[Father Abraham].

One of 2 advance uncorrected proof copies, printed up prior to final page formatting, of the Red Ozier Press ed. of Faulkner's "Father Abraham"; consisting of the introduction by James B. Meriwether and Faulkner's text only, and lacking the t.p., note on the text, illustrations, facsimile, and colophon leaf present in the published copies.
"This edition reproduces, with a minimum of editorial alteration, the text of the ... holograph manuscript in the Arents Collection of the New York Public Library."--Note on the text in published ed.
" ... published for the benefit of the New York Public Library's Rare Book Collection by Red Ozier Press under the direction of Ken Botnick and Steve Miller ... The title page was hand lettered by Anita Karl ... The last press run took place on May 7, 1983, in New York City."--Colophon of published ed.