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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1989. hardcover. Fine in a Fine suede-lined linen clamshell box with leather label. Jacob Lawrence. Large folio bound in full midnight blue Japanese cotton. Copy #160 of only 400 numbered copies, SIGNED on the colophon by Jacob Lawrence who has contributed 8 ORIGINAL SILKSCREENS to this massive (16" x 22") and truly magnificent work, one of the high points of the press. These silkscreens are identical, except for not being individually signed, to the very few portfolios of 8 prints currently selling for upwards of fifty thousand dollars. According to the publisher, anywhere from 17 to 21 screens were required to bring out the coloring of each illustration, making a total of 144 separate stencils, all of which were destroyed after the strictly limited number of some 400 original sets of prints had been achieved on the fine Whatman paper specified by the Osiris Printing Studio in New York. The text was printed on a heavy handmade paper from Cartiere Enrico Magnani of… Read More

[New York]: [Limited Editions Club], [1994]. First Edition. Original Art. Fine in a Fine cloth clamshell box. John Biggers. Large folio consisting of 5 ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS and the title and colophon pages. For her favorite poem, originally published in I SHALL NOT BE MOVED, Angelou chose the internationally acclaimed African-American printmaker John Biggers to illustrate a book published by the Limited Editions Club in an edition of only 400 numbered copies signed by both the author and the artist. It was one of the largest-format books (17-3/4" x 22") ever issued by the club. This is the separate portfolio of 5 numbered 18" x 24" lithographs, all individually SIGNED by the artist, laid in a large cloth clamshell box with the artist's name lettered in black on the front. This is set #58 of only 60 sets in addition to about a dozen various proof copies.

New York: Limited Editions Club, 1983. Hardcover. Mild, even sunning to the spine. Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Jacob Lawrence. Large octavo (9-1/2" x 12-1/4") bound in full coal-black aniline cowhide leather. With a poem by Robert Penn Warren that serves as the preface. Illustrated with 8 ORIGINAL SILKSCREENS executed in eleven colors by the noted late African-American artist Jacob Lawrence. Copy #27 of 1500 SIGNED by Hersey, Warren, and Lawrence. A starkly beautiful book, richly bound and with three important signatures, justly one of the most desirable books issued by this long-lived, prestigious press. Monthly Letter laid in.

(New York): (Limited Editions Club), (2005). First Edition. Original Art. Fine in a Fine velvet-lined red cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered leather label on the front. Benny Andrews. Folio (19-1/2" x 25-1/2") consisting of 6 color etchings and 2 letterpress text pages: a title page and a colophon page. There were 300 copies of O'Connor's book illustrated by Benny Andrews and published by the Limited Editions Club but only 75 copies of the portfolio of numbered and SIGNED color etchings printed at the press of Peter Pettengill on cream BFK Rives paper. This is copy #4 of 60 (there were also 15 Proofs), with each etching numbered and SIGNED by the artist.

(New York): (Limited Editions Club), (2003). First Edition. Original Art. Fine in a close to Fine, faintly stained velvet-lined brown cloth clamshell box with a gilt-lettered leather label on the front. Dean Mitchell. Folio (22-1/2" x 20") consisting of 6 color etchings and 3 letterpress text pages: a title page, table of contents, and a colophon page. There were 400 copies of Angelou's book illustrated by Mitchell and published by the Limited Editions Club but only 90 copies of the portfolio of numbered and SIGNED color etchings of jazz musicians playing various instruments. This is copy #26 of 75 (there were also 15 Proofs), with each etching numbered and SIGNED by the artist.

(New York): (Limited Editions Club), (1996). First Edition. Original Art. Fine in a Fine clamshell box. Lois Mailou Jones. Large folio (16-3/4" x 20-3/4") consisting of 6 silkscreen prints by Lois Mailou Jones and the title and colophon pages loosely laid into a full purple linen clamshell box with the artist's name lettered in gilt on the front cover. Each dramatic silkscreen has been numbered and SIGNED by the artist and printed by Alexander Heinrici at Studio Heinrici. This set is #34 of only 60 sets, with an additional 15 proof and hors commerce sets.