[California (probably): the author doubtless), 1989 or later]. Artist's book. Many illustrations (most color). 34 leaves photocopied one side only. Color cover with clear plastic overlays and black comb binding. 28 x 21.3 cm. The text consists of some of the author's experiences working during summer vacation at a Ritz... More
[Los Angeles?]: the artist, 1972. Autobiography as artist's book. Profusely illustrated (including credited photos by Jerry McMillen, Ed Ruscha, Ken Murakami, and others). 121 pp. Pale-gray paper covers. 21.6 x 15.6 cm. Spine slightly tanned; otherwise fine. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
[Boston]: New York Graphic Society/Little, Brown, ©1986. 119 superb duotone plates, plus illustrations and figures in the text. Unpaginated. Light-colored cloth. 27 x 29.8 cm. SIGNED in black ink (not ballpoint) on half-title. Lacks dustjacket. Depicts ancient stone monuments, including cairns, tumuli, circles,and dolmens in the British Isles and Brittany;... More
Toronto: Lumiere Press, 2008. No. 84 of 225 signed copies. Edited by Michael Torosian. 22 Tritone plates (1 doublespread gatefold). 67 pp. 3/4 natural linen and black and gray cloth. binding, with gray spine label printed in silver. 22.8 x 17.5 cm. Urban and natural images beautifully reproduced. As new... More
![Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. LACKS the controversial Lynda Benglis advertisement. John Coplans, volume XIII Artforum, November 1974. LACKS Lynda Benglis ad, number 3, 13.](/pictures/thumb/69052.jpg?v=1545185140)
New York: Artforum, 1974. This issue has become extremely rare, due to a much-sought-after color ad featuring the artist Lynda Benglis in a transgressive pose. The issue also contains articles that may be of interest to other people. In addition to a 6-page article on Ms Benglis, other subjects are... More
![Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. Complete with controversial Lynda Benglis/Paula Cooper Gallery advertisement. John Coplans, volume XIII Artforum, November 1974. Lynda Benglis issue, number 3, 13.](/pictures/thumb/69051.jpg?v=1548035355)
New York: Artforum, 1974. This extremely rare, much-sought-after issue features on its second leaf a transgressive color photograph of the artist Lynda Benglis wearing sunglasses with white frames, a modest earring, a challenging expression, a nice coating of body oil, and a very convincing dildo at least a foot long... More
![Artforum, volume XIII [13], number 3, November 1974. Lynda Benglis issue. Complete, but water-damaged. John Coplans, volume XIII Artforum, November 1974. Lynda Benglis issue, number 3, 13.](/pictures/thumb/69053.jpg?v=1545185141)
New York: Artforum, 1974. This issue has become extremely rare, due to a much-sought-after color ad featuring the artist Lynda Benglis in a transgressive pose. The issue also contains articles that may be of interest to other people. In addition to a 6-page article on Ms Benglis, other subjects are... More
New York, 1973. Richly illustrated (part color). 95 pp. 27 x 26.5 cm. The entire issue is devoted to advanced cinema, with articles by Annette Michelson, Sergei Eisenstein(on Mayakovsky), Paul Arthur, Roland Barthes, Phoebe Cohen, Noel Carroll, Rosalind Krauss, Fred Camper, Hollis Frampton, and a Brakhage filmography by Joyce Rheuban... More
Malmö Konsthalls Katalog nr. 130, 1988. 23 color plates printed one side + 3 blank leaves + 2 texts and publication information laid in on separate leaves. Paper covers. (stiff, heavily textured, unprinted paper). 36 x 30 cm. Dark, experimental photographs, mostly abstract and Conceptual. Fine. No copies in OCLC... More
Amsterdam: Pink Art Works, 1988. Signed card laid in. 21 plates. 47 pp. Dark-red cloth with gilt title. 21 x 24.7 cm (oversquare). A retrospective of sorts of this very interesting performance and visual artist. Copy located only in MoMA. Fine. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
New York: Scovill & Adams, 1899. Scovill's Photographic Series. Several figures & tables. 190 + 186 + 87 pp. + [16] pp. reviews & ads. Tan pictorial cloth decorated in vermilion, dark green, and gilt. 22.5 x 14.5 cm. Light soiling; head and tail worn; front joint starting, and front flyleaf loose. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1972. Copy number 9 of 100 copies signed and numbered by the poet and bound in cloth. [Also 26 cloth copies lettered A-Z and a trade edition.] 7 photographs. [21] pp. Brick-colored cloth titled in gilt with a color plate by Emil White mounted on... More
New York: Aperture, ©1986. First edition with dustjacket. ISBN 0-89381-236-6. 125 color plates & 1 color illustration. 144 pp. Black cloth & boards with gold titling on spine and blindstamp title on cover. 22.9 x 25.1 cm (oversquare). Slight edge wear on boards; dustjacket slightly pulled at head of backstrip... More
[New York, NY]: Mother Lode Editions, [1972. Place & date per OCLC, from Printed Matter. Inscribed by the artist to the noted performance artist Barbara Smith. No. 50/300. 45 black-and-white photos printed on rectos only of 48 leaves, including covers. White paper covers. 17.9 x 14.2 cm. A second- or... More
![John Heartfield: AIZ/VI 1930-1938 [Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung/Volks Illustrierte 1930-1938]. John. Evans Heartfield, David.](/pictures/thumb/13701.jpg?v=1545184910)
New York: Kent, 1992. 237 photo-montages in black and tints + 12 text illustrations. 523 pp. Bright-red cloth in dustjacket. 28 x 20.2 cm. A complete collection of all of Heartfield's savage visual attacks on Naziism and its fore-runners. Fine, in dustjacket housed in archival Brodart sleeve. ISBN 1-878607-28-6. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
[Sevillle?]: Junta de Andalucia, 1989. ISBN 84-86620-04-X. Largely illustrations (photographs, drawings, and documents) of elaborately constructed, imaginary animals: a snake with six pairs of legs; a winged elephant; a fanged rabbit; and other marvels. 111 pp. Tan paper covers with titling in dark brown, and plain card slipcase. 22.4 x.... More
Japan: [the author?], ©1984. Lavishly illustrated as follows, all in color but one: 3 4-panel double gatefolds; 22 doublespread plates (1 in black and white); 10 single full-page plates; 8 smaller illustrations. Textured white boards with blindstamped titles; multi-colored dustjacket. [96] pp. 29.7 x 22 cm. A tour de force... More
Los Angeles: Artforum, 1964. Profusely illustrated (with 1 plate in color). 58 pp. Original paper covers. 27 x 26.5 cm. The cover, printed in black on a metallic silver background, is an homage to Warhol's own compositions: a grid of six copies of Hopper's portrait of Andy Warhol in dark... More
New York: Camera Work, 1912. A single, original photogravure by Baron Adolph de Meyer from Camera Work, issue 40, October 1912. Delicate unmounted Ganji paper: 28.5 x 20 cm. Image: 24.3 x 15.9 cm. Newly conserved. Light, old tape stains on edges and corners of margins. **Free domestic or international shipping with direct order. More
La Jolla: California: Laurence McGilvery, 2015. Digital poster of a photograph taken circa 1989 in Manhattan's East Thirties. Published in an edition of 50 numbered copies +14 proofs, all signed by Linda Montano. Fine, stiff Hahnemühle photo rag paper. Image: 28.7 x 43.2 cm (17 x 10.5 inches}; paper: 30.3... More
California State University, Long Beach, 1981. Profusely illustrated with drawings in black or black and red by Robert Motherwell and photographs by Renate Ponsold, both accompanying quotations from Robinson Jeffers. Includes Jeffers' essay "Poetry, Gongorism and a Thousand Years." 1500 copies. Beautifully produced large, oversquare book in grey paper covers... More
New York: Museum of Modern Art, ©1965. Catalogue, imitating movie press kit and consisting of ten 8 x 10 publicity photos, as follows: 1) & 4) Yesterday, today and tomorrow; 2) Lady L; 3) The nun of Monza; 5) That kind of woman; 6) La donna del fiume; 7) The... More
Mexico City: the editor, 1942. The second of five issues (6 numbers). 6 mounted plates (5 color), 1 hors-texte original woodcut by Paalen, 9 other plates (2 color), plus 10 text illustrations. 62 pp. Original paper covers. 28.3 x 22.5 cm. Texts variously in English or French by Wolfgang and... More
Mexico City: the editor, December 1943. The fourth of five issues (6 numbers). Profusely illustrated, including 11 color plates. 83 pp. Original paper covers. 28.6 x 22.5 cm. Essays, on topics dealing with Native North Americans, almost all in English, by Wolfgang Paalen, Alfonso Caso, Gustav Regler, Miguel Covarrubias, Maud... More
