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Robinson Jeffers: The Man and His Work
by Powell, Lawrence Clark
Edition: First Edition
Book condition: Very Good
Jacket condition: No Jacket
Book Description
Los Angeles: The Primavera Press, 1934 8vo., 215pp. 750 copies. Foreword by Robinson Jeffers. An extended essay on style, life and influences. Black & white photographs. Map of coastal Monterey. Bibliography. Index.. Book illustrated by Rockwell Kent, and designed by Ward Ritchie. Light brown cloth, with spine label printed black. The boards have miner shelf wear and the spine is slightly faded, with rubbing to spine label effecting five letters. An important book.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Kent, Rockwell. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelf wear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Book Details
- Robinson Jeffers: The Man and His Work by Powell, Lawrence Clark
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Bookseller: Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 008488
- Title: Robinson Jeffers: The Man and His Work
- Author: Powell, Lawrence Clark
- Illustrator: Kent, Rockwell
- Format/binding: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: The Primavera Press
- Place: Los Angeles
- Date published: 1934
- Keywords: Carmel, California, Nature Poetry, Rockwell Kent
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