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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Portrait of the Artist as An American. Ben Shahn: A Biography With Pictures

Portrait of the Artist as An American. Ben Shahn: A Biography With Pictures

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...

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...

The Alphabet of Creation. An ancient legend from the Zohar with drawings by Ben Shahn [Signed, Limited Edition]

The Alphabet of Creation. An ancient legend from the Zohar with drawings by Ben Shahn...

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.

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...

Joseph Solman

Joseph Solman

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.

Ecclesiastes, or, The Preacher, Handwritten and Illuminated by Ben Shahn

Ecclesiastes, or, The Preacher, Handwritten and Illuminated by Ben Shahn

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.

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 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...

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.

A World To Win

A World To Win

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...

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.

Sonnets of Love and Liberty (Inscribed to Bob Travis)

Sonnets of Love and Liberty (Inscribed to Bob Travis)

Octavo. Brown cloth; dustjacket; 63pp. Tiny scuff to base of front board; spine ends lightly rubbed; a tight, Near Fine copy in the original Rockwell Kent dustwrapper, toned on spine and with a few nicks to extremities; Very Good. Prospectus laid in. This copy inscribed and signed on half-title: "For...

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.

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...

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).

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...

Socialists Around The World (signed copy)

Socialists Around The World (signed copy)

Octavo. Blue, cloth-backed boards; dustjacket; 160pp. Signed "Helen & Scott Nearing" on front endpaper, in both hands as usual. Mild wear to board edges and spine ends, still a tight, VG copy in the original dustwrapper which is rubbed and slightly faded, just VG.

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...

Autograph Letter, Signed, Addressed to J.F. Byrnes

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.

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.

Journey's End. A Play in Three Acts

Journey's End. A Play in Three Acts

Original cloth-backed batik paper boards; 204pp. SIGNED by the entire 10-member cast of the play's premiere at the Henry Miller Theatre in New York City, including: Evelyn Roberts, Leon Quartermaine, Victor Stanley, Derek Williams, Colin Keith-Johnston, Jack Hawkins, Sydney Seaward, Eric Stanley, Henry Wenman and Sol Dowday. A tight, attractive...

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