TENNESSEE.
by Williams, Tennessee
First edition and one of 750 numbered copies.
"TENNESSEE"is a limited edition, four-color letterpress three-volume collection that contains the first publication-and printing-of Tennessee Williams' recently discovered play, "These Are the Stairs You Got to Watch." It is accompanied by "The Glass Menagerie" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
TENNESSEE is:
Fine Limited Edition - Hand Bound, Hand Printed
Included within is original artwork by the world renowned artist, Clarice Smith, who was commissioned to create six, full page works of "Tennessees Women."
From metal plates. Printing/color separations performed individually on a World War ll-type roller press in Florence, Italy.
3 subjects, Maggie, Laura and Girl, full page illustrations bound within the book.
Blanche, Maxine and Alma prints, unbound and signed by the artist. Nestled in the box interior in special slip pocket with a felt closure.
David Bruce Smith, publisher of the collection, has provided the commentary. Michael Kahn, Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre and friend to Williams, authored the preface.
Three volumes nestled in a soft black matte finish clamshell box lined with carbon-colored suede luxe.
Elephant-sized folio (14 x 18"), printed on Fabriano Rusticus paper
Book Design and Art Binding by John Paul Greenawalt.
Printed by Paolo Barbieri on a letterpress and hand set in Baskerville type in four colors.
Hand-painted endleaves in mid-twentieth century pattern
"This book is a wonderful way of keeping alive the craft of composing a book as a piece of art."
-James H. Billington, Librarian of Library of Congress.
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