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Barker, Eric (1905-1973)
LOOKING FOR WATER: New and Selected Poems.

Edition: First printing in wrappers.

New York: October House, (1964). SIGNED first edition - The fourth book of poetry by this award winning poet, born in England, who lived and wrote in California's Big Sur, which inspired many of his poems. Henry Miller commented "Near the Little Sur River, in a windy cove a bitch of a place! Eric Barker, an English poet, works as caretaker for the owner of a large cattle ranch. The pay is meager, the task light, the hours are his own. In the morning he takes a dip in the icy canyon stream. Sounds divine, if only the wind didn't blow steadily twenty-four hours of the day nine months of the year. Eric has been writing poetry, nothing but…
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New York: October House, (1964). SIGNED first edition - The fourth book of poetry by this award winning poet, born in England, who lived and wrote in California's Big Sur, which inspired many of his poems. Henry Miller commented "Near the Little Sur River, in a windy cove a bitch of a place! Eric Barker, an English poet, works as caretaker for the owner of a large cattle ranch. The pay is meager, the task light, the hours are his own. In the morning he takes a dip in the icy canyon stream. Sounds divine, if only the wind didn't blow steadily twenty-four hours of the day nine months of the year. Eric has been writing poetry, nothing but poetry, for twenty-five years. He is a good poet. A modest, humble one, who never pushes himself." This volume includes poems from his earlier collections "Directions in the Sun" and "A Ring of Willows" as well as a section of new poems. INSCRIBED on the title page. 84 pp.
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Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (toning to the pages, small peeled spot on front cover)

Book ID: 89893

Keywords: big sur, Poetry
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Beagle, Peter (Photographs by Michael Bry.)
THE CALIFORNIA FEELING: A Personal View

Edition: First printing.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1969. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Back in the late 60's, Beagle and photographer Michael Bry spent a year traveling around California in a 1957 Volkswagon van, and this book, a very personal picture of a special time in California's history, was the result. In addition to Bry's black and white photographs, it includes color photos by Ansel Adams, Philip Hyde and others. SIGNED by Beagle on the title page. Large format. List of photographs. 252 pp.

Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (some sunning to the boards, light edgewear to the dj) Uncommon signed.

Book ID: 84334

Keywords: big sur, California, hippies, photography, western americana
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Beagle, Peter (Photographs by Michael Bry.)
THE CALIFORNIA FEELING: A Personal View

Edition: First printing.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1969. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - In the late 60's, Beagle and photographer Michael Bry spent a year traveling around California in a 1957 Volkswagon van, and this book, a very personal picture of a special time in California's history, was the result. In addition to Bry's black and white photographs, it includes color photos by Ansel Adams, Philip Hyde and others. SIGNED by Beagle on the title page. Large format. List of photographs. 252 pp.

Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket - some sunning to the boards, bookplate, price-clipped, some short edge tears, creasing to dj flaps, but despite the flaws, this is a sturdy copy of an interesting book, which is rather uncommon signed.

Book ID: 89628

Keywords: big sur, California, hippies, photography, western americana
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Beagle, Peter (Photographs by Michael Bry.)
THE CALIFORNIA FEELING: A Personal View

Edition: First printing.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1969. Hardcover first edition - In the late 60's, Beagle and photographer Michael Bry spent a year traveling around California in a 1957 Volkswagon van, and this book, a very personal picture of a special time in California's history, was the result. In addition to Bry's black and white photographs, it includes color photos by Ansel Adams, Philip Hyde and others. Large format. List of photographs. 252 pp.

Condition: Near fine in blue boards with a black cloth spine and gilt lettering, no dust jacket (some sunning to edges of boards)

Book ID: 89629

Keywords: big sur, California, hippies, photography, western americana

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[Jeffers, Robinson] Jeffers. Donnan.
THE STONES OF TOR HOUSE.

Edition: First printing.

Covelo, CA: Jeffers Literary Properties / Yolla Bolly Press, (1985.). First edition - A monograph on the exotic stones in Robinson Jeffer's Tor House in Carmel by his stone. One of only 1000 copies designed and printed by Caroline and James Robertson at the Yolla Bolly Press in Covelo, California. Illustrated with photographs. 12 pp sewn in outer wrappers. Laid in is a brochure regarding membership in the Tor House Foundation.

Condition: Very good in illustrated beige wrappers (a bit of creasing to the covers and the outer margin of the pages, the brochure laid in has the membership application form cut out.) Uncommon .

Book ID: 48734

Keywords: big sur, california, carmel, Ephemera, ephvbf24, limited edition, poetry
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Maiman, Jaye.
I LEFT MY HEART: A Robin Miller Mystery.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

Tallahassee, Naiad Press, 1991. First edition - The author's first novel introducing travel writer and romance novelist Robin Miller as she investigates the death of her estranged lover in San Francisco's gay community and down the coast to Mary's house on the cliffs of Big Sur. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-94148372X.

Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 90649

Keywords: big sur, first in series, first novel, gay and lesbian, lgbtq, Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction, san francisco

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