A defense of the book
By: William H. Gass
Contributors: Botnick, Ken, book designer; Emdash (Firm); Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Emdash
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Saint Louis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: Books and reading; Libraries
Notes: Title page printed in yellow and red.  Initials in colors throughout.

"Originally given as the keynote address to the American Library Association, was published in Harper's Magazine in a slightly different version ... designed, printed & bound  ... by Ken Botnick, in Saint Louis, Missouri ... ninety-nine copies numbered in this edition & twelve printer's proofs"--Colophon.

LC has copy no. 33, signed by the author.