GINGRICH, Arnold
Cast Down the Laurel (Inscribed Copy)
Octavo (20cm). Gray cloth, stamped in red and purple on spine, with blind-stamped device on front cover; red top-stain; dustjacket; 341pp. Generically inscribed by Gingrich on front endpaper: "Cordially / Arnold Gingrich," dated 1935. Slight external wear; fading to cloth at board edges, still easily VG in an unclipped dustwrapper...
EBERHART, Richard
Thirty One Sonnets
12mo (17cm). Red cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt; dustjacket; [41]pp. A fine copy in lightly rubbed and unclipped jacket.
ROSTEN, Norman
The Plane and the Shadow
Octavo (21cm). Cloth-backed boards, lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 91pp. Signed by Norman Rosten at head of front free endpaper. A tight, Near Fine copy in somewhat worn dustwrapper, with small losses at extremities and spine ends (not affecting jacket text); Very Good. From the library of Ben and...
PAONE, Barbara
Hurray for the Worm
Oblong quarto (ca 19cm x 31cm). Hand-silkscreened boards; unpaged (8 leaves), each with hand-set text and an original silkscreen illustration. Number 5 in a total edition of 7 copies, signed by the artist on colophon. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with their estate label laid in at colophon.
YOUNG, Art
Art Young, His Life And Times. Edited by John Nicholas Beffel
Octavo (23cm). Red cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine, with gilt pictorial device to spine and front cover; dustjacket; 467pp; illus; pictorial endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by Young on half-title: To Ethel Clyde, With Best Wishes From Her Friend / Art Young," undated. Also laid in is a brief...
[SOCIAL FICTION] [SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICANS] RØLVAAG, O.E. [Ole Edvart]
Peder Seier
Octavo (18cm). Brown decorative cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine, stamped in black on spine and covers; marbled page edges; 361pp. Inscribed by Rølvaag (in Norwegian) in blue ink on title page (undated). Barely visible dampstain to outer margin of first 40 leaves, else a tight, Near Fine copy.....
DUGAN, Alan
Poems 3
Small octavo (21cm). Green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 61pp. Inscribed on leaf facing copyright page, below dedication: "For Ben & Bernarda / Love, Dugan," undated but apparently contemporary. Mild surface rubbing to dustwrapper, else a fine, fresh copy.
![Ben Shahn [Author's Copy]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/thumb/14191.jpg)
SHAHN, Bernarda
Ben Shahn [Author's Copy]
Large square quarto (36cm). Red cloth boards, stamped and lettered in gilt; 373pp; illus. Author's copy, inscribed on front endpaper: "Bernarda Bryson Shahn - my copy - retain." Fine, lacking the dustwrapper.
[INTERNATIONAL WORKINGMEN'S ASSOCIATION] BOYLES, R.M.
Autograph Letter, Signed, Addressed to J.F. Byrnes
Two-page autograph letter on single letterhead leaf of Aberg & Himes, City Prescription Drug Store, dated Feb. 20, 1875. Previous mail folds, minor wear from handling, else Very Good and sound.
OLSON, Charles
In Cold Hell in Thicket
Small square octavo (21cm x 18cm). Issued as Origin 8. Original plain wrappers in patterned, printed dustjacket; unpaged [63pp]. Inscribed by Olson on front endpaper: "for Ben & Bernarda Shahn / with love / Charles Olson," undated. Dustwrapper and endpapers toned and foxed, else Very Good. "Charles Olson" hand-lettered on...
LAMPELL, Millard and John HERSEY
The Wall. A Play in Two Acts
Small octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 160pp; illus. Presentation from the author to Ben Shahn on front endpaper, dated 1963: "To Ben Shahn / With Admiration / Millard Lampell." Tight, near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, slightly darkened on spine else near fine.
KAHLER, Erich
The Tower and the Abyss: an Inquiry into the Transformation of the Individual
Octavo (21cm). Black cloth boards, lettered in white; dustjacket; 327pp. Inscribed by the author on front endpaper to artists Ben and Bernarda Shahn: "for Ben and Bernarda with love / Erich," dated in March, 1957. A Very Good copy in rubbed and edgeworn dustwrapper. From the library of Ben and...
[SCHLOSSBERG, Yelena aka Helene, Helen]
Archive of 22 autograph letters signed to David W. Nevins of New York City
Twenty-two manuscript letters, all but two with original stamped mailing envelopes, together with related ephemera including one small photographic print, several negatives, and three printed items. Text in (nearly flawless) English. Most letters 3-4pp (ca 300-500 words) on folded stationery, a few pieces with printed letterhead of the 2nd Moscow.....
FOLON, Jean-Michel
Le Message
Original black linen-covered boards with paper cover label, 9.5cm x 12.5cm; unpaged (24 leaves). Warmly and lengthily inscribed to Ben Shahn on second blank, in Folon's miniscule hand: "Mr. Ben Shahn, Un grand merci pour votre lettre et pour l'autorisation concernant Sacco-Vanzetti. Bien entendu, il faut r'conter le docteur mais...
CARSEL, Wilfred (Paul H. Douglas introd)
A History of the Chicago Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (Presentation Copy to Abe Marovitz)
Octavo (24cm). Blue cloth boards; dustjacket; xxiv, 323pp. Lengthy presentation inscription to front endpaper: "To Abraham Lincoln Marovitz - a civic minded citizen, outstanding legislator, great jurist and a friend of Labor / with our compliments Morris Bialis, manager Chicago Joint Board ILGWU," dated 1956. Fine copy in very Near Fine dustwrapper.
BARLACH, Ernst
A Letter from Ernst Barlach
One of 150 copies issued as a keepsake by the Press. 12mo. Unprinted card covers; orange dustjacket with applied printed label. Near Fine in mildly spine-sunned dustwrapper. With two laid-in pieces of ephemera (as received): (1) an invitation to a preview reception at the 32nd Annual Exhibition of the Downtown...
SHAHN, Ben (Alma S. KING, ed)
Ben Shahn: Voices and Visions
Oblong quarto (22.5cm x 26cm). Cream linen boards, stamped in black; illustrated dustjacket; 96pp. Bernarda Bryson Shahn's copy, with her ownership signature in block letters to front endpaper. Mild toning and soil to board edges; a few brief tears to the fragile, translucent dustwrapper; Very Good.
SALTER, J.T.
The Pattern of Politics: The Folkways of a Democratic People (Presentation Copy to August Derleth)
Octavo. Gray cloth boards, stamped in red and black; dustjacket; 246pp. Presentation inscription on front pastedown to the noted Wisconsin author and publisher August Derleth: "For August Derleth, whose political stories are more real than the talk at the court house," signed and dated in year of publication. Tight, Near...
JACKSON, Rev. Jesse
Autograph Inscription, on front cover of "South Carolina Picture Book," 2004
Autograph in black ink on front cover of the "South Carolina Picture Book" (Columbia: South Carolina Film Office, ca 2004). Reads: "Randy / Peace / Jesse Jackson," dated 3/30/04.
[AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS] [RADICAL AUTHORS] EASTMAN, Max
Typed Note, signed. 1pp, to "Miss Mendham", dated March 30, 1938
Brief 1-pp TNS on Eastman's personal Croton-On-Hudson notepaper, addressed to a "Miss Mendham", dated March 30, 1938. Old folds; holograph additions in Eastman's hand; Very Good. "I shall be delighted to have you use some of my poems in your Verse Speaking Festival...perhaps the poem called "Battle Fields" in my...
MENCKEN, H.L.
Collection of Four Pieces of Signed Correspondence to His Secretary Polly de Roode Regarding a....
The collection is comprised as follows: 1. Typed note signed on Mencken's personal letterhead dated Baltimore, November 3rd (1937), consisting of nine lines of text. Previous mail folds and some minor discoloration, else Very Good. 2. Typed note signed on Mencken's personal letterhead dated Baltimore, November 4th, consisting of seven lines...
GACY, John Wayne
Archive of Letters, Signed Documents, and Related Materials
Archive of 18 substantial typed, signed letters with excellent content, together with 5 other related signed documents; 15 unsigned documents generated by Mr. Gacy, and approximately 10 further related items, all assembled by journalist Richard Vachula, most in the course of writing a 1989 article for Chicago Magazine on Gacy's...
[CONCRETE POETRY] McCAFFERY, Steve
Dr. Sadhu's Muffins
Octavo, illustrated card wrappers; 136pp; illus. Presentation copy from McCaffery to Jackson Mac Low, inscribed on half-title with small original drawing, dated 1975. Minor external wear; Near Fine.
![Sabotage: Its History, Philosophy, & Function [Together With] Original Cover Artwork](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/thumb/32077.jpg)
SMITH, Walker C.; Ralph Chaplin (attributed)
Sabotage: Its History, Philosophy, & Function [Together With] Original Cover Artwork
12mo (17cm.); original drab pictorial staplebound card wrappers; 32pp. Wrappers separated and staples cleanly removed; still, a Good, complete copy of a very uncommon pamphlet. Accompanied by the original cover artwork (43x27.75cm.), black ink on cream stock, several losses and a few closed tears to margins, none approaching image, old.....
JUNGK, Robert
Tomorrow Is Already Here. Translated by Marguerite Waldman, with an Introduction by Herbert Agar
Octavo (21.5cm). Cloth-backed, glossy-paper boards; dustjacket; 242pp. Copy of American artist Ben Shahn, with his ownership signature at head of first fly-leaf. Boards slightly discolored, else a tight, Near Fine copy in lightly worn and spine-sunned dustwrapper. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with estate label tipped...
DUGAN, Alan
Poems Six
Small octavo (21cm). Green cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 61pp. Inscribed on leaf facing copyright page, below dedication: "& for Bernarda with love / Alan Dugan," dated 1989. Judy Shahn has added her own greeting below: "..and with love from me too, Judy." Fine copy.
CORMAN, Cid
For Good
16mo (13cm). Original side-sewn mulberry wrappers with printed cover label; 16pp. Warmly inscribed on endpaper by Corman: "For Ben Shahn / Who knows / How words / Shape up / Always," datemarked Kyoto, 1965. With Corman's mailing address added in different ink below. Fine copy.
[SOCIAL FICTION] [BUSINESS] HYDE, Henry M.
The Buccaneers: A Story of the Black Flag in Business
Octavo (19.5cm). Publisher's decorated tan cloth, lettered in brown on spine and front cover, with pictorial paste-on below title; 236pp; frontispiece illustration by Bert Knight. Mild cover wear and soil, else Near Fine, with ink ownership signature of Victor H. Metcalf (prominent California lawyer & politician; Sec'y of Commerce under...
![Typed Note, signed, to "Joesphine" [Herbst?], dated November 25, 1945](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/thumb/28254.jpg)
[AUTOGRAPHS & MANUSCRIPTS] [RADICAL AUTHORS] EASTMAN, Max
Typed Note, signed, to "Joesphine" [Herbst?], dated November 25, 1945
Brief TNS on Eastman's personal W. 13th St. letterhead, addressed to "Josephine", dated November 25, 1945. Old folds, else Fine, with bright, clear autograph: "Dear Josephine: Thanks so much for the news -- sad as it all was -- in your letter. It was nice to hear from you. I....
![Lotte Jacobi: Theater & Dance Photographs [Inscribed & Signed to Nobel Laureate George Wald with Two Original Signed Photo Postcards of Albert Einstein Filled to Completion]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/thumb/32304.jpg)
JACOBI, Lotte; Cornell Capa, intro.
Lotte Jacobi: Theater & Dance Photographs [Inscribed & Signed to Nobel Laureate George Wald with...
Slim octavo (21.5cm.); original plain card wrappers in photo-illustrated dust jacket; 47pp.; chiefly photographic illus. throughout. Inscribed and signed on title page: "For George / Best / Lotte / December 1982." Together with two original photographic postcards of Einstein, both captioned "Prof. Albert Einstein" and signed by Jacobi in image...
[INDUSTRIALISTS] FERENS, Thomas R.
Original Inscribed Cabinet Card of British Industrialist, Philanthropist, and Politician Thomas R. Ferens (1847-1930)
Handsome three-quarter length portrait, 14cm x 10.5cm; mounted on gilt-edged card with holograph sentiment in black ink below image, "Yours faithfully / Thos. R. Ferens." Undated, but judging from the subject's age in the photograph, ca. 1890s. Faint surface scratching; some mottling to verso of mount; still Near Fine. Photo...
JACKSON, Rev. Jesse
Autograph Inscription, 2004, on Official Daily Calendar of the House of Representatives of the State...
Autograph in black ink on cover of 4-pp House Calendar. "Randy / Peace / Jesse Jackson," dated 3/30/04. A clear and bold autograph.
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