[Milano?]: Alfieri Editore, 1974. First Edition. Square quarto (24.5cm.); original cloth in white dust jacket; unpaged; chiefly illus. Rear jacket panel a bit dust-soiled, textblock somewhat foxed, else Very Good or better. Exhibition catalog featuring works by members of the Alliance. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shan with..... More

Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1956. First, Limited Edition. Superbly produced collection of Owen's anti-war poems, accompanied by Shahn's graphic depictions of the brutality of war. The colophon states that only the first thirty-five "deluxe" copies were bound in half-leather; in fact the entire edition appears to have been bound thus; but..... More

New York: Random House, 1958. First Edition. A hard-boiled novel of the New York waterfront, in the vein of Appel's 1930s proletarian crime novels such as Brain Guy and Powerhouse. Like the Shahns, Appel and his wife were charter residents of Jersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt), New Jersey and the four..... More

[Paris]: Gallimard, [1950]. 32e Édition. Octavo (18.5cm.); publisher's white card wrappers printed in red and black; 264pp. Wrapper extremities toned and red spine lettering faded, textblock uniformly browned from poor paper quality, else a Very Good, partly unopened copy. From the Library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with their estate..... More

Roosevelt, NJ: Spectrum Publishing Company, [1979]. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's blue gilt-lettered simulated cloth; [2],171pp. Spine and rear panel a bit sunned, brief soiling to textblock edges, else Very Good and sound, albeit lacking dust jacket. Inscribed and signed by the author to fellow Roosevelt inhabitant the illustrator Bernarda..... More

Vicenza: Reparto Litografico del Comune di Vicenza, 1965. Reprint. Octavo. Pictorial paper wrappers; 119pp; 32 inserted leaves of plates (many folding). Facsimile reprint of the 1761 edition, limited to 1000 copies: "questa ristampa identica alla prima edizione del 1761 e stata realizzata in mille esemplari con il sistema offset xerox..... More

Paris: Gibert Jeune / Librairie d'Amateurs, [1944]. First Thus. Limited to 2000 copies of which this is no. 669. Slim octavo (20cm.); publisher's cream pictorial card wrappers; [8],43pp.; color frontispiece, text illus. throughout. About Fine. The late 17th-century poetic satire, here illustrated with Dubout's typically raunchy and vibrantly colorful cartoons..... More

New York: American Book Company, [1953]. First Thus. Octavo (19.25cm.); original grey cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine lettered in white; x,[2],270pp.; illus. Boards rather rubbed and a bit dust-soiled, contemporary pencil notes throughout (not in either Shahn's hand), else Near Very Good and sound. From the library of Ben and Bernarda..... More

Paris: Emery, Fils [et al.], 1725. First Separate Edition. The Book of Matthew with substantial commentary. Uncommon edition, OCLC noting two copies in North America as of December, 2019, at the Newberry and Brown. See Brunet I 887 for other editions. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with..... More

Cambridge: President and Fellows of Harvard University, 1956. First Edition. Wald's inscription refers to a passage in the book which quotes an unnamed "eminent artist" - Shahn, it turns out - regarding his notions of an ideal education for an aspiring artist, one that will provide "an education without stifling..... More

Cantabrigiæ, Nov-Ang. [Cambridge, MA]: J.A. Cummings et W. Hilliard, 1813. Editio Tertia Americana. Octavo (21.5cm.); full contemporary sheep, red morocco gilt spine label; xii,126,[2],103,[1],87pp. Leather a bit rubbed, preliminaries foxed, last few leaves dampstained, else Very Good and sound. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 28269. From the library of Ben and Bernarda..... More

Paris: Horizons de France, 1950. Later edition. Quarto. Original pictorial thick paper wrappers; 251pp; illus. Artist Bernarda Shahn's copy, with her ownership signature on front wrapper. Light wear and toning to wrappers; Very Good. From the library of artists Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, with their estate label inside front..... More

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1967. First Edition. 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 with publication. Mild surface rubbing to dustwrapper, else a fine, fresh..... More