Johnson, W. R. [Johnson, Walter Ralph] [Author]; Van Vliet, Claire [Illustrator]; Clark, Kathryn [Illustrator]

LILAC WIND [Signed by Claire Van Vliet]

Newark: Janus Press, 1983. Limited Edition, #78/150. Three poems by W. R. Johnson printed on an accordion-folded pulp painting. In Very Good condition and housed in a Very Good condition slipcase. Slipcase is in a dark purple cloth with a purple leather label on the spine with silver lettering, has light shelf wear. Painting is approximately 12" high and 60" long when extended. Signed flat by Claire Van Vliet on the publisher's limitation panel. Shelved in Case 9 3/4.

CONTENTS: "Death of Li Shang-yin"; "January Hours"; "Her Contemplation"

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Shelved Dupont Bookstore

Price: $700

NOTES

Walter Ralph Johnson (1933-2024), commonly known as W. Ralph Johnson and published as W. R. Johnson, was an American classicist and poet. He was the John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Chicago from 1989 to 1998.
Twinrocker Handmade Paper Mill was established by Kathryn and Howard Clark in 1971, Twinrocker was pivotal to the renaissance of hand papermaking in America.
Claire Van Vliet (b.1933) is an artist, illustrator, printmaker, and typographer who founded Janus Press in San Diego, California in 1955. She received a MacArthur Genius Grant in 1989. She is known for her innovative use of dyed paper pulp to create illustrations.