Santa Monica, CA: Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1995. 59 color plates reproduce at half size the 114 patterns of the entire scroll from late 15th-to-16th-century Iran. In addition, there are scores of illustrations and diagrams in black and white. 395 pp. Black cloth with..... More
Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1970. Folded card, diecut at leading edge to simulate film perforations. 4 pp. B/w cover ill. & 13 color ills. 16.1 x 23.4 cm. From the text: "Image and sound operate as extensions of the artist's concepts as he considers the genesis and evolution of his..... More
[Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L.], 1970. 7 plates & ills., [12] pp. A continuous sheet 95.6 x 23.9 cm (37-5/8 x 9-7/16 inches), printed both sides and folded crossways into 6 panels orihon style; 15.9 x 23.9 cm folded. Barbara Rose's outstanding essay describes the edition multiples that Gemini created for..... More
New York: Roaring Fork Press, 1970. These are two LP recordings and a printed folder comprising sections 9, 10, and 11 of Aspen no. 7. The folder is black on white paper and contains the lyrics for the pieces on the two records. 24.7 x 24.2 cm. The Flexidiscs are..... More
Mexico City: April-May 1942. The first of five issues (6 numbers). 8 mounted plates (5 color), 2 original woodcuts by Paalen (1 mounted, and 1 hors-texte), plus 12 text illustrations. 52 pp.Original paper covers. 28.3 x 22.5 cm. Texts variously in English or French by Wolfgang and Alice Paalen, Edward..... More
Mexico City: April-May 1942. The first of five issues (6 numbers). 8 mounted plates (5 color), 2 original woodcuts by Paalen (1 mounted, and 1 hors-texte), plus 12 text illustrations. 52 pp.Original paper covers. 28.3 x 22.5 cm. Texts variously in English or French by Wolfgang and Alice Paalen, Edward..... More
La Jolla, California: Friends of the UCSD Library, 1979. Dark-blue paper folder with applied label and 2 mounted leaves inside: the text by Ronald Silveira and the plate depicting the 1782 map with added tints of pale blue and tan. 27.9 x 21 cm. A keepsake for the Friends of..... More
New York, 1927. Profusely illustrated, with color accents. 32 pp., including covers in embossed, tinted, black leatherette. 38.8 x 22.7 cm. Paper cover reads "Production pledges 100% during 1927–28." Includes: photos of executives and staff; tables of "Paramount's 1926 Honor Roll" and the same for 1927, with credits for Clara..... More
Paris: Arts et Mètiers Graphiques, 1973. 697/1000 copies. Profusely illustrated. 346 pp. + 4 col. pls. Pale-blue cloth with dustjacket. 26.8 x 20.6 cm. Full-scale catalogue raisonnè of 183 works. Near-fine; original owner's discreet blindstamp on half title. The artist was a skillful portratist, miniaturist, and pastellist, and a champion..... More
![Picasso: dessins d'un demi-siècle [siecle]. With original lithograph cover. Pablo. Jardot...](/pictures/thumb/26253.jpg?v=1545184994)
Paris: Berggruen, 1956. Original lithograph covers (Mourlot 268). 23 plates, including 3 pochoirs. Paper covers. 22 x 11.6 cm. Publisher's card laid in. Unnumbered, but 17 in series. Text by Maurice Jardot. Slight creasing and bending at top where cover overlaps less than 1 mm, and small dent at bottom..... 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
![Two on two at the Octagon; design for the urban environment. [Exhibition] the Octagon,...](/pictures/thumb/64901.jpg?v=1577595250)
[Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Architects Foundation], 1979. 5 illustrations. [4] + 23 pp. Bound in decorated paper covers with slip binder. About 21.5 cm square. "Two on Two at the Octagon is a celebration of the careers of four distinctive contributors to our urban life. Two are architects: Chloethiel..... More
Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1967. 8 separate plates of lithographs (4 in color) + text folder of 4 pp. Decorated portfolio. 23.6 x 17.1 cm. Price list/order form laid in. "Booster" is about 6 x 3 feet and includes a life-size portrait of the artist in the form of a...... More
La Paz, Bolivia: Ediciones "INBO", 1989. 293 plates and illustrations (236) in color. 317 pp. Black cloth with dustjacket. 30 x 23.7 cm. A massive and beautifully illustrated critical history of Bolivian painting of the twentieth century. Endmatter includes a bibliography, an 8-page chronology, and 38 pp. of artists' biographies..... More
[L.A.? The artist? 1970?] Artist's book, INSCRIBED. 600 copies. 24 photographs juxtapose sterile hotel rooms in Los Angeles with messier indoor and oudoor scenes, e.g., a hilltop path overhung by a tree marked X, an action painting of Heinz ketchup on a white tablecloth, a deposit of 2 or 3..... More
Tokyo-to Bijutsukan, 1984. Profusely illustrated (including 32 color plates). 205 pp. Stiff brick-colored paper covers. 24 x 22 cm. Saito was one of the pioneers of abstract painting in Japan and joined the Avant-Garde Western Painting Research Institute in 1933. This retrospective includes 98 works between 1978 and 1984. The..... 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
New Paltz, NY: Documentext, 1979. Profusely illustrated. 281 + [7] pp. Cloth with dustjacket. 21.4 x 25.3 cm (oversquare). First edition of 2000 copies in cloth. Edited by Bruce McPherson. Boldly inscribed on blank preceding the title page: "For Aldis & Maria— Dear friends, with admiration love & thanks. Carolee..... More
New York: United Features Syndicate, 1963-1969. 280 Page proofs of daily Peanuts strips. Large bound volume, printed 6 to a page on one side of tabloid newsprint—a total of 1680 strips from Schulz’s classic period. The collection starts November 4–9, 1963, and ends September 15–20, 1969. There are gaps of..... More
New York: Dutton, Dec. 1931 (11th printing). Satirical bookplate drawn by hand on the flyleaf by an unidentified artist. It depicts the University of Pennsylvania historian and Euglish literature professor Theodore Hornberger as a wretch at his desk working madly at writing. He was born in 1906. A wall calendar..... More
New York: Artforum, 1982. Flexidisc by Laurie Anderson, "Let X = X," with cut-and-fold cover bound in. Profusely illustrated (part color). 106 pp. 26.7 x 26.5. cm. The centerfold by Andy Warhol is "Forged image," a three-panel painting of a dollar sign in varying color combinations, plus a photo of..... More
New York: Artforum, 1982. Flexidisc by Laurie Anderson, "Let X = X," with cut-and-fold cover bound in. Profusely illustrated (part color). 106 pp. 26.7 x 26.5. cm. The centerfold by Andy Warhol is "Forged image," a three-panel painting of a dollar sign in varying color combinations, plus a photo of..... More
New York: Artforum, 1982. Flexidisc by Laurie Anderson, "Let X = X," with cut-and-fold cover bound in. Profusely illustrated (part color). 106 pp. 26.7 x 26.5. cm. The centerfold by Andy Warhol is "Forged image," a three-panel painting of a dollar sign in varying color combinations, plus a photo of..... More
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art [LAICA], 1979. 54 illustrations. 68 pp. White card covers with red title. 21.2 x 21.7 cm.2000 copies. Essays by Richard Armstrong, Peter Frank, and Ivor Darreg. Exhibitors are: Bob Bates, Alec Bernstein, Michael Brewster, Jim Burton, Emmet Chapman, Ivor Darreg, Paul De Marinis, John..... More
