Ashville, NC: The Inland Press, 1911. First Edition. Original wraps. 4 3/4 X 8 Inches. 48 PP. Includes: The Confederacy, Soldier's Dream, The Blue and the Gray and Back Home among others. Decidedly southern Civil War poetry from veteran and Jarrett House founder R.F. Jarrett. Original tie-binding intact. Covers a...... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. 126 PP. Front cover of original DJ laid-in. Light wear to cover and spine label. A bit of wear to covers. More
Austin, TX: Cold Mountain Press, 1976. Signed Limited Edition. Original wraps. 4 3/4 X 7 1/2 Inches. 8 PP. Original tie-binding clean and intact. Signed by Wendell Berry directly on the limitation page. #83 of 300 signed copies. More
Winston - Salem, NC: Palaemon Press, 1979. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 6 3/4 Inches. Signed / Limited edition. Original publisher marbled boards with paper label on front. Signed by Robert Penn Warren on limitation (colophon) page. A very attractive copy. More
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1942. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 7/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. Original stiff wraps with DJ printed in red and black. Price-clipped. Toning to covers and edges of DJ. A very nice copy overall. More
Boston: J. Buffum, 1851. First Thus. Hardcover. 2 X 3 1/8 Inches. 96 PP. Original red cloth with gilt decoration to cover and spine. AEG. Pulling to cloth binding at bottom of rear. More
New York: New Directions, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. 4 3/4 X 7 1/4 Inches. 141 PP. Somewhat primitive (and artsy) cloth rebinding by former owner, poet Donald Lehmkuhl. Black cloth with new yellow endpapers. From the estate of Mr. Lehmkuhl. Donald Lehmkuhl, author of The Woman in the Moon (Doubleday, 1986)..... More
Compton Press, 1970. Signed Limited Edition. Original wraps. 6 1/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. #142 of 201 signed copies of this self-published book of poetry. Hint of wear to covers and edges. From the author's own estate. Donald Lehmkuhl, author of The Woman in the Moon (Doubleday, 1986), The Flights of..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1968. First UK Edition. Hardcover. 10 X 12 1/4 Inches. 60 PP. First trade edition. Original price of "84s" intact on front flap. Book bound in original grey cloth. Corners, edges and text extremely clean and sharp. DJ a bit worn at edges and folds. Some..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1928. T. Sturge Moore. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches. 110 PP. True first UK printing of the high-point of Yeats' career. Contains the first printing of "Sailing to Byzantium". Illustrated (gilt) covers by T. Sturge Moore. Scuffing to FFEP and rear pastedown..... More
London: Faber and Faber, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 43 PP. Original purple cloth clean and bright. Original price of "12s. 6d." intact on front flap. Light wear to DJ edges and spine. Hint of offsetting to endpapers. A very attractive copy. Signed by author..... More
London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 5/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 85 PP. Original paper boards with red and black title stamping to front cover. Original price of "10s. 6d." intact on front flap. Light toning to board edges. Scuff to top corner of FFEP. DJ..... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 9 Inches. 311 PP. Cloth spine over paper boards. Spine label missing. Early printing of the poem that so inspired John Keats, he wrote the first of this great odes (Ode to Psyche) in honor of..... More
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 4 3/4 X 6 1/8 Inches. 96 PP. Original maroon cloth binding with gilt title and decoration to cover and spine. First appearance of Longfellow's "Christmas Bells" poem. From an original publication of 20,100 copies. It is noted that every..... More
New York: Modern Library, 1950. Valenti Angelo. Early Edition. Hardcover. 5 1/2 X 8 1/8 Inches.423 PP. Circa 1950. Publisher list of books on reverse side of DJ. Hint of foxing to gutters. DJ a bit worn at edges and folds. Scuff to title label on spine. A Modern Library..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. 5 1/4 X 7 3/4 Inches.93 PP. Stated "First Edition" with the proper K-X code on copyright page. Original price of $2.00 intact on front flap. PO name on FFEP. Period embossed bookseller label for "The Book Shelf" in..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/4 X 8 3/4 Inches. 69 PP. Stated "First Edition" with the proper I-C on the copyright page. Original price of $2.00 intact. Slightest hint of scuffing to rear panel, else a fine copy. Hard to imagine a...... More
New York: The William Frederick Press, 1943. First Edition. Original wraps. 4 1/2 X 6 Inches. 12 PP. Original 1943 Anti-Nazi poems with four images of the Gremlins from the book by Roald Dahl. Original stiff blue paper wraps with staple binding. A sharp copy overall. More
Washington DC: Counterpoint, 1998. Advance Reading Copy. Original wraps. 5 x 8 Inches. 221 PP. Advance copy with full and complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Publish date of "April 1998" and proposed price of $22.00 on front cover. Signed by Wendell Berry directly on the..... More
New York: Pantheon, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 177 PP. First printing with full and complete number line to the "1" on the copyright page. Original price of $20.00 on front flap. Signed by Wendell Berry directly on the half title-page. PO name..... More
Washington DC: Shoemaker & Hoard, 2003. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 6 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 189 PP. First printing stated on the copyright page. Full and complete number line to the "1". Original price of $24.00 on front flap. Signed by Wendell Berry directly on the title-page. More
Washington DC: Counterpoint, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 1/8 X 8 1/4 Inches. 363 PP. First printing stated on the copyright page. Original price of $18.00 on front flap. Signed by Wendell Berry directly on the title-page. More
New York: New Directions, 1949. First Edition. Original wraps. 5 1/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 32 PP. Plain paper wraps housed in original dust jacket. PO name stamp on front flap and inside front cover. A very clean copy overall. More
New York: Farrar and Rinehart, 1933. Charles Child. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. 5 7/8 X 9 1/8 Inches. 115 PP. Original price of $2.00 intact on front flap (although an ink line through it). Signed and inscribed by both Stephen Vincent Benet and Rosemary Benet directly on the title-page..... More
New York: Random House, 1965. First American Edition. Hardcover. 5 3/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. 356 PP. Stated "First Printing" on the copyright page. Original price of $7.50 intact on front flap. Signed and inscribed, "To David Conyer with best wishes, from W.H. Auden" directly on the title-page. A very..... More