Jolas Eugene Johnson Sweeney James (6 results)

220 S. Einband berieben, bestossen, nachgedunkelt und fleckig mit deutlichen Randläsuren. Seiten nachgedunkelt und leicht eselohrig, sonst gut. L34-2 Wichtiger Hinweis: Aufgrund der EPR-Regelung zur Zeit KEIN Versand in EU-Länder. Due to EPR, there is currently no delivery to EU-countries. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550 21,5*15,5cm. OBroschur., OKlarsicht.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. Miro, Joan (illustrator). First edition. 8vo New York: Transition, 1937. First Edition. Softcover. 216 pages. Cover illustration by Joan Miro along with internal illustrations by Matthew Brady, Piet Mondrian, L. Moholy-Nagy, Constantin Brancusi, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, Paul Strand and others. Includes literary and other contributions by Harry Brown, Eugen Jolas, Dylan Thomas, Oliver Wells, Franz Kafka and others.

Softcover. grey & white wraps w/ cover illustration, gold printing. 208 pgs w/ bw illustrations, closing advertisements. Spine split, though there is no separation of glue and binding; multiple slight splits throughout textblock. Pages and textblock remain firm. Lower back corner bumped with curling to closing page corners. Duchamp cover illustration remains dark and detailed with light, rubbed crease to outer, lower portion. Pages remain lightly tanned with instances of light, speckled to blotched foxing; there are pages with instances of concentrated foxing. Subscription stub remains bound-in. Reading copy only of this important journal. Fair+ (ex-museum w/ pen notation to front wrap; bookplate to interior of front wrap; embossed stamp to title pg; no other markings evident. front wrap detached; large rub /worn area to spine edge from previous label-like removal; edges harshly rubbed w/ chips, small tears. back wrap highly scuffed & smudged w/ long, diagonal crease; deep tear to upper edge; approx 3 inch open tear to spine edge; rubbed edge-wear w/ chips & tears. spine tanned w/ rub/tear to upper edge; top chipped & torn w/ binding visible; tail chipped & torn w/ binding visible.).

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. Marcel Duchamp (illustrator). First edition. 8vo. New York: Transition, 1937. First Edition. 208 pp. + [10] ads. b/w illustrations throughout. Illustrated wraps. Cover art by Marcel Duchamp. Features poetry by James Agee, Forrest Anderson, Hans Arp, Paul Eluard, Randall Jarrell, Eugene Jolas, Raymond Queneau, Andre de Richaud, Muriel Rukeyser, Sanders Russell, and Camille Schuwer. Prose by James Joyce (Work in Progress- Finnegan's Wake), Franz Kafka, and Michael Stuart. Art by Man Ray, Fernand Leger, Andre Lhole, Grace Pailthorpe, Moholy-Nagy, Josef Albers, Alberto Magnelli, Joan Miro, Jean Helion, Jans Hartung, John Piper, Wolfgang Paalen, Wassili Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Julio Gonzalez, Nahum Gabo, Ben Nicholson, and Henry Moore. Writing by Erwin Panofsky, Charles Tracey, Alexander Calder, Stuart Gilbert, Eugene Jolas, Georges Pelorson, Keidrych Rhys. Yapped edges chipped and torn, creasing at corners, chipped along spine-ends with moderate loss, light soiling, interior clean and unmarked.

1st Edition. 1st Edition. Soft cover. First Edition. Size: 6 x 8 3/8" - 208 pp + ads and black and white reproductions. TRANSITION featured a range of literary and artistic works, reflecting the journal's commitment to innovation and boundary-pushing content. "TRANSITION" was known for publishing works by writers such as James Joyce, as well as showcasing avant-garde art such as Duchamp and music by Copeland. In very good condition. Includes the subscription card in the back as well as the erratum pasted on for Stuart Gilbert. Cover art by Marcel Duchamp Issue Number Twenty-Six, published in 1937, included contributions from Eugene Jolas and James Johnson Sweeney. Eugene Jolas, an American writer and translator, was the editor of "TRANSITION" and a strong advocate for linguistic experimentation and the breaking of traditional narrative forms. James Johnson Sweeney was an influential art critic and curator known for his work at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. An important and difficult issue to find.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sm.8° - 208 pp + Ads - B/w Reproductions. Transition was an experimental literary journal that featured surrealist, expressionist, and Dada art and artists. It was founded in 1927 by Maria McDonald and her husband Eugene Jolas and published in Paris. First edition, text in English. Original boards (Marcel Duchamp 3 ou 4 gouttes de hauteur n'ont rien à faire avec la sauvagerie). In Very good condition.