Books Basic Essential by Powell Lawrence Clark Marshall John (3 results)

Hardbound. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Printing. Description: Book and dust jacket design by Christopher Stinehour. Portrait frontis. ''John David Marshall has combed Powell's books, articles, essays, and reviews to fashion a collection of quotations that best reflects the man and his intellectual passions. The quotations are grouped under four headings: On Books and Reading; On Libraries, Librarians, and Librarianship; On Writers and Writing; and On Lawrence Clark Powell. ''I know about books'', writes Powell, ''I have lived with them all my life, have collected a million and a half for my university, and a few for myself. Have written some, read many; and best of all, led other people to read.'' Originally published in 1985, this is a later printing. BINDNG/CONDITION: dark brown cloth; a Near Fine book, with a Very Good+ dust jacket. bibliography. Green endpapers. small 8vo (about 7.5 inches tall). 95 pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Signed by Lawrence Clark Powell on the title page, with no date or inscription. Crisp, bright, clean pages; no owners' marks; full cloth cover shows only very minimal surface wear at corners; dust jacket is faded along the spine and shows tiny edge chips around top corners and spine head, otherwise sound. xi, 95pp.; Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 95 pages; Inscribed by Powell on the half-title page.