A CHRISTMAS STORY; illustrated by Ben Shahn
signed first edition
1967 · NY
by PORTER, Katherine Anne
NY: Delacorte Press, 1967. First Edition. Ben Shahn. 12mo, [iv], [30]. A very good tight clean copy in little toned dj. Inscribed on the front blank to the author's friend, poet and editor, Barbara Howes: "Barbara, I wish I could write a good poem for you and David and Greg, but I'm a prose writer alas, so I will say to you three - be happy and merry and well together this year and all your years to come - with love. Katherine Anne Christmas 1967. A great association copy of sweet little Christmas book. Despite being nominated for the 1995 National Book Award (truncated)