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Powell, Lawrence Clark. Books West Southwest.. Ward Ritchie Press, LA, 1957.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A square, unbumped copy. Mild wear to board edges and mild soiling to edges of paper covered boards. Overall Very Good plus. Signed by Powell on the half-ttile page. Issued without a dust jacket.
Seller: Eliot Books, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by the author on a laid-in postcard. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends and the bottom front corner. The text pages are clean and bright. "Lawrence Clark Powell (September 3, 1906March 14, 2001) was a librarian, literary critic, bibliographer and author of more than 100 books. Powell "made a significant contribution to the literature of the library profession, but he also writes for the book-minded public. His interests are reflected in the subjects that recur throughout his writings; these are history and travel, especially concerning the American Southwest, rare books, libraries and librarianship, the book trade, and book collecting." " (from Wikipedia); Signed by Author
Seller: S. Howlett-West Books (Member ABAA), Modesto, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Inscribed by author on front pastedown and dated April 8, 1992. Front pastedown also has signature of previous owner in 1959. Only 2000 copies of this book were printed. Patterned paper boards have light to moderate soiling with bumped tips. Textblock fairly tight and square. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Seller: Timothy Norlen Bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Title page illustration. Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Pres, 1957. First edition, one of only 2,000 copies printed. A collection of 12 essays and addresses by Lawrence Clark Powell (1906-2000), inspired by the literature of the Southwest and his own experiences in "the semi-arid land from the Pecos of New Mexico-Texas to the Salinas of California." Inscribed by Powell on the front flyleaf. Patterned paper-covered boards over a black cloth spine with gilt stamping. Faint stain to the front pastedown (the contents and boards are unaffected); otherwise very good.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$64.50 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: BRAND NEW & Collectible. Author signed (dated 1957) to fEP. Decorated cloth-motif boards w/black linen backstrap with gilt lettering. DJ/None (as Issued?) Anthology of 12 essays on writers, the books they wrote, and the lands they wrote of --- that semi-arid region from the Pocos of New Mexico-Texas to the Salinas of California. Some essays first published in Arizona Highways, Los Angeles Time, Southwest Review, and other publications. Literary critic Lawrence Clark Powell (1906 - 2001), authotr of some 100 books, was University Librarian and School of Library Service (later Graduate School of Education & Information Services) at UCLA and head librarian of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library.
Seller: 100POCKETS, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.