Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes. Inscribed First Edition. New York

Alexander Calder (1898-1976)

Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes. Inscribed First Edition.

New York: Curt Valentin, 1944.

First edition, limited issue, small folio; one of 700 copies, unnumbered; boldly signed and inscribed by Calder in black ink "2 (or 4) A Silver Anniversary" on the front free endpaper; with 85 illustrations after drawings by the artist; bound in publisher's linen-backed yellow paper-covered boards stamped in red; in the unclipped blue dust jacket printed in red (front of jacket carefully reattached at spine with archival tape, spine panel browned, chipped with few losses, some edge wear and sunning; corners exposed, toning to uncut edges; inked gift inscription to preliminary blank); 12 ½ x 9 ½ in.

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