Calder Alexander Illustrations (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. . . . . 4to, hardcover. No dj, grey cloth. Vg condition. Covers lightly soiled, contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 130 pp. Illustrated, Literature, Modern.

Condition: Good. Original silver lettered decorative cloth, semi-transparent dust jacket, numerous illustrations in b/w, 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Large quarto in pictorial paper-covered boards. B&W drawings. Text in English & French. Fine condition. 78 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Large quarto. B&W drawings. Condition: minor toning & edge-tears to DJ; light wear to edges of binding; else very good in good DJ. 88 pages.

First Trade Edition. 26 x 20 cm. xviii, 130 pages, (6). Illustrated throughout. Original pale cloth. Hard cover inside original dust jacket, now inside clear archival jacket. Very good in very good dust jacket. Edges dust dulled. Internally a nice clean copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Booklet measuring 8.5 x 11", stapled spine, 35 (5) sponsored by the HVA (Housatonic Valley Association), the non-profit, environmental organization, that advocates for land and water policies for the Housatonic River watershed that flows from just north of Pittsfield MA in the Berkshires to the Long Island Sound , traversing Litchfield County CT. The booklet was a program for an environmental fair sponsored by the HVA on August 19, 1972 - in the hayday of the ecology movement of the 70s. The booklet includes contemplations about nature and the region from 19thC authors who lived in the region like Herman Melville and Nathanial Hawthorne, plus writings of contemporary authors from the area, including an original letter from Arthur Miller who lived in Roxbury CT. Noteworthy is a reproduction of the manuscript page of a David Brubeck musical composition to a poem by Mark Van Doren, who lived in Cornwall, CT. Most unique is cover art by Alexander Calder, who lived in Roxbury. It is dated 1971, and clearly created by him for this cause; it doesn't appear in the Calder catalogue raisonne nor does Miller's letter in his bibliography. Scarce. Armin Landeck, Ruth Gannett, Robert Osborn, Eric Sloan (illustrations) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. dj. Later Edition, First Printing. Quarto, [6], 74, [4] pages, plus TLS from Richard Wilbur and signed poem from Kay Ryan. In Very Good plus condition with a Very Good plus dust jacket. Jacket is semitransparent, with maroon and navy lettering on the front. Volume is in full blue cloth binding, with white illustration on front cover and white lettering to spine, visible through jacket. Jacket shows small areas of very light wrinkling at the fore corners and head of spine. Price uncut: "$25.00 U.S.A. / $32.50 Can.". Boards show mild rubbing along edges and at corners, with shallow crinkling at head of spine. Text block shows a small scuff on the fore edge. Front flyleaf shows light penciling in top fore corner and a blue ink inscription from Richard Wilbur: "Inscribed with pleasure / for [former owner] / Richard Wilbur / Cummington, 2009". Second front free endpaper is inscribed in blue ink by Kay Ryan: "I had nothing to do with this / book except loving it later / Kay Ryan / May 7, 2009". TLS from Richard Wilber, addressed to former owner, is on the poet's personal letterhead, and reads: "Dear [former owner], / It will be a pleasure to sign your copies of my books. Send them along. / Sincerely, Richard Wilbur". In Very Good condition. The letter is folded across the center, and is lightly age toned. Housed in the original envelope with the former owner's reply. Printed copy of Kay Ryan's poem Bestiary is laid-in, signed in blue ink by Kay Ryan under the title. In Fine condition. Former owner's name in black ink in the top margin. All items housed in a new archival mylar sleeve. Shelved in Room A. This reprint of Richard Wilbur and Alexander Calder's 1955 illustrated collection of poetry and literary excerpts is signed by Wilbur - one of the most lauded poets of 20th century American verse, who was the second Poet Laureate of the United States and selected the poems and excerpts that comprise this book - and Kay Ryan, the U.S. Poet Laureate from 2008-2010. A signed, printed copy of Ryan's poem of the same name (but no relation to the book) is also included here; she nods at her lack of involvement in this work in her amusing inscription written within the book itself. 1410748. Special Collections - Upstairs. Signed.…