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Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Close-Grip Press, 1986. First edition of this short story. One of only 35 copies designed & produced by Cary Wilkins as his creative project in the M. F. A. program in the book arts at the University of Alabama; printed by hand on handmade Kraft Clair from Moulin du Verger paper, with handmade endpapers with embedded leaves by Dieu Donne Press, signed & dated by Davenport. Crane A29. A very fine copy of Davenport's rarest book. Folio, illustrated by the author, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, without dust jacket as issued. A very fine copy of Davenport's rarest book.