All prints are numbered and signed by Leonard Baskin.
"One hundred & ten copies of Howls & Whispers were printed ... Copies numbered 1-10 comprise the deluxe edition & contain three water-color drawings by Leonard Baskin, a second suite of the etchings (the ones originally printed in black are hand-touched in color by Baskin), one copperplate & a leaf of Ted Hughes' manuscript. Copies numbered 11-110 constitute the regular edition"--Colophon.
"The paper was handmade in Italy. The letterpress in Centaur types was achieved by Arthur Larson of Hadley, Mass. The etchings were printed in color from the copperplates by Michael Kuch. The book has been bound by Claudia Cohen of Easthampton, Mass."--Colophon.
Title and colophon printed in red and black.
Copies numbered 1-10 are specially bound in full red and black calf with gold tooling and [the binder's] paste-paper endpapers. In addition to the bound monograph, they include 2 portfolios, one containing [14] loose leaves of plates and [1] ruled leaf of ms., and the second housing the copperplate.
LC has copy no. 5, signed by the author and the artist.