Thirty One Sonnets

New York: Eakins Press, 1967. First Edition. 12mo (17cm). Red cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt; dustjacket; [41]pp. A fine copy in lightly rubbed and unclipped jacket. Presentation copy, warmly inscribed to Ben Shahn on front endpaper: "Ben Shahn - After giving the Phi Beta Kappa poem in June the next day I saw you on the stage but could not get over to say hello. Here are the sonnets after some lapse of time. Yours as ever, Richard Eberhart," datemarked Hanover NH, November 9, 1967.