new in softcover | 1

Speaking of Dogs The Best Collection of Canine Quotables Ever Compileddoggedly assembled by James Charlton illustrated by Arnold RothWho doesnrsquot love dogs Answer that question in the negative and find yourself contradicted by the countless dog-lauding quota-tions compiled here by James Charlton and wackily illustrated by Arnold Roth Containing quotes from pundits and poets artists and authors therersquos something new and memorable in here for everyone Charlton categorizes quotes into sections to easily locate a minute message to fit your mood or life circum-stance Hungry Dog food Lonely Love and Loyalty Aging Old Dogs Bad day at work Barking and Biting Cat scratched your furniture Dogs Are Better Despairing Love a Dog Witty and tender with hundreds of quotes to choose from this book doggedly compiles all the best words ever written or spoken about manrsquos best friend all complemented by Rothrsquos artwork And remember what Mark Twain said Heaven goes by favor if it went by merit you would stay out and your dog would go in

Format Paperback with FlapsISBN 978-1-56792-588-3 Size 5frac14 times 7frac12 inchespages 152Price $1995publication March 2017Rights World English

James Charlton is the author and editor of more than thirty books including The Writerrsquos Quotation Book Fighting Words and How to Speak Baseball with Sally Cook Jim lives with his wife Barbara and his Great Pyrenees Cooper in New York City and Lakeville Connecticut

Arnold Roth is a cartoonist and illustrator whose work has been featured in Playboy Esquire and The New Yorker A con-tributor to Punch for twenty years he has published multiple books His illustrations are in permanent collections of a num-ber of museums including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the International Museum of Cartoon Art in Boca Raton

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dogFranz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscienceWoodrow Wilson

A house is not a home until it has a dogGerald Durrell

S P E A K I N GO F D O G S

The Best Things Ever Said AboutManrsquos Best Friend

edited by James Charlton and

illustrated by Arnold Roth

The Best Collection of Canine Quotables Ever Compiled

Escalation

First Snow Second Winter Pair of Kings

new in hardcover | 3

Marking the Moment The Art of Allen Blagdenby Allen Blagden with an Introduction by John WilmerdingldquoThere was a long bench in the living room of our house And it was full of paper crayons watercolorsmdashall the essentials for creating artrdquo And so begins Allen Blagdenrsquos account of his career training with his father an art teacher at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville Connecticut From his earliest days art informed his life taking him to the National Serengeti Park in Kenya to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC to the South of France England and Ireland and to his beloved Adirondacks and Maine His watercolors renowned for their color composi-tions and technique are held in permanent museum collections across the United States and by countless private collectors From detailed pencil drawings that illuminate texture and form he builds on that foundation to create memorable accurate ren-ditions of his subjects and his field of vision is encompassing ranging from portraits of friends to landscapes to birds and mammals of all shapes and sizes An intense sensitivity and precision pervades his work elevating even the simplest objects to an emotional crescendo Recalling the tradition of Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth these works are timeless classics

Marking the Moment | The Art of Allen BlagdenIntroduction by John Wilmerding

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ldquoThere was a long bench in the living room ofour house And it was full of paper crayons watercolorsndashall the essentials for creatingartrdquo And so begins Allen Blagdenrsquos accountof his career training with his father an artteacher at the Hotchkiss School in LakevilleConnecticut From his earliest days art in-formed his life taking him to the NationalSerengeti Park in Kenya to the SmithsonianInstitute in Washington DC to the South ofFrance England and Ireland and to hisbeloved Adirondacks and Maine His water-colors renowned for their color composi-tions and technique are held in permanentmuseum collections across the United Statesand by countless private collectors From de-tailed pencil drawings that illuminate textureand form he builds on that foundation to cre-ate memorable accurate renditions of his sub-jects and his field of vision is encompassingranging from portraits of friends to land-scapes to birds and mammals of all shapesand sizes An intense sensitivity and precisionpervades his work elevating even the simplestobjects to an emotional crescendo Workingwithin the artistic traditions of WinslowHomer and Andrew Wyeth the timeless clas-sics contained in this book provide proof thatthe great tradition of American realism con-tinues triumphant

David R Godine PublisherPost Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

I S B N 978-1-56792-593-7

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 3 7Printed in China

5 5 0 0 0

Jacket art by Allen Blagdenfront of jacket Big Blue at Dawnback of jacket Evening Shallows

Born in A B began for-mally painting in at the Hotchkiss Schoolin Lakeville Connecticut under the tutelage ofhis father artist Thomas Blagden He receivedhis from Cornell University in andheld his first solo show soon after at the JanetNessler Gallery in New York City winning theAllied American Artistrsquos Prize for Best FirstOne Man Show of the Year He hasnrsquot ceasedworking since holding countless group andsolo shows continuing up until the present day

J W is currently a Professorof American Art at Princeton University a vis-iting curator in the department of AmericanArt at the Met a member of the Board ofTrustees at the Guggenheim Museum in NewYork and serves on advisory boards for com-mittees for Smithsonian Studies in AmericanArt and Harvard University Art MuseumsWilmerding is also the author of many booksand catalogues on American Art

Allen Blagden has a very strongmdashyet sensative and personal response to na-ture in the great American tradition The wide compass of his subject matteris a testament to his imaginationrdquo W B painter

A lone wolf in the snow a hawk circling above the light reflecting on thewater these images and the moods of nature are subjects of Allen Blagdenrsquosstrong paintings in oil watercolor and drawings His respect for natureand people are the result of decades of passion and observation all inter-preted with great technical skill and his artistrsquos sensitive eyerdquo

E R K

Allen Blagden is a most gifted painter of the natural world I first noted hiswork in the annual exhibition catalogs of ldquoBirds in Artrdquo and the Society ofAnimal Artists I was particularly drawn to his sensitive and incredibly detailed portrayals of birds in their natural environments made even moreimpressive since the majority of his work is in the difficult medium of watercolorrdquo D M President of the

Society of Animal Artists

I have known Allen Blagden for many years both as a friend and an artistand I have collected a number of his paintings He renders landscapes andwildlife especially birds with intimate detail and emotion I greatly admirehis workrdquo D R collector

Even more than in his last show Allen Blagden here comes across as a caseof multiple identity He can do portraits He can do veiled women in EgyptHe can do still life He can do a sandhill crane and many another strangebird and he can do the Metropolitan Museum in a snowstorm In each ca-pacity he comes on as a true soldier of artrdquo

J R NYTimes

Allen Blagdenrsquos great talent and skill across most of the visual media as wellas his deep empathy for his subjects distinguishes his wildlife art This empathy results from intimate and first hand encounters with creatures innature Blagdenrsquos sensitivity to his living subjects enables portrayals of exceptional beauty pictorial accuracy and perceptivityrdquo

C M WDirector Emerita Adirondack Museum

I think your (his) new paintings are absolutely outstanding I donrsquot knowhow you(he) can create these and make them all and each one individuallybeautifulrdquo R W Kennedy Gallery NYC

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Born in 1938 Allen Blagden began formally painting in 1948 at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville Connecticut under the tutelage of his father artist Thomas Blagden He received his BFA from Cornell University in 1962 and held his first solo show soon after at the Janet Nessler Gallery in New York City winning the Allied American Artistrsquos Prize for Best First One Man Show of the Year He hasnrsquot ceased working since holding countless group and solo shows continuing up until the present day

John Wilmerding is currently a Professor of American Art at Princeton University a visiting curator in the department of American Art at the Met a member of the Board of Trustees at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and serves on advisory boards for committees for Smithsonian Studies in American Art and Harvard University Art Museums Wilmerding is also the author of many books and catalogues on American Art

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-593-7 Size 10 times 11 inchespages 176Price $5000publication July 2017Rights World

4 | Verba Mundi

Bloodlinesby Marcello Fois translated by Silvester MazzarellaA magisterial domestic epic that chronicles the lives loves and losses of the Chironi family through war fascism and displace-ment Deftly endowing familial horrors with mythical reso-nance Fois cre ates a Dantesque triptych that weaves the history of his native Sardinia with sweeping changes across Europe through the mirror of a single misbegotten household

Marcello Fois born in Sardinia in 1960 belongs to a gifted group of writers called ldquoGroup 13rdquo that explore the cultural roots of their various regions Writing as well for theater tele-vision and cinema in 1992 he was awarded the esteemed Italo Calvino prizeFormat Softcover

ISBN 978-1-56792-585-2 Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 288 Price $1895publication Spring 2017Rights USA Only

The Parable of the Blindby Gert Hofmann translated by Christopher Middleton with an afterword by Michael HofmannldquoA knocking on the barn door drags us out of our sleep No the knocking isnrsquot inside us itrsquos outside where the other people arerdquo Thus begins another grim day for a ragged and profane crew of six blind beggars in 16th-century Flanders But today marks a break from the mundane as they are to pose as models for Pieter Bruegelrsquos grotesque masterpiece-in-the-making With verbal ingenuity and a black humor worthy of Beckett Parable follows the tattered sextetrsquos progress across a Renaissance landscape of half-heard voices and unseen dangers towards their ultimate encounter with the great artist A profound meditation on the con-tradictions of art and on the fragility of human communities this novel stands as a high-water mark of postwar German literature

The most singular writer to come out of Germany since Heinrich Boumlll The Times [London]

Gert Hofmann (1931ndash1993) a prolific German writer of both novels and radio-plays won prizes such as the Prix Italia and the Doblin prize He is best known for examining the resonances of Nazism in postwar Germany

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-563-0Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 152 Price $1795publication Spring 2017Rights North America

Marcello FOIS

Translated by Silvester Mazzarella

Bloodlines

verbamundi international literature series

Verba Mundi | 5

On Heroes and Tombsby Ernesto Sabato translated by Helen LaneGodine first published this towering work of Latin American literature in 1981 and is now reissuing it with a new introduc-tion Often mentioned in the same breath as Borges Sabato was praised by Camus and other major writers cited by Thomas Mann Graham Greene Pablo Neruda Salman Rushdie and Colm Toacuteibiacuten He was an important political figure as well as a novelist exposing the state terrorism of Argentinarsquos ldquodirty warrdquo and writing about everything from metaphysics to tango On Heroes and Tombs is his masterpiece

In his obituary in 2011 the New York Times wroteldquoIn 1972 the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda listed Mr Sabato among the Latin American writers who displayed lsquogreater vitality and imag-ination than anything since the great Russian novelsrsquo of the 19th century On Heroes and Tombs the story of a young man trying to find his way in life in Buenos Aires is considered his most important work of fiction But many people also know Mr Sabato for his work in helping Argentina heal when democracy was restored in 1983 after seven years of military dictatorshiprdquo

On Heroes and Tombs is woven around a violent crime the scion of a prominent Argentinian family Alejandra shoots her father and burns herself alive over his corpse The story shifts between perspectives to reveal the lives of those closest to her telling of Martiacuten her troubled lover Bruno a writer who loved her mother and Fernando her fathermdashwho believes himself hunted by a secret international organization of the blind

Exploring the tumult of Buenos Aires in the 1950s Heroes illuminates its characters against burning churches and corpo-rate greed An examination of Argentinian history and culture it reveals the country at every level leading its reader into a world of passion philosophy and paranoia that still persists

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-596-8Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 480Price $2095publication July 2017Rights World English

Ernesto Sabato was born in Buenos Aires in 1911 and died in 2011 He published three novelsmdashThe Tunnel On Heroes and Tombs and Abaddon el Exterminador which won the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Jerusalem Prizemdashand many volumes of essays In 1985 he won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (equivalent to the Nobel Prize for literature in Hispanic languages) ldquofor four decades of literary endeavorrdquo

An ambitious tapestry-type fictionKirkus

Offers by way of fair exchange a rich motherlode of imagery language and haunting scenes Sabatorsquos 13-year gestation pro-duced a frequently brilliant bookSalman Rushdie

Dr Sabato took his place among Latin Americarsquos greatest writers and he followed a singular literary path that distinguished him from the writers of the Latin American ldquoboomrdquo of the 1960s and 1970sWashington Post

Ernesto SABATO

Translated by Helen Lane

On Heroes and Tombs

verbamundi international literature series

6 | Black Sparrow

And Thenby Donald Breckenridge introduction by Douglas GloverWe are pleased to add Donald Breckenridge to the Black Spar-row list Readers of Perec and French New Wave Cinema will revel in his haunting take on the traditional ghost story Christo-pher Sorrentino National Book Award finalist for The Fugitives says ldquoI was moved and often startled by And Then a brown study of the hold the dead maintain over the living of yearning memory and regret The writing is vivid direct clear always surprising always a pleasure to readrdquo Breckenridge takes read-ers on a hypnotically broken journey chronicling his fatherrsquos slow and deliberate death interweaving the stories of others a young womanrsquos hopeful arrival in New York City a young manrsquos voyeuristic summer spent housesitting for his professor and a soldier who never made it out of Vietnam What they all have in common is a deep preoccupation with the way lives resonate and connect an emotionally honest love story about how we relate to others and ourselves The work of a mature writer And Then will be treasured by readers who look to literature to find solace and meaning in trying times

The improvisatory ebb and flow of his sentences conveys a world of occurrencesmdashclusters of detail and fragments of conversation that fade like images in a dream Therersquos an elegiac stillness at the center of this powerful novel a sense of starting over of remembering and forgetting that lingers like daybreak in the heart and mind

Lewis Warsh

Praise for You Are Here[You Are Here] possesses an exquisite tidal quality [a] dexterously drawn novel

Bookforum

And ThenDonald Breckenridge

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-57423-229-5Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 104Price $1695publication May 2017Rights World

Donald Breckenridge lives in Brooklyn with his spouse Johannah Rodgers He is the Fiction Editor of the Brooklyn Rail Co-Founder and Co-Editor of InTranslation and the Managing Editor of Red Dust Books He has written four novels edited two fiction anthologies and introduced the NYRB Classics edition of Henri Duchemin and His Shadows by Emmanuel Bove

Black Sparrow | 7

The Fifth Wallby Rachel NagelbergIn this daring debut novel following in the hallowed footsteps of Black Sparrow titans Charles Bukowski and Lucia Berlin Rachel Nagelberg a genuine literary pioneer explores the frail line between the human impulse to control everything and the futility of excessive efforts to do so Incorporating cinematic ele-ments and with her background in visual art apparent through-out Nagelberg pushes the boundaries of the novel form while tackling timely themes of feminism terrorism and technology with razor-sharp wit and self-awareness What Thackerayrsquos Van-ity Fair did for Victorian society Nagelbergrsquos novel does for 21st century America (and in a far more portable format) Combin-ing the emotional depth of Eileen Myles with a plot worthy of a David Lynch film this readable literary and thought- provoking work is for anyone who questions the status quo

We look into the distance to be able to see whatrsquos right in front of us She writes without affect and with unselfconscious acuity That is she writes really well

Chris Kraus author of I Love Dick

Nagelberg has a true gift able to write gorgeously on the line level with unctuous images And simultaneously therersquos a readable page-turner here This book cascades beauty and meaning and truth

Joshua Mohr author of All This Life and Termite Parade a New York Times Editorrsquos Choice pick

The Fifth Wall crackles with brains and sex Itrsquos hallucina-tory and interactive and funny and sad and it has something incandescent to show you

Stephen Beachy author film critic and professor at the University of San Francisco

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-57423-228-8Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 184Price $1695publication May 2017Rights World

Rachel Nagelberg is an American novelist poet and con-ceptual artist living in Los Angeles She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco and has had poems and stories published in numerous journals She received a Lighthouse Works Fellowship Fishers Island NY in 2015 An excerpt from The Fifth Wall will appear in 3AM

THE FIFTH WALL

A NOVEL

RACHEL NAGELBERG

8 | New Poetry

Fair Sun by Susan BarbaThe three interrelated sections of poetry in Fair Sun explore the primary importance of connection both with other human beings and with the natural world In the first section the poems are wide-ranging in locale and reference exploring the acquisi-tion of language specifically the ways in which the experience and distance embedded in language darken and threaten the edenic prelapsarian qualities of a childhood spent close to the natural world There are poems that enact the sudden possibili-ties of speech the complexities of translation the bewilderment of the bilingual speaker both fluent and tongue-tied The second section consists of a series of prose poems titled ldquoAndranikrdquo In these poems a child is speaking with her grandfather who relates in answer to her questioning (she knows what to ask his answers are as familiar to her as nursery rhymes) the details of his survival during the Armenian Genocide his escape the murder of his father the suicide of his sister the death of his best friend forced marches enslavement ndash all punctuated by memories of an earlier boyhood spent chasing ducks swimming in the river sleeping on mats under the stars The final section contains shorter lyric poems set mainly in New England poems that explore the proximity of life and death the complicity and interdependency of the individual in the collective and the redemptive possibilities of sympathy and empathy

Susan Barba has perfected her poetrsquos gift for thinking in images moving with efficient grace

Robert Pinsky

Susan Barba creates an eerie mix of delicacy and terror Her poems are chalices

Rosanna Warren

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-601-9Size 6 times 9 inchespages 88Price $1795publication Late March 2017Rights World

Susan Barbarsquos poems have appeared in Poetry The Yale Review The Hudson Review The Antioch Review Harvard Review and Poetry Daily She has published book reviews in Boston Review and translations from Armenian in Words Without Borders and Ararat She participated in Consenses a multi-genre interactive art installation which opened in West Tisbury Massachusetts and is now touring the country She recently received a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in poetry

Inverted Pendulum

Inclinedas we areto dwellas in to be ledastrayto tarry to delayor even to inhabitheavy feelingunevenlywithout occasionsome daysa walkup hilla leaning tondashward will set usstraight

New Poetry | 9

The Unfasteningby Wesley McNairIn this Wesley McNairrsquos tenth collection of poetry readers will find not only the work of a mature poet but a particular and personal vision of life Combining sorrow humor and joy the volume asks the difficult question when faced with conflict and struggle how do you fasten yourself back down again Begin-ning with poems of grief and loss the book moves to the losses of others a Japanese war bride whose husbandrsquos death leaves her with two young children far from home a survivalist who talks to deer after his wife of 40 years has moved out on him an old and failed painter who ropes himself to his windswept roof to view the beauty of coastal islands The pursuit of beauty the blessings of nature the love of a mate and connections we make with others in the course of everyday life these are the reigning consolations holding fast in in the midst of unfastening

from Hymn

There was no stopping the old male persimmon treeAfter my uncle released it from its stakedcord it stood on his far lawn for a monthas if coming to its decision to lie back downon the ground again All winter he left itfor dead but when I returned to the Ozarksin the springtime it lay there in an islandof unmowed grass blooming beside its mateand this May when I separate their branchesto look in I find new shoots and flowers

Wesley M

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The UnfasteningIn this unique contribution to contemporary poetry Wesley McNair introduces us to the Sykeses of the Ozarks We discover among others a veteran of six tours of duty who comes unraveled at a Chamber of Commerce lun-cheon two newlyweds who pin their dreams for the future on a long-haul semi and Ruth confused in her aging mind ndash in one poem abducted by aliens in another returning to her past to discover that she is a lost child Here are the stories of relatives fundamental-ists gun enthusiasts and soldiers told in long sentences that unfold like talk as they reveal the interior life of a homeplace that McNair explores in order to understand and remem-ber his mother Savoring these linked poems one by one readers will find implications about todayrsquos America and about humans in general wherever they may live

In this volume inspired by the impending death of his mother Wesley McNair long a poet of New England places takes a new path exploring her homeplace in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri The linked poems of the book describe characters and events with the small telling details for which McNair is noted yet they also include large themes hope delusion family struggles and lost selves But the most important theme of all is reconciliation as McNair attempts through these poems to know and understand his mother Combining humor sorrow and his singular gift for narrative this is McNairrsquos most ambitious and moving collection showing yet again why Philip Levine has called him ldquoone of the great story tellers of contemporary poetryrdquo

By the faculty of his attention ndash to people to their talk ndash McNairs compassion turns itself into art Donald Hall The Harvard Review

[He is] a master craftsman with a remarkable ear Maxine Kumin Ploughshares

He has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work by a poet of his generation Ruminator Review

Called by poet Philip Levine ldquoone of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryrdquo Wesley McNair is the author of twenty books includ-ing Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry He has twice been invited by the Library of Congress to read his poetry and has received prizes from Poetry and Poetry Northwest magazines the Sarah Josepha Hale Medal Guggenheim and Rocke feller Fellowships and two grants in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts In 2006 he was selected for a United States Artist Fellowship He is the Poet Laureate of Maine

cover illustration by robert brinkerhoff

cover design by carl w scarbrough

David R Godine middot Publisher Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452 wwwgodinecom

The Unfastening

p o e m s

Wesley McNair

Format Softcover with flapsISBN 978-1-56792-599-9Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 80Price $1795publication July 2017Rights World

Often referred to as ldquoa poet of placerdquo Wesley McNair captures the ordinary lives of northern New Englanders while writing about family conflict and other autobiographical sub-jects His poems often explore American dreams interwoven with family drama and public culture A New Hampshire native who has lived for many years in Mercer Maine McNair has authored nineteen books nine of which are collections of poetry including The Faces of Americans in 1853 (1983) The Town of No (1989) and Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems (2010) His most recent book are The Lost Child Ozark Poems (2014) and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry (2012)

he strikes me as one of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryPhilip Levine Ploughshares

he has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work in his generationThomas R Smith Ruminator Review

10 | New in Hardcover

Alice A Survey of Her Calligraphy compiled with an introduction by Jerry Kelly foreword by Donald JacksonNew Yorkers who walked along Madison Avenue in the rsquo60s rsquo70s and rsquo80s would recognize her masterful posters for the Morgan Library Scribes in the US and abroad know her through her celebrated workshops She is Alice Koeth known professionally simply as Alice and although she is one of the most respected contemporary calligraphers relatively few exam-ples of her works have been published in book form a vast majority remaining unseen and unknown

Over a career spanning more than sixty years Alicersquos artistry exemplifies taste technique wit and her own unique graphic style A keen understanding of craft respect for tools and inter-est in historical forms have contributed to her command of calligraphy Whether using Coit and Automatic pens or the smallest of Speedball nibs this versatility has enabled her to tackle all manner of calligraphic design problems

From Alicersquos own personal archives this book contains not only her mature work but also charming early works from the 1950s as well as sketches and preliminary layouts which offer a rare glimpse into her working process The Morgan Library has gra-ciously photographed a dozen of her most special posters which have not been seen for decades especially for this publication

With exclusive and professionally photographed pieces throughout and printed by quality offset lithography using fine line screens on archival uncoated paper this book befits its subject produced to the highest standards

A S U R V E Y O F

T H E C A L L I G R A P H Y O F A L I C E

C O M P I L E D amp W I T H A N I N T R O D U C T I O N

B Y J E R R Y K E L L Y

F O R E W O R D B Y D O N A L D J A C K S O N

T H E K E L L Y W I N T E R T O N P R E S S

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AliceMockCoverindd 1 101816 137 PM

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-600-2 Size 8⅛ times 11frac12 inchespages 144Price $5000publication February 2017Rights World

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New in Hardcover | 11

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-458-9 Size 8frac12 times 11 inchespages 248Price $75Deluxe edition $800publication February 2017Rights World

Bibliotheca Salmo SalarA Selection of Rare Books Manuscripts Journals Diaries Photograph Albums amp Ephemera on the Subject of Atlantic Salmon Fishing by Charles B Wood IIIEvery activity generates its own literature but few have gen-erated as much enthusiasmmdashsome of it incredibly esoteric most of it interesting and much of it downright irresistiblemdashas salmon fishing Salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated What remain are a few closely guarded rivers in Canada Iceland Great Britain and Scandinaviamdashall of them relatively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them pristine

A distinguished antiquarian bookseller Wood has been pur-suing these fish for decades and has what is probably the most extensive collection in private hands For this selective bibli-ography he has chosen 230 of the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them by country and date All titles are illustrated What makes this a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bearmdashnot only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisherman He knows the rivers and often the people who fished them and wrote the books He knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account or a treasured limited edition For collectors this will be considered the last word For the rest of us it makes the expense and travel almost unnecessary

A deluxe edition of 85 copies will also be issued Bound by hand in quarter leather by Gray Parrot enclosed in a sturdy slipcase and containing three additional handsomely produced and exceedingly rare pamphlets these books will be signed and numbered by the author Reservations filled on a first-come first-served basis are encouraged

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A selection of rare books manuscripts journals

diaries photograph albums amp ephemera

on the subject of

ATLANTIC SALMON FISHINGfrom the collection of

CHARLES B WOOD III

DAVID R GODINE middot PUBLISHERboston

I S B N 978-1-56792-458-9

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 4 5 8 9Printed in China

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Every activity generates its own literature but few outdoor sports have generated

as much enthusiasm and commentary ndash some of it incredibly esoteric most of it interest-ing and some of it downright irresistible ndash as salmon fishing All salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon which often returns as many as five times to the same rivers to spawn and can at-tain weights of over sixty pounds have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated by dams pollution and commercial fishing What remains are the few closely guarded rivers of Canada Iceland Great Britain Scandinavia and Russia ndash all of them rela-tively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them expensive to access and fish

Charles Wood a distinguished antiquar-ian bookseller has been pursuing these fish for decades and he has also built up what is probably the most extensive collection of printed books about the sport in pri-vate hands For this selective bibliography he has chosen 230 of what he considers the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them in several chapters by country All titles are illustrated What makes the book a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bear ndash not only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisher-man He knows the rivers in many cases he knows the people who fished them and wrote the books And he knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account of an excursion to a Norwegian river or a deluxe full leather quar-to containing an original salmon fly So this is no dry pedantic list of ldquofamous booksrdquo but rather a fascinating and illuminating journey into a world of piscatorial lore adventure and bibliographic description

CHARLES B WOOD was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related sub-jects since 1967 Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salm-on fishing The thrill of the chase whether encountered in book dealing book collect-ing or salmon fishing is what keeps him engaged

DAVID R GODINE PUBLISHERPost Office Box 450

Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

Jonesrsquos Guide to Norway

The Saga of the Salmon

Rivers Coquet and Aln

The Salmon fly

Wood_Salmo_jkt_cmplt3_4prsindd 1 81916 343 PM

Charles B Wood III was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related subjects Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salmon fishing The thrill of the chase whether in book dealing book collecting or salmon fishing keeps him engaged

Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club

12 | New for Children

Riptide by Frances Ward Weller illustrated by Robert J BlakeRiptide may be an unusual name for a dog but it is one that suits this one well Rip is resolutely drawn to the salty ocean breeze and the crash of the waves and he simply cannot be discouragedmdasheven in summer when he is forbidden to follow his instincts and race miles along the coast ldquoNo Dogs on Nauset Beachrdquo the sign reads and the guards protest calling for his young owner Zach to come retrieve him daily Yet Rip will not be deterred and after one summer storm it is lucky that he is not Rip is desperately needed for a rescue and is forever after known as the nineteenth guard on the beach Based on a real heroic dog Frances Weller creates a legend in Riptide weaving this caninersquos tale with Robert Blakersquos stunning oil illustrations Riptide is captured in all his joyful energy amidst vivid panora-mas of Cape Cod scenery his story immortalized in this classic picture book that children will love and adults will love to read aloud for years to come

Wellerrsquos poetic text intensified by Blakersquos dramatic paintings memorializes a beloved dog renowned along the Cape Cod shore

Booklist starred review

This moving tale based on a true story is deftly told and illustrated more than just an exciting dog story

Publishers Weekly

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-597-5Size 10 times 9frac14 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1095publication May 2017Rights USA Only

Frances Ward Weller holds a life-long love for the sea She spent her childhood in Connecticut and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts Having spent twenty years in New Jersey raising their children she and her husband Frank now live on Cape Cod spending as much time as possi-ble exploring its shores for inspiration for many of her stories

Robert J Blake is an experienced illustrator who has worked on over thirty books for both children and adults He works directly from life for many of his illustrations and enjoys trav-eling to do so having painted in Ireland the UK Bermuda and Cape Cod among others When not traveling Mr Blake lives in New Jersey

New for Children | 13

The Screaming Chefwritten by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max DaltonComfort food indeed Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly But one fateful night when his parents accidentally burn dinner the boyrsquos temper flares and he begins to yell Tired of all the noise Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities leaving it all up to him Et voilagrave The boy so enjoys cooking that he sings instead of screams and finds that he is so talented that his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef But life in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy When the boy begins to make mistakes will his penchant for earsplitting noise ruin everything

Praise for The Lonely Phone BoothThis warm quirky story [with] Scene-stealing illustrations by Max Dalton celebrates the fabric of a neighborhood that intangible quality New Yorkers treasure

The New York Times Book Review

Author Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton the creators of The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Type-writer are at it again in their new childrenrsquos book The Screaming Chef Witty text and clever illustrations combine to create a silly yet serious picture book for readers of all ages that teaches you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar especially when yoursquore singing

The Screaming Chef

A picture bookwritten by

Peter AckermanIllustrated byMax Dalton

Format HardcoverISBN 978-1-56792-598-2Size 10 times 8 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1795publication May 2017Rights World

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

ski L

ittle Old F

arm F

olk

Godine

FARM FOLK

Little Old

Andrea Wisnewski

Written amp Illu trated by

ForMama Louise

price $795

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Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

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Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

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The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

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So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

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The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

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String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

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Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

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Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

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Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

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Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

Escalation

First Snow Second Winter Pair of Kings

new in hardcover | 3

Marking the Moment The Art of Allen Blagdenby Allen Blagden with an Introduction by John WilmerdingldquoThere was a long bench in the living room of our house And it was full of paper crayons watercolorsmdashall the essentials for creating artrdquo And so begins Allen Blagdenrsquos account of his career training with his father an art teacher at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville Connecticut From his earliest days art informed his life taking him to the National Serengeti Park in Kenya to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC to the South of France England and Ireland and to his beloved Adirondacks and Maine His watercolors renowned for their color composi-tions and technique are held in permanent museum collections across the United States and by countless private collectors From detailed pencil drawings that illuminate texture and form he builds on that foundation to create memorable accurate ren-ditions of his subjects and his field of vision is encompassing ranging from portraits of friends to landscapes to birds and mammals of all shapes and sizes An intense sensitivity and precision pervades his work elevating even the simplest objects to an emotional crescendo Recalling the tradition of Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth these works are timeless classics

Marking the Moment | The Art of Allen BlagdenIntroduction by John Wilmerding

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ldquoThere was a long bench in the living room ofour house And it was full of paper crayons watercolorsndashall the essentials for creatingartrdquo And so begins Allen Blagdenrsquos accountof his career training with his father an artteacher at the Hotchkiss School in LakevilleConnecticut From his earliest days art in-formed his life taking him to the NationalSerengeti Park in Kenya to the SmithsonianInstitute in Washington DC to the South ofFrance England and Ireland and to hisbeloved Adirondacks and Maine His water-colors renowned for their color composi-tions and technique are held in permanentmuseum collections across the United Statesand by countless private collectors From de-tailed pencil drawings that illuminate textureand form he builds on that foundation to cre-ate memorable accurate renditions of his sub-jects and his field of vision is encompassingranging from portraits of friends to land-scapes to birds and mammals of all shapesand sizes An intense sensitivity and precisionpervades his work elevating even the simplestobjects to an emotional crescendo Workingwithin the artistic traditions of WinslowHomer and Andrew Wyeth the timeless clas-sics contained in this book provide proof thatthe great tradition of American realism con-tinues triumphant

David R Godine PublisherPost Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

I S B N 978-1-56792-593-7

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 3 7Printed in China

5 5 0 0 0

Jacket art by Allen Blagdenfront of jacket Big Blue at Dawnback of jacket Evening Shallows

Born in A B began for-mally painting in at the Hotchkiss Schoolin Lakeville Connecticut under the tutelage ofhis father artist Thomas Blagden He receivedhis from Cornell University in andheld his first solo show soon after at the JanetNessler Gallery in New York City winning theAllied American Artistrsquos Prize for Best FirstOne Man Show of the Year He hasnrsquot ceasedworking since holding countless group andsolo shows continuing up until the present day

J W is currently a Professorof American Art at Princeton University a vis-iting curator in the department of AmericanArt at the Met a member of the Board ofTrustees at the Guggenheim Museum in NewYork and serves on advisory boards for com-mittees for Smithsonian Studies in AmericanArt and Harvard University Art MuseumsWilmerding is also the author of many booksand catalogues on American Art

Allen Blagden has a very strongmdashyet sensative and personal response to na-ture in the great American tradition The wide compass of his subject matteris a testament to his imaginationrdquo W B painter

A lone wolf in the snow a hawk circling above the light reflecting on thewater these images and the moods of nature are subjects of Allen Blagdenrsquosstrong paintings in oil watercolor and drawings His respect for natureand people are the result of decades of passion and observation all inter-preted with great technical skill and his artistrsquos sensitive eyerdquo

E R K

Allen Blagden is a most gifted painter of the natural world I first noted hiswork in the annual exhibition catalogs of ldquoBirds in Artrdquo and the Society ofAnimal Artists I was particularly drawn to his sensitive and incredibly detailed portrayals of birds in their natural environments made even moreimpressive since the majority of his work is in the difficult medium of watercolorrdquo D M President of the

Society of Animal Artists

I have known Allen Blagden for many years both as a friend and an artistand I have collected a number of his paintings He renders landscapes andwildlife especially birds with intimate detail and emotion I greatly admirehis workrdquo D R collector

Even more than in his last show Allen Blagden here comes across as a caseof multiple identity He can do portraits He can do veiled women in EgyptHe can do still life He can do a sandhill crane and many another strangebird and he can do the Metropolitan Museum in a snowstorm In each ca-pacity he comes on as a true soldier of artrdquo

J R NYTimes

Allen Blagdenrsquos great talent and skill across most of the visual media as wellas his deep empathy for his subjects distinguishes his wildlife art This empathy results from intimate and first hand encounters with creatures innature Blagdenrsquos sensitivity to his living subjects enables portrayals of exceptional beauty pictorial accuracy and perceptivityrdquo

C M WDirector Emerita Adirondack Museum

I think your (his) new paintings are absolutely outstanding I donrsquot knowhow you(he) can create these and make them all and each one individuallybeautifulrdquo R W Kennedy Gallery NYC

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Dos

ter

Born in 1938 Allen Blagden began formally painting in 1948 at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville Connecticut under the tutelage of his father artist Thomas Blagden He received his BFA from Cornell University in 1962 and held his first solo show soon after at the Janet Nessler Gallery in New York City winning the Allied American Artistrsquos Prize for Best First One Man Show of the Year He hasnrsquot ceased working since holding countless group and solo shows continuing up until the present day

John Wilmerding is currently a Professor of American Art at Princeton University a visiting curator in the department of American Art at the Met a member of the Board of Trustees at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and serves on advisory boards for committees for Smithsonian Studies in American Art and Harvard University Art Museums Wilmerding is also the author of many books and catalogues on American Art

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-593-7 Size 10 times 11 inchespages 176Price $5000publication July 2017Rights World

4 | Verba Mundi

Bloodlinesby Marcello Fois translated by Silvester MazzarellaA magisterial domestic epic that chronicles the lives loves and losses of the Chironi family through war fascism and displace-ment Deftly endowing familial horrors with mythical reso-nance Fois cre ates a Dantesque triptych that weaves the history of his native Sardinia with sweeping changes across Europe through the mirror of a single misbegotten household

Marcello Fois born in Sardinia in 1960 belongs to a gifted group of writers called ldquoGroup 13rdquo that explore the cultural roots of their various regions Writing as well for theater tele-vision and cinema in 1992 he was awarded the esteemed Italo Calvino prizeFormat Softcover

ISBN 978-1-56792-585-2 Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 288 Price $1895publication Spring 2017Rights USA Only

The Parable of the Blindby Gert Hofmann translated by Christopher Middleton with an afterword by Michael HofmannldquoA knocking on the barn door drags us out of our sleep No the knocking isnrsquot inside us itrsquos outside where the other people arerdquo Thus begins another grim day for a ragged and profane crew of six blind beggars in 16th-century Flanders But today marks a break from the mundane as they are to pose as models for Pieter Bruegelrsquos grotesque masterpiece-in-the-making With verbal ingenuity and a black humor worthy of Beckett Parable follows the tattered sextetrsquos progress across a Renaissance landscape of half-heard voices and unseen dangers towards their ultimate encounter with the great artist A profound meditation on the con-tradictions of art and on the fragility of human communities this novel stands as a high-water mark of postwar German literature

The most singular writer to come out of Germany since Heinrich Boumlll The Times [London]

Gert Hofmann (1931ndash1993) a prolific German writer of both novels and radio-plays won prizes such as the Prix Italia and the Doblin prize He is best known for examining the resonances of Nazism in postwar Germany

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-563-0Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 152 Price $1795publication Spring 2017Rights North America

Marcello FOIS

Translated by Silvester Mazzarella

Bloodlines

verbamundi international literature series

Verba Mundi | 5

On Heroes and Tombsby Ernesto Sabato translated by Helen LaneGodine first published this towering work of Latin American literature in 1981 and is now reissuing it with a new introduc-tion Often mentioned in the same breath as Borges Sabato was praised by Camus and other major writers cited by Thomas Mann Graham Greene Pablo Neruda Salman Rushdie and Colm Toacuteibiacuten He was an important political figure as well as a novelist exposing the state terrorism of Argentinarsquos ldquodirty warrdquo and writing about everything from metaphysics to tango On Heroes and Tombs is his masterpiece

In his obituary in 2011 the New York Times wroteldquoIn 1972 the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda listed Mr Sabato among the Latin American writers who displayed lsquogreater vitality and imag-ination than anything since the great Russian novelsrsquo of the 19th century On Heroes and Tombs the story of a young man trying to find his way in life in Buenos Aires is considered his most important work of fiction But many people also know Mr Sabato for his work in helping Argentina heal when democracy was restored in 1983 after seven years of military dictatorshiprdquo

On Heroes and Tombs is woven around a violent crime the scion of a prominent Argentinian family Alejandra shoots her father and burns herself alive over his corpse The story shifts between perspectives to reveal the lives of those closest to her telling of Martiacuten her troubled lover Bruno a writer who loved her mother and Fernando her fathermdashwho believes himself hunted by a secret international organization of the blind

Exploring the tumult of Buenos Aires in the 1950s Heroes illuminates its characters against burning churches and corpo-rate greed An examination of Argentinian history and culture it reveals the country at every level leading its reader into a world of passion philosophy and paranoia that still persists

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-596-8Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 480Price $2095publication July 2017Rights World English

Ernesto Sabato was born in Buenos Aires in 1911 and died in 2011 He published three novelsmdashThe Tunnel On Heroes and Tombs and Abaddon el Exterminador which won the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Jerusalem Prizemdashand many volumes of essays In 1985 he won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (equivalent to the Nobel Prize for literature in Hispanic languages) ldquofor four decades of literary endeavorrdquo

An ambitious tapestry-type fictionKirkus

Offers by way of fair exchange a rich motherlode of imagery language and haunting scenes Sabatorsquos 13-year gestation pro-duced a frequently brilliant bookSalman Rushdie

Dr Sabato took his place among Latin Americarsquos greatest writers and he followed a singular literary path that distinguished him from the writers of the Latin American ldquoboomrdquo of the 1960s and 1970sWashington Post

Ernesto SABATO

Translated by Helen Lane

On Heroes and Tombs

verbamundi international literature series

6 | Black Sparrow

And Thenby Donald Breckenridge introduction by Douglas GloverWe are pleased to add Donald Breckenridge to the Black Spar-row list Readers of Perec and French New Wave Cinema will revel in his haunting take on the traditional ghost story Christo-pher Sorrentino National Book Award finalist for The Fugitives says ldquoI was moved and often startled by And Then a brown study of the hold the dead maintain over the living of yearning memory and regret The writing is vivid direct clear always surprising always a pleasure to readrdquo Breckenridge takes read-ers on a hypnotically broken journey chronicling his fatherrsquos slow and deliberate death interweaving the stories of others a young womanrsquos hopeful arrival in New York City a young manrsquos voyeuristic summer spent housesitting for his professor and a soldier who never made it out of Vietnam What they all have in common is a deep preoccupation with the way lives resonate and connect an emotionally honest love story about how we relate to others and ourselves The work of a mature writer And Then will be treasured by readers who look to literature to find solace and meaning in trying times

The improvisatory ebb and flow of his sentences conveys a world of occurrencesmdashclusters of detail and fragments of conversation that fade like images in a dream Therersquos an elegiac stillness at the center of this powerful novel a sense of starting over of remembering and forgetting that lingers like daybreak in the heart and mind

Lewis Warsh

Praise for You Are Here[You Are Here] possesses an exquisite tidal quality [a] dexterously drawn novel

Bookforum

And ThenDonald Breckenridge

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-57423-229-5Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 104Price $1695publication May 2017Rights World

Donald Breckenridge lives in Brooklyn with his spouse Johannah Rodgers He is the Fiction Editor of the Brooklyn Rail Co-Founder and Co-Editor of InTranslation and the Managing Editor of Red Dust Books He has written four novels edited two fiction anthologies and introduced the NYRB Classics edition of Henri Duchemin and His Shadows by Emmanuel Bove

Black Sparrow | 7

The Fifth Wallby Rachel NagelbergIn this daring debut novel following in the hallowed footsteps of Black Sparrow titans Charles Bukowski and Lucia Berlin Rachel Nagelberg a genuine literary pioneer explores the frail line between the human impulse to control everything and the futility of excessive efforts to do so Incorporating cinematic ele-ments and with her background in visual art apparent through-out Nagelberg pushes the boundaries of the novel form while tackling timely themes of feminism terrorism and technology with razor-sharp wit and self-awareness What Thackerayrsquos Van-ity Fair did for Victorian society Nagelbergrsquos novel does for 21st century America (and in a far more portable format) Combin-ing the emotional depth of Eileen Myles with a plot worthy of a David Lynch film this readable literary and thought- provoking work is for anyone who questions the status quo

We look into the distance to be able to see whatrsquos right in front of us She writes without affect and with unselfconscious acuity That is she writes really well

Chris Kraus author of I Love Dick

Nagelberg has a true gift able to write gorgeously on the line level with unctuous images And simultaneously therersquos a readable page-turner here This book cascades beauty and meaning and truth

Joshua Mohr author of All This Life and Termite Parade a New York Times Editorrsquos Choice pick

The Fifth Wall crackles with brains and sex Itrsquos hallucina-tory and interactive and funny and sad and it has something incandescent to show you

Stephen Beachy author film critic and professor at the University of San Francisco

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-57423-228-8Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 184Price $1695publication May 2017Rights World

Rachel Nagelberg is an American novelist poet and con-ceptual artist living in Los Angeles She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco and has had poems and stories published in numerous journals She received a Lighthouse Works Fellowship Fishers Island NY in 2015 An excerpt from The Fifth Wall will appear in 3AM

THE FIFTH WALL

A NOVEL

RACHEL NAGELBERG

8 | New Poetry

Fair Sun by Susan BarbaThe three interrelated sections of poetry in Fair Sun explore the primary importance of connection both with other human beings and with the natural world In the first section the poems are wide-ranging in locale and reference exploring the acquisi-tion of language specifically the ways in which the experience and distance embedded in language darken and threaten the edenic prelapsarian qualities of a childhood spent close to the natural world There are poems that enact the sudden possibili-ties of speech the complexities of translation the bewilderment of the bilingual speaker both fluent and tongue-tied The second section consists of a series of prose poems titled ldquoAndranikrdquo In these poems a child is speaking with her grandfather who relates in answer to her questioning (she knows what to ask his answers are as familiar to her as nursery rhymes) the details of his survival during the Armenian Genocide his escape the murder of his father the suicide of his sister the death of his best friend forced marches enslavement ndash all punctuated by memories of an earlier boyhood spent chasing ducks swimming in the river sleeping on mats under the stars The final section contains shorter lyric poems set mainly in New England poems that explore the proximity of life and death the complicity and interdependency of the individual in the collective and the redemptive possibilities of sympathy and empathy

Susan Barba has perfected her poetrsquos gift for thinking in images moving with efficient grace

Robert Pinsky

Susan Barba creates an eerie mix of delicacy and terror Her poems are chalices

Rosanna Warren

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Susan Barbarsquos poems have appeared in Poetry The Yale Review The Hudson Review The Antioch Review Harvard Review and Poetry Daily She has published book reviews in Boston Review and translations from Armenian in Words Without Borders and Ararat She participated in Consenses a multi-genre interactive art installation which opened in West Tisbury Massachusetts and is now touring the country She recently received a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in poetry

Inverted Pendulum

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The Unfasteningby Wesley McNairIn this Wesley McNairrsquos tenth collection of poetry readers will find not only the work of a mature poet but a particular and personal vision of life Combining sorrow humor and joy the volume asks the difficult question when faced with conflict and struggle how do you fasten yourself back down again Begin-ning with poems of grief and loss the book moves to the losses of others a Japanese war bride whose husbandrsquos death leaves her with two young children far from home a survivalist who talks to deer after his wife of 40 years has moved out on him an old and failed painter who ropes himself to his windswept roof to view the beauty of coastal islands The pursuit of beauty the blessings of nature the love of a mate and connections we make with others in the course of everyday life these are the reigning consolations holding fast in in the midst of unfastening

from Hymn

There was no stopping the old male persimmon treeAfter my uncle released it from its stakedcord it stood on his far lawn for a monthas if coming to its decision to lie back downon the ground again All winter he left itfor dead but when I returned to the Ozarksin the springtime it lay there in an islandof unmowed grass blooming beside its mateand this May when I separate their branchesto look in I find new shoots and flowers

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The UnfasteningIn this unique contribution to contemporary poetry Wesley McNair introduces us to the Sykeses of the Ozarks We discover among others a veteran of six tours of duty who comes unraveled at a Chamber of Commerce lun-cheon two newlyweds who pin their dreams for the future on a long-haul semi and Ruth confused in her aging mind ndash in one poem abducted by aliens in another returning to her past to discover that she is a lost child Here are the stories of relatives fundamental-ists gun enthusiasts and soldiers told in long sentences that unfold like talk as they reveal the interior life of a homeplace that McNair explores in order to understand and remem-ber his mother Savoring these linked poems one by one readers will find implications about todayrsquos America and about humans in general wherever they may live

In this volume inspired by the impending death of his mother Wesley McNair long a poet of New England places takes a new path exploring her homeplace in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri The linked poems of the book describe characters and events with the small telling details for which McNair is noted yet they also include large themes hope delusion family struggles and lost selves But the most important theme of all is reconciliation as McNair attempts through these poems to know and understand his mother Combining humor sorrow and his singular gift for narrative this is McNairrsquos most ambitious and moving collection showing yet again why Philip Levine has called him ldquoone of the great story tellers of contemporary poetryrdquo

By the faculty of his attention ndash to people to their talk ndash McNairs compassion turns itself into art Donald Hall The Harvard Review

[He is] a master craftsman with a remarkable ear Maxine Kumin Ploughshares

He has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work by a poet of his generation Ruminator Review

Called by poet Philip Levine ldquoone of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryrdquo Wesley McNair is the author of twenty books includ-ing Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry He has twice been invited by the Library of Congress to read his poetry and has received prizes from Poetry and Poetry Northwest magazines the Sarah Josepha Hale Medal Guggenheim and Rocke feller Fellowships and two grants in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts In 2006 he was selected for a United States Artist Fellowship He is the Poet Laureate of Maine

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The Unfastening

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Often referred to as ldquoa poet of placerdquo Wesley McNair captures the ordinary lives of northern New Englanders while writing about family conflict and other autobiographical sub-jects His poems often explore American dreams interwoven with family drama and public culture A New Hampshire native who has lived for many years in Mercer Maine McNair has authored nineteen books nine of which are collections of poetry including The Faces of Americans in 1853 (1983) The Town of No (1989) and Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems (2010) His most recent book are The Lost Child Ozark Poems (2014) and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry (2012)

he strikes me as one of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryPhilip Levine Ploughshares

he has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work in his generationThomas R Smith Ruminator Review

10 | New in Hardcover

Alice A Survey of Her Calligraphy compiled with an introduction by Jerry Kelly foreword by Donald JacksonNew Yorkers who walked along Madison Avenue in the rsquo60s rsquo70s and rsquo80s would recognize her masterful posters for the Morgan Library Scribes in the US and abroad know her through her celebrated workshops She is Alice Koeth known professionally simply as Alice and although she is one of the most respected contemporary calligraphers relatively few exam-ples of her works have been published in book form a vast majority remaining unseen and unknown

Over a career spanning more than sixty years Alicersquos artistry exemplifies taste technique wit and her own unique graphic style A keen understanding of craft respect for tools and inter-est in historical forms have contributed to her command of calligraphy Whether using Coit and Automatic pens or the smallest of Speedball nibs this versatility has enabled her to tackle all manner of calligraphic design problems

From Alicersquos own personal archives this book contains not only her mature work but also charming early works from the 1950s as well as sketches and preliminary layouts which offer a rare glimpse into her working process The Morgan Library has gra-ciously photographed a dozen of her most special posters which have not been seen for decades especially for this publication

With exclusive and professionally photographed pieces throughout and printed by quality offset lithography using fine line screens on archival uncoated paper this book befits its subject produced to the highest standards

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Bibliotheca Salmo SalarA Selection of Rare Books Manuscripts Journals Diaries Photograph Albums amp Ephemera on the Subject of Atlantic Salmon Fishing by Charles B Wood IIIEvery activity generates its own literature but few have gen-erated as much enthusiasmmdashsome of it incredibly esoteric most of it interesting and much of it downright irresistiblemdashas salmon fishing Salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated What remain are a few closely guarded rivers in Canada Iceland Great Britain and Scandinaviamdashall of them relatively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them pristine

A distinguished antiquarian bookseller Wood has been pur-suing these fish for decades and has what is probably the most extensive collection in private hands For this selective bibli-ography he has chosen 230 of the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them by country and date All titles are illustrated What makes this a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bearmdashnot only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisherman He knows the rivers and often the people who fished them and wrote the books He knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account or a treasured limited edition For collectors this will be considered the last word For the rest of us it makes the expense and travel almost unnecessary

A deluxe edition of 85 copies will also be issued Bound by hand in quarter leather by Gray Parrot enclosed in a sturdy slipcase and containing three additional handsomely produced and exceedingly rare pamphlets these books will be signed and numbered by the author Reservations filled on a first-come first-served basis are encouraged

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A selection of rare books manuscripts journals

diaries photograph albums amp ephemera

on the subject of

ATLANTIC SALMON FISHINGfrom the collection of

CHARLES B WOOD III

DAVID R GODINE middot PUBLISHERboston

I S B N 978-1-56792-458-9

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 4 5 8 9Printed in China

5 7 5 0 0

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Every activity generates its own literature but few outdoor sports have generated

as much enthusiasm and commentary ndash some of it incredibly esoteric most of it interest-ing and some of it downright irresistible ndash as salmon fishing All salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon which often returns as many as five times to the same rivers to spawn and can at-tain weights of over sixty pounds have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated by dams pollution and commercial fishing What remains are the few closely guarded rivers of Canada Iceland Great Britain Scandinavia and Russia ndash all of them rela-tively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them expensive to access and fish

Charles Wood a distinguished antiquar-ian bookseller has been pursuing these fish for decades and he has also built up what is probably the most extensive collection of printed books about the sport in pri-vate hands For this selective bibliography he has chosen 230 of what he considers the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them in several chapters by country All titles are illustrated What makes the book a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bear ndash not only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisher-man He knows the rivers in many cases he knows the people who fished them and wrote the books And he knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account of an excursion to a Norwegian river or a deluxe full leather quar-to containing an original salmon fly So this is no dry pedantic list of ldquofamous booksrdquo but rather a fascinating and illuminating journey into a world of piscatorial lore adventure and bibliographic description

CHARLES B WOOD was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related sub-jects since 1967 Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salm-on fishing The thrill of the chase whether encountered in book dealing book collect-ing or salmon fishing is what keeps him engaged

DAVID R GODINE PUBLISHERPost Office Box 450

Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

Jonesrsquos Guide to Norway

The Saga of the Salmon

Rivers Coquet and Aln

The Salmon fly

Wood_Salmo_jkt_cmplt3_4prsindd 1 81916 343 PM

Charles B Wood III was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related subjects Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salmon fishing The thrill of the chase whether in book dealing book collecting or salmon fishing keeps him engaged

Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club

12 | New for Children

Riptide by Frances Ward Weller illustrated by Robert J BlakeRiptide may be an unusual name for a dog but it is one that suits this one well Rip is resolutely drawn to the salty ocean breeze and the crash of the waves and he simply cannot be discouragedmdasheven in summer when he is forbidden to follow his instincts and race miles along the coast ldquoNo Dogs on Nauset Beachrdquo the sign reads and the guards protest calling for his young owner Zach to come retrieve him daily Yet Rip will not be deterred and after one summer storm it is lucky that he is not Rip is desperately needed for a rescue and is forever after known as the nineteenth guard on the beach Based on a real heroic dog Frances Weller creates a legend in Riptide weaving this caninersquos tale with Robert Blakersquos stunning oil illustrations Riptide is captured in all his joyful energy amidst vivid panora-mas of Cape Cod scenery his story immortalized in this classic picture book that children will love and adults will love to read aloud for years to come

Wellerrsquos poetic text intensified by Blakersquos dramatic paintings memorializes a beloved dog renowned along the Cape Cod shore

Booklist starred review

This moving tale based on a true story is deftly told and illustrated more than just an exciting dog story

Publishers Weekly

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-597-5Size 10 times 9frac14 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1095publication May 2017Rights USA Only

Frances Ward Weller holds a life-long love for the sea She spent her childhood in Connecticut and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts Having spent twenty years in New Jersey raising their children she and her husband Frank now live on Cape Cod spending as much time as possi-ble exploring its shores for inspiration for many of her stories

Robert J Blake is an experienced illustrator who has worked on over thirty books for both children and adults He works directly from life for many of his illustrations and enjoys trav-eling to do so having painted in Ireland the UK Bermuda and Cape Cod among others When not traveling Mr Blake lives in New Jersey

New for Children | 13

The Screaming Chefwritten by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max DaltonComfort food indeed Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly But one fateful night when his parents accidentally burn dinner the boyrsquos temper flares and he begins to yell Tired of all the noise Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities leaving it all up to him Et voilagrave The boy so enjoys cooking that he sings instead of screams and finds that he is so talented that his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef But life in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy When the boy begins to make mistakes will his penchant for earsplitting noise ruin everything

Praise for The Lonely Phone BoothThis warm quirky story [with] Scene-stealing illustrations by Max Dalton celebrates the fabric of a neighborhood that intangible quality New Yorkers treasure

The New York Times Book Review

Author Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton the creators of The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Type-writer are at it again in their new childrenrsquos book The Screaming Chef Witty text and clever illustrations combine to create a silly yet serious picture book for readers of all ages that teaches you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar especially when yoursquore singing

The Screaming Chef

A picture bookwritten by

Peter AckermanIllustrated byMax Dalton

Format HardcoverISBN 978-1-56792-598-2Size 10 times 8 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1795publication May 2017Rights World

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

ski L

ittle Old F

arm F

olk

Godine

FARM FOLK

Little Old

Andrea Wisnewski

Written amp Illu trated by

ForMama Louise

price $795

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Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

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A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

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Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

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The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

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Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

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I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

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new in hardcover | 3

Marking the Moment The Art of Allen Blagdenby Allen Blagden with an Introduction by John WilmerdingldquoThere was a long bench in the living room of our house And it was full of paper crayons watercolorsmdashall the essentials for creating artrdquo And so begins Allen Blagdenrsquos account of his career training with his father an art teacher at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville Connecticut From his earliest days art informed his life taking him to the National Serengeti Park in Kenya to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC to the South of France England and Ireland and to his beloved Adirondacks and Maine His watercolors renowned for their color composi-tions and technique are held in permanent museum collections across the United States and by countless private collectors From detailed pencil drawings that illuminate texture and form he builds on that foundation to create memorable accurate ren-ditions of his subjects and his field of vision is encompassing ranging from portraits of friends to landscapes to birds and mammals of all shapes and sizes An intense sensitivity and precision pervades his work elevating even the simplest objects to an emotional crescendo Recalling the tradition of Winslow Homer and Andrew Wyeth these works are timeless classics

Marking the Moment | The Art of Allen BlagdenIntroduction by John Wilmerding

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ldquoThere was a long bench in the living room ofour house And it was full of paper crayons watercolorsndashall the essentials for creatingartrdquo And so begins Allen Blagdenrsquos accountof his career training with his father an artteacher at the Hotchkiss School in LakevilleConnecticut From his earliest days art in-formed his life taking him to the NationalSerengeti Park in Kenya to the SmithsonianInstitute in Washington DC to the South ofFrance England and Ireland and to hisbeloved Adirondacks and Maine His water-colors renowned for their color composi-tions and technique are held in permanentmuseum collections across the United Statesand by countless private collectors From de-tailed pencil drawings that illuminate textureand form he builds on that foundation to cre-ate memorable accurate renditions of his sub-jects and his field of vision is encompassingranging from portraits of friends to land-scapes to birds and mammals of all shapesand sizes An intense sensitivity and precisionpervades his work elevating even the simplestobjects to an emotional crescendo Workingwithin the artistic traditions of WinslowHomer and Andrew Wyeth the timeless clas-sics contained in this book provide proof thatthe great tradition of American realism con-tinues triumphant

David R Godine PublisherPost Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

I S B N 978-1-56792-593-7

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 3 7Printed in China

5 5 0 0 0

Jacket art by Allen Blagdenfront of jacket Big Blue at Dawnback of jacket Evening Shallows

Born in A B began for-mally painting in at the Hotchkiss Schoolin Lakeville Connecticut under the tutelage ofhis father artist Thomas Blagden He receivedhis from Cornell University in andheld his first solo show soon after at the JanetNessler Gallery in New York City winning theAllied American Artistrsquos Prize for Best FirstOne Man Show of the Year He hasnrsquot ceasedworking since holding countless group andsolo shows continuing up until the present day

J W is currently a Professorof American Art at Princeton University a vis-iting curator in the department of AmericanArt at the Met a member of the Board ofTrustees at the Guggenheim Museum in NewYork and serves on advisory boards for com-mittees for Smithsonian Studies in AmericanArt and Harvard University Art MuseumsWilmerding is also the author of many booksand catalogues on American Art

Allen Blagden has a very strongmdashyet sensative and personal response to na-ture in the great American tradition The wide compass of his subject matteris a testament to his imaginationrdquo W B painter

A lone wolf in the snow a hawk circling above the light reflecting on thewater these images and the moods of nature are subjects of Allen Blagdenrsquosstrong paintings in oil watercolor and drawings His respect for natureand people are the result of decades of passion and observation all inter-preted with great technical skill and his artistrsquos sensitive eyerdquo

E R K

Allen Blagden is a most gifted painter of the natural world I first noted hiswork in the annual exhibition catalogs of ldquoBirds in Artrdquo and the Society ofAnimal Artists I was particularly drawn to his sensitive and incredibly detailed portrayals of birds in their natural environments made even moreimpressive since the majority of his work is in the difficult medium of watercolorrdquo D M President of the

Society of Animal Artists

I have known Allen Blagden for many years both as a friend and an artistand I have collected a number of his paintings He renders landscapes andwildlife especially birds with intimate detail and emotion I greatly admirehis workrdquo D R collector

Even more than in his last show Allen Blagden here comes across as a caseof multiple identity He can do portraits He can do veiled women in EgyptHe can do still life He can do a sandhill crane and many another strangebird and he can do the Metropolitan Museum in a snowstorm In each ca-pacity he comes on as a true soldier of artrdquo

J R NYTimes

Allen Blagdenrsquos great talent and skill across most of the visual media as wellas his deep empathy for his subjects distinguishes his wildlife art This empathy results from intimate and first hand encounters with creatures innature Blagdenrsquos sensitivity to his living subjects enables portrayals of exceptional beauty pictorial accuracy and perceptivityrdquo

C M WDirector Emerita Adirondack Museum

I think your (his) new paintings are absolutely outstanding I donrsquot knowhow you(he) can create these and make them all and each one individuallybeautifulrdquo R W Kennedy Gallery NYC

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o by

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Dos

ter

Born in 1938 Allen Blagden began formally painting in 1948 at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville Connecticut under the tutelage of his father artist Thomas Blagden He received his BFA from Cornell University in 1962 and held his first solo show soon after at the Janet Nessler Gallery in New York City winning the Allied American Artistrsquos Prize for Best First One Man Show of the Year He hasnrsquot ceased working since holding countless group and solo shows continuing up until the present day

John Wilmerding is currently a Professor of American Art at Princeton University a visiting curator in the department of American Art at the Met a member of the Board of Trustees at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and serves on advisory boards for committees for Smithsonian Studies in American Art and Harvard University Art Museums Wilmerding is also the author of many books and catalogues on American Art

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-593-7 Size 10 times 11 inchespages 176Price $5000publication July 2017Rights World

4 | Verba Mundi

Bloodlinesby Marcello Fois translated by Silvester MazzarellaA magisterial domestic epic that chronicles the lives loves and losses of the Chironi family through war fascism and displace-ment Deftly endowing familial horrors with mythical reso-nance Fois cre ates a Dantesque triptych that weaves the history of his native Sardinia with sweeping changes across Europe through the mirror of a single misbegotten household

Marcello Fois born in Sardinia in 1960 belongs to a gifted group of writers called ldquoGroup 13rdquo that explore the cultural roots of their various regions Writing as well for theater tele-vision and cinema in 1992 he was awarded the esteemed Italo Calvino prizeFormat Softcover

ISBN 978-1-56792-585-2 Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 288 Price $1895publication Spring 2017Rights USA Only

The Parable of the Blindby Gert Hofmann translated by Christopher Middleton with an afterword by Michael HofmannldquoA knocking on the barn door drags us out of our sleep No the knocking isnrsquot inside us itrsquos outside where the other people arerdquo Thus begins another grim day for a ragged and profane crew of six blind beggars in 16th-century Flanders But today marks a break from the mundane as they are to pose as models for Pieter Bruegelrsquos grotesque masterpiece-in-the-making With verbal ingenuity and a black humor worthy of Beckett Parable follows the tattered sextetrsquos progress across a Renaissance landscape of half-heard voices and unseen dangers towards their ultimate encounter with the great artist A profound meditation on the con-tradictions of art and on the fragility of human communities this novel stands as a high-water mark of postwar German literature

The most singular writer to come out of Germany since Heinrich Boumlll The Times [London]

Gert Hofmann (1931ndash1993) a prolific German writer of both novels and radio-plays won prizes such as the Prix Italia and the Doblin prize He is best known for examining the resonances of Nazism in postwar Germany

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-563-0Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 152 Price $1795publication Spring 2017Rights North America

Marcello FOIS

Translated by Silvester Mazzarella

Bloodlines

verbamundi international literature series

Verba Mundi | 5

On Heroes and Tombsby Ernesto Sabato translated by Helen LaneGodine first published this towering work of Latin American literature in 1981 and is now reissuing it with a new introduc-tion Often mentioned in the same breath as Borges Sabato was praised by Camus and other major writers cited by Thomas Mann Graham Greene Pablo Neruda Salman Rushdie and Colm Toacuteibiacuten He was an important political figure as well as a novelist exposing the state terrorism of Argentinarsquos ldquodirty warrdquo and writing about everything from metaphysics to tango On Heroes and Tombs is his masterpiece

In his obituary in 2011 the New York Times wroteldquoIn 1972 the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda listed Mr Sabato among the Latin American writers who displayed lsquogreater vitality and imag-ination than anything since the great Russian novelsrsquo of the 19th century On Heroes and Tombs the story of a young man trying to find his way in life in Buenos Aires is considered his most important work of fiction But many people also know Mr Sabato for his work in helping Argentina heal when democracy was restored in 1983 after seven years of military dictatorshiprdquo

On Heroes and Tombs is woven around a violent crime the scion of a prominent Argentinian family Alejandra shoots her father and burns herself alive over his corpse The story shifts between perspectives to reveal the lives of those closest to her telling of Martiacuten her troubled lover Bruno a writer who loved her mother and Fernando her fathermdashwho believes himself hunted by a secret international organization of the blind

Exploring the tumult of Buenos Aires in the 1950s Heroes illuminates its characters against burning churches and corpo-rate greed An examination of Argentinian history and culture it reveals the country at every level leading its reader into a world of passion philosophy and paranoia that still persists

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-596-8Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 480Price $2095publication July 2017Rights World English

Ernesto Sabato was born in Buenos Aires in 1911 and died in 2011 He published three novelsmdashThe Tunnel On Heroes and Tombs and Abaddon el Exterminador which won the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Jerusalem Prizemdashand many volumes of essays In 1985 he won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (equivalent to the Nobel Prize for literature in Hispanic languages) ldquofor four decades of literary endeavorrdquo

An ambitious tapestry-type fictionKirkus

Offers by way of fair exchange a rich motherlode of imagery language and haunting scenes Sabatorsquos 13-year gestation pro-duced a frequently brilliant bookSalman Rushdie

Dr Sabato took his place among Latin Americarsquos greatest writers and he followed a singular literary path that distinguished him from the writers of the Latin American ldquoboomrdquo of the 1960s and 1970sWashington Post

Ernesto SABATO

Translated by Helen Lane

On Heroes and Tombs

verbamundi international literature series

6 | Black Sparrow

And Thenby Donald Breckenridge introduction by Douglas GloverWe are pleased to add Donald Breckenridge to the Black Spar-row list Readers of Perec and French New Wave Cinema will revel in his haunting take on the traditional ghost story Christo-pher Sorrentino National Book Award finalist for The Fugitives says ldquoI was moved and often startled by And Then a brown study of the hold the dead maintain over the living of yearning memory and regret The writing is vivid direct clear always surprising always a pleasure to readrdquo Breckenridge takes read-ers on a hypnotically broken journey chronicling his fatherrsquos slow and deliberate death interweaving the stories of others a young womanrsquos hopeful arrival in New York City a young manrsquos voyeuristic summer spent housesitting for his professor and a soldier who never made it out of Vietnam What they all have in common is a deep preoccupation with the way lives resonate and connect an emotionally honest love story about how we relate to others and ourselves The work of a mature writer And Then will be treasured by readers who look to literature to find solace and meaning in trying times

The improvisatory ebb and flow of his sentences conveys a world of occurrencesmdashclusters of detail and fragments of conversation that fade like images in a dream Therersquos an elegiac stillness at the center of this powerful novel a sense of starting over of remembering and forgetting that lingers like daybreak in the heart and mind

Lewis Warsh

Praise for You Are Here[You Are Here] possesses an exquisite tidal quality [a] dexterously drawn novel

Bookforum

And ThenDonald Breckenridge

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-57423-229-5Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 104Price $1695publication May 2017Rights World

Donald Breckenridge lives in Brooklyn with his spouse Johannah Rodgers He is the Fiction Editor of the Brooklyn Rail Co-Founder and Co-Editor of InTranslation and the Managing Editor of Red Dust Books He has written four novels edited two fiction anthologies and introduced the NYRB Classics edition of Henri Duchemin and His Shadows by Emmanuel Bove

Black Sparrow | 7

The Fifth Wallby Rachel NagelbergIn this daring debut novel following in the hallowed footsteps of Black Sparrow titans Charles Bukowski and Lucia Berlin Rachel Nagelberg a genuine literary pioneer explores the frail line between the human impulse to control everything and the futility of excessive efforts to do so Incorporating cinematic ele-ments and with her background in visual art apparent through-out Nagelberg pushes the boundaries of the novel form while tackling timely themes of feminism terrorism and technology with razor-sharp wit and self-awareness What Thackerayrsquos Van-ity Fair did for Victorian society Nagelbergrsquos novel does for 21st century America (and in a far more portable format) Combin-ing the emotional depth of Eileen Myles with a plot worthy of a David Lynch film this readable literary and thought- provoking work is for anyone who questions the status quo

We look into the distance to be able to see whatrsquos right in front of us She writes without affect and with unselfconscious acuity That is she writes really well

Chris Kraus author of I Love Dick

Nagelberg has a true gift able to write gorgeously on the line level with unctuous images And simultaneously therersquos a readable page-turner here This book cascades beauty and meaning and truth

Joshua Mohr author of All This Life and Termite Parade a New York Times Editorrsquos Choice pick

The Fifth Wall crackles with brains and sex Itrsquos hallucina-tory and interactive and funny and sad and it has something incandescent to show you

Stephen Beachy author film critic and professor at the University of San Francisco

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-57423-228-8Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 184Price $1695publication May 2017Rights World

Rachel Nagelberg is an American novelist poet and con-ceptual artist living in Los Angeles She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco and has had poems and stories published in numerous journals She received a Lighthouse Works Fellowship Fishers Island NY in 2015 An excerpt from The Fifth Wall will appear in 3AM

THE FIFTH WALL

A NOVEL

RACHEL NAGELBERG

8 | New Poetry

Fair Sun by Susan BarbaThe three interrelated sections of poetry in Fair Sun explore the primary importance of connection both with other human beings and with the natural world In the first section the poems are wide-ranging in locale and reference exploring the acquisi-tion of language specifically the ways in which the experience and distance embedded in language darken and threaten the edenic prelapsarian qualities of a childhood spent close to the natural world There are poems that enact the sudden possibili-ties of speech the complexities of translation the bewilderment of the bilingual speaker both fluent and tongue-tied The second section consists of a series of prose poems titled ldquoAndranikrdquo In these poems a child is speaking with her grandfather who relates in answer to her questioning (she knows what to ask his answers are as familiar to her as nursery rhymes) the details of his survival during the Armenian Genocide his escape the murder of his father the suicide of his sister the death of his best friend forced marches enslavement ndash all punctuated by memories of an earlier boyhood spent chasing ducks swimming in the river sleeping on mats under the stars The final section contains shorter lyric poems set mainly in New England poems that explore the proximity of life and death the complicity and interdependency of the individual in the collective and the redemptive possibilities of sympathy and empathy

Susan Barba has perfected her poetrsquos gift for thinking in images moving with efficient grace

Robert Pinsky

Susan Barba creates an eerie mix of delicacy and terror Her poems are chalices

Rosanna Warren

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-601-9Size 6 times 9 inchespages 88Price $1795publication Late March 2017Rights World

Susan Barbarsquos poems have appeared in Poetry The Yale Review The Hudson Review The Antioch Review Harvard Review and Poetry Daily She has published book reviews in Boston Review and translations from Armenian in Words Without Borders and Ararat She participated in Consenses a multi-genre interactive art installation which opened in West Tisbury Massachusetts and is now touring the country She recently received a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in poetry

Inverted Pendulum

Inclinedas we areto dwellas in to be ledastrayto tarry to delayor even to inhabitheavy feelingunevenlywithout occasionsome daysa walkup hilla leaning tondashward will set usstraight

New Poetry | 9

The Unfasteningby Wesley McNairIn this Wesley McNairrsquos tenth collection of poetry readers will find not only the work of a mature poet but a particular and personal vision of life Combining sorrow humor and joy the volume asks the difficult question when faced with conflict and struggle how do you fasten yourself back down again Begin-ning with poems of grief and loss the book moves to the losses of others a Japanese war bride whose husbandrsquos death leaves her with two young children far from home a survivalist who talks to deer after his wife of 40 years has moved out on him an old and failed painter who ropes himself to his windswept roof to view the beauty of coastal islands The pursuit of beauty the blessings of nature the love of a mate and connections we make with others in the course of everyday life these are the reigning consolations holding fast in in the midst of unfastening

from Hymn

There was no stopping the old male persimmon treeAfter my uncle released it from its stakedcord it stood on his far lawn for a monthas if coming to its decision to lie back downon the ground again All winter he left itfor dead but when I returned to the Ozarksin the springtime it lay there in an islandof unmowed grass blooming beside its mateand this May when I separate their branchesto look in I find new shoots and flowers

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The UnfasteningIn this unique contribution to contemporary poetry Wesley McNair introduces us to the Sykeses of the Ozarks We discover among others a veteran of six tours of duty who comes unraveled at a Chamber of Commerce lun-cheon two newlyweds who pin their dreams for the future on a long-haul semi and Ruth confused in her aging mind ndash in one poem abducted by aliens in another returning to her past to discover that she is a lost child Here are the stories of relatives fundamental-ists gun enthusiasts and soldiers told in long sentences that unfold like talk as they reveal the interior life of a homeplace that McNair explores in order to understand and remem-ber his mother Savoring these linked poems one by one readers will find implications about todayrsquos America and about humans in general wherever they may live

In this volume inspired by the impending death of his mother Wesley McNair long a poet of New England places takes a new path exploring her homeplace in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri The linked poems of the book describe characters and events with the small telling details for which McNair is noted yet they also include large themes hope delusion family struggles and lost selves But the most important theme of all is reconciliation as McNair attempts through these poems to know and understand his mother Combining humor sorrow and his singular gift for narrative this is McNairrsquos most ambitious and moving collection showing yet again why Philip Levine has called him ldquoone of the great story tellers of contemporary poetryrdquo

By the faculty of his attention ndash to people to their talk ndash McNairs compassion turns itself into art Donald Hall The Harvard Review

[He is] a master craftsman with a remarkable ear Maxine Kumin Ploughshares

He has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work by a poet of his generation Ruminator Review

Called by poet Philip Levine ldquoone of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryrdquo Wesley McNair is the author of twenty books includ-ing Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry He has twice been invited by the Library of Congress to read his poetry and has received prizes from Poetry and Poetry Northwest magazines the Sarah Josepha Hale Medal Guggenheim and Rocke feller Fellowships and two grants in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts In 2006 he was selected for a United States Artist Fellowship He is the Poet Laureate of Maine

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Often referred to as ldquoa poet of placerdquo Wesley McNair captures the ordinary lives of northern New Englanders while writing about family conflict and other autobiographical sub-jects His poems often explore American dreams interwoven with family drama and public culture A New Hampshire native who has lived for many years in Mercer Maine McNair has authored nineteen books nine of which are collections of poetry including The Faces of Americans in 1853 (1983) The Town of No (1989) and Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems (2010) His most recent book are The Lost Child Ozark Poems (2014) and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry (2012)

he strikes me as one of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryPhilip Levine Ploughshares

he has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work in his generationThomas R Smith Ruminator Review

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Alice A Survey of Her Calligraphy compiled with an introduction by Jerry Kelly foreword by Donald JacksonNew Yorkers who walked along Madison Avenue in the rsquo60s rsquo70s and rsquo80s would recognize her masterful posters for the Morgan Library Scribes in the US and abroad know her through her celebrated workshops She is Alice Koeth known professionally simply as Alice and although she is one of the most respected contemporary calligraphers relatively few exam-ples of her works have been published in book form a vast majority remaining unseen and unknown

Over a career spanning more than sixty years Alicersquos artistry exemplifies taste technique wit and her own unique graphic style A keen understanding of craft respect for tools and inter-est in historical forms have contributed to her command of calligraphy Whether using Coit and Automatic pens or the smallest of Speedball nibs this versatility has enabled her to tackle all manner of calligraphic design problems

From Alicersquos own personal archives this book contains not only her mature work but also charming early works from the 1950s as well as sketches and preliminary layouts which offer a rare glimpse into her working process The Morgan Library has gra-ciously photographed a dozen of her most special posters which have not been seen for decades especially for this publication

With exclusive and professionally photographed pieces throughout and printed by quality offset lithography using fine line screens on archival uncoated paper this book befits its subject produced to the highest standards

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Bibliotheca Salmo SalarA Selection of Rare Books Manuscripts Journals Diaries Photograph Albums amp Ephemera on the Subject of Atlantic Salmon Fishing by Charles B Wood IIIEvery activity generates its own literature but few have gen-erated as much enthusiasmmdashsome of it incredibly esoteric most of it interesting and much of it downright irresistiblemdashas salmon fishing Salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated What remain are a few closely guarded rivers in Canada Iceland Great Britain and Scandinaviamdashall of them relatively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them pristine

A distinguished antiquarian bookseller Wood has been pur-suing these fish for decades and has what is probably the most extensive collection in private hands For this selective bibli-ography he has chosen 230 of the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them by country and date All titles are illustrated What makes this a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bearmdashnot only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisherman He knows the rivers and often the people who fished them and wrote the books He knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account or a treasured limited edition For collectors this will be considered the last word For the rest of us it makes the expense and travel almost unnecessary

A deluxe edition of 85 copies will also be issued Bound by hand in quarter leather by Gray Parrot enclosed in a sturdy slipcase and containing three additional handsomely produced and exceedingly rare pamphlets these books will be signed and numbered by the author Reservations filled on a first-come first-served basis are encouraged

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A selection of rare books manuscripts journals

diaries photograph albums amp ephemera

on the subject of

ATLANTIC SALMON FISHINGfrom the collection of

CHARLES B WOOD III

DAVID R GODINE middot PUBLISHERboston

I S B N 978-1-56792-458-9

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 4 5 8 9Printed in China

5 7 5 0 0

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Every activity generates its own literature but few outdoor sports have generated

as much enthusiasm and commentary ndash some of it incredibly esoteric most of it interest-ing and some of it downright irresistible ndash as salmon fishing All salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon which often returns as many as five times to the same rivers to spawn and can at-tain weights of over sixty pounds have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated by dams pollution and commercial fishing What remains are the few closely guarded rivers of Canada Iceland Great Britain Scandinavia and Russia ndash all of them rela-tively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them expensive to access and fish

Charles Wood a distinguished antiquar-ian bookseller has been pursuing these fish for decades and he has also built up what is probably the most extensive collection of printed books about the sport in pri-vate hands For this selective bibliography he has chosen 230 of what he considers the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them in several chapters by country All titles are illustrated What makes the book a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bear ndash not only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisher-man He knows the rivers in many cases he knows the people who fished them and wrote the books And he knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account of an excursion to a Norwegian river or a deluxe full leather quar-to containing an original salmon fly So this is no dry pedantic list of ldquofamous booksrdquo but rather a fascinating and illuminating journey into a world of piscatorial lore adventure and bibliographic description

CHARLES B WOOD was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related sub-jects since 1967 Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salm-on fishing The thrill of the chase whether encountered in book dealing book collect-ing or salmon fishing is what keeps him engaged

DAVID R GODINE PUBLISHERPost Office Box 450

Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

Jonesrsquos Guide to Norway

The Saga of the Salmon

Rivers Coquet and Aln

The Salmon fly

Wood_Salmo_jkt_cmplt3_4prsindd 1 81916 343 PM

Charles B Wood III was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related subjects Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salmon fishing The thrill of the chase whether in book dealing book collecting or salmon fishing keeps him engaged

Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club

12 | New for Children

Riptide by Frances Ward Weller illustrated by Robert J BlakeRiptide may be an unusual name for a dog but it is one that suits this one well Rip is resolutely drawn to the salty ocean breeze and the crash of the waves and he simply cannot be discouragedmdasheven in summer when he is forbidden to follow his instincts and race miles along the coast ldquoNo Dogs on Nauset Beachrdquo the sign reads and the guards protest calling for his young owner Zach to come retrieve him daily Yet Rip will not be deterred and after one summer storm it is lucky that he is not Rip is desperately needed for a rescue and is forever after known as the nineteenth guard on the beach Based on a real heroic dog Frances Weller creates a legend in Riptide weaving this caninersquos tale with Robert Blakersquos stunning oil illustrations Riptide is captured in all his joyful energy amidst vivid panora-mas of Cape Cod scenery his story immortalized in this classic picture book that children will love and adults will love to read aloud for years to come

Wellerrsquos poetic text intensified by Blakersquos dramatic paintings memorializes a beloved dog renowned along the Cape Cod shore

Booklist starred review

This moving tale based on a true story is deftly told and illustrated more than just an exciting dog story

Publishers Weekly

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-597-5Size 10 times 9frac14 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1095publication May 2017Rights USA Only

Frances Ward Weller holds a life-long love for the sea She spent her childhood in Connecticut and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts Having spent twenty years in New Jersey raising their children she and her husband Frank now live on Cape Cod spending as much time as possi-ble exploring its shores for inspiration for many of her stories

Robert J Blake is an experienced illustrator who has worked on over thirty books for both children and adults He works directly from life for many of his illustrations and enjoys trav-eling to do so having painted in Ireland the UK Bermuda and Cape Cod among others When not traveling Mr Blake lives in New Jersey

New for Children | 13

The Screaming Chefwritten by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max DaltonComfort food indeed Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly But one fateful night when his parents accidentally burn dinner the boyrsquos temper flares and he begins to yell Tired of all the noise Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities leaving it all up to him Et voilagrave The boy so enjoys cooking that he sings instead of screams and finds that he is so talented that his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef But life in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy When the boy begins to make mistakes will his penchant for earsplitting noise ruin everything

Praise for The Lonely Phone BoothThis warm quirky story [with] Scene-stealing illustrations by Max Dalton celebrates the fabric of a neighborhood that intangible quality New Yorkers treasure

The New York Times Book Review

Author Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton the creators of The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Type-writer are at it again in their new childrenrsquos book The Screaming Chef Witty text and clever illustrations combine to create a silly yet serious picture book for readers of all ages that teaches you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar especially when yoursquore singing

The Screaming Chef

A picture bookwritten by

Peter AckermanIllustrated byMax Dalton

Format HardcoverISBN 978-1-56792-598-2Size 10 times 8 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1795publication May 2017Rights World

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

ski L

ittle Old F

arm F

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Godine

FARM FOLK

Little Old

Andrea Wisnewski

Written amp Illu trated by

ForMama Louise

price $795

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Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

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A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

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Recently Published middot Softcover

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I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

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So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

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Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

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How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

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Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

4 | Verba Mundi

Bloodlinesby Marcello Fois translated by Silvester MazzarellaA magisterial domestic epic that chronicles the lives loves and losses of the Chironi family through war fascism and displace-ment Deftly endowing familial horrors with mythical reso-nance Fois cre ates a Dantesque triptych that weaves the history of his native Sardinia with sweeping changes across Europe through the mirror of a single misbegotten household

Marcello Fois born in Sardinia in 1960 belongs to a gifted group of writers called ldquoGroup 13rdquo that explore the cultural roots of their various regions Writing as well for theater tele-vision and cinema in 1992 he was awarded the esteemed Italo Calvino prizeFormat Softcover

ISBN 978-1-56792-585-2 Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 288 Price $1895publication Spring 2017Rights USA Only

The Parable of the Blindby Gert Hofmann translated by Christopher Middleton with an afterword by Michael HofmannldquoA knocking on the barn door drags us out of our sleep No the knocking isnrsquot inside us itrsquos outside where the other people arerdquo Thus begins another grim day for a ragged and profane crew of six blind beggars in 16th-century Flanders But today marks a break from the mundane as they are to pose as models for Pieter Bruegelrsquos grotesque masterpiece-in-the-making With verbal ingenuity and a black humor worthy of Beckett Parable follows the tattered sextetrsquos progress across a Renaissance landscape of half-heard voices and unseen dangers towards their ultimate encounter with the great artist A profound meditation on the con-tradictions of art and on the fragility of human communities this novel stands as a high-water mark of postwar German literature

The most singular writer to come out of Germany since Heinrich Boumlll The Times [London]

Gert Hofmann (1931ndash1993) a prolific German writer of both novels and radio-plays won prizes such as the Prix Italia and the Doblin prize He is best known for examining the resonances of Nazism in postwar Germany

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-563-0Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 152 Price $1795publication Spring 2017Rights North America

Marcello FOIS

Translated by Silvester Mazzarella

Bloodlines

verbamundi international literature series

Verba Mundi | 5

On Heroes and Tombsby Ernesto Sabato translated by Helen LaneGodine first published this towering work of Latin American literature in 1981 and is now reissuing it with a new introduc-tion Often mentioned in the same breath as Borges Sabato was praised by Camus and other major writers cited by Thomas Mann Graham Greene Pablo Neruda Salman Rushdie and Colm Toacuteibiacuten He was an important political figure as well as a novelist exposing the state terrorism of Argentinarsquos ldquodirty warrdquo and writing about everything from metaphysics to tango On Heroes and Tombs is his masterpiece

In his obituary in 2011 the New York Times wroteldquoIn 1972 the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda listed Mr Sabato among the Latin American writers who displayed lsquogreater vitality and imag-ination than anything since the great Russian novelsrsquo of the 19th century On Heroes and Tombs the story of a young man trying to find his way in life in Buenos Aires is considered his most important work of fiction But many people also know Mr Sabato for his work in helping Argentina heal when democracy was restored in 1983 after seven years of military dictatorshiprdquo

On Heroes and Tombs is woven around a violent crime the scion of a prominent Argentinian family Alejandra shoots her father and burns herself alive over his corpse The story shifts between perspectives to reveal the lives of those closest to her telling of Martiacuten her troubled lover Bruno a writer who loved her mother and Fernando her fathermdashwho believes himself hunted by a secret international organization of the blind

Exploring the tumult of Buenos Aires in the 1950s Heroes illuminates its characters against burning churches and corpo-rate greed An examination of Argentinian history and culture it reveals the country at every level leading its reader into a world of passion philosophy and paranoia that still persists

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-596-8Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 480Price $2095publication July 2017Rights World English

Ernesto Sabato was born in Buenos Aires in 1911 and died in 2011 He published three novelsmdashThe Tunnel On Heroes and Tombs and Abaddon el Exterminador which won the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Jerusalem Prizemdashand many volumes of essays In 1985 he won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (equivalent to the Nobel Prize for literature in Hispanic languages) ldquofor four decades of literary endeavorrdquo

An ambitious tapestry-type fictionKirkus

Offers by way of fair exchange a rich motherlode of imagery language and haunting scenes Sabatorsquos 13-year gestation pro-duced a frequently brilliant bookSalman Rushdie

Dr Sabato took his place among Latin Americarsquos greatest writers and he followed a singular literary path that distinguished him from the writers of the Latin American ldquoboomrdquo of the 1960s and 1970sWashington Post

Ernesto SABATO

Translated by Helen Lane

On Heroes and Tombs

verbamundi international literature series

6 | Black Sparrow

And Thenby Donald Breckenridge introduction by Douglas GloverWe are pleased to add Donald Breckenridge to the Black Spar-row list Readers of Perec and French New Wave Cinema will revel in his haunting take on the traditional ghost story Christo-pher Sorrentino National Book Award finalist for The Fugitives says ldquoI was moved and often startled by And Then a brown study of the hold the dead maintain over the living of yearning memory and regret The writing is vivid direct clear always surprising always a pleasure to readrdquo Breckenridge takes read-ers on a hypnotically broken journey chronicling his fatherrsquos slow and deliberate death interweaving the stories of others a young womanrsquos hopeful arrival in New York City a young manrsquos voyeuristic summer spent housesitting for his professor and a soldier who never made it out of Vietnam What they all have in common is a deep preoccupation with the way lives resonate and connect an emotionally honest love story about how we relate to others and ourselves The work of a mature writer And Then will be treasured by readers who look to literature to find solace and meaning in trying times

The improvisatory ebb and flow of his sentences conveys a world of occurrencesmdashclusters of detail and fragments of conversation that fade like images in a dream Therersquos an elegiac stillness at the center of this powerful novel a sense of starting over of remembering and forgetting that lingers like daybreak in the heart and mind

Lewis Warsh

Praise for You Are Here[You Are Here] possesses an exquisite tidal quality [a] dexterously drawn novel

Bookforum

And ThenDonald Breckenridge

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-57423-229-5Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 104Price $1695publication May 2017Rights World

Donald Breckenridge lives in Brooklyn with his spouse Johannah Rodgers He is the Fiction Editor of the Brooklyn Rail Co-Founder and Co-Editor of InTranslation and the Managing Editor of Red Dust Books He has written four novels edited two fiction anthologies and introduced the NYRB Classics edition of Henri Duchemin and His Shadows by Emmanuel Bove

Black Sparrow | 7

The Fifth Wallby Rachel NagelbergIn this daring debut novel following in the hallowed footsteps of Black Sparrow titans Charles Bukowski and Lucia Berlin Rachel Nagelberg a genuine literary pioneer explores the frail line between the human impulse to control everything and the futility of excessive efforts to do so Incorporating cinematic ele-ments and with her background in visual art apparent through-out Nagelberg pushes the boundaries of the novel form while tackling timely themes of feminism terrorism and technology with razor-sharp wit and self-awareness What Thackerayrsquos Van-ity Fair did for Victorian society Nagelbergrsquos novel does for 21st century America (and in a far more portable format) Combin-ing the emotional depth of Eileen Myles with a plot worthy of a David Lynch film this readable literary and thought- provoking work is for anyone who questions the status quo

We look into the distance to be able to see whatrsquos right in front of us She writes without affect and with unselfconscious acuity That is she writes really well

Chris Kraus author of I Love Dick

Nagelberg has a true gift able to write gorgeously on the line level with unctuous images And simultaneously therersquos a readable page-turner here This book cascades beauty and meaning and truth

Joshua Mohr author of All This Life and Termite Parade a New York Times Editorrsquos Choice pick

The Fifth Wall crackles with brains and sex Itrsquos hallucina-tory and interactive and funny and sad and it has something incandescent to show you

Stephen Beachy author film critic and professor at the University of San Francisco

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-57423-228-8Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 184Price $1695publication May 2017Rights World

Rachel Nagelberg is an American novelist poet and con-ceptual artist living in Los Angeles She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco and has had poems and stories published in numerous journals She received a Lighthouse Works Fellowship Fishers Island NY in 2015 An excerpt from The Fifth Wall will appear in 3AM

THE FIFTH WALL

A NOVEL

RACHEL NAGELBERG

8 | New Poetry

Fair Sun by Susan BarbaThe three interrelated sections of poetry in Fair Sun explore the primary importance of connection both with other human beings and with the natural world In the first section the poems are wide-ranging in locale and reference exploring the acquisi-tion of language specifically the ways in which the experience and distance embedded in language darken and threaten the edenic prelapsarian qualities of a childhood spent close to the natural world There are poems that enact the sudden possibili-ties of speech the complexities of translation the bewilderment of the bilingual speaker both fluent and tongue-tied The second section consists of a series of prose poems titled ldquoAndranikrdquo In these poems a child is speaking with her grandfather who relates in answer to her questioning (she knows what to ask his answers are as familiar to her as nursery rhymes) the details of his survival during the Armenian Genocide his escape the murder of his father the suicide of his sister the death of his best friend forced marches enslavement ndash all punctuated by memories of an earlier boyhood spent chasing ducks swimming in the river sleeping on mats under the stars The final section contains shorter lyric poems set mainly in New England poems that explore the proximity of life and death the complicity and interdependency of the individual in the collective and the redemptive possibilities of sympathy and empathy

Susan Barba has perfected her poetrsquos gift for thinking in images moving with efficient grace

Robert Pinsky

Susan Barba creates an eerie mix of delicacy and terror Her poems are chalices

Rosanna Warren

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-601-9Size 6 times 9 inchespages 88Price $1795publication Late March 2017Rights World

Susan Barbarsquos poems have appeared in Poetry The Yale Review The Hudson Review The Antioch Review Harvard Review and Poetry Daily She has published book reviews in Boston Review and translations from Armenian in Words Without Borders and Ararat She participated in Consenses a multi-genre interactive art installation which opened in West Tisbury Massachusetts and is now touring the country She recently received a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in poetry

Inverted Pendulum

Inclinedas we areto dwellas in to be ledastrayto tarry to delayor even to inhabitheavy feelingunevenlywithout occasionsome daysa walkup hilla leaning tondashward will set usstraight

New Poetry | 9

The Unfasteningby Wesley McNairIn this Wesley McNairrsquos tenth collection of poetry readers will find not only the work of a mature poet but a particular and personal vision of life Combining sorrow humor and joy the volume asks the difficult question when faced with conflict and struggle how do you fasten yourself back down again Begin-ning with poems of grief and loss the book moves to the losses of others a Japanese war bride whose husbandrsquos death leaves her with two young children far from home a survivalist who talks to deer after his wife of 40 years has moved out on him an old and failed painter who ropes himself to his windswept roof to view the beauty of coastal islands The pursuit of beauty the blessings of nature the love of a mate and connections we make with others in the course of everyday life these are the reigning consolations holding fast in in the midst of unfastening

from Hymn

There was no stopping the old male persimmon treeAfter my uncle released it from its stakedcord it stood on his far lawn for a monthas if coming to its decision to lie back downon the ground again All winter he left itfor dead but when I returned to the Ozarksin the springtime it lay there in an islandof unmowed grass blooming beside its mateand this May when I separate their branchesto look in I find new shoots and flowers

Wesley M

cNair

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NI

NG

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OD

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The UnfasteningIn this unique contribution to contemporary poetry Wesley McNair introduces us to the Sykeses of the Ozarks We discover among others a veteran of six tours of duty who comes unraveled at a Chamber of Commerce lun-cheon two newlyweds who pin their dreams for the future on a long-haul semi and Ruth confused in her aging mind ndash in one poem abducted by aliens in another returning to her past to discover that she is a lost child Here are the stories of relatives fundamental-ists gun enthusiasts and soldiers told in long sentences that unfold like talk as they reveal the interior life of a homeplace that McNair explores in order to understand and remem-ber his mother Savoring these linked poems one by one readers will find implications about todayrsquos America and about humans in general wherever they may live

In this volume inspired by the impending death of his mother Wesley McNair long a poet of New England places takes a new path exploring her homeplace in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri The linked poems of the book describe characters and events with the small telling details for which McNair is noted yet they also include large themes hope delusion family struggles and lost selves But the most important theme of all is reconciliation as McNair attempts through these poems to know and understand his mother Combining humor sorrow and his singular gift for narrative this is McNairrsquos most ambitious and moving collection showing yet again why Philip Levine has called him ldquoone of the great story tellers of contemporary poetryrdquo

By the faculty of his attention ndash to people to their talk ndash McNairs compassion turns itself into art Donald Hall The Harvard Review

[He is] a master craftsman with a remarkable ear Maxine Kumin Ploughshares

He has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work by a poet of his generation Ruminator Review

Called by poet Philip Levine ldquoone of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryrdquo Wesley McNair is the author of twenty books includ-ing Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry He has twice been invited by the Library of Congress to read his poetry and has received prizes from Poetry and Poetry Northwest magazines the Sarah Josepha Hale Medal Guggenheim and Rocke feller Fellowships and two grants in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts In 2006 he was selected for a United States Artist Fellowship He is the Poet Laureate of Maine

cover illustration by robert brinkerhoff

cover design by carl w scarbrough

David R Godine middot Publisher Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452 wwwgodinecom

The Unfastening

p o e m s

Wesley McNair

Format Softcover with flapsISBN 978-1-56792-599-9Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 80Price $1795publication July 2017Rights World

Often referred to as ldquoa poet of placerdquo Wesley McNair captures the ordinary lives of northern New Englanders while writing about family conflict and other autobiographical sub-jects His poems often explore American dreams interwoven with family drama and public culture A New Hampshire native who has lived for many years in Mercer Maine McNair has authored nineteen books nine of which are collections of poetry including The Faces of Americans in 1853 (1983) The Town of No (1989) and Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems (2010) His most recent book are The Lost Child Ozark Poems (2014) and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry (2012)

he strikes me as one of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryPhilip Levine Ploughshares

he has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work in his generationThomas R Smith Ruminator Review

10 | New in Hardcover

Alice A Survey of Her Calligraphy compiled with an introduction by Jerry Kelly foreword by Donald JacksonNew Yorkers who walked along Madison Avenue in the rsquo60s rsquo70s and rsquo80s would recognize her masterful posters for the Morgan Library Scribes in the US and abroad know her through her celebrated workshops She is Alice Koeth known professionally simply as Alice and although she is one of the most respected contemporary calligraphers relatively few exam-ples of her works have been published in book form a vast majority remaining unseen and unknown

Over a career spanning more than sixty years Alicersquos artistry exemplifies taste technique wit and her own unique graphic style A keen understanding of craft respect for tools and inter-est in historical forms have contributed to her command of calligraphy Whether using Coit and Automatic pens or the smallest of Speedball nibs this versatility has enabled her to tackle all manner of calligraphic design problems

From Alicersquos own personal archives this book contains not only her mature work but also charming early works from the 1950s as well as sketches and preliminary layouts which offer a rare glimpse into her working process The Morgan Library has gra-ciously photographed a dozen of her most special posters which have not been seen for decades especially for this publication

With exclusive and professionally photographed pieces throughout and printed by quality offset lithography using fine line screens on archival uncoated paper this book befits its subject produced to the highest standards

A S U R V E Y O F

T H E C A L L I G R A P H Y O F A L I C E

C O M P I L E D amp W I T H A N I N T R O D U C T I O N

B Y J E R R Y K E L L Y

F O R E W O R D B Y D O N A L D J A C K S O N

T H E K E L L Y W I N T E R T O N P R E S S

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Bibliotheca Salmo SalarA Selection of Rare Books Manuscripts Journals Diaries Photograph Albums amp Ephemera on the Subject of Atlantic Salmon Fishing by Charles B Wood IIIEvery activity generates its own literature but few have gen-erated as much enthusiasmmdashsome of it incredibly esoteric most of it interesting and much of it downright irresistiblemdashas salmon fishing Salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated What remain are a few closely guarded rivers in Canada Iceland Great Britain and Scandinaviamdashall of them relatively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them pristine

A distinguished antiquarian bookseller Wood has been pur-suing these fish for decades and has what is probably the most extensive collection in private hands For this selective bibli-ography he has chosen 230 of the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them by country and date All titles are illustrated What makes this a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bearmdashnot only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisherman He knows the rivers and often the people who fished them and wrote the books He knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account or a treasured limited edition For collectors this will be considered the last word For the rest of us it makes the expense and travel almost unnecessary

A deluxe edition of 85 copies will also be issued Bound by hand in quarter leather by Gray Parrot enclosed in a sturdy slipcase and containing three additional handsomely produced and exceedingly rare pamphlets these books will be signed and numbered by the author Reservations filled on a first-come first-served basis are encouraged

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A selection of rare books manuscripts journals

diaries photograph albums amp ephemera

on the subject of

ATLANTIC SALMON FISHINGfrom the collection of

CHARLES B WOOD III

DAVID R GODINE middot PUBLISHERboston

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Every activity generates its own literature but few outdoor sports have generated

as much enthusiasm and commentary ndash some of it incredibly esoteric most of it interest-ing and some of it downright irresistible ndash as salmon fishing All salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon which often returns as many as five times to the same rivers to spawn and can at-tain weights of over sixty pounds have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated by dams pollution and commercial fishing What remains are the few closely guarded rivers of Canada Iceland Great Britain Scandinavia and Russia ndash all of them rela-tively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them expensive to access and fish

Charles Wood a distinguished antiquar-ian bookseller has been pursuing these fish for decades and he has also built up what is probably the most extensive collection of printed books about the sport in pri-vate hands For this selective bibliography he has chosen 230 of what he considers the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them in several chapters by country All titles are illustrated What makes the book a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bear ndash not only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisher-man He knows the rivers in many cases he knows the people who fished them and wrote the books And he knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account of an excursion to a Norwegian river or a deluxe full leather quar-to containing an original salmon fly So this is no dry pedantic list of ldquofamous booksrdquo but rather a fascinating and illuminating journey into a world of piscatorial lore adventure and bibliographic description

CHARLES B WOOD was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related sub-jects since 1967 Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salm-on fishing The thrill of the chase whether encountered in book dealing book collect-ing or salmon fishing is what keeps him engaged

DAVID R GODINE PUBLISHERPost Office Box 450

Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

Jonesrsquos Guide to Norway

The Saga of the Salmon

Rivers Coquet and Aln

The Salmon fly

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Charles B Wood III was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related subjects Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salmon fishing The thrill of the chase whether in book dealing book collecting or salmon fishing keeps him engaged

Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club

12 | New for Children

Riptide by Frances Ward Weller illustrated by Robert J BlakeRiptide may be an unusual name for a dog but it is one that suits this one well Rip is resolutely drawn to the salty ocean breeze and the crash of the waves and he simply cannot be discouragedmdasheven in summer when he is forbidden to follow his instincts and race miles along the coast ldquoNo Dogs on Nauset Beachrdquo the sign reads and the guards protest calling for his young owner Zach to come retrieve him daily Yet Rip will not be deterred and after one summer storm it is lucky that he is not Rip is desperately needed for a rescue and is forever after known as the nineteenth guard on the beach Based on a real heroic dog Frances Weller creates a legend in Riptide weaving this caninersquos tale with Robert Blakersquos stunning oil illustrations Riptide is captured in all his joyful energy amidst vivid panora-mas of Cape Cod scenery his story immortalized in this classic picture book that children will love and adults will love to read aloud for years to come

Wellerrsquos poetic text intensified by Blakersquos dramatic paintings memorializes a beloved dog renowned along the Cape Cod shore

Booklist starred review

This moving tale based on a true story is deftly told and illustrated more than just an exciting dog story

Publishers Weekly

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-597-5Size 10 times 9frac14 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1095publication May 2017Rights USA Only

Frances Ward Weller holds a life-long love for the sea She spent her childhood in Connecticut and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts Having spent twenty years in New Jersey raising their children she and her husband Frank now live on Cape Cod spending as much time as possi-ble exploring its shores for inspiration for many of her stories

Robert J Blake is an experienced illustrator who has worked on over thirty books for both children and adults He works directly from life for many of his illustrations and enjoys trav-eling to do so having painted in Ireland the UK Bermuda and Cape Cod among others When not traveling Mr Blake lives in New Jersey

New for Children | 13

The Screaming Chefwritten by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max DaltonComfort food indeed Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly But one fateful night when his parents accidentally burn dinner the boyrsquos temper flares and he begins to yell Tired of all the noise Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities leaving it all up to him Et voilagrave The boy so enjoys cooking that he sings instead of screams and finds that he is so talented that his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef But life in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy When the boy begins to make mistakes will his penchant for earsplitting noise ruin everything

Praise for The Lonely Phone BoothThis warm quirky story [with] Scene-stealing illustrations by Max Dalton celebrates the fabric of a neighborhood that intangible quality New Yorkers treasure

The New York Times Book Review

Author Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton the creators of The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Type-writer are at it again in their new childrenrsquos book The Screaming Chef Witty text and clever illustrations combine to create a silly yet serious picture book for readers of all ages that teaches you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar especially when yoursquore singing

The Screaming Chef

A picture bookwritten by

Peter AckermanIllustrated byMax Dalton

Format HardcoverISBN 978-1-56792-598-2Size 10 times 8 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1795publication May 2017Rights World

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

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price $795

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Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

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Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

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Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

Verba Mundi | 5

On Heroes and Tombsby Ernesto Sabato translated by Helen LaneGodine first published this towering work of Latin American literature in 1981 and is now reissuing it with a new introduc-tion Often mentioned in the same breath as Borges Sabato was praised by Camus and other major writers cited by Thomas Mann Graham Greene Pablo Neruda Salman Rushdie and Colm Toacuteibiacuten He was an important political figure as well as a novelist exposing the state terrorism of Argentinarsquos ldquodirty warrdquo and writing about everything from metaphysics to tango On Heroes and Tombs is his masterpiece

In his obituary in 2011 the New York Times wroteldquoIn 1972 the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda listed Mr Sabato among the Latin American writers who displayed lsquogreater vitality and imag-ination than anything since the great Russian novelsrsquo of the 19th century On Heroes and Tombs the story of a young man trying to find his way in life in Buenos Aires is considered his most important work of fiction But many people also know Mr Sabato for his work in helping Argentina heal when democracy was restored in 1983 after seven years of military dictatorshiprdquo

On Heroes and Tombs is woven around a violent crime the scion of a prominent Argentinian family Alejandra shoots her father and burns herself alive over his corpse The story shifts between perspectives to reveal the lives of those closest to her telling of Martiacuten her troubled lover Bruno a writer who loved her mother and Fernando her fathermdashwho believes himself hunted by a secret international organization of the blind

Exploring the tumult of Buenos Aires in the 1950s Heroes illuminates its characters against burning churches and corpo-rate greed An examination of Argentinian history and culture it reveals the country at every level leading its reader into a world of passion philosophy and paranoia that still persists

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-596-8Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 480Price $2095publication July 2017Rights World English

Ernesto Sabato was born in Buenos Aires in 1911 and died in 2011 He published three novelsmdashThe Tunnel On Heroes and Tombs and Abaddon el Exterminador which won the French Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Jerusalem Prizemdashand many volumes of essays In 1985 he won the Miguel de Cervantes Prize (equivalent to the Nobel Prize for literature in Hispanic languages) ldquofor four decades of literary endeavorrdquo

An ambitious tapestry-type fictionKirkus

Offers by way of fair exchange a rich motherlode of imagery language and haunting scenes Sabatorsquos 13-year gestation pro-duced a frequently brilliant bookSalman Rushdie

Dr Sabato took his place among Latin Americarsquos greatest writers and he followed a singular literary path that distinguished him from the writers of the Latin American ldquoboomrdquo of the 1960s and 1970sWashington Post

Ernesto SABATO

Translated by Helen Lane

On Heroes and Tombs

verbamundi international literature series

6 | Black Sparrow

And Thenby Donald Breckenridge introduction by Douglas GloverWe are pleased to add Donald Breckenridge to the Black Spar-row list Readers of Perec and French New Wave Cinema will revel in his haunting take on the traditional ghost story Christo-pher Sorrentino National Book Award finalist for The Fugitives says ldquoI was moved and often startled by And Then a brown study of the hold the dead maintain over the living of yearning memory and regret The writing is vivid direct clear always surprising always a pleasure to readrdquo Breckenridge takes read-ers on a hypnotically broken journey chronicling his fatherrsquos slow and deliberate death interweaving the stories of others a young womanrsquos hopeful arrival in New York City a young manrsquos voyeuristic summer spent housesitting for his professor and a soldier who never made it out of Vietnam What they all have in common is a deep preoccupation with the way lives resonate and connect an emotionally honest love story about how we relate to others and ourselves The work of a mature writer And Then will be treasured by readers who look to literature to find solace and meaning in trying times

The improvisatory ebb and flow of his sentences conveys a world of occurrencesmdashclusters of detail and fragments of conversation that fade like images in a dream Therersquos an elegiac stillness at the center of this powerful novel a sense of starting over of remembering and forgetting that lingers like daybreak in the heart and mind

Lewis Warsh

Praise for You Are Here[You Are Here] possesses an exquisite tidal quality [a] dexterously drawn novel

Bookforum

And ThenDonald Breckenridge

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-57423-229-5Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 104Price $1695publication May 2017Rights World

Donald Breckenridge lives in Brooklyn with his spouse Johannah Rodgers He is the Fiction Editor of the Brooklyn Rail Co-Founder and Co-Editor of InTranslation and the Managing Editor of Red Dust Books He has written four novels edited two fiction anthologies and introduced the NYRB Classics edition of Henri Duchemin and His Shadows by Emmanuel Bove

Black Sparrow | 7

The Fifth Wallby Rachel NagelbergIn this daring debut novel following in the hallowed footsteps of Black Sparrow titans Charles Bukowski and Lucia Berlin Rachel Nagelberg a genuine literary pioneer explores the frail line between the human impulse to control everything and the futility of excessive efforts to do so Incorporating cinematic ele-ments and with her background in visual art apparent through-out Nagelberg pushes the boundaries of the novel form while tackling timely themes of feminism terrorism and technology with razor-sharp wit and self-awareness What Thackerayrsquos Van-ity Fair did for Victorian society Nagelbergrsquos novel does for 21st century America (and in a far more portable format) Combin-ing the emotional depth of Eileen Myles with a plot worthy of a David Lynch film this readable literary and thought- provoking work is for anyone who questions the status quo

We look into the distance to be able to see whatrsquos right in front of us She writes without affect and with unselfconscious acuity That is she writes really well

Chris Kraus author of I Love Dick

Nagelberg has a true gift able to write gorgeously on the line level with unctuous images And simultaneously therersquos a readable page-turner here This book cascades beauty and meaning and truth

Joshua Mohr author of All This Life and Termite Parade a New York Times Editorrsquos Choice pick

The Fifth Wall crackles with brains and sex Itrsquos hallucina-tory and interactive and funny and sad and it has something incandescent to show you

Stephen Beachy author film critic and professor at the University of San Francisco

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-57423-228-8Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 184Price $1695publication May 2017Rights World

Rachel Nagelberg is an American novelist poet and con-ceptual artist living in Los Angeles She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco and has had poems and stories published in numerous journals She received a Lighthouse Works Fellowship Fishers Island NY in 2015 An excerpt from The Fifth Wall will appear in 3AM

THE FIFTH WALL

A NOVEL

RACHEL NAGELBERG

8 | New Poetry

Fair Sun by Susan BarbaThe three interrelated sections of poetry in Fair Sun explore the primary importance of connection both with other human beings and with the natural world In the first section the poems are wide-ranging in locale and reference exploring the acquisi-tion of language specifically the ways in which the experience and distance embedded in language darken and threaten the edenic prelapsarian qualities of a childhood spent close to the natural world There are poems that enact the sudden possibili-ties of speech the complexities of translation the bewilderment of the bilingual speaker both fluent and tongue-tied The second section consists of a series of prose poems titled ldquoAndranikrdquo In these poems a child is speaking with her grandfather who relates in answer to her questioning (she knows what to ask his answers are as familiar to her as nursery rhymes) the details of his survival during the Armenian Genocide his escape the murder of his father the suicide of his sister the death of his best friend forced marches enslavement ndash all punctuated by memories of an earlier boyhood spent chasing ducks swimming in the river sleeping on mats under the stars The final section contains shorter lyric poems set mainly in New England poems that explore the proximity of life and death the complicity and interdependency of the individual in the collective and the redemptive possibilities of sympathy and empathy

Susan Barba has perfected her poetrsquos gift for thinking in images moving with efficient grace

Robert Pinsky

Susan Barba creates an eerie mix of delicacy and terror Her poems are chalices

Rosanna Warren

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-601-9Size 6 times 9 inchespages 88Price $1795publication Late March 2017Rights World

Susan Barbarsquos poems have appeared in Poetry The Yale Review The Hudson Review The Antioch Review Harvard Review and Poetry Daily She has published book reviews in Boston Review and translations from Armenian in Words Without Borders and Ararat She participated in Consenses a multi-genre interactive art installation which opened in West Tisbury Massachusetts and is now touring the country She recently received a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in poetry

Inverted Pendulum

Inclinedas we areto dwellas in to be ledastrayto tarry to delayor even to inhabitheavy feelingunevenlywithout occasionsome daysa walkup hilla leaning tondashward will set usstraight

New Poetry | 9

The Unfasteningby Wesley McNairIn this Wesley McNairrsquos tenth collection of poetry readers will find not only the work of a mature poet but a particular and personal vision of life Combining sorrow humor and joy the volume asks the difficult question when faced with conflict and struggle how do you fasten yourself back down again Begin-ning with poems of grief and loss the book moves to the losses of others a Japanese war bride whose husbandrsquos death leaves her with two young children far from home a survivalist who talks to deer after his wife of 40 years has moved out on him an old and failed painter who ropes himself to his windswept roof to view the beauty of coastal islands The pursuit of beauty the blessings of nature the love of a mate and connections we make with others in the course of everyday life these are the reigning consolations holding fast in in the midst of unfastening

from Hymn

There was no stopping the old male persimmon treeAfter my uncle released it from its stakedcord it stood on his far lawn for a monthas if coming to its decision to lie back downon the ground again All winter he left itfor dead but when I returned to the Ozarksin the springtime it lay there in an islandof unmowed grass blooming beside its mateand this May when I separate their branchesto look in I find new shoots and flowers

Wesley M

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The UnfasteningIn this unique contribution to contemporary poetry Wesley McNair introduces us to the Sykeses of the Ozarks We discover among others a veteran of six tours of duty who comes unraveled at a Chamber of Commerce lun-cheon two newlyweds who pin their dreams for the future on a long-haul semi and Ruth confused in her aging mind ndash in one poem abducted by aliens in another returning to her past to discover that she is a lost child Here are the stories of relatives fundamental-ists gun enthusiasts and soldiers told in long sentences that unfold like talk as they reveal the interior life of a homeplace that McNair explores in order to understand and remem-ber his mother Savoring these linked poems one by one readers will find implications about todayrsquos America and about humans in general wherever they may live

In this volume inspired by the impending death of his mother Wesley McNair long a poet of New England places takes a new path exploring her homeplace in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri The linked poems of the book describe characters and events with the small telling details for which McNair is noted yet they also include large themes hope delusion family struggles and lost selves But the most important theme of all is reconciliation as McNair attempts through these poems to know and understand his mother Combining humor sorrow and his singular gift for narrative this is McNairrsquos most ambitious and moving collection showing yet again why Philip Levine has called him ldquoone of the great story tellers of contemporary poetryrdquo

By the faculty of his attention ndash to people to their talk ndash McNairs compassion turns itself into art Donald Hall The Harvard Review

[He is] a master craftsman with a remarkable ear Maxine Kumin Ploughshares

He has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work by a poet of his generation Ruminator Review

Called by poet Philip Levine ldquoone of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryrdquo Wesley McNair is the author of twenty books includ-ing Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry He has twice been invited by the Library of Congress to read his poetry and has received prizes from Poetry and Poetry Northwest magazines the Sarah Josepha Hale Medal Guggenheim and Rocke feller Fellowships and two grants in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts In 2006 he was selected for a United States Artist Fellowship He is the Poet Laureate of Maine

cover illustration by robert brinkerhoff

cover design by carl w scarbrough

David R Godine middot Publisher Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452 wwwgodinecom

The Unfastening

p o e m s

Wesley McNair

Format Softcover with flapsISBN 978-1-56792-599-9Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 80Price $1795publication July 2017Rights World

Often referred to as ldquoa poet of placerdquo Wesley McNair captures the ordinary lives of northern New Englanders while writing about family conflict and other autobiographical sub-jects His poems often explore American dreams interwoven with family drama and public culture A New Hampshire native who has lived for many years in Mercer Maine McNair has authored nineteen books nine of which are collections of poetry including The Faces of Americans in 1853 (1983) The Town of No (1989) and Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems (2010) His most recent book are The Lost Child Ozark Poems (2014) and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry (2012)

he strikes me as one of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryPhilip Levine Ploughshares

he has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work in his generationThomas R Smith Ruminator Review

10 | New in Hardcover

Alice A Survey of Her Calligraphy compiled with an introduction by Jerry Kelly foreword by Donald JacksonNew Yorkers who walked along Madison Avenue in the rsquo60s rsquo70s and rsquo80s would recognize her masterful posters for the Morgan Library Scribes in the US and abroad know her through her celebrated workshops She is Alice Koeth known professionally simply as Alice and although she is one of the most respected contemporary calligraphers relatively few exam-ples of her works have been published in book form a vast majority remaining unseen and unknown

Over a career spanning more than sixty years Alicersquos artistry exemplifies taste technique wit and her own unique graphic style A keen understanding of craft respect for tools and inter-est in historical forms have contributed to her command of calligraphy Whether using Coit and Automatic pens or the smallest of Speedball nibs this versatility has enabled her to tackle all manner of calligraphic design problems

From Alicersquos own personal archives this book contains not only her mature work but also charming early works from the 1950s as well as sketches and preliminary layouts which offer a rare glimpse into her working process The Morgan Library has gra-ciously photographed a dozen of her most special posters which have not been seen for decades especially for this publication

With exclusive and professionally photographed pieces throughout and printed by quality offset lithography using fine line screens on archival uncoated paper this book befits its subject produced to the highest standards

A S U R V E Y O F

T H E C A L L I G R A P H Y O F A L I C E

C O M P I L E D amp W I T H A N I N T R O D U C T I O N

B Y J E R R Y K E L L Y

F O R E W O R D B Y D O N A L D J A C K S O N

T H E K E L L Y W I N T E R T O N P R E S S

N E W Y O R K middot 2 0 1 6

AliceMockCoverindd 1 101816 137 PM

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-600-2 Size 8⅛ times 11frac12 inchespages 144Price $5000publication February 2017Rights World

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New in Hardcover | 11

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Bibliotheca Salmo SalarA Selection of Rare Books Manuscripts Journals Diaries Photograph Albums amp Ephemera on the Subject of Atlantic Salmon Fishing by Charles B Wood IIIEvery activity generates its own literature but few have gen-erated as much enthusiasmmdashsome of it incredibly esoteric most of it interesting and much of it downright irresistiblemdashas salmon fishing Salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated What remain are a few closely guarded rivers in Canada Iceland Great Britain and Scandinaviamdashall of them relatively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them pristine

A distinguished antiquarian bookseller Wood has been pur-suing these fish for decades and has what is probably the most extensive collection in private hands For this selective bibli-ography he has chosen 230 of the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them by country and date All titles are illustrated What makes this a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bearmdashnot only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisherman He knows the rivers and often the people who fished them and wrote the books He knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account or a treasured limited edition For collectors this will be considered the last word For the rest of us it makes the expense and travel almost unnecessary

A deluxe edition of 85 copies will also be issued Bound by hand in quarter leather by Gray Parrot enclosed in a sturdy slipcase and containing three additional handsomely produced and exceedingly rare pamphlets these books will be signed and numbered by the author Reservations filled on a first-come first-served basis are encouraged

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A selection of rare books manuscripts journals

diaries photograph albums amp ephemera

on the subject of

ATLANTIC SALMON FISHINGfrom the collection of

CHARLES B WOOD III

DAVID R GODINE middot PUBLISHERboston

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9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 4 5 8 9Printed in China

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Every activity generates its own literature but few outdoor sports have generated

as much enthusiasm and commentary ndash some of it incredibly esoteric most of it interest-ing and some of it downright irresistible ndash as salmon fishing All salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon which often returns as many as five times to the same rivers to spawn and can at-tain weights of over sixty pounds have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated by dams pollution and commercial fishing What remains are the few closely guarded rivers of Canada Iceland Great Britain Scandinavia and Russia ndash all of them rela-tively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them expensive to access and fish

Charles Wood a distinguished antiquar-ian bookseller has been pursuing these fish for decades and he has also built up what is probably the most extensive collection of printed books about the sport in pri-vate hands For this selective bibliography he has chosen 230 of what he considers the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them in several chapters by country All titles are illustrated What makes the book a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bear ndash not only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisher-man He knows the rivers in many cases he knows the people who fished them and wrote the books And he knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account of an excursion to a Norwegian river or a deluxe full leather quar-to containing an original salmon fly So this is no dry pedantic list of ldquofamous booksrdquo but rather a fascinating and illuminating journey into a world of piscatorial lore adventure and bibliographic description

CHARLES B WOOD was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related sub-jects since 1967 Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salm-on fishing The thrill of the chase whether encountered in book dealing book collect-ing or salmon fishing is what keeps him engaged

DAVID R GODINE PUBLISHERPost Office Box 450

Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

Jonesrsquos Guide to Norway

The Saga of the Salmon

Rivers Coquet and Aln

The Salmon fly

Wood_Salmo_jkt_cmplt3_4prsindd 1 81916 343 PM

Charles B Wood III was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related subjects Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salmon fishing The thrill of the chase whether in book dealing book collecting or salmon fishing keeps him engaged

Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club

12 | New for Children

Riptide by Frances Ward Weller illustrated by Robert J BlakeRiptide may be an unusual name for a dog but it is one that suits this one well Rip is resolutely drawn to the salty ocean breeze and the crash of the waves and he simply cannot be discouragedmdasheven in summer when he is forbidden to follow his instincts and race miles along the coast ldquoNo Dogs on Nauset Beachrdquo the sign reads and the guards protest calling for his young owner Zach to come retrieve him daily Yet Rip will not be deterred and after one summer storm it is lucky that he is not Rip is desperately needed for a rescue and is forever after known as the nineteenth guard on the beach Based on a real heroic dog Frances Weller creates a legend in Riptide weaving this caninersquos tale with Robert Blakersquos stunning oil illustrations Riptide is captured in all his joyful energy amidst vivid panora-mas of Cape Cod scenery his story immortalized in this classic picture book that children will love and adults will love to read aloud for years to come

Wellerrsquos poetic text intensified by Blakersquos dramatic paintings memorializes a beloved dog renowned along the Cape Cod shore

Booklist starred review

This moving tale based on a true story is deftly told and illustrated more than just an exciting dog story

Publishers Weekly

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-597-5Size 10 times 9frac14 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1095publication May 2017Rights USA Only

Frances Ward Weller holds a life-long love for the sea She spent her childhood in Connecticut and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts Having spent twenty years in New Jersey raising their children she and her husband Frank now live on Cape Cod spending as much time as possi-ble exploring its shores for inspiration for many of her stories

Robert J Blake is an experienced illustrator who has worked on over thirty books for both children and adults He works directly from life for many of his illustrations and enjoys trav-eling to do so having painted in Ireland the UK Bermuda and Cape Cod among others When not traveling Mr Blake lives in New Jersey

New for Children | 13

The Screaming Chefwritten by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max DaltonComfort food indeed Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly But one fateful night when his parents accidentally burn dinner the boyrsquos temper flares and he begins to yell Tired of all the noise Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities leaving it all up to him Et voilagrave The boy so enjoys cooking that he sings instead of screams and finds that he is so talented that his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef But life in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy When the boy begins to make mistakes will his penchant for earsplitting noise ruin everything

Praise for The Lonely Phone BoothThis warm quirky story [with] Scene-stealing illustrations by Max Dalton celebrates the fabric of a neighborhood that intangible quality New Yorkers treasure

The New York Times Book Review

Author Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton the creators of The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Type-writer are at it again in their new childrenrsquos book The Screaming Chef Witty text and clever illustrations combine to create a silly yet serious picture book for readers of all ages that teaches you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar especially when yoursquore singing

The Screaming Chef

A picture bookwritten by

Peter AckermanIllustrated byMax Dalton

Format HardcoverISBN 978-1-56792-598-2Size 10 times 8 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1795publication May 2017Rights World

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

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ittle Old F

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Godine

FARM FOLK

Little Old

Andrea Wisnewski

Written amp Illu trated by

ForMama Louise

price $795

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Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

6 | Black Sparrow

And Thenby Donald Breckenridge introduction by Douglas GloverWe are pleased to add Donald Breckenridge to the Black Spar-row list Readers of Perec and French New Wave Cinema will revel in his haunting take on the traditional ghost story Christo-pher Sorrentino National Book Award finalist for The Fugitives says ldquoI was moved and often startled by And Then a brown study of the hold the dead maintain over the living of yearning memory and regret The writing is vivid direct clear always surprising always a pleasure to readrdquo Breckenridge takes read-ers on a hypnotically broken journey chronicling his fatherrsquos slow and deliberate death interweaving the stories of others a young womanrsquos hopeful arrival in New York City a young manrsquos voyeuristic summer spent housesitting for his professor and a soldier who never made it out of Vietnam What they all have in common is a deep preoccupation with the way lives resonate and connect an emotionally honest love story about how we relate to others and ourselves The work of a mature writer And Then will be treasured by readers who look to literature to find solace and meaning in trying times

The improvisatory ebb and flow of his sentences conveys a world of occurrencesmdashclusters of detail and fragments of conversation that fade like images in a dream Therersquos an elegiac stillness at the center of this powerful novel a sense of starting over of remembering and forgetting that lingers like daybreak in the heart and mind

Lewis Warsh

Praise for You Are Here[You Are Here] possesses an exquisite tidal quality [a] dexterously drawn novel

Bookforum

And ThenDonald Breckenridge

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-57423-229-5Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 104Price $1695publication May 2017Rights World

Donald Breckenridge lives in Brooklyn with his spouse Johannah Rodgers He is the Fiction Editor of the Brooklyn Rail Co-Founder and Co-Editor of InTranslation and the Managing Editor of Red Dust Books He has written four novels edited two fiction anthologies and introduced the NYRB Classics edition of Henri Duchemin and His Shadows by Emmanuel Bove

Black Sparrow | 7

The Fifth Wallby Rachel NagelbergIn this daring debut novel following in the hallowed footsteps of Black Sparrow titans Charles Bukowski and Lucia Berlin Rachel Nagelberg a genuine literary pioneer explores the frail line between the human impulse to control everything and the futility of excessive efforts to do so Incorporating cinematic ele-ments and with her background in visual art apparent through-out Nagelberg pushes the boundaries of the novel form while tackling timely themes of feminism terrorism and technology with razor-sharp wit and self-awareness What Thackerayrsquos Van-ity Fair did for Victorian society Nagelbergrsquos novel does for 21st century America (and in a far more portable format) Combin-ing the emotional depth of Eileen Myles with a plot worthy of a David Lynch film this readable literary and thought- provoking work is for anyone who questions the status quo

We look into the distance to be able to see whatrsquos right in front of us She writes without affect and with unselfconscious acuity That is she writes really well

Chris Kraus author of I Love Dick

Nagelberg has a true gift able to write gorgeously on the line level with unctuous images And simultaneously therersquos a readable page-turner here This book cascades beauty and meaning and truth

Joshua Mohr author of All This Life and Termite Parade a New York Times Editorrsquos Choice pick

The Fifth Wall crackles with brains and sex Itrsquos hallucina-tory and interactive and funny and sad and it has something incandescent to show you

Stephen Beachy author film critic and professor at the University of San Francisco

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-57423-228-8Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 184Price $1695publication May 2017Rights World

Rachel Nagelberg is an American novelist poet and con-ceptual artist living in Los Angeles She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco and has had poems and stories published in numerous journals She received a Lighthouse Works Fellowship Fishers Island NY in 2015 An excerpt from The Fifth Wall will appear in 3AM

THE FIFTH WALL

A NOVEL

RACHEL NAGELBERG

8 | New Poetry

Fair Sun by Susan BarbaThe three interrelated sections of poetry in Fair Sun explore the primary importance of connection both with other human beings and with the natural world In the first section the poems are wide-ranging in locale and reference exploring the acquisi-tion of language specifically the ways in which the experience and distance embedded in language darken and threaten the edenic prelapsarian qualities of a childhood spent close to the natural world There are poems that enact the sudden possibili-ties of speech the complexities of translation the bewilderment of the bilingual speaker both fluent and tongue-tied The second section consists of a series of prose poems titled ldquoAndranikrdquo In these poems a child is speaking with her grandfather who relates in answer to her questioning (she knows what to ask his answers are as familiar to her as nursery rhymes) the details of his survival during the Armenian Genocide his escape the murder of his father the suicide of his sister the death of his best friend forced marches enslavement ndash all punctuated by memories of an earlier boyhood spent chasing ducks swimming in the river sleeping on mats under the stars The final section contains shorter lyric poems set mainly in New England poems that explore the proximity of life and death the complicity and interdependency of the individual in the collective and the redemptive possibilities of sympathy and empathy

Susan Barba has perfected her poetrsquos gift for thinking in images moving with efficient grace

Robert Pinsky

Susan Barba creates an eerie mix of delicacy and terror Her poems are chalices

Rosanna Warren

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-601-9Size 6 times 9 inchespages 88Price $1795publication Late March 2017Rights World

Susan Barbarsquos poems have appeared in Poetry The Yale Review The Hudson Review The Antioch Review Harvard Review and Poetry Daily She has published book reviews in Boston Review and translations from Armenian in Words Without Borders and Ararat She participated in Consenses a multi-genre interactive art installation which opened in West Tisbury Massachusetts and is now touring the country She recently received a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in poetry

Inverted Pendulum

Inclinedas we areto dwellas in to be ledastrayto tarry to delayor even to inhabitheavy feelingunevenlywithout occasionsome daysa walkup hilla leaning tondashward will set usstraight

New Poetry | 9

The Unfasteningby Wesley McNairIn this Wesley McNairrsquos tenth collection of poetry readers will find not only the work of a mature poet but a particular and personal vision of life Combining sorrow humor and joy the volume asks the difficult question when faced with conflict and struggle how do you fasten yourself back down again Begin-ning with poems of grief and loss the book moves to the losses of others a Japanese war bride whose husbandrsquos death leaves her with two young children far from home a survivalist who talks to deer after his wife of 40 years has moved out on him an old and failed painter who ropes himself to his windswept roof to view the beauty of coastal islands The pursuit of beauty the blessings of nature the love of a mate and connections we make with others in the course of everyday life these are the reigning consolations holding fast in in the midst of unfastening

from Hymn

There was no stopping the old male persimmon treeAfter my uncle released it from its stakedcord it stood on his far lawn for a monthas if coming to its decision to lie back downon the ground again All winter he left itfor dead but when I returned to the Ozarksin the springtime it lay there in an islandof unmowed grass blooming beside its mateand this May when I separate their branchesto look in I find new shoots and flowers

Wesley M

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NI

NG

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OD

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The UnfasteningIn this unique contribution to contemporary poetry Wesley McNair introduces us to the Sykeses of the Ozarks We discover among others a veteran of six tours of duty who comes unraveled at a Chamber of Commerce lun-cheon two newlyweds who pin their dreams for the future on a long-haul semi and Ruth confused in her aging mind ndash in one poem abducted by aliens in another returning to her past to discover that she is a lost child Here are the stories of relatives fundamental-ists gun enthusiasts and soldiers told in long sentences that unfold like talk as they reveal the interior life of a homeplace that McNair explores in order to understand and remem-ber his mother Savoring these linked poems one by one readers will find implications about todayrsquos America and about humans in general wherever they may live

In this volume inspired by the impending death of his mother Wesley McNair long a poet of New England places takes a new path exploring her homeplace in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri The linked poems of the book describe characters and events with the small telling details for which McNair is noted yet they also include large themes hope delusion family struggles and lost selves But the most important theme of all is reconciliation as McNair attempts through these poems to know and understand his mother Combining humor sorrow and his singular gift for narrative this is McNairrsquos most ambitious and moving collection showing yet again why Philip Levine has called him ldquoone of the great story tellers of contemporary poetryrdquo

By the faculty of his attention ndash to people to their talk ndash McNairs compassion turns itself into art Donald Hall The Harvard Review

[He is] a master craftsman with a remarkable ear Maxine Kumin Ploughshares

He has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work by a poet of his generation Ruminator Review

Called by poet Philip Levine ldquoone of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryrdquo Wesley McNair is the author of twenty books includ-ing Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry He has twice been invited by the Library of Congress to read his poetry and has received prizes from Poetry and Poetry Northwest magazines the Sarah Josepha Hale Medal Guggenheim and Rocke feller Fellowships and two grants in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts In 2006 he was selected for a United States Artist Fellowship He is the Poet Laureate of Maine

cover illustration by robert brinkerhoff

cover design by carl w scarbrough

David R Godine middot Publisher Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452 wwwgodinecom

The Unfastening

p o e m s

Wesley McNair

Format Softcover with flapsISBN 978-1-56792-599-9Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 80Price $1795publication July 2017Rights World

Often referred to as ldquoa poet of placerdquo Wesley McNair captures the ordinary lives of northern New Englanders while writing about family conflict and other autobiographical sub-jects His poems often explore American dreams interwoven with family drama and public culture A New Hampshire native who has lived for many years in Mercer Maine McNair has authored nineteen books nine of which are collections of poetry including The Faces of Americans in 1853 (1983) The Town of No (1989) and Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems (2010) His most recent book are The Lost Child Ozark Poems (2014) and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry (2012)

he strikes me as one of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryPhilip Levine Ploughshares

he has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work in his generationThomas R Smith Ruminator Review

10 | New in Hardcover

Alice A Survey of Her Calligraphy compiled with an introduction by Jerry Kelly foreword by Donald JacksonNew Yorkers who walked along Madison Avenue in the rsquo60s rsquo70s and rsquo80s would recognize her masterful posters for the Morgan Library Scribes in the US and abroad know her through her celebrated workshops She is Alice Koeth known professionally simply as Alice and although she is one of the most respected contemporary calligraphers relatively few exam-ples of her works have been published in book form a vast majority remaining unseen and unknown

Over a career spanning more than sixty years Alicersquos artistry exemplifies taste technique wit and her own unique graphic style A keen understanding of craft respect for tools and inter-est in historical forms have contributed to her command of calligraphy Whether using Coit and Automatic pens or the smallest of Speedball nibs this versatility has enabled her to tackle all manner of calligraphic design problems

From Alicersquos own personal archives this book contains not only her mature work but also charming early works from the 1950s as well as sketches and preliminary layouts which offer a rare glimpse into her working process The Morgan Library has gra-ciously photographed a dozen of her most special posters which have not been seen for decades especially for this publication

With exclusive and professionally photographed pieces throughout and printed by quality offset lithography using fine line screens on archival uncoated paper this book befits its subject produced to the highest standards

A S U R V E Y O F

T H E C A L L I G R A P H Y O F A L I C E

C O M P I L E D amp W I T H A N I N T R O D U C T I O N

B Y J E R R Y K E L L Y

F O R E W O R D B Y D O N A L D J A C K S O N

T H E K E L L Y W I N T E R T O N P R E S S

N E W Y O R K middot 2 0 1 6

AliceMockCoverindd 1 101816 137 PM

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-600-2 Size 8⅛ times 11frac12 inchespages 144Price $5000publication February 2017Rights World

108 109

New in Hardcover | 11

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-458-9 Size 8frac12 times 11 inchespages 248Price $75Deluxe edition $800publication February 2017Rights World

Bibliotheca Salmo SalarA Selection of Rare Books Manuscripts Journals Diaries Photograph Albums amp Ephemera on the Subject of Atlantic Salmon Fishing by Charles B Wood IIIEvery activity generates its own literature but few have gen-erated as much enthusiasmmdashsome of it incredibly esoteric most of it interesting and much of it downright irresistiblemdashas salmon fishing Salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated What remain are a few closely guarded rivers in Canada Iceland Great Britain and Scandinaviamdashall of them relatively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them pristine

A distinguished antiquarian bookseller Wood has been pur-suing these fish for decades and has what is probably the most extensive collection in private hands For this selective bibli-ography he has chosen 230 of the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them by country and date All titles are illustrated What makes this a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bearmdashnot only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisherman He knows the rivers and often the people who fished them and wrote the books He knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account or a treasured limited edition For collectors this will be considered the last word For the rest of us it makes the expense and travel almost unnecessary

A deluxe edition of 85 copies will also be issued Bound by hand in quarter leather by Gray Parrot enclosed in a sturdy slipcase and containing three additional handsomely produced and exceedingly rare pamphlets these books will be signed and numbered by the author Reservations filled on a first-come first-served basis are encouraged

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A selection of rare books manuscripts journals

diaries photograph albums amp ephemera

on the subject of

ATLANTIC SALMON FISHINGfrom the collection of

CHARLES B WOOD III

DAVID R GODINE middot PUBLISHERboston

I S B N 978-1-56792-458-9

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 4 5 8 9Printed in China

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Every activity generates its own literature but few outdoor sports have generated

as much enthusiasm and commentary ndash some of it incredibly esoteric most of it interest-ing and some of it downright irresistible ndash as salmon fishing All salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon which often returns as many as five times to the same rivers to spawn and can at-tain weights of over sixty pounds have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated by dams pollution and commercial fishing What remains are the few closely guarded rivers of Canada Iceland Great Britain Scandinavia and Russia ndash all of them rela-tively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them expensive to access and fish

Charles Wood a distinguished antiquar-ian bookseller has been pursuing these fish for decades and he has also built up what is probably the most extensive collection of printed books about the sport in pri-vate hands For this selective bibliography he has chosen 230 of what he considers the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them in several chapters by country All titles are illustrated What makes the book a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bear ndash not only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisher-man He knows the rivers in many cases he knows the people who fished them and wrote the books And he knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account of an excursion to a Norwegian river or a deluxe full leather quar-to containing an original salmon fly So this is no dry pedantic list of ldquofamous booksrdquo but rather a fascinating and illuminating journey into a world of piscatorial lore adventure and bibliographic description

CHARLES B WOOD was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related sub-jects since 1967 Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salm-on fishing The thrill of the chase whether encountered in book dealing book collect-ing or salmon fishing is what keeps him engaged

DAVID R GODINE PUBLISHERPost Office Box 450

Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

Jonesrsquos Guide to Norway

The Saga of the Salmon

Rivers Coquet and Aln

The Salmon fly

Wood_Salmo_jkt_cmplt3_4prsindd 1 81916 343 PM

Charles B Wood III was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related subjects Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salmon fishing The thrill of the chase whether in book dealing book collecting or salmon fishing keeps him engaged

Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club

12 | New for Children

Riptide by Frances Ward Weller illustrated by Robert J BlakeRiptide may be an unusual name for a dog but it is one that suits this one well Rip is resolutely drawn to the salty ocean breeze and the crash of the waves and he simply cannot be discouragedmdasheven in summer when he is forbidden to follow his instincts and race miles along the coast ldquoNo Dogs on Nauset Beachrdquo the sign reads and the guards protest calling for his young owner Zach to come retrieve him daily Yet Rip will not be deterred and after one summer storm it is lucky that he is not Rip is desperately needed for a rescue and is forever after known as the nineteenth guard on the beach Based on a real heroic dog Frances Weller creates a legend in Riptide weaving this caninersquos tale with Robert Blakersquos stunning oil illustrations Riptide is captured in all his joyful energy amidst vivid panora-mas of Cape Cod scenery his story immortalized in this classic picture book that children will love and adults will love to read aloud for years to come

Wellerrsquos poetic text intensified by Blakersquos dramatic paintings memorializes a beloved dog renowned along the Cape Cod shore

Booklist starred review

This moving tale based on a true story is deftly told and illustrated more than just an exciting dog story

Publishers Weekly

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-597-5Size 10 times 9frac14 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1095publication May 2017Rights USA Only

Frances Ward Weller holds a life-long love for the sea She spent her childhood in Connecticut and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts Having spent twenty years in New Jersey raising their children she and her husband Frank now live on Cape Cod spending as much time as possi-ble exploring its shores for inspiration for many of her stories

Robert J Blake is an experienced illustrator who has worked on over thirty books for both children and adults He works directly from life for many of his illustrations and enjoys trav-eling to do so having painted in Ireland the UK Bermuda and Cape Cod among others When not traveling Mr Blake lives in New Jersey

New for Children | 13

The Screaming Chefwritten by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max DaltonComfort food indeed Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly But one fateful night when his parents accidentally burn dinner the boyrsquos temper flares and he begins to yell Tired of all the noise Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities leaving it all up to him Et voilagrave The boy so enjoys cooking that he sings instead of screams and finds that he is so talented that his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef But life in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy When the boy begins to make mistakes will his penchant for earsplitting noise ruin everything

Praise for The Lonely Phone BoothThis warm quirky story [with] Scene-stealing illustrations by Max Dalton celebrates the fabric of a neighborhood that intangible quality New Yorkers treasure

The New York Times Book Review

Author Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton the creators of The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Type-writer are at it again in their new childrenrsquos book The Screaming Chef Witty text and clever illustrations combine to create a silly yet serious picture book for readers of all ages that teaches you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar especially when yoursquore singing

The Screaming Chef

A picture bookwritten by

Peter AckermanIllustrated byMax Dalton

Format HardcoverISBN 978-1-56792-598-2Size 10 times 8 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1795publication May 2017Rights World

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

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FARM FOLK

Little Old

Andrea Wisnewski

Written amp Illu trated by

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price $795

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Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

Black Sparrow | 7

The Fifth Wallby Rachel NagelbergIn this daring debut novel following in the hallowed footsteps of Black Sparrow titans Charles Bukowski and Lucia Berlin Rachel Nagelberg a genuine literary pioneer explores the frail line between the human impulse to control everything and the futility of excessive efforts to do so Incorporating cinematic ele-ments and with her background in visual art apparent through-out Nagelberg pushes the boundaries of the novel form while tackling timely themes of feminism terrorism and technology with razor-sharp wit and self-awareness What Thackerayrsquos Van-ity Fair did for Victorian society Nagelbergrsquos novel does for 21st century America (and in a far more portable format) Combin-ing the emotional depth of Eileen Myles with a plot worthy of a David Lynch film this readable literary and thought- provoking work is for anyone who questions the status quo

We look into the distance to be able to see whatrsquos right in front of us She writes without affect and with unselfconscious acuity That is she writes really well

Chris Kraus author of I Love Dick

Nagelberg has a true gift able to write gorgeously on the line level with unctuous images And simultaneously therersquos a readable page-turner here This book cascades beauty and meaning and truth

Joshua Mohr author of All This Life and Termite Parade a New York Times Editorrsquos Choice pick

The Fifth Wall crackles with brains and sex Itrsquos hallucina-tory and interactive and funny and sad and it has something incandescent to show you

Stephen Beachy author film critic and professor at the University of San Francisco

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-57423-228-8Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 184Price $1695publication May 2017Rights World

Rachel Nagelberg is an American novelist poet and con-ceptual artist living in Los Angeles She received her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco and has had poems and stories published in numerous journals She received a Lighthouse Works Fellowship Fishers Island NY in 2015 An excerpt from The Fifth Wall will appear in 3AM

THE FIFTH WALL

A NOVEL

RACHEL NAGELBERG

8 | New Poetry

Fair Sun by Susan BarbaThe three interrelated sections of poetry in Fair Sun explore the primary importance of connection both with other human beings and with the natural world In the first section the poems are wide-ranging in locale and reference exploring the acquisi-tion of language specifically the ways in which the experience and distance embedded in language darken and threaten the edenic prelapsarian qualities of a childhood spent close to the natural world There are poems that enact the sudden possibili-ties of speech the complexities of translation the bewilderment of the bilingual speaker both fluent and tongue-tied The second section consists of a series of prose poems titled ldquoAndranikrdquo In these poems a child is speaking with her grandfather who relates in answer to her questioning (she knows what to ask his answers are as familiar to her as nursery rhymes) the details of his survival during the Armenian Genocide his escape the murder of his father the suicide of his sister the death of his best friend forced marches enslavement ndash all punctuated by memories of an earlier boyhood spent chasing ducks swimming in the river sleeping on mats under the stars The final section contains shorter lyric poems set mainly in New England poems that explore the proximity of life and death the complicity and interdependency of the individual in the collective and the redemptive possibilities of sympathy and empathy

Susan Barba has perfected her poetrsquos gift for thinking in images moving with efficient grace

Robert Pinsky

Susan Barba creates an eerie mix of delicacy and terror Her poems are chalices

Rosanna Warren

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-601-9Size 6 times 9 inchespages 88Price $1795publication Late March 2017Rights World

Susan Barbarsquos poems have appeared in Poetry The Yale Review The Hudson Review The Antioch Review Harvard Review and Poetry Daily She has published book reviews in Boston Review and translations from Armenian in Words Without Borders and Ararat She participated in Consenses a multi-genre interactive art installation which opened in West Tisbury Massachusetts and is now touring the country She recently received a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in poetry

Inverted Pendulum

Inclinedas we areto dwellas in to be ledastrayto tarry to delayor even to inhabitheavy feelingunevenlywithout occasionsome daysa walkup hilla leaning tondashward will set usstraight

New Poetry | 9

The Unfasteningby Wesley McNairIn this Wesley McNairrsquos tenth collection of poetry readers will find not only the work of a mature poet but a particular and personal vision of life Combining sorrow humor and joy the volume asks the difficult question when faced with conflict and struggle how do you fasten yourself back down again Begin-ning with poems of grief and loss the book moves to the losses of others a Japanese war bride whose husbandrsquos death leaves her with two young children far from home a survivalist who talks to deer after his wife of 40 years has moved out on him an old and failed painter who ropes himself to his windswept roof to view the beauty of coastal islands The pursuit of beauty the blessings of nature the love of a mate and connections we make with others in the course of everyday life these are the reigning consolations holding fast in in the midst of unfastening

from Hymn

There was no stopping the old male persimmon treeAfter my uncle released it from its stakedcord it stood on his far lawn for a monthas if coming to its decision to lie back downon the ground again All winter he left itfor dead but when I returned to the Ozarksin the springtime it lay there in an islandof unmowed grass blooming beside its mateand this May when I separate their branchesto look in I find new shoots and flowers

Wesley M

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The UnfasteningIn this unique contribution to contemporary poetry Wesley McNair introduces us to the Sykeses of the Ozarks We discover among others a veteran of six tours of duty who comes unraveled at a Chamber of Commerce lun-cheon two newlyweds who pin their dreams for the future on a long-haul semi and Ruth confused in her aging mind ndash in one poem abducted by aliens in another returning to her past to discover that she is a lost child Here are the stories of relatives fundamental-ists gun enthusiasts and soldiers told in long sentences that unfold like talk as they reveal the interior life of a homeplace that McNair explores in order to understand and remem-ber his mother Savoring these linked poems one by one readers will find implications about todayrsquos America and about humans in general wherever they may live

In this volume inspired by the impending death of his mother Wesley McNair long a poet of New England places takes a new path exploring her homeplace in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri The linked poems of the book describe characters and events with the small telling details for which McNair is noted yet they also include large themes hope delusion family struggles and lost selves But the most important theme of all is reconciliation as McNair attempts through these poems to know and understand his mother Combining humor sorrow and his singular gift for narrative this is McNairrsquos most ambitious and moving collection showing yet again why Philip Levine has called him ldquoone of the great story tellers of contemporary poetryrdquo

By the faculty of his attention ndash to people to their talk ndash McNairs compassion turns itself into art Donald Hall The Harvard Review

[He is] a master craftsman with a remarkable ear Maxine Kumin Ploughshares

He has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work by a poet of his generation Ruminator Review

Called by poet Philip Levine ldquoone of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryrdquo Wesley McNair is the author of twenty books includ-ing Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry He has twice been invited by the Library of Congress to read his poetry and has received prizes from Poetry and Poetry Northwest magazines the Sarah Josepha Hale Medal Guggenheim and Rocke feller Fellowships and two grants in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts In 2006 he was selected for a United States Artist Fellowship He is the Poet Laureate of Maine

cover illustration by robert brinkerhoff

cover design by carl w scarbrough

David R Godine middot Publisher Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452 wwwgodinecom

The Unfastening

p o e m s

Wesley McNair

Format Softcover with flapsISBN 978-1-56792-599-9Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 80Price $1795publication July 2017Rights World

Often referred to as ldquoa poet of placerdquo Wesley McNair captures the ordinary lives of northern New Englanders while writing about family conflict and other autobiographical sub-jects His poems often explore American dreams interwoven with family drama and public culture A New Hampshire native who has lived for many years in Mercer Maine McNair has authored nineteen books nine of which are collections of poetry including The Faces of Americans in 1853 (1983) The Town of No (1989) and Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems (2010) His most recent book are The Lost Child Ozark Poems (2014) and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry (2012)

he strikes me as one of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryPhilip Levine Ploughshares

he has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work in his generationThomas R Smith Ruminator Review

10 | New in Hardcover

Alice A Survey of Her Calligraphy compiled with an introduction by Jerry Kelly foreword by Donald JacksonNew Yorkers who walked along Madison Avenue in the rsquo60s rsquo70s and rsquo80s would recognize her masterful posters for the Morgan Library Scribes in the US and abroad know her through her celebrated workshops She is Alice Koeth known professionally simply as Alice and although she is one of the most respected contemporary calligraphers relatively few exam-ples of her works have been published in book form a vast majority remaining unseen and unknown

Over a career spanning more than sixty years Alicersquos artistry exemplifies taste technique wit and her own unique graphic style A keen understanding of craft respect for tools and inter-est in historical forms have contributed to her command of calligraphy Whether using Coit and Automatic pens or the smallest of Speedball nibs this versatility has enabled her to tackle all manner of calligraphic design problems

From Alicersquos own personal archives this book contains not only her mature work but also charming early works from the 1950s as well as sketches and preliminary layouts which offer a rare glimpse into her working process The Morgan Library has gra-ciously photographed a dozen of her most special posters which have not been seen for decades especially for this publication

With exclusive and professionally photographed pieces throughout and printed by quality offset lithography using fine line screens on archival uncoated paper this book befits its subject produced to the highest standards

A S U R V E Y O F

T H E C A L L I G R A P H Y O F A L I C E

C O M P I L E D amp W I T H A N I N T R O D U C T I O N

B Y J E R R Y K E L L Y

F O R E W O R D B Y D O N A L D J A C K S O N

T H E K E L L Y W I N T E R T O N P R E S S

N E W Y O R K middot 2 0 1 6

AliceMockCoverindd 1 101816 137 PM

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-600-2 Size 8⅛ times 11frac12 inchespages 144Price $5000publication February 2017Rights World

108 109

New in Hardcover | 11

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-458-9 Size 8frac12 times 11 inchespages 248Price $75Deluxe edition $800publication February 2017Rights World

Bibliotheca Salmo SalarA Selection of Rare Books Manuscripts Journals Diaries Photograph Albums amp Ephemera on the Subject of Atlantic Salmon Fishing by Charles B Wood IIIEvery activity generates its own literature but few have gen-erated as much enthusiasmmdashsome of it incredibly esoteric most of it interesting and much of it downright irresistiblemdashas salmon fishing Salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated What remain are a few closely guarded rivers in Canada Iceland Great Britain and Scandinaviamdashall of them relatively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them pristine

A distinguished antiquarian bookseller Wood has been pur-suing these fish for decades and has what is probably the most extensive collection in private hands For this selective bibli-ography he has chosen 230 of the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them by country and date All titles are illustrated What makes this a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bearmdashnot only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisherman He knows the rivers and often the people who fished them and wrote the books He knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account or a treasured limited edition For collectors this will be considered the last word For the rest of us it makes the expense and travel almost unnecessary

A deluxe edition of 85 copies will also be issued Bound by hand in quarter leather by Gray Parrot enclosed in a sturdy slipcase and containing three additional handsomely produced and exceedingly rare pamphlets these books will be signed and numbered by the author Reservations filled on a first-come first-served basis are encouraged

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A selection of rare books manuscripts journals

diaries photograph albums amp ephemera

on the subject of

ATLANTIC SALMON FISHINGfrom the collection of

CHARLES B WOOD III

DAVID R GODINE middot PUBLISHERboston

I S B N 978-1-56792-458-9

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 4 5 8 9Printed in China

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Every activity generates its own literature but few outdoor sports have generated

as much enthusiasm and commentary ndash some of it incredibly esoteric most of it interest-ing and some of it downright irresistible ndash as salmon fishing All salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon which often returns as many as five times to the same rivers to spawn and can at-tain weights of over sixty pounds have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated by dams pollution and commercial fishing What remains are the few closely guarded rivers of Canada Iceland Great Britain Scandinavia and Russia ndash all of them rela-tively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them expensive to access and fish

Charles Wood a distinguished antiquar-ian bookseller has been pursuing these fish for decades and he has also built up what is probably the most extensive collection of printed books about the sport in pri-vate hands For this selective bibliography he has chosen 230 of what he considers the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them in several chapters by country All titles are illustrated What makes the book a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bear ndash not only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisher-man He knows the rivers in many cases he knows the people who fished them and wrote the books And he knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account of an excursion to a Norwegian river or a deluxe full leather quar-to containing an original salmon fly So this is no dry pedantic list of ldquofamous booksrdquo but rather a fascinating and illuminating journey into a world of piscatorial lore adventure and bibliographic description

CHARLES B WOOD was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related sub-jects since 1967 Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salm-on fishing The thrill of the chase whether encountered in book dealing book collect-ing or salmon fishing is what keeps him engaged

DAVID R GODINE PUBLISHERPost Office Box 450

Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

Jonesrsquos Guide to Norway

The Saga of the Salmon

Rivers Coquet and Aln

The Salmon fly

Wood_Salmo_jkt_cmplt3_4prsindd 1 81916 343 PM

Charles B Wood III was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related subjects Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salmon fishing The thrill of the chase whether in book dealing book collecting or salmon fishing keeps him engaged

Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club

12 | New for Children

Riptide by Frances Ward Weller illustrated by Robert J BlakeRiptide may be an unusual name for a dog but it is one that suits this one well Rip is resolutely drawn to the salty ocean breeze and the crash of the waves and he simply cannot be discouragedmdasheven in summer when he is forbidden to follow his instincts and race miles along the coast ldquoNo Dogs on Nauset Beachrdquo the sign reads and the guards protest calling for his young owner Zach to come retrieve him daily Yet Rip will not be deterred and after one summer storm it is lucky that he is not Rip is desperately needed for a rescue and is forever after known as the nineteenth guard on the beach Based on a real heroic dog Frances Weller creates a legend in Riptide weaving this caninersquos tale with Robert Blakersquos stunning oil illustrations Riptide is captured in all his joyful energy amidst vivid panora-mas of Cape Cod scenery his story immortalized in this classic picture book that children will love and adults will love to read aloud for years to come

Wellerrsquos poetic text intensified by Blakersquos dramatic paintings memorializes a beloved dog renowned along the Cape Cod shore

Booklist starred review

This moving tale based on a true story is deftly told and illustrated more than just an exciting dog story

Publishers Weekly

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-597-5Size 10 times 9frac14 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1095publication May 2017Rights USA Only

Frances Ward Weller holds a life-long love for the sea She spent her childhood in Connecticut and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts Having spent twenty years in New Jersey raising their children she and her husband Frank now live on Cape Cod spending as much time as possi-ble exploring its shores for inspiration for many of her stories

Robert J Blake is an experienced illustrator who has worked on over thirty books for both children and adults He works directly from life for many of his illustrations and enjoys trav-eling to do so having painted in Ireland the UK Bermuda and Cape Cod among others When not traveling Mr Blake lives in New Jersey

New for Children | 13

The Screaming Chefwritten by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max DaltonComfort food indeed Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly But one fateful night when his parents accidentally burn dinner the boyrsquos temper flares and he begins to yell Tired of all the noise Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities leaving it all up to him Et voilagrave The boy so enjoys cooking that he sings instead of screams and finds that he is so talented that his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef But life in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy When the boy begins to make mistakes will his penchant for earsplitting noise ruin everything

Praise for The Lonely Phone BoothThis warm quirky story [with] Scene-stealing illustrations by Max Dalton celebrates the fabric of a neighborhood that intangible quality New Yorkers treasure

The New York Times Book Review

Author Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton the creators of The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Type-writer are at it again in their new childrenrsquos book The Screaming Chef Witty text and clever illustrations combine to create a silly yet serious picture book for readers of all ages that teaches you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar especially when yoursquore singing

The Screaming Chef

A picture bookwritten by

Peter AckermanIllustrated byMax Dalton

Format HardcoverISBN 978-1-56792-598-2Size 10 times 8 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1795publication May 2017Rights World

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

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price $795

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Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

8 | New Poetry

Fair Sun by Susan BarbaThe three interrelated sections of poetry in Fair Sun explore the primary importance of connection both with other human beings and with the natural world In the first section the poems are wide-ranging in locale and reference exploring the acquisi-tion of language specifically the ways in which the experience and distance embedded in language darken and threaten the edenic prelapsarian qualities of a childhood spent close to the natural world There are poems that enact the sudden possibili-ties of speech the complexities of translation the bewilderment of the bilingual speaker both fluent and tongue-tied The second section consists of a series of prose poems titled ldquoAndranikrdquo In these poems a child is speaking with her grandfather who relates in answer to her questioning (she knows what to ask his answers are as familiar to her as nursery rhymes) the details of his survival during the Armenian Genocide his escape the murder of his father the suicide of his sister the death of his best friend forced marches enslavement ndash all punctuated by memories of an earlier boyhood spent chasing ducks swimming in the river sleeping on mats under the stars The final section contains shorter lyric poems set mainly in New England poems that explore the proximity of life and death the complicity and interdependency of the individual in the collective and the redemptive possibilities of sympathy and empathy

Susan Barba has perfected her poetrsquos gift for thinking in images moving with efficient grace

Robert Pinsky

Susan Barba creates an eerie mix of delicacy and terror Her poems are chalices

Rosanna Warren

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-601-9Size 6 times 9 inchespages 88Price $1795publication Late March 2017Rights World

Susan Barbarsquos poems have appeared in Poetry The Yale Review The Hudson Review The Antioch Review Harvard Review and Poetry Daily She has published book reviews in Boston Review and translations from Armenian in Words Without Borders and Ararat She participated in Consenses a multi-genre interactive art installation which opened in West Tisbury Massachusetts and is now touring the country She recently received a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in poetry

Inverted Pendulum

Inclinedas we areto dwellas in to be ledastrayto tarry to delayor even to inhabitheavy feelingunevenlywithout occasionsome daysa walkup hilla leaning tondashward will set usstraight

New Poetry | 9

The Unfasteningby Wesley McNairIn this Wesley McNairrsquos tenth collection of poetry readers will find not only the work of a mature poet but a particular and personal vision of life Combining sorrow humor and joy the volume asks the difficult question when faced with conflict and struggle how do you fasten yourself back down again Begin-ning with poems of grief and loss the book moves to the losses of others a Japanese war bride whose husbandrsquos death leaves her with two young children far from home a survivalist who talks to deer after his wife of 40 years has moved out on him an old and failed painter who ropes himself to his windswept roof to view the beauty of coastal islands The pursuit of beauty the blessings of nature the love of a mate and connections we make with others in the course of everyday life these are the reigning consolations holding fast in in the midst of unfastening

from Hymn

There was no stopping the old male persimmon treeAfter my uncle released it from its stakedcord it stood on his far lawn for a monthas if coming to its decision to lie back downon the ground again All winter he left itfor dead but when I returned to the Ozarksin the springtime it lay there in an islandof unmowed grass blooming beside its mateand this May when I separate their branchesto look in I find new shoots and flowers

Wesley M

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The UnfasteningIn this unique contribution to contemporary poetry Wesley McNair introduces us to the Sykeses of the Ozarks We discover among others a veteran of six tours of duty who comes unraveled at a Chamber of Commerce lun-cheon two newlyweds who pin their dreams for the future on a long-haul semi and Ruth confused in her aging mind ndash in one poem abducted by aliens in another returning to her past to discover that she is a lost child Here are the stories of relatives fundamental-ists gun enthusiasts and soldiers told in long sentences that unfold like talk as they reveal the interior life of a homeplace that McNair explores in order to understand and remem-ber his mother Savoring these linked poems one by one readers will find implications about todayrsquos America and about humans in general wherever they may live

In this volume inspired by the impending death of his mother Wesley McNair long a poet of New England places takes a new path exploring her homeplace in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri The linked poems of the book describe characters and events with the small telling details for which McNair is noted yet they also include large themes hope delusion family struggles and lost selves But the most important theme of all is reconciliation as McNair attempts through these poems to know and understand his mother Combining humor sorrow and his singular gift for narrative this is McNairrsquos most ambitious and moving collection showing yet again why Philip Levine has called him ldquoone of the great story tellers of contemporary poetryrdquo

By the faculty of his attention ndash to people to their talk ndash McNairs compassion turns itself into art Donald Hall The Harvard Review

[He is] a master craftsman with a remarkable ear Maxine Kumin Ploughshares

He has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work by a poet of his generation Ruminator Review

Called by poet Philip Levine ldquoone of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryrdquo Wesley McNair is the author of twenty books includ-ing Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry He has twice been invited by the Library of Congress to read his poetry and has received prizes from Poetry and Poetry Northwest magazines the Sarah Josepha Hale Medal Guggenheim and Rocke feller Fellowships and two grants in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts In 2006 he was selected for a United States Artist Fellowship He is the Poet Laureate of Maine

cover illustration by robert brinkerhoff

cover design by carl w scarbrough

David R Godine middot Publisher Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452 wwwgodinecom

The Unfastening

p o e m s

Wesley McNair

Format Softcover with flapsISBN 978-1-56792-599-9Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 80Price $1795publication July 2017Rights World

Often referred to as ldquoa poet of placerdquo Wesley McNair captures the ordinary lives of northern New Englanders while writing about family conflict and other autobiographical sub-jects His poems often explore American dreams interwoven with family drama and public culture A New Hampshire native who has lived for many years in Mercer Maine McNair has authored nineteen books nine of which are collections of poetry including The Faces of Americans in 1853 (1983) The Town of No (1989) and Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems (2010) His most recent book are The Lost Child Ozark Poems (2014) and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry (2012)

he strikes me as one of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryPhilip Levine Ploughshares

he has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work in his generationThomas R Smith Ruminator Review

10 | New in Hardcover

Alice A Survey of Her Calligraphy compiled with an introduction by Jerry Kelly foreword by Donald JacksonNew Yorkers who walked along Madison Avenue in the rsquo60s rsquo70s and rsquo80s would recognize her masterful posters for the Morgan Library Scribes in the US and abroad know her through her celebrated workshops She is Alice Koeth known professionally simply as Alice and although she is one of the most respected contemporary calligraphers relatively few exam-ples of her works have been published in book form a vast majority remaining unseen and unknown

Over a career spanning more than sixty years Alicersquos artistry exemplifies taste technique wit and her own unique graphic style A keen understanding of craft respect for tools and inter-est in historical forms have contributed to her command of calligraphy Whether using Coit and Automatic pens or the smallest of Speedball nibs this versatility has enabled her to tackle all manner of calligraphic design problems

From Alicersquos own personal archives this book contains not only her mature work but also charming early works from the 1950s as well as sketches and preliminary layouts which offer a rare glimpse into her working process The Morgan Library has gra-ciously photographed a dozen of her most special posters which have not been seen for decades especially for this publication

With exclusive and professionally photographed pieces throughout and printed by quality offset lithography using fine line screens on archival uncoated paper this book befits its subject produced to the highest standards

A S U R V E Y O F

T H E C A L L I G R A P H Y O F A L I C E

C O M P I L E D amp W I T H A N I N T R O D U C T I O N

B Y J E R R Y K E L L Y

F O R E W O R D B Y D O N A L D J A C K S O N

T H E K E L L Y W I N T E R T O N P R E S S

N E W Y O R K middot 2 0 1 6

AliceMockCoverindd 1 101816 137 PM

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-600-2 Size 8⅛ times 11frac12 inchespages 144Price $5000publication February 2017Rights World

108 109

New in Hardcover | 11

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-458-9 Size 8frac12 times 11 inchespages 248Price $75Deluxe edition $800publication February 2017Rights World

Bibliotheca Salmo SalarA Selection of Rare Books Manuscripts Journals Diaries Photograph Albums amp Ephemera on the Subject of Atlantic Salmon Fishing by Charles B Wood IIIEvery activity generates its own literature but few have gen-erated as much enthusiasmmdashsome of it incredibly esoteric most of it interesting and much of it downright irresistiblemdashas salmon fishing Salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated What remain are a few closely guarded rivers in Canada Iceland Great Britain and Scandinaviamdashall of them relatively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them pristine

A distinguished antiquarian bookseller Wood has been pur-suing these fish for decades and has what is probably the most extensive collection in private hands For this selective bibli-ography he has chosen 230 of the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them by country and date All titles are illustrated What makes this a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bearmdashnot only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisherman He knows the rivers and often the people who fished them and wrote the books He knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account or a treasured limited edition For collectors this will be considered the last word For the rest of us it makes the expense and travel almost unnecessary

A deluxe edition of 85 copies will also be issued Bound by hand in quarter leather by Gray Parrot enclosed in a sturdy slipcase and containing three additional handsomely produced and exceedingly rare pamphlets these books will be signed and numbered by the author Reservations filled on a first-come first-served basis are encouraged

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A selection of rare books manuscripts journals

diaries photograph albums amp ephemera

on the subject of

ATLANTIC SALMON FISHINGfrom the collection of

CHARLES B WOOD III

DAVID R GODINE middot PUBLISHERboston

I S B N 978-1-56792-458-9

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 4 5 8 9Printed in China

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Every activity generates its own literature but few outdoor sports have generated

as much enthusiasm and commentary ndash some of it incredibly esoteric most of it interest-ing and some of it downright irresistible ndash as salmon fishing All salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon which often returns as many as five times to the same rivers to spawn and can at-tain weights of over sixty pounds have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated by dams pollution and commercial fishing What remains are the few closely guarded rivers of Canada Iceland Great Britain Scandinavia and Russia ndash all of them rela-tively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them expensive to access and fish

Charles Wood a distinguished antiquar-ian bookseller has been pursuing these fish for decades and he has also built up what is probably the most extensive collection of printed books about the sport in pri-vate hands For this selective bibliography he has chosen 230 of what he considers the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them in several chapters by country All titles are illustrated What makes the book a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bear ndash not only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisher-man He knows the rivers in many cases he knows the people who fished them and wrote the books And he knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account of an excursion to a Norwegian river or a deluxe full leather quar-to containing an original salmon fly So this is no dry pedantic list of ldquofamous booksrdquo but rather a fascinating and illuminating journey into a world of piscatorial lore adventure and bibliographic description

CHARLES B WOOD was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related sub-jects since 1967 Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salm-on fishing The thrill of the chase whether encountered in book dealing book collect-ing or salmon fishing is what keeps him engaged

DAVID R GODINE PUBLISHERPost Office Box 450

Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

Jonesrsquos Guide to Norway

The Saga of the Salmon

Rivers Coquet and Aln

The Salmon fly

Wood_Salmo_jkt_cmplt3_4prsindd 1 81916 343 PM

Charles B Wood III was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related subjects Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salmon fishing The thrill of the chase whether in book dealing book collecting or salmon fishing keeps him engaged

Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club

12 | New for Children

Riptide by Frances Ward Weller illustrated by Robert J BlakeRiptide may be an unusual name for a dog but it is one that suits this one well Rip is resolutely drawn to the salty ocean breeze and the crash of the waves and he simply cannot be discouragedmdasheven in summer when he is forbidden to follow his instincts and race miles along the coast ldquoNo Dogs on Nauset Beachrdquo the sign reads and the guards protest calling for his young owner Zach to come retrieve him daily Yet Rip will not be deterred and after one summer storm it is lucky that he is not Rip is desperately needed for a rescue and is forever after known as the nineteenth guard on the beach Based on a real heroic dog Frances Weller creates a legend in Riptide weaving this caninersquos tale with Robert Blakersquos stunning oil illustrations Riptide is captured in all his joyful energy amidst vivid panora-mas of Cape Cod scenery his story immortalized in this classic picture book that children will love and adults will love to read aloud for years to come

Wellerrsquos poetic text intensified by Blakersquos dramatic paintings memorializes a beloved dog renowned along the Cape Cod shore

Booklist starred review

This moving tale based on a true story is deftly told and illustrated more than just an exciting dog story

Publishers Weekly

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-597-5Size 10 times 9frac14 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1095publication May 2017Rights USA Only

Frances Ward Weller holds a life-long love for the sea She spent her childhood in Connecticut and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts Having spent twenty years in New Jersey raising their children she and her husband Frank now live on Cape Cod spending as much time as possi-ble exploring its shores for inspiration for many of her stories

Robert J Blake is an experienced illustrator who has worked on over thirty books for both children and adults He works directly from life for many of his illustrations and enjoys trav-eling to do so having painted in Ireland the UK Bermuda and Cape Cod among others When not traveling Mr Blake lives in New Jersey

New for Children | 13

The Screaming Chefwritten by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max DaltonComfort food indeed Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly But one fateful night when his parents accidentally burn dinner the boyrsquos temper flares and he begins to yell Tired of all the noise Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities leaving it all up to him Et voilagrave The boy so enjoys cooking that he sings instead of screams and finds that he is so talented that his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef But life in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy When the boy begins to make mistakes will his penchant for earsplitting noise ruin everything

Praise for The Lonely Phone BoothThis warm quirky story [with] Scene-stealing illustrations by Max Dalton celebrates the fabric of a neighborhood that intangible quality New Yorkers treasure

The New York Times Book Review

Author Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton the creators of The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Type-writer are at it again in their new childrenrsquos book The Screaming Chef Witty text and clever illustrations combine to create a silly yet serious picture book for readers of all ages that teaches you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar especially when yoursquore singing

The Screaming Chef

A picture bookwritten by

Peter AckermanIllustrated byMax Dalton

Format HardcoverISBN 978-1-56792-598-2Size 10 times 8 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1795publication May 2017Rights World

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

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FARM FOLK

Little Old

Andrea Wisnewski

Written amp Illu trated by

ForMama Louise

price $795

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Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

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So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

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Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

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A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

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Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

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New Poetry | 9

The Unfasteningby Wesley McNairIn this Wesley McNairrsquos tenth collection of poetry readers will find not only the work of a mature poet but a particular and personal vision of life Combining sorrow humor and joy the volume asks the difficult question when faced with conflict and struggle how do you fasten yourself back down again Begin-ning with poems of grief and loss the book moves to the losses of others a Japanese war bride whose husbandrsquos death leaves her with two young children far from home a survivalist who talks to deer after his wife of 40 years has moved out on him an old and failed painter who ropes himself to his windswept roof to view the beauty of coastal islands The pursuit of beauty the blessings of nature the love of a mate and connections we make with others in the course of everyday life these are the reigning consolations holding fast in in the midst of unfastening

from Hymn

There was no stopping the old male persimmon treeAfter my uncle released it from its stakedcord it stood on his far lawn for a monthas if coming to its decision to lie back downon the ground again All winter he left itfor dead but when I returned to the Ozarksin the springtime it lay there in an islandof unmowed grass blooming beside its mateand this May when I separate their branchesto look in I find new shoots and flowers

Wesley M

cNair

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$1795

The UnfasteningIn this unique contribution to contemporary poetry Wesley McNair introduces us to the Sykeses of the Ozarks We discover among others a veteran of six tours of duty who comes unraveled at a Chamber of Commerce lun-cheon two newlyweds who pin their dreams for the future on a long-haul semi and Ruth confused in her aging mind ndash in one poem abducted by aliens in another returning to her past to discover that she is a lost child Here are the stories of relatives fundamental-ists gun enthusiasts and soldiers told in long sentences that unfold like talk as they reveal the interior life of a homeplace that McNair explores in order to understand and remem-ber his mother Savoring these linked poems one by one readers will find implications about todayrsquos America and about humans in general wherever they may live

In this volume inspired by the impending death of his mother Wesley McNair long a poet of New England places takes a new path exploring her homeplace in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri The linked poems of the book describe characters and events with the small telling details for which McNair is noted yet they also include large themes hope delusion family struggles and lost selves But the most important theme of all is reconciliation as McNair attempts through these poems to know and understand his mother Combining humor sorrow and his singular gift for narrative this is McNairrsquos most ambitious and moving collection showing yet again why Philip Levine has called him ldquoone of the great story tellers of contemporary poetryrdquo

By the faculty of his attention ndash to people to their talk ndash McNairs compassion turns itself into art Donald Hall The Harvard Review

[He is] a master craftsman with a remarkable ear Maxine Kumin Ploughshares

He has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work by a poet of his generation Ruminator Review

Called by poet Philip Levine ldquoone of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryrdquo Wesley McNair is the author of twenty books includ-ing Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry He has twice been invited by the Library of Congress to read his poetry and has received prizes from Poetry and Poetry Northwest magazines the Sarah Josepha Hale Medal Guggenheim and Rocke feller Fellowships and two grants in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts In 2006 he was selected for a United States Artist Fellowship He is the Poet Laureate of Maine

cover illustration by robert brinkerhoff

cover design by carl w scarbrough

David R Godine middot Publisher Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452 wwwgodinecom

The Unfastening

p o e m s

Wesley McNair

Format Softcover with flapsISBN 978-1-56792-599-9Size 5frac12 times 8frac12 inchespages 80Price $1795publication July 2017Rights World

Often referred to as ldquoa poet of placerdquo Wesley McNair captures the ordinary lives of northern New Englanders while writing about family conflict and other autobiographical sub-jects His poems often explore American dreams interwoven with family drama and public culture A New Hampshire native who has lived for many years in Mercer Maine McNair has authored nineteen books nine of which are collections of poetry including The Faces of Americans in 1853 (1983) The Town of No (1989) and Lovers of the Lost New and Selected Poems (2010) His most recent book are The Lost Child Ozark Poems (2014) and The Words I Chose A Memoir of Family and Poetry (2012)

he strikes me as one of the great storytellers of contemporary poetryPhilip Levine Ploughshares

he has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work in his generationThomas R Smith Ruminator Review

10 | New in Hardcover

Alice A Survey of Her Calligraphy compiled with an introduction by Jerry Kelly foreword by Donald JacksonNew Yorkers who walked along Madison Avenue in the rsquo60s rsquo70s and rsquo80s would recognize her masterful posters for the Morgan Library Scribes in the US and abroad know her through her celebrated workshops She is Alice Koeth known professionally simply as Alice and although she is one of the most respected contemporary calligraphers relatively few exam-ples of her works have been published in book form a vast majority remaining unseen and unknown

Over a career spanning more than sixty years Alicersquos artistry exemplifies taste technique wit and her own unique graphic style A keen understanding of craft respect for tools and inter-est in historical forms have contributed to her command of calligraphy Whether using Coit and Automatic pens or the smallest of Speedball nibs this versatility has enabled her to tackle all manner of calligraphic design problems

From Alicersquos own personal archives this book contains not only her mature work but also charming early works from the 1950s as well as sketches and preliminary layouts which offer a rare glimpse into her working process The Morgan Library has gra-ciously photographed a dozen of her most special posters which have not been seen for decades especially for this publication

With exclusive and professionally photographed pieces throughout and printed by quality offset lithography using fine line screens on archival uncoated paper this book befits its subject produced to the highest standards

A S U R V E Y O F

T H E C A L L I G R A P H Y O F A L I C E

C O M P I L E D amp W I T H A N I N T R O D U C T I O N

B Y J E R R Y K E L L Y

F O R E W O R D B Y D O N A L D J A C K S O N

T H E K E L L Y W I N T E R T O N P R E S S

N E W Y O R K middot 2 0 1 6

AliceMockCoverindd 1 101816 137 PM

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-600-2 Size 8⅛ times 11frac12 inchespages 144Price $5000publication February 2017Rights World

108 109

New in Hardcover | 11

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-458-9 Size 8frac12 times 11 inchespages 248Price $75Deluxe edition $800publication February 2017Rights World

Bibliotheca Salmo SalarA Selection of Rare Books Manuscripts Journals Diaries Photograph Albums amp Ephemera on the Subject of Atlantic Salmon Fishing by Charles B Wood IIIEvery activity generates its own literature but few have gen-erated as much enthusiasmmdashsome of it incredibly esoteric most of it interesting and much of it downright irresistiblemdashas salmon fishing Salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated What remain are a few closely guarded rivers in Canada Iceland Great Britain and Scandinaviamdashall of them relatively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them pristine

A distinguished antiquarian bookseller Wood has been pur-suing these fish for decades and has what is probably the most extensive collection in private hands For this selective bibli-ography he has chosen 230 of the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them by country and date All titles are illustrated What makes this a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bearmdashnot only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisherman He knows the rivers and often the people who fished them and wrote the books He knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account or a treasured limited edition For collectors this will be considered the last word For the rest of us it makes the expense and travel almost unnecessary

A deluxe edition of 85 copies will also be issued Bound by hand in quarter leather by Gray Parrot enclosed in a sturdy slipcase and containing three additional handsomely produced and exceedingly rare pamphlets these books will be signed and numbered by the author Reservations filled on a first-come first-served basis are encouraged

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A selection of rare books manuscripts journals

diaries photograph albums amp ephemera

on the subject of

ATLANTIC SALMON FISHINGfrom the collection of

CHARLES B WOOD III

DAVID R GODINE middot PUBLISHERboston

I S B N 978-1-56792-458-9

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 4 5 8 9Printed in China

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Every activity generates its own literature but few outdoor sports have generated

as much enthusiasm and commentary ndash some of it incredibly esoteric most of it interest-ing and some of it downright irresistible ndash as salmon fishing All salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon which often returns as many as five times to the same rivers to spawn and can at-tain weights of over sixty pounds have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated by dams pollution and commercial fishing What remains are the few closely guarded rivers of Canada Iceland Great Britain Scandinavia and Russia ndash all of them rela-tively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them expensive to access and fish

Charles Wood a distinguished antiquar-ian bookseller has been pursuing these fish for decades and he has also built up what is probably the most extensive collection of printed books about the sport in pri-vate hands For this selective bibliography he has chosen 230 of what he considers the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them in several chapters by country All titles are illustrated What makes the book a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bear ndash not only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisher-man He knows the rivers in many cases he knows the people who fished them and wrote the books And he knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account of an excursion to a Norwegian river or a deluxe full leather quar-to containing an original salmon fly So this is no dry pedantic list of ldquofamous booksrdquo but rather a fascinating and illuminating journey into a world of piscatorial lore adventure and bibliographic description

CHARLES B WOOD was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related sub-jects since 1967 Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salm-on fishing The thrill of the chase whether encountered in book dealing book collect-ing or salmon fishing is what keeps him engaged

DAVID R GODINE PUBLISHERPost Office Box 450

Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

Jonesrsquos Guide to Norway

The Saga of the Salmon

Rivers Coquet and Aln

The Salmon fly

Wood_Salmo_jkt_cmplt3_4prsindd 1 81916 343 PM

Charles B Wood III was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related subjects Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salmon fishing The thrill of the chase whether in book dealing book collecting or salmon fishing keeps him engaged

Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club

12 | New for Children

Riptide by Frances Ward Weller illustrated by Robert J BlakeRiptide may be an unusual name for a dog but it is one that suits this one well Rip is resolutely drawn to the salty ocean breeze and the crash of the waves and he simply cannot be discouragedmdasheven in summer when he is forbidden to follow his instincts and race miles along the coast ldquoNo Dogs on Nauset Beachrdquo the sign reads and the guards protest calling for his young owner Zach to come retrieve him daily Yet Rip will not be deterred and after one summer storm it is lucky that he is not Rip is desperately needed for a rescue and is forever after known as the nineteenth guard on the beach Based on a real heroic dog Frances Weller creates a legend in Riptide weaving this caninersquos tale with Robert Blakersquos stunning oil illustrations Riptide is captured in all his joyful energy amidst vivid panora-mas of Cape Cod scenery his story immortalized in this classic picture book that children will love and adults will love to read aloud for years to come

Wellerrsquos poetic text intensified by Blakersquos dramatic paintings memorializes a beloved dog renowned along the Cape Cod shore

Booklist starred review

This moving tale based on a true story is deftly told and illustrated more than just an exciting dog story

Publishers Weekly

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-597-5Size 10 times 9frac14 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1095publication May 2017Rights USA Only

Frances Ward Weller holds a life-long love for the sea She spent her childhood in Connecticut and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts Having spent twenty years in New Jersey raising their children she and her husband Frank now live on Cape Cod spending as much time as possi-ble exploring its shores for inspiration for many of her stories

Robert J Blake is an experienced illustrator who has worked on over thirty books for both children and adults He works directly from life for many of his illustrations and enjoys trav-eling to do so having painted in Ireland the UK Bermuda and Cape Cod among others When not traveling Mr Blake lives in New Jersey

New for Children | 13

The Screaming Chefwritten by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max DaltonComfort food indeed Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly But one fateful night when his parents accidentally burn dinner the boyrsquos temper flares and he begins to yell Tired of all the noise Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities leaving it all up to him Et voilagrave The boy so enjoys cooking that he sings instead of screams and finds that he is so talented that his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef But life in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy When the boy begins to make mistakes will his penchant for earsplitting noise ruin everything

Praise for The Lonely Phone BoothThis warm quirky story [with] Scene-stealing illustrations by Max Dalton celebrates the fabric of a neighborhood that intangible quality New Yorkers treasure

The New York Times Book Review

Author Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton the creators of The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Type-writer are at it again in their new childrenrsquos book The Screaming Chef Witty text and clever illustrations combine to create a silly yet serious picture book for readers of all ages that teaches you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar especially when yoursquore singing

The Screaming Chef

A picture bookwritten by

Peter AckermanIllustrated byMax Dalton

Format HardcoverISBN 978-1-56792-598-2Size 10 times 8 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1795publication May 2017Rights World

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

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FARM FOLK

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price $795

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Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

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Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

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The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

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So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

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The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

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String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

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10 | New in Hardcover

Alice A Survey of Her Calligraphy compiled with an introduction by Jerry Kelly foreword by Donald JacksonNew Yorkers who walked along Madison Avenue in the rsquo60s rsquo70s and rsquo80s would recognize her masterful posters for the Morgan Library Scribes in the US and abroad know her through her celebrated workshops She is Alice Koeth known professionally simply as Alice and although she is one of the most respected contemporary calligraphers relatively few exam-ples of her works have been published in book form a vast majority remaining unseen and unknown

Over a career spanning more than sixty years Alicersquos artistry exemplifies taste technique wit and her own unique graphic style A keen understanding of craft respect for tools and inter-est in historical forms have contributed to her command of calligraphy Whether using Coit and Automatic pens or the smallest of Speedball nibs this versatility has enabled her to tackle all manner of calligraphic design problems

From Alicersquos own personal archives this book contains not only her mature work but also charming early works from the 1950s as well as sketches and preliminary layouts which offer a rare glimpse into her working process The Morgan Library has gra-ciously photographed a dozen of her most special posters which have not been seen for decades especially for this publication

With exclusive and professionally photographed pieces throughout and printed by quality offset lithography using fine line screens on archival uncoated paper this book befits its subject produced to the highest standards

A S U R V E Y O F

T H E C A L L I G R A P H Y O F A L I C E

C O M P I L E D amp W I T H A N I N T R O D U C T I O N

B Y J E R R Y K E L L Y

F O R E W O R D B Y D O N A L D J A C K S O N

T H E K E L L Y W I N T E R T O N P R E S S

N E W Y O R K middot 2 0 1 6

AliceMockCoverindd 1 101816 137 PM

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-600-2 Size 8⅛ times 11frac12 inchespages 144Price $5000publication February 2017Rights World

108 109

New in Hardcover | 11

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-458-9 Size 8frac12 times 11 inchespages 248Price $75Deluxe edition $800publication February 2017Rights World

Bibliotheca Salmo SalarA Selection of Rare Books Manuscripts Journals Diaries Photograph Albums amp Ephemera on the Subject of Atlantic Salmon Fishing by Charles B Wood IIIEvery activity generates its own literature but few have gen-erated as much enthusiasmmdashsome of it incredibly esoteric most of it interesting and much of it downright irresistiblemdashas salmon fishing Salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated What remain are a few closely guarded rivers in Canada Iceland Great Britain and Scandinaviamdashall of them relatively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them pristine

A distinguished antiquarian bookseller Wood has been pur-suing these fish for decades and has what is probably the most extensive collection in private hands For this selective bibli-ography he has chosen 230 of the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them by country and date All titles are illustrated What makes this a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bearmdashnot only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisherman He knows the rivers and often the people who fished them and wrote the books He knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account or a treasured limited edition For collectors this will be considered the last word For the rest of us it makes the expense and travel almost unnecessary

A deluxe edition of 85 copies will also be issued Bound by hand in quarter leather by Gray Parrot enclosed in a sturdy slipcase and containing three additional handsomely produced and exceedingly rare pamphlets these books will be signed and numbered by the author Reservations filled on a first-come first-served basis are encouraged

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A selection of rare books manuscripts journals

diaries photograph albums amp ephemera

on the subject of

ATLANTIC SALMON FISHINGfrom the collection of

CHARLES B WOOD III

DAVID R GODINE middot PUBLISHERboston

I S B N 978-1-56792-458-9

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 4 5 8 9Printed in China

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Every activity generates its own literature but few outdoor sports have generated

as much enthusiasm and commentary ndash some of it incredibly esoteric most of it interest-ing and some of it downright irresistible ndash as salmon fishing All salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon which often returns as many as five times to the same rivers to spawn and can at-tain weights of over sixty pounds have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated by dams pollution and commercial fishing What remains are the few closely guarded rivers of Canada Iceland Great Britain Scandinavia and Russia ndash all of them rela-tively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them expensive to access and fish

Charles Wood a distinguished antiquar-ian bookseller has been pursuing these fish for decades and he has also built up what is probably the most extensive collection of printed books about the sport in pri-vate hands For this selective bibliography he has chosen 230 of what he considers the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them in several chapters by country All titles are illustrated What makes the book a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bear ndash not only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisher-man He knows the rivers in many cases he knows the people who fished them and wrote the books And he knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account of an excursion to a Norwegian river or a deluxe full leather quar-to containing an original salmon fly So this is no dry pedantic list of ldquofamous booksrdquo but rather a fascinating and illuminating journey into a world of piscatorial lore adventure and bibliographic description

CHARLES B WOOD was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related sub-jects since 1967 Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salm-on fishing The thrill of the chase whether encountered in book dealing book collect-ing or salmon fishing is what keeps him engaged

DAVID R GODINE PUBLISHERPost Office Box 450

Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

Jonesrsquos Guide to Norway

The Saga of the Salmon

Rivers Coquet and Aln

The Salmon fly

Wood_Salmo_jkt_cmplt3_4prsindd 1 81916 343 PM

Charles B Wood III was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related subjects Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salmon fishing The thrill of the chase whether in book dealing book collecting or salmon fishing keeps him engaged

Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club

12 | New for Children

Riptide by Frances Ward Weller illustrated by Robert J BlakeRiptide may be an unusual name for a dog but it is one that suits this one well Rip is resolutely drawn to the salty ocean breeze and the crash of the waves and he simply cannot be discouragedmdasheven in summer when he is forbidden to follow his instincts and race miles along the coast ldquoNo Dogs on Nauset Beachrdquo the sign reads and the guards protest calling for his young owner Zach to come retrieve him daily Yet Rip will not be deterred and after one summer storm it is lucky that he is not Rip is desperately needed for a rescue and is forever after known as the nineteenth guard on the beach Based on a real heroic dog Frances Weller creates a legend in Riptide weaving this caninersquos tale with Robert Blakersquos stunning oil illustrations Riptide is captured in all his joyful energy amidst vivid panora-mas of Cape Cod scenery his story immortalized in this classic picture book that children will love and adults will love to read aloud for years to come

Wellerrsquos poetic text intensified by Blakersquos dramatic paintings memorializes a beloved dog renowned along the Cape Cod shore

Booklist starred review

This moving tale based on a true story is deftly told and illustrated more than just an exciting dog story

Publishers Weekly

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-597-5Size 10 times 9frac14 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1095publication May 2017Rights USA Only

Frances Ward Weller holds a life-long love for the sea She spent her childhood in Connecticut and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts Having spent twenty years in New Jersey raising their children she and her husband Frank now live on Cape Cod spending as much time as possi-ble exploring its shores for inspiration for many of her stories

Robert J Blake is an experienced illustrator who has worked on over thirty books for both children and adults He works directly from life for many of his illustrations and enjoys trav-eling to do so having painted in Ireland the UK Bermuda and Cape Cod among others When not traveling Mr Blake lives in New Jersey

New for Children | 13

The Screaming Chefwritten by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max DaltonComfort food indeed Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly But one fateful night when his parents accidentally burn dinner the boyrsquos temper flares and he begins to yell Tired of all the noise Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities leaving it all up to him Et voilagrave The boy so enjoys cooking that he sings instead of screams and finds that he is so talented that his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef But life in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy When the boy begins to make mistakes will his penchant for earsplitting noise ruin everything

Praise for The Lonely Phone BoothThis warm quirky story [with] Scene-stealing illustrations by Max Dalton celebrates the fabric of a neighborhood that intangible quality New Yorkers treasure

The New York Times Book Review

Author Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton the creators of The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Type-writer are at it again in their new childrenrsquos book The Screaming Chef Witty text and clever illustrations combine to create a silly yet serious picture book for readers of all ages that teaches you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar especially when yoursquore singing

The Screaming Chef

A picture bookwritten by

Peter AckermanIllustrated byMax Dalton

Format HardcoverISBN 978-1-56792-598-2Size 10 times 8 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1795publication May 2017Rights World

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

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FARM FOLK

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price $795

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Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

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The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

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Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

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Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

New in Hardcover | 11

Format Hardcover ISBN 978-1-56792-458-9 Size 8frac12 times 11 inchespages 248Price $75Deluxe edition $800publication February 2017Rights World

Bibliotheca Salmo SalarA Selection of Rare Books Manuscripts Journals Diaries Photograph Albums amp Ephemera on the Subject of Atlantic Salmon Fishing by Charles B Wood IIIEvery activity generates its own literature but few have gen-erated as much enthusiasmmdashsome of it incredibly esoteric most of it interesting and much of it downright irresistiblemdashas salmon fishing Salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated What remain are a few closely guarded rivers in Canada Iceland Great Britain and Scandinaviamdashall of them relatively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them pristine

A distinguished antiquarian bookseller Wood has been pur-suing these fish for decades and has what is probably the most extensive collection in private hands For this selective bibli-ography he has chosen 230 of the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them by country and date All titles are illustrated What makes this a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bearmdashnot only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisherman He knows the rivers and often the people who fished them and wrote the books He knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account or a treasured limited edition For collectors this will be considered the last word For the rest of us it makes the expense and travel almost unnecessary

A deluxe edition of 85 copies will also be issued Bound by hand in quarter leather by Gray Parrot enclosed in a sturdy slipcase and containing three additional handsomely produced and exceedingly rare pamphlets these books will be signed and numbered by the author Reservations filled on a first-come first-served basis are encouraged

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A selection of rare books manuscripts journals

diaries photograph albums amp ephemera

on the subject of

ATLANTIC SALMON FISHINGfrom the collection of

CHARLES B WOOD III

DAVID R GODINE middot PUBLISHERboston

I S B N 978-1-56792-458-9

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 4 5 8 9Printed in China

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Every activity generates its own literature but few outdoor sports have generated

as much enthusiasm and commentary ndash some of it incredibly esoteric most of it interest-ing and some of it downright irresistible ndash as salmon fishing All salmon demand clean fastmoving fresh water and the Atlantic salmon which often returns as many as five times to the same rivers to spawn and can at-tain weights of over sixty pounds have seen their southern runs entirely eliminated by dams pollution and commercial fishing What remains are the few closely guarded rivers of Canada Iceland Great Britain Scandinavia and Russia ndash all of them rela-tively inaccessible All of them beautiful All of them expensive to access and fish

Charles Wood a distinguished antiquar-ian bookseller has been pursuing these fish for decades and he has also built up what is probably the most extensive collection of printed books about the sport in pri-vate hands For this selective bibliography he has chosen 230 of what he considers the most interesting titles (some of them so rare that they might be encountered only once in a lifetime) and arranged them in several chapters by country All titles are illustrated What makes the book a real pleasure is the knowledge he brings to bear ndash not only as a bookman but also as a reader and a fisher-man He knows the rivers in many cases he knows the people who fished them and wrote the books And he knows what qualifies as quality whether it is an elusive and fugitive mimeographed account of an excursion to a Norwegian river or a deluxe full leather quar-to containing an original salmon fly So this is no dry pedantic list of ldquofamous booksrdquo but rather a fascinating and illuminating journey into a world of piscatorial lore adventure and bibliographic description

CHARLES B WOOD was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related sub-jects since 1967 Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salm-on fishing The thrill of the chase whether encountered in book dealing book collect-ing or salmon fishing is what keeps him engaged

DAVID R GODINE PUBLISHERPost Office Box 450

Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452wwwgodinecom

Jonesrsquos Guide to Norway

The Saga of the Salmon

Rivers Coquet and Aln

The Salmon fly

Wood_Salmo_jkt_cmplt3_4prsindd 1 81916 343 PM

Charles B Wood III was born in 1936 and has fly-fished since the age of ten A graduate of Trinity College Hartford and the University of Pennsylvania he has run his own rare book business specializing in architecture the arts and related subjects Although he does not deal in angling books he has published several collectorsrsquo items all on the subject of salmon fishing The thrill of the chase whether in book dealing book collecting or salmon fishing keeps him engaged

Songs of the Edinburgh Angling Club

12 | New for Children

Riptide by Frances Ward Weller illustrated by Robert J BlakeRiptide may be an unusual name for a dog but it is one that suits this one well Rip is resolutely drawn to the salty ocean breeze and the crash of the waves and he simply cannot be discouragedmdasheven in summer when he is forbidden to follow his instincts and race miles along the coast ldquoNo Dogs on Nauset Beachrdquo the sign reads and the guards protest calling for his young owner Zach to come retrieve him daily Yet Rip will not be deterred and after one summer storm it is lucky that he is not Rip is desperately needed for a rescue and is forever after known as the nineteenth guard on the beach Based on a real heroic dog Frances Weller creates a legend in Riptide weaving this caninersquos tale with Robert Blakersquos stunning oil illustrations Riptide is captured in all his joyful energy amidst vivid panora-mas of Cape Cod scenery his story immortalized in this classic picture book that children will love and adults will love to read aloud for years to come

Wellerrsquos poetic text intensified by Blakersquos dramatic paintings memorializes a beloved dog renowned along the Cape Cod shore

Booklist starred review

This moving tale based on a true story is deftly told and illustrated more than just an exciting dog story

Publishers Weekly

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-597-5Size 10 times 9frac14 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1095publication May 2017Rights USA Only

Frances Ward Weller holds a life-long love for the sea She spent her childhood in Connecticut and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts Having spent twenty years in New Jersey raising their children she and her husband Frank now live on Cape Cod spending as much time as possi-ble exploring its shores for inspiration for many of her stories

Robert J Blake is an experienced illustrator who has worked on over thirty books for both children and adults He works directly from life for many of his illustrations and enjoys trav-eling to do so having painted in Ireland the UK Bermuda and Cape Cod among others When not traveling Mr Blake lives in New Jersey

New for Children | 13

The Screaming Chefwritten by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max DaltonComfort food indeed Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly But one fateful night when his parents accidentally burn dinner the boyrsquos temper flares and he begins to yell Tired of all the noise Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities leaving it all up to him Et voilagrave The boy so enjoys cooking that he sings instead of screams and finds that he is so talented that his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef But life in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy When the boy begins to make mistakes will his penchant for earsplitting noise ruin everything

Praise for The Lonely Phone BoothThis warm quirky story [with] Scene-stealing illustrations by Max Dalton celebrates the fabric of a neighborhood that intangible quality New Yorkers treasure

The New York Times Book Review

Author Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton the creators of The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Type-writer are at it again in their new childrenrsquos book The Screaming Chef Witty text and clever illustrations combine to create a silly yet serious picture book for readers of all ages that teaches you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar especially when yoursquore singing

The Screaming Chef

A picture bookwritten by

Peter AckermanIllustrated byMax Dalton

Format HardcoverISBN 978-1-56792-598-2Size 10 times 8 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1795publication May 2017Rights World

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

ski L

ittle Old F

arm F

olk

Godine

FARM FOLK

Little Old

Andrea Wisnewski

Written amp Illu trated by

ForMama Louise

price $795

LittleOldFarmFolkCover_whiteindd 1 12517 1123 AM

Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

12 | New for Children

Riptide by Frances Ward Weller illustrated by Robert J BlakeRiptide may be an unusual name for a dog but it is one that suits this one well Rip is resolutely drawn to the salty ocean breeze and the crash of the waves and he simply cannot be discouragedmdasheven in summer when he is forbidden to follow his instincts and race miles along the coast ldquoNo Dogs on Nauset Beachrdquo the sign reads and the guards protest calling for his young owner Zach to come retrieve him daily Yet Rip will not be deterred and after one summer storm it is lucky that he is not Rip is desperately needed for a rescue and is forever after known as the nineteenth guard on the beach Based on a real heroic dog Frances Weller creates a legend in Riptide weaving this caninersquos tale with Robert Blakersquos stunning oil illustrations Riptide is captured in all his joyful energy amidst vivid panora-mas of Cape Cod scenery his story immortalized in this classic picture book that children will love and adults will love to read aloud for years to come

Wellerrsquos poetic text intensified by Blakersquos dramatic paintings memorializes a beloved dog renowned along the Cape Cod shore

Booklist starred review

This moving tale based on a true story is deftly told and illustrated more than just an exciting dog story

Publishers Weekly

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-597-5Size 10 times 9frac14 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1095publication May 2017Rights USA Only

Frances Ward Weller holds a life-long love for the sea She spent her childhood in Connecticut and graduated from Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts Having spent twenty years in New Jersey raising their children she and her husband Frank now live on Cape Cod spending as much time as possi-ble exploring its shores for inspiration for many of her stories

Robert J Blake is an experienced illustrator who has worked on over thirty books for both children and adults He works directly from life for many of his illustrations and enjoys trav-eling to do so having painted in Ireland the UK Bermuda and Cape Cod among others When not traveling Mr Blake lives in New Jersey

New for Children | 13

The Screaming Chefwritten by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max DaltonComfort food indeed Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly But one fateful night when his parents accidentally burn dinner the boyrsquos temper flares and he begins to yell Tired of all the noise Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities leaving it all up to him Et voilagrave The boy so enjoys cooking that he sings instead of screams and finds that he is so talented that his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef But life in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy When the boy begins to make mistakes will his penchant for earsplitting noise ruin everything

Praise for The Lonely Phone BoothThis warm quirky story [with] Scene-stealing illustrations by Max Dalton celebrates the fabric of a neighborhood that intangible quality New Yorkers treasure

The New York Times Book Review

Author Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton the creators of The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Type-writer are at it again in their new childrenrsquos book The Screaming Chef Witty text and clever illustrations combine to create a silly yet serious picture book for readers of all ages that teaches you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar especially when yoursquore singing

The Screaming Chef

A picture bookwritten by

Peter AckermanIllustrated byMax Dalton

Format HardcoverISBN 978-1-56792-598-2Size 10 times 8 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1795publication May 2017Rights World

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

ski L

ittle Old F

arm F

olk

Godine

FARM FOLK

Little Old

Andrea Wisnewski

Written amp Illu trated by

ForMama Louise

price $795

LittleOldFarmFolkCover_whiteindd 1 12517 1123 AM

Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

New for Children | 13

The Screaming Chefwritten by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max DaltonComfort food indeed Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly But one fateful night when his parents accidentally burn dinner the boyrsquos temper flares and he begins to yell Tired of all the noise Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities leaving it all up to him Et voilagrave The boy so enjoys cooking that he sings instead of screams and finds that he is so talented that his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef But life in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy When the boy begins to make mistakes will his penchant for earsplitting noise ruin everything

Praise for The Lonely Phone BoothThis warm quirky story [with] Scene-stealing illustrations by Max Dalton celebrates the fabric of a neighborhood that intangible quality New Yorkers treasure

The New York Times Book Review

Author Peter Ackerman and illustrator Max Dalton the creators of The Lonely Phone Booth and The Lonely Type-writer are at it again in their new childrenrsquos book The Screaming Chef Witty text and clever illustrations combine to create a silly yet serious picture book for readers of all ages that teaches you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar especially when yoursquore singing

The Screaming Chef

A picture bookwritten by

Peter AckermanIllustrated byMax Dalton

Format HardcoverISBN 978-1-56792-598-2Size 10 times 8 inches (landscape)pages 32Price $1795publication May 2017Rights World

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

ski L

ittle Old F

arm F

olk

Godine

FARM FOLK

Little Old

Andrea Wisnewski

Written amp Illu trated by

ForMama Louise

price $795

LittleOldFarmFolkCover_whiteindd 1 12517 1123 AM

Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

14 | New for Children

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-569-2 scSize 9frac12 times 11 inchespages 48Price $1095publication June 2017Rights World

Yankee Doodle Alphabetwritten and illustrated by Wendell MinorIn colonial America hand-painted wood-crafted signs hung from posts outside public houses along the bumpy dirt roads connecting the thirteen original colonies welcoming guests for food and rest after a long journey Here Wendell Minor appro-priates these symbols of respite and hospitality to create a fully illustrated alphabet compendium celebrating the birth of our great nation Assigning to each letter an essential element of young America Minorrsquos bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and the Revolutionary War Opening with ldquoActsrdquo Minor introduces the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots Closing with ldquoZanerdquo readers learn about the daughter of Patriot Colonel Zane Elizabeth who saves the day by fetching more gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry In between Paul Revere Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant the Boston Tea Party the Liberty Bell and many more people places and events grace these pages A chronological timeline at the end of the alphabet fills out the picture painted by Minorrsquos fine color works

A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary WarSchool Library Journal

Praise for Heartland an ALA Booklist Childrenrsquos Editorsrsquo ChoiceStrong assured verses and paintings create a vital cele-bration of the American midwest in its many faces from farmland to town to cityscape a paean which reminiscent of the works of Carl Sandburg embraces the harshness and wrinkles as well as the beauty of the land

Publishers Weekly

Wendell Minor is an author and illustrator of nearly fifty award-winning books for children He has collaborated with many authors with several of his books listed as New York Times bestsellers In addition to childrenrsquos books his illustra-tions have enhanced over 2000 titles including the covers of David McCulloughrsquos Truman John Adams 1776 and To Kill a Mockingbird

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

ski L

ittle Old F

arm F

olk

Godine

FARM FOLK

Little Old

Andrea Wisnewski

Written amp Illu trated by

ForMama Louise

price $795

LittleOldFarmFolkCover_whiteindd 1 12517 1123 AM

Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

New for Children | 15

First published in 2017 by David R Godine Publisher

Post Office Box 450 Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwgodinecom

Text and illustrations copyright copy 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski All rights reserved

isbn 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn 2016050112 LC record available at httpslccnlocgov2016050112

First edition 2017

Printed in China

I S B N 978-1-56792-594-4

9 7 8 1 5 6 7 9 2 5 9 4 4Printed in China

5 0 7 9 5

Wisnew

ski L

ittle Old F

arm F

olk

Godine

FARM FOLK

Little Old

Andrea Wisnewski

Written amp Illu trated by

ForMama Louise

price $795

LittleOldFarmFolkCover_whiteindd 1 12517 1123 AM

Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea WisnewskiLittle Old Farm Folk Godinersquos first-ever board book fondly evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm In sweet rhyme we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm milking egg collecting laundry woodcutting and more The little old man the little old lady their cat their dog and other familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewskirsquos charm-ing paper-cut print style Each quaint vignette contains artistic details that will enthrall children while the text begs to be read aloud time and time again An original in the time-honored tradition of childrenrsquos books on farm life Little Old Farm Folk is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living

Format Board BookISBN 978-1-56792-594-4Size 6 times 6 inchespages 34Price $795publication May 2017Rights World

A little olrsquo lady flips two eggs from a panas the toast pops up for her little olrsquo man

And after breakfasthellipPraise for Little Red Riding HoodA handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite Wisnewskirsquos retelling is straightforward and the language has a comfortable folksy cadence visual details abound and observant youngsters will notice that a calico cat plays a heroic role in the story An eye-catching addition to folk and fairytale shelvesSchool Library Journal

Praise for A Cottage Garden AlphabetA must for green thumbs of all ages Publishers Weekly

Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha-bet and Little Red Riding Hood as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other childrenrsquos magazines She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press which specializes in illustration printing and design

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

16 | handy books for kids

The American Girls Handy Bookby Lina amp Adelia BeardA magical collection of activities ndash some sedately ladylike others quite ambitious ndash from projects to games to presents complete with instructions on how to make them by two feisty propo-nents of girl scouting in the US Format Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-666-3 middot age 10 amp uppages 496 with line drawings middot price $1295

The American Boyrsquos Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardFirst published in 1882 by a founder of the Boy Scouts of Amer-ica this book is a cornucopia of diversions games and projects As always the directions are clear the diagrams simple and the activities seductiveFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-0-87923-449-2 middot age 10 amp uppages 472 with line drawings middot price $1295

The Field amp Forest Handy Bookby Daniel Carter BeardA yearrsquos worth of engaging and wholesome activities and proj-ects here mostly centered on camping camp craft and making do in the out-of-doors The ultimate anti-tv hand book for kidsFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-165-6 middot age 10 amp uppages 448 with line drawings middot price $1495

The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter BeardIn this classic probably Dan Beardrsquos favorite among his many books he takes boys on a camping trip and instructs them in the art of building a fireplace and lighting a fire designing a campsite cooking flapjacks (not to mention muskrats and por-cupines) packing a trail horse pitching a tent and handling an axeFormat Softcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-352-0 middot price $1295 Hardcover middot Isbn 978-1-56792-357-5 middot price $1995 age 10 amp up middot pages 288 with line drawings

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

Classics for kids | 17

Swallows and Amazonsby Arthur Ransome now a major motion pictureFor anyone who loves sailing and adventure the twelve classics of Arthur Ransome stand alone Swallows and Amazons the book that started it all in 1930 introduces the Walker family the camp on Wild Cat Island the able- bodied catboat Swallow and the two intrepid ldquoAmazonsrdquo the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett Swallowdale brings more adventuresmdasha shipwreck a secret case and a thrilling mountain hike In We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea the most nautical of all the books the children are swept up in a gale across the North Sea testing both their courage and resourcefulness and Missee Lee is a tale of the South China Sea featuring a pirate daughter plucked from a promis-ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits Adventures abound Parents disappear Children prevail This is real writ-ing by a real writermdashmaking Swallows and Amazons the most beloved and successful series of books we have ever published

Format SoftcoverISBN 978-1-56792-420-6Size 5frac12 times 8 inchesages 10 amp uppages 352 with line drawingsPrice $1495

Swallowdale978- 1- 56792- 421- 3 Pages 432

We Didnrsquot Mean to Go to Sea978- 1- 56792- 487- 9 pages 352

Peter Duck978-1-56792-429-9 pages 400

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

18 | Greeting Cards

Mary Azarian Greeting CardsPeople still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages Here is a selection of images from A Farmerrsquos Alphabet sure to delight your loved-ones Twelve cards containing six images per box printed in two colors selected from among our favorites Apple Dog Farm Jump Neighbor and (well who could resist it) Underwear Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-478-7 middot Price $1495

Speaking of Dogs CardsWhoever said you canrsquot buy happiness forgot about little puppies

Gene Hill American outdoor writer

Please all the dog devotees in your life and aggravate those with a fondness for felines with one of six witty quotations and wacky canine illustrations from the new book Speaking of Dogs With two copies of each card for a total of twelve celebrate the most beloved of household pets with some of historyrsquos most renowned namesFormat Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-602-6 middot Price $1495

On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohnrsquos new book is a sure way to endear yourself to your less fortunate friends Choose from six images all illustrating the Cape during its most cherished season You are sure to have the perfect evocation of the Cape in all its glory Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-570-8 middot Price $1495

Andrea Wisnewski Greeting CardsDelight your philotherian friends across distances with these charming greeting cards featuring animals from the farm and wild Talented artist Andrea Wisnewski presents six bucolic options with two copies of each for a total of twelve color cards and envelopes in one box set Format Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopesISBN 978-1-56792-603-3 middotPrice $1495

N is for Neighbor

From A Farmerrsquos Alphabet by Mary Azarian

David R Godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450 middot Jaffrey NH 03452

wwwgodinecom

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

All knowledge the totality of all questions and all answers is contained in the dog

Franz Kafka

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face you ought to go home and examine your conscience

Woodrow Wilson

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

Childrenrsquos Books middot Recently Published

Double Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 564- 7 sc $1495

Animals Spell Love978- 1- 56792- 586- 9 hc $1595

Trouble in Bugland978- 1- 56792- 070- 3 sc $1495

Littlecom978- 1- 56792- 520- 3 hc $1695

Rocket Boy978- 1- 56792- 587- 6 hc $1795

A Farmerrsquos Alphabet978-0-87923-397-6 sc $1595

The Adventures of Uncle Lubin978-1-56792-173-1 sc $995

Extreme Opposites978- 1- 56792- 503- 6 hc $995

Genius of Common Sense978-1-56792-456-5 sc $1595

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

Adult Books middot Recently Published

The Natural History of Edward Lear978- 1- 56792- 583- 8 hc $4000

The Prelude978- 1- 56792- 571- 5 hc $4000

Small Victories978-1-56792-529-6 hc $4000

Orion on the Dunes978- 1- 56792- 549- 4 hc $2995

The Noblest Roman978- 1- 56792- 582- 1 hc $4500

Suspended Worlds978- 1- 56792- 541- 8 hc $4000

Giambattista Bodoni978-1-56792-528-9 hc $4000

The Hand of the Small- Town Builder978- 1- 56792- 329- 2 hc $4000

On Cape Cod978- 1- 56792- 565- 4 hc $2995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

Recently Published middot Softcover

Herbs and the Earth978-1-56792-188-5 sc $1695

Why We Make Things and Why It Matters978- 1- 56792- 546- 3 sc $1895

I S B N 978-0-87685-893-6

9 7 8 0 8 7 6 8 5 8 9 3 6

5 1 5 9 5

SO LONG S T O R I E S 1 9 8 7 ndash 1 9 9 2

P R A I S E F O R L U C I A B E R L I N

ldquoMs Berlinrsquos stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence She is the real deal Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and mindsrdquo

ndash Dwight Garner The New York Times

ldquoShe writes with a guiding intelligent compassion about family love work in a style that is direct plain clear and non-judgmental with a sense of humor and a gift for the gestures and the words that

reveal character the images that reveal the nature of a placerdquo ndash Lydia Davis New Ohio Review

ldquoBerlinrsquos literary model is Chekhov but there are extra-literary models too including the extended jazz solo with its surges convolutions and asides This is writing of a very high orderrdquo

ndash August Kleinzahler London Review of Books on Where I Live Now

ldquoIn the field of short fiction Lucia Berlin is one of Americarsquos best-kept secrets Thatrsquos it Flat out No mitigating conditionsrdquo

ndash Paul Metcalf Conjunctions

ldquo[These stories] capture and communicate moments of grace and cast a lovely lazy light that lasts Berlin is one of our finest writers and here she is at the height of her powersrdquo

ndash Molly Giles San Francisco Chronicle on So Long

Lucia Berlin was born in Alaska in 1936 She lived in mining camps in Idaho Kentucky Montana Texas Arizona and Chile before studying Spanish literature at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque There she met her first husband a sculptor and had two sons In 1959 Berlin married a jazz pianist and relocated to New York where she published her first stories In 1961 she ran off to Mexico with her future third husband settled in Albuquerque and had two more sons In 1968 after a third divorce Berlin worked on her masterrsquos degree She held many jobs while battling alcoholism including as a counselor teacher and housekeeper She started writing again in the 70s publishing ldquoAngelrsquos Laundromatrdquo in The Atlantic Monthly in 1976 She went on to conquer her alcoholism teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder and publish three collections of stories with Black Sparrow Press In 2001 her health failing she moved to California to be close to her sons She died on her birthday in 2004 in Marina Del Rey

Lucia Berlin

SO LONG STORIES 1987 ndash 1992Lucia Berlin

A Black Sparrow Bookdavid r godine middot Publisher

Post Office Box 450Jaffrey New Hampshire 03452

wwwblacksparrowbookscom

BLACK SPARROW $1595

Berlin_SoLong_10716indd 1 111516 235 PM

So Long978- 0- 87685- 893- 6 sc $1595

On Eagle Pond978- 1- 56792- 560- 9 sc $1695

La Bonne Table978- 0- 87923- 808- 7 sc $1795

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Rhetoric978- 1- 56792- 552- 4 sc $1895

The Superior Personrsquos Complete Book of Words978- 1- 56792- 590- 6 sc $2495

Beasts in My Belfry978- 1- 56792- 584- 5 sc $1695

The Kitchen Book amp The Cook Book978-0-87923-862-9 sc $1795

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

Adult Backlist Favorites

Decline and Fall978-1-56792-377-3 sc $1595

String too Short to be Saved978-1-56792-554-8 sc $1495

Fauna and Family978-1-56792-441-1 sc $1595

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh978-1-56792-407-7 sc $2295

Farnsworthrsquos Classical English Metaphor978- 1- 56792- 548- 7 hc $2795

Life A Userrsquos Manual978- 1- 56792- 373- 5 sc $2295

Missing Person978-1-56792-281-3 sc $1695

Bear978-0-87923-667-0 sc $1395

A Moment of War978-1-56792-516-6 sc $1595

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995

Childrenrsquos Backlist Favorites

Cat What is That978- 1- 56792- 351- 3 sc $995

Ferdinandus Taurus978- 1- 56792- 127- 4 sc $1795

Crime amp Puzzlement978- 0- 87923- 405- 8 sc $895

Lucyrsquos Summer978- 1- 56792- 348- 3 sc $1095

How Tom Beat Captain Najork978- 1- 56792- 322- 3 sc $795

The Lonely Typewriter978- 1- 56792- 518- 0 hc $1695

Rotten Island978- 0- 87923- 526- 0 hc $1795978- 0- 87923- 960- 2 sc $995

Animal Fables from Aesop978- 0- 87923- 913- 8 hc $1795978- 1- 56792- 144- 1 sc $995

Henrietta and the Golden Eggs978-1-56792-288-2 sc $995