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Three young rats, and other rhymes

Title
Three young rats, and other rhymes / drawings by Alexander Calder ; edited with introduction by James Johnson Sweeney.
Author
Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-1986
Publication
New York : Curt Valentin, 1944.

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  • Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
  • Jacobs, S. A. (Samuel Aiwaz)
  • Valentin, Curt, 1902-1954
  • Golden Eagle Press, printer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prt
  • Jack Harris Samuels Library. NNC
Description
xviii, 130 p. : ill.; 32 cm +
Subjects
Genre/Form
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Granjon.
Note
  • Illustrations: 85 photomechanical prints : reproduction of drawings, b&w ; full-page or smaller.
  • Binding: Publisher's quarter beige cloth and yellow paper boards with reproductions of drawings on front and back. In gray book jacket.
  • "This first edition of Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes contains 85 drawings by Alexander Calder, executed in the spring of 1944. The book was printed by S. A. Jacobs at the Golden Eagle Press, Mt. Vernon, in Granjon type, on Arnold Unbleached paper, in an edition of 700 copies. Sixty numbered copies on Sevir mould made paper, signed by the artist, include one original and ink drawing."--Colophon.
  • Rare Book Book Arts copy: Unnumbered.
  • Rare Book AIGA copy: No. 1; signed by Alexander Calder. In original dust jacket.
LCCN
45002567
OCLC
  • 1029794394
  • on1029794394
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries