(Perishable Press) Laughlin, James

The Pig

Mt. Horeb [Wisconsin]: Perishable Press, (1970). First Edition. 8vo, unpag.; patterned boards with printed label. Foxing to edges, first and last few leaves as well as label; near vg. Item #207941

One of 183 copies in the edition, this being one of 136 printed on white Shadwell paper. This copy has a terse presentation inscription by Laughlin on the first leaf: "JR/JL 1973." The recipient was the poet Jerome Rothenberg. At the time of the inscription Rothenberg and Laughlin were working on bringing out Rothenberg's Poland: 1931 (1974), the first of at least a dozen books he would publish with Laughlin's New Directions imprint.

Price: $150.00