A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1991. Signed first edition.
Fine binding sewn on flattened cords, laced into boards and covered in a variety of hues of green goatskin. Hand-titling and tooling in 23 kt gold, black and brown foils. Edge-to-edge goatskin doublures, flyleaves of green Cave paper. Hand-sewn, French style endbands, watercolor top edge in a variety of greens. Bound 2012.
9.25 x 6.5 x 1.5”
23 x 16 x 3 cm
Abstracted aerial and cross-section views of cultivated land adorn this retelling of King Lear on an Iowa farm.
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1991. Signed first edition.
Fine binding sewn on flattened cords, laced into boards and covered in a variety of hues of green goatskin. Hand-titling and tooling in 23 kt gold, black and brown foils. Edge-to-edge goatskin doublures, flyleaves of green Cave paper. Hand-sewn, French style endbands, watercolor top edge in a variety of greens. Bound 2012.
9.25 x 6.5 x 1.5”
23 x 16 x 3 cm
Abstracted aerial and cross-section views of cultivated land adorn this retelling of King Lear on an Iowa farm.
A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1991. Signed first edition.
Fine binding sewn on flattened cords, laced into boards and covered in a variety of hues of green goatskin. Hand-titling and tooling in 23 kt gold, black and brown foils. Edge-to-edge goatskin doublures, flyleaves of green Cave paper. Hand-sewn, French style endbands, watercolor top edge in a variety of greens. Bound 2012.
9.25 x 6.5 x 1.5”
23 x 16 x 3 cm
Abstracted aerial and cross-section views of cultivated land adorn this retelling of King Lear on an Iowa farm.
