1960 Nathan Coulter 1st Edition 1st Printing SIGNED by Author Wendell Berry
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1960. First Edition, First Printing, Original dust jacket. Black cloth binding measures 8.25 x 5.5, 8vo.
Dust jacket: scuffed and toned/soiled at edges and corners; hinges creased; head and tail of spine chipped (no loss of text); tape residue on top and bottom edges of flaps; pencil marginalia on top edge of both flaps; off-setting on front cover. Tape residue on top and bottom edges of both boards. Boards are normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine; white lettering bright and clean. Top edge of text-block stained black; fore-edge deckled. Tape residue on front and rear end-pages. Ex-library permanent ink stamps on front end-page (verso), title page, and page 3.Author's signature, in ink, found on half-title page. Rear end-page previously detached & then re-attached with (now toned) non-binder's tape. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Wendell Erdman Berry (born August 5, 1934) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes in the early essays of The Gift of Good Land (1981) and The Unsettling of America (1977).
His attention to the culture and economy of rural communities is also found in the novels and stories of Port William, such as A Place on Earth (1967), Jayber Crow (2000), and That Distant Land (2004). In Berry's first novel, young Nathan "comes of age" through dealing with the death of his mother, the depression of his father, Jarrat, the rugged companionship of his brother Tom, and the mischief of his uncle Burley. RAREA1960BMNX - 03/26 - HK3397.