Penland, NC: Jargon Society, 1969. First edition. One of 1000 copies printed by A. D. Moore of The Finial Press & R. E. Chapdu of The Moneytree Press. Published as Jargon 67. Signed by Davenport. Mint copy. Thin 8vo, illustration by Davenport, original pictorial wrappers. More
Haverford: Green Shade, 2004. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Davenport and Williams out of a total edition of 526 copies printed. Designed by The Grenfell Press & printed by Trifolio, Verona, Italy. "We are not celebrities. No one has known quite what to make of a patrician satirist and lyric poet from Highlands, North Carolina, or of an essayist and short story writer from Anderson, South Carolina." - Guy Davenport. "It is clear that G. Davenport and J. Williams write their letters in the fresh of the morning, when the Wheaties have kicked in, in GD's case, and the peanut-butter-and-mayonnaise sandwich and Coke, in JW's case." - Jonathan Williams. "Here we have two men the perfection of whose craft has been wrought through the practice of letter-writing. ... What we have here in particular is onset and blossoming, one of the most distinguished exchanges imaginable unfolding." - Thomas Meyer. As new. 8vo, illustrated, original pictorial wrappers. More
Haverford: Green Shade, 2004. First edition. One of 26 lettered hardbound copies signed by Davenport and Williams and Thomas Meyer, out of a total edition of 526 copies printed. Designed by The Grenfell Press & printed by Trifolio, Verona, Italy. "We are not celebrities. No one has known quite what to make of a patrician satirist and lyric poet from Highlands, North Carolina, or of an essayist and short story writer from Anderson, South Carolina." - Guy Davenport. "It is clear that G. Davenport and J. Williams write their letters in the fresh of the morning, when the Wheaties have kicked in, in GD's case, and the peanut-butter-and-mayonnaise sandwich and Coke, in JW's case." - Jonathan Williams. "Here we have two men the perfection of whose craft has been wrought through the practice of letter-writing. ... What we have here in particular is onset and blossoming, one of the most distinguished exchanges imaginable unfolding." - Thomas Meyer. As new. Price is net to all. 8vo, illustrated, original cloth, dust jacket. More
Bloomington, Indiana: Fine Arts Department University of Indiana, 1968. First edition. One of only 36 copies (the entire edition) signed by Williams & McGarrell, with each lithograph individually signed by the artist. Crane D44. Fine copy of this rare portfolio. Large folio, loose sheets in fabricoid portfolio. More
Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Close-Grip Press, 1986. First edition of this short story. One of only 35 copies designed & produced by Cary Wilkins as his creative project in the M. F. A. program in the book arts at the University of Alabama; printed by hand on handmade Kraft Clair from Moulin du Verger paper, with handmade endpapers with embedded leaves by Dieu Donne Press, signed & dated by Davenport. Crane A29. A very fine copy of Davenport's rarest book. Folio, illustrated by the author, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, without dust jacket as issued. More
Haverford: Green Shade, 2004. First edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Williams and Davenport out of a total edition of 526 copies printed. Designed by The Grenfell Press & printed by Trifolio, Verona, Italy. "We are not celebrities. No one has known quite what to make of a patrician satirist and lyric poet from Highlands, North Carolina, or of an essayist and short story writer from Anderson, South Carolina." - Guy Davenport. "It is clear that G. Davenport and J. Williams write their letters in the fresh of the morning, when the Wheaties have kicked in, in GD's case, and the peanut-butter-and-mayonnaise sandwich and Coke, in JW's case." - Jonathan Williams. "Here we have two men the perfection of whose craft has been wrought through the practice of letter-writing. ... What we have here in particular is onset and blossoming, one of the most distinguished exchanges imaginable unfolding." - Thomas Meyer. As new. 8vo, illustrated, original pictorial wrappers. More