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497. Powell, Lawrence Clark. My Haydn Commonplace Book. [6], 9-91, [1] pp. 8x5-1/2, cloth-backed decorated boards with gilt spine title. Limited edition printed by Richard Hoffman and bound by Bela Blau. Tucson: Privately printed, 1983. Signed by the author. Fine condition. (60/90).
498. Powell, Lawrence Clark. My Mozart Commonplace Book. [11], 14-73, [1] pp. 8x5- 1/2, cloth-backed decorated boards with gilt spine title. Limited first edition of 300 copies printed by Richard J. Hoffman of Van Nuys. [Tucson]: Privately printed, 1980. Signed and inscribed by the author. Fine condition. (60/90).
499. Powell, Lawrence Clark. My New Mexico Literary Friends. Introduction by Marc Simmons. [4], 27, [2] pp. Decorated with original wood engravings by Willard F. Clark. 8-1/2x5-1/4, decorative cloth with paper spine label. Limited first edition of 175 hardcover copies. Santa Fe: The Press of the Palace of Governors, 1986. Signed by the author, the introducer, the artist, the designer/ printer and the binder on the limitation page. Fine condition. (100/150).
500. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Mysterious Transformation or When Does History Become Literature and Other Collected Essays and Addresses on Landscape, Literature, History and Morality. [12], 3-246, [3] pp. 9x6, tan linen-covered boards and brown leather spine with gilt spine titles, umber cloth-covered slipcase. Limited first edition of fifty copies designed by Ward Ritchie and specially bound by Mark Sanders. Tucson: Books West Southwest, 1993. Signed by the author, the designer and the binder on the limitation page. Collected essays of Lawrence Clark Powell including the title essay which was Larry's brilliant apologetic for including nonfiction writing in "literature". Fine condition. (100/150).
501. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Next to Mother's Milk. A Bibliophile Speaks in Occidental, the Quarterly Publication of Occidental College. [1], 17-19 pp. of [3], 4-57 pp. Two illustrations from photographs in Powell essay. 11x8-1/2, printed pictorial wrappers. Los Angeles: Occidental College, Summer/Fall, 1987. Signed by the author. This is the text of Lawrence Clark Powell's talk given to the Library of Congress on April 8, 1986. Included with this periodical is a copy of the March 31, 1986 issue of AB Bookman's Weekly with an announcement of Larry's talk. Fine condition. (50/80).
502. Powell, Lawrence Clark. An Orange Grove Boyhood. Growing Up in Southern California, 1910-1928. Foreword by Kevin Starr. [6], 7-80 pp. Ten illustrations from photographs on five plates. 8-1/2x5-1/2, orange cloth with gilt spine title, pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1988. Signed and inscribed by the author. In his foreword to this book, Kevin Starr pronounced this "one of the finest pieces of writing this distinguished writer has ever produced." Included with this book is a 1984 facsimile of Lawrence Clark Powell's earliest publication [at age 13] in a school paper, Marengo Literary Leader [described on p.35]. Fine condition. (50/80).
503. Powell, Lawrence Clark. A Passion for Books. [10], 11-249, [4] pp. 8-1/4x5-1/2, marbled boards and red cloth spine with gilt title, untrimmed fore-edges, original brown slipcase. Limited first edition of 975 copies for distribution to friends of the publisher. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1958. Inscribed and signed by the author. Fine condition. (100/150).
504. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Philosopher Pickett. The Life and Writings of Charles Edward Pickett, Esq. of Virginia, Who Came Overland to the Pacific Coast in 1842-43 and for Forty Years Waged War with Pen and Pamphlet against All Manner of Public Abuses in Oregon and California; Including also Unpublished Letters Written by Him from Yerba Buena at the Time of the Conquest of California by the United States in 1846-47. [6], vii-xv, [1], 178 pp. Illustrated with three inserted plates and one facsimile in the text. 7-1/2x5, red cloth with gilt spine title and ornaments, printed dust jacket. First edition. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1942. Signed by Powell on front free endpaper. Powell's third book - adequately summarized in the title. Powell and Pickett had more in common than the first letter of their surnames. They shared an irrepressible sense of freedom and a desire to express their sentiments in writing. Included with this book is an original Pickett pamphlet entitled Address of Charles Pickett to the California Legislature upon the Government Fee in the Public Domain - Intercommunication and Land Monopolies and Correlative Topics. Faint inscription to a Judge by the "author" in pencil in the top margin of the title page as well as a penciled correction in the text in the same hand. [This pamphlet is the first item in Powell's bibliographic list of Pickett's publications]. Pamphlet in very good condition. Powell's book in fine condition. (100/150).
505. Powell, Lawrence Clark. The Poet and the Professor. [25] pp. 8-1/4x5-1/2, cloth- backed decorated boards with gilt spine title. Limited edition printed by Richard J. Hoffman in Van Nuys and bound by Bela Blau. n the title page. This is a biographical sketch of Powell's father in the form of a novel. In this novel the son is searching out the truth about his father's life while living out, in his own life, much of what he eventually learns about his father [supportive of the genetic inheritance of character traits (?)]. The information about his father is factual with perhaps just a little conjecture. The son, however, is a fictitious but thinly disguised Lawrence Clark Powell. Once again we are left to guess how much of it is true to his life and how much pure fiction. Fine condition. (50/80).
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507. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Remembering Henry Miller. [2], 117-128 pp. 8-1/2x5-1/2, stapled leaflet with photocopy cover from holograph title page by Lawrence Clark Powell. Reprint from the Southwest Review. Tucson: [Southwest Review], 1987. Inscribed and initialed by the author. Fine condition. (50/80).
508. Powell, Lawrence Clark. The River Between. [4], 108, [1] pp. 9x6, cloth-backed boards with gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket. Limited edition of 100 signed copies. Santa Barbara: Capra Press, 1979. Signed by the author on the limitation page. The author's second novel. In addition to the common theme of sexual attraction and fulfillment established in the five stories of The Blue Train this novella adds some new twists of fatalism, environmentalism, witchcraft, and violence - all embedded in a poetic prose, stunningly descriptive of landscape and lives. The human themes are faintly reminiscent of Jeffers and Steinbeck. Fine condition. (100/150).
509. Powell, Lawrence Clark. The Road to Swarthmoor. [8], 13, [4] pp. One illustration from a photograph. 9-1/4x6, tan wrappers with paper cover label. Tucson: [Privately printed], 1996. This is the latest autobiographical chapter in Larry's life. It is dedicated to Betty [Fielden], a charming widow and long-time Powell fan from England who has become the companion needed to ignite Larry's spirit after the death of Fay. Betty is of Quaker roots like Larry and this essay tells the story of their recent travel to the historical sites of Quaker origin in England and Larry's rediscovery of the elements of his Quaker faith. It was distributed to friends on Larry's 90th birthday. Fine condition. (50/80).
510. Powell, Lawrence Clark. [Robinson Jeffers] An Introduction to Robinson Jeffers. [11], xii-xvii, [2], 2-248, [2] pp. 9-1/2x6-1/4, tan wrappers with spine and cover titles printed in black. Edition limited to 85 copies. Dijon: Imprimerie Bernigaud & Privat, 1932. Powell's Ph.D. thesis printed for friends in a very limited number. Only an initial small printing labeled "for the faculty" preceded this one. This was Powell's first book. Chip from bottom of spine, few minor creases - otherwise in near-fine condition. (500/800).
511. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Robinson Jeffers. The Man and His Work. Foreword by Robinson Jeffers. [6], vii-xviii, [2], 215, [2] pp. Illustrated with three inserted photographic plates including frontispiece portrait of Jeffers by Edward Weston, two title-page facsimiles, and one map. 9- 1/4x6, orange cloth with paper spine label. Limited first edition of 750 copies. Los Angeles: The Primavera Press, 1934. Lengthy, signed inscription on front free endpaper by Robinson Jeffers to "Erskine" [probably Charles Erskine Scott Wood] and another one to Sara Bard Field dated July 16, 1934. Both of these authors are quoted in Larry's thesis. This is the first American edition. Fine condition. (700/1000).
512. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Robinson Jeffers. The Man and His Work. Foreword by Robinson Jeffers. [6], vii-xvii, [3], 222, [3] pp. Illustrated with four inserted photographic plates including frontispiece portrait of Jeffers by Edward Weston, two title-page facsimiles, one letter facsimile and one map. 9-1/4x6, tan cloth with spine and cover titles printed in red, printed dust jacket. Limited revised edition of 1,000 copies. Los Angeles: The Primavera Press, 1934. Inscribed and signed by the author. fine condition. (200/300).
513. Powell, Lawrence Clark. The Roots of Regional Literature. A lecture delivered at New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, on June 29, 1959. [4], 5-16 pp. 9-1/4x6, tan wrappers with cover title printed in black. Las Vegas: New Mexico Highlands University, 1959. Signed by the author. Fine condition. (50/80).
514. Powell, Lawrence Clark. In Search of Spring. [5], 2-23, [1] pp. 10-1/4x4, blue wrappers with cover title in black. Limited photocopy reprint of 25 copies. [Tucson: University of Arizona, 1987]. Inscribed and signed on the limitation page by the author. The orignal edition was printed by Richard Hoffman's printing students at Cal. State, Los Angeles in 1964. Fine condition. (50/80).
515. Powell, Lawrence Clark. A Sense of the Future. [2], 9 pp. 9x6, stapled leaves with title printed on the first. Reprint from Southern California Quarterly. [Los Angeles]: Southern California Quarterly, Spring, 1984. Inscribed and signed by the author. fine condition. (50/80).
516. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Editor and contributing author. The Southwest of the Bookman. Essays from Various Sources. [4], i, 60 pp. [mimeographed and paginated on rectos only]. 10-3/4x8-1/2, pink wrappers and black cloth spine with printed cover title and ornament in black.Los Angeles: University of California Library, 1959. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the title page. Fine condition. (50/80).
517. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Southwestern Book Trails. A Reader's Guide to the Heartland of New Mexico and Arizona. [8], ix-xii, [3], 2-91, [2] pp. 9x6, brown cloth with spine and cover titles printed in blue. First edition. Albuquerque: Horn & Wallace, Publishers, [1963] . Signed and inscribed by the author. Fine condition. (100/150).
518. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Southwestern Book Trails. A Reader's Guide to the Heartland of New Mexico and Arizona. [8], ix-xii, [3], 2-91 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 9x6, orange and brown decorated wrappers with spine and cover titles printed in orange and brown respectively. Santa Fe: William Gannon, 1982. Signed and inscribed by the author. Later soft-cover editon. Fine condition. (50/80).
519. Powell, Lawrence Clark. A Southwestern Century. A Bibliography of One Hundred Books of Nonfiction about the Southwest. [6], vii-xi, [3], 29, [2] pp. Four unpaginated plates with illustrations from Tom Lea. 9-3/4x6-1/2, cloth-backed boards with gilt spine title and cover title printed in brown, untrimmed fore-edges, pictorial dust jacket by Tom Lea. Limited edition of 500 copies printed by Carl Hertzog and bound by Ward Ritchie. Van Nuys: J. E. Reynolds, Bookseller, [1958] . Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the title page. Marginal pencil notations and few underlinings by previous owner - otherwise in near-fine condition. (200/300).
520.Powell, Lawrence Clark. Southwest Classics. The Creative Literature of the Arid Lands. Essays on the Books and their Writers. [6], vii-viii, [2], 3-370 pp. Illustrated with twenty-six portraits. 9x6, simulated leather with gilt spine title, printed dust jacket. Second printing. Pasadena: Ward Ritchie Press, no date. Signed and inscribed by the author. Fine condition. (50/80).
521. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Southwest: Three Definitions. [8], ix-xi, [1], 70, [1] pp. 8x5, stiff pictorial wrappers with spine and cover titles in black. Designed by Ward Ritchie. [Benson]: Singing Wind Bookshop, 1990. Signed by the author. This volume reprints three previoulsy published essays of Powell on the Southwest. Fine condition. (50/80).
522. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Susanna's Secret or the Lost Mozart Letters. [6], 7-53, [1] pp. 9-1/4x6, decorated cloth-covered boards and plain black cloth spine with gilt spine title. Limited first edition printed by Richard Hoffman in Van Nuys and bound by Bela Blau in Los Angeles. Tucson: "Press of the Mesquite Harpsichord", 1981. Inscribed and signed by the author. Powell's love of music, romance, history and writing blend in this fantasy. Fine condition. (50/80).
523. Powell, Lawrence Clark. A Tale of Lissadell. [8] pp. 9x6, green-gray stiff wrappers with printed cover title and decoration. Designed by Vance Gerry and printed by Patrick Reagh. Tucson: Privately printed, 1992. Signed by the author. Fine condition. (50/80).
524. Powell, Lawrence Clark. The Three H's. [2], iii-iv, 9 pp. 7-1/4x4-1/2, stiff tan wrappers with printed cover title. Los Angeles: The Press in the Gatehouse, 1971. Signed by the author. Text of an address given by Lawrence Clark Powell to the Croation Library Association in Zagreb in 1966. The three "H's" stand for "hands, head and heart" [translation: the proper handling, reading and love of books essential to good librarianship.] Fine condition. (50/80).
525. Powell, Lawrence Clark. The Three L's. [2], 3-12 pp. 7-1/4x4-3/4, stiff gray wrappers with printed cover title. Limited edition of 150 copies printed by W. M. Cheney. Los Angeles: The Press in the Gatehouse, 1964. Signed by the author on the title page. The three L's stand for "life, landscape and literature" which have dominated his writing. Minor uneven discoloration of cover margins - otherwise in fine condition. (80/120).
526. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Transpacific: 1966. Travel Notes from a Foreign Land. [8], 13, [2] pp. 8-1/2x5-1/2, decorative wrappers with paper cover label. Limited edition printed by Patrick Reagh and bound by Bela Blau. Tucson: Privately printed, 1988. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Notes made on a 1966 trip to Japan as a participant in a Pacific Air Force Command Library workshop. Fine condition. (50/80).
527. Powell, Lawrence Clark. The UCLA Graduate School of Library and Information Science. Its Origins and Founding. [8], 15 pp. Illustrated with two plates. 9-1/4x6, stiff blue and silver wrappers with cover title printed in black. Printed by Richard J. Hoffman in Van Nuys. Los Angeles: UCLA Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 1985. Signed by the author. Text of an address by Lawrence Clark Powell on the 25th anniversary of the UCLA Graduate School of Library and Information Science which he founded. Fine condition. (50/80).
528. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Vein of Silk. Vein of Steel. Words in Memory of Saul Marks. [5], 2-5, [2] pp. 11-1/4x7-1/4, decorated boards and black cloth with paper spine label. Limited edition of 150 copies printed by Richard Hoffman. Los Angeles: [Privately printed], 1975. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the limitation page. This is the text of an address given by Lawrence Clark Powell at a memorial service for printer Saul Marks held at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, June 6, 1975. Fine condition. (70/100).
529. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Vroman's of Pasadena. [4], 5-14, [1] pp. 9x6, mauve wrappers with cover title printed in black. Pasadena: Privately printed, 1953. Signed by the author on the title page. This is a history of Vroman's bookstore in Pasadena written and published on the occasion of the opening of their new retail store in October 1953. Larry worked as a shipping clerk at Vroman's from 1929-1930, between his graduation from Occidental College and work on his Ph.D. in France. He found the large assortment of books there too much of a temptation and spent more time reading the books than packing and unpacking them. With disarming honesty he does not hesitate to admit that "...A.C. Vroman, Inc. got less work out of me than from any other employee in their sixty-year history." Fine condition. (50/80).
530.Powell, Lawrence Clark. Ward Ritchie, Printer. A Seventy-Fifth Birthday Salute. [4], 22, [1] pp. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait and five unpaginated plates. 9x5-1/2, stiff tan wrappers with printed cover title. Los Angeles: [Friends of the UCLA Library and others], 1980. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell twice: on the title page and on his own tribute to Ward Ritchie. Ward Ritchie and Larry Powell were close friends from early childhood to the recent death of Ward Ritchie. Other contributors to this tribute are: Tyrus G. Harmsen, John Dreyfus, Adrian Wilson and Jake Zeitlin. Fine condition. (50/80).
531. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Where Water Flows. The Rivers of Arizona. [10], xi-xii, [2] 64, [2] pp. Profusely illustrated from color photographs by Michael Collier. 8x11, two tone blue cloth with silver spine and cover titles, pictorial dust jacket. Limited edition of 2000 copies. Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1980. Signed by the author on the title page. Powell not only describes the Gila and Colorado but their main tributaries as well, and enlivens his description with history and anecdotes from his travel in the best traditions of John Wesley Powell, and John Muir. Fine condition. (50/80).
532. Powell, Lawrence Clark. William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Report of the First Decade, 1934-1944. [5], v-vii, [1], 78 pp. Illustrated with frontispiece portrait and seven other inserted plates from photographs. 8-1/4x5-1/2, red cloth with gilt-stamped black cover label. First edition. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1946. Report compiled and introduced by Lawrence Clark Powell who was appointed head librarian of the UCLA and William Andrews Clark Memorial Libraries in 1944. Fine condition. (50/80).
533. Powell, Lawrence Clark. Winter Crossing, 1952. Travel Notes from a Bygone Era. [27] pp. 4-1/4x5-1/2, cloth-backed decorated boards with cover title printed in black. Limited edition designed by Ward Ritchie and printed by Richard Hoffman. Tucson: Privately printed, [1986]. Inscribed and initialed by the author on the colophon page. Fine condition. (50/80).
534. Powell, Lawrence Clark. W. W. Robinson, 1891-1972. [3], 4-7, [1] pp. 13x8-1/4, white paper-covered boads with gilt spine and cover titles, untrimmed. Limited edition printed by Richard Hoffman and John Urabec. Los Angeles: [Privately printed], 1974. Inscribed and signed by the author. Lawrence Clark Powell was a close friend of W.W. Robinson and a frequent literary collaborater wih him as well. Fine condition. (50/80).
535. Powell, Lawrence Clark.
Z to A. Illyria to Cambria. [8], 12, [2] pp. 9-1/4x6-1/4, red
wrappers with cover title and decoration printed in black. Designed by Vance
Gerry, printed by Patrick
Reagh and bound by Bela Blau. Tucson: Privately printed, 1990.
Signed by the author on the half-title page. Fine condition. (50/80).
Introductions, Forewords and Prefaces
by
Lawrence Clark Powell
As the acknowledged "dean" of California and Southwestern
literature, Lawrence Clark Powell is constantly petitioned to write forewords,
introductions and prefaces for contemporary publications. So in addition to
being a
popular professor he could be said to be a popular "prefacer" as well. The
following
are just a small sampling. I had to give up on building a complete collection
of his
introductions etc. to other author's books.
536. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Apostol, Jane. South Pasadena, 1888-1988. A Centennial History. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. [4], v-xvi, [1], 2-311 pp. Profusely illustrated from various sources. 11x8-1/2, black linen with gilt spine and cover titles and ornaments, printed dust jacket. South Pasadena: South Pasadena Public Library, [1987]. This is the California city where Larry spent most of his childhood. Fine condition. (50/80).
537. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Armitage, Merle. The Merle Armitage Books in the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. [2], 3-15, [1] pp. 8-1/2x6, decorative wrappers in three colors with printed cover title. No place: no publisher, [c. 1957]. Text of an address delivered by Merle Armitage at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library on December 8, 1957. Fine condition. (50/80).
538. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Corle, Edwin. Fig Tree John. Foreward by Lawrence Clark Powell. [10], 3-318 pp. Illustrated by Don Percival. 8-1/2x5-1/2, decorated boards and black cloth spine with white paper spine label printed in black and red, title page illustration in color, black paper-covered slipcase. Limited edition of 550 copies. [Los Angeles]: The Ward Ritchie Press, [1955]. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the limitation page. Fine condition. (80/120).
539. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Everson, William. San Joaquin. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. [8], ix-xiv, [2], 38, [1] pp. Title page drawing by Hubert Buel. 8x6, cloth-backed decorated brown boards with paper spine label. Limited edition of 100 copies. Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1939 . Fine condition. (700/1000).
540. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Hanna, Phil Townsend. Libros Californianos or Five Feet of California Books. Edited, enlarged and prefaced by Lawrence Clark Powell. [8], 87, [1] pp. 7- 1/2x5, yellow boards with printed red paper spine and cover labels. Revised and enlarged edition limited to 1,000 copies printed by Anderson, Ritchie and Simon. Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Ver Brugge, 1958. Signed twice by Powell [on the title page and on the limitation page]. Fine condition. (70/100).
541. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Hicks, Jimmie. W. W. Robinson. A Biography and a Bibliography. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. [4], v-xi, [3], 3-83, [1] pp. Frontispiece portrait from a photograph by Edward Weston and six other paginated plates from photographs. 9-1/4x6, green cloth with gilt spine title and paper cover illustration, gray paper-covered slipcase. Limited edition of 825 copies printed by by The Ward Ritchie Press. Los Angeles: The Zamorano Club, 1970. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the title page. Fine condition. (80/120).
542. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Holman, William R. Library Publications. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. [6], vi-viii, [1], 67 pp. Illustrated with original chapter head decorations and numerous inserted examples of library publications. 15x10-1/4, marbled boards and black cloth with paper spine label, fore-edges untrimmed. Limited edition of 350 copies designed by Barbara Holman and printed by Graham Mackintosh. San Francisco: Roger Beacham. [1965]. A splendid example of fine printing itself, this book also showcases numerous examples of fine publications by libraries. A highly desirable item for any collector of fine western printing. Fine condition. (150/250).
543. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Larson, Roger K. Controversial James. An Essay on the Life and Work of George Wharton James. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. [8], xi-xii, 98, [2] pp. Illustrated with twenty unpaginated photographic plates. 10x8, red linen with gilt cover ornament, slipcase with paper spine label. Limited edition of 400 copies printed at the Yolla Bolly Press. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1991. Signed by the author and the foreworder. This work was inspired by Powell's essay on James and the author's friendship with George Wharton James's grand nephew. Quickly sold out and now scarce. Fine condition. (100/150).
544. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Lummis, Charles F. The Land of Poco Tiempo. [6], vii-xiv, [2], 236 pp. 8x5-1/2, stiff pictorial wrappers with spine and cover titles printed in black. Third printing. [Albuquerque]: The University of New Mexico Press, [1969]. Powell's copy of a paperback reprint of this Lummis classic with his underlinings, marginal notations, and signature on half-title page. Minor cover wear - otherwise in fine condition. (50/80).
545. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Magee, David. Infinite Riches. The Adventures of a Rare Book Dealer. Introduction by Lawrence Clark Powell. [6], vii-xiii, [4], 4-274 pp. Illustrated with ten paginated plates from various sources. 8-1/4x5-1/2, tan cloth with spine title printed in black, pictorial dust jacket. New York: Paul S. Eriksson, Inc., [1973]. Signed by the introducer. Included with this book is Chapter II of an Unpublished Autobiography by David Magee a twelve page, 10x7 keepsake printed by Sherwood Grover for members of the Roxburghe Club. Fine condition. (60/90).
546. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Meadows, Don. A California Paisano. The Life of William McPherson. [5], viii, 75, [1] pp. Illustrated with a title page portrait, two other portraits and three other illustrations from photographs. 8-1/2x5-1/2, orange cloth with gilt spine title and cover title in brown. First edition printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press. Claremont: Honnold Library Society, 1972. Signed and inscribed by the author to "Larry Powell whose friendship I cherish and whose bookishness I admire." Powell's bookplate on front pastedown. Two two-page letters of the author to L.C.P. and a note to "Larry" from John Edwin Smith regarding "A Gathering of Tributes to Don Meadows" laid in. Fine condition. (50/80).
547. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Percival, Don. Maynard Dixon Sketch Book. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. c. [140] pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait by Ansel Adams and numerous drawings and sketches by Maynard Dixon. 11x8-1/2, brown boards and black cloth spine with gilt spine title and cover ornament [Maynard Dixon logo] printed in black, printed brown dust jacket.Flagstaff: The Northland Press, 1967. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the title page. Minor scuffing of dust jacket - otherwise in fine condition. (70/100).
548. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Ritchie, Ward. Art Deco. The Books of Francois-Louis Schmied, Artist/Engraver/Printer with Recollections and Descriptive Commentaries on the Books. Preface by Lawrence Clark Powell. [4], 5-49, [2] pp. Profusely illustrated in color and balck and white. 9x12, black cloth with gilt spine and cover titles and cover ornament, plain dust jacket. Limited edition of 550 copies. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1987. Friends since early childhood, Larry and Ward even went to France together after graduating from Occidental College. Larry worked on his Ph.D. in Dijon and Ward learned the art of fine printing by working under Francois-Louis Schmied in Paris. It was more than fifty years before Ward shared his experience there in this very worthy publication of the Book Club of California. Fine condition. (100/150).
549. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Ritchie, Ward. Of Bookmen & Printers. A Gathering of Memories. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. [6], 7-189, [2] pp. 9-1/4x5-3/4, decorated boards and black cloth spine with gilt spine title. Limited edition of 500 copies. [Los Angeles]: Dawsons, [1989]. Fine condition. (80/120).
550. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Blanco, Amando. Type Faces: A Photographic Study of Ward Ritchie. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. v, [15] pp. Illustrated with twelve original photographs mounted on archival boards. 12x9, on rectos only of twenty separate archival boards laid in cloth-covered clamshell box with cover sculpting and spine and cover ornaments. Limited edition of 65 copies. Los Angeles: Santa Susana Press, Northridge Libraries, 1988. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the limitation page. Each photograph signed on the mount by Amando Blanco. Fine condition. (150/250).
551.[Powell, Lawrence Clark] Ritchie, Ward. The Ward Ritchie Press and Anderson, Ritchie & Simon. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. [4], v-x, [2], 3-156, [1] pp. Illustrated with 24 unpaginated color plates of title pages and three illustrations of printer's marks. 8-1/2x5, black cloth with paper spine label and blind-stamped cover logo. First trade edition. Los Angeles: Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, 1961. Fine condition. (50/80).
552. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Slater, John M. El Morro. Inscription Rock New Mexico. The Rock Itself, the Inscriptions thereon, and the Travelers Who Made Them. Introduction by Lawrence Clark Powell. [6], vii-xiv, [2], 157, [1] pp. Illustrated with a color frontispiece, 122 black and white illustrations, and four maps. 10x7, green cloth with gilt spine title, pictorial dust jacket. Limited first edition of 500 copies. Los Angeles: The Plantin Press, 1961. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the introduction page. A highly desirable book on early American graffiti that has assumed monumental historical significance. Desirable for the text, the pictures of rock inscriptions, Powell's introduction and the fine printing by the Plantin Press. Fine condition. (100/150).
553. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Sorensen, Lee. Determined Donor. T. Edward Hanley & His Gift of Books to the University of Arizona Library. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. [4], 30, [2] pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and five paginated plates. 9x6, stiff, gray wrappers with cover title printed in blue and black. Tucson: Friends of the University of Arizona Library, 1989. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the foreword page. Fine condition. (50/80).
554. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Starr, Kevin. The Rise of Los Angeles as an American Bibliographic Center. Preface by Lawrence Clark Powell. [10], 11-37, [2] pp. 9x6, stiff beige wrappers with cover title printed in black. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. Sacramento: California State Library Association, [1989]. Fine condition. (50/80).
555. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Trejo, Arnulfo D. Editor. The Chicanos as We See Ourselves. [8], ix-xviii, 221 pp. 9x6, pictorial wrappers with spine and cover titles. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, [1979]. Signed and inscribed by the editor [professor of library science at the U. of A.] to "Larry and Fay Powell who have seen me grow. Thank you both for your encouragement & words of wisdom along the way." Laid in is a note written on U. of A. stationery to Larry - also from Arnulfo Trejo. Very minor cover wear - otherwise in fine condition. (50/80).
556. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Van Dyke, John C. The Desert. Introduction by Lawrence Clark Powell. [24], vii-xix, [1], 233, [1] pp. Illustrated with one photo portrait, one map, one title page facsimile and one desert scene. 8x5-1/4, brown cloth with gilt spine and cover titles, printed dust jacket. Reprint of the 1903 second edition. Tucson: [The Arizona Historical Society], 1976. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the title page. Fine condition. (50/80).
557. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] [Wagner, Henry R.] The Published Writings of Henry R. Wagner. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell and preface by Francis Farquhar. [4], v-x, [2], 3-30 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 9x6, stiff gray wrappers with paper cover label. Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1955. Printed presentation slip laid in. Fine condition. (50/80).
558. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Waters, Frank. The Man Who Killed the Deer. Foreword by Lawrence Clark Powell. [6], vii-xi, [1], 323, [1] pp. Illustrations by Don Percival. 9x6, decorated boards and black cloth with paper spine label, slipcase. Limited edition of 1250 copies. This is copy number 117. Flagstaff: Northland Press, [1965] . Signed by the author and by Lawrence Clark Powell. Fine condition. (100/150).
559. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Fireman, Bert M. A Talk Honoring Lawrence Clark Powell on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday. [6], 18, [3] pp. Illustrated with frontispiece and tailpiece drawings by unidentified artist. 8-1/4x5-1/2, stiff brown wrappers with printed paper cover label. Limited edition of 115 copies. Tucson: The Platyne Press, 1977. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell. Fine condition. (60/90.
560. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Haslam, Gerald. Lawrence Clark Powell. Boise State University Western Writers Series Number 102. [4], 5-52 pp. 8x5-1/2, stiff, pictorial wrappers with printed cover title. Boise: Boise State University, 1990. Fine condition. (50/80).
561. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Ritchie, Ward. Growing Up with Lawrence Clark Powell. [6], 7-18, [1] pp. 8-3/4x6, stiff brown wrappers with printed cover title. Sacramento: California State Library Foundation, [1987]. Fine condition. (50/80).
562. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Rosenberg, Betty. Checklist of the Published Writings of Lawrence Clark Powell. Foreword by W. W. Robinson. [4], 5-46, [1] pp. 9x6, tan wrappers with printed cover title and ornaments. Limited edition of 100 copies printed by the Ward Ritchie Press. Los Angeles: University of California, 1966. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell. Fine condition. (70/100).
563. [Powell, Lawrence Clark] Voices from the Southwest. A Gathering in Honor of Lawrence Clark Powell. [2], [6], vii-xv, [3], 3-159, [1] pp. Frontispiece portrait of Powell and four other illustrations from various sources including a photograph by Ansel Adams and a drawing by Jose Cisneros. 9-1/2x6-1/2, red cloth-covered boards and black leather spine with gilt spine title, marbled endpapers, black cloth-covered slipcase with gilt side ornament. Limited first edition of 75 copies specially bound and signed by all of the contributors. Flagstaff: Northland Press, 1976. This copy also signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the limitation page. This gathering and volume produced to honor Lawrence Clark Powell on his 70th birthday. Included with this is a copy of AB Bookman's Weekly for Oct. 18, 1976 with a cover illustration and a lead article about the book and its presentation to Larry. Contributors include Ward Ritchie, Jake Zeitlin, Richard Dillon, William Everson, Paul Horgan and Marc Simmons among many others. Signed also by Ansel Adams and Jose Cisneros. Fine condition. (150/250).