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New York: Viking Press, 1982. Provensen, Alice; Provensen, Martin. First edition of this children's collection of D.H. Lawrence's poems, illustrated by Caldecott medalists Alice and Martin Provensen, with an introduction by poet Donald Hall. The paintings depict scenes from Lawrence's childhood in an English mining town and the surrounding countryside: "A man should never earn his living, / if he earns his life he'll be lovely. / A bird / picks up its seeds or little snails / between heedless earth and heaven / in heedlessness." A fine copy of an unusual and touching book, signed by both Provensens on the front free endpaper. Slim quarto, original white cloth over gilt-stamped blue paper boards, original unclipped pictorial dust jacket.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1989. First edition, third impression of John le Carré's Cold War thriller: "How does a man who's drunk himself silly beat all comers at chess then, Harry -- straight games -- if he isn't a trained spy?" Inscribed by John le Carré, who has written underneath the printed dedication to his editor Bob Gottlieb: "and for Caroline, with my best thanks & good wishes -- David alias John le Carré, 16 Sep '91." The recipient worked for London publisher Hodder and Stoughton. A fine copy. Octavo, original grey cloth boards, original unclipped pictorial dust jacket.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1963. Shahn, Ben. First edition of this illustrated collection of articles from the first fifty years of Art in America, chosen by longtime Art in America editor Jean Lipman, exploring "those distinctively American elements that, together, constitute our artistic and cultural heritage." Contributors include critics, scholars, museum directors, and artists, including Ben Shahn, whose "Autobiography of Some Paintings" traces a unifying theme through the different periods of his work: "At some point very early in my life I became absorbed -- not in Man's Fate, but rather in Man's State." With Shahn's pictorial bookplate affixed to front pastedown. A great association copy. Large quarto, original blue cloth with white lettering, red endpapers, original unclipped pictorial dust jacket featuring a design by Alexander Calder. A few spots to dust jacket, light toning to spine, bookplate of Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn, tiny sticker with Shahn's private library call number at… Read More