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Quarto (26.5cm.); original cloth in red pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; xxiii,[1],495pp; lyrics and notation throughout. Inscribed on front endpaper to American artist Ellsworth Ford: "Ellsworth Ford / with salutations to a singer who knows the kinds of singers who made this book," signed and dated 1944. Tigh copy with some...
Small octavo. Original red cloth boards; pictorial dustjacket; 219pp. Warm and lengthy presentation inscription on front endpaper to Ben Shahn: "For Ben Shahn, non writer, from Michael Ayrton, also a non writer, this Book (which contains enough misprints to justify the claim of illiteracy but, I hope, contains enough sense...
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.
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.
![American Voices [Inscribed Advance Copy]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/32204.jpg?v=1529353685)
Small octavo. Rust cloth (hardcover); 63pp. Limited to 1,000 copies. A clean and unmarked copy in a moderately dusted, spotted dustjacket, about VG. Jacket illustration by Rockwell Kent. Inscribed on front endpaper: "This advance copy for Mike / who knows I have never lost confidence in her and I hope...
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.
![A World To Win [Inscribed]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/008614.jpg?v=1529353116)
Cloth boards; dustjacket; 348pp. INSCRIBED by Conroy in shaky hand on front endpaper: "For Andrew McLean / a book written ... many years ago but I hope you'll find it of interest/ best wishes from Jack Conroy with [hospitalization?] for diabetes, Sincerely Jack Conroy / Moberly / Sep. 26, 1978."...
Octavo (23.5 cm). Tan cloth boards; dustjacket; ix, 237pp. Presentation copy from the author to Shahn's widow Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with lengthy holograph note laid in, dated May, 1985. Fine copy. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with estate label tipped on to front endpaper.
![Original Photographic Portrait of Marian Anderson [Inscribed]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/38267.jpg?v=1529353907)
Original photograph, measuring 20.25cmx x 25.5cm (8" x 10"); inscribed in ink: "To Mr. Harry L. Aiken / Sincerely / Marian Anderson." Mild handling and some trivial surface wear, with "MARIAN ANDERSON" nealy rubber-stamped on verso; a well-preserved example.
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.
Quarto (34cm). Green cloth boards, lettered in gilt on spine; this is Bernarda Shahn's file copy, unsigned but with Shahns' estate label tipped on to front pastedown. Near fine, essentially unworn copy in crisp dustwrapper, mildly darkened on spine.
![Earthenware [Original Signed Photographic Author Portrait laid in]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/34185.jpg?v=1529353757)
Small octavo (19.25cm.); publisher's cloth in pale orange printed dust jacket; [10],110pp. Some light shipping to jacket extremities, the whole a bit finger-soiled, some spotting to textblock edges, else Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Original photographic author portrait (12.75x10.25cm.) signed at the bottom edge by the author laid in.....
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...
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.
Octavo (23.5cm). Gray paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth, lettered in silver; dustjacket; 57pp. Signed by Marianne Moore on half-title. A Christmas gift from advertising executive Ben Sackheim, with a charming typed card signed by him laid in. Fine copy in very lightly edge-rubbed jacket, Near Fine. From the library...
Autograph in black ink on cover of 4-pp House Calendar. "Randy / Peace / Jesse Jackson," dated 3/30/04. A clear and bold autograph.
12mo. Pictorial card wrappers; 199pp; illus. Mild external wear, else Near Fine. Account of Czech "Blue Berets," members of the United Nations peacekeeping forces, written by then Czech Ambassador to the U.S. Stankslave Suja. With a lengthy ink inscription (in Czech) on front endpaper, dated 1985.
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...
![Typed Note, signed, to "Joesphine" [Herbst?], dated November 25, 1945](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/28254.jpg?v=1529353576)
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....
Small quarto (26cm). Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 174pp; illus. Signed on verso of half-title by Sackheim and Ch'en Yung-Sen, with Ch'en's chop. Trivial fading to spine and board edges, else fine in lightly rubbed and dusted jacket. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with estate label tipped on...
Brief 1-pp TLS on Eastman's personal Croton-On-Hudson letterhead, addressed to a "Mr. Simon", dated November 14, 1941. Single holograph correction in Eastman's hand. Mailing folds; slightly toned at margins; Very Good.
![The Alphabet of Creation. An ancient legend from the Zohar with drawings by Ben Shahn [Signed, Limited Edition]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/28628.jpg?v=1529353590)
Tall octavo. Tan, rough linen boards, stamped in maroon and gilt; publisher's slipcase; [45]pp.; illus in text. Number 394 of 500 hand-numbered copies, signed by the artist and printed at the Spiral Press. Faint scratch to lettering on spine, else a Fine, unworn copy in a lightly rubbed, Very Good slipcase.
![Theory and Facts of Cigarette Smoking [With Typescript Letter laid in]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/26377.jpg?v=1529353494)
Octavo (22.5cm.); original brown staplebound card wrappers, printed label mounted to upper cover; 29pp.; illus. Very minor wear to extremities from handling, else About Fine. With typescript letter on Company letterhead, signed in facsimile by Edwin J. Helck, Vice-President, laid in: "This book embodies the results of five years' work...
Professional archive of a "Probationary Member" of the ISUA from 1937 to 1938, comprised of nine printed pieces, nearly all accomplished in manuscript or rubberstamp. Some old folds to the two discharge certificates, minor wear from handling, else a Very Good or better collection. Contents as follows: 1. Probationary Member card...
Oblong quarto (23cm x 29cm); cloth boards; dustjacket; 294p. Inscribed by the artist on front endpaper to artist Bernarda Bryson Shahn: "Dear Bernarda / Congratulations on your retrospective! this book is the result of my retrospective last year / with love Leah Dubin Schwartz," undated but obviously contemporary. Fine copy...
Octavo (22cm). Green cloth boards, lettered in silver and gold; 502pp. Facsimile reprint of the 1940 Dutton edition, inscribed on title page to artist Bernarda Bryson Shahn: "Happy birthday bernarda so you can hear the peoples of the world talk and talk as a jet-setter over all the continents, Love...
Gray cloth boards, lettered in blue on spine and front cover; yellow top-stain; dustjacket; 348pp. Scattered spotting to upper edge of text block, else a straight, tight, near fine copy in a VG+ dustwrapper, price-clipped by publisher with stamped remainder price on front flap, with a hint of darkening to...
![Enjoyment of Living [Inscribed with TLS]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/11989.jpg?v=1529353128)
Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 603pp; illus. Clean, Very Good copy of the first edition, in lightly worn, unclipped dustjacket, Very Good or better.
First Printing. Octavo (19.25cm); dark green pebbled cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [ii],174,[6]pp ads. This copy belonged to Iowa suffragette Pauline Given Swalm, bearing the printed label of The Swalm Library to upper front pastedown, with "Pauline Given. Des Moines, Iowa. Aug.11, 1869" written in pencil at...
Octavo. Original pictorial wrappers; 15pp. Limited to 500 copies. This copy nicely inscribed on inside cover to Ben and Bernarda Shahn, dated 1966: "a Bernarda e Ben / tanti auguri / da Bruno e Lidia," with an original humorous drawing of the author/artist holding a fountain pen between his toes...
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...
![Two Typed Letters, Signed, Addressed to Louise Bryant and George Bernard Shaw [with] Original photograph of Bryant](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/27254.jpg?v=1529353533)
Two typed letters signed by Harris (that to Shaw signed twice) on Pearson's Magazine letterhead, both dated Aug. 24, 1918; with original envelope addressed to Miss Louis Bryant. Letter to Bryant with two manuscript annotations; letter to Shaw with manuscript postscript, "Why don't you write? Pearson's Magazine now is mine--Do...
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...
Octavo (23.5cm). Red cloth boards; dustjacket; 148pp; illus. Inscribed by Rodman on half-title to artist Bernard Bryson Shahn: "for Bernarda, whose genius is now coming into the foreground / Affectionately, Selden," datemarked Roosevelt, NJ, 1978. Boards yawning very slightly, else Near Fine in original illustrated dustwrapper. From the library of...
![Fellow Countrymen: Collected Stories [Inscribed to Evelyn Shrifte]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/35182.jpg?v=1529353806)
First Impression. Octavo (21.5cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in navy blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; x,439,[1]pp. Inscribed by the author to his American publisher, Evelyn Shrifte, on the front endpaper: "To Evelyn / With love / Jim." Upper and lower rear boar corners gently tapped (though still...
Octavo (21.5cm). Red cloth-covered boards, lettered in gilt. With a warm presentation inscription to Ben and Bernarda Shahn: "To Ben and Bernarda and all the little Shahns, who are not related to (the "Portrait of) Sahn the Guerrilla" on p.165 / Ben Appel," dated Sept. 1951. Binding slightly shaken, with...
Quarto. Cloth-covered boards; 128pp; illus. Inscribed on front endpaper, "To Augie Petroff / with high hopes and best wishes, Gropper," with original drawing. A tight, Near Fine copy, lacking the dustwrapper. Catalog for a traveling exhibition of Gropper's works from the Twenties through the Sixties.
Quarto (28cm). Cloth boards; dustjacket; 101pp. Very Good. A Christmas gift to Ben Shahn from Walker Evans, with a long and personal gift inscription: "Dear Old Dr. Ben - This book I've just found seems to be just for you. I hear we're about to see you, at last: what...
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...
One of 275 signed copies, signed by Benet on limitation page. Full burgundy morocco; later custom cloth chemise and slipcase; 80pp; illus. Fine in original glassine; slipcase lightly sunned on spine, VG or better.
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