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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

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FREE domestic shipping with direct order. **Los Angeles: Zora Gallery, 1964. 10 signed, numbered original lithographs and 10 poems + title page (in red & black) & colophon (all printed one side only on Arches and Rives paper). 22 loose sheets. 38 x 56 cm (oversquare). Plates printed in one, two, and three colors; stones & zinc plates effaced. Stated edition of 108 numbered copies. This set unnumbered on the colophon; the signed prints bear mixed numbers from 40 through 48; at least one is marked "Artist's proof." Printed at the Plantin Press. Reportedly, the full publication never was completed. The colophon says the book was bound by the Schuberth Bindery in San Francisco, but that firm's current owner thinks the job never materialized. The "brown vinyl ring-binder" in one OCLC record sounds nothing like Schuberth's fine work. Copy 24 at the Archives for New Poetry at UCSD is loose sheets like this one. This is Hirschman's third book, but Belkin's large, full-sheet lithographs with their blend of figuration and densely organic abstraction are the real focus. Two: ten lithographs by Arnold Belkin; poems by Jack Hirschman
Belkin, Arnold, and Hirschman, Jack
FREE domestic shipping with direct order. **Los Angeles: Zora Gallery, 1964. 10 signed, numbered original lithographs and 10 poems +.. more
Price: $1,000.00
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **New York: The Composing Room, [ca. 1960]. Four booklets in red card slipcase with label. Paper covers. 24.2 x 17.4 cm. Mainly illustrations and designs in monochrome and colors. "A series of 16-page inserts reprinted from Der Druckspiegel, graphic arts magazine, Stuttgart, Germany. No. 1) "Come home to jazz"; designed by Herb Lubalin. 2) "That New York"; designed by Brownjohn, Chermayeff and Geismar. 3) "The age of the auto"; designed by Lester Beall. 4) "Love of apples"; designed by Gene Federico. Slight, shallow rippling, probably typical for this title due to the tight fit of the slipcase. A few marks and light sunning on red slipcase (with label). About U.S.: experimental typography by American designers
Seitlin, Percy
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **New York: The Composing Room, [ca. 1960]. Four booklets in red card.. more
Price: $250.00
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1976. A combined prospectus and catalogue of a suite of prints in the form of a paper scroll 8 inches tall by 8 feet long. 3 photographs and 8 reproductions of lithographs (the originals are 67-1/2 x 40-1/2 inches). Made of two lengths of paper joined together and housed in a small tube with plastic caps and bearing an address label and postage. A removable title band secures the roll. Oldenburg's native wit and pure drawing skill transcend the limitations of Pop Art (in this writer's opinion). "Because of the pejorative verbal implications of the word 'screw,' Oldenburg has found it nearly impossible for his large-scale, public proposals regarding the Screw to be seriously considered." Very fine. Another copy is available at $125 in the tube but lacking the plastic caps and the removable title band. Claes Oldenburg: the soft screw. Essay by Melinda Wortz, with added comments by the artist
Oldenburg, Claes
FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1976. A combined prospectus and catalogue of a.. more
Price: $175.00
FREE domestic shipping with direct order. **Berkeley: Archteype Press, 1939. 105 copies. 20 pp. Decorated rough linen. 43 x 32.5 cm. Texts by Stephen Pepper, James Caldwell, John Haley, Bertrand Bronson, Warren Perry, Edward Brewer, Jacob Loewenberg, Donald Mackay, Edward Strong, and Everett Glass. Other members are Wilder Bentley, Ray S. Boynton, James M. Cline, Charles C. Cushing, Mathurin Dondo, Albert Elkus, Griffith C. Evans, William Hays, Gordon McKenzie, Howard Moise, Howard O'Hagan, Worth Ryder, Leslie B. Simpson, and Randall Thompson. The abstract cover decoration is by John Haley. Near fine, with traces of discoloration on the covers. Another copy with some foxing, soiling, and light stains on the cover available at $85. N'en parlons plus! Excerpts from divers papers & chronicles of The Arts Club, 1937-1938.
Arts Club, Berkeley, California
FREE domestic shipping with direct order. **Berkeley: Archteype Press, 1939. 105 copies. 20 pp. Decorated rough linen. 43 x 32.5.. more
Price: $125.00
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