Berry, WendellABAA
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1964réf. 140947051New York: Harcourt Brace & World Inc 1964. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Signed by Wendell Berry on the title page. viii 56 pp. Bound in publisher's light brown paper covered boards over light gray buckram with spine lettered in gilt. Near Fine with slight lean to binding small stain to foredge and light toning to contents. In a Very Good unclipped dust jacket with toning to spine and rubbing to extremities front joint has small closed tear at foot; toning to top edge of flap and verso. The pastoral poet's third book scarce signed. Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc unknown books
1967réf. 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
1998réf. 58537Washington: Counterpoint 1998. First Edition. 8vo pp. 216. Fine in dj. Freedman A106b. Counterpoint unknown books
1991réf. 58513Berkeley: North Point Press 1991. Advance uncorrected page-proof copy of the reprinted edition. 8vo pp. Printed wraps a nice tight copy. Freedman A17b. This was first issued in 1971 by the University Press of Kentucky. North Point Press unknown books
1848réf. List3729Corning New York 1848. Two autograph letters signed from C. H. Berry. Each 3 pp measuring 8 x 10 inches. Very good plus. A pair of letters from C. H. Berry of Corning New York who was apparently both a schoolteacher and active in Free Soil circles in the area. The earlier letter written in 1847 provides an unexpected look at corporal punishment in the classroom. Berry writes: "I am in my school yet. I have four weeks or nearly that to keep yet. I storm round like an old sailor have my hands full but enjoy the pleasure of seeing the little 'varmints' learn. I had a speck of variety today. Several boys stayed out this forenoon after recess. This afternoon I called them up & after talking a spell told them I should punish them for staying out. One fellow squared himself & said he should not be punished! He was a huge fellow with a boxer's ring on his fingers weighing one or two ounces. He swore flat in my face when I began to talk with him. I told him in consideration of his being saucy he must take off his coat. I took the young man by the collar with one hand and applied a strap of harness leather to his legs with the other. He flourished his tongue his arms & legs in a furious way till finding my own was too long for him to reach me he dove for the poker. I just laid him out a couple of times & then plied my straps till his coat came off with a rush & numerous apologies followed it. He said he swore because he was mad he always did so & thought it very unfortunate that he had such a habit. I then punished him for staying out and told him to take his seat which he did very quietly." The second letter written during the immediate aftermath of the election of 1848 shifts dramatically toward national politics. Berry offers a frank assessment of the political future of anti-slavery organization: "In 'Free Soil' matters we have done up all we expected to here and are perfectly satisfied. Our party is firmly organized. Our cause has the sympathy of honest men of all parties and as Taylor is elected let me tell you just what I think of it: Cass has showed his hand and that party can not claim to be free soil men in 1852 or at any time hereafter. Taylor is in a position where he will be obliged to declare himself also. Now if Taylor disappoints the South and comes out a freedom man it will be in consequence of this Northern movement and we have attained all we wanted. But if which is more likely he goes for the South his supporters in the free states will be without the least color of excuse in 1852 and they must join our party & there will not be a grease spot of their organization left. The case then is this: Nothing but 'liberty' will satisfy the people of the north. The Hunkers can not stand on this platform for they have repudiated it; the honest ones will be with us. The Whigs must come on to our ground and join us as a party by the acts of their Executive or declare against liberty which will destroy their party here and bring them to us in a disorganized mass. Then with 'repeal' as our motto we will teach them the error of their ways. We can not fail to succeed in my view of the case. Free soil forever." Written before the formation of the Republican Party and more than a decade before secession the letter captures anti-slavery political sentiment at a transitional moment when Free Soil activists believed sectional political realignment increasingly inevitable. An unusually readable pair balancing ordinary rural life with emerging sectional politics in antebellum New York. books
1970réf. 332875London: Macmillan 1970. Hardcover. 224p. unfortunate ink scribble on front free endpaper otherwise a very good first UK edition stated hardcover bound in boards with gilt spine titles in an unclipped but edgeworn dust jacket with chipping at head and tail of the spine. Welsh author who was unsuccessful while alive but who has made a comeback years after his death. The story is about a Welsh lorry driver who boxes at night. Macmillan hardcover books
1865réf. ST19156London: Longmans Green and Co 1865. FIRST EDITION. 222 x 146 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4". Three volumes extended to six. Edited by Lady Theresa Lewis. EXCEPTIONALLY PRETTY CRIMSON CRUSHED MOROCCO HANDSOMELY GILT BY MORRELL signed on front inner dentelles covers bordered with double rules raised bands spines gilt in compartments featuring drawer pull and cinquefoil cornerpieces and elegant floral centerpiece elaborately gilt inner dentelles top edge gilt other edges rough trimmed. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH MORE THAN 275 ENGRAVED PLATES 30 of them views the rest portraits four of the plates folding and eight in color. One plate with small skillfully repaired tear at fore edge a few leaves and a dozen plates with sprinkled foxing isolated light offsetting and minor stains and soiling in the text but AN EXTREMELY FINE SET THE LOVELY BINDINGS UNUSUALLY BRIGHT AND VIRTUALLY UNWORN and internally very fresh and clean. This lavishly illustrated and handsomely bound set documents the very long and meaningful life of a spinster devoted to her father and her sister—and to literature. Mary Berry 1763-1852 grew up in a family of modest fortune yet she knew a great many important people including Princess Caroline of Wales the estranged wife of the Regent their daughter Princess Charlotte and the author Mme. de Stael who described Mary as "by far the cleverest woman in England." Mary met Lord Byron and Napoleon but her greatest friend was Horace Walpole the society wit letter-writer and builder of the neo-gothic extravaganza Strawberry Hill. Walpole who met Berry and her younger sister Agnes when they were in their twenties became so fascinated by their wit and wisdom that he persuaded them to settle with their father near him at "Little Strawberry Hill" which he bequeathed to them in his will. He left them his manuscripts as well and Mary Berry became the editor of his works. She also authored a play and a study of English and French society but our collection of her journal entries and letters put together by Lady Theresa Lewis 1803-65 is Mary Berry's most enduring legacy. The journal begins when Mary at 20 sets out with her father and Agnes for a tour of Holland Switzerland and Italy where she looks at paintings attends plays and records the ups and downs of stagecoach travel. The letters and entries in her journal written until her death give a rare picture of her times and her clever and endearing personality. At the same time some entries are melancholic in which she attributes falling short of achievements commensurate with the level of her abilities and never experiencing marriage and motherhood. Besides charming portraits of the Berry sisters the illustrations in our expanded set depict the authors they read Dryden for example the painters whose works they viewed the many notable figures they met or gossiped about royalty politicians actresses people of fashion and views of the places they visited. Our lovely set was produced by the London bindery of W. T. Morrell established about 1861 as successor to the firm begun by Francis Bedford who in turn had taken over the famous bindery of Charles Lewis. Prideaux in her "Modern Bookbindings" published in 1906 says that Morrell at that time had a very large business that supplied "all the booksellers with bindings designed by his men" bindings that were "remarkable for their variety and merit." The six volumes here look remarkably attractive on the shelf. Longmans, Green, and Co unknown books
1990réf. 26692NY: Henry Holt. 1990. Hardcover. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Illustrated by Maria Cristina Brusca. First printing. Fine in a fine dust. jacket. 0805012613 . Henry Holt hardcover books
1961réf. 166532New York: Harper 1961. hardcover. very good/good. Illustrated. 432pp. 8vo cloth d.w.; ex-lib dust wrapper torn. New York: Harper & Brothers 1961. A very good copy in a good dust wrapper. Harper unknown books
1849réf. 014068Louisville.: Published By the Author 1849. Both covers off but present.Leather spine label intact. Spine chipped with portions missing at head and foot. Old green endpapers rear free endpaper missing. Foxing throughout the text usually light to moderate. A total of 25 lectures with an Appendix. By a member of the iowa Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. 304pp. We presently see only Print-on-demand copies of this work. Sold as a reading copy only. First Edition. Full Brown Calf. General Corner Wear./No Jacket. Small Octavo. Published By the Author Hardcover books
réf. 000120Kansas City M.G. Berry 1994. Large octavo in wraps. 54 pages. A book detailing common sense for healthy seniors. Dr. Berry was a practicing internist in Kansas City for nearly 50 years and is Emeritus Clinical Professor of Medicine at both the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Dr. Berry's formula seems to be working for he is now 90 and working on another chapter for his book. Max's own daily 1-2-3: 1 baby aspirin 2 scrambled eggs and 3 ounces of bourbon! A delightful gentleman and a great read. First edition. Kansas City M.G. Berry 1994. paperback books
réf. 000485New York Harper & Brothers 1961. A fine copy bound in turquoise cloth chipped dust wrapper. A spirited account of men and events that reflected the power greed and ruin of the RMF "the greatest name in the mountains". Folding maps in rear pocket. First edition. New York Harper & Brothers (1961). hardcover books
1995réf. 71581Washington DC: Counterpoint 1995. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good . SIGNED. 109pp. Octavo 21 cm 1/4 brown cloth with beige paper over boards. Boards a trifle cocked. Spine ends gently bumped. Roughly a dozen tiny dot-sized stains on the bottom edge of the text block pages clean and bright. In a dust jacket with only very trivial wear. Wendell Berry's essays concerning community and the simple life. Inscribed by Wendell Berry on the title page: "To___ / With many good wishes / Wendell Berry / 9/25/96. Counterpoint hardcover books
1907réf. 1378604Rome: Societa Editrice Dante Alighieri 1907. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Octavo 612 pages. In Good condition. Half bound in brown cloth with patterned red and white paper boards. Boards have mild shelf wear. Binding shaken. Textblock has mild age toning light foxing to many pages bookplate on front pastedown splitting to title page gutter. 1378604. Special Collections - Downstairs. Societa Editrice Dante Alighieri hardcover books
1974réf. 49673Detroit: Black & Red 1974. Pamphlet. 29 3p staplebound booklet 7x10 inches very good condition. A history of the wildcat strike at Dodge thoroughly illustrated with B&W photos. Includes criticism of the Revolutionary Union and the UAW. Black & Red unknown books
1983réf. 227187Book Guild 1983. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Clean has a good binding no marks or notations pages are clean and bright light shelf wear to the dust jacket. LF S.U. Book Guild hardcover books
1952réf. 16161BORN IN CAPTIVITY Hamilton / Panther Books 1952 first edition fine in just about fine full pictorial dust-wrapper. Strangely uncommon. Hamilton / Panther Books unknown books
1953réf. 14911FROM WHAT FAR STAR Hamilton / Panther Books 1953 first edition fine in just about fine full color pictorial dust-wrapper. Hamilton / Panther Books unknown books
1972réf. 09742ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE #122 11-23-1972 first edition near fine in wraps. Curtis Mayfield Boz Scaggs Chuck Berry et.al. Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. paperback books
1964réf. 01085NOVEMBER TWENTY SIX NINETEEN HUNDRED SIXTY THREE Braziller 1964 first edition fine in slipcase. Illustrated by Shahn. George Braziller unknown books
1927réf. 02323SLIDE TRANSPARENCIES utilized in movie houses mostly during the silent film era Radio Mat Slide Co. ca. 1923 -1935 9 full color transparencies in fine condition. The set of slides consist of: NEVADA by Zane Grey -a Paramount Release; THE COVERED WAGON -a Jesse Lasky Paramount film; THE LONE EAGLE -an Emory Johnson production from Universal about the heroes of the air; MOULDERS OF MEN -a Joseph P. Kennedy release yes that same Joe Kennedy who did indeed produce motion picture films while sleeping with Hollywood Stars like Gloria Swanson and you thought Jack thought of it first sired a U.S. President etc.; THE WHITE BLACK SHEEP -An Inspiration Pictures Release starring Richard Barthelmess; JESSE JAMES -a Paramount film with Fred Thompson; THE COAST OF FOLLY -a Paramount Film with Gloria Swanson; STAGE STRUCK-another Paramount Film with Gloria Swanson and finally a slide for THE NEW 70 WILLYS-KNIGHT SIX -an ad for this magnificent automobile. Radio Mat Slide Co. 1927 unknown books
1896réf. 04263BIJOU'S COURTSHIP F. Tennyson Neely 1896 first American edition a good copy of a most uncommon book. F. Tennyson Neely unknown books
1933réf. 02332SCREEN PERSONALITIES G & D 1933 first edition light wear to the lower corner tips and spine soiling to the yellow covers closed tear to the f.e.p. else a good to very good copy. Each page is a full page of a Hollywood persona with both illustrations and biography. Some of personalities within are: Bankhead Barrymore Baxter Berry Bennett Bow Brown Cagney Cantor Chaplin Colbert Colman Copper Crawford Del Rio Dietrich Durante Fairbanks Farrell Gable Garbo Gaynor Gilbert Harlow Hayes Hepburn Howard Huston Jolson Karloff Laughton Lloyd Lombard Loy March Marx McLaglen Menjou. Mix Muni Powell Raft Robinson Rogers Ruggles Shearer Sidney Stanwyck Swanson West Young et.al. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
1964réf. 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
1998réf. 59529Washington: Counterpoint 1998. First Edition Uncorrected bound galleys. 8vo pp. 216. Fine in printed wraps. Freedman A106a. Counterpoint unknown books
