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Massachusetts:: Boston Book Arts Group,, 1996.. Edition of 27. Eight books measuring each 4 x 4" housed in a linen covered box. Several techniques were used depending upon the method each book artist chose. These varied from letterpress printing and xerox transfer to ink-jet, laser, and/or silkscreen printing. A collaborative series of eight artists books created by one poet and eight artists. Each unique book illustrates a different poem by Michele Wong.
Octaves in an Oxford Garden, Of Brooks & Books (2 lots) by Upson, Arthur
by Upson, Arthur
Octaves in an Oxford Garden, Of Brooks & Books (2 lots)
by Upson, Arthur
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1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Rarest of Upson material, unnumbered 1/350cc, scarab bookplate of Margarethe Heisser who did the brilliant arts and crafts style lettering and illustrative decorating for each page plus three full page drawings, rare photograph of her on frp that is fading over time, spine woodsy-looking material reglued with five pieces of tape no joy to behold (needs rebinding perhaps?) and shows wear, silk boards, exquisite copy, bp of f/o on pastedown, printed by Hahn and Harmon of Minneapolis. Tragic story of this pair--Upson dying of illness, depression at loss of father and probably suicide at 31, likened to Keats by Sinclair Lewis who called him his poetic mentor; she died in mid 30s of rare illness; began drawing Indian women in nearby villages, attended Art Students League in NY, met him at a Minnesota University intellectual book club, she had very few showings, designed maybe four books at most. Special watermark rag paper, a splendid combination of turn of century printing, lettering, drawing and poetic display. Upson worked in Brooks' bookstore after class, even sleeping under the counters when unwilling to go home. This book is accompanied by Of Brooks & Books by Lee Edmonds Grove, a study of the publisher E. D. Brooks who is connected with the Upson book (see p70) for bibliographic citation, VG/VG, 1st edn, 489/1500cc.
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Unfolding Poems.
by [Boston Book Arts Group] Michele Wong.
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Hoover, Alabama, United States
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Five Maine Rushes.
by Goodale, Rebecca.
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Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2004.. Edition of 10. 6 x 8.5" closed. Accordion book construction with two stitched sections. Ink on paper with cutouts. Front cover bound in woven Japanese grass paper. Five rare Junacae in Maine are the subject of this Threatened and Endangered Species book (Alpine rush; Slender rush; Vassey rush; Northern wood-rush; Spiked wood-rush). The pale ink on paper imitates the color and value of the cast shadows produced by he cutaways.
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migration: a field guide to love that was and might have been.
by [Firebrand Press] Lauren Faulkenberry.
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Hoover, Alabama, United States
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Gordo, Alabama:: Firebrand Press,, 2011.. Edition of 45. 5.5 x 8"; 72 pages. Letterpress printed with photopolymer plates. Printed on handmade papers made of abaca, cotton rag, kozo, and corn from the artist's father's garden. Perfect bound paper over boards. Text, images, printing, and binding by Lauren Faulkenberry. Firebrand Press: "This book is comprised of two narratives. One is a collection of anecdotal stories that allude to romantic encounters that thenarrator experienced or imagined. The other is based on observations of bird behavior that mirror the behavior of the narrator.
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Dress Code Strictly Enforced.
by [Women's Studio Workshop] Tona Wilson.
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Rosendale, New York:: Women's Studio Workshop / KaKe Art,, 2018.. Edition of 70. 26 x 17 cm; 40 pages. Silkscreen and digital printing. French Speckletone, French Construction, Colorplan papers. Century Schoolbook and Century Gothic types. Spiral bound paper covers WSW: "''Dress Code Strictly Enforced' draws on the artist's experience as a Spanish interpreter in the U.S. courts. Wilson compares attorneys, defendants, judges, and people in other key roles to theatrical players, wearing predetermined costumes and participating in staged dialogue. "The heads-bodies-legs mix and match structure of the book allows readers to create new combinations. Doing so, they redefine the fifteen characters and create absurd, contradictory messages. The postface quotes the song 'There but for Fortune,' reminding readers that the role played by any given person is governed by chance as they move through interlocking systems of power." "Official…
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Carnet de Voyage.
by Luisolo, Piera.
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Torino, Italy:: Piera Luisolo,, 2008.. One-of-a-Kind. 10 x15 cm (3.9 x .5.9"); 14 pages, Watercolors and graphite. Handwritten image titles. Bound with decorated paper. Single cord wrapped over paper folds then over spine and knotted to serve as binding. Laid in wooden tray with tie closure. Signed and dated on the last page by the artist.. Carnet de Voyage" was created by Piera Luisolo during a short stay in the cities of Vienna and Prague. The pages are brief line and watercolor impressions of architectural details captured while traveling between these two cities.
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Pistol/Pistil: Botanical Ballistics
by [Women's Studio Workshop] Ann Kalmbach & Tatana Kellner.
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Rosendale, New York:: Women's Studio Workshop,, 1997.. Edition of 100. 7 x 8.75 x .75"; 24 pages. Additional pages and enclosures sewn in. Accordion structure with end pages adhered to boards. Silkscreen printed on Mohawk Superfine, UV Ultra, and handmade abaca fiber paper. Bound in wooden covers with leather straps held with bullet casings. This was deigned and printed while Kalmbach and Kellner were visiting Artists-in-Residence at the University of Southern Maine with help from their students. WSW: "This accordion fold book examines the use of ordinary words in both botanical and military context. These definitions are juxtaposed with stories and statistics relating to farming and violence." Judith Klau, Books as Aesthetic Objects: "Pistol/Pistil: Botanical Ballistics is bound in wooden boards held by leather and bullet casings. This book plays graphically and etymologically with the language of agriculture and the language of ordnance. "The…
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Mending: with poem by Hazel Hall
by [Transformer Press] Lise Melhorn-Boe.
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Kingston, Ontario, Canada:: Transformer Press,, 2018.. Edition of 10. Dimension varies according to size of pants for back and front covers; textile pages. Screen printed. Found and donated garments. Sewn binding. Signed, dated, and numbered by the artist. Lise Melhorn-Boe: "The text of 'Mending' is a poem by the American poet Hazel Hall. Hall was born in 1886, and lived for most of her life in Portland, Oregon. Following a bout of Scarlet Fever, at the age of 12, she was confined to a wheelchair. Hall took in sewing to help with the family finances, and 'Mending' is one of thirty-three poems she wrote about needlework. "The cover of each copy of the book is a pair of pants, or chorts, or, in one case, a short denim skirt. The first page is a collared shirt, the second a piece of household textile. Next follows a nightgown or pair of pyjama pants, and the last page is a T-shirt. Most of the garments came from friends and family.
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Heinz and Judy, a play.
by Zweig, Janet.
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Boston, Massachusetts:: Janet Zweig, Photographic Resource Center,, 1985.. 20 unnumbered pages. Four color offset printing on Mohawk Superfine paper. Quarter-bound with illustrated paper over boards and cloth spine. Leaves are folded and glued at the spine to allow for a continuous image. Texts are excerpted from: Dr. Lawrence Kohlberg (dilemmas), The Moral Development of the Child by Jean Piaget (stories), In a Different Voice by Carol Gilligan (responses at intermission)". Janet Zweig: "This book combines the classic Punch and Judy text and overlays it illusionalistically with three layers of imagery: First, there are slips of paper with excerpts from studies of morality and gender by Lawrence Kohlberg, Jean Piaget, and Carol Gilligan. Next there are drawings in crayon, ink and other substances as if someone was marking directly on the book, and finally there is an overlay of a shadow play that falls on each entire spread.."
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I think all the world is falling.
by [Gracia and Louise] Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison.
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[North Vitzroy, Victoria, Australia]:: Gracia and Louise,, 2017.. Edition of 6 + 1 AP. 8 x 4.75"; 8 pages. Concertina structure. Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm. Covers mounted on gold-trimmed board. Housed in a printed slipcase on 225gsm Buffalo board. Covers and pages printed by Arten. Slipcase printed by Bambra Press. Bound by Louise Jennison. Numbered, dated, and initialed by artists I think all the world is falling" is the first in the Looped series. The overall theme of this series seems to be our relationship to our environment, to nature, to the world at large. This first book in the series begins with a quote from "Kylling Kluk" (1823) by J. Mathia Thiele which is also the title of this first book - "I think all the world is falling." We imagine Chicken Little from this fairy tale running around thinking the sky is falling because a nut hit him on the head. That was long ago, perhaps now we are creating the 'nuts' that are falling all…
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Studies for Studies.
by [Women's Studio Workshop] Catrin Morgan.
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Rosendale, New York:: Women's Studio Workshop / KaKe Art,, 2017.. Edition of 45. Fold out cover containing three items: book (80 unnumbered pages, 21 cm); booklet (16 unnumbered pages, color illustrations, 17 cm, stitched pamphlet); folded sheet (both sides, color illustrations; 42 x 59 cm folded to 14 x 12 cm). Papers: Gmund Bier, Gmund Action, Gmund Treasury, Marlmarque, Masa, French Papers. Printing methods: Laser print, photocopy, silkscreen. Typefaces: Fournier, Futura. Text by Max Porter and an essay written with Alex Bildsoe. Book design by Catrin Morgan. WSW: "St. Jerome is associated with kindness (removing a thorn from a lion's paw) and scholarship (translating the Bible into Latin). The studies found in paintings depicting St. Jerome are open to incursions from the natural world-they are neither outside nor inside and appear temporary, as though waiting to be folded up and taken away. 'Studies for Studies' is an exploration of Renaissance depictions of St. Jerome which…
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William Morris and the Art of the Book: With Essays on William Morris, As Book Collector by Paul Needham, As Calligrapher by Joseph Dunlap, and As Typographer by John Dreyfus
by Needham, Paul
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NY: Pierpont Morgan Library. Good; Liftoff on rear cover, stain on front cover, splits starting at heel . and foot of spine, fore-edges stained.. 1976. Softcover. 114 plates. Preface by Charles Ryskamp. Includes an essay on the Memories of Collecting by John M. Crawford, Jr. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 140 pages .
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Les Cavaliers de L'Apocalypse
by [1858 chromolithograph]
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"France XIe Siecle. Les Cavaliers de L'Apocalypse," 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Printed in Paris, 1858.Original chromolithograph illustration from Les Arts Somptuaires: Histoire du Costume et de l'Ameublement et des Arts et Industries qui s'y rattachent sous la Direction de Hangard-Mauge Dessins de Cl'us Ciappori by Charles Louandre. This is from a disbound copy of the rare plates volume, which featured hundreds of images in various subjects designed by Claudius Ciappori and printed by the master Hangard-Maugé in Paris, 1857-58.
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Catalogue of the Fifth Annual Circuit Exhibition of the National Association of Portrait Painters, Inc. 1915-1916
by American Fine Arts Society, New York
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Bandera, Texas, United States
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Rare catalog edition of the Fifth Annual Circuit Exhibition of the National Association of Portrait Painters, Inc. 1915-1916. New York: American Fine Arts Society, 1915. "November 6 to 28, 1915 at the galleries of the American Fine Arts Society, 215 West Fifty-seventh Street, New York". Published by Knoedler and Company Exhibition Catalogs, New York City. Listing portrait painters of 1915-1916, 61 pages, complete with plates of the 39 painters including Sargent. A very good+/fine copy of a rare edition of art catalog.
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The King of the Golden River
by Ruskin, John
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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5956Ruskin The King of the Golden River, A Legend of Stiria. Publisher: Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1900. RARE. Original copyright 1841. BOUND IN SUEDE LEATHER. Used . Good- condition./ None Issued. A couple of top edges show bite-size area of loss. Does not effect text. Frontispiece black and white portrait of John Ruskin. Decorated title page and decorated initial letters by Samuel Warner. Colophon reads, printed in red, as follows: SO HERE ENDETH THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER, AS / WRITTEN BY JOHN RUSKIN: THE TITLE PAGE AND INITIALS / BEING DESIGNED BY SAMUEL WARNER, AND THE WHOLE / DONE INTO A BOOK BY THE ROYCROFTERS, AT THEIR SHOP, / IN EAST AURORA, NEW YORK, U.S.A., IN THE YEAR MCM. Roycroft logo with Elbert Hubbard printed in. handwritten gift inscription and signature on front free endpaper dates this item to the year 1900. Leather is in clean condition.
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Old & Rare: Thirty Years in the Book Business (Signed)
by Leona Rostenberg (Firm);Stern, Madeleine B
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- 9780839001300 / 0839001304
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NY: A. Schram, 1974. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Abner Schram, 1974, first printing. 8vo., 234pp., illustrated with b/w photos. Signed on fly leaf by both authors: "With every good wish - Leona Rostenberg. Madeline B. Stern". Some dust foxing along top edge, else very good in very good dust jacket with a few short, closed tears along top edge. 2005 and 2007 NY Times obituary clippings of the authors laid in. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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Five Fine Printers: Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, Richard Bigus, Andrew Hoyem, William Everson
by Kirshenbaum, Sandra
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Davis, CA: Library Associates, University of California. Near Fine; Small nick at lower left corner of front cover.. 1979. Softcover. Edited and with an introduction Kirshenbaum. Exhibition catalogue for show held Feb. 22 - April 10, 1979 at the Memorial Union Art Gallery, University of California at Davis. 8.5 x 11 inches. Black and white photographs of the work of five fine printers from northern California: Jack Stauffacher, Adrian Wilson, Richard Bigus, Andrew Hoyem, and William Everson. Contains statements from the artists. Laid in is promotional postcard for the exhibition, publisher press release for the catalogue, and several other promotional materials and lists of publications by Library Associates. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 47 pages .
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Blood Meridian featured on Poster for Texas Writers Month.
by McCarthy, Cormac
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Austin: Texas Writers Project, 2000. Original . Broadside. FINE. 24 x 36 inches, printed on high quality coated stock with metalic ink. Shipped- rolled in heavy tube. This fabulous poster was created especially for the featured author of Texas Writers Month in 2000 held in Austin, Texas by graphic designer Marc English. It is printed on heavy high quality coated stock in metalic inks: silver and bronze and laid over a duotone photograph of the rugged Big Bend country of West Texas. The poster quotes a long scene from McCarthy's BLOOD MERIDIAN with drops of bronze red blood for emphasis. This is a stunning visual and carries the impact of the original text depicting a scene of horror as the savages line up on horseback along the ridge their glass beads and painted bodies caught forever in the sun's hot glare as they anticipate the massacre that would follow. Only McCarthy could make this scene so vivid you might have to put the book down and never finish it.
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The Kelmscott Press and William Morris Master-Craftsman
by Sparling, H. Halliday
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1924. First Edition. hardcover. Good. 9 3/8" × 6 1/8" × 1" (23.8 × 15.6 × 2.5 cm) . First Printing. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. Tall 8vo. Bound in publisher's original hardcover quarter Holland-backed blue paper boards, with white linen spine and paper title label. Uncut, deckled edges. [ix], [1], 176, [4] pp. Photogravure frontispiece portrait of Morris engraved by Emery Walker from a photograph by Sparling, with tissue guard present. Includes 16 plates and examples of types and illustrations from the Kelmscott Press. Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924) provides an informative history of William Morris's Press. Sparling was a former Kelmscott Press employee and as the husband of Morris's daughter, May Morris, from 1890–1898, was keenly familiar with Morris and his Press. Sparling provides a clear account of the day-to-day workings of the Press, as well as a close examination of Morris's intentions and printing achievements. Includes…
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Photography Between Covers
by Thomas Dugan
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Martinez, California, United States
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Stated first printing.Book cover like new, very slight shelf wear - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine solid and undamaged.
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Comprehensive interviews with twelve recognized artists from the U.S. and Japan including Syl Labrot, Nathan Lyons, Ralph Gibson, Larry Clark, Keith Smith, Joan Lyons, Eikoh Hosoe, Bea Nettles, Duane Michals, Robert Adams, and Scott Hyde.
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Loba Part II
by Di Prima, Diane
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Pt. Reyes CA & Kathmandu, Eidolon Editions, 1976, center-stapled trade paperback (10" x 7.25"), 16 pp. printed on one side only, First Edition, First Printing, limited to 550 copies, Very Good condition in illustrated wraps. Straight, tight and clean, light foxing to covers and text block edge, tiny nicks to top corner of front cover. Printed on handmade paper this small collection continues Di Prima's exploration of Loba, the she-wolf, as mythic mother of the world. Monochrome illustrations by Josie Grant.
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