![Arms for America [a unique parody history in 49 screenshots of the Cheney/Bush Iraq war]. Aldis...](/pictures/thumb/100658.jpg?v=1591237649)
[Venice, California: the artist, 2003]. Unique artist's book. The only known record of these parody web pages covering the Cheney/Bush Iraq War of 2003. A commercial display binder of 24 transparent plastic sleeves contains computer-generated color scans of a cover and 48 stiff, encapsulated pages inserted in the sleeves. The..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Woodbridge Press, 1982. Inscribed to my late wife, Geraldine: "Best wishes, Gere, Richard Armour." Decorated paper covers. 127 pp. 21.5 x 13.9 cm. ISBN 0-912800-92-5. More
Santa Clara, California: Triton Museum of Art, 1983. Artist's book. The cover is a photo of what is labeled a "Bermanaire" refrigerator. The cover is hand cut, so the door swings out to reveal interior compartments printed on the verso of the cover and the title page. A silver iron..... More
![Art attack: the midnight politics of a guerilla artist [heavily "revised" edition]. Robbie Conal](/pictures/thumb/06471.jpg?v=1619652904)
New York: HarperCollins, 1992. This copy of Conal's ferocious political satire on the Reagan administration and associated characters has been heavily "revised" by an unsympathetic hand. The covers are over-painted with silver, black and green paint. Conal's name is covered and replaced with "Vanitas." I have just noticed that the..... More
Paris: Charivari, June 12, 1844. Where is Daumier when we need him? In the pages of Le Charivari and other newspapers Daumier portrayed with wit and precision and an unmistakeable style of drawing the foibles and follies of his fellow citizens in lithographs like this one, about 3900 of them..... More
Paris: Emile Nourry, 1930. 186/750 copies. 80 delightful original wood engravings after Daumier. 81 plates + 72 pp. Original paper covers.. 28.5 x 19 cm. Catalogue raisonné of 883 wood engravings (pp. 39-69). Very fine. Riggs, p. 209. LC 55-51499. **Free domestic shipping with direct order. More
![Das Werk "Ecce Homo" erschien in fünf Ausgaben [prospectus]. George Grosz](/pictures/thumb/13102.jpg?v=1616997712)
Berlin: Malik-Verlag, 1923. A single sheet printed one side in black and folded once. 35 x 25 cm. Describes the various original editions of this much-reprinted work: Ausgabe A, B I, B II, C, and D. Light soil and foxing; some wrinkling along the left edge, and a piece about..... More
![John Heartfield: AIZ/VI 1930-1938 [Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung/Volks Illustrierte 1930-1938]....](/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..... More
[Sevillle?]: Junta de Andalucia, 1989. ISBN 84-86620-04-X. 2 volumes. 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..... More
London, 1966. Dick Gregory, Alexander Trocchi, Paul Butterfield, and Takis are featured in this early issue of an influential underground newspaper. In original, unbound state. Illustrated. 12 pp. About 42 x 31 cm (16-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches).14.5). Slight, unavoidable browning of newsprint and minute tears at leading edge. More
London, 1967. An early issue of an influential underground newspaper, brimming over with satire and transgression. Nearly all the print run of this exceedingly rare issue was seized and destroyed by the police. Illustrated. This high-quality photocopy is slightly reduced in size 16-3/4 x 12-1/2 inches to 17 x 11..... 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
Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1971. 21.7 x 29.6 cm (oversquare). 39 pp. White decorated paper covers hole-punched and bound with brass fasteners. Starting with its dramatic death's-head cover, this interesting museum publication qualifies as far more than just another catalogue. Light wear. Only 7 copies in OCLC. **Free domestic shipping with..... More
New York: Robert Lax, 1960. Pax was issued intermittently in 18 issues between 1956 and 1962, with three later ones in 1985. This one is a wonderful satire by Ad Reinhardt, who is paired up with other artists and reconfigures or comments on their statements on art. Samples: Gottlieb and..... 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
