Roots to the earth : poems / by Wendell Berry ; wood engravings by Wesley Bates.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berry, Wendell, 1934- author.

Contributor:

Bates, Wesley W.

Zeitz, Gray, binder, printer, designer.

Shane, Leslie, binder, printer, designer.

Whitesel, Carolyn, binder, printer, designer.

Wieck, Roger S., associated name, former owner.

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- associated name, former owner.

Larkspur Press, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Genre:

Poetry.

letterpress printing.

Physical Description:

29 leaves, [8] plates : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Monterey, Kentucky : Larkspur Press, [2014]

Notes:

Poems.

"This book was handset in Cloister Lightface type cast by Theo Rehak at the Dale Guild. The text was printed on a hand-fed C & P and the engravings were printed from the wood by the artist on Vandercook. 100 copies were printed on Somerset Book paper, mouldmade in England by St. Cuthberts Mill and Gampi Torinoko paper handmade by the late Masao Seki in Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan. Design, composition, printing and handbinding by Leslie Shane, Carolyn Whitesel and Gray Zeitz at Larkspur Press."--Colophon.

Local Notes:

Patterned paste paper wrapped boards.

Larkspur Press 121: Presented to the Penn Libraries by Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck in 2018. Edition number 75 of 100. Author's pencil autograph on colophon page.

OCLC:

919464503