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Lot 19
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
Lots Open
Jul 31, 2025
Lots Close
Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$715
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Lot Description
BERRY, Wendell (b. 1934). A group of 7 FIRST EDITIONS, MANY SIGNED, comprising:
1) Nathan Coulter. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. INSCRIBED BY BERRY. [With]: BERRY. Handwritten letter signed and dated 28 September 1969 discussing rarity of present volume.
2) The Rise. Lexington, KY: The University of Kentucky Library Press, 1968. LIMITED EDITION, number 83 of 100 copies. SIGNED BY BERRY.
3) The Long-Legged House. New York: Harcourt, Brace, & World, Inc., 1969.
4) Findings. Iowa City, IA: The Prairie Press, 1969.
5) Horses. Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 1975. LIMITED EDITION, one of 949 copies.
6) The Kentucky River: Two Poems. Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 1976. LIMITED EDITION, number 180 of 1,000 copies.
7) A Place on Earth. San Francisco: North Point Press, 1983. LIMITED EDITION, number 35 of 100 copies. SIGNED BY BERRY.
Together, 7 works in 7 volumes. All 8vo and all in original bindings and wraps. Condition generally very fine.