HALL, Donald

The Purpose of a Chair [One of 26 Signed Copies]

Waldron Island [Washington]: Brooding Heron Press, 2000. Limited Edition. Hardcover in Full Cloth. First thus. 8vo. Unpaginated. Binding is a copper-brown linen that covers the rear board, spine and a third of the front board. The balance of the front board is paper-covered with lettering stamped in black. Printed label on spine. Of 26 lettered copies signed by Hall, the printer and binder, this is hand-lettered copy X. Hall has signed the title page, whereas the Greens have signed the colophon. Fine. Item #5120

Since 1984 Sam and Sally Green have operated Brooding Heron Press on Waldron Island, which might be the northernmost of the San Juan Island archipelago in Washington State. Among the luminaries they've published are Donald Hall, Tim McNulty, Ted Kooser, Robert Sund, and Jane Hirshfield. In addition to operating the press, both Greens are poets; Sam Green served as Washington State's first Poet Laureate.

Price: $375.00