University of Washington Press, Seattle & London. The defining work on the life and art of Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), a painter and illustrator widely known for his modernist artworks depicting the everyday lives of African Americans, as well as the larger narrative of the African American experience. Limited Issue, one of 250 numbered copies signed by Lawrence, this being copy no.112. Two quarto volumes (30cm); blue and red cloth, with tiltes stamped in black on spines and front covers; pictorial endpapers; dustjackets; publisher's original black cloth slipcase; [6],7-285,[3]; [5],6-343,[1]pp; illus. Upper corners on both volumes gently tapped (though still sharp), else Fine in Fine dustjackets; slipcase with a corresponding bump at upper right corner, else Near Fine, still housed in the publisher's partially-opened shrinkwrap. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover; In Dust Jacket]