Sweeney James Johnson Editor (12 results)

Hard Cover. Alexander Calder (illustrator). First Thus. A facsimilie edition of the larger format, 1946 edition. Small 4to. With eighty-five drawings by Alexander Calder. Fine in very good, slightly dust soiled dust jacket, with a singular, one-inch tear to upper spine fold.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. FINE, second edition revised of 1941 catalog which accompanied Klee's memorial exhibit which toured major US museums. This revised edition is enlarged and includes 64 pps, 54 plates (several in full color), statements by Barr, Julia and Lyonnel Feininger, James Johnson Sweeney, extracts from Klee's journal, Klee statement of his work translated from the French for the first time, chronology, list of plates, biblio, works by Klee in American Museum at this time. Russet cloth cover with gray Klee signature on cover and gray font on spine, without writing or marks, tight binding, only noted flaw is light age toning of this 71 year old book. Dust jacket is good, not price clipped (shows original $2.25 price), chips along spine ends and top edge, several closed tears and is now mylar protected. See our photo and/or request additional informaiton.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. American Federation of Arts, New York, 1953. Five softcover issues bound in hardcover with their original wraps. Very good. Ex-arts library with a faded ink-stamps on wraps only. Pages are clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Second Edition (stated), 3000 copies printed, 1946, per the colophon. Clean and tightly bound quarto in red cloth with fine, unmarked contents. Very slight edge wear to the binding, remains near fine. The unclipped dust jacket has minor edge wear, still Very Good. International and domestic priority shipping may require added postage charges.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1946 2nd Edition Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 357 pp. Original tan cloth covers w/ gilt title on black cloth spine. Lightly soiled. DJ has wear and tear to edges w/ two small chips missing from bottom edge of spine and front panel. Price clipped. Illust. w/ over 180 photos. Contents nice.

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.

Paperback. pp. 359-480, essays, reviews, poetry, fiction, art, very good paperback literary arts journal in wraps. Isherwood reviews "The Grapes of Wrath". Warren reports of poetry in the US. Surrealism as a Public Art with illustrations.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Early Paul Klee monograph. 65 plates. Spiral bound with cloth outer cover. Outer cover is significantly chipped and toned. Mostly attractively printed B+W reproductions. The two color printes are tipped-in serigraphs as detailed. "The two reproductions in color are serigraphs, printed by the Creative Printmakers Group, New York. The Plates were printed by the Fredrick Photogelatine Press, New York. Typography by H.K. Poster, New York." Slight shelf-wear and bumping to corners. NO AMAZON. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 5-6 Pounds. Category: Art::Painting, Drawing & Sculpture; Inventory No: 031313.

Limited edition of 1000 copies (per publisher's rear colophon page). [16], 132, [1] pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 15.5cm. Issued with slipcase and a glassine dust jacket but neither are now present. Dark gray cloth decorated with black lettering to front board and spine; usual toning along spine with light scuffing/fraying at ends. Edges toned/foxed; some foxing and/or toning to several initial and rear leaves; past owner's ink signature at top of page [1]; a few scattered spots of light soiling to interior pages with slight toning occurring at margins. Binding is firm. A very good- copy. Contents as follows: "Articles by John Martin, Lincoln Kirstein, Evangeline Stokowski, Stark Young, Wallingford Riegger, Edith J.R. Isaacs, Roy Hargrave, James Johnson Sweeney, George Antheil, Margaret Lloyd, Louis Danz, and Martha Graham. Biography by Winthrop Sargeant. The Martha Graham Repertoire. Paintings by Edward Biberman and Carlos Dyer. A Portrait of Louis Horst. Affirmations by Martha Graham.".

James Johnson Sweeney, editor (Alexander Calder, illustrator).Three Young Rats: And Other Rhymes.New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Second edition. Quarto. 130pp. Fully illustrated. Publisher's red cloth, spine lettered in white, original unclipped dust jacket. . Minor wear to spine ends; dampstain to front board, text block edges, and front gathering; slight toning throughout; jacket chipped and toned with dampstain. Very good.