Kentuckiana from Heaven-Haven Books

8vo, aqua cloth with silver titles, 185pp. Unclipped dust jacket (12.95). First Edition. An ex-library copy with stamping to top edge of text block, tape residue marks to endpapers and boards, else unmarked. Dust jacket shows toning, creasing and rubbing to panels. Firmly bound; a nice crisp copy in mylar. A collection of ten stories; Davenport's scarcest trade title.

8vo, black cloth with white titles, black topstain, 204pp. Unclipped dust jacket (3.50). Stated first printing. Ex library copy with tape residue to endpapers, stamping to title page and last page of text. Some rubbing to dust jacket panels, with abrasion and loss to paper at author statement. Wendell Berry's first novel and first published book. Altogether a nice copy… Read more about this item

8vo, brown quarter cloth over decorative green papered boards, gilt titles, green endpapers 63pp. Unpriced dust jacket shows a closed tear at front flap edge and a quarter loss to rear panel at spine edge, small pen mark to rear panel. A brief volume of verse, this book overlapping the last nineteen poems of The Broken Ground and and first… Read more about this item

8vo, stiff softcover wrappers, 111pp. Price of 1.25 to front wrap. Kentucky Writing No. 4. Prints Kentucky writers such as James Still, Jesse Stuart, Harriet Arnow and others, including a poem by Wendell Berry. A fine copy.

16mo, stiff softcover wrappers, 156pp. Price of 50c to front wrap. Mild creasing to spine, rubbing to wrappers, foxing to rear wrap. Firmly bound with clean text. An anthology of Kentucky writers, which includes James Still and an early published story by Wendell Berry. A nice copy.

16mo, stiff softcover wrappers, 156pp. Price of 50c to front wrap. Mild creasing to spine, rubbing to wrappers. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Firmly bound with clean text. An anthology of Kentucky writers, which includes James Still and an early published story by Wendell Berry. A nice copy.

8vo, black cloth with gilt titles, 252pp, unpriced dust jacket. Inscribed by the author to the front endpaper. Boards show mild spotting and foxing to text edges. Firmly bound with clean text, a nice copy.

8vo, blue cloth with gilt titles, 391pp. Unclipped dust jacket (2.50). Stated First Edition. Dust jacket shows mild edge wear and tape repair to top edge, rubbing to rear panel. Slight rubbing to endpapers and toning to pages. The second published novel by Warren. A handsome copy in mylar. Scarce.

8vo, black quarter cloth over orange papered boards, gilt titles, 401pp. Unclipped dust jacket (10.00). Stated First Edition. Signed by the author to the free front endpaper. Near fine with minor shelf wear to covers and boards. A nice copy in mylar.

8vo, red orange cloth with gilt titles, 512pp. Price clipped dust jacket. Special Kentucky Edition, limited to one thousand copies, signed by the author to the colophon in front. Stated first printing. Flyleaf page appears torn out. A large damp stain to boards and front endpapers, pages lightly rippled. Substantial discoloration to reverse of dust jacket and soiling to front… Read more about this item

8vo, blue cloth with silver titles, 360pp. First Edition. Lacking dust jacket. Boards show minor fading with a few discreet soil marks to panels, toning to endpapers. Firmly bound with clean text. Short stories by Southern writers, edited by Robert Penn Warren. Includes work by Caroline Gordon, William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, Erskine Caldwell, Jesse Stuart, Allen Tate, Katherine Anne Porter,… Read more about this item

8vo, turquoise quarter cloth over tan papered boards, gilt titles, 208pp. Unclipped dust jacket (6.95). Stated First Edition. Ex library copy with stamping to fore and bottom edge of text block, title page, light residue and marking to rear endpapers. Light foxing to text block and toning to dust wrapper. Firmly bound with clean text. A critical survey of women… Read more about this item