Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Jeffers, Robinson. The Women at Point Sur. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Limited to 265 numbered copies signed by Jeffers, this being no. 240. Bound in black and silver marbled paper with ivory paper faux vellum spine. Rubbed along the edges, as common for copies lacking the slipcase, as this one is. Spine toned, internally very good.
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$368.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED by Jeffers. From the estate of Eric Temple Bell (1883 - 1960), a Scottish-born mathematician and science fiction writer who lived in the United States for most of his life. He published non-fiction using his given name and fiction as John Taine. 8vo. 175 pp. Cream paper spine over decorative paper covered boards,black lettering to spine; housed in publisher's black slicase with paper title label on spine. Darkening to spine else near fine in near very good slipcase (splitting at lower spine; wear to extremities;small loss at spine head opening). "The Women at Point Sur is Jeffers' longest poem, a magnificent narrative almost as long as a novel, fully as interesting as any novel can be, and infinitely more stirring to mind and senses than any prose." First Edition, Limited to 265 numbered and signed copies of which 250 are for sale, our copy is noted as "Presentation" copy on the colophon.
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
JEFFERS, Robinson. The Women at Point Sur. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, limited issue. A bit of rubbing on the spine-lettering else near fine in a moderately worn good original cardboard slipcase. One of 265 numbered copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Jeffers, Robinson.. The Women at Point Sur. Boni & Liveright Publishers, New York, 1927.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Limited Issue. #153/265 copies bound in quarter faux-vellum over black and silver marbled paper covered boards, Numbered and SIGNED by Robinson on a preliminary colophon, in a restored Fine black paper slipcase. 175pp. An uncut copy. Q16339 Hardcover in publisher's Slipcase
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
JEFFERS, Robinson. The Women at Point Sur. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Second printing, five months after the first. Bookplate of collector Clifton Waller Barrett, small, light stain on front fly, and spine lettering a trifle rubbed, else near fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Inscribed by Jeffers on a tipped-in leaf to the author and occasional hobo: "To Jim Tully, with admiration for his powerful and sincere work. Robinson Jeffers." Unlike most authors, Jeffers seems to have often provided inscriptions meant to be tipped into his books. An attractive copy with a nice association.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
JEFFERS, Robinson.. The Women at Point Sur.. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.
Price: US$1250.00 + shipping
Description: 175 pp. 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed boards. First edition. Light spotting to corner of back board; some wear to corners; small bookseller's ticket to rear pastedown; otherwise a very good copy. Signed presentation to George West from the author in the year of publication on the front free endpaper. Laid in are the following items: typed letter to West by Jeffers (the original signature has been clipped from the bottom of the second page); copies of four contemplated illustrations for the book by Alexander King and others; eleven photographs (most annotated by Una Jeffers); and an autograph post card to the Wests in the hand of Una (signed Una and Robin).
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$1680.00 + shipping
Description: Includes a personal inscription from Robinson Jeffers to Lester Donahue; a handwritten postcard to Mr. Donahue from Una & Robin; two original black & white photographs of Jeffers dated 1934, one showing Robinson & his two sons riding horses; an undated & early photograph of Tor House in Carmel; and a photograph of Robinson, Una, Donnan (son) & wife, Lee, and Dame Judith Anderson, long time friend of Robinson and Una. Laid in is a single-page ALS from Donnan Jeffers to Mr. Donahue thanking him for his kind letter following Robinson's death in 1962. Lester Donahue (1892-1964) was a Los Angeles-born concert pianist and a protégé of the actress Madame Helena Modjeska. Also included is an original black & white photograph of Robinson Jeffers at Tor House, SIGNED and dated 1950, by noted photographer, Ira H. Latour (1919 - 2015), who studied with Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and Minor White. 8vo. 175 pp. A near fine copy in publisher's dustjacket. "The Women at Point Sur is Jeffers' longest poem, a magnificent narrative almost as long as a novel, fully as interesting as any novel can be, and infinitely more stirring to mind and senses than any prose."
Seller: Carpe Diem Fine Books, ABAA, Monterey, CA, U.S.A.
Jeffers, Robinson. The Women at Point Sur. Boni & Liveright, New York, 1927.
Price: US$1750.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, First Printing. A spectacular copy SIGNED by Robinson Jeffers on the front free endpaper. This First Issue dustjacket has the publisher's $2.50 printed price present on the front flap. This ORIGINAL dustjacket is rich in color with NO chips or tears. The book is bound in the publisher's cloth and is in excellent condition. The binding is tight with NO cocking or leaning and the boards are crisp. The pages are clean with NO marks or bookplates in the book. A superb copy SIGNED and inscribed by the author housed in a custom slipcase with chemise for preservation
Seller: Magnum Opus Rare Books, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.