Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Description: xvi + 264 pp w/index. Near fine in full black cloth with gold stamping. Lacks dust jacket.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Green jacket is lightly worn on edges and price clipped. Black boards have ding on edge and are imprinted in gilt. Small previous owner inscription on top corner of free FEP. Inside is clean and tight.
Seller: Magnus Berglund, Book Seller, Sutter Creek, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$23.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Ex-library cop y. Firm hinges. biography
Seller: Booketeria Inc., San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: Fine in lightly chipped price-clipped dust jacket in mylar cover
Seller: Herland Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.49 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: The Ward Ritchie Press, U.S.A., 1966. No edition stated. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. 8vo - 6 1/2 x 9 1/2". 264pp. Near fine in a very good unclipped dust jackeet. The dust jacket is protected in a mylar sleeve. Minor rubbing and chipping to tips and edges of the dust jacket. The text is unmarked. The binding is solid.
Seller: R. Rivers Books, Running Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First full-length biography of Jeffers by scholar and intimate friend of Jeffers, Melba Berry Bennett. Bound in black cloth with gilt title on spine and image of gilt stone structure on cover; two-color title page. Many illustrations. Book in very good condition with good condition paper cover (green, black & white). Inside pages very clean and bright. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall
Seller: The Country Bookshop [Member VABA], Plainfield, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VG+++/VG--. Tight and attractive hardcover with dust jacket. Small checkmark on free front endpaper with light rubbing and wear to spine. Dust jacket has tape reinforcement inside the jacket on spine ends--quite unobtrusive with light wear to corners and spine ends. Light rubbing. Very attractive copy. First edition. 1966. Ward Ritchie press. Nice copy.
Seller: Blue Moon Books, Stevens Point, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: xvi, 264p., b/w illus., slightly chipped dj.
Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Nice neat copy with minimal library clutter.
Seller: ProPen, Arcata, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: VERY GOOD Condition in Good Dust Jacket DJ (DJ HAS 2" CHIP BASE SPINE, SEVERAL 1" EDGETEARS ALONG top edge dj. Name ep "Bauman" ; Gold spine titles with 3x3" stone castle in gold to front cover. BLACK CLOTH HARD COVERS. Black titles on dark green paper dust jacket. ; 264pg pages; Literary California Poet. Rhymes like the incessant crashing of wave against tortured rock. Biography. STONE CASTLE ARCHITECTURE
Seller: WONDERFUL BOOKS BY MAIL, Durham-CA, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$46.53 + shipping
Description: Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Ex-library book with stamps on the first page, it is also likely to have a small shelf number sticker on the spine
Seller: Reuseabook, Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. Includes a bibliography of Jeffers' publications. The author wrote the earliest study of Jeffers in 1936 and knew the poet for over 30 years. 1/8" chip to edge of jacket spine crown; price clipped; else a fine jacket in a Brodart cover. Book is like new.
Seller: Bibliodisia Books, IOBA, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Foreword by Lawerence Clark Powell. Near fine.
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB, Salisbury, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition of this biography of the Californian poet and pioneer of inhumanism, or the belief in the self-centered nature of humankind. This belief led him to become an influential environmentalist and take other unpopular stances of the time, such as his opposition to WWII. Near fine copy in like jacket, beautifully preserved, with a touch of rubbing at head of spine. Forward by Lawrence Clark Powell. Original price of $10.00 in tact.
Seller: Peruse the Stacks, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The first full-length biography of Robinson Jeffers by scholar and intimate friend, Melba Berry Bennett. Bound in full black cloth with gilt title on spine and gilt vignette of Tor House on cover. Two-color title page. Illustrated with photographs. Includes a bibliography of Jeffers' publications. Bright and fine in a fine, price-intact dust jacket with protective mylar cover. See photos.
Seller: RON RAMSWICK BOOKS, IOBA, CARLSBAD, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.50 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 264 pp., b/w illus. Signed by author under non-personal inscription. Light tanning and dustsoiling to page edges, tape stains to rear fep where clipping (author obituary) has been taped in. Jacket rubbed, edgeworn, with several small chips and tears. Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket
Seller: Anthology Booksellers, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The edges of the dust jacket show wear. From the estate of Twin Cities collector, Grace Reiter, unmarked except for her signature and embossed nasme.
Seller: DDRBOOKS, Watertown, SD, U.S.A.
Price: US$71.00 + shipping
Description: Illustrated. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy in near fine (light sunning to spine, minor nicks) dust jacket (in mylar). 264 pps.
Seller: BookMine, Fair Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
Bennett, Melba Berry. The Stone Mason of Tor House. Ward Ritchie Pess, Los Angeles, 1966.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: The Stone Mason of Tor House. Signed letter included (loose). The Life and Times of Robinson Jeffers by Melba Berry Bennett. Forward Lawrence Clark Powell. First edition in dust jacket. Publisher: Ward Ritchie Pess, Los Angeles, 1966. Dust jacket is in very good plus condition, wear at the top of the spine and a few small spots of chipping. Flap price of $10.00. Binding is in fine condition. Contents clean and bright. 264 pages including the bibliography. 6 ¼ x 9 ½ inches. Typed and signed loose letter and article about her death included. Inventory #23-070. Price: $100
Seller: Discovery Bay Old Books ABAA, ILAB, Brentwood, CA, U.S.A.