HERSEY, John (Jacob LAWRENCE)
Hiroshima
New York, Limited Editions Club, 1983. Hardcover. 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. Ill.: Jacob Lawrence. Mild, even sunning to the spine. Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase .
Charles Agvent
Professional sellerBook number: 020815
USD 3125.00 [Appr.: EURO 2919.75 | £UK 2509 | JP„ 484013]
Keywords: Signed, Modern First Editions, African-American Art, Southern Literature, Jacob Lawrence, Illustrated Books, LEC, Modern Firsts: Fine Press, Limited Editions Club Jacob Lawrence Signed African-American Art Illustrated Books Literature: American