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
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
[American?]: Early 19th century. Square 8vo, 16 pp, consisting of an index [pp. 1-2], and receipts [5-16]. Second leaf blank. Saddle-stitched, with outer leaves detached. Outer leaves rather darmpstained, but complete legible. Interior leaves clean, with a very clear hand throughout. Printed on watermarked paper. The 29 recipies including those..... 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
Paris: Acéphale, 1937-38. Large 8vos, each issue saddle-stapled in wraps, 3/4 a double number. With errata slip laid into the second number The first four issues, lacking only the rare fifth number. Acéphale was the public review of the secret society of the same name, Each issue of Acéphale was..... 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
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
London: The Galley Press, 1962. First edition. 8vo, 204 pp, bound in yellow cloth titled in gilt. Housed in the original dust jacket illustrated by the author. The scarce first edition of this roman a clef describing postwar life in the St. Ives artist commune after the war, a period..... 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
San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Art, 1967. First edition. 13 x 16" poster, offset printed. The poster for this exhibition and event at SFMOMA devoted to avant-garde materials from the Berner collection, which encompassing such tendencies as Neo-dada, Concretism, Letterism, Spatialism, the mediocres, Fluxus, de-coll/age, etc. Some faint smudging..... 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
Berlin & New York: Galerie Rene Block & Ronald Feldman Gallery, 1979. First edition. 12mo, 141 pp, photographically illustrated wraps. Provenance: illustrated ex libris bookplate of John Humov tipped inside front cover. Artists' book documenting Beuys' 1979 work upon the closing of the René Block Gallery, in which the artist..... More