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Los Angeles: The Primavera Press, 1934. Book. Illus. by Rockwell Kent. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Important contemporary Jeffers bio and criticism. Includes a bibliography. One of 750 issued by the Wolfer Printing Co. LA. The decorations and chapter heading illustrations are by Rockwell Kent..
ROBINSON JEFFERS. THE MAN & HIS WORK by POWELL, Lawrence Clark - 1934
by POWELL, Lawrence Clark
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ROBINSON JEFFERS. THE MAN & HIS WORK
by POWELL, Lawrence Clark
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Los Angeles: The Primavera Press, 1934. First Edition. q. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. (xviii) (2) 215 pages. SIGNED/INSCRIBED by Lawrence Clark Powell in ink on a front free endpaper, "Inscribed for Jean Armstrong with my cordial good wishes / Lawrence Clark Powell / Los Angeles 23 June 1934". Illustrated unclipped dust jacket. Foreword by Robinson Jeffers. Edition limited to 750 un-numbered copies. Designed by Ward Ritchie. Decorations by Rockwell Kent. Published by Jake Zeitlin's Primavera Press. Frontispiece portrait of Robinson Jeffers from photograph by Edward Weston. Illustrated including map of Jeffers country and from Jeffers' family photographs. Brown cloth with paper spine label. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Bibliography. Index. An early work by UCLA Librarian and prolific Western writer Lawrence Clark Powell. Includes memoirs of personal interaction with the Jeffers family in Carmel, as well as a meticulous survey of Jeffers' work, both descriptive and critical. A Near Fine copy (front endpaper toning) in a Very Good Plus dust jacket (lightly sunned spine), now in a clear mylar protective sleeve. ALWAYS FREE SHIPPING of our books via media mail to any United States address.
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Los Angeles: The Primavera Press, 1934 First edition. One of 750 copies, designed by Ward Ritchie. Presentation inscription, signed by the author. Foreword by Robinson Jeffers. Decorations by Rockwell Kent, including capitals and text illustrations. Frontis portrait of Jeffers is after a photograph by Edward Weston. xviii, [2], 215pp. Frontis portrait and 2 plates from photographs, 2 reproductions of title pages, map of the Carmel coast. Notes, bibliography, index. Brown cloth, printed paper spine label. Spine and edges of covers lightly faded, spine label soiled, two small repairs to inner front hinge, light offsetting to front endpapers. A very good copy.. Illus. by Kent, Rockwell.
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