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BASKIN, Leonard.
Birds and Animals.
(No place):
The Gehenna Press
(no date).
Unique copy, specially bound by Arno Werner, one of the binders of the edition, with his pencil annotation on a preliminary leaf: "This is printed right by Harold McGrath; bound right by Arno Werner." Of the regular edition of Birds and Animals which was published in 1974, the bibliography notes: "Two earlier editions of the book were printed, the first in 1972, the second earlier in 1974. These editions each consisted of only a few copies, similar in format to this one, but with varying numbers of prints. Both editions were bound by Arno Werner." In the published edition of the book, the prints appear on rectos only; in this copy, clearly one of the rare earlier versions, the prints are bound French fold; and the colophon, such as it is, merely states: "Printed at the Gehenna Press." The Gehenna Press, The Work of Fifty Years 77. The binder's own copy, with his bookplate on the front endsheet.
Square 4to, 65 original wood engravings, full red pigskin with gilt cat profile on the front cover by Arno Werner.
A very fine copy, in a beautiful and characteristic Arno Werner binding, in a half-morocco folding box
[Book #20923]
Price: $7,500.00
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