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1971rif. 19897Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky 1971. First Edition. meatyard. First printing with text block on the copyright page p. iv flushed to the right margin. Bound in white cloth covers little bowed with a flat spine in little soiled dj. 1/1500 copies of a total edition of 3000. Freedman A17a-1. A very good copy. The publisher had this reprinted because the registration of the duotones was unacceptably poor. The University Press of Kentucky unknown books
1971rif. 27447Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky 1971. First Edition. Meatyard. First printing with text block on the copyright page p. iv flushed to the right margin. Bound in white cloth with a flat spine in dj. Ex-library copy with a couple of small stamps on the title-page; the circulation pocket on the rear e.p. and tape holding the glassene over the dj. 1/1500 copies of a total edition of 3000. Freedman A17a-1. A very good copy. The publisher had this reprinted because the registration of the duotones was unacceptably poor. The University Press of Kentucky unknown books
1975rif. 57344Crete Nebraska: The Best Cellar Press 1975. First Edition. Printed wraps a fine copy. Scarce early work. Freedman A28. Poems. The Best Cellar Press unknown books
1964rif. 10714NOVEMBER TWENTY SIX NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY THREE Braziller 1964 first edition fine in slipcase. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. The limited edition SIGNED by both the author and artist. Braziller unknown books
2018rif. 3263First edition first prnt. Signed by Berry on the title page. Full green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Map pastedowns endpages. Cloth pagemarker. Edited by Jack Shoemaker. Chronology. Note on Texts. Notes. Contains twenty-three stories and four novels: Nathan Coulter Andy Catlett: Early Travels A World Lost A Place on Earth. Shallow fold on two endpages; otherwise an unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Library of America hardcover books
1980rif. 30370Berkeley: North Point Press 1980. First edition. Stapled wraps. Signed and dated "3/24/03" by Berry on the last page of the poem. Above his signature Berry has written the salutation "With good wishes." Drawing by Bruce McGaw. Unread copy in Fine condition. Soft Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Chapbook. North Point Press paperback books
1973rif. 164905Garden City: Anchor Press / Doubleday 1973. First Edition. First Edition. INSCRIBED on the title page by editor Ed McClanahan: "Ed McClanahan / for Jeff Rogers / Lex / 5/9/87." A collection of articles poetry and fiction. Very Good plus in perfect-bound wrappers. Anchor Press / Doubleday unknown books
1970rif. 57613NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1970. First Edition. 8vo pp. 118. Fine in price clipped dj top edge lightly soiled .Former owner's inscription on the end paper. Freedman A15a. There were just 2233 copies of this first edition. Poems. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich unknown books
1969rif. 527519Iowa City Iowa: The Prairie Press 1969. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 63pp. Linen spine stamped in red on spine and green decorated paper-covered boards printed in red. Foxing on fore-edge of the text block else a fine copy in fine dust jacket. An elusive title of the poet's third collection of verse. The Prairie Press hardcover books
1892rif. 314640Lansing: Thorp 1892. hardcover. near fine. Frontis. and some other illustrations. 426 pages 12mo original gilt-lettered cloth; lightly rubbed. Lansing: Darius D. Thorp 1892. A bit shaken still a near fine copy. Thorp unknown books
1865rif. 383120London: Longmans Green and Co 1865. Hardcover. Fair. First edition. Three volumes. Octavos. All three volumes are signed on the front free endpaper: "C. Napier / Coates Hall 1870". Located in Edinburg Coates Hall now St. Mary's Music School was originally designed by David Bryce for the Napier family in 1850. Spine backs are faded old dampstaining to the boards else good interior text pages are clean and tight. Longmans, Green, and Co hardcover books
1972rif. 64711San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very good. SIGNED. 182pp. Duodecimo 19 cm Rust-colored cloth over boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Publisher's orange topstain. With a miniscule amount of underlining and a brief contemporary gift inscription on the title page. In the dust jacket with sunning to the spine and light rubbing to the edges. Wendell Berry's second book of essays. Signed by Berry on the title page. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers hardcover books
2003rif. 72111Washington DC: Shoemaker & Hoard 2003. First Printing. Hardcover. As New/As New. SIGNED. 189 pp. Octavo 23.5 cm 1/4 red paper with beige paper over boards. Authors initials gilt stamped on front cover. Gilt title on spine. Signed by author with black ink on title page. "The political import of complex current events requires great urgency clarity and care. Nothing less than the future of our nation is at stake. Wendell Berry's 'Citizenship Papers' collecting nineteen new essays is a ringing alarm a call for resistance and responsibility and a reminder of how fragile our commonwealth has become at the dawn of the twenty-first century. 'We are encouraged to believe that the governments and corporations of the affluent parts of the world are run by rational people using rational processes to make rational decisions. The dominant faith of the world in our time is rationality. That in an age of reason the human race or the most wealthy and powerful parts of it should be behaving with colosal irrationality outght to make us wonder if reason alone can lead us to do what is right.' from 'Two Minds.'-from the front dust jacket flap. Shoemaker & Hoard hardcover books
1967rif. 68768New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1967. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 118pp. Octavo 21 cm 1/4 black cloth with pale blue paper over boards. Slight lean to spine; rear board a hair warped. In an attractive dust jacket with a couple of very shallow closed tears to the edges. A first edition of this book of poems inspired by the land in Kentucky where Wendell Berry was born married lives farms and writes. These poems reflect a unity of language and consciousness dexterity and thoughtfulness that has placed Wendell Berry in the upper echelon of contemporary American poets. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich hardcover books
2018rif. UB-17866The Library of America 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition thus first printing signed by Wendell Berry on the title page. Half-title page has vertical crease see picture else as new. "For more than fifty years in eight novels and forty-two short stories Wendell Berry b. 1934 has created an indelible portrait of rural America through the lens of Port William Kentucky one of the most fully imagined places in American literature. Taken together these novels and stories form a masterwork of American prose: straightforward spare and lyrical. Now for the first time in an edition prepared in consultation with the author Library of America is presenting the complete story of Port William in the order of narrative chronology. This first volume which spans from the Civil War to World War II gathers the novels Nathan Coulter 1960 revised 1985 A Place on Earth 1967 revised 1983 A World Lost 1996 and Andy Catlett: Early Travels 2006 along with twenty-three short stories among them such favorites as "Watch With Me" "Thicker than Liquor" and "A Desirable Woman." It also features a newly researched chronology of Berrys life and career a map and a Port William Membership family tree and helpful notes"--. The Library of America hardcover books
1982rif. 92808San Francisco:: North Point Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0865470782 . A collection of poems. First edition. SIGNED by the author. Trace foxing on top edge else near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket.; 60 pages; Signed by Author . North Point Press, hardcover books
1986rif. 72025San Francisco: North Point Press 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED. 146pp. Octavo 20.5 cm. Bound in maroon cloth; gilt stamped title on the spine. Spine a touch rolled and spine ends very gently bumped. Dust jacket is mildly toned. 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 hardcover books
1994rif. 72024New York / San Francisco: Pantheon Books 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. SIGNED. 210pp. Octavo 21cm. 1/4 beige cloth with speckled beige boards. Title stamped in green ink on spine. Author's initials stamped on front board. Small ownership mark on front free endpaper. Dust jacket is very mildly toned and the corners of the flaps are a bit creased. A return to one of Berry's favorite places the fictional town of Port William Kentucky. Contains seven interrelated stories. Pantheon Books hardcover books
2007rif. 72054Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky 2007. First edition numberline ending with 1. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. 349pp. Octavo 24 cm 1/4 brown cloth with white paper over boards. Bottom fore-edge corners of covers prominently bumped. In the dust jacket with fading to the jacket's spine title still bold. A book appraising Berry's written work and exploring his influence as an activist and artist. Signed by Wendell Berry on the title page. The University Press of Kentucky hardcover books
1994rif. 1411703Grass Valley CA: Underwood Books 1994. Limited Edition #193/500. Hardcover. Quarto xii 144 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Housed in gray slipcase. Spine white and black with white and black lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Light rubbing to head and tail of board spine. Signed by editors and artists on publisher's tipped-in page. Shelved Case 11. 1411703. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Underwood Books hardcover books
1924rif. 25317New York: Doubleday Page and Company 1924. Very good. First edition of this Jazz Age circus picture book brightly illustrated in '20s style and in the rare original box. 9'' x 7.5''. Original color pictorial paper boards. In original color paper box. Color pictorial endpapers. Illustrated by Berry in black and white and in color. 64 pages. Bookplate depicting a young woman reading to front pastedown. Subtle repairs to book spine and to box joints with touches of rubbing and soil. Bright. Doubleday, Page and Company unknown books
2017rif. 1378390London: Routledge 2017. Hardcover. Octavo xiv 294 pages. In Good condition. Ex-library with usual markings including library stamps to edges and title page label on rear pastedown. Spine is black with white print. Boards in illustrated paper. Slight wear to corners blemish to rear panel. Illustrated: b&w. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column G ND-G. 1378390. FP New Rockville Stock. Routledge hardcover books
1964rif. 8073New York: George Braziller 1964. Limited ed. Hardcover. g. Ben Shahn. Horizontal 8vo. Unpaginated. Gray boards with slight bowing. Some wear to cover. Otherwise in good condition. Illustrated with drawings some color by Ben Shahn. Signed by the artist. George Braziller hardcover books
1954rif. 9001262Morehead State College Press 1954. 1st. paperback. Very Good. Wrappers. Cover design by Ann Felix. Includes two poems by Wendell Berry published here before his first novel. Morehead State College Press paperback books
1979rif. 36502Deerfield/Dublin: The Deerfield Press/The Gallery Press 1979. First Edition. Limited to 300 signed copies. Fine in dj with a closed tear to the rear of the dj Freedman A36 B brown end papers some offsetting from the dj. Spine title printed in upper and lower case letters dj state 2 with title on the spine in upper and lower case letters. This dj has a white label covering the printed price: The Gallery Press Bound 6.30 6.93 inc. vat limited signed edition This was originally issued at 4.20. The Deerfield Press/The Gallery Press unknown books