Description: 1942. Limited Edition- #6 of 349. This is one of just fifty copies bound in leather. Boards are starting. Clean inside. Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg, Rockwell Kent, Don Freeman, Donald Gelb, William Gropper, Benjamin Kopman, Hans Mueller, Luis Quintanilla, Philip Reisman, William Sharp, and Lawrence Beall Smith.An important anti-fascist play that Hellman wrote in 1941. "THIS ILLUSTRATED EDITION of "Watch on the Rhine," numbered and limited to 349 copies, was set in Intertype Garamond at The Composing Room, Inc. The book was printed from type and bound by the H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co., Inc. The illustrations were printed in offset lithography by the Zeese-Wilkinson Co. Fifty copies of this edition have been specially bound in leather by Russell-Rutter Co., Inc. All materials and services have been contributed to the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, sponsors of this special edition. Entire proceeds from the sale of this edition will be turned over to the Committee, whose work is to arrange for the transportation to Mexico of victims of the Fascist terror in French concentration camps. Grateful acknowledgment is made to the above graphic arts firms; to Dorothy Parker for writing the foreword; to Ernst Reichl, who is responsible for the design of this book; to Harry Abrams of the Book-of-the-Month Club, who acted as Chairman of the Art Committee; to Random House for permission to reprint; to Belle Becker of Random House for her editorial assistance; to Philip C. Duschnes for taking charge of distribution.
Price: 99.99 USD
Location: Decatur, Georgia
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Leather
Language: English
Illustrator: Rockwell Kent
Special Attributes: Limited Edition, Numbered
Author: Lillian Hellman
Publisher: Privately Printed
Topic: Literature
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1942
