THREE YOUNG RATS AND OTHER RHYMES by Calder, Alexander | edited by James Johnson Sweeney - 1944

Dover Publications, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Dover Publications, 2010-04-21. Paperback. Good.

Museum of Modern Art:, 1966. Illustrated with black line drawings by Alexander Calder, and each drawing illustrates a rhyme. For adult readers only. VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Alexander Calder.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Museum of Modern Art, 1946. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1946. 2nd ed. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. illustrations, xviii, index, 130, (4)p. Original white cloth. dj. 26 cm. Jacket has modest edge wear. Some foxing on top edge of pages.

New York: MOMA, 1966. Facsimile edition. llustrated with reproductions of eighty-five drawings by Calder. 136 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original red cloth backed boards, uncut edges. Fine in the original printed dust jacket. Facsimile edition. llustrated with reproductions of eighty-five drawings by Calder. 136 pp. 1 vols. 4to. An outstanding copy of the édition de tête of this major work by Calder, with a delightfully ornate numer 12 drawn by Calder above his signature. The original drawing called for in the colophon is not present.

NY: Museum of Modern Art. NF. 1946. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. The 2nd edition, one of 3000 copies bound in red cloth with white spin e lettering. Illustrated by Calder. Book about Fine, bright, clean. DJ is VG with tiny chips at the corners and one at the top edge of the f ront panel. .

MOMA. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. Quarto hardcover in fine red cloth, unworn with clean unmarked pages, tight binding, covers unworn else FINE in NFINE DJ, one tiny tiny chip, now in clear mylar jacket protector. Solid readable copy. The Calder drawings remain faithful to the text, harmonizing with the beautiful typography, and the selection of rhymes "...is one of the finest (selections) ever made." These emphasizing poetic beauty that has long been said to be wasted on the young, emhasizing modernism, with emphasis on 'folk psychology' can be found in ancient texts--ironically. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

New York: Curt Valentin, 1944. First edition, one of 700 copies on Arnold Unbleached paper. This copy is unnumbered. 4to. Illustrated with reproductions of eighty-five quirky drawings by Calder. 136 pp. Original linen spine and yellow decorated paper over boards. Boards are slightly marked, browned and bumped, slight rubbing/wear to spine ends and corners, spine ends a little soiled and stained, small split/strain to stitching at top opposite title page, pages rough-trimmed and foxed/browned to edges, blobs of foxing within, more marked to prelims and endpapers, final 14 pages and rear endpapers have a pale oval waterstain (affecting neither text nor drawings) reflected in browning and wrinkling to rear pastedown and exterior of rear board. Predominantly good plus. D/w stained and torn, comprising separated front and rear panels with flaps, and fragments of wrapper spine. Extra postage required.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Poor.

Curt Valentin, 1944. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Drawings by Alexander Calder. 1st ed. limited to 700cc. Covers shelfworn and darkened around the edges. Bookplate on front endpaper.