Works of Genius: A Catalogue and a Commentary.
Austin: Jenkins Co., 1974. n.p. Illus. with b/w photos. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. A bit of shelfwear else a near fine copy. Item #23793
Bookseller catalogue by John Jenkins, former ABAA president, with copious commentaries on one hundred items from early printings of Chaucer to Saul Bellow's Augie March. On Christmas Eve of 1985 a fire led to the destruction of over half a million rare books at his company. He died in 1989.
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