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121995Amsterdam Samuel Abarbanel Soeiro printer 1652. . First edition. Small 4to 19 x 15 cm modern half-vellum with Hebrew title embossed in red to spine Title and first three leaves professionally restored tears with loss to three leaves at the end of the volume; numerous hand-written inscriptions in old brown ink signatures and inscriptions to title occasional staining and marginal tears; text in Hebrew; 8 174 2 ll. ll. 69-72 mispaginated.<br /> Menasseh Ben Yossef Ben Israel 1604-1657 was a Portuguese Sephardi rabbi kabbalist writer diplomat printer publisher teacher of the philosopher Baruch Spinoza and founder of the first Hebrew printing press in Amsterdam in 1626. This book is Ben Israel's only publication in Hebrew his other books were published in Spanish and Latin. Menasseh Ben Israel is an especially significant figure to British Jewry as he was the central advocate who successfully petitioned Oliver Cromwell to readmit Jews to England in the mid-1650s overturning the 1290 expulsion. Through his negotiations and writings he enabled the establishment of the first open Jewish community and synagogue in London. Despite his return to Holland at the end of his his efforts initiated the return of Jews to England for which he is remembered as the champion of British Jewish settlement.<br /><br />Presumably Menasseh Ben Israel gifted the book to his friend an important Ashkenazi Rabbi Moshe Shimshon Bacharach. Bacharach mentions Menasseh Ben Israel sever times in his responsa book 'Chavot Yair'. Both Moshe Shimashon and his son Yair Chaim read the book and left many marginal notes some of them appear to be critical of the text. Yair Chaim Bachrach was a Rabbi of the town of Worms and most likely due to financial need ended up selling the book to Rabbi Moshe Katz Naral who was a doctor and the Rabbi of Metz and came from an affluent family. <br /><br />Examples of Menasseh Ben Israel Hebrew hard-writing are scarce and few which makes this copy especially valuable.<br />This copy does not contain the frontispiece portrait of the author not found in all copies does not contain the leaf at the beginning of the book with poems in praise of the books by rabbis does not contain last eight leaves in Latin 3-10 which include title contents and dedication by the author to Emperor Ferdinand III omitted from most copies.<br /> CB no. 6205 1; Roest p.798; Vinograd Amsterdam 202; Mehlman 1211; Fuks Amsterdam 190; Silva Rosa 59; Rubens 1814. Amsterdam, Samuel Abarbanel Soeiro (printer), 1652. hardcover
1957180132<p>New York: A.S. Barnes 1957. Presumed First printing. HC w DJ. PC Good/Good. SIGNED BY ARNOLD PALMER & JACK NICKLAUS. Presumed 1st/1st Barnes was notoriously inconsistent on printing statements and did not explicitly state first editions. Cream w green quarter cloth shelfwear scuffs/marks with some soiling to boards corners fraying unmarked binding sound. SIGNED to FFEP to verso & recto was apparently torn out folded & creased and then poorly taped back in. Clipped DJ heavily edgeworn w nicks/chips open tears some soiling now in Brodart. Illustrations by Anthony Ravielli. This is a very rare utterly unique copy of a classic golf lesson book signed by two of the game's all-time great golfer-ambassadors. PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.</p> A.S. Barnes hardcover
157821742Venice 1578. Small 4to 19.5 x 15 cm. Giovanni di Gara Contemporary limp sheepskin wrap-around cover with flap and fastened with strap sewn on 2 leather straps laced through the cover the sewing and most of the straps recent. With the title set in an elaborate woodcut architectural arch with garlands of fruits spiraling around the columns 6 round woodcut calendrical or astrological diagrams with text woodcut crown and olive branch ornaments decorations built up from arabesque typographic ornaments a vine leaf Vervliet 38 and many letterpress tables. Set entirely in Hebrew type the main text in semi-cursive rabbinical and the headings in meruba each of the two styles in at least 3 sizes. 136 ll. including the blank leaf 108. Rare second first authorised edition by far the best of an extremely important work on Jewish calendrical calculations also in relation to the liturgy choice of readings customs and dates for holidays. In addition to being a seminal work on the calendar and chronology it records customs and liturgical practices minhagim of the ancient Jewish communities of Palestine including even lore about the weather whose traditions were already threatened and in many cases were soon to be lost as a result of the influx of Sephardic Jews after their expulsion from Spain in 1492 and Portugal in 1497. It also includes similar information about the communities in northern Africa as well as astrological and astronomical information.Susan ca. 1510-1572 was a Maghribian northwest African Jew probably born in Fez in what is now Morocco. He moved to Jerusalem at an early age and studied with Levi ibn Habib chief rabbi there from 1525 in the early years of the Ottoman control of Palestine. He studied further in Safed then briefly sought work in Thessaloniki in 1539 when he was already preparing the present work and continued it in Damascus in 1540 before returning to Safed. With skilful repairs and restorations in the margins of first leaves but still in good condition and with generous margins. The best edition prepared by the author of an essential source for Jewish calendrical calculations and for Jewish customs surviving in Palestine in the mid-16th century.l Adams I20; Carlbach Palaces of time 2011 pp. 47-54; A.M. Habermann De Gara 52; hebrewbooks.org 45592; Marvin Heller The sixteenth century Hebrew book pp. 690-691; Steinschneider 5282.2; Zedner p. 393. hardcover
1616ST18707London: Will Stansby 1616; volume II printed for Richard Meighen and volume III printed for Thomas Walkey 1640 but 1641. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION of Each of the Three Parts. "Poetaster" with letterpress issue of the part title; Second Issue of part II with letterpress general title dated 1640; early state of "The Diviell is an Asse" part title. 280 x 175 mm. 11 x 6 7/8". Parts II and III with contents bound in a variant order but complete. Three parts bound in two volumes. <br/> HANDSOME SCARLET CRUSHED MOROCCO GILT BY RIVIERE & SON stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with French fillet border raised bands spine compartments with large lozenge centerpiece formed by flower and lancet ornaments curling vines bearing fruit at corners gilt lettering turn-ins with ornate gilt floral roll marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Engraved title by William Hole Pforzheimer's third state in first volume with part title to Every Man out of his Humour in woodcut border Pforzheimer's first state and part title to Cynthia's Revels with woodcut border. Front pastedowns with engraved bookplate of Doris Benz. Greg III 1070-73 1076-78 Pforzheimer 559 560 d; STC 14751 14754; ESTC S111817 S111824. First title leaf and likely the one beginning volume II carefully washed the text perhaps pressed--but crisp in any case--the bottom half of one page soiled occasional trivial smudges rust spots or other negligible imperfections elsewhere but the text still fine and IN A GORGEOUS BINDING IN PERFECT CONDITION.<br/> <br/> This first collected edition of Jonson's works—and of any collected dramatic works in English—comes in a very beautiful binding and with distinguished provenance. Excepting only Shakespeare Ben Jonson 1572-1637 was the most important literary figure of his age and in 1616 the year Shakespeare died he became England's first though unofficial Poet Laureate. In that same year he became the first playwright to publish his collected dramatic works when he issued the earlier volume in our set which was also the first printing of English drama in a folio-size book. The second collection here printed in two separate volumes but almost always bound as one appeared after Jonson's death in 1641. For the 21 years that he lived after Shakespeare Jonson was the unquestioned ruler in all things literary; unlike Shakespeare who borrowed heavily he was a fertile source for memorable plots and nobody before or after him has ever displayed the fascinating characters of London so vividly on the stage. As Pforzheimer tells us about the 1616 printing "Jonson began the preparation of this definitive edition in 1612. He used the quarto texts whenever available but scrupulously and systematically revised them cutting out many marginal notes altering the spelling typography and punctuation in accordance with a consistent . . . plan introducing considerable editorial matter." The playwright's hands-on approach to the printing of this text established it as the authoritative edition. <br /> <br /> As Pforzheimer notes this work appears with a number of bibliographic variants due to the fact that it was printed and issued over a number of years. Our set collates as in Pforzheimer with the exception of the bound order of the second and third parts. In part II which begins the second volume here "The Devil is an Ass" is bound between "Bartholomew Fair" and "The Staple of News" rather than after them. Part III leads off with "The Magnetic Lady" "Tale of a Tub" and "The Sad Shepherd" followed by the "Masques" and the "Diverse Poems." Greg notes that "the volume was printed in three sections the order of which is not altogether certain and differs in different copies." <br /> <br /> The tasteful binding was executed by the preeminent London workshop of Riviere & Son which supplied discriminating bibliophiles for more than a century. Robert Riviere began as a bookseller and binder in Bath in 1829 then set up shop as a binder in London in 1840; in 1881 he took his grandson Percival Calkin into partnership at which time the firm became known as Riviere & Son and the bindery continued to do business until 1939. Our set is in the superior condition typical of the books from the library of Doris Louise Benz 1907-84 who collected fine bindings the best of the private presses major English authors and manuscripts. Dickinson says that because she had acquired things very privately the book world was shocked at the richness of her collection when it came on the market in 1984. According to the Dartmouth College Library which was the sole beneficiary of the proceeds from the sale "Miss Benz was a quiet collector almost unknown to other collectors and to dealers except to Col. Marston Drake of the firm of James F. Drake of New York and to Maggs and Quaritch in London." She wanted her collection broken up and sold so that "others could enjoy the pleasures of identifying locating and acquiring books for their own collections" just as she had. Will Stansby unknown
1963968641963. Hardcover. Near Fine. Three composition books. Small quartos. Modest wear mostly near fine. Heavily illustrated by the artist Ben Talbert one of the most important artists in the Los Angeles circle that revolved around Wallace Berman and his publication Semina. Berman and his circle were at the forefront of avant-garde cultural and artistic experimentation on the West Coast in effect the western equivalent of Andy Warhol and his Factory workers with sensibilities representing the Beat and early counterculture movements.<br /> <br /> These notebooks are from Talbert's most important period and the most important period for his circle when he was directly influenced by and collaborating with Berman and most of the artworks presage Talbert's most cherished and representative themes - nudes intense sexuality S&M scenes and handwritten and illustrated plans for installations assemblages collages or sculpture. Several drawings and plans are initialed and dated although most are not as normal for sketchbooks.<br /> <br /> Related material laid in include several nude and mildly sexual photographs of Talbert and a woman named Gayle presumably his wife or girlfriend used by them as Christmas Greetings other clothed photographs of the couple a handmade Valentine from Gayle to Talbert several vintage color photographs of Talbert's framed work a couple of different invitations to memorial retrospectives of his works after his death in 1975 from a drug overdose at the age of 42 and several additional drawings by Talbert on a variety of different sizes of paper.<br /> <br /> The sketches ranging from fully detailed drawings to impressionistic nudes are executed in a variety of media: pencil pen and ink marker gouache colored pencil watercolor and a few in ball-point pen. There are 69 pages of reasonably fully executed drawings bound in plus an additional five laid in for a total of 74 pages of drawings. There are 21 pages of handwritten and illustrated plans for installations plus another two laid in for a total of 23 pages. There are about 14 pages of drawing exercises bound in where Talbert attempted to draw every conceivable object often more than a dozen objects to a page. There is one additional drawing mounted and used as a greeting card that we are reasonably certain is by Talbert as it is similar to his style and preferred subject matter a spurting penis but whose inscription: "Sam - Luv Tony" gives us pause.<br /> <br /> While the drawings are appealing and interesting the plans for Pop installations assemblages and sculptures are fascinating especially considering the time in which they were conceived. They include chastity-belts shaped and illustrated as police badges and many variations on altered televisions mostly with sexual twists and innuendos.<br /> <br /> Talbert's work was the subject of a retrospective exhibit at the Andrew Roth Gallery in New York in March of 2007. This is previously unrecorded material representing vital and important work for an overlooked but important artist in the most interesting period of his career. hardcover
196884328Atelier Mourlot. As New. 1968. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE & UNMARKED - LIMITED EDITION - SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Corresponds to ASIN: B0006CB6MS. -- with a bonus offer-- . Atelier Mourlot unknown
161668586London: Printed by William Stansby 1616. Together with: The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The second Volume.London: Printed for Richard Meighen 1631-1640-1641.<br> <br> First folio edition and first collected edition. Small-paper copy which precedes the large paper. Three folio volumes bound in two Volume II divided into four parts originally issued in two volumes. 10 3/4 x 7 inches; 272 x 177 mm.; 10 1015 1 blank; 12 88 2 93-170 75 1 79 70-122 133-155 1 blank 292 132 pp. Volume I with engraved allegorical title by William Hole Pforzheimer state A. Volume I without the rare initial blank same as Pforzheimer. Decorative woodcut head-and-tail pieces and initials. This set is complete with the exception to it being bound without the extremely rare initial blank in volume I. Volume I collates according to Pforzheimer and while Volume II differs in parts order than Pforzheimer all leaves are present.<br> <br> Volume I- In this copy the section title to Every Man out of His Humour p. 73 is within a woodcut border McKerrow and Ferguson 224 and has the imprint "Printed by W. Stansby for I. Smithwicke;" the section title to Cynthias Revels p. 177 is within the same woodcut border and has the imprint: "Printed by W. Stansby;" the section title to Poëtaster p. 271 is without the border and has the imprint: "Printed by William Stansby." With dedication leaf G2 in first state signed with "By your true honorer Ben Jonson." line 6 on G2 verso reads "PUNTERVOLO"; the catchword on G5 recto is "Naked"; on G5 verso "Where"; G6 recto begins "Where I want arte"; and the eighth line from the bottom on G6 verso reads: "But why enforce I this as fainting no."<br> <br> Volume II- Issue D with the 1640 general title-page the first three plays with the imprint dated 1631 same a Pforzheimer. The end of Mortimer reads: "Hee dy'd and left it unfinished".<br> <br> Both volumes uniformly bound by Riviere in full brown levant morocco. Boards triple-ruled in gilt. Spines elaborately stamped and lettered in gilt. Gilt dentelles. Board edges double-ruled in gilt. All edges gilt. Occasional light toning to pages. Marbled endpapers. Title-page and first few pages toned. Previous owner's light signature on title-page. Occasional toning throughout both volumes. Some browning to pages 273-280 in Volume I. Minor repair to upper margin of leaf B in Volume II not affecting text. Overall a beautiful copy of this set. Housed together in a cloth slipcase.<br> <br> "This book. is a handsome specimen of typography. It reflects great credit upon its printer Stansby who was an apprentice and then successor to John Windet and himself a master printer. Such work entitles him to a front rank among the printers of the reign of James I. Jonson is said to have prepared the plays for the press himself and one or two matters of editing. certainly appear to show the author's hand. At the end of each play for instance is a statement telling when it was first acted and by whom whether the king's or the queen's servants. The names of the actors are also given. All of the works not included in the first were intended for a second volume which however did not appear until after Jonson's death in 1640" Grolier 100 English.<br> <br> Grolier 100 English 17. Pforzheimer 559. Pforzheimer 560. STC 14751.<br> <br> HBS 68586.<br> <br> $19500. Printed by William Stansby unknown
000170463Shlomo ben Eliezer ha-Levi. Avodat haLevi. Istanbul 1516. In Hebrew. The listing price is for a single volume of this title. The copy is in fair condition without binding. Some imperfections are among the following common defects: holes damaged pages tears water stains foxing worm holes or tracers age spots frayed margins handwritten notes inscriptions censorship stamps. Please contact us for more details on the condition of the book. SKU000170463 unknown
164069113London: Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke & for Richard Meighen 1640. Full Description:<br> <br> JONSON Ben. The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. London: Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke & for Richard Meighen 1640 1631.<br> <br> First edition of both parts one and two of the second volume containing the first appearance of the first three plays; Bartholomew Fayre The Staple of Newes The Divell is an Asse and second edition of the first volume. Part I of the second volume was originally printed in 1631 as a continuation of the 1616 Workes. With Pforzheimer's issue "f" of the second volume in which all parts are without the general title the first three plays are dated 1631 and Divell is an Asse with the 1641 imprint. The final page of Mortimer reads: "Left unfinished".<br> <br> It is also of note that William Shakespeare is listed as an actor in two plays of Volume I Everyman in his humor and Seianus His Fall.<br> <br> Three folio volumes in two 10 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches; 277 x 181 mm. Second volume slightly larger. Volume I with engraved title-page by William Hole and engraved portrait. Both volumes with woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces. First volume lacking A1 a blank and second volume is lacking A1 general title.<br> <br> Uniformly bound in contemporary dark brown acid-treated calf rebacked with original spines laid down. Spines elaborately stamped in gilt in compartments. Red morocco spine labels lettered in gilt. Some mild toning and occasional light spotting throughout both volumes. Volume II with a closed lateral tear to leaves Cc-Cc3 which has been neatly repaired with no loss. Overall a very good copy.<br> <br> Pforzheimer credits the failure of The New Inn as the reason work on the second volume ceased until after Jonson's death. The first leaf in the first signature in this part was left blank in anticipation of a general title but since the plans were cancelled the plays were sold as printed with only their individual titles all dated 1631. A general title-page was created for the 1640 first edition of the Workes and the unsold 1631 printings were included as the first of four parts.<br> <br> "The three plays of Volume Il were all that Jonson saw through the press of a projected continuation of his 1616 volume. His failure to complete the collection was probably due to the damning by the town of The New Inn which was published 1631 the same year as this volume. Because of Jonson's supervision of this part the text here given may be considered authoritative. As first printed Sig A was a blank there being no general-title. In 1640 a number of these 1631 plays still remaining unsold sheet AI and 6 was again passed the press this time of Bernard Alsop and Thomas Fawcett and the general-title. printed on recto A. This title refers only to the three plays printed in 1631 and describes them as 'The fecond Volume'. However bound with these three 1631 plays are normally found the three parts containing the masques plays and miscellany dated 1640 or 1641 which have no general-title nor any other preliminary matter. The fact that over a period of years the 1631 plays may have been sold as a supplementary volume to the 1616 Workes. would easily account for their being described as the second volume quite aside from the explicit statement of the 1640 general-title. Pforzheimer 560<br> <br> Greg III p. 1073-1076. Pforzheimer 560 the second volume. STC 14753 and 14754.<br> <br> HBS 69113.<br> <br> $15000. Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke & for Richard Meighen unknown
19661080131966. Paris: The Trianon Press 1966. <br /> <br /> 80 leaves. Large unbound folio in stiff glassine covered wrappers housed in large vellum box stamped with gilt lettering on front back and spine with double clasp closure but one clasp is missing the hook. Some spotting on box. Fine condition. <br /> <br /> § One of 16 super deluxe copies lettered K to Z which include an extra set of colored plates on Auvergne hand-made paper a set of uncolored plates on Arches Verge paper three each of the original guide sheets and stencils and two proof states of the frontispiece. This is copy K. Signed and stamped with the artist's cypher on the frontispiece. Ben Shahn 1898-1969 enjoyed a long career as a social realist artist and left wing visionary widely recognized for his murals paintings commercial illustrations and photography. He collaborated with Diego Rivera and undertook commissions for the Farm Security Administration. Perhaps his most famous work the Jersey Homesteads Mural has also been linked to the Haggadah and the themes of slavery the struggles of immigrants deliverance and redemption were important throughout his career. unknown
1966492<p>Paris. The Trianon Press. 1966. Folio. Loose within stiff wrappers. 135 xxivpp. Illustrated by Ben Shahn. The illuminated pages were reproduced by collotype and hand-stencil. The frontispiece and title-page are original lithographs with color applied by hand through stencils. The frontispiece is signed by Shahn. This is the first edition of the Haggadah for Passover copied and illustrated by Ben Shahn published in a total edition of 292 copies each bearing the artist's signature and cipher on the frontispiece. This edition is one of 20 copies numbered XIII of XX and is printed on Arches Grand Velin pure rag paper. It includes an extra set of the color plates on Arches Vergé paper; a set of the plates left uncolored on Arches Vergé; and a proof state of the lithograph frontispiece all contained in separate folders. Text in Hebrew and English. All contained in a full vellum clamshell box with brass latches designed by Gerald Binney. A rare limited and gorgeous copy in perfect condition. The only one on the web offered from this limited edition of 20 copies.</p> The Trianon Press
169555736Amsterdam: Be-veit ha-meshutafim Asher Anshil ben Eliezer ve-Yisakhar Ber ben Avraham Eliezer/ Moses Wiesel 1695. First edition. Hardcover. g to near fine. Small folio 30 by 18.8 cm. Collation: aleph-vav4 zayin2 = 26 numbered leaves. Full period brown paper boards re-backed with a brown leather spine with raised bands.<br /> <br /> Letterpress title-page with ornate floral woodcut device; additional engraved title-page mounted depicting Moses and Aaron along with six small biblical scenes within round borders all against an architectural background. Engraved folding map at rear mounted; main title with woodcut vignette; 14 half-page engraved illustrations in the text.<br /> <br /> This gorgeously illustrated work is the first edition of the famous and highly influential Passover Haggadah printed in Amsterdam in 1695. Simply known as the Amsterdam Haggadah this edition stands as among the most imitated and copied haggadahs in history and was the first to be illustrated with copperplate engravings. Previous illustrated haggadahs had used woodcuts. The popularity of these illustrations can be attested by the huge numbers of reprint editions over the centuries. There are 14 finely printed large in-text engravings plus the full page engraved title page showing Moses Aaron and Adam in the Garden of Eden. Some of these images illustrate the traditional content of the Passover seder and/or the exodus story while some are other biblical stories less directly related. Images include: the Rabbis of Bene Brak discussing the Passover story the four sons Abraham smashing the idols of his father Abraham welcoming the three angels Moses slaying the Egyptian overseer the rescuing Moses from the river Moses and Aaron coming to Pharaoh w/ staves turning to snakes the ten plagues the Egyptian army drowning in the Red Sea the Exodus the receiving of the Ten Commandments at Mt. Sinai the eating of the Pascal Lamb King David composing his psalms and finally an exterior view of the Holy Temple with the cityscape of Jerusalem in the background. All images are captioned underneath with relevant passages in Hebrew. The engravings were all created by Abraham ben Jacob a German convert to Judaism who had moved to Amsterdam although some sources over the years misattributed them to financier Moses Wiesel 6 of which were adaptations and/or modifications of previous images by Swiss artist Matthäus Merian 1593-1650 from his original work "Icones Biblicae" 1625-30.<br /> <br /> In addition to the in text engravings there is famously a phenomenal fold-out engraved biblical map of the holy land. Measuring a total of 19.5x11.5" the map shows the land of Israel the Sinai desert and Egypt in landscape orientation looking eastward towards the top of the map. It traces the journey of the Israelites starting with the Exodus from Egypt through the desert and into the Land of Israel. The map is detailed showing the areas of the twelve tribes important locations and cities as well as geographic features including the Red Sea Mount Sinai the Dead Sea the Sea of Galilee and many others. The map is decorated with additional illustrations near the bottom and includes a key. This beautiful work also by Abraham ben Jacob is considered among the earliest if not the first map of its kind to be printed within a Hebrew publication. It is now known to have been heavily based on the previously printed 1620 map in Hebrew by Jacob ben Abraham Zaddiq and Abraham Goos 1590 - ca. 1643 which itself was based on the map of 1590 by Christian Kruik van Adrichom Adrichem printed in Latin.<br /> <br /> Text throughout is printed in Hebrew with smaller text in Rashi script underneath containing famous commentary on the Passover Haggadah by acclaimed Portuguese Rabbi and scholar Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel 1437-1508. The verso of the title page contains the order of the Passover seder with brief instructions in both Ladino Judeo-Spanish and Yiddish Judeo-German a nod to the subtitle of Haggadah which references the both Ashkenazi and Sephardic traditions.<br /> <br /> This copy with binding in beautiful condition with being professionally restored includining spine re-backed to style. Book block tight. Interior with some staining to pages throughout from use. Binding in very good to near fine inteiror in good condition overall. Hebrew title: סדר הגדה של פסח ×›×ž× ×”×’ ××©×›× ×– וספרד <br /> Alternate transliterations: Seder Hagadah shel Pesah Seder Hagadah sel Pesah<br /> <br /> References: Friedberg 278 Fuks HTN II 521; Yudlov Haggadah 93; Vinograd Amsterdam 627; Ya'ari no. 59; Laor 876 Map; Nebenzahl pp.138-1389 Map; Yerushalmi plate 59-62; Rosenau "Vision of the Temple" p.135 146-7. Be-veit ha-meshutafim [Asher Anshil ben Eliezer ve-Yisakhar Ber ben Avraham Eliezer]/ Moses Wiesel hardcover
19281000004551<p>This is #112 of only 224 made and signed by Ben MacDonald! Scotland's Gift Golf is a masterpiece of early golf literature written by the Father of American Golf Course Architecture C.B. Macdonald. Considered by historians to be the most important book ever written on early American golf this book details the birth of golf in the United States in the late nineteenth century and the formation of the U.S.G.A. in 1894.</p><p>In addition to a detailed summary of the characteristics of an ideal golf course this guide provides rare insight into the methods and philosophies that Macdonald used to design some of the world's most renowned courses including the National Golf Links of America Mid-Ocean Club Lido and Yale Golf Club. It also includes personal anecdotes and correspondence describing the development of the rules of golf as well as the evolution of the modern golf ball and golf club.</p><p>Written in 1928 this book features 56 black-and-white photographs from the author's personal collection including rare photos of Bobby Jones Young Tom Morris and Francis Ouimet. Also included is an appendix which highlights the oldest surviving rules of golf from 1754 as well as the amended version from 1858. This is the first editiononly 224 printed in rare presentation vellum hardcover issued numbered and signed by Ben MacDonald. In red boards and vellum spine with gilt top pages and all drawings and illustrations. Also has golf links map! "A true golfer's dream from the man who put golf literally on the map."</p> charles Scribner's sons hardcover
19282210213New York: Covici Friede 1928. First. hardcover. Fine/Fine. A stunning and important first edition fine in a fine dust jacket. 1928 on title page and no mention of later printings on copyright page. Original price of $2.00 on front flap along with quotes of reviews on the play which premiered in 1928 on Broadway. This is the first published appearance of the script of the play. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. One of the rarest first edition dust jackets in any condition in modern literature. The play has also been produced as many successful movies including the classic His Girl Friday directed by Howard Hawkes starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in 1940 and later as The Front Page directed by Billy Wilder and starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Mathau. Covici Friede unknown
15465968Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg 1546. First edition. Very Good. Folio 32 cm; 93 leaves. Text in Hebrew. Title within architectural border reproduced in Amram "Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy" p. 215 also in the Jewish Museum's 1989 exhibition catalogue "Gardens and Ghettos: the Art of Jewish Life in Italy" page 50. Some section headings within ornamental borders. Bound in c19 or c20 dark red crushed morocco ruled in gilt and decorated with arabesques on both boards; spine with raised bands and compartments tooled and titled in gilt; green polished leather doublures with red crushed morocco dentelles bordered in pointillé accented with arabesques; green moiré free endleaves. Edges gilt. Binding not signed. Joints and crown adroitly reinforced with Japanese paper; corners somewhat worn down. Occasional contemporary notes in manuscript in text; brief stain on leaf mem-tet and lightly along the bottom edge of leaves nun-bet and nun-gimmel. Text otherwise pristine. Title page light possibly washed. Old library ink stamps from an institution in Warsaw on title page. Red morocco ex-libris of mining magnate and philanthropist Adolph Lewisohn 1849-1938. References: Adams T-766; BM Italian 674; Steinschneider 7304 #1; Amram 215 illustration and 222. <br /><br />First printed edition editio princeps of the 11th century commentary on portions of the pentateuch by the Bulgarian poet and Talmudist Tobiah ben Eliezer. Published by the house of the seminal printer of Hebrew books Daniel Bomberg under the supervision of his scholar-in-residence extraordinaire Cornelio Adelkind. Venetian law at this time limited Hebrew publishing to Gentile printers. Bomberg a protestant from Antwerp entered this lucrative market and with Adelkind's help became its prime exponent until his death in 1549. Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg hardcover
1616010148London: Printed by W. Stansby and to be Sold by Rich. Meighen 1616. Book. Very Good. Full Calf. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 12 1015 1 blank with engraved allegorical title by William Hole Pforzheimer state A. Lacking the rare initial blank as with Pforzheimer's copy. Volume 1 1616 pages measure 10 3/8" by 7". a small-paper copy. The title to Every Man Out of his Humour has no border and reads LONDON: Printed by WILLIAM STANSBY for Iohn Smithwicke rule M. DC. XVI. The Dedication recto G2 is signed "By your true honorer Ben Jonson". Line 6 verso reads "PVNTERVOLO.; the catchword on recto G5 is "Naked" on verso "Where"; recto G6 begins "Where I want arte" ; and eighth line from bottom on versoG6 reads "But why enforce I this as fainting no". The title to Cynthia's Revels is in compartment with LONDON printed by W. Stansby 1616. The tirle for Poetaster p. 277 is in compartment and reads LONDON printed by W. Stansby for M. Lownes 1616. Bound in contemporary calf the late 18th c. bookplate of S.P PeachTockington at front paste down. About Very Good front cover separarting yet held by cords boards rubbed with a peeling lacquer at spine not quite obscuring the label. Internally tight and clean without foxing and with only a few spots of scattered browning. An unsophisticated copy of the earliest edition of Jonson's Works later volumes were published in 1640-41. Pforzheimer 560. Printed by W. Stansby and to be Sold by Rich. Meighen Hardcover
160189N.p.: N.p. 1978. Archive of approximately 200 original blueprints of set plans schematics and designs as well as photographs drawings notations and newspaper and magazine clippings for various Broadway and off-Broadway productions Metropolitan Opera productions film and television productions as well as various ballet companies including the National Ballet Company mounted on 62 oversize art boards 1943-1978. <br /> <br /> Detailed inventory and all images available upon request. Serious purchase inquiries only please.<br /> <br /> An expansive archive of sets and schematics blueprints for over 30 various productions from 1943 to 1978 all mounted on the rectos and versos of 62 oversize artboards the majority of which contain 1-6 blueprints per panel side. Included in the archive are 59 panels of blueprints for 16 Broadway and off-Broadway productions 1943-1978 36 panels for four Metropolitan Opera productions 1963-1967 as well as layout plans for the MET at Lincoln Center from 1965 the year before it premiered twelve panels for three film productions 1960-1971 three panels for two television productions 1959 and 1961 as well as panels of blueprints for the National Ballet circa 1962 the Pennsylvania Ballet circa 1963 the Columbia Theatre Association Ballet 1953 and various other film and theatre productions.<br /> <br /> From the estate of Boston sculptor Robert Berks who in his early years painted movie and theater backdrops as well as blueprint work for industrial design. <br /> <br /> All material Very Good to Very Good plus mounted to rectos and versos of boards as originally maintained.<br /> <br /> Shipping billed at cost. N.p. unknown
194883909New York: Progressive Party 1948. Lithograph in colors 45" x 30". A Near Fine example with subtle cleaning and repair to margins. Professionally mounted on archival canvas. <br /> <br /> Shahn's most celebrated political poster created to support the Progressive Party's 1948 Presidential candidate Henry Wallace. The poster lampoons the Democratic and Republican candidates Dewey and Truman leaving the viewer to conclude that the two mainstream parties are indistinguishable partners in "the same old song and dance" leaving Wallace as the only viable candidate. The visual metaphor may have proved too subtle; only one of the Progressives' 114 candidates succeeded in winning a seat; Presidential candidate Wallace received only about 2% of the popular vote. 83909. Progressive Party unknown
33033502Guangzhou 1870-1871 Huì Shi Litang. Stiff buff stitched wraps.2 vol.set: 132166 double folded leaves woodblock printed on red paper title pages55 drawing13.2 x 24.4 cm. contents clean firmly bound solid. RARE FIRST EDITION . . . WORLDCAT ONLY LISTS ONE COPY IN THE WORLD . . . THE FIRST RARE QING DYNASTY EDITION . . . IN "CANTONESE VERNACULAR" LANGUAGE . . . FULLY ILLUSTRATED . . . A TRANSLATION OF "PILGRIM'S PROGRESS" . . . PUBLISHED IN CANTON . This is a very RARE book the FIRST EDITION OF THE CANTONESE VERNACULAR language fully illustrated and complete in 2 volumes. Translated into "Cantonese Vernacular." as "The Progress on the Path to Heaven." . This article first points out the highly intertextual sic nature of Pilgrim's Progress and the King James Version of the Bible and examines the parallel process in which the two works were translated in the late Qing Dynasty. . A translation of the original work by Paul Bunyon PILGRIM'S PROGRESS London 1678 edition. . A timeless book "Pilgrim's Progress" known today as one of the most inspiring allegories of the Christian faith ever written and the second most read book in the world. . Per Wikipedia: . "Beginning in the 1850s illustrated versions of The Pilgrim's Progress in Chinese were printed in Hong Kong Shanghai and Fuzhou and widely distributed by Protestant missionaries. Hong Xiuquan the leader of the Christianity-inspired Taiping Rebellion declared that the book was his favorite reading." . Translated by William Raymond Weeks 1783-1848 Bound in 2 uniform buff stitched wrappers cover titles printed on front covers profusely illustrated with line drawings written in the Canton dialect with Hanzi characters . Issued with 2 red paper title pages in Cantonese vernacular reading of title: TIAN LU LICHENG. . Issued in 2 volumes showing the English titles on the inside of the red color title pages: reads: . "PILGRIMS PROGRESS" PT. I CHRISTIANA. CANTON VERNACULAR 1871. PT. II CHRISTIANA. CANTON VERNACULAR. 1870. . Part I: 5 Juan chapters 29 illustrations. Part II: 6 Juan chapters 26 illustrations. . PUBLISHER: . Publisher: Canton Guangzhou Yangcheng Huì Shi Litang Yangcheng Hui Shi Auditorium. Published Tong Zhi period Qing Dynasty: . Color photos are posted to our website. . RARE BOOKS: This is the FIRST & ONLY RARE EDITION in Cantonese vernacular entirely woodblock printed & illustrated in the later part of the 19th century China. . THE ILLUSTRATIONS: This work is profusely illustrated by Chinese line drawings converting the story into something the Chinese could identify with and understand visually. Beautifully illustrated by Chinese artists contains 55 superb graphical depictions of the story. . See photos posted to our website especially illus06.jpg & illus10.jpg for "persecution of Chinese Christians;" illus11.jpg for "Stairway to Heaven;" "the fires of hell" ilus12.jpg; "the power of prayer" illus14.jpg; "acceptance of women into heaven" illus15.jpg; & others. . CONDITION: The set of 2 uniform volumes are firmly bound in the original publisher's buff stitched wrappers with silk threads. . The covers are a bit dusty with some typical small spots a few rubs scuffing and typical signs of age and use for books over 150 years old from China. . The contents are very clean and solid. The title pages are printed in black ink over double-folded red paper title pages. Volume 1 has some red transfer to the first several pages getting more mild as the page numbers increase completely not visible from page 5 onwards. The paper in both volumes is a bit 'toned' as usual. The balance of the pages are exceptionally clean bright no issues. . Volume 1 has some old pencil numbers inside of the first fly leaf and some penned notes in the top margin of the first page along with pencil page numbers in the top right corner of every other page there is a small black ink blotch on the spine. . Volume 2 has no issues whatsoever. . There are brushed titles on the lower edges typical of Chinese books of this period. . By and large an excellent example of a very RARE book printed in China in 1870-71 seldom found. . OCLC Number: 65902726 . REFERENCE: . John Bunyan: See Wikipedia article. . Listed in WorldCat by author/title it shows only one copy listed at Leiden University. . . unknown
163191764London: Robert ALLOT John BEALE 1631. Fine. Two plays by the ""greatest of Shakespeare's contemporaries""Ian Donaldson Robert ALLOT John BEALE London 1631 20 x 32 cm Relié First edition. Binding inspired by Seventeenth century Cambridge panelled boards spine with five raised bands framed by double fillets in blind boards framed by double fillets in blind outer corners of central frame decorated with small fleurons tools in blind decorated roll inside central frame decorated roll in blind on edges all edges gilt a corner and edge and lower spine-end slightly rubbed some chafing on boards a small hole p. 8 affecting part of a letter. Very scarce first editions of The Staple of News and The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson master of comedy and satire who appears alongside Shakespeare as the most celebrated playwright of the English Renaissance. These two delightful satires of the modern world were performed by the Kings Men respectively in 1626 and 1616. As Jean-Christophe Mayer observes Shakespeare and Jonson had clearly understood that the present was beginning to take on a quite particular importance for their contemporaries who would as the years went by become avid consumers of current events. in Modernité représentation de lhistoire et présentisme dans le théâtre shakespearien. The printed press was barely in its infancy when Jonson wrote The Staple of News: the first play mocking the feverish appetite for information among readers staging games of speculation and inflation around news of every kind. He then continued his sharp description of his contemporaries in The Devil is an Ass: Satan sends one of his demons to London to recruit new souls. But this poor devil finds himself so thoroughly outpaced in every old vice and every old trick of hell by modern usurers ruffians and swindlers of high and low degree alike that he no longer knows where he stands allows himself to be duped and returns to the dark empire reviled and mocked by all. Ernest Lafond. These rare imprints follow Jonsons First Folio 1616 a landmark in English literary history as the first printed edition of an authors works supervised by the author himself. Jonson was moreover instrumental in the publishing of Shakespeares First Folio which opens with his verses To the Reader and also contains his eloquent tribute To the Memory of My Beloved the Author Master William Shakespeare and What He Hath Left Us. The two plays in the present volume were published simultaneously with a third Bartholomew Fair to form a collection that never came to fruition: The lack of a general title page on this collection has led scholars to offer several theories seeking to explain how and if it was ever sold to readers see Greg 3:1075-76; Creaser 2014. One theory is that copies of the edition may have been sold as a supplement to Jonsons 1616 Works DEEP 5074-5075. Alternatively copies of the collection but also of the individual plays in it may have been distributed as private gifts by Jonson. . It is also possible that the plays were intended to be sold separately despite the use of continuous signatures in the collection and the use of continuous pagination in Bartholomew Fair and The Devil is an Ass. Another possibility is that Jonson prevented copies from being sold by the publisher Robert Allott and likewise prevented other works from being printed for the collection in 1631 because of Jonsons dissatisfaction with John Beales printing of the three plays in it. The three plays in the collection were issued again in 1640 Database of Early English Playbooks. A fine association of two Jonsonian comedies issued by Allot who would go on to publish the celebrated Shakespeare Second Folio the following year. ESTC ; STC 14753.5. A bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration 456. 1631 ; 457. 1631. Robert ALLOT John BEALE hardcover
1640743L20London: Richard Bishop and Robert Young 1640 1641. Fine Binding. Very Good Indeed. 12" by 7.5" . None. A beautifully bound scarce collected edition of Ben Jonson's works. In a fantastic recent binding with a custom slipcase. From the library of Allen and Beryl Freer. The Freers were avid art collectors and acquired quite the selection over the twentieth century of works mostly bought from the artists. Allen organised many exhibitions of artists he admired and published several works on art. With Allen Freer's bookplate to the front pastedown. Freer's handwriting to the front free endpaper 'Ex collection H J Massingham'. ESTC reference no: S112456. Greg 1073; STC 14753Collated lacking A8 further celebrations of Ben Jonson and B1 Title page to 'Every Man in His Humour.'. With the title page engraved and signed 'Gulielmus Hole fecit' and the frontispiece signed 'Ro: Vaughan fecit' provided in a very good facsimile on laid paper. Collated using The BL's copy. With the signatures: A3-A7 B2-B6 C-2K6 2L4 A-T6.This second collected edition of Jonson's works was entered to R. Bishop on the 4th March 1639. Separate title page for 'Every Man Out of His Humour' dated 1640; 'Cynthias Revels' dated 1640; 'Poetaster' dated 1640; 'Seianus His Fall' dated 1640; 'Volpone or The Fox a Comedy' dated 1640; 'Epicoene or The Silent Woman' dated 1640. Part 2 begins with 'Epigrammes. I. Booke' dated 1640. Separate title page to 'Part of the Kings.' dated 1640; 'Masques At Court' dated 1640; To the verso of title page is a hand-written verse which begins 'O She is wilder & more hard with all/ then bird or beast or tree or stony wall./' It is monogrammed 'W: S:'. This verse was likely written in 1660 as the excised signature at the top of the verso is dated 1660. Contemporary inscription to the tail of B4r 'John Noble His Book'. Prior owner's inscription to the title page of 'The Alchemist a Comedy' 'The Fox the alchemist and the silent woman Elizabeth Congreve'. Excised contemporary inscription to the final leaf. Recently rebound in a full morocco binding. Externally excellent with minor shelfwear. Bookplate to the front pastedown. Recent ownership inscriptions to A3 A4 B4 Y4 and T6. Internally firmly bound. Repair to the fore-edge of L6 and M1 not affecting text. Minor repair to the top corner of R4-S6 not affecting any text. Repair to 2P2 to the bottom six lines of the leaf affecting half of several words. Repair to 2P4 affecting three lines fourteen from the bottom. Lacking A8 B1 and the title page and frontispiece are provided in facsimile. Pages are bright. Scattered spots from A-E of part II. Very Good Indeed Richard Bishop [and Robert Young] unknown
1944177448No place: no publisher 29 June 1944. There are almost a million people in the United States who live in hospitals. for the mentally deranged Screenplay for Hitchcock's psychological thriller starring Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck released in 1944 to significant acclaim. The present script presents a version of the text featuring many revised sheets from the time that the screenplay was submitted for approval to the Motion Picture Association of America. The film is based on the 1927 novel by John Palmer and Hilary A. Saunders under the pseudonym Francis Beeding entitled The House of Dr. Edwardes. The script notes "'Spellbound' The House of Dr Edwardes" on the first leaf. The first page of text has the novel's title struck through and replaced by the title of the film. Hitchcock and his wife began working on a treatment of the novel in December 1943. Hitchcock hired Angus MacPhail to help a month later and Ben Hecht then wrote the screenplay. The opening titles of the film credit the screenplay by Hecht with "adaptation by" MacPhail. The present script includes revised leaves dated 7 July 44 pink leaves 10 July 2 pink and 2 yellow leaves 11 July 1 pink and 7 yellow leaves 12 July 3 pink and 3 yellow leaves 17 July 2 pink and 4 yellow leaves 25 July 4 pink and 3 yellow leaves 27 July 5 pink 13 yellow and 2 green leaves and 1 August 2 pink and 1 yellow leaves. "Hitchcock's Spellbound. was the director's most overt handling of psychological subject matter up to that time. Largely based on the theories of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and featuring a stunning set of dream sequences designed by the world's most renowned surrealist painter Salvador Dali Spellbound in many ways marked a new trajectory in Hitchcock's career" Cunningham. Folio. Mimeographic typescript 154 leaves 280 x 216 mm printed on rectos only of white pink yellow and green paper pagination includes "16-17" "31A" "75A-76" "94-95" "139-140" "144-145" and "152-153" first leaf notes "Please return to Vanguard Films Inc." script no 1699 and date. Rear blue wrapper three split pins. Housed in a custom black cloth box. Lacking front wrapper rear worn with loss and adhesive tape repairs first leaf of screenplay worn with minor loss not affecting text: a very good copy. Douglas A. Cunningham Critical Insights: Alfred Hitchcock 2017. hardcover
16401315045London: Printed by Richard Bishop and Robert Young and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke in St. Paules Church-yard 1640/1641. Second Folio Printing. Hardcover. Folios Three Volumes bound in two books. In Very Good condition. Rebacked with new calf spines and burgundy labels with gilt lettering with previous boards preserved. Both volumes have previous owners name and information on second free end page. Marbled endpapers.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> In the first book which contains only Volume 1 the subsidiary plays each have separate dated title pages. "Epigrammes" begins a new pagination and register; otherwise pagination and register are continuous. Most of the parts have special title pages with imprint: London Printed by R. Bishop 1640. "Poëtaster" has title page with imprint: "London Printed by Robert Young M.DC.XL." The title page is engraved and signed "Gulielmus Hole fecit". Signatures: A-Kkk6 Lll4; 2A-2T6. <br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> The second book contains Volumes 2 and 3. Volume 2 was edited by Jonson himself but Volume 3 was edited by by Sir Kenelm Digby. The three plays comprising Volume 2 "Bartholmew sic Fayre" "The Diuell is an asse" and "The staple of nevves" each have separate title page with imprint ". printed by Iohn. Beale. for Robert Allot . 1631." Signatures: A6 B-M4 Aa-Cc4 2D-H4 2I6 N-Y4 Vol. 3 B-Q4 R2 S-X4 Y2 Z4 Aa-Oo4 Pp2 Qq4 2A-K4 2L2 2M-R4 3A-P4 3Q2 3R-V4. Closed tear to L4. JK Consignment. Shelved in Case 0.<br /> <br> <br /> <br> <br /> Oversized books. Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers please inquire for rates. The first volume printed by Richard Bishop for Andrew Crooke was a 1640 reprint of the 1616 folio with corrections and emendations; it has sometimes been termed "the second edition of the first folio." The second volume was printed by James Dawson for Thomas Walkley in 1641 lacks a general title page and the order of the parts varies in published editions. This volume contains later works most of them unpublished or uncollected previously. ESTC S112456 ESTC S111824. 1315045. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Printed by Richard Bishop [and Robert Young], and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke, in St. Paules, Church-yard hardcover
1640OB317<p>London Printed by Richard Bishop. M. DC. XL 1640. Hard Cover. Folio: 226 63-668 pages headpieces initials marginal notes. A-S6 T5 G2-G6 H-Z6 Aa-Zz6 Aaa-Kkk6 Lll4; 29.5 cm. Each part has separate title-page and the above imprint except for "Poetaster" London Printed by Robert Young. M. DC. XL. Contents: Epigrammes. I. Booke. The Author B. J.; Part Of The Kings Entertainment In Passing To His Coronation. The Author B. J.; A Panegyre On The Happy Entrance Of Iames our Soveraigne to His first high Session of Parliament in this his Kingdome the 19 of March 1603. The Author B. J.; A Particular Entertainment Of The Queene And Prince their Highnesse at Althrope At The Right Honourable the Lord Spencers on Saturday being the 25. of Iune 1603. as they came first into the Kingdom; The Author B. J.; Masques At Court. The Author B. J. incomplete: ends with catchword 'Till'; Every Man Out Of His Humour. A Comicall Satyre. First Acted in the yeere 1599. By the then Lord Chamberlaine his Servants: With the allowance of the Master of Revells. The Author B. I.; Cynthias Revels. Or The Fovntaine Of Selfe-Love. A Comicall Satyre. First Acted in the yeere 1600. By the then Children of Queen Elizabeths Chappell. With the allowance of the Master of Revells. The Author B. I.; Poëtaster Or His Arraignement. A Comicall Satyre. First Acted in the yeere 1601. By the then Children of Queene Elizabeths Chappell. With the allowance of the Master of Revels. The Author B. J.; Seianus His Fall. A Tragedie. First Acted in the yeere 1603. By the Kings Maiesties Servants. With the allowance of the Master of Revells. The Author B. J.; Volpone Or The Fox. A Comedy. First Acted in the yeere 1605. By the Kings Maiesties Servants. With the allowance of the Master of Revells. The Author B. J.; Epicine Or The Silent Woman. A Comedy. First Acted in the yeere 1609. By the Children of her Maiesties Revells. With the allowance of the Master of Revells. The Author B. J.; The Alchemist. A Comedy. Acted in the yeere 1610. By the Kings Maiesties Servants. With the allowance of the Master of Revells. The Author B. J.; Catiline His Conspiracy. A Tragedy. Acted in the years 1611. Detailed collations on request. Faded dampstain through much of lower margin; outer bottom corner of p. 187/188 torn with partial loss of catchword; closed tears at inner tops of pp. 189/190 and 523/524; ink note on p. 600 with ink smear on inner margin. Expertly rebound by Dragonfly Bindery in red mottled calf gilt spine decoration red leather spine label. A very good and handsome copy. Stock#OB317.</p> Printed by Richard Bishop. , and are to be sold by Andrew Crooke in St. Paules Church-yard. M. DC. XL hardcover
87009Roosevelt NJ: ca 1950s. Original brush drawing in black on white wove paper ca. 40" x 26". Inscribed and signed below image: "Black & White for Sol" signed in full "Ben Shahn." Well-preserved with a few faint spots of foxing visible in image. Unframed.<br /> <br /> "Sol" is the noted documentary photographer Sol Libsohn who was Shahn's close friend and neighbor in Roosevelt New Jersey. The composition possibly a portrait of Libsohn is in Shahn's later semi-figural abstract style depicting a human man with Phoenix wings hovering over and looking down upon a mysterious spiral symbol perhaps a maze or mandala. An exceptional large and clearly personal work - Shahn drawings of this size are rare on the market and this is an uncommonly nice example. unknown
