Poetry
Clearing
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. 52pp. Octavo [21 cm]. 1/2 black cloth over brown boards. Very good in a very good dust jacket. The boards are just a tiny bit warped. The rear panel of the dust jacket is lightly creased. Freedman A33.b. This is Wendell..... More
Entries:; Poems
Washington, D. C. Counterpoint, 1997. 5th Printing. Paperback. 80 pp. 20.5 cm. Wraps in two-tone red and gray spine and illustrated covers. New book with no flaws. Berry's "aching prose and strong sense of place . . . [put him] in the pantheon of Southern writers. This is an important..... More
Given: New Poems
Washington, D.C. Shoemaker Hoard, 2005. Bound Galley. Paperback. 162pp. Small octavo [20.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. With a Xeroxed note from the publisher, calling this a first pass galley, tucked in. From the rear wrap- "Author of over forty books of fiction, poetry, and essays, WENDELL BERRY has farmed a hillside in..... More
Given: New Poems
Washington, D.C. Shoemaker Hoard, 2005. Bound Galley. Paperback. 162pp. Small octavo [20.5 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very minor crease to the top fore-edge corner of the front wrap. With a Xeroxed note from the publisher, calling this a first pass galley, tucked in. From the rear wrap- "Author of over forty books..... More
Leavings; Poems
Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2009. Reprint. Paperback. 132pp. [20 cm]; illustrated wraps. From the publisher: "Berry’s themes are reflections of his life: friends, family, the farm, the nature around us as well as within. He speaks strongly for himself and sometimes for the lost heart of the country. As he has..... More
The Mad Farmer Poems
Berkeley: Counterpoint LLC, 2014. Later printing. Paperback. 40pp. Octavo [21cm]; illustrated wraps. "During the otherwise quiet course of his life as a poet, Wendell Berry has become "mad" at what contemporary society has made of its land, its communities, and its past. This anger reaches its peak in the poems..... More
November Twenty Six Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three
New York: George Braziller, 1964. Ben Shahn. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. [38pp] Oblong octavo [18 cm by 24 cm] Natural white cloth over boards with the title printed in black on the spine, and the title reproducing Shahn's calligraphy on the front board. Deckled fore edges. Maroon endpapers. Printed on..... More
November Twenty Six Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three
New York: George Braziller, 1964. Ben Shahn. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. [38pp] Oblong octavo [18 cm by 24 cm] Natural white cloth over boards with the title printed in black on the spine, and the title reproducing Shahn's calligraphy on the front board. Deckled fore edges. Maroon endpapers. Printed on..... More
The Selected Poems of Wendell Berry
Washington, D. C. Counterpoint, 1998. Later printing. Paperback. 178pp. [20 cm]; illustrated wraps. More
A Small Porch; Sabbath Poems 2014 and 2015
Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2016. Early Counterpoint Printing. Paperback. 159 pp. [21cm]; pictorial wraps. More
Window Poems
Counterpoint, 2007. First Shoemaker & Hoard Edition, Second Printing. Paperback. 64pp. Octavo [23cm]; illustrated wraps. A collection of poems that Berry wrote while looking out the multi-paned window of "The Long-Legged House". This edition is a copy of the Bob Baris Press on Scroll Road handpressed edition with wood engravings..... More
Susanna Martin (Maya Quarto Seven)
Printed by Clifford Burke at Cranium Press, 1970. Limited edition. Paperback. Very slim quarto [25.5 cm] Sewn orange wraps with a small illustrated title label mounted to the front wrap. With subtle fading at the fold of the spine. One in an edition of 250 copies on Curtis papers. More
Random Remarks on a Random World (Reprinted from The Western Humanities Review, Vol. XV, No. 1, Winter, 1961)
Signed association copy. SIGNED. 10-page article stapled in the top left corner. Inscribed by the Canadian experimental poet, novelist, and critic, Earle Birney, to fellow poet Bill Stafford at the head of the article. Birney taught at the University of British Columbia, where he founded and oversaw the first Canadian..... More
Adventures of Mr. Electric
Baltimore, MD: Tropos Press, 1990. First edition. INSCRIBED COPY. [80 pp.]. Duodecimo (15.5cm); white saddle stitched (2 staples) wraps with a duotone photograph on the front cover. 13 duotone photographs throughout text. Near fine. An obscure little book full of fascinating and bizarre poems and photographs. The first edition was..... More
Mirabai Versions
New York: The Red Ozier Press. First facsimile edition. Paperback. Octavo [21 cm] Tan illustrated wraps. Very good condition. There is a small stain on the bottom edge of the front cover. The rear cover is very lightly soiled. There is a gift inscription on the first page. The pages..... More
Pueblo Poems
Marvin, SD: Benedictine Missionaries, Blue Cloud Abbey, 1975. First Edition. Paperback. Two point saddle staple binding. Vol. XXI, Number 1 of The Blue Cloud Quarterly. Paper lightly darkened by sun right along the spine and extreme upper edge. Illustrated with photography by Ansel Adams, H. T. Corey, and Ben Wittick..... More
Poem Afternoon in a Square of Guadalajara (Maya Quarto Six)
Printed by Clifford Burke at Cranium Press, 1970. Limited edition. Paperback. Very slim quarto [25.5 cm] Sewn orange wraps with a small illustrated title label mounted to the front wrap. One in an edition of 300 copies. More
Chiaroscuro; a mystery
Salt Lake City, UT: Elik Press, 2005. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 35 pp. Pictorial wraps. Number 23 of 150. A collection of poems by Utah's poet laurate Ken W. Brewer. Elik Poetry Series Number Six, First Edition, Special Printing. Signed by the late poet laureate of Utah, on the title..... More
To Remember What is Lost
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1982. Limited edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 55pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with a silver stamped bird design on the front cover. Fine in a very good dust jacket. The edges of the jacket are very lightly rubbed, chipped and creased. There is..... More
To Remember What is Lost
Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 1982. Limited edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 55pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Blue cloth covered boards with a silver stamped bird design on the front cover. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. The edges of the jacket are very lightly rubbed, chipped and creased. The..... More
Lake's Edge: Poems
First Haven, ID: Silver Moon, 2002. Trade edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 38pp. Thin quarto [28 cm] Illustrated wraps. Very good. The wraps are very lightly soiled. There are a couple of small light moisture stains on the top edge of the front wrap. Signed by Brewer on the title page. Kenneth..... More
Small Scenes
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2006. Royden Card. First edition, 1/300. Paperback. 20 pp. Octavo. Red handmade string bound wrappers with decorative end sheets. Letter press edition. 20 poems by former Utah poet laureate, Ken Brewer, who died in the spring of 2006 after a lengthy battle with cancer in his..... More
Small Scenes
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2006. Royden Card. First edition, 1/300. Paperback. 20 pp. Octavo. Red handmade string bound wrappers with decorative end sheets. Letter press edition. Signed by both the author and the illustrator on the title page. 20 poems by former Utah poet laureate, Ken Brewer, who died in..... More