![Item #55936 STARS; [among the rarest Jeffers publications]. Robinson Jeffers](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/55936.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1582661606)
Pasadena: The Flame Press, 1930. First edition. One of approximately 15 copies printed and bound by Ward Ritchie but not issued due to spelling errors [Broomfield A11a] Original black paper-covered flexible boards with star-motif white label printed in black on front; 8 pages (unnumbered); errata slip tipped in at rear..... Item #55936 More
New York: Random House, 1937. First edition, limited issue. Number 134 of 300 SIGNED COPIES. Title and cover decorations made from wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg. 8vo quarter leather lettered in dark brown or black on spine; patterned paper boards. Tiny imperfection on colophon page otherwise fine in the original..... Item #55827 More
New York: Random House, 1937. First edition. "INSCRIBED FOR Elinor Pesoner (?) -- Robinson Jeffers. Tor House, Carmel -- July, 1958." Red cloth binding with gilt titling on cover and spine. Title vignette by Fritz Eichenberg. Printed from the type set by the Spiral Press. Fine in pictorial dust jacket..... Item #55826 More
New York: Peter G. Boyle, (1924). First edition of his third book. One of only 500 copies [Broomfield A3]. Small 8vo gilt-stamped gray linen boards; 127 pages. Near fine with only a touch of light soiling and minor wear. Lacking scarce unprinted dust jacket. Housed in custom gilt-stamped leather-backed clamshell..... Item #55816 More
Los Angeles: Laguna Verde Imprenta, 1979. First edition. ONE OF ONLY 100 COPIES. First appearance of Jeffers' poem written two years after his wife Una’s death in 1950 [Broomfield A76]. Printed by Ward Ritchie at his Laguna Verde Press at the behest of the Jeffers’ sons, Donnan and Garth, as..... Item #55496 More
New York: Horace Liveright, (1929). First edition, third printing. "INSCRIBED for Ruth Thompson, in hope of seeing her again. Sincerely, Robinson Jeffers Buffalo -- March 11, 1941." During his tour to the East Coast. Very good, lacking dust jacket. Item #55803 More
(Boston: Perry Mason Company, 1904). First edition. Vol. 78, No. 23, with Jeffers' poem, "The Condor" on p.284 with woodcut illustration above. Jeffers' college literary magazine, "The Aurora," published three of his poems (1903/4) but this is his first appearance in a regularly published magazine. 11.25 x 16.25", 16 pages..... Item #55580 More
Passau, Germany: Andreas-Haller-Verlag, 1984. First edition. Selected poetry and prose translated to German by Hesse, who also provided the afterword ("nachwort"). Illustrated with photographs by Edward Weston, Leigh Wiener, Horace Lyon, Una Jeffers and Arnold Genthe, and with a facsimile of Jeffers' 1951 letter to Hesse. Very good in photo-illustrated..... Item #55743 More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1928. First edition. Number 76 of 310 copies SIGNED BY BOTH JEFFERS AND ADAMS, with Jeffers signature at front and Adams at bottom of his frontis photograph of Jeffers. Introduction by B. H. Lehman; decorative initials by Valenti Angelo; printed by The Grabhorn Press..... Item #55932 More
San Francisco: Friends of the Earth, (1976). First edition. Number 91 of a stated 800 numbered copies of which 750 were offered for sale [Broomfield A70]. SIGNED BY BROWER & KAUFFMAN. Illustrated with 34 color plates, 3 of which are tipped in (2 at front, one at back), and 5..... Item #71723 More
San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1947. First edition. Number 11 in the Club's annual keepsake series. Stated limitation of only 750 copies. Twelve pamphlets from 12 different presses, each with poem and commentary by a California poet. Includes Jeffers' "Natural Music" printed by Quercus Press. Also includes Yvor Winters..... Item #55866 More
San Francisco: James Linden, 1987. First edition thus: number 7 of only 100 numbered copies of this fine press limited edition portfolio which includes a broadside of Jeffers poem "Shine, Perishing, Republic" and four black-and-white photos each of which is archivally mounted and SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER [Broomfield A98]. This..... Item #56015 More
[San Francisco: James Linden / Peter Koch, 1986]. First edition, second printing per Broomfield [A87b] but certainly the first printing in this form. ONE OF ONLY 11 COPIES SIGNED BY KOCH. Issued from the same setting of type as the James Linden production which featured 4 mounted photographs by Michael..... Item #71855 More
(New York: Random House, 1929). First edition. First appearance of each of the twelve poems. One of 475 sets designed, illustrated and printed by Johnston. Poems printed on handmade paper and stitched into illustrated wrappers in various colors, laid in yellow, printed, paper chemise and housed in publisher's decorated paper..... Item #55508 More
New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1971). First edition. Her first book, although she went on to become more famous for her FEAR OF FLYING. Presumed review copy, without a review slip but with photo of Jong laid, which differs from the one used on the back of the dust..... Item #49470 More
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, (1960). First edition. Fine in slightly soiled dust jacket wih tanned spine, a few tiny edge tears and tape reinforcement to verso of head of spine. The 1959 Lamont Poetry Selection. Item #35660 More
![Item #71782 POEMS ABOUT POLICEMEN; [Written by a Police Officer]. George A. Kelly](https://qbbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/71782.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1648070234)
Dorchester, Mass: George A. Kelly, (1930). First edition. Self-published book of 9 poems celebrating police work with titles including "A Policeman's Duties," "The Vagrant," "The Traffic Cop," "I Am the Law," et al. According to the brief foreword, the poems were mostly written during a period when Kelly was working..... Item #71782 More
London: A & C Black, (1926). First edition. Two poems, one each by Kipling and De La Mare, "A Rector's Memory" and "A Memory" respectively. First appearance of both poems. The book was published as a fundraiser for the "Student Welfare Scheme." Illustrated with reproductions 16 pencil drawings and etchings..... Item #53947 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. First edition. Collects 14 stories and 21 poems. 8vo gilt-stamped red cloth; top edge gilt. Near fine in dust jacket tanned at spine and with few shallow chips but otherwise near fine. Item #53990 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1917. First edition. First issue binding with publisher's name at foot of spine measuring over one inch; in second issue dust jacket. Fourteen stories and 14 poems. First appearances for two of the stories and most of the poems. Page fore edges lightly foxed otherwise near..... Item #53934 More
(London: Methuen and Co.), no-date [1919]. First UK edition, preceded by the 1918 U.S. copyright edition. Broadside poem in six stanzas with two on front and remaining four on back. SIGNED BY KIPLING on back beneath the final stanza. 5.5 x 8" stiff cream paper printed in black on both..... Item #54024 More
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1932. First U.S. edition, published a few weeks after the UK. Short stories and poems. First appearances for 3 of the stories and 19 of the poems. Near fine in about very good dust jacket with rear panel lightly soiled and pair of..... Item #53939 More
London: Methuen and Co., (1919). First edition. Forty-five poems and a series of epitaphs. First appearance of 3 of the poems. 12mo gilt-lettered plum boards; 258 pages plus 32-page publisher's catalog; top edge gilt. Near fine in good dust jacket that is soiled and torn but free from any significant..... Item #53985 More
London: Macmillan and Co., 1926. First edition, trade issue. First appearance of Kipling's introductory poem, "The Downs, The Weald, and The Marshes," followed by 24 selections from Kipling's verses, each accompanied by a full-page color Illustration by Maxwell. Small quarto gilt-stamped blue cloth; top edge gilt. Spine ends and corners..... Item #54567 More
New York: R. H. Russell, 1898 [1897]. First U.S. edition. Published in 1897 with title page dated 1898 per Richards A106. Two-page calendar for 1898 followed by twelve color woodblocks by Nicholson--one for each month of the year--with verses by Kipling on opposing pages. Each month illustrates a different sport..... Item #54572 More