[Rarebooks] FS: LEC THE GRAPES OF WRATH with 67 Original Two-Color Lithographs by Thomas Hart Benton, Signed

[Charles Agvent]

 From our 2007 LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB Catalogue containing 81 new 
acquisitions which is now posted on our web site: 
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STEINBECK, John. THE GRAPES OF WRATH. New York: Limited  Editions
Club  1940.  Two quarto (7-1/2" x 10-1/4") volumes bound in  decorated
grass  cloth boards with rawhide spines. Designed by George Macy  with
introductions  by  Joseph Henry Jackson and Thomas Craven.  The  First
Illustrated  Edition  of this Pulitzer Prize winner with  67  ORIGINAL
TWO-COLOR  LITHOGRAPHS  (black  and  yellow) made on  zinc  plates  by
Thomas  Hart  Benton and printed by George Miller. Copy #755  of  only
1146  printed  SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. One  of
the  most desirable books of the press because of the combination of a
smaller   than  normal  printing,  a   popular  author  and   Pulitzer
Prize-winning  book  first published only the year  before,  beautiful
lithographs  by Benton, and an attractive and unusual binding. Typical
mottling  of  the rawhide which is still very supple with  the  silver
lettering  very strong. Both books are tight and unread. Minor wear to
the  fore-edges  of  the  covers. Near  Fine,  lacking  the  slipcase.
                                                                $850.00
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