[Rarebooks] FS: ECCLESIASTES illustrated and signed by Ben Shahn, price reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price Reduced!

[SHAHN, Ben]. ECCLESIASTES OR, THE PREACHER IN THE KING JAMES 
TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLE. New York: Spiral Press, 1965. Folio (9-3/8" x 
13-7/8") bound in vellum-backed black cloth. Illustrated with three 
full-page drawings by Ben Shahn engraved in wood by Stefan Martin. 
Calligraphy by David Soshensky. Copy #279 of 285 SIGNED by Shahn, 
Martin, Soshensky, and the printer and designer, Joseph Blumenthal. The 
slipcase is dampstained along the spine, rear, and top fore-edge with a 
split along the top edge and a small piece of gray paper lacking. The 
stain affects the chemise but not terribly so and just touches the top 
front cover of the book without serious detriment. Near Fine in Very 
Good chemise and Good slipcase. 		$350.00

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