CRACKED SIDEWALKS; [signed, limited edition with extra suite of signed prints]

Sherman Oaks: Mixolydian Editions, 2006. First edition. "Short impressionistic prose vignettes” about growing up in Southern California illustrated with four wood engravings by Wagener. Number 27 of 40 numbered copies printed on Rives Heavyweight paper and SIGNED BY WAGENER (from a total edition of 65). ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED by Wagener at colophon to collector Allen K. Mears, "For Allen / With Best Regards / Richard Wagener / 1/15/07." The first 25 copies were specially bound and included a separate suite of signed prints. THOUGH NOT CALLED FOR, this copy also includes the SEPARATED SUITE OF FOUR SIGNED PRINTS housed in stiff deep-purple paper folding (truncated) case, presumably as issued with the deluxe edition of 25. The prints are woodcut images of the Pantages Theatre, Palomar Observatory, and 2 vintage automobiles from the 1950s. Small 4to quarter tan cloth with printed spine label and charcoal paper covered boards; deep purple endpapers; 59 unnumbered pages. Fine. ALSO INCLUDES printouts of email correspondence between Mears and Wagener in which Wagener discusses making fresh prints of 2 of the engravings specifically for Mears, clarifies that he printed the book himself, and regrets not having had time to issue a prospectus for this, the first book issued by his press. (Inventory #: 55876)