Ciopw by Cummings E E (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. E.E. Cummings (illustrator). 1st Edition. This portfolio of prints has 119 pages of which 15 and 16 are missing. Pages are unbound. It is signed in green on title page. Limited to 391 copies. Artist's name on cover is in red. Burlap has a green tint. Sunned on spine. Black and white prints are lightly age toned. Signed by Artist.

First edition, first printing. Signed, numbered, limited edition of 391 copies, this copy numbered 279. Rough-woven burlap covered boards with facsimile of Cummings' signature stamped in silver to the front panel. A very good copy, the burlap covering the boards cracked and loose along the outer hinges (seemingly a common occurrence with this title), with a little rubbing and loss to the outer corners and spine tips. The binding itself remains, firm and square. The lightly toned contents are clean throughout. Loosely laid is the printed card of the Gotham Book Mart Gallery, New York, with the title and date of the book typed centrally. Signed by the author in green watercolour across the title page (Firmage's bibliography notes variants signed in red and blue). Hand-numbered (279 of 391) on the limitation page to the verso of the title page. A lavishly produced edition of Cummings' visual art variously executed in Charcoal, Ink, Oil, Pencil and Watercolor, with a foreword by the author. All reproductions in black and white. Printed in New York by the Stratford Press. Typography by S.A. Jacobs. Reproductions by the Meriden Gravure Company, Connecticut. Richard Kennedy, in his biography of Cummings draws attention to the volume's "distinct autobiographical flavor, the subjects representing [Cummings'] personal world. There are drawings of acrobats, burlesque dancers, Jack Shargel, Chaplin, elephants, Coney Island, a merry-go-round; portraits of Anne, Diana, Werner, Joe Gould; cartoons of Seldes, Thayer, and Watson; and landscapes of the Tuileries, the River Seine, Joy Farm, and Mount Chocorua. He was especially pleased with the way Jacobs had managed to reproduce the watercolors." (Richard S. Kennedy, 'Dreams in the Mirror: A Biography of E. E. Cummings'; Firmage A10). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition. Number 30 of a limited 391 copies signed on the title page by E. E. Cummings in green watercolor. 119 pp with 99 black and white plates of his art in charcoal, ink, oil, pencil, and watercolor - hence the acronymic title. Bound in publisher's rough burlap over boards with upper board stamped in silver; lacking the scarce glassine dust jacket; housed in a rough card cover slipcase, perhaps original but not mentioned by Firmage. Fine, the nicest copy of this fragile production we have ever handled, with light thumbing. A truly superlative copy of the writer and artist's monograph highlighting his artistic passion through a series of expressionist portraits of friends and figures like Charlie Chaplin, nudes, landscapes, and still lifes. Cummings always considered himself equally a painter and a poet, but his literary fame often overshadowed his visual art. A defining monograph that launched the genre of the "art book"; uncommon in such excellent condition. Firmage A10.

Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, limited to 391 copies and signed on the title page by E. E. Cummings in watercolor. Bound in original burlap over boards with upper board stamped in silver. Near Fine with slight toning and soiling to cloth, short split started at the bottom of the front outer joint. Textblock edge lightly foxed and with several small stains, contents toned. Cummings considered poetry and art his twin passions, this early collection displays the later of his pursuits. The title is derived from five mediums, and his works are arranged by these subjects: Charcoal, Oil, Ink, Pencil and Watercolor.

First edition. [119] pp. Rough-woven tan cloth over boards, cover board stamped in silver facsimile of Cummings' signature. One of 391 numbered copies printed, signed by Cummings on the title-page in watercolor. Some rubbing at spine extremities and hinges, as always seen with this fragile production. Endpapers darkened at gutters, contemporary gift inscription on front pastedown. A luxe edition of Cummings' visual artwork in Charcoal, Ink, Oil, Pencil and Watercolor, with a foreword by him. Printed in New York by the Stratford Press. Typography by S.A. Jacobs. Reproductions by the Meriden Gravure Company. Firmage A10.