Fantastic Art Dada Surrealism by Barr, Alfred H. Jr., Editor - 1936

New York: Museum of Modern Art. Fair. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 248 pages; 1937 Museum of Modern Art. HC 1st printing, in an edition of 3000 copies. In original green cloth lettered in brown. Prior institutional ownership with ink stamp to front endpage and a card pocket to rear pastedown. Binding shaken and losse but still sound. Cloth toned and darkened at spine with shallow loss at spine ends. Endpapers soiled and toned; contents complete but with handling evidence to contents. Illustrated throughout with b&w photos and reproductions. Fair .

Museum Of Modern Art. Collectible - Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Limited edition, one out of 3000 copies. Front hinge cracked. (art, paintings)

MUSEUM OF MOERN ART Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. STAMPED FROM THE LIBRARY OF KIRK DOUGLAS A VERY GOOD HARDCOVER REVISED AND EXPANDED NO DUST JACKET..

271 plates. Rayograph on dust jacket id by Man Ray. Fantastic art from the 15th century to the 20th century. Chronology.. 61 plates of art produced before the 20th century.. Text is unmarked.. Some age tone of pages. Dist jacket is in pieces, but is the whole dust jacket..Rear cover has wear along edges and spine is worn. Wear top of front dj and along edge. I can send photos.

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1943. Hardcover. Good/Good. Green cloth over boards. Bottom edge a bit rubbed. Spine a little faded. Foxing on endpapers. Color frontis and some plates, b/w plates throughout. DJ shows some darkening on edges. A little chipping on top edge of spine. Price clipped. In archival cover. Third edition.

New York: the Museum of Modern Art, 1936. Hardcover. Sm 4to (10 x 7.75"), green cloth. 248 pp., numerous b&w illus. CONDITION: Very good, 1" white paint streak on spine, light discoloration to covers, offsetting to endpapers and pastedowns, otherwise clean and bright interior, sound binding. One of "three thousand copies of this catalog...printed for the Trustees of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in December, 1936.

New York, New York: Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1936. First. Hardcover. VG-, soiling to covers contents VG or better. Art library bookplate, one line inkstamp at base of Contents page. Nice shelf appeal, tight. Green cloth. 248 pp. Profusely illustrated in bw. A wonderful catalogue, with over 200 bw plates depicting Surrealist and Fantastic art from the 16th century on forward, with the emphasis on the 20th century. This is the first edition, which does not include the Georges Hugnet essays of the second edition; Includes a preface by Alfred H. Barr, Jr., a brief chronology of the Dada and Surrealist movements, bibliography, catalogue of the exhibition, etc. One of the seminal MOMA exhibtions. Contents as follows: Preface, by A.H. Barr, Jr. -- Brief chronology, by Elodie Courter and A.H.B., Jr. -- Plates. -- Catalog of the exhibition. -- Films. -- Brief bibliography (p. 243-246). Ownership signature of Dorothy G. Waring dated February 7, 1937.

UsedGood. 1936, light green cloth. Text block firm and clean, binding unblemished, boards straight, without highlights or underlining. Without dust wrapper, tanning along spine, toning to pages. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.