signed first edition
1965 · Washington DC
by BARRETT, William M.; Leonard Guardino, illus.; Joseph Auslander, intro
Washington DC: New Merrymount Press, 1965. First Edition. Octavo (22cm.); original cloth in pale tan pictorial dust jacket; [10],98pp.; illus. Jacket quite brittle with small loss to spine foot, 2-inch closed tear along bottom spine edge of upper panel, some minor soil spots. Fine in Good or better dust jacket. Inscribed and signed on p. ii: "For Ben Shahn / painter / Truly a poet with the brush / Will Barrett." Collection of poetry with an introduction by Joseph Auslander. From the library of Ben and Bernarda Shahn with their estate label tipped to front pastedown. (Inventory #: 30346)