[Rarebooks] FS: Basis for the musical OKLAHOMA!, illustrated and SIGNED by Thomas Hart Benton

[Charles Agvent]

(BENTON, Thomas Hart). RIGGS, Lynn. GREEN GROW THE LILACS. Norman [OK]: 
Limited Editions Club, 1954. Quarto (8-3/4" x 11-3/4") bound in tan 
cloth decorated in blind. Printed in red and black from the typographic 
plans of Will Ransom. Introduction by Brooks Atkinson. Basis for the 
Rodgers & Hammerstein musical OKLAHOMA!. This version is beautifully 
illustrated with eight full-page lithographs by Thomas Hart Benton. Copy 
#169 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Near Fine, 
lacking the slipcase. (#011954)        $250.00

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