Ed Eugene Jolas (29 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

138+ pp. 8vo, publisher's wrappers with illustration in color by Fernand Leger. Tiny ink name at head of title page; wrappers dust-soiled with a few tiny chips. Contributors to this issue include James Agee and Samuel Beckett.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 205pp + 7 pages of advertisments. Spine creases, small loss at head and foot.

Card covers. Condition: Very Good. 205, [7] pages. Wrapper toned, with chipping to head of spine, closed tear to the right of I at top front with tape repair verso. Heavy foxing to first few and final few leaves; else clean. Binding sound. 8.8 x 5.75 inches.

Card covers. Condition: Very Good. 322, [11] pages. Soiling and chipping to covers. Binding sound; contents clean. 9 x 6 inches.

Stapled Pamphlet. Condition: Good. 15pp. Wrappers tanned and foxed. Light foxing througout.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Edition, 1936. 216 pages. Book measures 6 x 8.25 inches. Cover art by Joan Miro. Excellent issue of Transition featuring contributions by Dylan Thomas, Franz Kafka, Piet Mondrian, Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, Constantin Brancusi, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, Hugo Ball, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Le Corbusier, Fernand Leger, Henry Cowell among many others. Oversize wrappers show light wear, and faint rubbing. Otherwise a very nice copy. Very Good+.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Orange wraps have purple ink title and text. Wraps show some darkening at edges, smudges, creasing at corners, bumping, edgewear. Corners are bumped, softened. See photos. Spine has purple text dimmed and is darkened, with chipped ends. See photos. Binding is tender; front cover shows some signs of separation. See photos. Illustrations are bright and clear, plates are tipped-in, with some offset toning. See photos. Publisher's advertisements follow the editorial content. Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits marginal toning, a couple creased corners, light edgewear, a faint stain to title page. See photos. Inside pages have a few pencil marks in the margins. See photos. Text block edges are untrimmed.** PS2026.0624** 194 pages. 5.5 x 7.5 inches** Issue Number 12 of transition, a landmark avant-garde modernist literary magazine launched in Paris in April, 1927 by Eugene and Maria Jolas. Publisher's orange paper wraps printed in purple ink show some toning and smudges at edges. Interior is gently toned, free from writing. Spine strip has chipped ends; binding is tender. A generally Very Good copy of this early, original issue.** This issue, published in March 1928, marks the final installment of the original monthly run of transition. The issue celebrated the magazine's first anniversary with critical essays, surrealist texts, and serialized excerpts, including a further installment of James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake (here called "Work in Progress"). Photo reproductions of works by Andre Masson, Man Ray, Giorgio de Chirico, and Francis Picabia are included. An Index to Volume I, Issues 1-12, is at the back. The March 1928 editorial famously challenged the literary status quo in North America and signalled the magazine's pivot away from a purely European expatriate focus toward an exploration of American culture.** Edited and published in Paris; the principal sales agency was Shakespeare and Co. in Paris. Circulation was upward of 1000 copies.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #010502"**.

Card covers. Condition: Near Fine. 216 pages. A splendid example, retaining the subscription ticket; no inscriptions. 8.4 x 6.1 inches.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Blue wraps have navy ink title and text. Wraps show some exposure, creasing at corners, over-written price, chipping and wear to edges. Corners are bumped, softened. See photos. Spine has navy text dimmed and is darkened, cracked, with chipped ends. See photos. Binding is tender; covers show some signs of separation. See photos. Illustrations are bright and clear, plates are tipped-in, with some offset toning. See photos. Publisher's advertisements follow the editorial content. Interior is tanned, more at margins, exhibits light edgewear, a couple creased corners. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges are untrimmed.** PS2026.0624** 152 pages. 5.5 x 7.5 inches** Issue Number 11 of transition, a landmark avant-garde modernist literary magazine launched in Paris in April, 1927. Publisher's blue paper wraps printed in navy ink are toned with age and exposure, with tiny chips along the opening edges. Interior is tanned, free from writing and marks. Spine strip shows cracking and has a small chip at foot, 1/2" chip at head; binding is intact, a little tender. A Very Good- copy of this original issue.** Published in Paris in February 1928, Issue 11 of transition was a landmark edition of the influential modernist magazine. Edited by Eugene Jolas and Elliot Paul, it featured pioneering avant-garde fiction, poetry, and art, including a serialized segment of James Joyce's "Work in Progress" (which later became Finnegans Wake) and the English translation of Franz Kafka's short story "The Sentence."** Edited and published in Paris; the principal sales agency was Shakespeare and Co. in Paris. Circulation was upward of 1000 copies.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #010501"**.

Leatherbound. Condition: Very Good. Tan wraps have gray ink title and red text. Wraps show some exposure, staining to back, creasing at corners, bumping, edgewear. Corners are bumped, softened. See photos. Spine has gray and red text dimmed and is darkened, with chipped ends. See photos. Binding is secure; covers show some signs of separation at ends. See photos. Illustrations are bright and clear, plates are tipped-in, with some offset toning. See photos. Publisher's advertisements follow the editorial content. Interior is uniformly age-toned, exhibits marginal toning, light edgewear, a couple creased corners. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Text block edges are untrimmed.** PS2026.0624** 184 pages. 5.5 x 7.5 inches** Issue Number 8 of transition, a landmark avant-garde modernist literary magazine launched in Paris in April, 1927. Publisher's tan paper wraps printed in red and gray ink are toned with age and exposure, a little softened at the opening edges. Interior is uniformly tanned, free from writing and marks. Spine strip has a small chip at foot; binding is secure and square. A Very Good copy of this early, original issue.** Founded by Eugene and Maria Jolas, transition championed experimental writing, Dadaism, and Surrealism. The magazine was published monthly in 1927 (issues 1-9), and then quarterly until 1938. Best remembered as the serial publisher of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake (then called "Work in Progress"), which appeared starting with the first issue of April 1927, transition also published authors such as Gertrude Stein, Hart Crane, William Carlos Williams, Kay Boyle, and André Gide.** Edited and published in Paris; the principal sales agency was Shakespeare and Co. in Paris. Circulation was upward of 1000 copies.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #010"**.

Hardcover. Condition: Gut. Erste Ausgabe. 413 S. Orig.-Leinenband nach dem Entwurf und in der Ausstattung von Marshall Lee. Literarische Anthologie aus der legendären, englischsprachigen literarischen Avantgarde-Zeitschrift "transition", die E. Jolas 1927-1938 in Paris herausgab. Der Band enthält u. a. Texte von Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Kurt Schwitters, Hugo Ball, TristanTzara, André Breton, Ivan Goll, Else Lasker-Schüler, Carl Einstein, Hans Arp und Gertrude Stein. Ein gut erhaltenes Exemplar mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 23 stories from "transition" magazine, avant garde art and literary journal of the 1920s, featuring authors: Kafka, Joyce, Stein, Benn, Josephson, Boyle, Schwitters, Paul, Coates, etc. Art deco constructionist front and rear hardcovers, 1st edn, NF condition if not for slight stain at upper right corner of front cover.

Card covers. Condition: Very Good. 382, [5] pages, with erratum slip tipped in at p. 377. Spine and rear cover toned, and with tideline. Tideline to lower portion of fore edge, intruding to lower margin of first few and final few leaves particularly - otherwise unobtrusively. Old tape repair along the full length of upper hinge. Binding sound; no inscriptions. The final issue of this remarkable publication. 8 x 6 inches.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Cream wraps have photo illustration and green ink title. Wraps show some wear, staining, bumping, heavy edgewear. Corners are bumped, frayed. See photos. Spine has green and black text dimmed and is faded, with chipped ends. See photos. Binding is secure. Illustrations are bright and clear. See photos. Owner's inscription on half-title page. Publisher's advertisements at front and back of issue. Interior is tanned, exhibits edgewear, some small closed tears, creased corners. See photos. Inside pages have a few pencil marks. Text block edges are untrimmed.** PS2026.0624** 328 pages. 6.5 x 9 inches** Issue Number 16-17 of transition, a landmark avant-garde modernist literary magazine launched in Paris in April, 1927. Double Spring-Summer issue. Publisher's cream paper wraps with cover by Gretchen Powel and title in green ink. Wraps show age and wear, with bumping and a closed tear at the foot, staining to opening edge. Interior is tanned, with an owner's name at half-title page and a couple of marginal marks. Spine is chipped at head and foot; the binding is secure and square. A Very Good Minus copy of this early, original issue.** This issue of transition, edited by Eugene Jolas in Paris, was a double issue for Spring-Summer 1929. Yet another landmark edition of the influential modernist magazine, this issue notably includes Samuel Beckett's first published short story, "Assumption," and his debut critical essay. It also features the "Revolution of the Word" manifesto, a modernist proclamation signed by writers including Jolas, Hart Crane, Kay Boyle, and Harry Crosby.** This copy also offers a rather interesting association. Neatly inked on the half-title page is the name "John Widdicombe, University of Va." John Sherwood Widdicombe was an author, architect, and Assistant State Supervisor for the Virginia Writers' Project in the 1930s. A graduate of the University of Virginia and Oxford, he was primarily responsible for writing the architectural descriptions and arranging illustrations for historic books like Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion. Before his work with the Federal Writers' Project, however, Widdicombe had a connection to the modernist literary world. Widdicombe met author Paul Bowles when they were students at U. Va., and the two maintained a correspondence in which (among other topics) Bowles enthused about meeting Gertrude Stein in Paris. Widdicombe and Bowles' paths may well have crossed again when Widdicombe was at Oxford.** Edited and published in Paris.** "Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. Seller Inventory #010503"**.

First edition. 8vo, 325 [11] pp, printed wraps designed and illustrated by Hans Arp. An important issue of the influential modernist little magazine. Among many stellar contributions, this issue is especially notable for including a section on James Joyce, including proofs of A Work in Progress [Finnegan's Wake], Joyce and Ogden rendering Anna Livia Plurabelle "in Basic English," the publication of Joyce's first translation - of his birth buddy James Stephens poem "Stephen's Green," into French - a caricature of Joyce by Cesar Abin, etc. Other contributors include Asturias, Samuel Beckett, Bob Brown, Franz Kafka, Henri Michaux, Gertrude Stein, Gottfired Benn, and many more. A battered good only example, the spine heavily darkened and creased, and the binding just holding but rather fragile.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Condition: 'Good' Notes: Cover by Joan Miro. With contributions by Dylan Thomas, Piet Mondrian, L. Maholy Nagy, Henry Cowell, S. Giedion, et al. Covers a little edgeworn and foxed/toned.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. edge wear, toning on spine,rubbing, light soil, tightly bound, cover beginning to separate from spine, Miro image on front, Fall, 1936. BP/locked cabinet.

15 pp. 8vo, publisher's self wrappers. First edition. Wrappers slightly tanned at edges; text much less so. Transition Pamphlet no. 1.

First Edition. 8vo, pp. 413. Bound in pictorial cloth, some dust soiled, a very good copy. An anthology of material chosen from the avant garde literary journal Transition [1927-1938]. The list of contributors include, Samuel Beckett, Hemingway, Joyce, Agee, Miller, Stein, Williams, Bowles, etc.

This copy has been rebound in a light blue linen hardcover; the Man Ray cover has not been bound-in and is missing; 298+ pages; in English; otherwise very good condition except a few pages have small pieces missing at edges. Includes contributions by: Man Ray, Gertrude Stein, Eugene Atget, James Joyce, Andre Masson, Tina Modotti, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and many others.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft cover journal, 208 pages; in English;; With Marcel Duchamp's front cover of a comb. No internal markings. Includes contributions by: Man Ray, James Joyce, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy James Agee, Hans Arp, Paul Eluard, Franz Kafka, Brassai, Edward Weston, Fernand Leger, Blossfeldt, Piet Mondrian. Cover has a bit of edge wear Small piece missing top right corner. Chip at spine. Other wise a firm copy.

Softcover, 8vo (Spine yellowed)., Cover design by Sophie H. Taeuber-Arp. Includes Joyce Joyce's 'Continuation of a Work in Progress', Hans Arp's 'konfiguration', Hugo Ball's 'Cabaret ', Kurt Schwitters. Condition: good.

Softcover journal, 208 pages; in English; poor condition: there is a clear tape to covers around the spine; edges of covers chipped with small losses; light stains to front cover; about 4-inch waterstain to upper right edge of last half of pages and rear cover; no internal marks. Includes contributions by: Man Ray, James Joyce, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy James Agee, Hans Arp, Paul Eluard, Franz Kafka, Brassai, Edward Weston, Fernand Leger, Blossfeldt, Piet Mondrian and many others. As is. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG in 1/4 black cloth with cream boards. Front board design by Alexander Calder. Upper and outer edges of boards and spine considerably age darkened. Offset to end paper hinges front and rear. Edgewear, chipping to lower outer corner of front board. Very faint water stain at heel of spine not affecting interior. Previous owner's note on ffep: "RPC: Please interpret - SH, 12/25/44". Size: Octavo. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition, signed issue in full black cloth with gilt-stamped design by Alexander Calder and red & white spine title label, one of 100 copies printed on rag paper signed by Jolas, only trace shelf wear to the boards, tasteful bookplate to pastedown & faint tape shadows to endpapers front & rear from a mylar jacket made by former owner and taped (to itself) to keep it in place - well-done but unfortunately left these faint shadows to the pages opposite, else a Fine copy lacking the printed glassine wrapper of this interesting Jolas-curated venture featuring artwork by Andre Masson & Calder as well as early work from College of Sociology / Surrealist stalwarts Roger Caillois & Georges Bataille, along with a literary who's who of the 30s and 40s; 8vo; 201pp + colophon. Signed by Author.

Full Leather. Condition: Fine. Two issued bound together by Bayntun in full tan calf with gilt frames, ornate gilt spine panels with gilt-stamped title on a black morocco label, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Pp. 185, [5] adverts; [183], [6] adverts, 2 double-sided black & white plates in No. 2 and also in No. 3. Bound without the original wrappers and without the half-title to No. 3, pages tanned as usual. Joints rubbed, outer corner of No. 3 title-page missing with loss to the year, professionally repaired. A beautifully bound, handsome copy of two early issues of this important literary review produced in Paris in the twenties. Sylvia Beach in her book "Shakespeare and Company, talks of 'transition': "All the best Anglo-Saxon and European work of the period appeared in it, much of it for the first time. Of all the reviews I came in contact with, 'transition' was the most vital, the longest-lived, and the review that I felt was most intelligently devoted to the interests of new writing." Contributors include: James Joyce, Gottfried Benn, Elliot Paul, Rainer Maria Rilke, Kay Boyle, William Carlos Williams, Gertrude Stein, Morley Callaghan, Man Ray, Max Ernst, Pavel Tchelitcheff, Laura Riding, Size: 12mo. Book.

NY. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Cloth; The Vanguard Press, Inc. ; 1949; . First Edition. Ed: Jolas, Eugene. Transition Workshop. NY: The Vanguard Press, Inc, 1949, First edition, 413 pp. Inscribed to Phil Lyman (long time manager of the famous Gotham Book Mart) on the half title page by Maria Jolas (McDonald) Eugene Jolas's wife and co-founder of the experimental literary magazine Transition which published works by authors such as James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Henry Miller, and Gertrude Stein to name a few. Dust jacket good with several small tears and chips. Original black cloth boards with title pastedown to spine. Very good with light wear to the extremities. First thus, no later editions noted. 413 pages with a selected bibliography. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 413 pages; Signed by Associated . Very Good in Good dust jacket; Cloth; The Vanguard Press, Inc. ; 1949; First Edition.