Tales from a Century Before: An Episodic Account of a Journey Undertaken in Youth.
Santa Monica, CA: Waverly Books, 2014. Trade paperback. First Edition. 171 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Fine. More
Santa Monica, CA: Waverly Books, 2014. Trade paperback. First Edition. 171 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy. Fine. More
San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1973. Wraps. First Edition. 40 pp. Oblong 8vo. Very slight wear, clean within. Very Good. More
San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, 1975. Wraps. First Edition. 40 pp. Oblong 8vo. Very slight wear, clean within. Very Good. More
San Francisco, CA: City Lights Books, n.d. Wraps. First Edition. Unpag pp. 8vo. Very slight wear, clean within. Very Good. More
Dallas, TX: Book Club of Texas, 2014. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 59 pp. 8vo. Gray cloth boards with gold embossed logotype of the subject of the volume on the cover, gold titling to spine. No dust jacket, as issued.
An illuminating look at the life of Franklin Gilliam, longtime proprietor of the Brick Row Bookshop and Franklin Gilliam Books. Inscribed to a previous owner by the editor, John Crichton. Published in an edition of 350 copies. Fine. More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1987. Wraps. First Edition. First Printing. 25 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with light age toning at the spine on outer wraps.
A wonderful address by Powell on the joys of books and libraries. Fine. More
Sacramento, CA: California State Library Foundation, 1984. Wraps. First Edition. 30 pp. 8vo. Bump to foot of spine, clean within. One of 2,000 copies.
1986 Coulter Lecture by Ward Ritchie. One of 2,000 copies. Very Good. More
Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1987. Wraps. First Edition. Second Printing, 1989. 25 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with light age toning along spine on rear panel.
A wonderful address by Powell on the joys of books and libraries. Designed by his lifelong friend and collaborator Ward Ritchie and bawdily inscribed to Ritchie's companion, actress and fine press printer Gloria Stuart. Powell grew up with Ward Ritchie (fellow bookman and printer extraordinaire) in Southern California where the two of them were part of an intimate group in the late 1920s and early 1930s that included M.F.K. Fisher, Gloria Stuart and her first husband, sculptor Gordon Newell. Fine. More
Sacramento, CA: California State Library Foundation, 1987. Wraps. Limited Edition. 18 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy that has never been read. One of 1,000 copies.
The 1986 Coulter Lecture by Ward Ritchie. Fine. More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. Hard Cover. First Edition. xi, 189 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1999. Hard Cover. First Edition. viii, 202 pp. 8vo. Clean, crisp copy with dust jacket in mylar cover. Fine / Fine. More