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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...
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...
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...
![Spanking the Maid [Limited Deluxe Edition, Signed]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/21135.jpg?v=1529353298)
Limited to 600 copies of which this is no. XVIII of 45 copies specially bound with a leaf of the fair copy manuscript. Large, slim quarto (28.5cm.); original red cushioned silk, upper cover and spine embossed in gilt, marbled endpapers; original acetate dust jacket; typographically decorated title page printed in...
Quarto (30cm). Cream vellum boards, stamped in gilt; illustrated dustjacket; 75pp text and [26pp] of photographic plates, followed by xxiv tipped-in paper specimens. This copy inscribed on second blank: "To Mrs. Bernarda B. Shahn, with the compliments of Bunsho Jugaku," dated in 1970 and with the author's address penned above...
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.
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...
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.
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 collection is comprised as follows: 1. Typed note signed on Mencken's personal letterhead dated Baltimore, November 3rd (1937), consisting of nine lines of text. Previous mail folds and some minor discoloration, else Very Good. 2. Typed note signed on Mencken's personal letterhead dated Baltimore, November 4th, consisting of seven lines...
Two-page typescript letter on PMWA letterhead dated July 7, 1939, and addressed to Tom Mooney and the Mooney Moulders [sic] Defense Committee, signed by four members of the leadership. Somewhat unevenly toned, previous mail folds, else Very Good or better. Manuscript note in red pencil at head of first page...
![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.
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.
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...
Quarto. Cloth boards; dustjacket; 159pp; illus. Inscribed by Van Der Zee on half-title, "to Gerald," dated 1976. Previous owner's embossed stamp to front free endpaper, else a tight, Near Fine copy in unclipped but slightly soiled dustwrapper, Very Good. Early monograph on the work of this pioneering African-American photographer. Uncommon signed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
![Patchen's First Will & Testament [Inscribed Copy]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/40298.jpg?v=1530138583)
Octavo (22.5cm). Red cloth boards, stamped in gilt and black on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 177pp. Warmly inscribed by Patchen on front free endpaper: "for Charles M. McKenna / with every good wish," signed and dated 1950. Also laid in is an autograph note to McKenna from Miriam Patchen...
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...
![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...
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 (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.
One of 275 signed copies, signed by Benet on limitation page. Octavo (22cm.); full burgundy morocco; later custom cloth chemise and slipcase; 80pp; illus. Fine in original glassine; slipcase lightly sunned on spine, VG 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...
![On The Other Hand [Inscribed to Kenneth & Miriam Patchen]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/38326.jpg?v=1529353907)
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.
Exhibition catalog. Oblong octavo; printed card wrappers; [24pp]; illus. Anonymously inscribed by Van Der Zee inside front wrapper: "This is a day for good wishes accept mine they are sincere," signed and dated 1975. Exhibition catalog for the traveling exhibit organized by the Van DerZee Institute in 1972. Reproduces 11 photographs.
![A Gallery of Children. Illustrations by Saida (H. Willebeek Le Mair) [Signed, Limited Edition]](http://www.lornebair.com/pictures/medium/17693.jpg?v=1533940031)
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...
Printed portrait on thin, coated paper, 19cm x 12cm. Tipped in to folding card portrait case. Inscribed beneath image: "Study Art 1, Sec 8, Clause 5 of the Constitution of the U.S. and help to abolish interest / Yours truly / Jacob S. Coxey Sr.," undated but likely dating from...
![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.......
Original photo postcard on thick photographic paper, ca 5-1/2" x 3-1/2"; printed on verso with divided back and blank endicia. Postally unused. Inscribed below portrait: "Ever Yours / Roscoe," undated.
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 (22.5cm x 26cm). Cream linen boards, stamped in black; illustrated dustjacket; 96pp. Bernarda Bryson Shahn's copy, with her ownership signature in block letters to front endpaper. Mild toning and soil to board edges; a few brief tears to the fragile, translucent dustwrapper; Very Good.
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...
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.......
![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....
![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.
Original black linen-covered boards with paper cover label, 9.5cm x 12.5cm; unpaged (24 leaves). Warmly and lengthily inscribed to Ben Shahn on second blank, in Folon's miniscule hand: "Mr. Ben Shahn, Un grand merci pour votre lettre et pour l'autorisation concernant Sacco-Vanzetti. Bien entendu, il faut r'conter le docteur mais...
Autograph in black ink on cover of 4-pp House Calendar. "Randy / Peace / Jesse Jackson," dated 3/30/04. A clear and bold autograph.
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