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Lot 318

Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
Lots 1-307
Nov 9, 2021 4:00AM CT
Lots 308-687
Nov 10, 2021 4:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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[BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. A group of 19 works by Lawrence Clark Powell (1906-2001), many signed, including: 


Philosopher Pickett: The Life Story of the Eccentric Pamphleteer Who Became the West’s First Political Reformer. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1942. 8vo. Original publisher’s red cloth. -- HANNA, Phil Townsend (1896-1957). Libros Californianos, or Five Feet of California. Revised and enlarged by Lawrence Clark Powell. Los Angeles: Zeitlin & Clark Powell, 1958. Small 8vo. Original publisher’s yellow boards and red title-plate. -- Fortune & Friendship: An Autobiography by Lawrence Clark Powell. New York and London: R.R. Bowker Company, 1968. 8vo. Original publisher’s stamped red cloth. -- W.W. Robinson, 1891-1972. Eulogy spoken by Lawrence Clark Powell. Los Angeles: Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs, 1974. Folio. Original publisher’s white boards. -- Arizona: A Bicentennial History. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. and Nashville: American Association for State and Local History, 1976. 8vo. Original publisher’s grey cloth, dust jacket. SIGNED by Lawrence Clark Powell. -- Eucalyptus Fair. Tuscon, AZ: Books West Southwest, 1992. 8vo. Original publisher’s green cloth, dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, one of 50 copies SIGNED by Lawrence Clark Powell. -- And 13 others.  Together 19 works in 19 volumes, all in original publisher's bindings, condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request.


From the Private Collection of Richard Cady

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