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Photos, 9.25 x 6", boards, 211pp with Index + Notes, extremities bumped and lightly worn, pp toned, in a rubbed, lightly soiled and edge-bumped dustjacket. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (full numberline), INSCRIBED "To Larry, All the best..." AND SIGNED "ALFRED" BY THE AUTHOR, A. ALFRED TAUBMAN. SCARCE with authentic signature.

Signed and numbered [55/285] first edition, which is also inscribed by Manhood on the ffep. Red cloth boards stamped in gilt, nude pictorial on front cover. Cloth shows light soiling. A tad bit of foxing; minor soiling on endmatter. 20 leaves. Dust jacket has small chips at corners; in an archival mylar sleeve. Printed and made by The Garden city Press, Letchworth. A warped little story by Harold Alfred Manhood (1904-1991) about a randy, young man in Dublin, his uncle's printing shop, a bucket of prawns, and a mysterious room decorated with lusty tapestries which contains a hideous girl holding a revolver.

41 mimeographed typed pp., printed recto only, in black. 8.5 x 14 inches. Al Purdy (1918-2000) was primarily recognized as a poet, called by the League of Canadian Poets 'The Voice of the Land. ' He was also a playwright working with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Signed by the author on title page with additional ink notes. Holograph corrections and notes in text. First edition (first printing). Very good copy. Tanning to title page. Last leaf wrinkled.

Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Moderate wear to the dust jacket with some chipping and tearing. Moderate wear to the boards with some fading and discoloration. Foxing along the spine. Sound binding. Clean interior pages. New mylar added to the dust jacket. Secure packaging for safe delivery.