Pippa Passes, KY: Mountain Press, Alice Lloyd College, 1965. First Edition. Second collection of poems by the former professor of English and Humanities at Alice Lloyd College. Cohen (1928-2007), in addition to his outspoken personality, was known during his time at ALC to be an outspoken advocate against strip mining..... More

New York: Delacorte, 1976. First Edition. First Printing Octavo (21cm); white cloth covered boards titled in gilt on the spine; brown endpapers; dustjacket; 216pp.; spine ends are pushed; former owner's name on the front free endpaper; faint soil at rear; Very Good+ or better. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $7.95)..... More

Huntington, WV: Appalachian Movement Press, 1972. Reprint. A selection of articles reprinted from Labor Age dating from April to December 1931 depicting harsh living conditions and general union activities of the West Virginia mountaineer miner. Heavily illustrated with photographs and political drawings. Quarto (28cm). Pictorial staplebound wrappers, [20pp], illus. Mild..... More

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1942. First Edition. First Prinitng. Octavo (19.5cm). Green cloth covered boards titled in black on cover and spine; 285pp. Spine ends lightly pushed; mildrubbing with faint evidence of bookplate removal on rear pastedown and endpaper; Very Good, lacking the dustjacket. HUBIN, p.152. [Kentucky Moonshine..... More

Washington DC: United Mine Workers of America [UMWA], 1975. First Edition. Calendar. Oblong quarto. Pictorial, staple-bound wrappers; [12pp]; illus. Near Fine. Calendar pages with notable dates noted, faced with photographs by noted coal-country photojournalist Earl Dotter. More

Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1983. First edition. Posthumously-edited autobiography of the great Kentucky folksinger and activist, with much on his early life as a miner and the coal wars of the twenties and thirties. A scarce title in nice condition; most copies seem to have gone to libraries..... More

[Richmond, VA]: American Folklore Society, 1965. First Edition. Inscribed and signed by Greenway on first leaf: "For Sophie -- in hope of *seducing her into a new field of interest / John Greenway / 15 August 1965 / *And if I had the opportunity of singing some hillbilly songs to..... More

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. First Edition. Appalachian mountain girl is courted then betrayed by a city visitor, and subsequently shunned by her community. An interesting association copy; the recipient, Mary Margaret McBride, known as "The First Lady of Radio" and for pioneering the early days of television..... More

Huntington, WV: Aegina Press, Inc., 1992. First Edition. Collection of poems based on Biblical stories, illustrated throughout by Jacob Landau. Slim octavo (21.5cm); illustrated wrappers; 82, [4]pp; illus. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn, with their bookplate to verso of front wrapper and inscribed to Bernarda on the..... More

Winchester, VA: Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, (1990). First Edition. Octavo. Cloth hardcover, decoratively titled in gilt; xii,239pp. A previous owner has neatly created a pocket for a private library card inside rear cover, else Fine. Autographed by Wilbur Johnston on title page, also by two other unidentified (and illegible) signers..... More

Prince, WV: Unrealist Press, 1977. First Edition. West Virginia poet's scarce second book. His first, "D.C. Images and Other Poems," was highly praised by Donald Hall and was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1975. Laska a seminal figure in the Appalachian literary renaissance of the Seventies, and..... More

Wheeling, WV: West Virginia Printing Co., 1888. Fifth edition. 16mo. Original printed paper wrappers; iv,[5]-108pp. Deaccessioned library copy, with old perforated stamp (Free Public Library, New Haven) to title page; ink accession number to first page of text; professional cloth-tape reinforcements to hinges (internal). Still a very nicely preserved copy..... More

Huntington, WV: Appalachian Movement Press, 1972. Reprint. A selection of articles reprinted from The Labor Defender and Labor Age depicting harsh living conditions and general union activities of the Kentucky mountaineer miner. Heavily illustrated with photographs and political drawings. Quarto (28cm). Pictorial staplebound wrappers, various paginations; illus. Mild toning to..... More