The Convict Bird: A Children's Poem

San Francisco: CoTangent Press 1987. First edition, #33 of 90 signed copies in wraps (from full edition of 100). 11" x 8.5". [8] leaves. Black-and-white illustrations by the author throughout the text. In printed white wraps backed in black cloth, sewn into single quire with exposed thread. Signed by Vollmann in blue ink following the "Note To Parents" and numbered at limitation statement on rear wrap. Faint thumbing to wrappers and toning to thread, still a Near Fine copy of Vollmann's first work: a self-published illustrated poem - clever, bitter, pugnacious, and not actually suitable for children. . Near Fine. Softcover . (Inventory (truncated) #: 39944)