398
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WELTY, EUDORA.
Retreat.
One aquatint by Ann Carter Pollard,
tipped to frontispiece, Signed and
Numbered 3/7 by her. Thin 8vo, cloth-
backed batik-patterned boards; Roberts
bookplate.
(Winston-Salem, NC): Palaemon Press,
(1981)
[1,000/1,500]
NUMBER THREE OF ONLY SEVEN SPECIAL
COPIES CONTAINING THE SIGNED
AQUATINT
,
AND SIGNED BY WELTY AND
POLLARD
.
The colophon states that there was
an edition of fifty specially-bound and lettered
copies containing the plate, but a hand-written
pencil statement by Pollard indicates that either
there were only three or that this is a special
copy outside that edition. The total edition for
this title is 240.
399
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WELTY, EUDORA.
Retreat.
Aquatint frontispiece by Ann Carter
Pollard (numbered 45/50). Thin 8vo,
cloth-backed batik-patterned boards;
Roberts bookplate.
NUMBER XIV OF ONLY
40
COPIES SIGNED BY WELTY AND POL
-
LARD
for private distribution by author
and publisher, but containing the aquatint
reserved for the edition of 50 lettered
copies. From a total edition of 240.
(Winston-Salem, NC): Palaemon Press,
(1981)
[500/750]
400
●
WELTY, EUDORA.
The Robber Bridegroom.
8vo, teal
cloth stamped in white and pink; top
edges stained green; dust jacket, only
minor edgewear and a touch of soiling,
offsetting from pink cover stripe on verso
as usual.
FIRST EDITION OF WELTY
’
S POPU
-
LAR SECOND BOOK
.
INSCRIBED AND
SIGNED BY HER TO ROBERTS
.
New York, 1942
[500/750]
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