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Welcome to Back of Beyond Books' recent acquisitions list. While we specialize in books of the American West, these listings will run the gamut of genres. You're receiving this list because you've either purchased from us or are a friend in the business. If you prefer not to see these monthly postings you may easily unsubscribe using the link at the bottom of the page.
This month we feature a few works by Lawrence Clark Powell. Lawrence Clark Powell is a name synonymous with the book world of the American Southwest. He served as a librarian, bibliographer and friend to hundreds of book dealers and collectors. His more than 100 published items often dealt with rare books, libraries, book collecting and the book trade in general. I would guess most libraries/collectors of Books on Books, contain numerous copies of his books, pamphlets, essays and broadsides.
Clark served as University Librarian at the University of California Los Angeles from 1944 to 1961, and also head librarian of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library from 1944 until 1966. He was the first dean of the School of Library Service at UCLA. After retiring from UCLA in 1966, Powell moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1971, and served, in retirement, as Professor in Residence for nearly two decades at the University of Arizona Graduate School of Library Science. While in Tucson, Powell befriended librarian and book dealer David Laird of Books West Southwest, collaborating on many publishing projects.
This list is but a small sample of Powell's output. As a prolific writer, Lawrence Clark Powell loved working with small presses, producing many short-run limited edition items. Powell also loved signing his own books. Of the 26 items on this list, only two escaped his pen. Many of these items are available in duplicate so you may not receive the exact limitation number noted in the description. And as you'll note-most items are very affordable. Have fun browsing!
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Thank you,
Andy Nettell
Back of Beyond Books
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Back of Beyond Books along with over 100 of the best dealers in the country invite you to join us for the first ever Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) Virtual Book Fair. We miss seeing you in person so this is the next best thing! All items from all dealers have never been offered to the public before--all fresh stock! The fair opens June 4th and runs thru June 7th.
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Philosopher Pickett--Signed
Published by University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1942 
Red boards with gilt lettering and illustration on spine. Fine condition book in very good dust jacket. Pictorial dust jacket has some creases. Signed by the author. A biography of Charles Edward Pickett, Esq. along side unpublished letters written by the subject. Facsimile images of original documents by the subject are also provided.
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My Mozart Commonplace Book--Signed
Published by Privately Printed, 1980
Green paper pictorial boards in fine condition. Quarter-bound black cloth spine with gilt lettering. Signed and inscribed by the author. A collection of various quotes, stories, reflections, and quips all relating to Mozart, whom the author is a great admirer of.
$22.00
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Fay: Two Commemorations of the Death and Life of Fay Ellen Powell--Signed
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Mysterious Transformation: Or When Does History Become Literature and other Uncollected Essays and Addresses on Landscape, Literature, History and Morality--Signed
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Robinson Jeffers--The Man and his Work--Signed
Powell, Lawrence Clark
Published by San Pasqual Press, Pasadena, CA, 1940
Brown cloth boards with red lettering on front cover and spine in Very Good condition. No jacket. Color and lettering on spine is fading. Text is clean and binding is tight. Signed and inscribed by the author. One of 1,000 copies. Photographs and illustrations supplement this biography of Robinson Jeffers.
$125.00
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Land of Fact-- A Companion to Land of Fiction : Thirty-six Nonfiction Books about Southern California--Signed
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Land of Fiction-- Thirty-Two Novels and Stories about Southern California from "Ramona" to "The Loved One"--Signed
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Transpacific: 1966--Travel Notes From A Foreign Land--Not Signed
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Take Hold Upon the Future-- Letters on Writers and Writing 1938-1946 William Evers on and Lawrence Clark Powell--Signed
$55.00
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Susanna's Secret or The Lost Mozart Letters--Signed
Green cloth illustrated boards in Fine condition. Black cloth quarter-bound spine with gilt lettering and stripes. Clear plastic dust jacket. A play written by the author inspired by the work and correspondences of Wolfgang Mozart. $45.00
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Mercurius Redivivus-- Being an Occasional News-Letter From the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library At 2205 West Adams Boulevard in the City of Los Angeles--Signed
Published by Commercial Printers, 1994
Tan paper dust jacket wrappers with black lettering and illustration on front cover. White paper boards. Printed for the 22nd Biennial Reunion of the Zamorano and Roxburghe clubs by the author. Three facsimile editions of a newsletter in Los Angeles. Signed b y the author, one of 500 copies. Text is clean and binding is tight.
$15.00
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Books West Southwest-- Essays on Writers, Their Books, and Their Land--Signed
Published by
Books West Southwest, Tucson, AZ, 1994 
Red paper boards with black lettering and illustrations on covers and spine. Fine condition. Text is clean and binding is tight. Signed by the author. A new edition, this collection of essays describes books important to the aesthetic of the Southwest literature of the United States.
$18.00
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The Evening Redness: The Blue Train, the River Between, El Morro, Portrait of My Father : The Collected Four Novels of Lawrence Clark Powell--Signed
$30.00
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"Ocian in View" The Malibu / Angels Burning Native Notes from the Land of Earthquake and Fire--Signed
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Southwest Classics-- The Creative Literature of the Arid Lands Essays on the Books and Their Writers--Signed
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Le Monde Passe La Figure De Ce Monde Passe-- A Remembrance of Duncan Brent
Published by Privately Printed, 1983 
Gray boards with gilt lettering on spine and gilt illustration on front cover. Book in Fine condition. Clear plastic dust jacket. Signed by the author. A collection of letters and correspondences between the author and Duncan Brent. Several black and white photographs also offer a glimpse into the lives of the men.
$25.00
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A Foreword for Ward. An Afterword After Ward--Signed
Powell, Lawrence Clark
Privately Printed, 1996
Ivory paper wrappers with orange illustration and black lettering on the front cover. Fine condition. Text is clean and binding is tight. Printed for members of the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs. Signed by the author. An illustrated narrative of the friendship between writers Lawrence Clark Powell and Ward Ritchie.
$20.00
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Islands of Books--Signed
Published by The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles, CA, 1951
Light blue paper boards. Quarter-bound blue cloth spine with gilt lettering. Black illustration on covers. Good only condition. 1/3" black ink stain on front cover. Sun faded spine and covers. Spine and front end papers have markings of a former library book. Signed and inscribed by the author. A collection of essays regarding the works of various classic authors. True first edition and much much scarcer than the 1991 re-print.
$18.00
We can also provide multiple copies of the 1991 re-print at $5.00 per book.
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Portrait Of My Father--Signed
Yellow paper boards. Book in Fine condition; jacket is Very Good. Black cloth quarter-bound spine with silver lettering on spine. Pictorial yellow dust jacket. A biography of scientist G. Harold Powell told by his son. Lawrence Clark Powell used old letters and documents of his fathers to construct this biography. Signed by the author. $18.00
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Broadsheet to Celebrate Lawrence Clark Powell's 88th Birthday--Signed 
Powell, Lawrence Clark
Published by Books West Southwest, Tucson, AZ 1994
Folded printed broadsheet designed by Mark Sanders of Outwest Booksworks for the occasion of Dr. Powell's 88th birthday celebration September 3, 1994 at David Laird's Books West Southwest. Quote is from Powell's book, Books West Southwest. Fine condition. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.
$10.00
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Enchanted Couple--Not Signed
Powell, Lawrence Clark
Battledore Press, Glendale, CA 1979 
Tan wrappers with black imprint. This string-bound booklet is in very good condition with only the lightest of browning to the edges. Interior is clean. The essay was presented by the author when he was awarded the Sir Thomas More Medal by the Gleeson Library Association on May 1, 1977. First published by the Zamorano Club in 1977, this edition is re-set on a Chandler & Price press by The Battledore Press of Andy & Mary Horn in Glendale, CA. 100 copies were letterpress printed, stitched and covered.
$40.00
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Christmas...The Southwest...and J. Frank Dobie
Powell, Lawrence Clark
Printed for J.E. Reynolds by Paul Bailey, Westernlore Press 1956
Tan paperstock with black and red letterpress printing. Folded into quarters with text inside. Very good condition; very light wrinkling. A tender call for the gift of rain for Dobie's beloved southwest.
A keepsake for the friends of Jack and Rosalie Reynolds, Van Nuys, California, Christmas 1956. In the fashion of Frank Dobie's annual Christmas cards, this short essay by Powell evokes the generosity of Dobie in books and in person. 8 x 5 1/2 inches.
$45.00
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Eucalyptus Fair--Signed
Powell, Lawrence Clark
Books West Southwest, Tucson, AZ 1992
Dark-green leather over light gray illustrated paper covered boards, with the titles stamped in silver on the spine and front cover. A green trio of Eucalyptus leaves printed on front and two single leaves embossed on spine. In a light green cloth covered slipcase with a gilt stamped title and green ink stamped eucalyptus design on the front panel. New condition; we removed publisher's shrinkwrap to reveal that this copy is number 32 of 50 copies with quarter leather binding and slipcase. Powell wrote this in 1943, yet did not publish the book until after the death of his wife Fay.
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