K.X. Roussel Avant-Propos de Gunter Busch [With Original Drawing and Lithograph] by Jacques Salomon; Ker Xavier Roussel; Gunter Busch

[Paris & Nice: Published by the Author and Artist, 1985 - 6].. Folio (15.75 x 11.5"; 39 x 29 cm). Loose bifolia laid into hand calligraphed wrappers. Wrappers faintly dusty, but about fine. First edition thus. Copy #8 of ten numbered copies, utilizing serigraphed text sheets from INTEMPÉRIES (1985), reconceived and heavily worked over by the artist in acrylic and black ink with ten illustrations (some double-spread), at least five of them signed with initials by the artist, with a special short colophon in manuscript, signed by the author and artist in one of the images, and with a second, more detailed colophon in manuscript reproduced via serigraph.

[Paris]: Acayoulge, [1982].. Folio (17.5 x 12.5"; 44 x 32 cm). Loose bifolia laid into printed wrapper. Illustrated. Faint mirror offset from title to colophon, tiny nicks at crown of spine, otherwise fine. First edition. Illustrated with three full- page engravings and six ornamental figurative woodcuts. One of 39 numbered copies, from a total edition of 47, printed under the artist's supervision by Michel Bon, and signed by the artist/author. For subject matter and method, Soisson drew on his own experiences as an adolescent and child psychologist and pioneering art therapist. He was associated with Dubuffet and the Société d'Art Brut. OCLC locates only the LC copy in North America. OCLC: 15590406.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Harold Town (illustrator). Limited Edition. Signed by Harold Town and numbered 6 of 175. In the original Near Fine slipcase. Slipcase has slight wear and a sun faded strip to the front. 13 x 15.5 in. Signed by Illustrator(s)

Los Angeles: Siglio Press, 2013. Limited Edition of 25 copies only. Hardcover. As New/As New. 186 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm. Publisher's original paper over boards. Book Condition: As new. Dust Jacket Condition: As new. This book has been handled just enough to photograph and is pristine. Signed and numbered to the title page by the author (#16 of 25). Included with this limited edition is an original, one-of-a-kind, collage by the author. This small intricately constructed work is enclosed in a glassine envelope attached to the first free endpaper; it is both initialed and authenticated with the artist's trademark fingerprint in red ink on the back of the work. The limited edition sold out very quickly in 2013 and hasn't been offered by the trade (that we've noticed) since then. Included with this offering is a Siglio Press Catalog for 2012/2013, a postcard announcing a reading by the author in New York City on May 31, 2013 at 192 Books (which, sadly, we missed), and finally "Siglio Ephemera #7" also… Read More

The book has 71 pages, three fold-out sections. The text is printed on white hand-made Fabriano Umbria paper in black ink with headings printed in five colors and the three fold-out sections are printed on different pastel shades of MacGregor-Vinzani specially made for this edition. The various cutouts and collages are in different colors as well. Michael Alpert printed the book, created and constructed all the various components of the book itself and its binding. The book is bound in a hand made paper wrappper and then inserted into a binding made of paper by MacGregor-Vinzani. The book is then placed in a cloth covered clamshell box with a paper spine label. The book also contains the two-cd set of a recording of Gluck's opera laid into pockets at the back of the book. Number 16 of an edition of 90 copies. Signed by Alpert on the colophon. Fine in a fine clamshell box. Alpert and the Theodore Press have collaborated on other artists' books creations with Claire van Vliet and her Janus Press,… Read More

[Paris & Nice: Published by the Author and Artist, 1985 - 6].. Folio (15.75 x 11.5"; 39 x 29 cm). Loose bifolia laid into hand calligraphed wrappers. Wrappers faintly dusty, but about fine. First edition thus. Copy #8 of ten numbered copies, utilizing serigraphed text sheets from INTEMPÉRIES (1985), reconceived and heavily worked over by the artist in acrylic and black ink with ten illustrations (some double-spread), at least five of them signed with initials by the artist, with a special short colophon in manuscript, signed by the author and artist in one of the images, and with a second, more detailed colophon in manuscript reproduced via serigraph.

[Paris]: Acayoulge, [1982].. Folio (17.5 x 12.5"; 44 x 32 cm). Loose bifolia laid into printed wrapper. Illustrated. Faint mirror offset from title to colophon, tiny nicks at crown of spine, otherwise fine. First edition. Illustrated with three full- page engravings and six ornamental figurative woodcuts. One of 39 numbered copies, from a total edition of 47, printed under the artist's supervision by Michel Bon, and signed by the artist/author. For subject matter and method, Soisson drew on his own experiences as an adolescent and child psychologist and pioneering art therapist. He was associated with Dubuffet and the Société d'Art Brut. OCLC locates only the LC copy in North America. OCLC: 15590406.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Harold Town (illustrator). Limited Edition. Signed by Harold Town and numbered 6 of 175. In the original Near Fine slipcase. Slipcase has slight wear and a sun faded strip to the front. 13 x 15.5 in. Signed by Illustrator(s)

Los Angeles: Siglio Press, 2013. Limited Edition of 25 copies only. Hardcover. As New/As New. 186 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm. Publisher's original paper over boards. Book Condition: As new. Dust Jacket Condition: As new. This book has been handled just enough to photograph and is pristine. Signed and numbered to the title page by the author (#16 of 25). Included with this limited edition is an original, one-of-a-kind, collage by the author. This small intricately constructed work is enclosed in a glassine envelope attached to the first free endpaper; it is both initialed and authenticated with the artist's trademark fingerprint in red ink on the back of the work. The limited edition sold out very quickly in 2013 and hasn't been offered by the trade (that we've noticed) since then. Included with this offering is a Siglio Press Catalog for 2012/2013, a postcard announcing a reading by the author in New York City on May 31, 2013 at 192 Books (which, sadly, we missed), and finally "Siglio Ephemera #7" also… Read More

The book has 71 pages, three fold-out sections. The text is printed on white hand-made Fabriano Umbria paper in black ink with headings printed in five colors and the three fold-out sections are printed on different pastel shades of MacGregor-Vinzani specially made for this edition. The various cutouts and collages are in different colors as well. Michael Alpert printed the book, created and constructed all the various components of the book itself and its binding. The book is bound in a hand made paper wrappper and then inserted into a binding made of paper by MacGregor-Vinzani. The book is then placed in a cloth covered clamshell box with a paper spine label. The book also contains the two-cd set of a recording of Gluck's opera laid into pockets at the back of the book. Number 16 of an edition of 90 copies. Signed by Alpert on the colophon. Fine in a fine clamshell box. Alpert and the Theodore Press have collaborated on other artists' books creations with Claire van Vliet and her Janus Press,… Read More