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Author: Jeffers, Robinson
Title: The Alpine Christ & Other Poems - two variants
Place Published: [Cayucos, CA]
Publisher:Cayucos Books
Date Published: 1973
Description: 2 volumes. Includes:
The Alpine Christ. Preface, introduction, afterword, and notes by William Everson. (8vo) original crimson calf-backed beige cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed. No. 139 of 250 copies designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh at the Capra Press. First Edition.
The Alpine Christ. boards, jacket. First Trade Edition.
Each volume is signed by William Everson, the trade edition is inscribed to Frederick O. Kiel noting that it was signed on the first day of issue, May 26, 1974. Unpublished poems of Jeffers issued by William Everson and his Cayucos Press, with commentary by Everson. “The Alpine Christ and Other Poems marks the first emergence of unpublished verse by Robinson Jeffers following his death and the publication of his last poems...Heretofore thought to be destroyed, this work is the first of two volumes bridging the gap between Jeffers‘ early work Californians (1916), and his breakthrough book, Tamar, in 1924.“ - publisher. Broomfield, A64[a]; A64[b].

Slight bump to limited edition copy at bottom edge of front board; near fine; trade edition shows light wear to jacket; slight bump at heel; front hinge just starting; very good in near fine jacket.