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Lot 61

Sale 6285 - Books and Manuscripts
Mar 27, 2025 10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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$1,000 - 1,500
Price Realized
$1,280
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[Art] Calder, Alexander. Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes


New York: Published by Curt Valentin, 1944. First edition, one of 700 copies (from a total edition of 760). Presentation copy, boldly inscribed by Calder, filling entirety of the front free endpaper: "to / Marjorie Morse / with / c / & / v / Sandy Calder / Jan. '46", with three large symbols by him. Folio. xviii, (iv), 130, (vi) pp. With numerous illustration by Calder. Publisher's quarter oatmeal cloth over yellow paper-covered boards, pictorially stamped in red; in original dust-jacket, front panel and flap separated, spine panel browned, scattered edge wear.

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