Descent to the Dead by Jeffers, Robinson - 1931

JEFFERS, Robinson. Descent to the Dead. Poems Written in Ireland and Great Britain. Orig. paper-covered boards with parchment spine. New York: Random House, [1931]. 4to. First edition. One of 500 [actually 550] copies signed by Jeffers. No trade edition was issued.

Random House , 1931. Book. Fine-. Hard Cover with Slipcase. Signed by Author(s). Limited First Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Hardcover with vellum spine with brown letters; tin boards covered in medium-brown paper; endpapers match that over boards; 30 pages; limited first edition 269/500; signed on colophon page by Jeffers. Book in fine minus condition: spine slightly darker, otherwise book is in excellent condition. Slipcase in fair plus condition only: parts of top and bottom are missing, otherwise only light wear. .

New York: Random House, 1931. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. Vellum spine with printed paper over boards in slipcase. Fine. One of 500 numbered copies Signed by the author.

JEFFERS, Robinson. Descent to the Dead. Poems Written in Ireland and Great Britain. Orig. paper-covered boards with parchment spine. New York: Random House, [1931]. 4to. First edition. One of 500 [actually 550] copies signed by Jeffers. No trade edition was issued. In publisher's cardboard slipcase. Fine.

Random House. Original near fie vellum-backed brown printed boards, spine printed with black titling, original slip-case. near very good. LIMITED EDITION of 500 numbered copies, signed by the author of which this is number 131. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1931.

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 on limitation page with "Review" written in black ink (in place of a number). Quarto cinnamon Tokugawa paper over flexible boards with vellum spine lettered in black. Broomfield doesn't call for a slipcase on copies sent for review but there is one present with this copy, though it's too tight as well as slightly shorter than usually seen and is subsequently split at the top. The book is near fine with only mild aging to spine; the slipcase is split at top, as noted, but otherwise near fine.

New York: Random House, 1931. Wonderful association copy inscribed and signed by Robinson Jeffers to Albert Bender. The Jeffers inscription reads "Inscribed for Albert Bender by his friend Robin. Tor House, Carmel. December, 1931." Above the inscription Jeffers has written "The soft alien twilight, worn and weak with too much humanity, hooded my mind" from the poem Subjected Earth on page 27. Albert Bender was a close friend, mentor, and patron to Robinson Jeffers. They became close friends and correspondents and even travelling companions. Bender was also a wealthy San Francisco book collector, patron of California arts and artists of his day, donor of Asian art, and known for playing a key role in the early careers of Ansel Adams and Diego Rivera. Limited Edition, number 362 of 500 copies, signed by Jeffers on the colophon. Cinnamon paper covered boards with natural Japan vellum backstrip, bottom edge rough-trimmed. A fine copy in slipcase which has a small piece missing from… Read More