signed first edition Paperback
1978 · Omaha
by Ghiselin, Brewster
Omaha: Abattoir Editions / The University of Nebraska, 1978. Limited first edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 32pp. Thin quarto [28.5 cm] Beige and gray illustrated wraps. Deckled fore edges. Inscribed by Brewster Ghiselin on the front flyleaf to long-term Utah bookseller and poet John Schow and his wife, in the year of publication. Number 95 of 175 copies. There is a handwritten card (in an envelope and postmarked December 22, 1979) from Ghiselin to the Schows laid in. Ghiselin writes, "The iguana (overpage) atop his rockpile in the palm grove has seen and scented from afar and will soon descend and start north, dreamily." Brewster and his wife have signed the foot of the card. (Inventory #: 54485)