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paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

4to. green laid paper-covered boards over a dark green cloth back, paper spine label. frontispiece, (i-vi) pages. Privately printed in an edition of 30 numbered copies, of which none were for sale (Broomfield A28a). A small brown'ish smudge on the front board, very minor foxing to the endsheets, else a fine copy. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of the bulldog Haig of Bemersyde by Horace Lyon. Printed by The Quercus Press for Una and Robin Jeffers, 1939. green laid paper-covered boards over a dark green cloth back, paper spine label. Quercus Press (illustratore). …

4to. gilt-stamped green Morocco boards, five raised bands. frontispiece, (i-vi) pages. Privately printed in an edition of 30 numbered copies, of which none were for sale (Broomfield A28a). This copy has been inscribed by both Robinson and Una Jeffers to Melba Bennett on the front free endpaper: "Inscribed for Melba by her affectionate friends / Robin & Una. / Tor House, Carmel. / August, 1939." With Bennetts attractive ownership bookplate on the front pastedown. Spine faded, corners with light shelf-wear, textblock shows signs of scattered foxing throughout, else is very good or better. Melba Berry Bennett (1901-1968), whose father Henry Berry made a fortune as a gold prospector in Alaska, married Francis "Frank" Bennett (1898-1973) in 1921 and graduated from Stanford University in 1922. The couple settled in Palm Springs, California where they owned and operated the Deep Well Guest Ranch. Melba was a writer and an active participant in community affairs. An interest in Robinson Jeffers led to Robinson Jeffers and the Sea (1936) and The Stone Mason of Tor House: The Life and Works of Robinson Jeffers (1966). Other books include Often I Wonder (1939), In Review: Poems (1946), Palm Springs Garden Book (1957), and a series of pamphlets titled Famous Libraries of Europe (1958-1968). Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of the bulldog Haig of Bemersyde by Horace Lyon. Printed by The Quercus Press for Una and Robin Jeffers, 1939. gilt-stamped green Morocco boards, five raised bands. Quercus Press (illustratore). …