TWO STORIES by Salman Rushdie with 3 lino cuts and 5 woodcuts by Bhupen Khakar.
[Cambridge]: Privately printed
1989
"Designed and printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge"--Colophon.
Privately printed Limited Edition, and First Edition, one of 60 copies bound in cloth.
Signed by Rushdie to the limitation page. This is copy number 4.
With five lino cuts and three woodcuts by Bhupen Khakhar, printed on Aches vellin paper with deckled edges, and dark mustard colored end papers. Boards are bound in chocolate brown cloth with leather and gilt motif pasted on the front board and leather and gilt title strip on the spine.
Original slipcase
Measurements: 13 x 10 x 5 inches
Khakhar was dedicated to storytelling and the illustration of the world in detail. He worked with Salman Rushdie on a special edition of two stories for which the artist produced a series of wood-cuts.
This lot will be sold in "as is" condition.
There may be some minor tears/creases scratches, or holes commensurate with age that may not be visible in the images.
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