David R. Godine, Inc., is a small publishing house located in Boston, Massachusetts, producing between twenty and thirty titles per year and maintaining an active reprint program. The company is independent (a rarity these days) and its list tends to reflect the individual tastes and interests of its president and founder, David Godine.
At Godine, quality has remained foremost. Their aim is to identify the best work and to produce it in the best way possible. All of their hardcover and softcover books are printed on acid-free paper and many of their hardcovers are still bound in full cloth. The list is deliberately eclectic and features works that many other publishers can’t or won’t support, books that won’t necessarily become bestsellers but that still deserve publication. In a world of spin-offs and commercial “product,” Godine’s list stands apart by offering original fiction and non-fiction of the highest rank, rediscovered masterworks, translations of outstanding world literature, poetry, art, photography, and beautifully designed books for children.
The company was founded in 1970. After receiving degrees at Dartmouth College and Harvard University, David Godine worked for Leonard Baskin, the renowned typographer and printmaker, and Harold McGrath, his master printer. David Godine opened a printing shop the following year in a deserted barn in Brookline, Massachusetts. His first books, printed on his own presses, were nearly all letterpress, limited editions printed on high-quality rag or handmade paper. Many of these early volumes are now collector’s items. Godine has continued to offer masterfully crafted books ever since.
“Godine books are not ‘beautiful’ in the glossy fashion of the coffee-table books that flood the market at Christmastime. They are instead flawlessly produced examples of the arts of printing and bookbinding, exquisitely understated.” —Newsweek
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All Sail Set
by Armstrong Sperry
from David R. Godine
Nautical Fiction
for 4th-8th grade
1936 Newbery Honor Book
in Historical Fiction
(Location: FIC-HIF)
$14.95
$10.00 (2 in stock)
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American Girl's Handy Book
by Lina & Adelia Beard
from David R. Godine
for 4th-9th grade
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Big Six
Swallows and Amazons #9
by Arthur Ransome
from David R. Godine
for 5th-9th grade
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Coot Club
Swallows and Amazons #5
by Arthur Ransome
from David R. Godine
for 5th-9th grade
$14.95
$9.00 (1 in stock)
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Double Trouble in Bugland
by William Kozwinkle
from David R. Godine
for 3rd-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction
(Location: FIC-FAN)
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Ferdinandus Taurus
by Elizabeth Hadas, Munro Leaf
from David R. Godine
for 7th-12th grade
$17.95
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Four Adventures of Richard Hannay
by John Buchan
from David R. Godine
Action Adventure
for 8th-10th grade
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Great Northern?
Swallows and Amazons #12
by Arthur Ransome
from David R. Godine
for 5th-9th grade
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated by Graham Rust
from David R. Godine
for 4th-8th grade
in Realistic Fiction
(Location: FIC-REA)
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Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett, illustrated by Graham Rust
from David R. Godine
Realistic Fiction
for 3rd-8th grade
in Realistic Fiction
(Location: FIC-REA)
$18.95
$13.00 (1 in stock)
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Missee Lee
Swallows and Amazons #10
by Arthur Ransome
A Godine Storyteller
from David R. Godine
for 5th-9th grade
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Mutiny of the Bounty
by Sir John Barrow
1st U.S. ed
from David R. Godine
for 8th-Adult
in Nautical History
(Location: VIN-NAUT)
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Peter Duck
by Arthur Ransome
from David R. Godine
for 5th-9th grade
$9.00 (1 in stock)
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Peter Duck
Swallows and Amazons #3
by Arthur Ransome
from David R. Godine
for 5th-9th grade
$15.95
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Picts & the Martyrs
Swallows and Amazons #11
by Arthur Ransome
from David R. Godine
for 5th-9th grade
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Pigeon Post
Swallows and Amazons #6
by Arthur Ransome, illustrated by Mary Shepard
from David R. Godine
for 5th-9th grade
1936 Carnegie Medal
$15.95
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Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett; illustrated by Graham Rust
from David R. Godine
Realistic Fiction
for 4th-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction
(Location: FIC-REA)
$19.95
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Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett; illustrated by Graham Rust
from David R. Godine
Realistic Fiction
for 4th-9th grade
in Realistic Fiction
(Location: FIC-REA)
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Secret Garden Notebook
from David R. Godine
for 7th-Adult
in Realistic Fiction
(Location: FIC-REA)
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Secret Water
Swallows and Amazons #8
by Arthur Ransome
Revised
from David R. Godine
for 5th-9th grade
$16.95
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Swallowdale
Swallows and Amazons #2
by Arthur Ransome
from David R. Godine
for 5th-8th grade
$15.95
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Swallows & Amazons Collection
by Arthur Ransome
from David R. Godine
for 5th-9th grade
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Swallows and Amazons
by Arthur Ransome
from David R. Godine
Family stories/boating
for 7th-9th grade
$16.95
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Trouble in Bugland
by William Kozwinkle
from David R. Godine
for 3rd-8th grade
in Fantasy Fiction
(Location: FIC-FAN)
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Wagons Westward
by Armstrong Sperry
from David R. Godine
for 6th-10th grade
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We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
Swallows and Amazons #7
by Arthur Ransome
from David R. Godine
for 5th-9th grade
$15.95
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Winter Holiday
Swallows and Amazons #4
by Arthur Ransome
from David R. Godine
for 5th-9th grade
$15.95
$9.00 (2 in stock)
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