POETRY
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
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
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 Previously unpublished early poetry edited from manuscripts by Brophy, with his notes at the end of the text.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
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
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
AN ARTIST.
[Austin, TX]: Privately printed by John S. Mayfield, 1928. First edition. One of a stated 96 copies of this fragile, privately printed production. The first appearance of Jeffers' poem, "An Artist," preceding its appearance in a revised version in CAWDOR the same year. Also includes "Robinson Jeffers: The Man" by..... 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
CAWDOR AND OTHER POEMS.
New York: Horace Liveright, (1928). First edition, trade issue. Only 1900 copies per Alberts [Broomfield A9b]. 8vo gilt-stamped quarter polished black cloth with purple paper boards; top edge black; 160 pp. Near fine with rust offset from old paperclip to front endpaper and half-title page (most evident on verso of..... Item #71978 More
CAWDOR.
London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1929. First UK edition. Reportedly there were only 500 copies printed of which 270 were subsequently pulped [Broomfield A29c]. Issued as “Hogarth Living Poets, First Series, No.12.” 8vo orange paper boards with flat spine; issued without a dust jacket. A good..... Item #55807 More
DEAR JUDAS AND OTHER POEMS.
New York: Horace Liveright, 1932. First edition, 2nd printing. "INSCRIBED for John Ciardi Sincerely Robinson Jeffers March 3, 1941." Also signed by Ciardi on both pastedowns. Ciardi was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. He also contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, and directed..... Item #55799 More
DEAR JUDAS AND OTHER POEMS.
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First edition. One of 3,000 copies [Boormfield A10a], 8vo pale purple paper boards; gilt-stamped black cloth spine; 129 pages. Rear endpaper a bit darkened otherwise bright and fine in near fine dust jacket with only light wear. Item #55930 More
DESCENT TO THE DEAD: Poems Written in Ireland and Great Britain.
New York: Random House, 1931. First edition. ONE OF 50 SIGNED COPIES DESIGNATED FOR REVIEW, issued in addition to and, one would assume, prior to the 500 copies in the regular signed/limited issue (Broomfield A14[1]). Publisher's review slip laid in with projected publication date December 7, 1931. SIGNED BY JEFFERS..... Item #55820 More
FOR AN HOUR ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
(San Francisco: Grabhorn-Hoyem, 1941 [circa 1970]). First edition thus: issued as a New Year's greeting from Irving W. Robbins. Number 7 in "The Americana Series." 15 x 23" leaf folded twice to make four 7.5 x 11.5" pages, including covers; printed in black and red. Jeffers' poem originally appeared with..... Item #55573 More
GIVE YOUR HEART TO THE HAWKS AND OTHER POEMS.
New York: Random House, 1933. First edition. Jeffers first title to be published by Random House after Liveright folded [Broomfield A16a]. 8vo gilt-stamped brown cloth boards; 199 pages. Near fine with small spot on front board at gutter; in very good somewhat tanned dust jacket with few short tears. Item #55929 More