges yapped (i.e., overhanging) and printed labels..... Item #55187 More
LET EACH MAN REMEMBER.
Dallas, TX: Kaleidograph Press, (1940). First edition. A Poet Laureate and prize-winning poet herself, Jacobsen's poetry was praised by Nobel Prize-winning poet Joseph Brodsky for its "reserve, stoic timbre, and its high precision." Near fine in very good to near fine dust jacket with shallow chipping to spine ends and..... Item #35635 More
I MISSED THE TRAIN TO LITTLE ROCK.
Conway, Arkansas: Seven Oaks Publ. Co., (1994). First edition. Early, or perhaps the first, poetry selection from the writer, author, singer/songwriter, and professional treasure hunter known for his "Buried Treasures of America" series. INSCRIBED TO LOUIS DANIEL BRODSKY, "To L.D.--...one who know the words, the language, the joys, the pains..... Item #54260 More
FAMILY, FRIENDS AND POETRY.
Amador City, Ca: Quintessence Publications, 1980. First edition. Number 170 of 300. Included with this item are an announcement card for the 1980 exhibit of The Phoebe & Hans Barkan Collection of Robinson Jeffers, the funeral keepsake "To Remember Blanche," that contains her last poem "Not-Mind," in an edition of..... Item #55915 More
WHAT ODD EXPEDIENTS AND OTHER POEMS BY ROBINSON JEFFERS.
Hamden, Conn. Archon Books / Shoe String Press, 1981. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #55734 More
WHAT ODD EXPEDIENTS AND OTHER POEMS BY ROBINSON JEFFERS.
Hamden, Conn. Archon Books/Shoe String Press, 1981. First edition. With the bookplate of collector Allen K. Mears, else fine in fine dust jacket. Item #55735 More
SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC: Robinson Jeffers and the Tragic Sense in Modern Poetry.
Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1936. First edition. Only 1,000 copies printed. INSCRIBED BY GILBERT, "To/ Florence and Dr. Vessie/ with deep appreciation/ Rudolph 1936." Near fine with few pages roughly opened; in good, somewhat soiled dust jacket tanned at spine with chipping on spine ends and corners and internal archival tape..... Item #55753 More
![Item #56018 MESURES: 15 Juillet 1939; [Vol. 5, No. 3]. Robinson Jeffers](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/56018.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1585768771)
MESURES: 15 Juillet 1939; [Vol. 5, No. 3].
Paris: F. Paillart, 1939. First edition. French-language anthology. Includes Jeffers' "Cawdor" as well as selections from Langston Hughes, Henry Miller, Marianne Moore, John Dos Passos, Wallace Stevens, et al. Off-white paperwraps printed in black. 382 pages. Very good to near fine with scattered foxing, covers a little darkened, and lower..... Item #56018 More
FLAGONS AND APPLES.
Los Angeles, CA: Grafton Publishing Co., 1912. First edition of Jeffers' first book. One of only 500 copes; issued without dust jacket. [Broomfield A1]. Small 8vo linen-backed brown paper boards; top edge gilt. Issued with printed spine labels to front and spine. This copy with facsimile label at spine, otherwise..... Item #55918 More
SONGS AND HEROES.
Los Angeles: Arundel Press, 1988. First edition. Previously unpublished early poetry edited from manuscripts by Brophy, with his notes at the end of the text. Copy 29 of 200 copies on Frankfurt paper, printed letterpress by Patrick Reagh and bound by Bela Blau. Fine to new without dust jacket, as..... Item #55669 More
SONGS AND HEROES; [Deluxe edition].
Los Angeles: Arundel Press, 1988. First edition. Previously unpublished early poetry edited from manuscripts by Brophy, with his notes at the end of the text. A copy of the Deluxe Edition printed on Gutenberg paper. #25/50. Printed letterpress by Patrick Reagh and bound by Bela Blau As issued, Mint/new. Letter..... Item #55670 More
ROCK AND HAWK A SELECTION OF SHORTER POEMS.
New York: Random House, 1987. First edition. Apparent review copy with publisher's letter with publication date laid in. SIGNED BY HASS for collector Allen K. Mears at a book party at San Jose State University's Colloquium 9/30/87. Fine in fine dust jacket. Item #55667 More
FOUR POEMS AND A FRAGMENT; [Photocopy of Original Mimeograph].
No-place: no-publisher, (1936). Early photocopy of "copy number four" – one of the two copies initially sent to the Library of Congress by Sydney Alberts from a total of only 6 copies printed (numbered "one," “two,” “three,” "four," “three A” and “four A”) for distribution to the Jeffers (2 copies)..... Item #55593 More
THE COLLECTED POETRY OF ROBINSON JEFFERS: Five Volumes.
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1988-2001. First edition of each volume. All five volumes are fine in fine dust jackets with just a touch of barest wear. VOLUME ONE (1988): "Poems from 1920-1928." Frontispiece photo by Ansel Adams, book designed by Adrian Wilson. Endpapers are Dove Gray 80-pound Permalin Corduroy..... Item #56070 More
AVE VALE: ROBINSON JEFFERS.
(San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1962). First edition. Limited to 250 copies. Includes Jeffers' previously unpublished poem, "The Epic Stars." A farewell tribute to Jeffers, who died in January 1962, issued to commemorate the joint meeting of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco in..... Item #55959 More
TRAGEDY HAS OBLIGATIONS.
(Santa Cruz): Lime Kiln Press, 1973. First edition. A previously unpublished poem unearthed by Everson that is a "stern admonition to Aldolf Hitler written in 1943" (from the prospectus). Number 124 of 200 copies SIGNED BY EVERSON AND CLOUGH, who supplied the full-page woodcut preceding the poem. Folio, quarter black..... Item #55594 More
THE ALPINE CHRIST: & Other Poems.
[Aromas, CA]: Cayucos Books, 1973. First edition. Previously unpublished poetry. Limited to 250 numbered copies SIGNED BY EVERSON who provides Commentary and Notes. AN INTERESTING TWO-VOLUME SET composed of copies number 128 and 207. Number 128 with spine stamped in gilt, mylar jacket, and publisher's prospectus laid in with Robinson..... Item #56184 More
BRIDES OF THE SOUTH WIND: POEMS 1917--1922.
Aromas, CA: Cayucos Books, 1974. First edition. Number 283 of 285 SIGNED BY EVERSON, who edited and provided commentary, notes, and an afterword. Foreword by Peter Bartlett. Designed by Graham Mackintosh, printed in two colors by Noel Young. Bound in one-quarter leather boards. Measures 9.25" x 6". Near fine with..... Item #55871 More
THE WOMEN AT POINT SUR
Auburn, CA: Blue Oak Press, 1975. First of this edition with afterword by William Hotchkiss and drawings by Nancy Olson. Association copy INSCRIBED from publisher to artist. "For Nancy/ (Bill thanks you./ Robinson thanks you)/ Bill." Fine, lacking dust jacket. Item #55801 More
AN ARTIST.
[Austin, TX]: Privately printed by John S. Mayfield, 1928. First edition. One of only 96 copies of this very fragile item containing the first appearance of Jeffers' poem, "An Artist." Precedes its appearance in CAWDOR by three days. Includes half-tone frontis portrait of Jeffers; "Robinson Jeffers: The Man" by Benjamin..... Item #55971 More
BE ANGRY AT THE SUN.
New York: Random House, 1941. First edition. Twenty seven poems. "Here the voice of the poet is also the voice of a prophet" (from the jacket flap). 8vo gilt-stamped black cloth boards; 156 pages. Fine in very good dust jacket tanned at spine and edges, with minor loss at head..... Item #55942 More
CALIFORNIANS.
New York: Macmillan, 1916. First edition of the poet's first commercially published book; only 1,200 copies printed [Broomfield A2]. Small 8vo blue cloth boards; gilt-stamped spine; front cover lettered in gilt with pictorial vignette stamped in blue, black, and gilt; top edge gilt. Angling-themed bookplate of Olindus F. Kendall on..... Item #55923 More
CAWDOR AND OTHER POEMS.
New York: Horace Liveright, (1928). First edition, trade issue. Only 1900 copies per Alberts [Broomfield A9b]. INSCRIBED BY JEFFERS on front endpaper, "Inscribed for Clive M. Saiz./ Sincerely,/ Robinson Jeffers./ Tor House, Carmel, -- November, 1941." 8vo gilt-stamped quarter polished black cloth with purple paper boards; top edge black; 160..... Item #71977 More