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A bestiary / compiled by Richard Wilibur ; illustrated by Alexander Calder.

Accession number
PML 188112
Creator
Wilbur, Richard, 1921-2017, compiler.
Published
New York : Printed at the Spiral Press for Pantheon Books, 1955.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Notes
Illustrated title page.
"This edition ... has been limited to fifty numbered copies on Rives mould-made paper each with an original, signed, drawing by Alexander Calder; seven hundred and fifty copies numbered 51 to 800 on specially made "Curtis Rag" paper; and 25 lettered review copies. All of the numbered copies have been signed by Mr. Calder and Mr. Wilbur"--Colophon.
Library's copy is no. 2.
Library's copy lacks original drawing.
Description
74 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Compiler and illustrator's signatures in ink below colophon as issued
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Binding
Beige cloth backed in red morocco with animal pictorial decoration stamped in gilt; stamped in gilt on spine. Housed in brown publisher's paper covered slipcase with white paper label as issued.
Classification
Department