[Rarebooks] FS: Basis for OKLAHOMA! Illustrated and SIGNED by Thomas Hart Benton

[Charles Agvent]

RIGGS, Lynn (Thomas Hart BENTON). GREEN GROW THE LILACS. Norman [OK]: 
Limited Editions Club, 1954. Quarto (9" x 12") bound in boards covered 
with a heavy canvas and stamped with the title drawn by Will Ransom and 
with a special drawing by Thomas Hart Benton; 160 pages. Printed in red 
and black from the typographic plans of Will Ransom on a specially made 
paper "Oklahoma corn" in color. Contains a new introduction by Brooks 
Atkinson. Basis for the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical OKLAHOMA!. This 
version is beautifully illustrated with 8 full-page lithographs drawn on 
the stone by Thomas Hart Benton and printed by George C. Miller. Copy 
#1110 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Fine in a 
lightly sunned, Near Fine slipcase. (#014991)        $300.00

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