The Sorrows of Priapus
by Dahlberg, Edward & Ben Shahn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. gilt vellum lettered in gilt. Fine in fine slipcase
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: New Directions, 1957. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. gilt vellum lettered in gilt. Fine in fine slipcase. Shahn, Ben. 119 pages. 27 x 18.5 cm. Limited edition, copy 8 of 150 on mould-made Arches paper, signed by Edward Dahlberg and Ben Shahn -- with a full-page lithograph by Shahn laid-in, and forty drawing in the text. The author calls this work "a fable and not natural history......the polestar of the writer is a legendary work.....
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19165
- Title
- The Sorrows of Priapus
- Author
- Dahlberg, Edward & Ben Shahn
- Illustrator
- Shahn, Ben
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. gilt vellum lettered in gilt. Fine in fine slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- American Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Art; Classics;
Terms of Sale
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All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
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- Vellum
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- Laid-in
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...