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1995réf. 31138Washington DC: Counterpoint 1995. First Edition. 8vo pp. 109. Fine in dj. OP. Inscribed and dated by the author. Freedman A-102. A scarce collection of essays that was issued in a small edition. Counterpoint unknown books
2014réf. 53663Berkeley CA: Counterpoint 2014. First Edition. 8vo pp. 288. Fine in dj. Signed by Wendell Berry. A marvelous exchange of letters from 1973 to 2013. Counterpoint unknown books
2005réf. 51708Washington DC: Shoemaker Hoard 2005. First Edition. 8vo pp. 152. Fine in fine dj. Inscribed by the author to Janet 6/3/05 This was published the first week of June 2005. Freedman A127-c. A scarce collection of poems. Shoemaker, Hoard unknown books
1987réf. 58536San Francisco: North Point Press 1987. Advance Uncorrected Proof Copy. 8vo pp 192. Pink wraps spine faded to tan fine. Freedman A63a. Scarce there were only 973 copes printed of the this title. North Point Press unknown books
1983réf. 58509San Francisco: North Point Press 1983. First Edition. 8vo pp. 212. Former owner's bookplate on the end paper. A fine copy in dj. Freedman A49b one printing of 965 copies bound in cloth. 6 essays dedicated to Gary Snyder. North Point Press unknown books
1981réf. 20646San Francisco: North Point Press 1981. First Edition. 8vo pp. 281. Fine in dj. Freedman A42b. Scarce. A collection of 24 new essays. North Point Press unknown books
2005réf. 34537Washington DC: Shoemaker & Hoard 2005. First Edition. 8vo pp. xii 180. Fine in dj. Signed and dated by the author. 16 essays on politics and morality by the Kentucky author of "Hannah Coulter Shoemaker & Hoard unknown books
1975réf. 85005London: Limestone Publications / The City Literary Institute 1975. First Edition. Slim octavo 21.75cm; mimeographed sheets stapled into pink card wrappers printed in black; 23-32pp. This copy is from the library of to Puerto Rican editor translator and literary critic Roberto Marquez inscribed to him by the author on the title page: "Roberto Marquez / with best wishes / July 27 1976 / James Berry / 108 Stanford Avenue / Brighton / Sussex England." Early collection of verse by the Jamaican poet who migrated to the UK in 1948. He was known for being one of the earliest writers to integrate Jamaican vernacular in his poetry. The title poem is written in the voice of Lucy a Jamaican woman newly arrived in London and missing Jamaica and many of the poems represented here share the perspective of Jamaican migrants in English society. A nice inscription to Marquez who at the time was founder and editor of the journal Caliban: A Journal of New World Thought and Writing. Uncommon; OCLC notes a single holding at Cambridge. 85005. Limestone Publications / The City Literary Institute unknown books
1976réf. 516028London: Limestone Publications 1976. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Edited with an Introduction by James Berry. Spine tanned and bottom corner a bit bumped throughout very good in wrappers. Includes poems by James Berry Jamaica Faustin Charles Trinidad Cresswell Durrant St. Vincent Cy Grant Guyana A. L. Hendriks Jamaica Frank John Trinidad Linton Johnson Jamaica Rudolph Kizerman Barbados Claude Lushington Trinidad E. A. Markham Montserrat Jimi Rand Barbados and Paul St. Vincent Antigua. Limestone Publications unknown books
1865réf. 902London: Longmans Green and Co 1865. 3 volumes. 3/4 leather with marbled paper covered boards. Light rubbing and wear to the binding. Interior good with foxing. A good gathering of the papers of this British woman writer. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
1996réf. 72175Washington D.C.: Counterpoint 1996. First edition / uncorrected bound galleys. Paperback. Very Good . SIGNED. 149pp. Duodecimo 20.5 cm Red printed wrappers. Minor creasing to the front wrap. The author's fifth novel continuing to tell the stories of the characters of the Port Williams fellowship. Signed by Wendell Berry on the title page. Counterpoint paperback books
1997réf. 588605Berkeley: Small Press Distribution 1997. Unbound. Fine. Broadside. Measuring 5.25" x 12.5". About fine. A single poem printed on the occasion of a benefit reading for Small Press Distribution. OCLC appears to locate four copies. Small Press Distribution[?] unknown books
1987réf. 72013San Francisco: North Point Press 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 192pp. Octavo 21 cm Green cloth over boards. With only very trivial dulling to the upper extremities. In the illustrated dust jacket with creasing to the top edge of the front panel and light shelfwear. Berry's exploration of what it means to make oneself "responsibly at home." "Novelist and poet Berry offers an eclectic group of essays on subjects ranging from economics and education to agriculture and the feminist movement. In 'Six Agricultural Fallacies' for example he argues in his typically individualistic way that agriculture cannot be considered an industry because industry centers on machinery which is not alive while agriculture is a matter of living and breathing organisms. He also maintains that a factory may break down and machinery will fall into disrepair but that soil when properly used will never 'wear out.' Elsewhere he praises the art of working by hand. Noting that he is not an authority on many of his subjects he gives his opinions nonetheless which help make this collection quirky and amusing." - Publisher's Weekly. North Point Press hardcover books
1970réf. 72285Boston & Middleboro: Houghton Mifflin Company; The Country Press 1970. Uncorrected galley proofs. Paperback. Very Good. 145pp. Octavo 21 cm Printed wraps. Thin 1" mark on rear wrap. Hinges just a bit glue-stained. Wendell Berry's essay about racism. Houghton Mifflin Company; The Country Press paperback books
1986réf. 70688San Francisco: North Point Press 1986. Uncorrected page proof. Paperback. Very Good. SIGNED. 146pp. Octavo 21 cm Orange and black printed wraps. Spine sunned and just a hair slanted back. Signed by Wendell Berry on the title page. Wallace Stegner wrote "It is hard to say whether I like this writer better as a poet an essayist or a novelist. He is all three at a high level. North Point Press paperback books
1997réf. 100181Frankfort::: Gnomon Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0917788648 . Stated first edition. INSCRIBED by the author to a previous owner dated 1997 on the title page. Small stain along the bottom edge of the front board another brief gift inscription on half-title page else near fine in a fine dust jacket.; 62 pages . Gnomon Press, hardcover books
1963réf. 1386513New York NY: George Braziller 1963. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. In Good plus condition with a Good condition slipcase. Black cloth slipcase with mild wear along the edges moderate age-toning along the fore edges white stains on the rear board and stains on the head and tail edges. Aged cream white spine with black lettering. Boards have mild wear along the edges a stain on the rear head edge and mild age-toning along the spine. Textblock has mild age-toning throughout. Signed flat by Wendell Berry and Ben Shahn on signature page located in the rear page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1386513. Special Collections - Downstairs. George Braziller hardcover books
1963réf. 1386514New York NY: George Braziller 1963. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. In Good plus condition with a Good condition slipcase. Black cloth slipcase with mild wear along the edges moderate age-toning along the fore edges staining on the front board and stains on the head and tail edges. Aged cream white spine with black lettering. Boards have mild wear along the edges a stain on the rear head edge a stain on the spine and mild age-toning along the spine. Textblock has mild age-toning throughout. Signed flat by Wendell Berry and Ben Shahn on signature page located in the rear page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1386514. Special Collections - Downstairs. George Braziller hardcover books
1963réf. 1386515New York NY: George Braziller 1963. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo. In Good plus condition with a Good condition slipcase. Black cloth slipcase with mild wear along the edges mild wear along the fore edges and mild age-toning throughout. Cream white spine with black lettering. Boards have mild wear along the edges a stain on the rear head edge a stain on the spine and mild age-toning along the spine. Textblock has mild age-toning throughout. Signed flat by Wendell Berry and Ben Shahn on signature page located in the rear page. NOTE: Shelved in Room Z. 1386515. Special Collections - Downstairs. George Braziller hardcover books
1964réf. 1377382New York: George Braziller 1964. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Oblong Octavo unpaginated. In Very Good condition and housed in publisher's Very Good black slip case. Bound in publisher's white cloth with black lettering to spine. Minor shelf wear. Textblock clean. Signed flat by Wendell and Shahn in rear. Shelved in Case 12. 1377382. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. George Braziller hardcover books
1989réf. 327176San Francisco: North Point Press 1989. 56p. illustrated signed by Berry on the title page first trade edition hardcover bound in decorative boards and green quarter-cloth slight toning to top quarter of the boards otherwise in very good condition. Originally published in a limited edition of 150 copies by the Press of Appletree Alley. North Point Press unknown books
1935réf. 22988London: Constable & Co 1935. Cloth. Very Good /Very Good. A very presentable copy of the 1935 1st edition. Solid and VG to Near Fine in a bright price-intact VG dustjacket with light staining along the spine mild chipping at its crown and very light creasing to the rear panel. 12mo includes large fold-out map at the rear. "With a Letter-Preface by H. Warner Allen Constable & Co unknown books
réf. 366248Unbound. Fine. 5" x 7.5" black and white photograph. Fine. Signed and dated by Kroeger: "Good luck Berry Kroeger. Dec. 48." Kroeger was an actor on radio who specialized in heavies and then made the leap to films in 1948. He is perhaps best known as Packett in the cult classic "Gun Crazy unknown books
1980réf. 58535San Francisco: North Point Press 1980. First Edition. 12mo pp. 89. Fine in a dj spine faded to yellow as usual. Freedman A38a. Signed and dated 1983 by Berry on the title page. poems. North Point Press unknown books
1987réf. 54036San Francisco: North Point Press 1987. First Edition. 8vo pp 192. A near fine copy in dj. Non authorial presentation on the end paper. Scarce there were only 973 copes printed of the this title. Freedman A63b. North Point Press unknown books
