signed first edition
1990 · Birmingham
by ZUKOSKI, Charles F. ("Button Gwinnett"); Lyn Stafford Brown, ed
Birmingham: Birmingham Public Library Press, 1990. First Edition. Slim octavo (22.5cm.); original blue gilt-embosed card wrappers; xvi,[2],88pp.; photographic portrait. Very light wear from handling else Near Fine. Inscribed and signed on title page: "To my dear friend Philip McFarland, with love and admiration. Charles Zukoski / and in memory of my dear Bernadine." Two pieces of correspondence between McFarland and the author regarding the death of Zukoski's wife, both dated 1990, the former typed and unsigned, the latter autographed and signed. The book is comprised of the complete "Button Gwinnett" column published in the Shades Valley Sun during the 1940s and 1950s. (Inventory #: 31083)