Speaking of Dogs: SPEAKING O F D O G S The Best Collection of Canine The BestThe Things Best Collection Ever Said of About Quotables Ever Compiled CanineMan’s Quotables Best Ever Friend Compiled doggedly assembled by James Charlton illustrated by Arnold Roth Who doesn’t 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, edited by James Charlton and illustrated by Arnold Roth artists and authors, there’s something new and memorable in here for everyone. Charlton categorizes quotes into sections to Format: Paperback with Flaps easily locate a minute message to fit your mood or life circum- ISBN: 978-1-56792-588-3 stance. Hungry? Dog food. Lonely? Love and Loyalty. Aging? Size: 5¼ × 7½ inches Old Dogs. Bad day at work? Barking and Biting. Cat scratched pages: 152 your furniture? Dogs Are Better. Despairing? Love a Dog. Witty Price: $19.95 and tender, with hundreds of quotes to choose from, this book publication: March 2017 doggedly compiles all the best words ever written or spoken Rights: World English about man’s best friend, all complemented by Roth’s artwork. And remember what Mark Twain said: Heaven goes by favor; if All knowledge, the totality of it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. 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 James Charlton is the author and editor of more than thirty A house is not a home books, including The Writer’s Quotation Book, Fighting Words, until it has a dog. and How to Speak Baseball with Sally Cook. Jim lives with his Gerald Durrell 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.
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First Snow Second Winter Pair of Kings $50.00 Marking the Moment Marking the Moment | The Art of Allen Blagden Marking the Moment: Introduction by John Wilmerding
“There was a long bench in the living room of our house. And it was full of paper, crayons, watercolors–all the essentials for creating art.” And so begins Allen Blagden’s account photo by Jonathan Doster Jonathan by photo The Art of Allen Blagden of his career, training with his father, an art Born in , A B began for- teacher at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, mally painting in at the Hotchkiss School Connecticut. From his earliest days, art in- in Lakeville, Connecticut, under the tutelage of formed his life, taking him to the National his father, artist Thomas Blagden. He received Serengeti Park in Kenya, to the Smithsonian his from Cornell University in and Institute in Washington, DC, to the South of held his first solo show soon after at the Janet by Allen Blagden France, England, and Ireland, and to his Nessler Gallery in New York City, winning the beloved Adirondacks and Maine. His water- Allied American Artist’s Prize for Best First One Man Show of the Year. He hasn’t ceased colors, renowned for their color, composi- tions, and technique, are held in permanent working since, holding countless group and Allen Blagden has a very strong—yet sensative and personal response to na- Even more than in his last show, Allen Blagden here comes across as a case | solo shows, continuing up until the present day. ture in the great American tradition. The wide compass of his subject matter of multiple identity. He can do portraits. He can do veiled women in Egypt. museum collections across the United States is a testament to his imagination.” W B, painter He can do still life. He can do a sandhill crane, and many another strange The Art of Allen Blagden and by countlesswith private collectors. From de- an Introduction by John Wilmerding J W is currently a Professor bird, and he can do the Metropolitan Museum in a snowstorm. In each ca- tailed pencil drawings that illuminate texture of American Art at Princeton University, a vis- A lone wolf in the snow, a hawk circling above. . . the light reflecting on the pacity, he comes on as a true sold ier of art.” and form , he builds on that foundation to cre- iting curator in the department of American water, these images and the moods of nature are subjects of Allen Blagden’s J R , NYTimes ate memorable, accurate renditions of his sub- strong paintings, in oil, watercolor and drawings. . . His respect for nature Art at the Met, a member of the Board of jects, and his field of vision is encompassing, and people are the result of decades of passion and observation, all inter- Allen Blagden’s great talent and skill across most of the visual media as well Trustees at the Guggenheim Museum in New preted with great technical skill, and his artist’s sensitive eye.” as his deep empathy for his subjects distinguishes his wildlife art. This ranging from portraits of friends, to land- York, and serves on advisory boards for com- E R K empathy results from intimate and first hand encounters with creatures in scapes, to birds “Thereand mammals of all shapes was a long bench in the living room of our house. And mittees for Smithsonian Studies in American nature. Blagden’s sensitivity to his living subjects enables portrayals of and sizes. An intense sensitivity and precision Art and Harvard University Art Museums. Allen Blagden is a most gifted painter of the natural world. I first noted his exceptional beauty, pictorial accuracy and perceptivity.” pervades his work, elevating even the simplest Wilmerding is also the author of many books work in the annual exhibition catalogs of “Birds in Art” and the Society of C M. W objects to an emotional crescendo. Working and catalogues on American Art. Animal Artists, I was particularly drawn to his sensitive, and incredibly Director Emerita, Adirondack Museum within the artistic traditions of Winslow detailed portrayals of birds in their natural environments, made even more Homer an d Andrewit Wyeth, was the timeless clas- full of paper, crayons, watercolors—all the essentials for impressive since the majority of his wo rk is in the difficult medium of I think your (his) new paintings are absolutely outstanding. I don’t know sics contained in this book provide proof that Jacket art by Allen Blagden; watercolor.” D M, President of the how you(he) can create these and make them all, and each one, individually front of jacket; Big Blue at Dawn Society of Animal Artists beautiful.” R W, Kennedy Gallery, NYC the great tradition of American realism con- back of jacket; Evening Shallows tinues triumphant. I have known Allen Blagden for many years, both as a friend and an artist, creating art.” And so begins Allen Blagden’s account of his career, and I have collected a number of his paintings. He renders landscapes and wildlife, especially birds, with intimate detail and emotion. I greatly admire his work” D R, collector
David R. Godine, Publisher ISBN 978-1-56792-593-7 Post Office Box 450 55000 training with his father, an art teacher at the Hotchkiss School Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452 9 781567 925937 www.godine.com Printed in China in Lakeville, Connecticut. From his earliest days, art informed Format: Hardcover his life, taking him to the National Serengeti Park in Kenya, to ISBN: 978-1-56792-593-7 the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, to the South of Size: 10 × 11 inches France, England, and Ireland, and to his beloved Adirondacks pages: 176 and Maine. His watercolors, renowned for their color, composi- Price: $50.00 tions, and technique, are held in permanent museum collections publication: July 2017 across the United States and by countless private collectors. Rights: World 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.
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 Artist’s Prize for Best First One Man Show of the Year. He hasn’t 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.
new in hardcover | 3 Marcello FOIS Bloodlines Bloodlines
Translated by Silvester Mazzarella by Marcello Fois translated by Silvester Mazzarella A 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 creates 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 “Group 13,” that explore the cultural
verbamundi international literature series roots of their various regions. Writing as well for theater, tele- vision, and cinema, in 1992 he was awarded the esteemed Italo Format: Softcover Calvino prize. ISBN: 978-1-56792-585-2 Size: 5½ × 8½ inches pages: 288; Price: $18.95 publication: Spring 2017 The Parable of the Blind Rights: USA Only by Gert Hofmann translated by Christopher Middleton with an afterword by Michael Hofmann “A knocking on the barn door drags us out of our sleep. No, the knocking isn’t inside us, it’s outside, where the other people are.” 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 Bruegel’s grotesque masterpiece-in-the-making. With verbal ingenuity and a black humor worthy of Beckett, Parable follows the tattered sextet’s 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 Format: Softcover Heinrich Böll. The Times [London] ISBN: 978-1-56792-563-0 Size: 5½ × 8½ inches Gert Hofmann (1931–1993), a prolific German writer of both pages: 152; Price: $17.95 novels and radio-plays, won prizes such as the Prix Italia and the publication: Spring 2017 Doblin prize. He is best known for examining the resonances Rights: North America of Nazism in postwar Germany.
4 | Verba Mundi Ernesto SABATO On Heroes and Tombs On Heroes and Tombs
Translated by Helen Lane by Ernesto Sabato translated by Helen Lane Godine 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 Tóibín. He was an important political figure as well as a novelist, exposing the state terrorism of Argentina’s “dirty war,” and writing about everything from metaphysics to tango. On Heroes and Tombs is his masterpiece.
verbamundi international literature series In his obituary in 2011, the New York Times wrote,“In 1972, the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda listed Mr. Sabato among the Format: Softcover Latin American writers who displayed ‘greater vitality and imag- ISBN: 978-1-56792-596-8 ination than anything since the great Russian novels’ of the Size: 5½ × 8½ inches 19th century. On Heroes and Tombs, the story of a young man pages: 480 trying to find his way in life in Buenos Aires, is considered his Price: $20.95 most important work of fiction. But many people also know Mr. publication: July 2017 Sabato for his work in helping Argentina heal when democracy Rights: World English was restored in 1983 after seven years of military dictatorship.” 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 An ambitious, tapestry-type fiction. between perspectives to reveal the lives of those closest to her, Kirkus telling of Martín, her troubled lover; Bruno, a writer who loved her mother; and Fernando, her father—who believes himself Offers by way of fair exchange hunted by a secret, international organization of the blind. a rich motherlode of imagery, Exploring the tumult of Buenos Aires in the 1950s, Heroes language and haunting scenes . . . illuminates its characters against burning churches and corpo- Sabato’s 13-year gestation pro- rate greed. An examination of Argentinian history and culture, duced a frequently brilliant book. it reveals the country at every level, leading its reader into a Salman Rushdie world of passion, philosophy, and paranoia that still persists.
Dr. Sabato took his place among Latin America’s greatest writers, Ernesto Sabato was born in Buenos Aires in 1911 and died and he followed a singular in 2011. He published three novels—The Tunnel, On Heroes and literary path that distinguished Tombs, and Abaddon el Exterminador, which won the French him from the writers of the Latin Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and the Jerusalem Prize—and American “boom” of the 1960s many volumes of essays. In 1985 he won the Miguel de Cervantes and 1970s. Prize (equivalent to the Nobel Prize for literature in Hispanic Washington Post languages) “for four decades of literary endeavor”.
Verba Mundi | 5 And Then And Then by Donald Breckenridge Donald Breckenridge introduction by Douglas Glover We 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 “I 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 read.” Breckenridge takes read- ers on a hypnotically broken journey, chronicling his father’s slow and deliberate death, interweaving the stories of others: a young woman’s hopeful arrival in New York City, a young man’s voyeuristic summer spent housesitting for his professor, and a Format: Softcover soldier who never made it out of Vietnam. What they all have ISBN: 978-1-57423-229-5 in common is a deep preoccupation with the way lives resonate Size: 5½ × 8½ inches and connect, an emotionally honest love story about how we pages: 104 relate to others and ourselves. The work of a mature writer, And Price: $16.95 Then will be treasured by readers who look to literature to find publication: May 2017 solace and meaning in trying times. Rights: World The improvisatory ebb and flow of his sentences conveys a world of occurrences—clusters of detail and fragments of conversation that fade like images in a dream. There’s 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
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.
6 | Black Sparrow The Fifth Wall by Rachel Nagelberg THE FIFTH WALL In this daring debut novel following in the hallowed footsteps of Black Sparrow titans Charles Bukowski and Lucia Berlin, A NOVEL 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 RACHEL NAGELBERG with razor-sharp wit and self-awareness. What Thackeray’s Van- ity Fair did for Victorian society, Nagelberg’s 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-p rovoking Format: Softcover work is for anyone who questions the status quo. ISBN: 978-1-57423-228-8 Size: 5½ × 8½ inches We look into the distance to be able to see what’s right pages: 184 in front of us. She writes without affect, and with Price: $16.95 unselfconscious acuity. That is, she writes really well. publication: May 2017 Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick Rights: World Nagelberg has a true gift, able to write gorgeously on the line level with unctuous images. And simultaneously, there’s 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 Editor’s Choice pick
The Fifth Wall crackles with brains and sex. It’s 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
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 3:AM.
Black Sparrow | 7 Fair Sun by Susan Barba The 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 “Andranik.” In these poems, a child is speaking with her grandfather who relates, in answer to her questioning (she knows what to ask, Format: Softcover his answers are as familiar to her as nursery rhymes), the details ISBN: 978-1-56792-601-9 of his survival during the Armenian Genocide: his escape, the Size: 6 × 9 inches murder of his father, the suicide of his sister, the death of his pages: 88 best friend, forced marches, enslavement – all punctuated by Price: $17.95 memories of an earlier boyhood spent chasing ducks, swimming publication: Late March 2017 in the river, sleeping on mats under the stars. The final section Rights: World 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. Inverted Pendulum Inclined Susan Barba has perfected her poet’s gift for thinking in as we are images, moving with efficient grace. to dwell Robert Pinsky as in to be led astray Susan Barba creates an eerie mix of delicacy and terror. to tarry to delay Her poems are chalices. or even to inhabit Rosanna Warren heavy feeling unevenly Susan Barba’s poems have appeared in Poetry, The Yale without occasion Review, The Hudson Review, The Antioch Review, Harvard some days Review, and Poetry Daily. She has published book reviews a walk in Boston Review and translations from Armenian in Words up hill Without Borders and Ararat. She participated in Consenses, a a leaning to– multi-genre, interactive art installation which opened in West ward will set us Tisbury, Massachusetts and is now touring the country. She straight. recently received a MacDowell Colony Fellowship in poetry.
8 | New Poetry Wesley McNair In this volume inspired by the impending death of his mother, Wesley McNair The Unfastening$17.95 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 by Wesley McNair and events with the small, telling details for which McNair The Unfastening is noted, yet they also include large themes: hope, delusion, In this unique contribution to contemporary family struggles, and lost selves. But the most important poetry,In Wesley this, McNair introduces Wesley us to the McNair’s tenth collection of poetry, readers will Sykeses of the Ozarks. We discover, among Called by poet Philip Levine “one of the great theme of all is reconciliation, as McNair attempts through others, a veteran of six tours of duty who comes storytellers of contemporary poetry,” Wesley these poems to know and understand his mother. Combining unraveledfind at a Chamber not of Commerce only lun- the work of a mature poet, but a particular and McNair is the author of twenty books, includ- humor, sorrow, and his singular gift for narrative, this is cheon, two newlyweds who pin their dreams ing Lovers of the Lost: New and Selected McNair’s most ambitious and moving collection, showing yet for the future on a long-haul semi, and Ruth, Poems, and The Words I Chose: A Memoir of again why Philip Levine has called him “one of the great confusedpersonal in her aging mind – invision one poem of life. Combining sorrow, humor, and joy, the
Family and Poetry. He has twice been invited THE UNFASTENING abducted by aliens, in another returning to by the Library of Congress to read his poetry and story tellers of contemporary poetry.” her past to discover that she is a lost child. has received prizes from Poetry and Poetry volume asks the difficult question: when faced with conflict and Here are the stories of relatives, fundamental- Northwest magazines, the Sarah Josepha Hale By the faculty of his attention – to people, to their talk – McNair's ists, gun enthusiasts and soldiers, told in long Medal, Guggenheim and Rockefeller Fellowships, compassion turns itself into art. sentencesstruggle, that unfold like talk ashow they reveal do you fasten yourself back down again? Begin- and two grants in poetry from the National Donald Hall, The Harvard Review the interior life of a homeplace that McNair Endowment for the Arts. In 2006 he was selected explores in order to understand and remem- for a United States Artist Fellowship. He is the ning with poems of grief and loss, the book moves to the losses [He is] a master craftsman with a remarkable ear. ber his mother. Savoring these linked poems Poet Laureate of Maine. Maxine Kumin, Ploughshares one by one, readers will find implications aboutof today’s others: America, and about humansa Japanese in war bride whose husband’s death leaves cover illustration by robert brinkerhoff general, wherever they may live. cover design by carl w. scarbrough He has produced one of the most individual and original bodies of work by a poet of his generation. her with two young children far from home; a survivalist who Ruminator Review talks to deer after his wife of 40 years has moved out on him; The Unfastening an old and failed painter who ropes himself to his windswept
David R. Godine · Publisher GODINE Post Office Box45 0 roof to view the beauty of coastal islands. The pursuit of beauty, Jaffrey, New Hampshire0345 2 poems www.godine.com the blessings of nature, the love of a mate, and connections we make with others in the course of everyday life, these are the Format: Softcover with flaps reigning consolations holding fast in in the midst of unfastening. ISBN: 978-1-56792-599-9 Size: 5½ × 8½ inches from Hymn pages: 80 There was no stopping the old, male persimmon tree. Price: $17.95 After my uncle released it from its staked publication: July 2017 cord, it stood on his far lawn for a month Rights: World as if coming to its decision to lie back down on the ground again. All winter he left it for dead, but when I returned to the Ozarks in the springtime, it lay there in an island of unmowed grass blooming beside its mate, and this May, when I separate their branches to look in, I find new shoots and flowers.
. . . he strikes me as one Often referred to as “a poet of place,” Wesley McNair of the great storytellers of captures the ordinary lives of northern New Englanders while contemporary poetry. writing about family conflict and other autobiographical sub- Philip Levine, jects. His poems often explore American dreams interwoven Ploughshares with family drama and public culture. A New Hampshire native who has lived for many years in Mercer, Maine, McNair . . . he has produced one of has authored nineteen books, nine of which are collections of the most individual and poetry, including The Faces of Americans in 1853 (1983), The original bodies of work in his Town of No (1989), and Lovers of the Lost: New and Selected generation. Poems (2010). His most recent book are The Lost Child: Ozark Thomas R. Smith, Poems (2014) and The Words I Chose: A Memoir of Family and Ruminator Review Poetry (2012).
New Poetry | 9 Alice: A Survey of Her Calligraphy compiled with an introduction by Jerry Kelly foreword by Donald Jackson A SURVEY OF THE CA LLIGRAPHY OF ALI CE New Yorkers who walked along Madison Avenue in the ’60s, COMPILED & WITH AN INTRODUCTION ’70s, and ’80s would recognize her masterful posters for the BY JERRY KELLY FOREWORD BY DONALD JACKSON Morgan Library. Scribes in the U.S. 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-
THE KELLY WINTERTON PRESS ples of her works have been published in book form, a vast NEW YORK · 2016 majority remaining unseen and unknown. Over a career spanning more than sixty years, Alice’s artistry exemplifies taste, technique, wit, and her own unique graphic AliceMockCover.indd 1 10/18/16 1:37 PM Format: Hardcover style. A keen understanding of craft, respect for tools, and inter- ISBN: 978-1-56792-600-2 est in historical forms have contributed to her command of Size: 8⅛ × 11½ inches calligraphy. Whether using Coit and Automatic pens or the pages: 144 smallest of Speedball nibs, this versatility has enabled her to Price: $50.00 tackle all manner of calligraphic design problems. publication: February 2017 From Alice’s own personal archives, this book contains not only Rights: World 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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Although he does not deal that they might be encountered only once in angling books, he has published several Every activity generates its own literature, but few have gen- in a lifetime) and arranged them in several collectors’ items, all on the subject of salm- chapters by country. All titles are illustrated. on fishing. The thrill of the chase, whether What makes the book a real pleasure is the encountered in book dealing, book collect- knowledgeerated he brings to bear – asnot only asmuch a enthusiasm—some of it incredibly esoteric, ing, or salmon fishing, is what keeps him bookman, but also as a reader and a fisher- engaged. man. 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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. 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 collectors’ items, all on the subject of salmon Songs of the Edinburgh fishing. The thrill of the chase, whether in book dealing, book Angling Club collecting, or salmon fishing, keeps him engaged.
New in Hardcover | 11 Riptide by Frances Ward Weller illustrated by Robert J. Blake Riptide 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 discouraged—even in summer when he is forbidden to follow Format: Softcover his instincts and race miles along the coast. “No Dogs on Nauset ISBN: 978-1-56792-597-5 Beach!” the sign reads, and the guards protest, calling for his Size: 10 × 9¼ inches (landscape) young owner Zach to come retrieve him daily. Yet Rip will not pages: 32 be deterred, and after one summer storm, it is lucky that he is Price: $10.95 not. Rip is desperately needed for a rescue, and is forever after publication: May 2017 known as the nineteenth guard on the beach. Based on a real Rights: USA Only heroic dog, Frances Weller creates a legend in Riptide, weaving this canine’s tale with Robert Blake’s 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.
Weller’s poetic text, intensified by Blake’s 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
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.
12 | New for Children The Screaming Chef The Screaming Chef written by Peter Ackerman illustrated by Max Dalton Comfort food indeed! Eating outrageously fine cuisine is the sole activity that stops this young lad from screaming incessantly. A picture book written by Illustrated by Peter Ackerman Max Dalton But one fateful night, when his parents accidentally burn dinner, the boy’s temper flares, and he begins to yell. Tired of all the Format: Hardcover noise, Mom and Dad relinquish all cooking responsibilities, ISBN: 978-1-56792-598-2 leaving it all up to him. Et voilà! The boy so enjoys cooking that Size: 10 × 8 inches (landscape) he sings instead of screams, and finds that he is so talented that pages: 32 his parents open a restaurant with the boy as head chef. But life Price: $17.95 in the kitchen of an acclaimed and busy restaurant is not easy. publication: May 2017 When the boy begins to make mistakes, will his penchant for Rights: World earsplitting noise ruin everything?
Praise for The Lonely Phone Booth This 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 children’s 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 you’re singing.
New for Children | 13 Yankee Doodle Alphabet written and illustrated by Wendell Minor In 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, Minor’s bright illustrations and expressive prose introduce readers to the rich history behind the colonies and Format: Softcover the Revolutionary War. Opening with “Acts,” Minor introduces ISBN: 978-1-56792-569-2 · sc the British tax that incited unrest amongst American patriots. Size: 9½ × 11 inches Closing with “Zane,” readers learn about the daughter of Patriot pages: 48 Colonel Zane, Elizabeth, who saves the day by fetching more Price: $10.95 gunpowder for troops at Fort Henry. In between, Paul Revere, publication: June 2017 Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant, the Boston Tea Party, the Liberty Rights: World 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 Minor’s fine color works.
A riveting visual introduction to the Revolutionary War. School Library Journal
Praise for Heartland, an ALA Booklist Children’s Editors’ Choice Strong, 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 children’s books, his illustra- tions have enhanced over 2000 titles, including the covers of David McCullough’s Truman, John Adams, 1776, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
14 | New for Children FARM FOLK
Wisnewski Little Old For Mama Louise Little Old Farm Folk written and illustrated by Andrea Wisnewski Little Old Farm Folk
First published in 2017 by David R. Godine, Publisher Post Office Box 450 Little Old Farm Folk, Godine’s first-ever board book, fondly Jaffrey, New Hampshire 03452 www.godine.com Text and illustrations copyright © 2017 by Andrea Wisnewski evokes memories of Old MacDonald and his farm. In sweet All rights reserved. isbn: 978-1-56792-594-4 | lccn: 2016050112 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016050112 rhyme, we are taken through the daily tasks of running the farm: First edition, 2017 Printed in China milking, egg collecting, laundry, woodcutting, and more. The little old man, the little old lady, their cat, their dog, and other Godine price: $7.95 y W b ISBN 978-1-56792-594-4 r itten ted familiar livestock are depicted in Andrea Wisnewski’s charm- 50795 & Illu tra 9 781567 925944 Printed in China Andrea Wisnewski ing paper-cut print style. Each quaint vignette contains artistic LittleOldFarmFolkCover_white.indd 1 1/25/17 11:23 AM details that will enthrall children, while the text begs to be read Format: Board Book aloud, time and time again. An original in the time-honored ISBN: 978-1-56792-594-4 tradition of children’s books on farm life, Little Old Farm Folk Size: 6 × 6 inches is an endearing little primer on a more rustic way of living. pages: 34 Price: $7.95 publication: May 2017 Rights: World
A little ol’ lady flips two eggs from a pan, Praise for as the toast pops up for her little ol’ man. Little Red Riding Hood: And after breakfast… A handsomely illustrated version of a folktale favorite. Wisnewski’s 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 shelves. School Library Journal
Praise for A Cottage Garden Alphabet: A must for green thumbs of all ages. Andrea Wisnewski is the creator of A Cottage Garden Alpha- Publishers Weekly bet and Little Red Riding Hood, as well as a regular contributor to Cricket and other children’s magazines. She and her husband live in Connecticut where they operate Running Rabbit Press, which specializes in illustration, printing, and design.
New for Children | 15 The American Girls Handy Book by Lina & Adelia Beard A magical collection of activities – some sedately ladylike, others quite ambitious – from projects to games to presents, complete with instructions on how to make them, by two feisty propo- nents of girl scouting in the U.S. Format: Softcover · Isbn: 978-0-87923-666-3 · age: 10 & up pages: 496 with line drawings · price: $12.95 The American Boy’s Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard First 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 seductive. Format: Softcover · Isbn: 978-0-87923-449-2 · age: 10 & up pages: 472 with line drawings · price: $12.95 The Field & Forest Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard A year’s 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 kids. Format: Softcover · Isbn: 978-1-56792-165-6 · age: 10 & up pages: 448 with line drawings · price: $14.95 The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter Beard In this classic, probably Dan Beard’s 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 axe. Format: Softcover · Isbn: 978-1-56792-352-0 · price: $12.95 Hardcover · Isbn: 978-1-56792-357-5 · price: $19.95 age: 10 & up · pages: 288 with line drawings
16 | handy books for kids Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome now a major motion picture For 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-b odied catboat Swallow, and the two intrepid “Amazons,” the plucky Nancy and Peggy Blackett. Swallowdale brings more adventures—a shipwreck, a secret case, and a thrilling mountain hike. In We Didn’t 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- Format: Softcover ing career as a classicist to lead a band of bandits. Adventures ISBN: 978-1-56792-420-6 abound! Parents disappear! Children prevail! This is real writ- Size: 5½ × 8 inches ing, by a real writer—making Swallows and Amazons the most ages: 10 & up beloved and successful series of books we have ever published. pages: 352 with line drawings Price: $14.95
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Classics for kids | 17 Mary Azarian Greeting Cards People still appreciate a good-looking greeting card on which to write personal messages. Here is a selection of images from A Farmer’s Alphabet, sure to delight your loved-ones. Twelve cards,
N is for Neighbor containing six images per box, printed in two colors, selected From A Farmer’s Alphabet by Mary Azarian from among our favorites: Apple, Dog, Farm, Jump, Neighbor, and (well, who could resist it?) Underwear. Format: Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopes ISBN: 978-1-56792-478-7 · Price: $14.95
David R. Godine · Publisher Post Office Box 450 · Jaffrey, NH 03452 www.godine.com On Cape Cod Greeting Cards Sending a little piece of summer to your loved ones with these full-color greeting cards taken from Don Krohn’s 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 envelopes ISBN: 978-1-56792-570-8 · Price: $14.95
Andrea Wisnewski Greeting Cards Delight 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 envelopes ISBN: 978-1-56792-603-3 ·Price: $14.95
Speaking of Dogs Cards Whoever said you can’t 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 history’s most renowned names. Format: Twelve cards in a box with matching envelopes ISBN: 978-1-56792-602-6 · Price: $14.95
All knowledge,All knowledge, the totalitythe totality of all of questions all questions and and 18 | Greeting Cards all answersall answers is contained is contained in the in dog.the dog. FranzFranz K afka K afka 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 Children’s Books · Recently Published
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PRAISE FOR LUCIA BERLIN Lucia Berlin “Ms. Berlin’s stories make you marvel at the contingencies of our existence. She is the real deal. Her stories swoop low over towns and moods and minds.” – Dwight Garner, The New York Times SO LONG STORIES: 1987 – 1992 “She 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 place.” – Lydia Davis, New Ohio Review “Berlin’s 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 order.”
– August Kleinzahler, London Review of Books on Where I Live Now SO LONG STORIES: 1987 “In the field of short fiction, Lucia Berlin is one of America’s best-kept secrets. That’s it. Flat out. No mitigating conditions.” – Paul Metcalf, Conjunctions “[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 powers.” – 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 master’s degree. She held many jobs while battling alcoholism, including as a counselor, teacher, and 1992 housekeeper. She started writing again in the 70s, publishing “Angel’s Laundromat” 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.
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