Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office 1914. Hardcover 43 pages. Good condition. Size 11.25"x7.625". Includes seven b&w plates. Exterior wear rubs & soiling. Library stamp on text block top & bottom edges. Binding is stressed not loose at the interior margin in a few places from handling. Plates and interior text are clean and unmarked. Good. Government Printing Office hardcover
Berkeley CA: Committee for Arts and Lectures UC Berkeley 1974. Pamphlet. Fine. Octavo 23 cm program consisting of a single folded sheet. Friday April 26th 1974. Dame Judith read from the works of Robinson Jeffers and Shakespeare. List of coming events on back of program includes a performance by Marcel Marceau. Committee for Arts and Lectures, UC Berkeley unknown
Cambridge: President and Fellows of Harvard University 1956. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm. Cloth-backed boards; 155pp. Presentation inscription on front endpaper from Nobel laureate George Wald to Ben Shahn: "To Ben Shahn / the "eminent artist" p.49 / George Wald" undated. Covers soiled and stained; text clean and unmarked; about Very Good. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn with estate label tipped on to front pastedown. Wald's inscription refers to a passage in the book which quotes an unnamed "eminent artist" - Shahn it turns out - regarding his notions of an ideal education for an aspiring artist one that will provide "an education without stifling . artistic development." George Wald 1906-1997 was an eminent Harvard neurobiologist; he won the 1967 Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work with retinal pigments. He was also like Shahn an outspoken advocate for progressive political causes and a vocal opponent of both the Vietnam War and the nuclear arms race. President and Fellows of Harvard University unknown
Berkeley: University Art Gallery. Near Fine. 1963. First Edition. Paperback. Softcover in illustrated wraps. First printing of first edition. Catalogue is crisp and clean with a tiny nick at bottom of spine. Published to accompany a 1963 exhibit organized by the Committee for Arts and Lectures at the University of California Berkeley. Three plates in color; the rest in black and white. Addenda sheet laid in. 4to. 56 pp. . University Art Gallery paperback
Cambridge: President and Fellows of Harvard University 1956. First Edition. Octavo 23.5cm. Cloth-backed boards; 155pp. Presentation inscription on front endpaper from Nobel laureate George Wald to Ben Shahn: "To Ben Shahn / the "eminent artist" p.49 / George Wald" undated. Covers soiled and stained; text clean and unmarked; about Very Good. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn with estate label tipped on to front pastedown. Wald's inscription refers to a passage in the book which quotes an unnamed "eminent artist" - Shahn it turns out - regarding his notions of an ideal education for an aspiring artist one that will provide "an education without stifling . artistic development." George Wald 1906-1997 was an eminent Harvard neurobiologist; he won the 1967 Nobel Prize for Medicine for his work with retinal pigments. He was also like Shahn an outspoken advocate for progressive political causes and a vocal opponent of both the Vietnam War and the nuclear arms race. President and Fellows of Harvard University unknown books
London: Commonwealth Arts Festival Society 1965. 1st edition. Softcover. Very good paperback copy; wrappers slightly dust-toned and edge-nicked. Bright and clean internally. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 116 p.: ill. some col. 21 x 21 cm. Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts London 17 September - 13 November 1965.Commonwealth Arts Festival: treasures from the Commonwealth commemorative catalogue.Subjects: Art - Africa. Art - Caribbean. Art - Canada.Art - Australia. Art - Australia - Aboriginal. Art - African - Oceanic - Inuit - North and South American Indian - Early European. Art - Exhibitions - 20th CenturyArt - India. Art - Oceania.Art - Pakistan. Genre: Illustrated. [London]: Commonwealth Arts Festival Society paperback
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