James Johnson Sweeney (575 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. v, 196 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Bollingen Series, 201. Extracted from African folktales and sculpture, Bollingen series XXXII, first published in 1952 and in a revised edition in 1964. Firm binding, gently creased spine. Clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. *** "A collection of 187 striking photographs, the majority by Eliot Elisofon and Walker Evans, of native African scupture. In media of wood, bronze, ivory, stone, the ojects include masks, household articles, ancestor and funerary figures, drums, necklaces, and musical instruments." - Publisher. Size: 4to.

Softcover, 196 pages; very good condition, call number taped around bottom of spine; owner's name on first page; no other internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Unpaginated but eleven page introduction (in French and English), followed by 79pp of b&w illustrations, (5 x 6.5 inches). Very Good condition in wrappers (soft cover). White covers lightly soiled. Bookplate inside front cover, otherwise clean, tight, no bumps, tears or creases, no markings. Examples of modern art from the collection. Nice photo of the museum on the front cover.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. first published 1946, a couple short tears to jacket, former owner's name, otherwise a clean, square copy.

Softcover, 102 pages, good condition; light wear to covers; 1-inch crease to upper right corner of all pages; tiny bit of foxing to top edge of some pages; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

PB. Condition: good++, wraps (softcover). 95pp.

Paperback. Condition: Good. over 100 color & b/w illus (illustrator). First Thus. Browning and rubbing to outer extremities, tips and corners, Sm 4to 95+[1] Issued in conjunct ion with the exhibition at MoMA and 2 other institutions, 1946-47. Freitag #6718. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Mildly soiled yellow cloth over boards, printed, illustrated front cover, and replete with black-and-white illustrations throughout, including two line drawings at front and rear endpapers. Complete with a chronology and a fine black-and-white photograph of the artist at frontis by Lotte Jacobi. 102 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Stiff wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Edges of covers are lightly rubbed. Interior is clean and crisp. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 96 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

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

hardcover, Condition: Good, Museum of Modern Art, NY c.1945, 7-1/2 x10 rebound in cloth, 40pp. ca.26 b&w illusts. ink underlined text, ex-lib. bkplte., stamps, ugly but about G $.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Tearing to lower spine end. Covers are darkened.

hardcover. Condition: Nearly fine copy. Well-illustrated (illustrator). 2nd ed. Small 4to, 64 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Black and whites of many of their famous artists works (Guggenheim Museum located at 1071 Fifth Aveue, New York). Cover has edge rubs and shelf rubs, dirt stains on back, and some soil stains on side page edges. 3-4 pages have top bumped corner in begining of book, otherwise pages are clean and binding is tight. Art Catalog.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, 1941. Hardcover. The first monograph on this important Spanish artist with an analysis by James Johnson Sweeney. Includes 70 illustrations with 4 in color. No dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Color & b/w Illustration (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. In pictorial wraps, 12mo, 28pp. Illustrated. light shelfwear and soiling to outer extremities, Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. pbk 12mo illus slight toning at spine prev owner's insc on front endpaper otherwise a very good clean tight copy.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st. 95 pages, illustrations, colour plates, portrait; 26 cm. Edition of 15,200 copies. Exhibition held in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago and the San Francisco Museum of Art. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, with rubbing & wear to to the spine. Age toning. *** Historic MoMA retrospective of England's most important modern sculptor, Henry Moore (1898-1986), known for his direct carvings and bronze castings of reclining figures, with solids and voids in counterpoise. Organized in the aftermath of World War II, the exhibition and accompanying catalogue include Moore's celebrated drawings of Londoners taking refuge in air raid shelters and undergound tube stations. A 1942 watercolour "Crowd Looking at a Tied-Up Object" prefigures Christo. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A very good copy in cloth with slight rubbing and sunning to cloth. Small 4to 95+[1] Issued in conjunction with the exhibition at MoMA and 2 other institutions, 1946-47. Freitag #6718. Over 100 Color & b/w Illustrations.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. 32 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 20 cm.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Accompanies exhibit at New York's MoMA. Generously illustrated including 3 in color. Prints, oils, more. Chronology.Listing of Davis work in public collection. Also list of Davis writing. Boards are toned around edges and at spine. Wear at top and bottom edges of spine. Interior pages are unmarked and undamaged except for minor age toning around edges. 40 pages, 10 1/4" x 7 3/4".

Paperback. Condition: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, 1971. 91 pages; b&w illustrations. A reissue of the first edition published in 1949 by The Philosophical Library. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Language: ENG.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Another fine contribution to the series, Credo Perspectives, planned and edited by Ruth Nanda Anshen. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, showing moderate wear and soiling, not being price-clipped. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [6], 7-188 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum intro by James Johnson Sweeney; undated, softcover, illustrated with artworks in the museum's collection. Published by Braun & Cie, Paris, France. 6 1/2 x 5 ins. BOT-B.