Rotterdam: Abandon, 1978. First edition. 8vo, unpaginated, saddle-stapled wraps with title pastedown to front panel. Illustrated with a tipped-in calendar sheet printed on glassine, and horological diagrams. One of a limited edition of 250 numbered copies. Text in Dutch. First and only issue of this brilliant conceptual art periodical, which..... More
innsbruck: Dr. Ursula Krinzinger, 1978. First edition. Oblong, photographically illustrated wraps. One of a limited edition of 1200 copies. Profusely illustrated. Includes bibliography. Artists' book published in conjunction with the 1978 works at Galerie Humanic and Galerie Krinzinger. Some minor wear to wraps, else fine. More
Amsterdam: Aktiegroep Nieuwmarkt, 1975. Nos. 1-4, 6-21. Foolscap format, nos. 1-3 crimp-bound at left margin, later issues either stapled once at upper left hand corner, or folded, unbound sheets. Text in Dutch. A nearly complete run, lacking only the 5th number, of this impassioned underground periodical which bracketed the Nieuwmarkt..... More
Kitakyushu, Japan: Center for Contemporary Art, 2009. First edition. 8vo, [196] pp, bound in black wraps. Designed by Manuel Rader. Early artists' book from Allora & Calzadilla in collaboration with Manuel Rader, exploring the lyrics to songs used by the U.S. Government in Guantanamo Bay to torture and interrogate prisoners..... More
[Madison, WI]: 1988. Hand-painted 12" appropriated vinyl LP record, housed in a painted and stencilled gatefold sleeve. Artists' record issued in conjunction with the 1988 iteration of the Festival of the Swamps, a counter-festival to the Festival of the Lakes. Though the record bears no attribution, it is likely the..... More
Np: nd. Original artwork, approximately 5 1/2 x 3 1/4", a woven paper sculpture of a cross, with several small engravings pasted on, including a small engraving of Jesus with blood applied in red paint, a goblet of blood, and a small skull and crossbones, with a small ribbon attached..... More
Seattle: Cerebral Discourse, 1985. First edition. 4to, unpaginated, offset printed and side-stapled within a cloth tape binding. Third and final issue of of the underground art zine. With numerous contributions from the mail art and cassette culture scenes, including Art Maggots, Phlegm Pets, Burnt Raisins, Robot Vegetable, Angela Mark, Yrizarry..... More
np: 1873. Graphite and colored pencil drawing in an irregularly cut sheet of paper, approximately 8 x 5". Signed and dated in 1873 at lower margin, though the signature is not legible to our eyes - G.B. Harrison, perhaps? Terrifying. Very good. More
London: Arts & Community Centre Notting Hill, 1968. ALS, with a trifold brochure [8 x 10 1/2"] and a Poetry Workshop poster [8 x 13"] folded for mailing, all housed in the original mailing envelope addressed to Tjeerd Deelstra postmarked September 5, 1968. Rare ephemera from the early days of..... More
New York: Backworks, 1977. First edition. 4to, [20] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. With mimeographed errata and addenda slip laid in. The second catalog from the pioneering avant-garde bookselling concern, started by Barbara Moore and Jon Hendricks. The bulk of the catalog is devoted to photographs by Max Baker, Martha Holmes, Scott..... More
New York: Backworks, 1979. four 8 1/2 x 14" leaves, stapled once at the upper left hand corner. A special catalog by the pioneer avant-garde bookselling project at 488 Greenwich St, a collaboration between Barbara Moore and Jon Hendricks. This catalog is devoted to the Something Else Press. It includes..... More
New York: Backworks, 1979. 4to, four leaves, each printed on both recto and verso, stapled once at the upper left hand corner. A special catalog by the pioneer avant-garde bookselling project at 488 Greenwich St, a collaboration between Barbara Moore and Jon Hendricks. This catalog is devoted to books, ephemera..... More
Wien: Pakesch & Schlebrügge, 1998. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled card wraps. Single issue of the artists' periodical / artists' book series published in Wien by Peter Pakesch and Johannes Von Schlebrügge. Each issue invites an artist or artists to create and design the issue, making it a hybrid of a...... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1955. First edition. 8vo, [40] pp, bound in cream cloth titled in blue at the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. First and only edition of this beautiful artists' book, and the only book published by the artist. It is illustrated with color reproductions of prints featuring images of..... More
Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1976. 4to, single sheet folded once to make four pages. Single issue of the remarkable periodical issued from the influential gallery run by Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren. Over the course of almost 20 years the gallery issued 156 of these bulletins, in almost..... More
Hannover, Germany: Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1989. First edition. 4to, unpaginated, illustrated wraps. Illustrated with 67 color plates and a photographic frontispiece portrait of Basquiat by Schlomoff.. With texts by Keith Haring, Carl Haenlein, and Carsten Ahrens. All Text in German. The catalog for the 1989 German exhibition, Basquiat's second at the museum..... More
Brussels: Streven, 1966. 8vo, pp. 994-954, saddle-stapled wraps. Illustated with black and white photographs 7 reproductions. Text in Dutch. An offprint from Streven, the Belgian art magazine, printing the account of a night with Arman. OCLC locates no holdings. Very good with some creasing to tips and some light toning..... More
Brussels: Streven, 1969. 8vo, pp. 1021-1030, saddle-stapled wraps. Illustated with a superb series of black and white photographs, some of them printed on a fold-out plate. Text in Dutch. An offprint from Streven, the Belgian art magazine, printing the text of an interview with James Lee Byars and a beautlful..... More
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Stockholm: Albert Bonniers, 1966-67. First edition. Two numbers, each a 4to, 56 + 80 pp, bound in printed wraps. With publisher's printed enclosure sticker to fore edge of second number, as issued. Text mostly in Swedish, with the Burroughs text in English. A complete run of this audacious artists' periodical..... More
Paris: J.-B. Baillière et Fils, 1869. First edition. 8vo, viii, 184 pp, printed wrappers. With 8 pp. publisher's catalog laid in at rear. Inscribed by the author at the title page, with a faint, almost imperceptible rubberstamp beneath the signature. Text in French. A rare inscribed copy of the first..... More
Los Angeles: Wallace Berman, 1957. First edition. 8vo, [28] pp, saddle-stapled in card wraps with a photomontage pasted down to front panel. The contributions "handset with miscellaneous available type & papers" and pasted down onto each page. Housed in a custom made cloth box with leather title label at spine..... More
New York: Lorenz and Ellen Gude, 1966. First edition. Foolscap format, 31 pp., mimeographed from typescript and stap-stapled into an offset printed card cover illustrated by Joe Brainard. The 13th and final regular issue of the seminal little mag of the second generation of the New York School. This issue..... More
np: published by the artist, 1978. First edition. 8vo, [52] pp, bound in marbled paper over boards backed in black cloth tape. Profusely illustrated with photographs, diagrams and other reproductions, one leaf printed on glassine. Signed by the artist at the title page. Text in English and Dutch. A beautifully..... More
Amsterdam: Feministische Uitgeverij Sara, 1982. First edition. 4to, 234 pp, photographically illustrated wraps. A beautifully designed monograph, the first devoted to the work of the great Hungarian-Dutch photographer. It includes work from all stages of her career at that point, including work shot while underground during the German occupation of..... More
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Villefranche: 1936-39. 12mo, first three years each bound marbled green paper over bouards, backed in crushed green morocco raised in five bands at the spine, with gilt titles, and original pictorial wraps preserved, the final nine issues each in the original saddle-stapled illustrated wraps. Profusely illustrated photographs strikingly printed by..... More