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The books described here are only a tiny fraction of an estimated 30,000 books and exhibition catalogues currently in stock. The great majority are on modern and contemporary art and artists--Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Dada, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Cobra, Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, Fluxus and so on. You also will find photography and unusual books in other areas.Inernational League of Antiquarian BooksellersAntiquarian Booksellers' Association of America

Hungarian caricatures, 1933. For a unique album from Budapest of brilliant, original caricatures worthy of publication and exhibition, please click here.

An additional 40,000 art periodicals include the world's largest holdings of Artforum, Art in America, and High Performance, plus many others.

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FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **London: Chapman & Hall, 1923. 19 original prints & 11 other illustrations and decorations. 47 pp. Decorated wrs. (lithograph). 29.4 x 22.7 cm. Includes drawings by Alastair, John Austen (2), Henry Keen, Austin O. Spare (2), and Alfred Warbis. Original prints as follows: Woodcuts by Laurence Bradshaw, Louis Moreau, George Perriman (2), Grace E. Rogers (2, including cover), and Y. Urushibara; Linocuts by Haydn Mackey, Ludovic Rodo, and L.M. Whitby; Lithographs by E.A. Cox, Cecil French, Allan Odle (2), Grace E. Rogers (2), and Walter E. Spradbery (3). The soft paper covers are worn at the spine, as usual, and slightly at the edges, but generally a nice copy. The golden hind: a quarterly magazine of art & literature. Volume 2, no. 5, Oct. 1923.
Bax, Clifford, and Spare, Austin O., eds.
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **London: Chapman & Hall, 1923. 19 original prints & 11 other illustrations.. more
Price: $200.00
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **[Los Angeles? The artist? 1969?]. Artist's book, SIGNED. 23 photographs of scenes and settings around L.A. [29 leaves, including front and rear blanks.] White cover with white plastic spiral binding. 15.9 x 20.5 cm. As new. 23 pieces. SIGNED
Ruppersberg, Allen
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **[Los Angeles? The artist? 1969?]. Artist's book, SIGNED. 23 photographs of scenes.. more
Price: $400.00
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Paris: Cairn, 1979-1981. The issues are well illustrated on coated paper and are between 8 and 24 pp. each. Small tabloid size; about 38.5 x 28.5cm. They feature international performance, conceptual art, video, film, etc. No. 8 is titled "Dossier Canada/Québec, espaces 'paralleles' et centres video." "Directeur de la publication" is Jean Dupanier. Only one entry in OCLC, at the Bibliotheque d'Art et Archéologie in Geneva. Cairn: journal d'un cooperative d'artistes. Nos. 1-8 (all published)
Cairn, Paris, complete set
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Paris: Cairn, 1979-1981. The issues are well illustrated on coated paper and.. more
Price: $400.00
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Norfolk, Ct.: New Directions, 1936. New Directions Pamphlets, edited by James Laughlin IV, number one. The first edition, first printing of the first book published by the justly famous firm. Blue paper covers. are the point of issue; a later printing is red. 17 x 11.5 cm. 16 pp. Concludes with "A dictionary definition of Surrealism," by André Breton. Fine. Pianos of sympathy
O'Reilly, Montagu
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Norfolk, Ct.: New Directions, 1936. New Directions Pamphlets, edited by James Laughlin.. more
Price: $400.00
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