BIBLIOMEN: TWENTY CHARACTERS WAITING FOR A BOOK. [New Castle, Virginia]: Cheap Street, [1984]. Octavo, quarter Niger goat and HMP paper over boards. First edition. Limited to 191 copies of which this is copy 28 of 57 numbered copies signed by Wolfe and artist George Barr comprising part of the "publisher's edition." A fine copy in cloth slipcase without dust jacket as issued. (#160981).
Price: $450.00
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Printing identification statement for this book:
No statement of printing. "Bibliomen was printed / by hand at Cheap Street / in an edition of one hundred / ninety-one copies, including / twelve lettered books. Each book / is numbered and signed / by Gene Wolfe and / George Barr. / [number] / The Publisher's Edition / of fifty-seven copies was / printed on paper made by hand / at the HMP mill by John & Cathy / Koller. These books were bound / by Carol Joyce in quarter Niger / goat and HMP paper. Each / book is laid into a traycase / made by Judi Conant" on colophon page.
No statement of printing. "Bibliomen was printed / by hand at Cheap Street / in an edition of one hundred / ninety-one copies, including / twelve lettered books. Each book / is numbered and signed / by Gene Wolfe and / George Barr. / [number] / The Publisher's Edition / of fifty-seven copies was / printed on paper made by hand / at the HMP mill by John & Cathy / Koller. These books were bound / by Carol Joyce in quarter Niger / goat and HMP paper. Each / book is laid into a traycase / made by Judi Conant" on colophon page.