Thirteen Poems by Wilfred Owen With Drawings by Ben Shahn

Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1956. First, Limited Edition. Folio (33cm). Original morocco-backed paper-covered boards in publisher's slipcase; unpaged [28pp]. No. 75 of 365 hand-numbered copies in the regular edition (there were also 35 copies with a signed proof). Frontispiece is a portrait of Wilfred Owen, drawn by Shahn and printed from a block by Leonard Baskin; text includes 15 lithographs after original illustrations by Shahn. A very clean copy, about Fine; in the original slipcase, mildly toned and with a couple of tiny nicks at corners, still Near Fine. Superbly produced collection of Owen's anti-war poems, accompanied by Shahn's graphic depictions of the brutality of war.