It Had Wings

A Story

written and illustrated by Allan Gurganus

Limited edition, signed.  Durham, NC:  Horse and Buggy Press, 1997  

Softback is overall in VERY GOOD++ condition.

• Pale blue handmade wraps are mostly clean, with red text.  Wraps show a little shelfwear at foot.  Corners are sharp.  See photos.  
• Binding is secure.  
• Illustrated end papers show little to no sign of age or wear.  
• Illustrations are bright and clear.  
• Interior exhibits minimal signs of age and wear.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2025.0827

18 pages. 7 x 9 inches

A Very Good++ copy of this signed, limited, edition, with original illustrations by the author.  Letterpress booklet, on cream colored paper with a hand-made, light blue-and-white dyed textured paper cover of abaca fibers made by Nancy Barnett.

A short story by Allan Gurganus (b. 1947).  “It had Wings” was originally commissioned by composer Bruce Saylor, who asked Allan Gurganus to write “a very short story ” to be set for mezzo-soprano. The piece was published in the Paris Review (Winter 1985 issue) and had its premiere in Rome in April, 1985.   

Illustrated edition of 335 copies, published by Horse & Buggy Press for The Readery at the end of 1997.  This is copy #9/335.  Signed by the author on the Colophon page.

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