All offerings are printed from hand-set metal types on archival quality papers, with original woodcuts from cherry & maple blocks, in numbered, limited editions run through muscle-powered equipment, including a 1920's Victor 6 x 9 press,
a 1904 Chandler & Price 8 x 12 press, and
an 1894 Chandler & Price 10 x 15 press.

Broadsides are uniformly 8 1/2" x 11",
pamphlets are 4 1/4" x 5 1/2", and
all books in the series are 5 1/2" x 7".

 All prices include shipping & handling.
Washington State residents need to add 8.8% sales tax 
 

 

Wood Works
4131 Greenwood North
Seattle WA 98103
206-633-5647
www.woodworkspress.com

 

 





CHAPBOOKS:


THE HOLE IN SLEEP

      Poems by Corey Mesler
      An excursion through the haunts, obsessions and regrets that rob us of our rest.


      32 pages, softbound (No. 76 / 2006)

      ISBN: 1-890654-43-4   $11.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-44-2   $36.00 postpaid

       

TAKEN WITH

      Poem by J. W. Marshall
      The loving but relentless record of an
      inevitable decline and loss.


      40 pages, softbound (No. 71 / 2005)

      ISBN: 1-890654-41-8   $12.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-42-6   $34.00 postpaid

       

ELEMENTARY

      Poems by William H. Matchett
      Suite of four poems based on the Greek elements that are the basis of all life

      28 pages, softbound (No. 68 / 2005)

      ISBN: 1-890654-39-6   $11.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-40-X   $32.00 postpaid
                                                        [SOLD OUT]


TRAVELING INCOGNITO

      Poems by Clemens Starck
      22 poems: one man's personal journey in search of his art

      36 pages, softbound (No. 62 / 2003)

      ISBN: 1-890654-37-X   $11.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-38-8   $32.00 postpaid
                                                        [SOLD OUT]


TRUE LOVE

      Poems by Belle Randall

      32 pages, softbound (No. 60 / 2003)

      ISBN: 1-890654-35-3   $11.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-36-1   $30.00 postpaid

       

A LEG TO STAND ON

      Poems by Christopher T. Hunter
      A forthright exploration of the heart and mind through an isolated life

      44 pages, softbound (No. 56 / 2003)

      ISBN: 1-890654-33-7   $12.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-34-5   $30.00 postpaid

       

ROSEHIP PLUM CHERRY

      Poems by Michael Daley

      32 pages, softbound (No. 53 / 2001)

      ISBN: 1-890654-31-0  $11.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30
      copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-32-9     $36.00 postpaid

       

INCIDENT AT THOMPSON SLOUGH

      A Poem by David Lee
      A poem in 12 parts where the best intentions unravel

      28 pages, softbound (No. 51 / 2001)

      ISBN: 1-890654-29-9  $11.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-30-2   $30.00 postpaid
                                                        [SOLD OUT]

       

TO BE SELF EVIDENT

      Poems by Tom Parson
      Sonnets after the American revolution

      80 pages, softbound (No. 42 / 2001)

      ISBN: 1-890654-27-2   $18.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-28-0     $45.00 postpaid

       

IN THE COMING OF THE WORLD

      Poems by Amy Bonomi

      36 pages, softbound (No. 41 / 2001)

      ISBN: 1-890654-25-6   $11.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-26-4     $30.00 postpaid

 

BLUE MOUTH

      Poems by J. W. Marshall

      36 pages, softbound (No. 39 / 2001)

      ISBN: 1-890654-23-X   $11.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-24-8     $30.00 postpaid

 

NAKED WOMAN

      Poems by Juan Ramon Jimenez
      Translated by Dennis Maloney

      40 pages, softbound (No. 32 / 2000)

      ISBN: 1-890654-20-5   $16.00 postpaid

      Trade hardbound edition

      ISBN: 1-890654-21-3   $26.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-22-1     $36.00 postpaid
                                                        [SOLD OUT]

 

CLOWN CAR

      Poems by Paul Hunter

      36 pages, softbound (No. 31 / 2000)

      ISBN: 1-890654-18-3  $10.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-19-1   $30.00 postpaid
                                                        [SOLD OUT]

 

EGGS AND MIRRORS

      Poems by John Olsen

      28 pages, softbound (No. 28 / 1999)

      ISBN: 1-890654-16-7   $10.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-17-5     $30.00 postpaid

 

DEATH VALLEY CROSSING

      A poem from the work of
      William Lewis Manly
      edited by Paul Hunter
      A fresh look at a classic story of hardship and endurance

      72 pages, softbound (No. 24 / 1998)

      ISBN: 1-890654-14-0     $20.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-15-9     $40 postpaid

 

BLUEBERRY PIE

      A poem by James Snydal
      Exploring the world of a masterpiece in creation

      20 pages, softbound (No. 23 / 1998)

      ISBN: 1-890654-12-4     $9.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-13-2     $30 postpaid

 

DROP DEAD BEAUTIFUL

      Poems by Belle Randall
      Noir poems of survival and loss

      32 pages, softbound (No. 22 / 1998)

      ISBN: 1-890654-05-1     $9.50 postpaid
                                                         [SOLD OUT]

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-09-4     $36 postpaid
                                                       

 

LAY OF THE LAND

      Poems by Paul Hunter
      Valuing the world of the American farmer

      32 pages, softbound (No. 20 / 1997)

      ISBN: 1-890654-05-1     $9.50 postpaid
                                                        [SOLD OUT]

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-09-4     $26.50 postpaid
                                                
            [SOLD OUT ]


THE FISH

      A poem by David Lee
      The story of an elemental marital struggle & its costs

      24 pages, softbound (No. 19 / 1997)

      ISBN: 1-890654-04-3     $9.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-08-6     $25.00 postpaid
                                                         [
      SOLD OUT]


LIN HE-JING'S ART OF POETRY

      Translations by Paul Hansen
      Chinese translations, with notes and introduction

      28 pages, softbound (No. 18 / 1997)

      ISBN: 1-890654-03-5     $9.50 postpaid
                                                         [ SOLD OUT]

      Deluxe hardbound signed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-07-8     $26.50 postpaid
                                                         [ SOLD OUT]


DEATH OF THE CABARET HEGEL

      Poems by Mark Svenvold
      A memorial to an experimental venue & its denizens

      24 pages, softbound (No. 16 / 1997)
      sewn in Fabriano wrappers (edition:310)

      ISBN: 1-890654-02-7     $9.00 postpaid

      Deluxe hardbound sighed edition limited to 30 copies

      ISBN: 1-890654-06-X     $25.00 postpaid


GAUZE, VIOLINS, ETC.

      Poems by Charlie Burks

      28 pages ,softbound (No. 10 / 1996)

      ISBN: 1-890654-01-9     $7.50 postpaid


WHIRLED /
a performance quartet

      Poems by Marion Kimes

      16 pages, softbound (No. 8 / 1996)

      ISBN: 1-890654-00-0     $6.50 postpaid

 




Gauze, Violins, Etc.

BROADSIDES:


Numbered, limited editions, 8 ½ x 11, on archival papers, with multiple color press work, & woodcut illustrations.


"STORM AT WEST BEACH"
    Kurt Beattie
    (No. 79 / signed edition: 220)                $15.00
"A SELECTION PROCESS"
    Charlie Smith
    (No. 78 / signed edition: 148)                $15.00
"IN THE HOTEL GARDEN"
    Beth Bentley
    (No. 77 / edition: 150)                            $10.00
"SONG IN THE OFF SEASON"
    Rafael Campo
    (No. 75 / signed edition: 202)                 $15.00
"BEFORE SHE DECIDES"
    Kelly Madigan Erlandson
    (No. 74 / signed edition: 215)                 $15.00
"FJORD AFTERNOON"
    William H. Matchett
    (No. 72 / signed edition: 148)                 $15.00
"A LITTLE MEDITATION ON MACHINES"
    Clemens Starck
    (No. 65 / signed edition: 186)                 $15.00
"APPROACHING WHAT COMES"
    Tom Parson
    (No. 70 / signed edition: 155)                 $15.00
"NAVIGATING THE LIGHT"
    Judith Roche
    (No. 69 / signed edition: 120)                 $15.00
"OVER TROUBLED WATERS"
    selected fragments of Heraclitus
    (No. 66 / edition: 150)                            $10.00
TWO POEMS IN CELEBRATION
OF OPEN BOOKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY
    "PATERNITY TEST" by Sherman Alexie
    "EBBETS FIELD" by Dick Lourie

    (No. 64 / edition: 310)                            $10.00
"STRAIGHT TO WORK"
    Paul Hunter
    (No. 63 / signed edition: 210)                 $15.00
"WHEN THE COWS GET IN THE GARDEN"
    Robin Schultz
    (No. 61 / signed edition: 150)                 $15.00
"KALI BUSHTIT"
    Michael Daley
    (No. 59 / signed edition: 150)                 $15.00
"DOGTOOTHED VIOLETS"
    Gary Gildner
    (No. 58 / signed edition: 150)                 $15.00
"ANTINIGHTMARE"
    William H. Matchett
    (No. 57 / signed edition: 202)                 $15.00
"TOUCH ME"
    Stanley Kunitz
    (No. 55 / signed edition: 190)                 $15.00
"RUSSIAN LETTER"
    John Yau
    (No. 54 / signed edition: 145)                 $15.00
"RUMINATION"
    Dabney Stuart
    (No. 52 / signed edition: 150)                 $15.00
"NEARINGS"
    Ed Pavlic
    (No. 50 / signed edition: 140)                 $15.00
"COURTSHIP"
    Annie Finch
    (No .49 / signed edition: 150)                 $15.00
"THE WRECK"
    Campbell McGrath
    (No. 48 / signed edition: 160)                 $15.00
"BRUNO'S NIGHT"
    Joshua Weiner
    (No .47 / signed edition: 137)                 $15.00
"IN THE CANYON"
    William Meredith
    (No. 46 / signed edition: 150)                 $15.00
"THE GIFT"
    Carolyn Kizer
    (No. 45 / signed edition: 145)                 $15.00
"from TREMORS"
    Richard Katrovas
    (No. 44 / signed edition: 152)                 $15.00
"THE ANATOMY OF MUSHROOMS"
    Sherman Alexie
    (No. 43 / signed edition: 197)                 $15.00
"SPRING ABOUT TO HAPPEN
    Lawrence Ferlinghetti
    (No. 40 / signed edition: 200)                 $15.00
"WHAT THE WORN RHYMES SAID"
    Marie Ponsot
    (No. 38 / signed edition: 150)                 $15.00
"WHAT THE BODY TOLD"
    Rafael Campo
    (No. 37 / signed edition: 150)                 $15.00
"DEW AT THE EDGE OF A LEAF"
    Marvin Bell
    (No. 36 / signed edition: 160)                 $15.00
"PAUSE: YOURS: OURS"
    Simon J. Ortiz
    (No. 35 / signed edition: 150)                 $15.00
"NONPAREIL"
    Susan Anderson
    (No. 34 / signed edition: 132)                  $15.00
"THOUGHT THRUSTS UP,"
    Marilyn Hacker
    (No. 32 / signed edition: 130)                  $15.00
"THIS ROOM"
    John Ashbery
    (No. 30 / signed edition: 162)                 $15.00
"LEGEND OF THE PAPER PLATES"
    John Haines
    (No. 27 / edition: 165)                             $10.00
INVERSNAID
    Gerard Manley Hopkins
    (No. 26 / edition: 90)                               $10.00
"JUNE"
    Thom Gunn
    (No. 25 / signed edition: 125)                $15.00
"THE NIGHTSHIFT NURSE..."
    J. W. Marshall
    (No. 21 / signed edition: 130)                $15.00
SPEAKING PRACTICALLY
    Trudy Mercer
    (No. 17 / edition: 105)                            $10.00
ADVICE TO KING EDWIN
    Old English poem from Venerable Bede's
    Ecclesiastical History of the English People
    translation by Paul Hunter
    (No. 15 / edition: 120)                           $10.00
GRUBS
    Samuel Green
    (No. 14 / signed edition: 110)                $15.00
YOU'RE WALKING TO WORK IN THE RAIN
    Steve Potter
    (No. 13 / signed edition: 110)               $15.00
AT EACH DEPARTURE
    Esquimo poem
    arranged by Paul Hunter
    (No. 12 / signed edition: 110)                $15.00
PSALM
    Samuel Green
    (No. 9 / signed edition: 103)
                     $15.00
AUBADE
    Bob Snyder
    (No. 7 / edition: 192)                            $10.00
A CHICKEN IN EVERY POT
    Tom Parson
    (No. 6 / signed edition: 100)                $15.00
BALD AS AN EAGLE
    William H. Matchett
    (No .3 / edition: 90)                             $10.00
MIDWAY RENDEZVOUS
    Paul Hunter
    (No .4 / signed edition: 100)                                                     SOLD OUT
ODE TO SADNESS
    Pablo Neruda
    translated by Paul Hunter
    (No. 2 /  translator signed: 100)         SOLD OUT



 

PAMPHLETS:


ON THE RISE

      A poem by Paul Hunter

      8 pages, handsewn, 4 3/8 x 5 ¾
      with woodcut illustration (No. 80 / signed edition: 320)
      $6.00 

ENTRANCE

      A poem by Paul Hunter

      8 pages, handsewn, 4 3/8 x 5 ¾
      with woodcut illustration (No. 73 / signed edition: 316)
      $6.00 

THE OTHER END OF LOVE

      A poem by Paul Hunter

      8 pages, handsewn, 4 3/8 x 5 ¾
      with woodcut illustration (edition: 312)
      $6.00 

DEEP APOLOGIES

      A poem by Paul Hunter

      12 pages, handsewn, 4 3/8 x 5 ¾
      with woodcut illustration (edition: 310)
      $6.00 

OPEN SEASON

      A poem by Paul Hunter

      6 pages, handsewn, 4 3/8 x 5 ¾
      with woodcut illustration (edition: 300)
      $6.00 

MATTERS OF TIMING

      A poem in four parts, by Paul Hunter

      8 pages, handsewn, 4 3/8 x 5 ¾
      with three woodcuts (edition: 250)
                                                         SOLD OUT

ODE TO THE BLACKBERRY

      A poem by Paul Hunter

      8 pages, handsewn, 4 3/8 x 5 ¾
      with woodcut illustration (edition: 200)
                                                        SOLD OUT 

       



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SUBSCRIPTIONS:

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Thanks for those who supported the press.
 






Ode to the Blackberry



SUBMISSIONS:



Wood Works welcomes submissions. At the risk of appearing retro, I prefer to hold hard copy in the hand when making hard decisions. Be sure to include a Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope if you wish a response, and appropriate postage if you wish your manuscript returned. Comments about the press's intentions, desires and prejudices might be useful for the writer's task, so I have written a couple of short essays on the separate GUIDELINES page below. There is also a note about the payment agreement I make with authors. Give it a look.


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES