Artists' Books

[Frankfurt: Elke Betzel Verlag, 1980].. Quarto (30 x 21 cm). Linen over boards, with title written on upper board with a resin- like substance. Illustrated with color photocopies of photographs. Fine. First edition. Copy #38 of 100 numbered copies, signed by the artist, and with each of the color photocopied plates signed by him in pencil in the margin. A record of Kutscher's exercise in nude body-painting to enable him to completely disappear/blend into natural environments. OCLC/Worldcat locates three copies.

Amsterdam: Galerie Da Costa, 1979.. Suite of 8 original color etchings (incorporating text), plus title leaf and justification. Oblong quarto (25 x 32.5 cm). Laid into printed wrappers with pictorial vignette, the whole laid into a pictorial cloth folder with linen strapping. Fine. First edition. One of fifty numbered copies, signed by the artist, in addition to six copies hors commerce and the prototype set of the etchings. The eight etchings collectively present the late artist's self-portrait, with the comment: "Of course this book, if you are willing to forget what a book looks like, is that kind of exhibitionism Andre Breton should have called 'un livre à la porte battante'."

[Philadelphia: The Artist, 2005].. Oblong octavo. Open-sewn decorated paper over stiff wrappers. Accordion fold. Decorative onlay. A fold or two slightly awry, otherwise fine in folding cloth clamshell case. Copy #3 of five copies, signed by the artist. Panels of text printed in bold on translucent plastic, intersewn with two panels of material fabricated from dried, pressed fruit, with a smaller panel of the same material affixed to the upper board.

A oversized catalogue of this significant show of the same name. Publication includes essay by Glyn Banks of 'Art in Ruins', and two poster poems on separate pages by Deborah Levy ('After Magritte' and 'After Warhol') illustrated. Contains original screen prints. Some pages In Colour.One copy with white card cover, another with brown card cover, both with silk screen by Hercules FishermanDetails and images made for those with a serious interest in this rare item. Difficult to assess value as so rare. Offers welcome! Ask for more details or photos.

Artist book. Still sealed under publisher's original wraps. With an illustration section on glossy white paper, followed by a text section on orange stock printed on one side only. Includes color illustrations of a number of famous artist books by Sol LeWitt, Ed Ruscha and Lawrence Weiner. The text section includes a transcript of a phone conversation between Jonathan Monk and Seth Sieglaub.Livre d'artiste. Encore scellé sous l'emballage d'origine de l'éditeur. Avec une section d'illustrations sur papier blanc brillant, suivie d'une section de texte sur papier orange imprimée sur un seul côté. Comprend des illustrations en couleur d'un certain nombre de livres d'artistes célèbres de Sol LeWitt, Ed Ruscha et Lawrence Weiner. La partie texte comprend la transcription d'une conversation téléphonique entre Jonathan Monk et Seth Sieglaub.Künstlerbuch. Noch in der Originalverpackung des Verlages eingeschweißt. Ein Illustrationsteil auf weißem Hochglanzpapier wird gefolgt von einem einseitig… Read More

Cincinnati, Ohio:: Jusith Serling-Sturm:.. One-of-a-Kind. 12.5" H x 10.25"W x 4"D closed, extends to 10"H x 102"W. Textile in scroll structure. Mixed media, including a bullet artist found while walking to work. Rolled and laid in wooden box with title on cover. Box hinged with leather straps. Judith Serling-Sturm: "21:1 is the official statistic of young, unarmed black men to young, unarmed white men shot and killed by police as contrasted with the number of young unarmed white men who suffered that same fate. Many statistics back this up, and much analysis attempts to explain this but 'Unarmed in America' addressed individual lives. This is what 21:1 looks like. "I have sewn these lives onto a muslin shroud amongst explanations, analysis, and the 21st psalm in asemic writing. "There is no shortage of explanations for this fact, and these explanations are frequently embraced by one ideological group or another at the expense of the… Read More

Paris: Andre Sauret, 1963. Limited/Numbered . Original Cardboard. Very Good. 4to. 183pp. EXEMPLAIRE SUR GRAND VELIN D'ARCHES. ONE OF 125 COPIES (THIS COPY 55) SIGNED BY ANDRE SAURET AT COLOPHONE. Cover is an original lithograph by BRAQUE. Missing the frontispice and the title page ( both were original lithographs) FINE PRINTING BY THE MOURLOT PRESS IN PARIS.SUPERB COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE WORKS OF BRAQUE. A VERY GOOD AND CLEAN COPY.

1890 RARE 43v Dore Gallery ART Dante Bible Milton Fontaine Quixote Atala FOLIOS
"The most popular and successful French book illustrator of the mid-19th century!"
Famous French artist, Gustave Doré was most known for his incredible woodcut engravings. Doré's romantic style of illustration, supremely imaginative and richly detailed, was ideally suited to literary subjects. Artists and art lovers will find in these pages' superb examples of the illustrator's art! This collection of 50 individual magazine parts features artwork from Dore's "Bible", "Paradise Lost", "Dante", "Atala", "Don Quixote", and still others!
Item number: #23100
Price: $950
DORE, Gustave
Cassell's Dore Gallery
London/New York: Cassell & Company, ©1890.
Details:
· Collation: 43 individual parts (of 50)
o 220 full-page, Gustave Doré engravings
o Wanting Parts 7, 8, 12, 20, 22, 26, and 45 (5 plates per part)
· Language: English
· Binding: Softcover; secure
· Size: ~12.75in X 9.75in (32.5cm x 24.5cm)
· EXCEEDINGLY rare to… Read More

Paris: Editions Cercle d'Art, 1970. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Loose sheets in beige cloth chemise and matching clamshell box with embossed titles. Reproducing three notebooks from 1964 with drawings by Picasso in their original formats. 24 pages with text. 71 lithographs of which 27 in color, printed on Arches paper under the supervision of Picasso. This is copy number 530 from the Cercle d'Art edition that was limited to 666 copies. There were also editions printed by Abrams and Schunemann of 666 copies each. Sheet size: 32.7 x 25 cm. The box measures 35 x 27,7 x 6,3 cm. Apart from light wear to corner tips of the slipcase and the inevitable offsetting from the lithographs this is a mint copy, in collectors condition. .

Abrams, 1978. hardcover. Good. 16x13x1. Text is clean and unmarked, no highlighting, underlining or writing. Several pages have light corner crease or small corner bumping in upper right corner margin/tip. Hard Cover. Dust jacket is clean and bright, some light creasing back cover, corner bumping, light edge/shelf wear. Green cloth cover boards VG. Binding is in very good condition, solid, square. Large, coffee table book, full-color. 14.5 x 12 x 1.5. Printed in Japan. A book that is currently OOP / NP (Out-Of-Print edition / No Longer in Print), uncommon, a first edition, collectable or hard to find. 1989 Reissue, Abrams. Ships in box, well packed, quickly and with care.

Melbourne, Moonflower Press, 1956, hardcover, unpaginated, 18 pp, Limited Edition of 24 copies, of which this is number 11, Signed twice by the Author, once on the limitation page and again on the front endpaper with his own gift inscription " A happy Christmas to John Friend from Robert Rooney. 1959.", Very Good condition, no dustjacket as issued. Paper over boards, sewn binding. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light corner bumps, tiny split to top rear corner. A collection of eleven Australian skipping rhymes collected and illustrated with five linocuts, relief printed in color each from two blocks, publishers device on last page, letterpress text, on thin off-white wove paper. An early work by the Australian Art Critic, Conceptual Artist, Painter, Musician, Photographer, and Printmaker while he was a student at Swinburne Technical College, Hawthorn, Vic., Aust.. Other Collections: National Gallery of Australia, IRN: 171840, Accession number: 2008.64.1-18, Provenance: Gift to the… Read More

Stated First US Edition.
Book cover like new, slight wear at end caps - pages clean, bright and unmarked, gift inscription on fly page – spine like new.
Jacket like new, slight shelf wear; protected in fresh mylar cover. No slip case.
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British interior designer Nina Campbell's signature style -- timeless elegance, with an emphasis on luxurious comfort -- has brought her acclaim and admirers from around the world. Now, in The Art of Decoration. Nina shares the design secrets that have made her one of England's leading decorators. Glorious full-color photographs capture an eclectic mix of interiors, from a dramatic New York penthouse to a classic English country home, from an elegant banker's retreat to a charming Queen Anne cottage.
Renowned for her use of fabrics, colors, and patterns, and for her refined finishing touches. Nina begins by describing her own approach to decorating. She offers… Read More

Beautiful book in very good condition of the work of Alberto Vargas. Paintings of his work with the Vargas Girls in the years 1920 till 1950. The languages are German, English and French.

El Sobrante, California:: Lisa Kokin,, 2022.. One-of-a-Kind. 7.25 x 6". Materials: Patinated copper, thread, safety pins, mull, silk. Signed on the back in upper left rectangle. Lisa Kokin: "Part of my 'Wordless Library' series, this book has text made with manipulated safety pins." Each character fashioned from a safety pin is up to the viewer to interpret. Asemic writing? Hieroglyphs? Codes? A new language? Lisa Kokin, Wordless Library Series: "In the 'Wordless Library' series, I make conceptual book-like objects by sewing on metal with my beat up old jalopy of a Kenmore sewing machine, circa 1975. It is immensely satisfying, even cathartic, to puncture the metal with my machine. I start each piece without a preconceived notion of what it will become. I patinate, I puncture, and I perforate. "The stitch less stitches follow lines reminiscent of text; sometimes they are even grouped into 'words.' Other times they look… Read More

Wanda Gag. Millions Of Cats. Copyright 1928 by Coward-McCann, Inc. See stock photo shown here. No other printings listed. The copyright pages states: PRINTED IN USA by the Jersey City Printing Co. and the Title page states: Published in New York by Coward-McCann Inc. in the year 1928. USED BOOK. GOOD CONDITION/ NO DJ INCLUDED. Oblong binding. Unpaginated. 9 ¾ X 6 ¾. Has lost it's paper spine. Decorated in woodcuts by the author. Fairy Tale. A SOUGHT AFTER ITEM. just like the cats in this story, there are not a lot of these left.