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NEWSLETTER

The Tor House Newsletter, published quarterly, is available to Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation members and contributors.

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BOOKSTORE

The following items can be ordered by filling in the order form on this site and mailing it to:

Tor House Foundation
P.O. Box 2713
Carmel, CA  93921

 

Or visit our bookstore at Tor House here in Carmel!

 

Jeffers' Works

Cawdor and Medea
Introduced by William Everson (PB) $5.00

The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers edited by Tim Hunt
Five volumes of Jeffers’ work, including a volume devoted to Jeffers’ early poems (1903-1920), his prose, and unpublished writings; and a volume devoted to textual evidence and commentary. (HB) $75.00 per volume one-four. $88.00 for volume five

Robinson Jeffers: Selected Poems
Selected short poems and Roan Stallion. (PB) $9.75

The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers edited by Tim Hunt
A 747-page chronological selection from each of Jeffers’ major publications, along with several prose selections and unpublished poems. (PB) $30.00  (HB) $57.00

The Wild God of the World: An Anthology of Robinson Jeffers selected and introduced by Albert Gelpi
Selected short poems, Cawdor, and prose pieces. (PB) $18.00


Biographies

Memories of Tor House by Garth Sherwood Jeffers
An account of life at Tor House by Jeffers’ son. (PB) $8.00

Of Una Jeffers by Edith Greenan
A memoir by Una’s long-time friend and second wife of Una’s first husband, Edward Kuster.  Available only from the Tor House Foundation.  (PB) $16.50

Robinson Jeffers: Poet of California by James Karman (available only from the Tor House Foundation)
The biography includes valuable critical insights into the poet’s work. (PB) $13.00

The Stone Mason of Tor House by Melba Berry Bennett (available only from the Tor House Foundation)
This special edition is a re-issue of the original biography of Jeffers, written by a close and trusted friend of the Jefferses. $25.00


Books About Tor House

The Building of Tor House by Donnan Call Jeffers
An account of the construction of Tor House by Jeffers and his son Donnan.  Included are black and white family photographs of various stages of the construction. (PB) $8.00  (We are temporarily out of stock on this book, but we plan to have it again soon so please check back!)

The Stones of Tor House by Donnan Call Jeffers
A catalogue of the numerous stones, fragments of famous structures, and sculpted figures gathered by the poet and his family or brought to the Jeffers by friends who traveled widely. Jeffers built these “exotic stones” into the granite walls at Tor House. (pamphlet) $5.00

A Tour of Tor House
A description of Tor House and the life the poet, his wife, and sons lived there. Included are black and white and color photos of Tor House and pertinent quotes from Jeffers and others. (pamphlet) $4.50
 

Books Inspired by Jeffers

Elegies for Robinson Jeffers
Poet laureate Robert Hass, Noble Prize-winner Czeslaw Milosz, and others celebrate Jeffers in verse. (PB) special $1.00

Stones of the Sur
Jeffers’ poems and excerpts of  poems paired with black and white photos of the Big Sur Coast by Morley Baer, selected and introduced by James Karman. (HB) $50.00


Critical Works

Centennial Essays for Robinson Jeffers edited by Robert Zaller
This 282-page volume is the first collection of critical essays of Jeffers’ work. Published in 1991, it includes nine essays commissioned from Jeffers scholars from the U.S. and Great Britain  and five selections from the most important Jeffers criticism of the previous 30 years. (HB) $40.00

Jeffers Studies Vol. 9, Numbers 1-2, Spring and Fall 2005 edited by George Hart
A study of Jeffers and the visual arts, including pieces by Jeffers, Morley Baer, Gordon Newell, Ira LaTour, Ward Ritchie, Edward Weston and Ansel Adams, and never-before-published photographs of Jeffers and his grandchildren by Leigh Wiener. (PB) $22.50

Robinson Jeffers: Dimensions of a Poet edited by Robert Brophy
Brophy, editor of Jeffers Studies, has chosen nine essays that consider Jeffers from different perspectives, including subject, image, technique and biography. Writers include Brophy, Alex Vardamis, Robert Zaller, Terry Beers, Tim Hunt, and William Everson. Each writer includes a bibliography following his article. (PB) $19.25

 

Special Collections Which Include Jeffers

American Writers at Home text by J. D. McClatchy, photographs by Erica Lennard
Featuring the homes and lives of 21 American authors, including Twain, Emerson, Hemingway, and Jeffers. (HB) $40.00

Poetry Speaks
The work of 42 poets in print and on CD, read by the poets themselves. Text also includes biographical sketches and critical essays. Poets include Jeffers, Whitman, W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot, Langston Hughs, Sylvia Plath, and Carl Sandburg. (HB with 3 CDs) $53.50


Special Titles

A Book of Gaelic Aires for Una’s Melodeon (available only from the Tor House Foundation)
A reproduction of the book of songs compiled by Una Jeffers and illustrated by Robinson Jeffers at Tor House in 1922.  See sample pages above.  (HB) $35.00

The Last Word: A Record of the “Auxiliary” Library at Tor House compiled by Maureen Girard (available only from the Tor House Foundation)
A catalogue of the clippings and marginalia found in many of the books in the Jeffers’ library. Most of the notations are Una’s, but there are also notes by the poet. (PB) $10.00

Robinson Jeffers at Occidental College (available only from the Tor House Foundation)
A checklist of the Jeffers collection in the Mary Norton Clapp Library, printed by The Ward Ritchie Press. (pamphlet) $1.00

 

The above items can be ordered by filling in the order form on this site and mailing it to:

Tor House Foundation
P.O. Box 2713
Carmel, CA  93921

 

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