Sweeney James Johnson Intro (5 results)

First Printing. Very Good condition.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Indeed. A bright facsimile of this anthology edited by James Johnson Sweeney, with illustrations by Alexander Calder. A facsimile of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper, printed by the Crafton Graphic Company, New York. Originally published as a limited edition work in 1944, this is a facsimile of a delightful anthology of classic, surprising and darkly amusing nursery rhymes. This work was compiled, introduced and edited by James Johnson Sweeney (19001986), and illustrated throughout by Alexander Calder. Rhymes include 'Fee, Fie, Fo, Fum', 'Solomon Grundy', 'Jack and Gill went up the hill', 'One, two, buckle my shoe', 'The twelfth day of Christmas', and many more. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, cloth is in excellent condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Dust wrapper remains bright and generally smart, with shelf wear to the joints and two small closed tears to the front of the wrap. Fine. Alexander Calder (illustrator). book.…

SINGED BY THE AUTHOR. 28x22 cm. 224 pages. Gilt hardcover with dust jacket. Cover edges slightly rubbed. Spine edges slightly bumped. Few pages slightly age stained. Pages yellowing. Else in good condition. The book is in : English.

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.…

Cloth Spine Card Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Signed Limited Edition. First edition; Signed Limited edition. xix, 130 pp. Red cloth spine and pictorial cream card boards, in dustjacket. With 85 drawings by American artist and sclptor Alexander Calder. Copy number 11 of 60 signed copies on Sevir mould made paper (without the additional pen and ink drawing). Rubbing to spine and corners of binding alongside an inkstrain to the foot of the front board. Jacket edgeworn with some markings and torn at spine with tape to the inside. Edges rough with some occasional markings to leaves. Rare. 4to. Illustrated.…