Ben Sackheim (8 results)

Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First printing. Signed limited first edition of these three performance pieces, illustrated by Ben and Jonathan Shahn, with a note from Sackheim's father, advertising executive and bookseller Ben Sackheim, to fellow bookseller and publisher George Bixby. The two dramatic sequences in A QUESTION ("Unworthy to Pray, Unworthy to Weep-I Shall Whistle" and "And Then There Were No Bees Left in Volhynia") are assembled from texts by or "based on stories by" Sholom Aleichem, Isaac Babel, Martin Buber, and several others, while the spoken parts of I AIN'T BEEN NOWHERE are "adapted" and "appropriated" from real interviews with Son House, Lightning Hopkins, Willie McTell, and others. 10'' x 7''. Original grey-blue wrappers. Grey-blue and brown endpapers. In original beige pictorial dust jacket with small sticker price ($10). Edition of 600 paperback copies, numbered 201 to 800; this copy no. 231. Illustrations by Ben and Jonathan Shahn. 89, [1] and 92, [2] pages. Signed by Sackheim on half-title page. Note on printed stationery of Ben Sackheim laid in: "To George [Bixby] - Eric's pastiches (bound ass-to-ass) - with our best wishes that the new year brings you a double measure of prosperity & pleasure." Minor shelfwear. Signed.

Condition: Good. Typed Letter Signed 7.25" x 10.25" Single Leaf, On Sackheim Rare Books & Fine Art Letterhead. Very Good. Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century.

Condition: Good. Typed Letter Signed 8.5" x 11" Single Leaf, On Rare Books & Fine Art Letterhead. Very Good. Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century.

Condition: Good. Typed Letters Signed 8.5" x 11" & smaller format, Two Stapled Leaves, On Ben Sackheim Letterhead. MS emendations in brown ink. Very Good. Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century.

Condition: Good. Typed Letter Signed 8.5" x 11" Single Leaf, On Rare Books & Fine Art Letterhead. Very Good. Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century.

Condition: Good. Typed Letter Signed 8.5" x 11", Single Leaf, On Ben Sackheim Letterhead. Very Good. Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century.

Original Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Duoedecimo under 6" - 7". 1/26 lettered copies (M) Fine in pink printed wraps and signed by Peggy & Ben Sackheim. One page folded into 2 Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. Illustrated Chapbook, 5" x 4.5", Oblong. French Folded Sheet, Art Paper with Deckled Edge, 4 pp. Very Good+. First Edition. One of 26 lettered copies, this numbered "O". Signed by authors.Herb Yellin (1935-2014) was the highly respected publisher and founder of Lord John Press, considered by many to be one of the most important small presses of the 20th century. His close personal relationships with many significant writers resulted in an impressive number of unique, collectible, signed limited edition books. Working with some of modern literature's biggest names?Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, John Updike, Eudora Welty, and Joyce Carol Oates among them?and entertaining his personal fascination with Hollywood, Yellin was able to create a new realm for Lord John Press combining the two fields; several books, including The Lord John Film Festival, were the result.