James Johnson Sweeney: Signed (12 results)

Hardcover with dustjacket, 192 pages; in English; poor condition, split to gutter at page 104; dj designed by Miro has small tears at edges and rear is very creased; ex-public library copy with stamps and stickers on bottom of dj spine; outer page edges and a few internal pages; card pocket; library markings. As is; reference copy. Foreign shipping may be extra.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 2nd Edition. 132 Pp. First Printing Of The Softcover Reprint Of The 1937 Book Designed By Armitage, With A New (1966) Appreciative Foreword By Graham. This Copy Inscribed By Merle Armitage To Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano, Illustrator Of Many Armitage Books, And His Wife: " For Emmie And Jonnie, Two Of The People This Book Was Made For- With Love Merle 1968". Also With A Clipping Of January 1982 La Times Article On A Social Event Promoting Graham. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hbk 4to 355pp, INSCRIBED by one editor (Radin) on front endpaper, illustr large section of b+w photo plates, dj has small losses at the edges, otherwise bright and clean, unclipped and now in protective sleeve, appears little-used and altogether a fine, clean, tight and unmarked text. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 121 Pp. One Of 1050 Copies Of A Signed Edition. Bound Only In The Endpapers, Complete Without Card Covers. Five Essays With Illustrations Of Sixteen Drawing By Klee, Fourteen Of Which Were Previously Unpublished. Signed By Armitage On The Colophon. Additionally Inscribed At Length "Dear Charles Duell- Its Unfair To See This Book Without Its Striking Cover- And Slip-Case. But Here Is A Test Copy From Endpapers To Endpapers- With Its Heretofore Unreproduced Drawings- Its 5 Essays And One Article- Etc. Its Been A Labor Of Love, As I Have Been A Klee Admirer Since 1928- Best Merle Armitage". Some Wear, A Little Foxing To First And Last Few Pages And To Edges Of Page Block. Drawings By Klee, Design By Merle Armitage (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s). …

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Slipcase. First Edition. 121 Pp. One Of 1050 Copies Of A Signed Edition. Five Essays With Illustrations Of Sixteen Drawing By Klee, Fourteen Of Which Were Previously Unpublished. Signed By Armitage On The Colophon, With An Additional Inscription To His Friend And Illustrator Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano " For P. G. Napolitano / Jonnie To Me! / This First Born Copy Of The Klee Book- With Love To Jonnie, Emmy, Lola And Tima From This Their Long Trime Friend- Merle Armitage". Fine In A Fine Slipcase, No Wear Or Marks. Drawings By Klee, Design By Merle Armitage (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 132 Pp. First Printing. Red Cloth, Gilt; Contents Completely Identical To The Commoner Grey Cloth Stamped In Black With The 1937 Date, Except Spine Panel On This Red Binding Is Stamped "Dance Of Martha Graham / Merle Armitage" Without The Date, And Cover Lettering On This Red Binding Has Smaller Letters And An Additional 12 Gilt Stars Lacking In The Grey Cloth Binding. The First Book About Martha Graham, Printed In An Edition Of 1000 Copies. Near Fine, Slight Rubbing And Corners And Slight Fading To Spine Cloth, All Gilt Brilliant, But A Few Emphasis Marks And Underlines In Ink And Pencil, With Previous Owner's Signature (Carolyn Hoyt) On Front Endpaper. Signed By Armitage On The Copyright Page At Front And Dated In 1946. Signed by Author(s).…

Volume: 1 27,5x22 cm., legatura in piena tela con sovraccoperta illustrata a colori, pagg.191, 193 illustrazioni in nero e a colori, prima edizione italiana, dedica autografa, buone condizioni. Nato a Reus nel 1852, morto nel 1926, Gaudì rispecchiò nella prorpia arte la situazione della terra catalana, collegata e insieme estranea alla storia d'Europa. Con l'accesa fantasia, l'instancabile immaginazione, l'alacre inventiva anche tecnica, egli riesce a far confluire nella propria matrice creativa i più svariati apporti culturali: arte catalana protostorica, arte sumera, etnologia di Frobenius, psicologia di Freud.Questo lucido brillantissmo libro è interpretazione, è rivendicazione, è soprattutto storia, riconquista del "messaggio di Gaudì" architetto e scultore.…

26x20 cm. 40 S. Mit 3 farb. Tafeln und vielen s/w. Abb. OLeinen. Einband etwas fleckig und leicht angestaubt. Rücken verblasst. Schiefgelesen. Mit handschriftlicher Widmung von Stuart Davis an den Schweizer Architketen Alfred Roth, datiert 1947.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Contains a card signed by Burri. Covers very worn along edges. Signed.

Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1966. Second Printing. Quarto (29cm); 224pp. Publisher's photographic dust jacket with $12.95 price intact; boards bound in brown cloth with gilt stamping to spine; brown endsheets. Black-and-white photographs abound. Dust jacket bumped and scuffed with tears forming at spine end and corners. Top right corner of jacket front panel chipped without obstructing text. Boards bumped at spine ends; otherwise clean with sharp corners. Binding sound. Textblock lightly foxed; endsheets clean; interior pages lightly toned. Signed and dated by the author with gracious inscription. Laid-in at front is Barnstone's vintage calling card. Altogether Very Good. Inscription reads "To Virginia + John Devine What a delight to discover new friends on the occasion of a beautiful evening this November 12, 1970 in Houston / Howard Barnstone." Howard Barnstone was an American architect. Born and raised in New England, he relocated to Texas after receiving his graduate degree from the Yale School of Architecture. Barnstone is best known for designing the Rothko Chapel, but was also responsible for several other public buildings in Houston and Galveston.…

hardcover. Condition: good. Limited. A collection of 83 classic nursery rhymes, along with 85 whimsical drawings by Alexander Calder. xxii, 130, [6] pages. Short folio, burgundy cloth-backed pictorial boards, uncut edges. New York: Curt Valentin, 1944. Limited first edition, signed. Printed by S. A. Jacobs at the Golden Eagle Press. From a total of 700 copies this is number 15 of only 60 copies on Sevir mould paper, signed and numbered by Calder. Lacks the original drawing, as usual. Unfortunately the book has suffered from water damage, evident on the upper portion of the spine and the end-papers. The front and back hinges have been re-enforced and the rear end-paper replaced. The text block and plates however are immaculate. Calder, Alexander (illustrator). …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Gr.4° - unpaginated - Color & B/w Original lithographs (3 double-page) and B/w reproductions. Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002) a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works. DLM published in March 1961 for the exhibition CHILLIDA at the Maeght Gallery. Text by James-Johnson Sweeney. Signed by Chillida, include the invitation card. Original boards. In Very good condition. Signed by Illustrator(s).…