A Lie of the Mind: A Play in Three Acts

San Francisco: Arion Press, 1993. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. Number 270 of 300 numbered copies with 26 lettered copies hors de commerce. Signed by the playwright and artist on the colophon. The prospectus describes the playwright Sam Shepard as a master of the American vernacular whose distinctive voice has galvanized American theater. He speaks a peculiar revelatory language; exact meanings may sometimes eludes, and we can become emotionally transfixed without understanding just why. It writes of Stan Washburn as a noted Bay Area artist. His fifteen illustrations for this edition were done with the technique that combines drawing in black ink and scratchboard for white lines. Bound with red paper over boards, sillkscreened with titling and an image by the artist. With a black leather spine with white titling. It was printed with Ehrhardt, Janson and De Vinne types on Lana Royal French mouldmade paper. In fine condition with an acetate wrapper. Accompanied by the prospectus but does not include the CD recording of music played for the first production of the play that was issued to accompany this edition. In fine condition. Measures 10 x 13 inches. 144 pages.