TRANSITION - NO.12 (MARCH, 1928) by Jolas, Eugene (editor); Bowles, Paul, André Breton, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein, et al. (contributors) - 1928

Paris: Transition, 1928. First Edition. Softcover. Fair to good. 279pp., illustrated. Just a fair to good copy, lacking the orginal wrappers, and just held together by the stitching. Some stains to the extremities, but internally clean. Strictly a reading or reference copy of this important literary and arts magazine.

The Hague: Servire Press, 1936. Softcover. VG- (soling and shelfwear to wraps, small pieces missing from front and rear covers, pages lightly age toned but clean and clear.). White wraps, color illustrated; 138 pp; illustrated throughout in bw. June 1936 issue. Contents include: Cover [cover by Fernand Léger] -- Vertigral: -- Lyric / James Agee -- A song / James Agee -- Malacoda / Samuel Beckett -- Enueg II / Samuel Beckett -- Dortmunder / Samuel Beckett -- Alphabet book / Richard Eberhart -- "Mais l'amour infini me montera dans l'âme" / Richard Eberhart -- At watch / Eugene Jolas -- Ergriffenheit / Eugene Jolas -- Hypnologues / Eugene Jolas -- Two poems / James Johnson Sweeney -- Le nombre / Georges Pelorson -- Romance / Charles Tracy -- Temptation / Charles Tracy -- Motherhood / Charles Tracy -- Portrait of our house / Charles Tracy -- The painting / Charles Tracy -- Love poem / Oliver Wells -- Yorkshe / Oliver Wells -- Poem / Oliver Wells -- Dancing rope / George Whitsett -- Hotel / George… Read More

Transition. Collectible - Acceptable. Paris: Transition, 1929. 1st edition. Number 18. 8vo. 291pp. Illus. Fair book. Ex-library. Library of Congress "surplus" stamp on front cover. Front joint torn about halfway. Edges frayed. (short stories, poetry, James joyce, Hart Crane, Harry Crosby, Kay Boyle, William Carlos Williams, Charles Sheeler) Inquire if you need further information.

The Hague:: The Servire Press,, July, 1935.. First edition.. publisher's printed wrappers.. First owners name and address, 1936, on the title page of each item. Light dust-soiling; contents fine. . 8vo,. With Supplement, "Testimony Against Gertrude Stein" by Georges Braque, Henri Matisse and others' Transition Pamphlet no. 1.

The Hague: Servire Press, 1936. 138 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Firm binding, creased spine. Clean inside copy. Browning. Cover art by Fernand Leger.. 1st. Paperback. Good. Illus. by Leger, Fernand. 8vo. Collectible.

New York: Transition, 1936. First edition. Softcover. 216 pages. A terrific issue of this important and influential literary journal. Features a cover with an illustration by Joan Miro along with internal illustrations by Matthew Brady, Piet Mondrian, L. Moholy-Nagy, Constantin Brancusi, Paul Klee, Henri Matisse, Paul Strand and others. Includes literary and other contributions by Harry Brown, Eugene Jolas, Dylan Thomas, Oliver Wells, Franz Kafka and others. A clean very near fine copy in yapped wrappers with some very minute wear. A lovely copy of this nearly 90 year old periodical.

Paperback. 25. Very Good. New York: Transition, 1936. Softcover in Miro designed covers. Octavo. 216 pages, illustrated in b/w. An important journal on modernism for art, photography, architecture, literature, poetry, etc. Contributions by: Miro (including block-printed color cover illustration), Harry Brown Guegen, McCaig, Sweeney, Dylan Thomas, Alfonso Reyes, F. Kafka, P. Mondrian, L. Moholy-Nagy, Cesar Domela, P. Klee, Kafka, Newman, Young, Hugo Ball, Develin, Huelsenbeck, Aragon, Leger, Le Corbusier, Strand, Ortiz, Valcarel, Cowell, Giedion, etc. A very good example of this important journal. Covers and text-block only the slightest of age-toning, spine is sunned, no marks, NOT EX-LIBRARY. (fprwb)

Paris: Shakespeare and Company, 1927. First Issue, Second Edition. Softcover. Octavo, 158 pages; VG-; softcover; in gray wrappers; spine age-toned, with black and faded red lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; age-toning to upper and fore edges of front cover; crease to center of spine; small chips missing from crown and tail of spine; spine age-toned; spine slightly cocked; textblock age-toned; contains black and white illustrations; pages clean. CX consignment. Shelved in Room G. 1346322. Special Collections.

The Hague : Servire Press, 1933. First Edition. Softcover. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; 175 pages, plates : illustrations, plans ; 22 cm. Subjects; Literature, Modern; 20th century Periodicals. Art; 20th century Periodicals. Multiple languages.

NY: TRANSITION.. Fine. 1936. First Edition. A spectacular copy of this highly influential journal. Fine in bright white trade-size paperback wrappers. Virtually 'as new'. Cover art by Joan Miro. Poetry & prose by Dylan Thomas. Also: Paul Klee, Franz Kafka, Piet Mondrian, L. Moholy-Nagy & Henri Matisse. Photography by Henri Cartier-Bresson & others. A better copy would be hard to imagine. (B) .