Description: These two books are in mint condition in their box. Facing East Signed Twice by Michener and Levine and Limited To 2500 Copies MICHENER, James. LEVINE, Jack. Facing East. New York: Maecenas Press / Random House, 1970.First Signed Limited Edition. Signed twice by both author and illustrator and limited to 2500 copies, of which this is copy number 2090.Elephant folio. (Measures 20 x 13"). Original "Hors-texte" woodcut on Japanese vellum paper and 4 original lithographs.One volume includes text and plates, the other is exclusively plates. Housed inside cloth cover boards and leather wrappers with a matching white cloth slipcase.The text is illustrated with original lithographs and woodcuts by Jack Levine. There is a full fine black leather portfolio at rear containing 54 additional handcolored by pochoir prints & woodcuts by Jack Levine printed on arches paper, an original "hors-texte" woodcut on Japanese vellum paper with 4 original lithographs, loose laid in white silk portfolio with leather fastener, the sketchbook with 54 watercolours, gouaches and drawings printed in phototype and pochoir processes on ingres paper, with Two To Forty Colors Handbrushed On Each, the 54 prints laid-in fine black leather wrap-around chemise, the 2 portfolios housed in white silk clamshell box with leather fastener."The 2500 Deluxe Porfortlios Of This Limited Edition, Numbered From 1 To 2500 Were Individually Signed By The Author And The Artist. The Four Original Lithographs, Signed In The Stone By The Artist, Were Pulled On Rives Paper. The Text Handset In Calson De Corps 24, And The Original Woodcuts Were Printed On Arches Paper. The Original "hors-texte" Woodcut Was Pulled On Kawanaka Japanese Vellum Paper. The 54 Watercolours, Gouaches And Drawings From The Sketchbook By Jack Levine Were Printed By Phototype And Pochoir Processes On Ingres Paper. From Two To Forty Colors Were Handbrushed On Each." Signature inside slipcase with smudge to one letter and slipcase shows signs of fading, with light soiling to the exterior of the box. The plates are clean and bright. The wrappers are clean. All together, a very good copy, complete as issued.Item Shelf
Price: 350 USD
Location: Windham, Maine
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: James Michener
Topic: Art
Original/Facsimile: Original
