first edition Hardcover
1944 · New York
by CALDER, Alexander
New York: Curt Valentin, 1944. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Folio. Cloth and illustrated papercovered boards. Edited with an introduction by James Johnson Sweeney. 85 drawings by Calder. Corners a little bumped, still fine in fine dustwrapper with a very faint dampstain at the crown, and very slightly spine-faded. One of 700 numbered copies, this copy unnumbered. Small envelope laid (and formerly lightly tipped) in with the calling card of Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson Sweeney, with a handwritten presentation from them. (Inventory #: 76789)