Leah Schwartz: the life of a woman who managed to keep painting

Leah Schwartz: the life of a woman who managed to keep painting

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...

Archive of Letters, Signed Documents, and Related Materials

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...

Autograph Inscription, on front cover of "South Carolina Picture Book," 2004

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.

Fellow Countrymen: Collected Stories [Inscribed to Evelyn Shrifte]

Fellow Countrymen: Collected Stories [Inscribed to Evelyn Shrifte]

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...

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.

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...

Peder Seier

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.....

Burning City

Burning City

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.

Walt Whitman's Civil War [Presentation Copy]

Walt Whitman's Civil War [Presentation Copy]

Presentation copy, inscribed to Lowenfels's daughter and son-in-law, Michal and Norman Kane: "for Michal and Norman / with thanks for the help," dated 1960. Discoloration to endpapers, else a tight, fine copy in crisp, unworn jacket.

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.

Tell Me, Tell Me. Granite, Steel and Other Topics

Tell Me, Tell Me. Granite, Steel and Other Topics

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...

Typed Letter, Signed. 2pp, to Ben Shahn, dated 31 July 1967

Typed Letter, Signed. 2pp, to Ben Shahn, dated 31 July 1967

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.

Hurray for the Worm

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.

Typed Letter, signed. 1pp, to "Mr. Simon", dated November 15, 1941

Typed Letter, signed. 1pp, to "Mr. Simon", dated November 15, 1941

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.

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...

20 Drawings by Franco Minei

20 Drawings by Franco Minei

Folio (50cm). Number 207 of an unspecified number of copies. Printed paper portfolio containing 21 loose sheets, including one page of letterpress and 20 halftones after original works by the author. Inscribed on front cover: "A Ben Shan [sic] / mio maestro e mi [illegible]," signed by the artist and...

The FBI Pyramid from the Inside

The FBI Pyramid from the Inside

Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 351pp. INSCRIBED by Felt "with warm regards," dated 1981. Four faint tape-shadows to boards where previous owner had attached the dustjacket, else straight and Fine in a fine, unclipped dustjacket.

Genius in the Backlands: Popular Artists of Brazil

Genius in the Backlands: Popular Artists of Brazil

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...

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.

Theory and Facts of Cigarette Smoking [With Typescript Letter laid in]

Theory and Facts of Cigarette Smoking [With Typescript Letter laid in]

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...

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.

All Here Are On Vacation. Poems from Martha's Vineyard

All Here Are On Vacation. Poems from Martha's Vineyard

Octavo. Black cloth boards; dustjacket; 80pp; illus. Inscribed on front endpaper: "For an old friend and ever-present inspiration - Happy Birthday!/ "Mike," dated September, 1968 (Ben Shahn's birthday month). Boards gently faded at margins; light wear to jacket; VG to Near Fine.

William Gropper: Retrospective

William Gropper: Retrospective

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.

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...

Ben Shahn: New Deal Artist in a Cold War Climate, 1947-1954

Ben Shahn: New Deal Artist in a Cold War Climate, 1947-1954

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 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...

Golden Sections. With an Introduction by Wyndham Lewis

Golden Sections. With an Introduction by Wyndham Lewis

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...

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...

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.

The Tower and the Abyss: an Inquiry into the Transformation of the Individual

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...

Typed Note, signed, to "Joesphine" [Herbst?], dated November 25, 1945

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....

Thirty One Sonnets

Thirty One Sonnets

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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