Original Inscribed Cabinet Card of British Industrialist, Philanthropist, and Politician Thomas R. Ferens (1847-1930)

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...

Three Poems for Now [Facsimile Edition, inscribed]

Three Poems for Now [Facsimile Edition, inscribed]

Slim 12mo. Blue cloth boards; dustjacket; 29pp. Inscribed on front endpaper to John Ransom Lewis, Poet Laureate of Georgia: "For John Ransom Lewis who is helping to restore dignity and poetry to the institution of the Poet Laureateship in the footsteps of his distinguished predecessor // Gordden Link;" undated, but...

The People Talk

The People Talk

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...

In Cold Hell in Thicket

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...

A Sketch of the Life of C. Eulenstein, the Celebrated Performer on the Jews' Harps

A Sketch of the Life of C. Eulenstein, the Celebrated Performer on the Jews' Harps

Octavo (19.5cm.); original red cloth, printed cream paper cover label; [4],69,[3](ads)pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Expertly rebacked to match, original cloth a bit faded along extremities; frontispiece heavily foxed, recent bookseller label to front pastedown, else Very Good and sound. Errata slip bound in rear. With numerous contemporary holograph corrections throughout.....

The Wall. A Play in Two Acts

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.

A World To Win [Inscribed]

A World To Win [Inscribed]

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."...

Manuscript Broadside: "Notice to All Whom It may Concern, July 26, 1866..." [with] Printed Membership Certificate, Miner's Benevolent Association, Broad Top, PA, accomplished in manuscript for Edward Sweny [Sweeney?] dated 1864.

Manuscript Broadside: "Notice to All Whom It may Concern, July 26, 1866..." [with] Printed Membership...

Manuscript broadside on single sheet of ruled wove paper, 12-1/4" x 7-3/4". Old folds and soil; tack-holes and small marginal losses (not approaching text); complete and good. Membership certificate 4-3/4" x 6-1/4", small mend at top edge; good, with manuscript inscription in ink on verso (see note below).

The Buccaneers: A Story of the Black Flag in Business

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...

Three Erfurt Tales

Three Erfurt Tales

12mo. Cloth boards; viii, 62, iii pp. One of 310 copies. Presentation to Ben Shahn from Lessing Rosenwald on front endpaper: "To Ben Shahn / With Kindest Regards / Lessing," dated 1962. Fine copy. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with estate label tipped on to front pastedown.

My Life As A Rebel [Inscribed copy]

My Life As A Rebel [Inscribed copy]

Octavo (22cm). Cloth-covered boards; 324pp; lacking dustwrapper. Inscribed by Balabanoff on title page: "Long live socialism! Angelica Balabanoff / with best wishes to Prof. Lauer," dated in year of publication. Ink underlining and brief notations throughout, presumably in inscribee Lauer's hand; front hinge thinly cracked; a Good, sound copy. Inscribee's...

USA: 1935-73. Photographs by Theo Jung

USA: 1935-73. Photographs by Theo Jung

Small, square quarto (20cm). Original printed wrappers; unpaged [16 leaves]; chiefly illustrations. Presentation inscription from Jung to Bernarda Shahn on half-title: "For auld lang syne: to Ben's memory & with appreciation for your artistry & friendship: Theo, 12.xi.76." Fine copy.

Typed Note, signed. 1pp, to "Miss Mendham", dated March 30, 1938

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...

Autograph Inscription, 2004, on Official Daily Calendar of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina

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.

Enjoyment of Living

Enjoyment of Living

Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 603pp; illus. Clean, Very Good copy of the first edition, in lightly worn, unclipped dustjacket, Very Good or better.

Our Story: 77 Hours that Tested our Friendship and our Faith. The Quecreek Miners as told to Jeff Goodell

Our Story: 77 Hours that Tested our Friendship and our Faith. The Quecreek Miners as...

Octavo (24cm). Grey cloth boards, dustjacket, signed, vi + 176pp, illus. Signed by all nine Quecreek miners on first free endpaper. Near Fine. Uncommon thus, signed by all nine survivors.

American Voices [Inscribed Advance Copy]

American Voices [Inscribed Advance Copy]

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...

Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Order of Clintonville Council, No. 478, Junior Order of United American Mechanics of the State of Pennsylvania Located at Clintonville

Constitution, By-Laws, and Rules of Order of Clintonville Council, No. 478, Junior Order of United...

32mo (12cm.); original unadorned limp black cloth; 43pp. Top half of spine perished slightly affecting small portion of spine-edge corner of upper cover, additional small holes to cloth of upper cover, rear cover a bit soiled, contents fine. Good or better overall. Illustrated certificate printed on pink stock and accomplished...

The Alien. The Dedication Copy, Inscribed to Ben & Bernarda Shahn

The Alien. The Dedication Copy, Inscribed to Ben & Bernarda Shahn

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.

Arshile Gorky

Arshile Gorky

Oblong 4to (27cm x 29cm); dustjacket; 235pp; 208 illustrations, including 40 tipped on color plates. Includes bibliography. From the library of Ben & Bernarda Shahn, with estate bookplate inside front cover and with Bernarda Shahn's ownership signature on front endpaper. Mild signs of use, including faint thumb-soil to a few...

American Horse-Drawn Vehicles

American Horse-Drawn Vehicles

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...

Fortress in the Rice

Fortress in the Rice

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...

Two pieces of correspondence between Lee Ash and a Brother Lucien-JH[?]

Two pieces of correspondence between Lee Ash and a Brother Lucien-JH[?]

Two letters stapled together at top left-hand corner; the first written and signed in type by American Notes & Queries founding editor Lee Ash addressed to the Reverend Brother Constantin, Provincial of the District of Saint-Louis de Gonzague, requesting a review copy of the Catalogue of the Haitian Library of...

Bound Volume of Petersen's Works, with Presentation to Olive M. Johnson

Bound Volume of Petersen's Works, with Presentation to Olive M. Johnson

Sammelband. 12mo (18cm). Ten pamphlets, all written or translated by Petersen; most published NY: Labor News Company. With ink presentation to front endpaper: "To Olive M. Johnson / Christmas 1935 / Arnold Petersen." Tan buckram with leather spine label. Moderate external wear; first pamphlet's front wrapper lacking, else Very Good...

For Good

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.

Confessions to a Heathen Idol

Confessions to a Heathen Idol

Octavo (20.5cm). Green cloth boards, pictorially stamped and titled in gilt on spine and front cover; 351pp. Gently sunned on spine, else a tight, Near Fine copy, free of markings or significant wear.

Autograph Letter, Signed. June 14, 1887

Autograph Letter, Signed. June 14, 1887

Autograph letter on letterhead of The Labor Enquirer, to a Wm. J. Taylor of Eureka, California, dated June 14th, 1887. Old folds; brief loss at upper corner (with loss of a few printed characters of letterhead); Very Good.

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

Quarto (26cm). Tan cloth boards, stamped in gilt; dustjacket; unpaged [57pp]. Inscribed by both authors on front endpaper to Bernarda Bryson Shahn. Boards yawning slightly; jacket dusted and toned at margins; Very Good.

Cast Down the Laurel (Inscribed Copy)

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...

Ben Shahn [Author's Copy]

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.

Medieval Scenes

Medieval Scenes

Limited to 250 copies, signed by Duncan on colophon. Original sewn printed wrappers; 28pp; title page decoration by Kermit Sheets. Trivial fading to wrapper edges, still Fine.

The American Empire

The American Empire

Stated "Second Edition, February 1921." Limited to 400 signed and numbered copies. Tall octavo (25cm). Paper-backed boards, lettered in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 266pp +index. A very good copy in the extremely uncommon dustwrapper, fashioned from the same stock used for the book's endpapers, hand-titled in Nearing's...

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