Cane
San Francisco: The Arion Press, 2000.
Limited edition. Number 64 of 400 copies. Signed by artist Martin Puryear at the colophon; he provided 10 woodcuts. 141, [3] pp. Bound in publisher's oblong linen boards with brown ribbon ties, lettered in black; prospectus laid in. Slight rubbing to black lettering on upper board, faint rubbing to bottom textblock edge, light creasing to fabric ties else Fine. Jean Toomer's novel, considered one of the major works of Harlem Renaissance literature, was first published in 1923. This is the fifty-ninth publication of the Arion Press, designed by Andrew Hoyem. The Arion Press Bibliography 59.
Price: $5,000