A Small Porch
Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2016. First edition. Paperback. 153pp. Octavo. [21cm] Illustrated Wraps. A collection of Sabbath poems from 2014 and 2015 combined with 'The Presence of Nature in the Natural World: A Long Conversation'. More
Poetry
A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997
Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 1998. reprint. Paperback. 216pp. Octavo. [20.5cm]. Illustrated Wraps. A collection of Berry's poetry, based around his Sunday morning walking meditations where he observed the world through his poetry. This book gathers all of his single works to date, embracing that which is elemental to human life-- beauty..... 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
Haste
Salt Lake City, UT: Signature, 2023. Paperback. 60pp. Octavo. Illustrated wraps. "From a life of meditation and memory, legend and language, Lisa Bickmore probes in poems intimate yet inclusive the dark spaces of experience where figures align, collapse, and realign. This second edition contains a new foreword by the author."..... More
Emily Dickinson A Revelation
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. 109pp. Octavo. 1/4 black cloth and decorative sage paper over boards with title stamped in gilt on spine. Deckle edges. Dust jacket is yellowing at the edges with light chipping and tearing. 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
Leaves From A Grass House
Honolulu, Hawaii: Patten Company Ltd, 1923. Fourth edition. SIGNED. 59pp. Duodecimo [18 cm] Thin card wraps, with a pictorial dust wrapper, and the publisher's additional wrapper of fringed woven grass. The text block is hanging on to the covers by a thread. There is a contemporary gift inscription on the..... 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
June 30th, June 30th
New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 99pp. Small octavo [21 cm] 1/4 white cloth with blue paper over boards. Publisher's purple spray to foot of text block ( a bit has transferred to the foot of the spine and surrounding areas of the boards, along..... More
June 30th, June 30th
New York: Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 99pp. Small octavo [21 cm] 1/4 white cloth with blue paper over boards. No dust jacket. The biards are lightly rubbed, the spine is a bit toned, and there is small stain on the rear board, near the head..... 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. 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
Whale Song: A Poet's Journey Into Cancer
Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press, 2007. First Trade Paperback Edition. Paperback. [104pp.] Octavo [21.5 cm.] White illustrated wrappers with titles printed in black on front panel and backstrip. This collection of poems was penned as the author was battling cancer in his Cache Valley home. A poet of..... More
Whale Song: A Poet's Journey Into Cancer
Salt Lake City, UT: Dream Garden Press, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. [104pp.] Octavo [21.5 cm.] Maroon cloth backstrip and boards with silver lettering. Fine. This collection of poems was penned as the author was battling cancer in his Cache Valley home. A poet of the first order, and an incredible..... More
Sum of Accidents
Salt Lake City, UT: City Art, 2003. First edition. Paperback. 179 pp. By Utah's acclaimed Poet Laureate. A compilation of the late poet's work over the past three decades. Ken Brewer, 1941-2006, has selected the poems from early works such as Collected Poems of Mongrel, Remember What Is Lost, The..... More
Small Scenes
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2006. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED - Small Scenes was letterpress printed during the winter of 2006 in a limited edition of 350 copies. This volume is one of only 50 copies that have been specially bound by hand into cloth and boards, numbered and signed by..... More
Small Scenes
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2006. Limited Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED - Small Scenes was letterpress printed during the winter of 2006 in a limited edition of 350 copies. This volume is one of only 50 copies that have been specially bound by hand into cloth and boards, numbered and signed by..... More
Small Scenes
Boise, ID: Limberlost Press, 2006. Limited first edition. Paperback. Tall octavo [26 cm] Red string bound wrappers with decorative free endsheets. Fine condition. Woodcuts by Royden Card. Small Scenes was letterpress printed during the winter of 2006 in a limited edition of 350 copies. The type is Benedictine Book. The..... More
Chiaroscuro: A Mystery
Salt Lake City, UT: Elik Press, 2005. First Edition, #32/150. Paperback. 35 pp. Octavo. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A collection of poems by Utah's former poet laurate Ken W. Brewer. Elik Poetry Series Number Six. More
The Blue Roofs of Japan: A Score for Interpreting Voices
Vancouver, British Columbia: William Hoffer, 1986. Limited Edition. SIGNED. Thin quarto [29 cm] Japanese folded, stabbed and side-laced into covers of Mi-teintes Canson blue roi mould-made. With light creasing, and several minor smudges on the wraps. One in an edition of 150, hand-numbered in Arabic numerals & signed by Robert..... More
Here. Now. Always.
New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 153pp. Octavo [20.8cm]. Bright green cloth over boards. Heads of boards are faded to yellow. Unclipped pictorial dust jacket. Pages and dust jacket slightly age toned. Signed and inscribed on the title page. Inscription reads "Po-po mummy, Look at..... More