Johnson Cecil James (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 35p. Vellum backed boards over burgundy patterned boards. Limited to 300 copies and printed by the Windsor Press. Book label from the library of Gwen and Ed Heymes on the inside front board. A fresh clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Limited edition, 1/300. Signed by James Johnson opposite the half-title, dated 1936. Decorated paper over boards with vellum spine. Illustrated. Binding tight. A very handsome little book.

Illustr, 5.5 x 3.5, vellum backed patterned cloth, 35 pp, spine darkened, old ink presentation inscription from Albert M. Bender to Remsen Bird (president of Occidental College) else a nice, little decorative binding. LIMITED TO 300 COPIES.

Condition: Good. 18mo. 35 pp. Gilt Vellum on Decorative Violet Boards. Very Good+. Color plates.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Small format vellum-backed patterned boards, spine gilt. Limited to 300 copies. Bookseller sticker at rear. Fine condition. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 35 pages.

Condition: Good. Folio. [4 pp.], String-Bound Paper-Covered Boards, Letterpress On Unbleached Arnold Laid Paper with Deckled Edges, Black & Ochre Ink, Illustration Facing Poem. Good with marginal tears & creasing to paper covering boards, else Very Good. One of 200 copies.

Clothbound. Condition: Fine. Cecil and James Sydney Johnson (illustrator). FIRST EDITION LIMITED TO 200. San Francisco, The Windsor Press, 1934. 8.75" x 6.25" (16x22cm). Title printed red with vignette in three colors, each of the nine chapters has the title printed in red, Illustrated with 9 head-piece vignettes printed in 8 different colors. Original black cloth with decorative paper cover label. Scarce copy and in FINE condition Constructivist influenced and beautifully produced. In contrast with the view put forward by Samuel Butler in 'Erewhon', the Johnsons contend that 'reality imposes on us an obligation to nurture and defend the machine from all assaults against its development and ultimate triumph' (limitation leaf). The Windsor Press was established in San Francisco in 1926 by the Australian brothers, Cecil and James Sydney Johnson (b. Sydney, Australia in 1897). The brothers often prepared the illustrations for their own publications. "The credo of the Johnson brothers in establishing the Windsor Press rings true and the books bear witness to a faithful endeavor "to print the beautiful book, to create the symphony in type, to handle the tools of his calling with that divine grace reserved only for the lover of his craft; and to find inspiration and guidance and an abiding reverence in these monuments of the old masters. A new love, a new life--this is the soul of the new Renaissance." It is a high note, one that will require time as well as aspiration to reach full volume and clarity, yet there is every indication that time is the only missing ingredient. There is fundamental soundness in their books, and painstaking attention to those infinite details that are apparent more in the elusive, intangible atmosphere of a volume than in their own entities.' from: Will Ransom "Private Presses and Their Books".

Condition: Near Fine. San Francisco, CA: Printed by The Windsor Press for The Book Club of California, 1935. Limited Edition of 300 copies. 12mo. 35pp. Vellum spine lettered in gilt over burgundy paper covered boards. Light rubbing to edges. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Near Fine.

[1] pp.; 35.4 x 21.5 cm.; loose leaves; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Program for 24 hour performances held during the 5th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival presented by Charlotte Moorman in cooperation with the New York City Department of Marine and Aviation, September 29 - 30, 1967. Performers included Charlotte Moorman, Ay-o, Robert Breer, Robert Burridge, Christo, Ellen Chuse, Philip Corner, Ken Dewey, Bill Dixon, Judith Dunn, Charles Frazier, Jimmy Giuffre, Malcolm Goldstein, Don Heckman, Al Hansen, Gary Harris, Geoffrey Hendricks, Bici Hendricks, Dick Hogle, Takehiko Iimura, Ken Jacobs, Ray Johnson, Sheila Jordan, Allan Kaprow, Robin Kenyatta, Takehisa Kosugi, Jackson MacLow, Carol Marcy, Max V. Mathews, James H. McWilliams, Marta Minujin, Max Neuhaus, Ralph Ortiz, Nam June Paik, Lil Picard, Sun Ra, Ely Raman, Steve Rettew, Carolee Schneemann, Michael Snow, Ed Summerlin, Cecil Taylor, James Tenney, Jean Toche, Uni-Trio, USCO, John Van Saun, Frank Lincoln Viner, Bob Watts, and Jud Yalkut performing works by dozens of artists including John Cage, Chieko Shiomi, Joseph Beuys, La Monte Young and many others. Fair. Folded in eight. Extensive handling wear with overall creasing and crinkling of the page. 6 mm. dog-ear to upper right corner and 12.7 cm. dog-ear to upper left corner. 2 cm. rip at bottom edge of sheet along fold.

[1] pp.; 35.4 x 21.5 cm.; loose leaves; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Program for 24 hour performances held during the 5th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival presented by Charlotte Moorman in cooperation with the New York City Department of Marine and Aviation, September 29 - 30, 1967. Performers included Charlotte Moorman, Ay-o, Robert Breer, Robert Burridge, Christo, Ellen Chuse, Philip Corner, Ken Dewey, Bill Dixon, Judith Dunn, Charles Frazier, Jimmy Giuffre, Malcolm Goldstein, Don Heckman, Al Hansen, Gary Harris, Geoffrey Hendricks, Bici Hendricks, Dick Hogle, Takehiko Iimura, Ken Jacobs, Ray Johnson, Sheila Jordan, Allan Kaprow, Robin Kenyatta, Takehisa Kosugi, Jackson MacLow, Carol Marcy, Max V. Mathews, James H. McWilliams, Marta Minujin, Max Neuhaus, Ralph Ortiz, Nam June Paik, Lil Picard, Sun Ra, Ely Raman, Steve Rettew, Carolee Schneemann, Michael Snow, Ed Summerlin, Cecil Taylor, James Tenney, Jean Toche, Uni-Trio, USCO, John Van Saun, Frank Lincoln Viner, Bob Watts, and Jud Yalkut performing works by dozens of artists including John Cage, Chieko Shiomi, Joseph Beuys, La Monte Young and many others. Good. Folded in eight with light edge-wear, a 6 mm. ink mark on recto and 2 cm. area of light yellow soiling.