Athens: Institut Francais d'Athenes, 1981. de Stael, Nicolas. Limited edition. Soft cover. 32p, several ills. by Nicolas de Stael and others. Cover ill. from a collage by de Stael. No. 249 of 300 copies on papier d'Arches. Exhibition catalogue of 26 books, plus much documentation on Lecuire's career. Includes a...... More
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche: Centre des Livres d'Artistes (CDLA), 2005. Herman de Vries. First edition. Stapled soft cover. [36]p, many ills. Short text by the artist. Exhibition catalogue of dozens of works, many on the theme of "chance and change." Held on the occasion of the publication of de Vries's catalogue raisonne. Can..... More
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche: Centre des Livres d'Artistes (CDLA), 2006. Rullier, Jean-Jacques. First edition. Stapled soft cover. [28]p, 13 color ills. Exhibition catalogue of dozens of prints, books, cover and jacket designs, etc., many of them reminiscent of children's informational books and comic books. Can be sent outside the US for less than..... More
Paris: Librairie Paul Jammes, n.d. [1970]. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., several full-page and other ills. Bookseller's catalogue offering 1,814 "livres anciens et modernes relatifs a l'histoire du livre, a la bibliographie, a l'histoire technique et economique de l'imprimerie, aux fonderies de caracteres." Can be sent outside the US for..... More
Geneva, OH: Saturdays' Book Arts Gallery, 1988. Trade edition. Soft cover. [28]p, many ills., printed in dark green. Designed by Jan Sobota. Ca. 20 works by 9 mostly young British book artists, with some artist statements. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate... More
Munich: Emil Hirsch, 1929. First edition. Soft cover. 36p + 15 ills. on 8 pls. (bindings). Unused bid sheet laid in. In German. Auction catalogue of 372 lots, with author and artist index. Emphasis on American, English, and German fine printing--Ashendene, Bremer, Doves, Eragny, Ernst Ludwig, Kelmscott, Vale, Hundertdrucke, Insel..... More
London: Sotheby and Co., 1925. The illustrated edition. Soft cover. 80, 106p, many small ills. (binders' marks) + ca. 20 large plates, some folding and some in color (mostly bindings). Photo is too pale; the covers are the usual olive green. A total of 822 lots, sold on March 16-19..... More
Boulder, CO: Four Rivers Books, n.d. [ca. 1999-2000]. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., several ills. + 22 in color including covers. Bookseller's catalogue of "fine and private press books, artists' books, Limited Editions Club books, books on books." 394 items with descriptions, chiefly British and American 20th century. Can be..... More
[New York]: Guild of Book Workers, 1959. First edition. Stapled soft cover. [28]p, 24 black-and-white ills. Checklist of dozens of items by 28 artists shown at the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences. Catalogue designed by Paul N. Banks; exhibition directed by Polly Lada-Mocarski. Uncommon. Can be sent outside..... More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2017. Limited edition. Hardcover. 195p, 112 ills., several in color. One of 500 copies. Comprehensive history of the firm, its many printing innovations, and the life and friendships of the man who guided it for decades. (In print at $75.). More
Miami: Metro Dade Cultural Center, 1985. First edition. Unbound. One accordion-folded sheet, 7 black-and-white ills. + color cover. Exhibition catalogue of 25 bindings from the mid-19th century on, chiefly French. After the show, Juvelis offered many of them for sale; the pricelist is laid in. Can be sent outside the..... More
Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche: Centre des Livres d'Artistes (CDLA), 2009. Luca, Gherasim. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 8p, 2 ills. Small exhibition catalogue of dozens of works by this Fluxus artist, with checklist. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
Boston: David R. Godine, 1970. Hidy, Lance. Limited edition. Sewn softcover. [16]p, 1 wood-engraved ill. by Lance Hidy. One of 3000 copies. Originally published in 1758. Illustrated in Godine at Fifty, where Godine describes this letterpress pamphlet as "probably as subversive as anything we issued. In 1970, we were all..... More
London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1986. First edition. Stapled soft cover. 23p, several ills. Surveys the printing, binding, authors, artists, etc., of this fine press run by ballet historian Cyril Beaumont and his wife, Anna, from 1917 to 1931. Chiefly literature. Can be sent outside the US for less than..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1972. Motherwell, Robert. First edition. Stapled soft cover. [28]p, many black-and-white ills. Step-by-step account of the creation of this iconic artist's book, which was printed in letterpress and aquatint by Universal Limited Art Editions. Can be sent outside the US for less than the..... More
![Item #31343 The View from the Horizon [1 of 1000 copies]. Timothy Drever, constructions, texts...](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31343.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1683577093)
London: Coracle, 1997. Drever, Timothy. Limited edition. Soft cover. 60p, several tipped-in color photos, 2 maps. "The first attempt to link the work of the artist Timothy Drever with the writings of his alter ego Tim Robinson . . . dating from just before [Drever/Robinson] disappeared from the London art..... More
Euclid, OH: Saturday's Book Arts Gallery, 1988. Rennie, Silvia; Sobota, Jan. First edition. Unbound. One dos-a-dos accordion-folded sheet, 22 color ills. of bindings. Photo is slightly cropped. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Designed by Jan Sobota. More
[Bruges]: Die Keure, 2006. Limited edition. Soft cover. 727p, no ills. No. 992 of 1000 copies; this one on Furioso paper. The cover design is based on the 1922 first edition. Conceptual artist's book: Popper has arranged all the words and punctuation in Ulysses into one alphabetical sequence... More
Cheney, WA: Eastern Washington State College, 1974. No stated edition. Unbound. 15p, photo-duplicated typescript printed on rectos and stapled in upper left; 1 cover ill. "East Tennessee State University" on the cover refers to Thomas's affiliation. Introduces SIGHTINGS, a joint venture of Thomas and Friedman to record "topographical information and..... More
Dusseldorf: Kunstpalast, 1990. First edition. Unbound sheet. One large folded sheet printed on both sides, many ills. Ca. 30 x 17 inches, unfolded. Text in German; captions in Polish and German. Top is a little cropped in photo. Exhibition catalogue of dozens of Polish artist's books, zines, and prints from..... More
N.p. No stated publisher, n.d. No stated edition. Unbound sheet. One sheet of card stock, 1 ill. printed in brown. Tongue-twister verse, featuring the letter F. One of the alliterative rhymes first published in Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation by Willard Johnson (Philadelphia, 1836). Perhaps printed..... More
![Item #31511 New England Book Show 1974 [and] Directory 1974/75. Bookbuilders of Boston](https://bledsoebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31511.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1683577742)
Boston: Bookbuilders of Boston, [1975?]. First edition. Hardcover. 2 vols., each n.p. Book Show catalogue has many ills. No jackets, as issued. In original slipcase. Once-annual catalogue of the best of New England "book design and manufacturing," this year judged in 4 categories: educational, general trade, children's, and other. The..... More
London: Maggs Bros. 1921. First edition. Soft cover. 336p + many plates. Bookseller catalogue. he 461 items are divided into Books from the Libraries of Kings, Queens and Famous Men and Women; Chained Bindings; Stamped Bindings (XV. And XVI. Centuries); Decorative Bindings (English, bindings with fore-edge paintings, Scottish, embroidered, French..... More
Edinburgh: Morning Star, et al. 1977. LeWitt,Sol. Limited edition. Soft cover. [20]p, no ills.; printed on rectos. Afterword by Pierre Joris. Front and back covers designed by Sol LeWitt. One of 500 copies. Prints Celan's poem "Irisch" in German, followed by five translations in English (by Pierre Joris, Harry Gilonis..... More
Paris: Francisque Lefrancois, 1931. First edition. Soft cover. 182p + many large plates, including bindings. Part 2 of 6, complete in itself. Some contemporary pencil notes, including one that seems to indicate that Rosenbach spent $720,000 at the first two sales. Lavish auction catalogue of wood-cut and engraved books of..... More
