Robin Lampson (76 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Ex-library with the usual stamps and markings. Binding is sound. Pages are clean. The dust jacket has some creasing and is within a protective mylar sleeve.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. 344 pp. Very good in black cloth with gold panels on front cover and spine, no dust jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Ed. Author warns that this is "a novel to be read with emphasized cadence, preferably aloud. The entire book, save for half a dozen short passages, chiefly the prologs, is written in what I call "free hexameters" - lines having six wave-tops each and making use of the natural cadences of English speech." A story of the Gold Rush, based in San Francisco. 344 p., yellowing but clean and unmarked. Scribner's "A" mark on title page verso. Owner's name and address stamped on top of front endpaper. Binding is tight. Very clean black cloth covers with black lettering on golden background. Corners and spine in very good shape. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. as pictured a First edition second printing Very good condition hard cover good dust jacket, edge-wear , corners clipped, owner name inside 344 pages, gilt titles on black cloth gently read clean pages California and Old West subjects,

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Near Fine condition, no jacket. Bright gilt, clean pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Spine is lightly toned, previous owner name on endpaper. book is otherwise book is excellent, very clean and sharp all around, with a solid binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. NYC: Scribner's, 1939. 1st edition, inscribed by author on FFE, NF/VG. Book has light wear to spine ends & corners. DJ has wear & chipping to upper spine, lighter wear with one chip on lower spine, wear & small chips to corners, some rubbing to spine, edges have some closed tears, light wrinkling and a chip on lower rear panel. Styled A Novel in Cadence (poetry) based on the life of William Crawford Gorgas who discovered a cure for Yellow Fever that was the scourge of the building of the Panama Canal. Nice copy, 518 pp. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited. Limited edition, 260 cc. 344 pp. One of 10 presentation copies SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Blue & cream binding, gilt lettering, Near Fine, remnant of glassine wrapper, in slipcase. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Condition: Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Slipcase Acceptable. Limited edition. Copy #24/250 numbered copies. Signed by author on limitation page. (California, Gold Mines, Poetry).

Condition: GOOD. First printing. A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 344 pp. Very good in a poor dust jacket with edgewear, chips and creasing. Newspaper review laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Dust jacket chipped along edges and creased with moderate scuffing; book itself in very good condition; toning to outside edges of book; clean boards and decoration non-scuffed; inside pages clean but lightly toned; binding sound. INSCRIBED by author initial blank page. 344 pages. Black cloth boards with gold gilt panels on front board and spine. 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 in. Inv. EW0099. Inscribed by Author(s).

17p., 6x9 inches, illustrations, photos, first edition booklet in stapled mustard wraps. "Hell on Wheels" it ain't. The true story of the San Francisco-based profiteer who had the last spike to be driven into the Transcontinental Railroad outside Ogden.

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Signed by author on front endpage. (Fiction, California gold Rush, Poetry).

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. This work tells how David Hewes donated the last railroad spike at the ceremonies celebrating the completion of the first transcontinental railway at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869. Illustrations and a map are included. This copy is clean and solid.

Condition: GOOD. First printing. A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 344 pp. Near fine in a good only dust jacket with some large chips to the side of the spine, other edgewear. price-clipped.

Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. (California, Gold Mines, Narrative Poetry).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. First Edition, First Printing, with Scribner "A" on copyright page. Good with edgewear and rubbing to black cloth covers, small spots of loss at corners and head and tail of spine. Pages toned, but unmarked. An excellent reading copy. Vintage Fiction. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 344 pages.

hardcover. First Edition. VG+ in a VG gold foil dust jacket. Requisite "A" on copyright page indicating first printing. An epic poem of the 1849 California Gold Rush. The author was the grandson of one of the Forty-niners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Limited edition #375/500, and inscribed by poet on first page. Printed and published by Wilder Bentley at The Archetype Press, 1935. 53 pages, paper over boards, gilt lettering, deckle edge paper. Front and rear endpages darkened,; Limited #375/500; 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 "; Signed by Poet.

Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. As new. 15 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. HANS (illustrator). Limited Edition. INCLUDES EXTRA LEAF "PUBLISHERS ANNOUNCEMENT". PRINTED IN BERKELEY 1 OF 500 COPIES. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited Edition. Limited edition, one of 500 copies, signed without inscription by Robin Lampson on front flyleaf. Minor smudge on margin of contents page, 1/2 inch closed tear to fore edge margin of front endpaper and flyleaf, otherwise an excellent copy. 1936 Hard Cover. viii, [4], 73, [5] pp. Excerpts from John Carr's biography Pioneer Days in California, originally published in 1891. Includes first-hand accounts of the Gold Rush, mines, and miners during the early days of settlement in California. Lampson provides a preface and postscript, and the work is illustrated with line drawings by 'hans. Signed by author.

Cloth. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Lacking Dustjacket. First Edition, First Printing. 'The Epic of William Gorgas and the Conquest o fthe Yellow Fever. A Novel in Cadence.' 518pp. The Author has written an interesting and relevant full-page inscription on the front free endpaper and dated it Christmas, 1939. Very clean copy with sound binding and very minor wear to cloth. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. 344pp. Octavo [21 cm] Black cloth with the titles in gilt relief panels on the front board and backstrip. Very good/Near fine. jacket is price-clipped. Signed by the author on the title page. Epic of the California Gold Rush and the author's first book. "This story is not necessarily to be thought of as a long poem, but as a novel to be read with emphasized cadence, preferably aloud." - from the Author's Note. Signed.

Condition: GOOD. First printing. A novel in cadenced prose recounts the epic story of a those who went to California during the 1849 gold rush days. Author's note, sources. SIGNED on the front endpaper. 344 pp. Very near fine in a near fine gold foil dust jacket (name hidden by dj flap) Not an uncommon book, but this is much better condition than usually found.

Printed Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Unpaginated, 6 pages. First edition. Limited edition, #487/500. Very good copy in gray printed wrappers, sewn, mildly tanned at edges. Commemorating the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge. Designed, hand set, and printed on a hand press by Wilder and Ellen Bentley. Size: 9.25 x 6.5 Inches. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. First edition. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 15 pps.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Octavo; pp; xiii, (i), 344; black cloth with gilt title tiles lettered in black in a pictorial dust jacket; Epic of the California Gold Rush and subsequent settlement, written in "free hexameters" (see author's note). A beautiful copy. Second printing, Scribner "B" on the copyright page.

signed by the author on the Âfree front end page; First Edition ed. hardback very good condition in a somewhat worn and chipped Âdust jacket with tape repair to the spine - shipping via USPS.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. Inscribed by the publisher, Wilder Bentley, and dated Berkeley, 9 May 1936. 53 pages. Limited edition, #241/500. Orange cloth covers with gold lettering to front and spine. Publisher's prospectus laid in. No dust jacket. Signed by Publisher.