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(HENKE, DELLAS.) Beckett, Samuel. Waiting for Godot. Printed in Bembo and Centaur type, handset by Margaret Zillioux-Henke. 14 etchings by Henke on Arches. 362x286 mm; 14 1/4x11 1/4 inches, sheets, wide margins. Each print numbered 11/40, captioned, signed, and dated by Henke, in pencil, lower margins. Folio, contents loose as issued, laid into plain publisher's black cloth box by Black Oak Bindery, scattered wear. Iowa City, 1979
number 11 of only 40 copies signed by henke. ex-library writer doris grumbach, with two pages of original ink figure studies for the etchings, laid in, along with 3 Autograph Letters Signed by Henke to Grumbach, whom he met when she was acting director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She purchased a copy of the book through her Washington, D.C. bookstore, Wayward Books, the invoice for which is enclosed. The letters discuss the book's production and purchase price, along with an explanation that there were only 7 copies that carried Beckett's signature.
