Shahn, Ben – Ecclesiastes or The Preacher.
$700.00
(Shahn, Ben) Ecclesiastes or The Preacher. King James Version. The Spiral Press. New York. 1965. 13″ x 10″. 3 full page drawings by Ben Shahn, cut in wood by Stephen Martin. Full page calligraphic title and paragraph marks by David Soshensky. Handset in Emerson type. Half vellum-backed black cloth. Gray board chemise with title in gilt on spine. Gray board slipcase with paper title label on front. No. 272 in an edition of 285 copies signed by Shahn, Martin, Soshensky and Blumenthal (the printer). Prospectus laid in. Two marks on slipcase, else fine.
Related items: Artists' Books, Catalogue 37 - Summer 2009, Ben Shahn