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Zustand: Near fine. First printing. Doubly signed limited edition of this elegy for Allan Noseworthy, founder of an AIDS hospice program and formerly the doorman at a New York leather bar, a longtime close friend of the poet who died in 1984. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original blind-stamped beige sewn wrappers. [16] pages. Illustrated with a drawing by Bill Schuessler. Edition of 150 copies. Signed by Gunn and Schuessler below limitation statement. Faint edge toning. Signed.

Zustand: Very Good. Bill Schuessler (illustrator). First Edition. Wraps. One of only 150 copies. Hosho paper.; Additional images and further information provided upon request; Signed by Author & Illustrator; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. .

First, Limited Edition. One of 150 copies, signed by Gunn and Schuessler on colophon. Octavo. Tan, blind-stamped wrappers; eight unnumbered leaves; one inserted portrait. Printed on Hosho paper. Very Fine, free of toning or evidence of use. A typically beautiful production of the press. The poem is an elegy for Gunn's long-time friend Allan Noseworthy, who died of AIDS in 1984; this was the first of Gunn's series of lyrical and deeply personal "AIDS Elegies," composed for his many friends and companions who had died from the disease. The elegies were later collected in his 1992 collection "The Man With Night Sweats.". Signed.