Alexander Calder Illus (11 results)

hardcover. Condition: Fine. Illus. by Alexander Calder (illustrator). 1st. 4to, 75 pp. Fine copy in fine dust jacket (printed glassine).

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Alexander Calder (illustrator). First Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full blue cloth, silver lettering on spine, silver decoration on cover, illustrated with whimsical drawings by Alexander Calder accompanied by excerpts from classic works of literature. The volume is in perfect condition; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped dust jacket is mildly faded along the spine, else fine. FINE/VERY GOOD. . B&W drawings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 74, (4) pp.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Pantheon Books, 1993. First Thus - Pantheon Books Edition, stated, with full numberline. Large quarto; publisher's cloth in dust jacket retaining original price; [10],74pp.; illus. throughout. Jacket flaps curling a bit as expected, else clean and crisp with no chips, tears, or marks. Very faint concave bow to front board. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. Bookplate signed by Wilbur laid in.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Pantheon Books, 1993. First Pantheon Books Edition, stated, with full number line. Large quarto; publisher's cloth in dust jacket retaining original price; [10],74pp.; illus. throughout. Light wear and soil to jacket, corners tapped, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Signed Richard Wilbur on title page.

Condition: Good+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good DJ. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Minimal shelf/edge wear, touch of sun at top of boards, ownership mark at ffep and stamp at rear pastedown; DJ shows light sun toning, else clean. Green cloth boards, gilt lettering. 4to. 88pp. Illus. (b/w plates).

Condition: Near Fine. Black and white line drawings by Alexander Calder. (illustrator). Limited edition. Quarto. [vi], 124, [4]. 10" x 7.5" AESOP IN LINES Wire-like, Alexander Calder's line drawings adorn this fine press edition of Aesop's Fables, embodying the use of space and motion Calder would eventually be renowned for in his sculptural work. The contrast between Sir Roger L'Estrange's classic 1692 translation and Calder's avant-garde illustrations captures heiress Barbara Wescott and printer Monroe Wheeler's goal with Harrison of Paris: to build a publishing house that exemplified 1930s modernism while highlighting the artisanal craftsmanship of the 20s. Printed on handmade paper, this copy retains its publisher's paper knife and chemise. Limited to 595 copies, of which this is 317. Gentle wear corners and tips, very slightly toned extremities, owner bookplate to half title with browning to surrounding pages, lightly foxed throughout, still near fine, in good only chemise lacking back strip and title label, lacking publisher's slipcase. Overall a tight and square copy. Publisher's light blue paper-covered boards, illustratively stamped in navy blue, in publisher's chemise, lacking publisher's slipcase.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The First printing published by Harrison of Paris. Minton, Balch and Company, New York, 1931. Number '33' of only 615 copies printed on Auvergne hand-made paper, of which twenty copies were not for sale. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. The boards are clean. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Light toning to the text-block and the extreme page edges. Many pages remain uncut. The Wrapper is complete and is toned to the edges with a little light spotting in places. The original inner chemise is present and is in Very Good- condition with rubbing to the folds and a small clear tape repair to the upper spine. The printed label to the spine of the chemise is present but rubbed. This copy is missing the original paper knife and slipcase. The book is now housed in a custom cloth slipcase. The fifth publication of Harrison of Paris with 50 striking line drawing illustrations by Alexander Calder. Increasingly scarce to find in collectible condition. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Curt Valentin, 1944. Limited Edition of 700 copies; this one unnumbered out of series. Quarto. 130 pages plus index and colophon. 85 black and white drawings by Calder. Printed dust jacket with $12.50 price intact. Yellow pictorial boards in brown cloth stamped in red. Housed in custom-made slipcase. Dust jacket expertly repaired along edges with what appears to be substantial reinforcement to entirety of verso. Spine and edges sunned. Edges of boards lightly bumped with very light soiling along edges. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A series of classic nursery rhymes illustrated for adults by Calder.

First edition, limited issue, number XXVII of 50 copies, with a tipped-in original published drawing signed by the artist. The drawing in this copy is from the Cock and Diamond fable. The text of the present edition is based on Roger L'Estrange's translation of Aesop's Fables (1692). Harrison of Paris was founded by publisher and heiress Barbara Harrison Wescott (1904-1977) and art patron and curator Monroe Wheeler (1899-1988) in 1930. The illustrator, Alexander Calder, came from a long line of sculptors, and first took up printmaking after moving to Paris in 1926, where he befriended Marcel Duchamp, Fernand Leger, Joan Miró, and Piet Mondrian. Quarto. Illustrated throughout with line drawings by Alexander Calder on Guarro's Spanish pure rag paper with coloured silk threads. Original paper-covered boards, front cover lettered in black, edges untrimmed, endleaves uncut. With the original glassine dust jacket, and the original paper knife loosely inserted. Housed in the original red card chemise and slipcase, with printed label to front cover. A few small marks to boards; glassine jacket a little chipped, tape repair to rear jacket; slipcase a little toned: a near-fine copy.

First Calder edition, limited issue, number 262 of 595 copies on Auvergne paper from a total edition of 665, scarce retaining both the slipcase and the paper-knife. The text of the present edition is based Roger L'Estrange's ground-breaking translation of Aesop's Fables (1692). Harrison of Paris was founded by publisher and heiress Barbara Harrison Wescott (1904-1977) and art patron and curator Monroe Wheeler (1899-1988) in 1930. Wheeler designed this book, the pale blue covers of which were made from schoolchildren's aprons (Becker, p. 62). The illustrator, Alexander Calder, came from a long line of sculptors, and first took up printmaking after moving to Paris in 1926, where he befriended Marcel Duchamp, Fernand Leger, Joan Miró, and Piet Mondrian. David P. Becker, Drawings for Book Illustration, 1980. Quarto. Illustrated throughout by Alexander Calder. Original light blue paper-covered boards, front cover lettered in dark blue with Calder illustration, edges untrimmed, endleaves uncut. With the original paper knife loosely inserted. Housed in the original red card chemise and slipcase. A touch of foxing to wrappers, faint offsetting from paper-knife on half-title. A near-fine copy, a little wear to slipcase.