[Rarebooks] FS: Basis for Musical OKLAHOMA! Illustrated & SIGNED by Thomas Hart Benton
Charles Agvent
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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. One of
1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this copy not
numbered. Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase.
(#017786) $300.00
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