Tragedy Has Obligations
by Jeffers, Robinson. Everson, William
Santa Cruz CA: The Lime Kiln Press, 1973. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Clough, Alison. Copy no. 159/ 200. Contains poem by Jeffers and a original woodcut by Clough. Signed by William Everson, and the artist on colophon page. Publisher's advertisement sheet laid in. Bound in beige cloth with leather spine, 41 cm.
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Brides of the South Wind; Poems 1917- 1922
by Jeffers, Robinson. Everson, William (commentary and notes)
Cayucos Books, 1974. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Commentary and notes by William Everson and signed by him. Copy no. 107/ 285. Beige cloth boards with red leather spine.
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Dear Judas; and Other Poems
by Jeffers, Robinson
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition -. Hardcover. Very Good. Copy no. 342/350. Bound with black cloth boards with white leather spine. Black slipcase with title pastedown is worn about edges with some (black) tape repairs.
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THE POET IS DEAD
by Brother Antoninus (William Everson). (Robinson Jeffers)
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1964. 1st Edition Limited. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. One of 200 copies of a total run of 205, this an unsigned copy. Printed in in purple and black on Tovil hand-made paper, handset Palatino type. Quarter crushed purple morocco leather spine with paper label, with trace fading of leather purple spine. Bound by Jane Grabhorn... Read More
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THE RIGHTS OF MAN
by (Jefferon, Thomas et al)
NY: Kurt Volkk, 1950. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Folio, tan cloth binding, in publisher's box, title label top lid, nicely preserved, no defects. Book still wrapped in publisher's glassine which is ripped at front flap fold. Selections from watershed documents of Western civilization; The Rights of Man, The Ten Commandments, The Sermon on the Mount, The... Read More
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Visits to Ireland: The Travel Diaries of Una Jeffers
by Jeffers, Una
Los Angeles: Ward Ritchie Press, 1954. First Edition - Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. Landacre, Paul. With a foreword by Robinson Jeffers. One of 300 copies. Contains wood engravings by Landacre. Green marbled boards and black cloth binding, in black cardboard slipcase. Book fine, some edgewear and surface abrasions to slipcase surface.
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Jewish Antiquities: or A Course of Lectures on the Three First Books of Godwin's Moses and Aaron to which is annexed, a Dissertation on the Hebrew Language
by Jennings, David
London: Printed for F.C. and J. Rivington et al., 1823. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated New Edition on title page, after the first of 1808. Two volumes, full polished calf, gilt spine, leather labels, marbleized edges, 8vo. xii,381, (3); iv,294,(48]. Front hinge, Volume I front hinge is tender, some light foxing here and there. Solid binding, handsome... Read More
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TIME WORKS WONDERS (bound with) BUBBLES OF THE DAY (bound with) MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES
by Jerrold, Douglas
London: Published at the Punch Office, 1845. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Three works bound together, mid/late 19thC half leather over marbelized boards, moderately worn, front cover loosening a tad, ffe lacking. WONDERS (76p) is first edition. BUBBLES ( 75p) is second edition. LECTURES (vii + 142p) is fourth edition. Page of two engravings before title page of... Read More
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Gleanings in Natural History with Local Recollections. to which are added Maxims and Hints for an Angler
by Jesse, Edward
Philaelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1833. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Presumed first or early American edition, 8vo, vii + 339. Original brown linen with publisher's paper label detached. Joints revealed Internals foxed.
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HENRY MOORE
by Jianou, Ionel
NY: Tudor, 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Beautifully preserved copy, as new in cloth-covered slipcase. Part of an apparently short-lived series on artists by Tudor Publishing, a much higher grade pf production than normally seen in this period from that publishing house. 224 pages, luscious b&w photography, with extensive list of Moore sculptures and exhibitions plus a thorough... Read More
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Joe's Second Issue
by Joe McKenna, Bruce Weber, Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Jurgen Teller et al.
NY: Joe McKenna Publishing 0. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. Folio-size, highly glossy fashion magazine. Incidentla wear to bottom edge, internals as new.
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VISPOEOLOGEE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF VISUAL LITERATURE
by John H. Bennett, Thomas Cassidy and Scott Helmes. (Minnesota Center for Book Arts)
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, 2007, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine. The press' winter book for 2007, this a Chapbook Edition copy, numbered 3 of 225, Signed by the editors on the page opposite the colophon. Fine copy.
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Chiaroscuro: Fragments of Autobiography
by John, Augustus
London: Jonathan Cape, 1952. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/No Dustjacket. spine faded.
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The History of the Valiant Knight Arthur of Little Britain
by John Bourchier, Lord Berners original translation by). Utterson, E. V. (edited) (Dent, Edward Joseph)
London: Printed for White, Cochrane, and Co, 1814. First Edition Limited. Hardcover. Near Fine. A splendid presentation of the Arthurian legends, this one of only 25 large paper copies with 25 hand-colored plates from illuminated drawings in a manuscript, each with an uncolored duplicate, 544 pages. Thick 4to, full blue morocco, gilt and blind-tooled borders, back gilt, inner... Read More
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REMINISCENCES OF A MUSICIAN
by John, Clayton, (Brahms, Liszt, John Singer Sargeant, Elizabeth Gardner, et al)
Cambridge: Washburn & Thomas, 1929. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Memoir of a Eurocentric American musician who rubbed elbows with all the Continental and expat swells whose lives traversed teh turn of the 19th/20thC. 8vo, dark blue half cloth over light blue paper-baked boards with title label front cover, gilt title to spine, gte, sides untrimmed. 132p,... Read More
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Barnaby Quarterly. Vol. 1. No. 1: The Comic With A High I.Q.
by Johnson, Crockett
NY: Civil Service Publications, 1945. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good+. Published July 1945, Volume 1, Number 1. Leaves toned. (Pulp stock, high acid content) Solid binding., collectible condition. CARTOON.
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HENRY CLIMBS A MOUNTAIN
by Johnson, D. B.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition, fine in near fine dw, signed by Johnson on half title in black felt pen with original sketch of Henry sitting on the mountain top.
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A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC: DISCOVERIES IN THE EXPLOITATION OF AN ART
by Johnson, Gerald. Yardley, Richard Q. (drawings by)
NY: Harper& Brothers, 1937. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Plainly signed by author Johnson upper right corner ffe, and then with an unrelated gift inscription dated year of publication center ffe. A hardcore newspaper reporter takes to keyboard as music cultural critic with self-deprecating humor and valid, sensible insight.
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How to Landscape Your Grounds
by Johnson, Loyal R.
New York: AT De La Mare Company, 1945. Second Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine -. Jacket slightly soiled with a little foxing and some small chips.
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W Eugene Smith Master of the Photographic Essay
by Johnson, William S. (edited by). Enyeart, James L. (foward by)
NY: APERTURE, 1981. First Edition (Liimited). Hardcover. Fine/No Dustjacket, as Issued. Smith, Eugene R. (photography of). Collector's edition, an apparently unused copy, as new, full cloth, in moderately solied cloth slipcase. Limited edition, this #310/1000 copies signed by John G. Morris for the Estate of W. Eugene Smith. This copy lacking the original gravure.
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations on Their Works (2 vol)
by Johnson, Samuel
Charlestown: S. Etheridge, 1810. First Edition. Full Calf. Very Good -/No Dustjacket. leather very worn on both volumes, leather on spine of vol. II extremely worn.
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THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS; WITH CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR WORKS
by Johnson, Samuel
London: Bathurst et al., 1781. 1st Edition. Hardcover. needs rebinding. Four 8vo vols, and first edition thus. Bound in old full calf, spine extant but in poor condition, covers badly scuffed, some detached, the rest loose, making this a REBINDING COPY. Signatures firmly bound. All old marbleized endpapers extant. Internals remarkably well-preserved, UNfoxed, making rebinding effort worthwhile. ... Read More
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THE LAND OF THE LITTLE COLONEL
by Johnston, Anne Fellows
Boston: L. C. Page, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good +. Covers a little spotted but still housed in pictorial slipcase, as issued. Internals as new. Nice decorative cover.
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Christopher Polham: The Father of Swedish Technology
by Johnson, William A.
Hartford: Trinity College, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Issued without Dustjacket. Balck leather backstrip gilt-pressed titles over cloth-backed boards.
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THE FAITH AND PRACTICES OF THE QUAKERS
by Jones, Rufus M.
London: Metheun & Co/ George H. Doran, 1927. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Blue cloth, ix, 181. Clean, solid copy. Rufus Matthew Jones (1863 - 1948) was an American religious leader, writer, magazine editor, philosopher, and college professor. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Haverford Emergency Unit (a precursor to the American Friends Service Committee). ones... Read More
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