[LOGAN ELM PRESS]. JOHNSON, M. Charlotte. Inangaro: A Polynesian Folktale of Love Lost. -- Inangaro: The Legend of the Coconut. Ohio State University: Logan Elm Press, 1987-1988.
Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 12, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $469
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Lot Description
[LOGAN ELM PRESS]. JOHNSON, M. Charlotte. Inangaro: A Polynesian Folktale of Love Lost. -- Inangaro: The Legend of the Coconut. Ohio State University: Logan Elm Press, 1987-1988.
4 variations in 4 volumes, various 4to, 8vo, and 12mo sizes. Each volume contains a different version of this Polynesian folktale, each with a different designer: Robert Tauber, Richard Brunell, Ruth Leonard, and Rod Johnson; and each with a different illustrator: Margret Prentice, Sidney Chafetz, David Macaulay, and Eric May. Each of the 4 volumes is hand-bound in original cloth or paper boards or wrappers; the 4 volumes nesting in to original flax, abaca and Coir-covered folding case, the upper cover inset with a coconut shell.
LIMITED EDITION, number 38 of 70 copies, EACH VOLUME SIGNED BY THE PRINTER AND ILLUSTRATOR, the first volume SIGNED BY JOHNSON.
Property from the Collection of Jack Belcher
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