William F Claire — Publishing in the West: Alan Swallow

Santa Fe, The Lightning Tree, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A lovely copy of this short semi-biographical work of Alan Swallow written by William F. Claire. Printed privately by The Lightning Tree publishing company. This semi-biographical work by William F. Claire focuses on the life of Alan Swallow, who worked as the editor and director of the University of Denver Press before creating his own publishing imprint, Alan Swallow Press. This book was printed by private press (The Lightning Tree) in 1974 and contains letters written by and to Alan Swallow. The frontispiece features a photograph of Alan Swallow and his daughter, Karen. This book also contains an introduction by William F. Claire and Anais Nin. In the publisher's original cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, a lovely copy with no discernible shelf wear. Dust wrapper is unclipped and has minor edge wear only. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Fine/Near Fine.