Text by Michael McClure, illustration by Jess Collins. 14 richly patterned crayon pictures and 13 ink drawings, accordion-bound facsimile of the 1957 artist book with an accompanying essay booklet by Christopher Wagstaff and Andrew Hoyem. (Folio) 35x27 cm (13¾x10¾") purple cloth with illustrated labels on covers, original matching purple cloth two-part box. No. 58 of 100 copies. First Edition. 

"This is the first publication of a unique artist book made by the artist Jess Collins in San Francisco in 1957. The story was written by poet Michael McClure for his daughter Jane, born in 1956, who was nicknamed “Boobus”. It is his only piece of children’s literature. While it is a children’s book, this is first and foremost an artist book of considerable sophistication...The Boobus and the Bunnyduck is a full-scale, full-color facsimile of the original and unique artist book made by Jess in 1957. The only difference is in the format. Whereas the original was spiral-bound, the facsimile is bound as an accordion-fold. This enables viewers to open the cover and turn pages as in a conventionally bound book, but it also allows the book to be displayed on a table, shelf, or in a vitrine, spread out flat or standing up zig-zag, so that all pages can be seen at once." - from the publisher's website.