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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Limited Edition. Inscribed By Author To Former Owner (For Pam Young), Otherwise Unmarked, Clean And Solid Copy. Number 068 Of 235 Copies. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. 1979 Abbatoir Editions, hardcover, in very good condition. Number 100 of an edition limited to 235 (as stated in colophon). 88 pages. Light foxing along spine and edges, two soiled spots on front cover, abrasion on spine at top, affecting the "H" in Howard. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; text also very good.

Condition: Fine. Number 156 of 235 copies. This book is by Ben Howard, an American poet, essayist, scholar and critic. Ben W. Howard] (1944 -), Emeritus Professor of English at Alfred University, is an American poet, essayist, scholar, and critic. He is the author of twelve books, including three collections of essays on Zen practice, six collections of poems, a verse novella, and a critical study of modern Irish writing. Over the past four decades, he has contributed more than 250 poems, essays, and reviews to leading journals in North America and abroad. This copy is unique, with a stunning custom designer binding by renowned English bookbinder David George Sellars (1949-2015). Sellars started his bookbinding career at the age of fifteen and quickly became most interested in the artistic side of binding. He had a varied professional life that included setting up his own studio, teaching, and serving as the President of Designer Bookbinders. By the end of the 1990s, Sellars focused on creating design bindings on commission, special designs for limited editions for small presses and publishers, one-off commissions for authors and special presentation bindings for publishers. His work is represented in most major libraries in the world and many private collections. This beautiful leather binding marries different green and brown shades and varied textures of leather along with copper strands of thread to express the movement of water. The title and author are debossed on the spine. The page edges have a decorative pattern. With suede pastedowns, and Sellars's monogram on rear pastedown. Housed in a custom clamshell box covered in black cloth with white title label to spine. In fine condition. Book measures 5 x 7.5 inches.