RADIN (Paul) — SWEENEY (James Johnson) - Lot 262

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RADIN (Paul) — SWEENEY (James Johnson) - Lot 262
RADIN (Paul) — SWEENEY (James Johnson) African Folktales & Sculpture. New York, Pantheon Books for the Bollingen Foundation, 1952. Bollingen Series XXXII. Large 4to, xxi, 355 pp., followed by a substantial set of photographic plates and a map. Publisher’s binding with illustrated dust jacket. First edition. The African folktales were selected and edited by Paul Radin, in collaboration with Elinore Marvel, and feature an introduction by Radin; the section on sculpture was selected and introduced by James Johnson Sweeney. The volume thus combines a major anthology of African oral traditions with an extensive collection devoted to traditional sculpture. Extensive photographic illustrations of African masks, statues, chairs, and sculptures, including works by the Dogon, Yoruba, Bamum, and from Cameroon. The volume features approximately 165 examples of sculpture; the photographs are primarily by Walker Evans and Eliot Elisofon. A complete copy with its rare original dust jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer, which is unfortunately in very poor condition: significant scuffing and surface loss, tears, wear, and missing sections on the headpieces and edges, as well as a large tear along the top edge of the back cover. The interior of the volume is well-preserved, as shown in the photographs.
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