Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Riverside Press, 1960. First edition. Hardcover. 204pp. Octavo [21cm]. Black boards, with title stamped in white on spine. Publisher's black topstain. The head of the spine is very mildly bumped, and there is a previous owner's gift inscription on the front free endpaper. In a dust jacket..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1964. Ben Shahn. First edition. Hardcover. [38pp] Oblong sextodecimo [17.5 cm by 22.5 cm] White cloth with title in black on the front board and backstrip. Near fine. Housed in black slipcase. Illustrated thoughout by Ben Shahn. Second work from the noted author. Freedman A2. More
Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2013. Later printing. Paperback. 237pp. Octavo. [23 cm]. Blue wraps. For more than fifty years, Wendell Berry has been telling us stories about Port William, a mythical town on the banks of the Kentucky River, populated over the years by a cast of unforgettable characters living in a...... More
San Francisco, CA: North Point Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 340pp. Octavo [21 cm] Brown cloth boards quarterbound in light brown cloth spine. In the illustrated dust jacket with subtle discoloration to the spine. Eleven essays, with the majority drawn from "The Long-Legged House," "The Hidden Wound," "The Unforeseen Wilderness,"..... More
Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2008. Later printing. Paperback. 103 pp. Octavo. White and blue covers. It is 1976 and Andy Catlett, farmer and agricultural journalist, is walking the streets of San Francisco at dawn. In the eight months since losing his right hand to a corn-picking machine, he has also lost himself..... More
New York: Pantheon, 1993. First edition / uncorrected bound galleys. 161pp. Octavo [21 cm] Yellow printed wrappers. Very good. Freedman A93a. More
Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2004. Second edition. Paperback. 440 pp. 23x15cm. White and blue cover with painting. A collection of stories that focuses on five generations of residents in the town of Port William, Kentucky. "Wendell Berry has constructed an almost perfect fiction, a sublime meditation on how irrevocable loss is redeemed..... More
New York: North Point Press, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 210pp. Octavo [20.9cm]. Blue-grey cloth over boards. Author and title stamped in gold on the spine. Head of boards very lightly sunned. Bright red illustrated dust jacket. Spine of dust jacket slightly faded. Dust jacket unclipped. Signed and inscribed by..... More
Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2019. First edition. Paperback. 158pp. Octavo [20.5 cm]. Blue pictorial wraps. As part of Counterpoint’s celebration of beloved American author Wendell Berry comes this reissue of his 1986 classic, The Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership. Those stories include “Thicker Than Liquor”, “Where Did They..... More
Washington, D.C. Counterpoint, 1996. First edition / uncorrected bound galleys. Paperback. 149pp. Duodecimo [19.5 cm] Red printed wrappers. Very good. Freedman A103a. The author's fifth novel, continuing to tell the stories of the characters of the Port Williams fellowship. More
New York: Counterpoint, 2018. Later printing. Paperback. 167 pp. 20x13cm. Off-white pictoral covers with title printed in black. "Wendell Berry's latest collection contains five stories that return to one of his favorite places, the fictional town of Port William Kentucky...As always, he richly evokes the region's farmland and hamlets, and..... More
Lewiston, ID. Confluence Press, Inc., 1991. First edition. Hardcover. 223pp. Octavo [23.5 cm] Brown cloth covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Near fine. The foot of the spine is gently bumped. The dust jacket is in near fine condition as well. This work contains an..... More
New York: Random House, 1993. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF. 420pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] White and blue printed wrappers. Near Fine book in Near Fine dust jacket. Rear panel of jacket is blank. "PROOF" stamped on inside of jacket. One of only a handfull of proofs produced for..... More
New York: Random House, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 420pp. Octavo [24.5 cm] 1/2 black cloth over white boards with title gilt stamped on backstrip. Slight rubbing to dust jacket. Signed by the author, Charles Bowden, on the title page in black ink. More
New York: Doubleday, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. 342pp. Large octavo [24 cm] 1/4 brown cloth with brownish red paper covered boards. Near fine / Near fine. Publisher's author photo laid in. Sarah Bird's previous novel, The Mommy Club, won the Texas Institute of Letters Best Fiction of the Year award..... More
London: Folio Society, 2000. Hardcover. 551pp. Octavo. Illustrated cloth over boards with title stamped in gilt on spine. In a blue paper covered slipcase. More
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1937. Twentieth printing. Hardcover. SIGNED. 114 pp. Octavo. [19.5 cm]. Blue cloth over boards with silver stamped title on spine, silver stamped illustration of beach scene on front board. Corners and head/tail of spine lightly bumped. Dust jacket is in very good condition, toned..... More
New York: A Tom Doherty Associates Book, 1995. Advance reading copy. Paperback. SIGNED. 400pp. Octavo [21 cm] White and black printed wraps. Very good. The extremities are lightly soiled, and very slightly stained. Label stain on rear wrap. Spine ends bumped. Remainder mark in black pen on the bottom edge..... More
Livingston, MT: Clark City Press, 1996. Second printing, association copy. Hardcover. SIGNED. 154pp. Octavo [22 cm] Tan cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Near fine, in a very good dust jacket, with light staining (more so on the rear panel). Ex-libris Tom Russell. Inscribed by..... More
New York: Albert & Charles Boni, 1931. First edition in English. Hardcover. 274pp. Octavo [23 cm] Orange cloth over boards stamped in brown and gilt. There are a number of very tiny, light stains to the upper extremities, the spine ends are gently bumped, and there is a previous owner's..... More
Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1978. Third edition. Hardcover. 170pp. Octavo [22 cm] Gray paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are lightly rubbed and bumped. There are a couple of very small stains on the front..... More
Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1978. Third edition. Hardcover. 245pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are bumped and lightly rubbed. The dust jacket is in very good condition as well. The..... More
Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1969. Hardcover. 220pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Brown paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently rubbed and bumped. The spine is ever so slightly rolled. There is an ink stamp on..... More
Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1978. Third edition. Hardcover. 147pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are bumped and lightly rubbed. Very slight spine slant. There are several very small light stains..... More
Cape Town, Pretoria: Human & Rousseau, 1974. Fifth edition. Hardcover. 181pp. Octavo [22 cm] Brown paper covered boards with a white ink stamped title on the spine. Very good. The edges of the covers are gently bumped and rubbed. Very slight spine slant. The free endsheets are very subtly yellowed..... More