(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.

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(Gehenna Press) Thirteen Poems. [By] Wilfred Owen. With Drawings by Ben Shahn. Printed at the Gehenna Press. Northampton Massachusetts. 1956. n.p. 13.5″ x 10″. Printed by Esther and Leonard Baskin and Richard Warren. Drawings printed by Meriden Gravure. The portrait of Owen woodengraved by Leonard Baskin from a drawing by Ben Shahn and printed from the wood block. Press logo in red on a free endpaper at the back. Red leather spine with gilt title; green-gray paper boards. No. 189 in an edition of 400 copies. This is a regular copy; signed by Leonard Baskin. Fine.

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