Toronto: Editions Carrefour Alyscamps, 2019. 18/30 numbered copies, signed by the translator. 62 pls. & ills. (43 in color). [93] pp. Dark orange paper covers printed in black; dustjacket of decorated, dark brown, handmade paper with applied title label. Staple-bound. About 21.5 x 17 cm. This is the first publication..... More
![Item #50602 Annual New York Avant Garde Festival [title varies]. Complete set of 19 vintage...](/pictures/thumb/50602.jpg?v=1545185101)
Between 1963 and 1980 the cellist and performance artist Charlotte Moorman (known mostly for her work with Nam June Paik) organized fifteen increasingly elaborate festivals featuring a wide variety of performances in various locations. The first three were at Judson Hall, a small recital hall across from Carnegie Hall (not..... More
[Genova?]: Edizioni Galleria la Bertesca, 1968. Artist's book. Glossy white covers embossed with a Minimalist design. 20 cm square. 94 pp. An elaborate publication with gatefolds, mounted specimens, color plates, and a 7-inch Flexidisc: "Seven sonorous canes are hung in front of a panel in such a way that the visitor..... More
Tel Aviv: Dick Publishing House, 1997. 300 signed, numbered copies. 5 mounted color plates. 332 pp. Offwhite covers. 21.6 x 13.9 cm. Published for an exhibition at the Z Gallery, New York. With a brief closing text by Italo Calvino. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
Elblag, [Poland]: the artist, 1979. Artist's book. 27(?)/30 copies "unfinished but illustrated by himself (Arriergarde)." A small superscript "2" follows "theses" in the title. I presume "Arriergarde" is the converse of "avantgarde." The entire text consists of hand-cut linocuts and rubber stamps printed with colors blending into one another. [26]..... More
Los Angeles: Plantin Press, 1960s-1970s. A collection of the following from the 1960s and 1970s: Prospectus for Edgar Taylor Dorsey. Baja California Woodcuts. 1969. Folder. 19.5 x22.1 cm., with two illustrations from the book. Shallow wrinkling and creasing, and a light date stamp (Dec 4 1969) on front. Folded vertically..... More
![Item #27301 Correspondence AND Auto/graphs [2 publications]. Lena Rivkin](/pictures/thumb/27301.jpg?v=1635660133)
[Los Angeles?]: the artist, ©1980. Artists' books. Both publications consist of photocopied letters or drawings printed one side and bound loosely in comb bindings. 27.8 x 21.3 cm. **Correspondence: [56] leaves. Black cover; white binding: "I asked friends to lend me something they received in the mail that effected [sic]..... More
[United States, per OCLC]: the artist, 1978. An original xerox book by the noted performance artist. Copy no. 17 of 25 published. MoMA owns no. 25/25. Signed inside the rear cover: "25/17 | Rachel Rosenthal | 1976-1978." The book consists of covers, a title page, and eight plates, all hole-punched..... More
Los Angeles; the artist, 2003. Artist's book. 6/10 copies, signed & numbered, with t.l.s. Title page, 30 color plates on heavy, wove stock, with protective tissues bearing captions, plus colophon. Heavy olive boards with title, "Modren art by Rachel," handwritten in silver ink. Loosely bound with three 1.5-inch metal rings..... More
Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1994. 166 + [6] pp. Black, white, and red paper covers. 16.6 x 12.7 cm. Light signs of handling. Warmly inscribed to the performance artist Barbara Turner Smith. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
New York: Dieu Donne Press, 1991. Livre d'artiste. 44/50 copies signed by author and artist (total edition 60). 3 color etchings: 1) triple title page with gatefold, in shades of light brown & 2) triple gatefolds in vivid color: both about 39 x 75 cm; 3) single panel in black..... More
Paris: Collectif Génération, 2009. The most inventive book it has ever been my privilege to offer. No. 4 of 12 copies, numbered and signed by artist and author on colophon inside final gathering. 5 gatherings in folder. This tour de force is "constructed" out of BFK Rives and consists of..... More
Paris: Editions d’Art Charles Moreau, 2002. Livre d'artiste. Copy HC 11/15 signed by author & artist, with a separate suite of 10 lithographs in black & warm brown & protective tissues, all in a matching cloth clamshell box. Total edition is 500 in three different versions: 15 copies with double..... More
San Diego: Brighton Press, 2008. Livre d'artiste. 2/40 copies signed by poet and artist. 6 closely related geometric images protected with glassine guarad sheets. The images echo in mirrored pale tan on glassine guard sheets protecting the facing text. 24 stiff pp. in leporello within black paper covers with the..... More
London: Tetrad Press, 1992. Livre d'artiste. 4/100 copies signed by author and artist. 6 leaves in stiff paper covers with stiff translucent drafting paper jacket. About 35 x 26.8 cm. "Published… to coincide with the exhibition "Three British Book Artists: Finlay, Phillips, Tyson" at the Mandeville Gallery of the University..... More
[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. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
Hollywood: Heavy Industry Publications, 1971. First edition. Ruscha's 13th book. Black paper covers with no titling. 14 photographs of palm trees, mostly in Hollywood, with locations noted on opposite pages. Approximately the last half of the book consists of blank pages, as issued. 17.8 x 13.9 cm. Minor wear at..... More
[Los Angeles: the artist], 1964 [i.e., 1970]. 2nd edition of 3000 copies printed by Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, Los Angeles; they also printed the 1st edition of 400 copies. Ruscha's 2nd book. White paper covers with title in black. 16 plates printed one side only. [38] pp. 18.4 x 14..... More
Tokyo: Meiji-Shobo, [1941, per OCLC]. 220/300 copies, distributed for sale, signed by the author and with his red chop mark. The publisher distributed fifty more as gifts. 50 examples mounted on loose sheets of handmade, laid paper with deckle edges, as issued; plus booklet of 11 single leaves bound loosely..... More
New York: Creative Time, 1995. Inscribed by Hope Sandrow and with a duplicate postcard bearing a long, personal note from her. An envelope and flap made of single-sided corrugated cardboard (about 17 x 20 cm) contains 16 (i.e., 17) color postcards 15.2 x 10 cm (oversquare) + 13 grayish-tan sheets..... More
Paris: Alyscamps Press, 2019. 25 copies signed by the publisher. 20 illustrations (8 in color). [43] pp. Stiff, decorated paper covers, with dustjackete of handmade paper. 21.6 x 13.8 cm. 2 copies: 16/30, dark-green paper with gilt decoration; 17/30, dark-blue with gilt decoration. Please specify the copy preferred. Roman Jakobson..... More
Paris: Alyscamps Press, in association with Michael Neal, Cayeux-sur-Mer, France, 2018. No. 23 of 25 copies signed by the publisher. 21 illustrations. 41 + [21] pp. Stiff, decorated paper covers. 21.6 x 13.4 cm. "These poems were written as a response to lines by Artaud contained in his Cahiers de..... More
Berlin: B. Cassirer, [1922, per OCLC]. No. 5 of 400 copies signed by Slevogt. 33 original lithographs + cover (one full-page). 157 pp. on Bütten. Top edge gilt and others deckle. Approx. 30 x 23 cm. Quarter-vellum and gray boards with lithographed decoration on front. An adaptation of Xenophon's Anabasis..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1995. SIGNED by Stella on half-title. Profusely illustrated, mostly in color. 247 pp. Black cloth with dustjacket. 30.5 x 22.5 cm. Virtually as new. Only two copies left. Please inquire about postage for orders outside the U.S. This book weighs over five pounds properly packed and must..... More
Los Angeles & Mexico City, 1973. On April 30, 1973, Raymond A. Marlowe wrote a 1-page letter to Rufino Tamayo concerning copy XIX of XXV sets of "Mujeres," a suite of color lithographs. Marlowe was the manager of the bookshop at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for many..... More
