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1973Best.-Nr. 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
1935Best.-Nr. 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
1995Best.-Nr. 10180St. Louis and Portland OR: Missouri Botanical Garden/Timber Press 1995. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Fine. The first 5 volumes of this exhaustive study of the "Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana" 1995-1999. Each volume is in pristine condition. Clean and Fine in bright Fine dustjackets. Thick uniform quartos over 3400 pgs. all told hundreds and hundreds of detailed illustrations. Vol. 1: Introduction; Vol. 2: Pteridophytes/Spermatophytes/ACANTHACEAE-ARACEAE; Vol. 3: ARALIACEAE-CACTACEAE; Vol. 4: CAESALPINIACEAE-ERICACEAE and Vol. 5: ERIOCAULACEAE-LENTIBULARIACEAE. Also includes the 2 large fold-out maps accompanying the set which are here included in publisher's printed envelope. Missouri Botanical Garden/Timber Press unknown books
1924Best.-Nr. 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
1816Best.-Nr. 55305Paris: Vente 1816. Fine. Royal wedding edition of this popular pre-Revolution comedy issued on the occasion of the marriage of Princess Marie-Caroline and the Duc de Berry - and from the library of the Duchess herself who famously sold her books after her failed coup in 1832. The Duchess's wedding occurred only a year after the restoration of the royal House of Bourbon in 1815 following Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo. On that occasion a special performance of Andrieux's 1787 play was performed for the Duchess a devotee of the theater. This rare edition was printed as a memento of that event which was to have massive implications in French history. The Duchess's new husband was the king's brother; after the Duc de Berry's assassination in 1820 their son became the heir apparent to the French throne. But when the July Revolution of 1830 deposed the Bourbons the Duchess and her son went into exile. In 1832 however the Duchess of Berry clandestinely returned to France to lead a rebellion becoming "the most wanted woman in France" Samuels. Her coup failed and she was once again exiled; her story would later be dramatized in fiction by Alexandre Dumas as LES LOUVES DE MACHECOUL 1859. Realizing she would never return to her beloved library of some 8000 volumes at Chateau Rosny she made the decision to sell it. It was then one of the most famous libraries in France with a tremendous range in philosophy history travel science law theology fiction and theater. This copy's binding and bookplates mark its provenance from the library of the Duchess. It was bound by René Simier 1772-1843 who "had no superior and few rivals during his career" Ramsden 190 with his ticket announcing him as "Binder to the King to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Berry and to His Royal Highness the Duke of Bordeaux." The binding is in the style the Duchess regularly ordered from Simier featuring her gilt arms on the boards upon a carefully selected full morocco. It further bears the engraved bookplate of Rosny on the unusual pink endpapers. Books from the Duchess's library still appear with some regularity on the market today but rarely with such a close personal connection to the Duchess herself. Contemporary full honey morocco boards tooled in gilt with the arms of the Duchess of Berry bound by René Simier with his ticket "Relieur du Roi de S.A.R. Madame Duchesse de Berry et de S.A.R. Mgr le duc de Bordeaux". Pink glazed endpapers all edges gilt. 4 82 pages. Engraved bookplate of the Bibliothèque de Rosny on front pastedown; bookplates also of Alexis Rouart and Eugène Aubry-Vitet. Only trace rubbing and soil. Vente unknown books
2005Best.-Nr. 54353Washington D.C.: Shoemaker & Hoard 2005. Very good plus. Uncorrected bound galley of this diverse collection by the celebrated American poet his first in ten years at the time of publication. 8'' x 5''. Original color pictorial wrappers. 8 152 pages. A couple spots of soil to front wrapper tiny crease at bottom edge of textblock. Shoemaker & Hoard unknown books
1928Best.-Nr. 5777Joliet IL: P.F. Volland 1928. Near fine in very good box. First edition thus of these two rare Volland titles originally issued separately in 1922 and 1923 beautifully illustrated by Erick Berry and in the rare original box. 9.75'' x 8.75''. Original pictorial boards with black cloth spine. In original box. Illustrated by Berry in color and black and white. Light edgewear and soil to boards. Moderate soil and flap repairs to box. P.F. Volland unknown books
1946Best.-Nr. 4001New York: Oxford University Press 1946. Near fine in very good plus jacket. First edition of this charming post-war picture book about a little doll that wanted to be something else illustrated in vivid pinks blues and purples. 7'' x 7''. Original pictorial boards. In original unclipped $1.00 color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated with color illustrations on every page by the author. 30 pages. Book a bit dusty with minute bumping to extremities. Jacket beautifully preserved with minor soiling a couple short closed tears bit of edgewear. Oxford University Press unknown books
1925Best.-Nr. 1729831925. BERRY BROTHERS. Berrycraft Counter Book. 24 leaves many with tipped-on colour samples. Oblong folio 255 x 325 mm publisher's decorated cloth. Detroit: Berry Brothers 1925. A fine copy of this splendid and rare trade catalogue for paints which is not listed on OCLC. hardcover books
1966Best.-Nr. 41722Chapel Hill NC: Lillabulero 1966. Very Good. Chapel Hill NC: Lillabulero 1966-1974. Fourteen issues in thirteen volumes complete. The first two volumes in tall folio format 36.5cm the third through fifth issues slightly shorter 33cm and the final eight issues in octavo format 24cm; all issues bound in pictorial card wrappers yapp edges; illus. throughout. Moderate wear to margins especially to the larger format issues else a Very Good and sound set. Complete collection of this poetry and literature magazine the brain child of young Russell Banks while a student at UNC Chapel Hill. Contributors included the leading and up-and-coming poets of the day including Robert Creeley Charles Simic W.S. Merwin Wendell Berry Jim Harrison and in the final issue Louise Gluck. While some of the individual issues are quite common complete sets are rare. Lillabulero unknown books
1981Best.-Nr. 600554Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 1981. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. xviii 282pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket with very light wear and soil. University of Nebraska Press hardcover books
1983Best.-Nr. 605854Westport Connecticut: Lawrence Hill & Company 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second printing. Octavo. 376pp. Tiny hole punched in first three leaves possibly a remainder mark binding a trifle cocked near fine in a moderately rubbed very good dust jacket with a few very small chips and tears. Lawrence Hill & Company hardcover books
1992Best.-Nr. 606867Westport Connecticut: A Citadel Press Book / Carol Publishing Group 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. First Citadel printing. Trade paperback. xv 394pp. Near fine with modest edgewear. A Citadel Press Book / Carol Publishing Group unknown books
2002Best.-Nr. vot601Washington D.C.: Counterpoint 2002. First Edition. Octavo burgundy & tan boards hardcover gilt lettering xx 327 pp. Fine in a Very Good mylar protected dust jacket with light edgewear. From dust jacket: The Art of the Commonplace gathers twenty-one essays by Wendell Berry that offer an agrarian alternative to our dominant urban culture. Grouped around five themes -- geobiography an agrarian critique of culture agrarian fundamentals agrarian economics and agrarian religion -- these essays promote a clearly defined vision that is compelling and of interest to people dissatisfied with the stress anxiety ill-health and destructiveness of contemporary American culture. Readers will find in these illuminating essays discussions on such questions as: why is agriculture becoming culturally irrelevant and at what cost What are the forces of social disintegration and how might they be reversed How might men and women live together in ways that are to the benefit of both And how does the corporate takeover of social institutions and economic practices contribute to the destruction of human and natural environments Whether it be through his staunch support of local economies his defense of farming communities or his call for family integrity Berry emerges as the champion of responsibilities and priorities that serve the health vitality and happiness of the whole community of creation. Counterpoint, (2002). First Edition. hardcover books
1980Best.-Nr. 555581Washington D.C.: Zenger Publishing Co. Inc 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Reprint. With an introduction by Captain Charles Sweeny. xviii 271pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Very good with a slightly cocked binding a bit of foxing on the top and bottom page edges and a strip of paper adhered to the rear pastedown in a price-clipped and spine-sunned about very good dust jacket with chips and tears including a 3" tear on the front panel and some rubbing. Zenger Publishing Co., Inc hardcover books
2009Best.-Nr. 547966New York: Ballantine Books 2009. Softcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Mass market paperback. Spine creased and cocked near fine. A novel. Ballantine Books unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 551482Frankfort Kentucky: Gnomon 1990. Hardcover. Fine. First edition limited issue. Slim octavo. Red cloth over boards with embossed leather spine label. Illustrated. A fine copy. Number 17 of 50 copies bound by Mary Southworth and Signed by Berry on the limitation page. Poetry. Gnomon hardcover books
2012Best.-Nr. 547300New York: Ballantine Books 2012. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Toning on the bottom board edges else near fine in a very good dust jacket with internal dampstaining and creasing. Ballantine Books hardcover books
1985Best.-Nr. 531855Oxford: Oxford University Press 1985. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Trade paperback. 94pp. Light foxing on page edges and on wrappers very good or better. Advance Review Copy with publisher's card laid in. Poetry. Oxford University Press unknown books
1998Best.-Nr. 538496Sewanee Tennessee: University of the South 1998. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Blue wrappers. xxviii 179pp. Fine. "Quicksand" by Phil Condon. Poetry by Neal Bowers Catharine Savage Brosman Lionel Basney Morri Creech Richard Gillman Laurence Lieberman Michael Spence. Essays by Russell Fraser Wesley McNair. Arts and Letters by Richard Wakefield Elmer Borklund Walter Sullivan J.A. Bryant Jr. Marc Hudson David Mason Michael L. Hall William Harmon R.S. Gwynn. The State of Letters by Richard Stern Langdon Hammer Leonard F. Dean Wendell Berry Daniel Hoffman Robert McDowell Christian Wiman Reed Whittemore R.S. Gwynn and George Core. University of the South unknown books
1988Best.-Nr. 470302New York: Orchard Books / Franklin Watts 1988. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First American edition. Octavo. Fine in very near fine dust jacket. Advance REview Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Berry was born in Jamaica where these stories are set and has lived in both Jamaica and the United Kingdom. Orchard Books / Franklin Watts hardcover books
1960Best.-Nr. 499234Northfield Minnesota: Carlton College 1960. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Printed white wrappers. 112pp. Modest age-toning near fine. Essays and poetry contributions by Allen Tate W.R. Johnson John Pauker Ambrose Gordon Howard Nemerov Erling Larsen Hayden Carruth Francis Berry Marion Montgomery Ernest Kroll Harold Witt John Sebastian Wayne Booth Daniel G. Hoffman Myron Broomell Gael Turnbull Ramon Guthrie Walker Gibson Scott Bates Richard Eberhart Julian Moynahan Louis Coxe Philip Sheridan James B. Hall and Reed Whittemore. Carlton College unknown books
1996Best.-Nr. 507024New York: Scribner 1996. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Light spotting on the top page edge else fine. Scribner unknown books
1928Best.-Nr. 462940New York: The Macmillan Company 1928. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small quarto. 608pp. Illustrated in black and white with one folding chart. Ownership stamp and signature of a noted American psychologist on the front fly binding a bit cocked with a small bump on the lower board very good. The Macmillan Company hardcover books
1973Best.-Nr. 451794New York: Random House 1973. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Quarto. Illustrated. 152pp. Tiny nick on front fly bump at bottom of front board near fine in price-clipped near fine dust jacket. Random House hardcover books
