Lorne Bair Rare Books

Original 2pp typed letter on two sides of a sheet of hotel letterhead, dated 31 July 1967. Addressed: Dear Ben [Shahn], signed in ink "Ed Locke." Three old folds, else fine.

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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.

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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.

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First Printing. Octavo (21.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [viii],300pp. With a contemporary presentation inscription from the author to Karl Shapiro on the front endpaper: "To Karl Shapiro / from his first translator into Polish, twenty years ago / Cordially / Czeslaw Milosz / Berkeley...

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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.

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First printing. Quarto (30cm). Cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 95pp (chiefly illus). Signed on title page by both Inge Morath and Arthur Miller. Tight, Near Fine copy in crisp, unclipped dustwrapper, Near Fine. Portraits of literary and art-world luminaries including Arthur Miller, Phillip Roth, Cocteau, Stravinsky, Marilyn Monroe, etc.

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Hand-typed manuscript on two 11" x 8-1/2" sheets of onionskin typewriter paper. Poem of 88 lines, dated in type "10-11 October 1967," inscribed in black ink in margin: "for Israel Young / from Will Inman," dated 23 November 1967. Old fold lines; marginal stain to first leaf; Very Good.

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Octavo (20.75cm); blue-gray buckram, with titling and decorations stamped in maroon on spine and front cover; maroon topstain; dustjacket; [12], 211, [3]pp; illus. Signed on tipped in leaf preceding the half-title page, dated 22 days prior to publication: "John Fante / Sept.1, 1940." Decorative bookplate to front pastedown, slight forward...

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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...

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Slim octavo (21cm); illustrated wrappers, stapled; [viii],63pp. Inscribed on the first blank page: "for Kenneth & Miriam Patchen / with a great deal of affection & respect / Bill Packard." Mild toning and dusiness to wrapper extremities, else clean throughout; Very Good+ to Near Fine.

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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.

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Folio. White linen boards, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover. One of 500 copies, signed by A.A. Milne on limitation page and printed on fine wove paper. Boards a trifle spotted; mild foxing to endpapers; small engraved bookplate to front pastedown; a very attractive copy, VG to Near...

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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...

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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.

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Undated (ca 1970s-80s?) holograph manuscript of 112 leaves, comprising a literal translation of Le Diable dans l'Art by Roland Villeneuve (published 1957). Contained in an unlined, cloth-bound sketchbook 18cm x 14.5cm. Moderate wear, including rubbing to covers and a split to binding near center of text block. Apparently incomplete, as...

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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...

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Second Printing. Octavo (22cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; xii, 463pp. Inscribed to a prominent English actress on the front endpaper: "To Wendy Barrie / Greetings and congratulations on fast (illegible) the hall of fame - James M. Cox -...

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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...

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Octavo. Publisher's printed wrappers; 56pp. Signed by Walcott on half-title, dated 1993. Gentle fading to wrappers at bound edge, else Fine.

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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...

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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...

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Octavo. Pictorial card wrappers; 190pp. Inscribed by the author on half-title: "For Janet / Jim Moore", undated. Mild external rubbing; internally clean, tight and unmarked - a Very Good copy.

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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...

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Octavo. Publisher's printed green wraps; 98pp. Signed by Derek Walcott on front endpaper, dated 1993. Hint of sunning to spine; publisher's announcement stapled inside front wrapper; Near Fine.

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Octavo (23cm). Black cloth boards, lettered in blue, gray and red; original Seymour Chwast dustjacket; 209pp. The dedication copy, inscribed on dedication page, below the printed dedication to Ben and Bernarda, "with all my friendship / Ed." A fine copy in slightly worn and spine-darkened jacket.

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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....

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Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 179pp; illus. Warm and lengthy author's presentation to Ben Shahn on front endpaper, dated 1960. Mild foxing to upper edge of text block, else Fine in lightly soiled and edge-rubbed jacket. First printing of the Revised Edition.

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Quarto (27cm.); original black card wrappers printed silkscreen in yellow and white; [48]pp. & [23] blank leaves for photographs. Wrappers rather worn with several chips and closed tears, upper cover lettering partly effaced, all mounted photographs have been removed, else About Very Good. Yearbook issued by the CCC Jakersville Camp...

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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...

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12mo (17cm). Red cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt; dustjacket; [41]pp. A fine copy in lightly rubbed and unclipped jacket.

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Octavo (21cm). Black cloth boards, lettered in gilt; dustjacket; 310pp. Warmly and lengthily inscribed to a young Stephen Sondheim in year of publication: "To Stephen Sondheim: novelist and musician - With all good wishes," followed by a lengthy quotation from Proust's The Past Recaptured. Bottom board edges rubbed; abrasions along...

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Quarto (25cm). Cloth boards; 180pp; illus. BEN SHAHN'S COPY, warmly inscribed by Rodman to Ben & Bernarda Shahn in year of publication: "For Bernarda, who generously "forgot" my worst lapses, and to Ben, who won't (conveniently) stop "remembering" - with my love, Selden," datemarked Roosevelt, NJ, 1951. Mild wear; spine...

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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...

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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...

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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.....

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First Printing. Octavo (21.75cm); black and red cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [iv],331,[1]pp; illus. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "To Deke - This could be and is the motion picture industry as I knew and know it.....

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Octavo. Black cloth boards, lettered in yellow on spine and front cover; [1-6], 7-192pp. Lengthily inscribed by Gold on front endpaper: "To Pete Gross - Lion Tamer - Father - Author's Friend - New Yorker - Book Maker - Philosopher - Gin Drinker - and Puritz [sp?]. Signed by Gold.....

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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...

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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...

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Quarto (28cm). Green cloth boards lettered in red; dustjacket; 16pp text, 240 plates. Inscribed on front endpaper: "To my favorite American artist, Ben Shahn, from a fellow-artist, Joseph Solman," undated. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with estate label tipped on to front pastedown.

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