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The Basic Con
by Welch, Lew (signed)
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Santa Barbara: Unicorn Press, 1967. First edition. Fine. One of 26 copies of this "Poetry Card" signed for the occasion of a reading at the Unicorn Bookshop on April 22, 1967. "This is copy P, Lew Welch," reads his inscription on the rear/colophon. 450 total copies were produced. Stiff goldenrod, textured paper, a single sheet folded once to make a card. The interior presents his poem "The Perfect Con." With what is likely the original unmarked envelope. Scarce--only one other unsigned copy of "The Perfect Con" is currently available. A fine copy.
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Details
- Seller
- Rural Hours
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1188
- Title
- The Basic Con
- Author
- Welch, Lew (signed)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Unicorn Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- Date Published
- 1967
Terms of Sale
Rural Hours
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About the Seller
Rural Hours
Biblio member since 2023
La Grande, Oregon
About Rural Hours
Rural Hours (formerly Wood + River = Books, est. 2019) specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, environmental literature, and contemporary essay, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We draw our name from the popular-but-then-forgotten book by Susan Fenimore Cooper (published in 1850), generally considered the first work of environmental creative nonfiction by a woman in the U.S. We are interested in challenging and expanding the canon of environmental literature and finding books that tell remarkable stories and illuminate the tradition of writing about place and natural history.
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