Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1954. First edition. One of 300 copies. Compiled and with foreword by Robinson Jeffers. Recounts the Jeffers' family trip to Ireland in 1929. Entries by Una, Donnan, Garth and Robin. This trip was the one that started RJ working on poems that became "Descent to..... Item #55789 More
(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 Includes Jeffers previously unpublished poem, "The Epic Stars."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. Includes Judith Anderson, Ritchie, Powell, Melba Berry Bennett, et al. 8 x 11.25" plain, sewn paperwraps pasted into cream-colored stiff wraps..... Item #55534 More
(San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1962). First edition. Limited to 250 copies. Includes Jeffers previously unpublished poem, "The Epic Stars." To commemorate the joint meeting of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles and the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco in Sept 1962. A farewell tribute to Jeffers, who died in January..... Item #55959 More
Laguna Beach, Ca: Laguna Verde Press, 1993. First edition. One of 40 copies. (Colophon's printed statement says "fifty" but publisher has lined that out and written in "40 survived.") Association copy INSCRIBED "For Allen Mears/ and his outstanding/ Jeffers collection./ Ward Ritchie" The book contains two articles, bound so they..... Item #55855 More
(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 A previously unpublished poem unearthed by Everson that is a "stern admonition to Aldolf Hitler written in 1943" (from the prospectus).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
Aromas, CA: Cayucos Books, 1973. First edition. Commentary and Notes by William Everson. One of 250 copies SIGNED BY EVERSON. Designed by Graham Mackintosh and printed at the Capra Press on Strathmore Art Laid paper and hand-bound in half crimson calf and cloth boards with gilt-lettered spine. In clear acetate..... Item #55868 More
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". Very good to..... Item #55871 More
Aromas, CA: Cayucos Books, 1974. First edition. #173/285 SIGNED by Everson. Foreword by Peter Bartlett, other text by Everson. Designed by Graham Mackintosh, printed in two colors by Noel Young. Bound in one-quarter leather boards. Measures 9.25 x 6". As issued w/o dust jacket. Bookplate of Allen Mears, limited marginalia..... Item #55872 More
[1990]. First edition thus: first separate appearance of this poem. Number 3 of 32 (or 39?). Broadside printed on tan cover stock in black, yellow and brown. Approximately 11" x 17"; right edge deckled. Fine. Item #55719 More
New York: Random House, 1941. First edition, limited issue. Number 34 of 100 SIGNED copies. Printed on Strathmore Olde Laid paper at Walpole Printing Office, Mt. Vernon, NY. Marbled paper over boards on the book and on the slipcase. The book is fine except for the barest wear on front..... Item #55831 More
New York: Horace Liveright, (1928). First edition. Number 148 of 375 SIGNED copies (including 25 hors de commerce). Bound in fawn and red buckram cloth boards, lettered in gold on the back strip. Deckle-edged laid rag paper throughout, watermarked with publisher's device. All edges uncut. A fine copy in original..... Item #55804 More
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. Number 310 of 350 SIGNED copies (plus 15 hors de commerce). Issued in stiff boards covered in black charcoal laid paper. Back strip and corners are of vellum, tinted ivory. Deckle-edged laid rag paper throughout, watermarked with publisher's device. Near fine in good..... Item #55800 More
New York: Random House, 1931. First edition. Number 484 of 500 numbered copies SIGNED BY JEFFERS. Issued in thin flexible boards covered with rusty burlap colored Tokugawa paper. The backstrip is of natural vellum. Mold-made deckle-edged Zerkall wove paper. The book is near fine with a few small foxed spots..... Item #55935 More
1990. Broadside. One of 10 printed especially for William G. Mills. Printed in black on very heavy beige stock. Measures 8.5" x 11" Item #55708 More
San Francisco: (Poltroon Press, 1976). First edition, first separate appearance. Privately printed. One of only 75 copies published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the poet and fellow Carmelite's death by suicide. Originally published in 1927 as "Winter Sundown (in Memory of George Sterling)" in Overland Monthly and..... Item #55533 More
New York: Random House, 1933. First edition, limited issue. Number 146 of 200 (of which 185 were for sale) SIGNED BY JEFFERS. Tan calf leather and marbled paper boards, top edge gilt. The book is very good or better with a plain acetate jacket and housed in a (too-tight, fragile)..... Item #55823 More
1991. Broadside. One of 37. Printed in four colors on very heavy pale gray stock. Measures 14.5" x 22.5". Illustrated initials and title reminiscent of William Morris style. Illustration of a lone cypress, ornate colophon. Fine. Item #55714 More
1991. Broadside. One of 65, printed in five colors. World premiere broadside issued for Feb 10, 1991, dramatic reading at Berkeley. Ornate and highly decorated, measuring 14.75" x 22". Very fine. Item #55716 More
Poltroon Press, 1977. Folio broadside printed on handmade paper and embossed with an image of Jeffers. No. 32/100 copies. Fine. Item #55706 More
1991. Broadside. One of 50 copies, 15" x 23" letterpress printed in three colors on heavy stock. Ornately decorated. Item #55711 More
1990. Broadside. #3 of 53. Seven colors, (blue, gray, black, green, red, brown, umber) measures 11’ x 17". Printed on heavy beige stock. Item #55717 More
[Los Angeles]: Ward Ritchie Press, 1949. First edition. One of 200 copies. Designed by Ritchie and hand-set by Caroline Anderson and Albert Yarrish in 14/16 Mono Bembo type. Letterpress printed in black and red by Herman Coleman on Japan Charta Book 100% rag paper. Bound by Abby in printed Linweave..... Item #55941 More
(Norwood): Norwood Editions, 1976. First edition thus: one of a stated 100 copies of this poorly reproduced facsimile "reprint" of Ward Ritchie's 1949 fine-press limited edition (200 copies) of this Jeffers' essay that first appeared in 1948 in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. 10 off-white leaves (or perhaps 5..... Item #56045 More
San Francisco, CA: Grabhorn Press for Gelber, Lilienthal, 1934. First edition. Number 51 of 250 copies (G-213). Tailpiece illustrated by Joseph Sinel, bound in limp orange paper boards. Very good with tape repair to bottom front corner but otherwise only minimal wear. Housed in makeshift slipcase with printed label... Item #55948 More
