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BOOKS WEST SOUTHWEST: Essays on Writers, their Books, and their Land
by Powell, Lawrence Clark
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 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.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50255
- Title
- BOOKS WEST SOUTHWEST: Essays on Writers, their Books, and their Land
- Author
- Powell, Lawrence Clark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Ward Ritchie Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Westerns, Books On Books, Western Americana, American Southwest, Southwestern Literature, Lawrence Clark Powell, Signed Copy
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Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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