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4to. One of 75 copies signed by the author and artist. A beautiful, and appropriate presentation, of the author's eloquent essay on childhood, man, and nature, written in 1981. The book was printed in the spring of 1992 by Sandy Tilcock (Lone Goose Press), with assistance from Kathleen Wigley. Both the text, handset in Perpetua, and the relief images were printed on a Vandercook 219 proofing press. The text and cover papers were made by Margaret Prentice from the plant fiber abaca with patterns created in the paper's body by colored pulp. Housed in the original publisher's cloth clamshell box (with spine label).

CHILDREN IN THE WOODS. With Relief Prints By Margaret Prentice.
Lopez, Barry
Eugene: Lone Goose Press, (1992). 4to. One of 75 copies signed by the author and artist. A beautiful, and appropriate presentation, of the author's eloquent.. more
Price: $500.00

Small 8vo. Rare hardcover edition, being one of only 506 copies. This copy is inscribed by Tennessee Williams on the front endpaper: " Hard Cover! / What Radical Chic! / Tennessee Williams / Key West, 1971." 114pp. With four photographic plates inserted throughout. When this play first premiered in New York in 1945, actor Montgomery Clift played the role of Hadrian (directed by Gurthrie McClintic)

YOU TOUCHED ME! A Romantic Comedy In Three Acts. Suggested by a Short Story of the Same Name by D. H. Lawrence.
Williams, Tennessee and Donald Windham
New York: Samuel French, (1947). Small 8vo. Rare hardcover edition, being one of only 506 copies. This copy is inscribed by Tennessee Williams on the.. more
Price: $2,000.00

This copy is inscribed to Edward Hyde Cox (1914-1998) who served as the President of the Cape Ann Historical Association (MA): "For Hyde Cox, the Canary / of Crow Island / Wallace Stegner." This book, while written from the perspective of the Mormon immigration, is more than a recounting of history. Rather, it is a glimpse into the culture, mindset, and mantra of the many different people and parties that tamed what is now Utah, northern Arizona and New Mexico, western Colorado, southern Idaho and Wyoming, and eastern Nevada.

MORMON COUNTRY. Part of the American Folkways Series
Stegner, Wallace
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, (1942). This copy is inscribed to Edward Hyde Cox (1914-1998) who served as the President of the Cape Ann Historical Association.. more
Price: $850.00

Author's first book (preceded only by a few scholarly offprints). 8vo. Winner of the National Book Award. Laid into this copy is a postcard addressed to a woman in Indiana (cancel 1988) in the author's hand, on the message side Percy writes: "This morning I got a note from my aunt asking me to come for lunch. / The Moviegoer / Walker Percy." The opening sentence of this prize winner.

THE MOVIEGOER.
Percy, Walker
New York: Knopf, 1961. Author's first book (preceded only by a few scholarly offprints). 8vo. Winner of the National Book Award. Laid into this.. more
Price: $3,000.00

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