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Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: One of 700 copies. Slim octavo (21.5cm); letterpress printed sheets, hand-sewn into red-orange wrappers illustrated by Kenn Davis; [16]pp; illus. Laid into this copy is a cancelled check signed by Brautigan. Gentle sunning along spine-fold, tiny scuff to rear wrapper, else contents clean; Near Fine. Brautigan's first regularly published book, originally published by the White Rabbit Press in a tiny run of 200 copies (1958). Provenance: From the collection of Montana author, screenwriter, and outdoorsman William Hjortsberg (1941-2017), a central figure in the Montana Gang, and Brautigan's long-time friend and neighbor in Pine Creek. He spent two decades researching and writing Jubilee Hitchhiker: The Life and Times of Richard Brautigan, published in 2012 to great acclaim. Barber A7.
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Brautigan, Richard.. The Galilee Hitch-Hiker.. Cranium Press, 1966.
Price: US$1200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: A Very Good plus copy in illustrated red paper, stitched binding with light offsetting to the rear panel. No stains or marking to the text. This copy is Signed & Dated January 15, 1967 by Brautigan. Slight offsetting to rear panel of illustrated wraps. This is one of only 700 copies of this edition which features 9 poems. Originally published by the White Rabbit Press in 1958.
Seller: Gregor Rare Books, Langley, WA, U.S.A.