signed first edition
1971 · Santa Barbara
by ESHLEMAN, Clayton
Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies signed by the author, this being copy 'Q'. Octavo; printed paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label applied to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; 120,[4]pp. An original holograph poem by the author is written opposite the title page ("From the first draft for Aries"). Fine in a sligtly wavy, Near Fine dustjacket. (Inventory #: 33886)