Description: Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Jane Smiley, Illustrator Susan Ness, and Coffee House Press, produced this unique collector's work of art in 1990. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED EDITION, HARDCOVER, FINE/FINE, VIRTUALLY AS NEW, excepting some very, very light scuffing on plexiglass case. THIS COPY IS #93 of a scant 170 numbered copies. SIGNED by Smiley and the illustrator Susan Nees. Throughout the story there are six original linoleum cuts, hand colored by the artist. Binding and plexiglass case designed by Jill Jevne. Oblong quarto. [40]pp. Blindstamped black cloth in a paper-backed plexiglass"dust jacket" with a ribbon closure for tying it all together. Book is string-bound in black cloth boards. Pages sewn concertina style with red Moriki endsheets and bound in black cloth over boards. The six hand colored linoleum cuts are also as new, as is all text. From the limitation page: 'Handset in Jan van Krimpen's Romulus type with Michelangelo display. Printed on dampened Johanna, a 75% rag, 25% esparto grass paper, made in France. Designed by Allan Kornblum and printed on a Vandercook 219 by Julia Druskin and Jill Mackenzie at Coffee House Press.” Please be assured the book will be packed with incredible care with total protection.
Price: 1000 USD
Location: Pleasant Hill, California
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: Minneapolis
Signed: Yes
Publisher: Coffee House Press/Espresso Editions
Modified Item: Yes
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Year Printed: 1990
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Susan Nees
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Region: North America
Author: Jane Smiley
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Literature
