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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 8 eleven-color silkscreens (by Lawrence), pages unnumbered. Black aniline leather. Black cloth-covered slipcase. 31 cm. Cover has a small area in upper right corner that reflects light differently -- maybe a thumbmark. Backstrip lightly sunned but still black. Contents sound and clean with all slightly over-sized tissue guards present. Slipcase lighty scuffed and worn. Edition limited to 1500 numbered and signed copies --. signed by Lawrence, Hersey, and Warren. This copy is signed by all three but not numbered. Hersey's text originally appeared in The New Yorker in 1946. The LEC edition includes "New Dawn: Hiroshima," a poem written by Warren in 1983.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 8 eleven-color silkscreens (by Lawrence), pages unnumbered. Black aniline leather. Black cloth-covered slipcase. 31 cm. Cover has several visible but not deep, scratch marks on front and back covers. Backstrip lightly sunned and still black. Contents sound and clean with all tissue guards present. Slipcase sound with some cloth appearing to have been reglued. Copy No. 838 of an Edition limited to 1500 numbered and signed copies -- signed by Lawrence, Hersey, and Warren. Hersey's text originally appeared in The New Yorker in 1946. The LEC edition includes "New Dawn: Hiroshima," a poem written by Warren in 1983.
Leather Binding. Condition: Fine. First Thus. Copy #1379 of 1500 numbered copies, signed by artist Jacob Lawrence, author John Hersey, and Robert Penn Warren (who contributed a poem). A fine copy in publisher's supple black leather, in a good copy of the black cloth slipcase (book spine has a slight hint of fading; slipcase has wear and fraying as usual). The 8 silkscreen prints by Lawrence are pristine, as issued, with original glassine interleaving. Monthly Letter laid in loose.
Published by New York: Limited Editions Club,, 1983
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. No. 3 of 1500 copies signed by Hersey, Warren and Lawrence, royal 4to (12.5 x 9.5 inches), unpaginated, 8 eleven color silk-screens by Jacob Lawrence. Original full blind titled black analine calf, smooth back, all edges black. In original red titled black cloth slipcase. Fine clean bright copy in near fine slipcase. Sheets and plates clean, unmarked, complete. No owner signatures or inscriptions. H10666 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping. Signed by Author(s).
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1983
Seller: Captain Ahab's Rare Books, ABAA, Stephenson, VA, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA
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Limited Edition. One of 1,500 numbered copies specially bound and signed by all contributors, this being copy no.573. Quarto (32.75cm); full black aniline leather, with title embossed onto front cover; all edges stained black; publisher's original black cloth slipcase; unpaged; illustrated throughout with eight silkscreen prints by Jacob Lawrence, printed in 11 colors, each with an interleaved tissue guard. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, with some light external wear, and some minor separation to the inner cloth lining around the lower opening. A masterful production by The Limited Editions Club of Hersey's 1946 book, chronicling the stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Hersey's work comprised the entirety of the August 31, 1946 issue of The New Yorker, and was subsequently published in book format a few months later by Alfred A. Knopf. In addition to a new afterword by the author, and a poem by Robert Penn Warren ("New Dawn: Hiroshima"), this edition features eight full-page silkscreen prints by renown African American painter Jacob Lawrence. In his artist's note, he mentioned going into mental retreat after reading the book. "Because this book is such a strong statement of man's inhumanity to man, I found this work to be a most challenging book to illustrate. In my attempt to meet the challenge, I read and reread Hiroshima several times and, in doing so, I began to see the great devastation in the twisted and mutilated bodies of humans, birds, fishes and all the other animals and living things that inherit our earth. The flora and the fauna and the land that were at one time alive, were now seared, mangled, deformed and devoid of life. And I thought, what have we accomplished over these many centuries? We have produced great geniuses in music, the sciences, the arts, dance, literature, architecture and oratory among many other disciplines. And we have in the meantime developed the means to destroy, in a most horrible manner, that life that is our God-given right." LEC Bibliography No.535.