Lyman, Henry; and Elinson, Henry.

Let Islands Drown. [Limited Edition Illustrated Poetry Broadside, Signed by Both Henry Lyman and Henry Elinson].

Northampton, Massachusetts: Printed at The Meriden Gravure Company and The Stinehour Press, [1976]. [1976]. OUT-OF SERIES COPY SIGNED BY BOTH THE POET & THE ARTIST - An original 22 inch high by 16 inch wide broadside printed in green and black on stiff cream stock. The 27-line poem, printed in two columns, is illustrated with a 13-1/2 inch high by 7 inch wide lithograph of a featureless woman in a diaphanous veil seated in the foreground as a seated man or child rests his head upon hers. The text is printed in black next to the green lithographic illustration which fills the lower left third of the sheet. Signed in pencil by both the poet Henry Lyman and the artist Henry Elinson at bottom right. There is some minor faint foxing to the lightly darkened edges. Very good. An unnumbered out-of-series copy of this limited edition broadside signed by both the poet & the artist. The colophon printed on the verso reads as follows: "Two hundred copies printed in April 1976 at The Meriden Gravure Company and The Stinehour Press. Designed by Freeman Keith. All copies signed by the artist and the poet.." RARE. Very good .

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Book number: 96140

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEM; ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATION; HENRY LYMAN; HENRY ELINSON; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPHS; SIGNATURES; LIMITED EDITION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; 1ST EDITION; FIRST EDITION; LITHOGRAPH; THE MERIDEN GRAVURE COMPANY; THE STINEHOUR PRESS; FI