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
Paris: Pierre Beres, n.d. [1947]. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., many ills., 1 folding, 2 in color. Cover lithographed by Mourlot Freres. Bookseller catalogue of 350 items, all described in detail. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
Paris: Pierre Beres, n.d. [1947]. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., many ills., 1 folding, 2 in color. Cover lithographed by Mourlot Freres. Bookseller catalogue of 350 items, all described in detail. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
New York: Christie's, Manson & Woods, 1977. First edition. Soft cover. 128p + many plates, some in color. Estimated prices laid in; occasional prices noted in ink. Auction catalogue of 216 lots. Items 183-216 are fine bindings, chiefly the once-lost Riviere bindings executed for exhibition in Leipzig in 1914. Can..... More
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New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1964. First edition. Soft cover. 58p, 3 plates. Unused bid sheet laid in. Auction catalogue of 153 lots: literature, science, music, drawings, incunabula, a letter by Martin Luther, etc. The 3 plates show 12 bindings, including "an outstanding example of the use of the 'drawer-handle' tool..... More
Boston: Bookbuilders of Boston, [1978]. First edition. Hardcover. 144p, many small ills. Erratum sheet laid in. No jacket, as issued. Once-annual presentation of the best of New England publishing in "all aspects of book making, manufacturing, and production techniques." One page is devoted to each winner in various categories for..... More
Paris: Albert Besombes, n.d. [1930s?]. First edition. Soft cover. 79p, several pls., 1 in color. Bookseller catalogue of 310 items, with many bindings. The color plate is an 18th-century mosaic binding. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
London: Maggs Bros. 1914. First edition. Soft cover. 56p + many detailed plates. A wide range of 146 books. If not illustrated, most bindings are described in detail. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate. More
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1954. First edition. Soft cover. 98p, several ills. Unused bid sheet laid in. Auction catalogue of 477 lots, a few ills. of bindings by Pierre Legrain and P.L. Martin, among others. Rose was an English artist "vigorously championed by Gertrude Stein" (Wiki). Can be sent outside..... More
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1955. First edition. Soft cover. 120p, several ills. Erratum slip laid in. No prices realized. Auction catalogue of 504 lots, "including some of the best work of XIX-XX century French artists, publishers, printers and binders with important Surrealist material." Can be sent outside the US for..... More
Buffalo: Hallwells Contemporary Arts Center, 1991. First edition. Soft cover. 28p + 13 plates, bound dos-a-dos. Designed by Buzz Spector. Exhibition catalogue of ca. 40 books by "emerging and mid-career" artists: Nayland Blake, John Boskovich, David Carrino, Andrew Masullo, Tim Maul, Maria Porges, Tim Rollins & K.O.S., Cindy Smith, Buzz..... More
Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1986. Cortright, Steven. First edition. Soft cover (die-cut window on front). 20p, several ills., most in color. The fifth and final exhibition in the museum's series to showcase contemporary Southern California artists. Checklist of Cortright's altered bookworks, photo setups and fabricated books, and..... More
Boston: New York Graphic Society / Little, Brown, 1983. Parker, Olivia. First edition. Hardcover. N.p., 43 large color plates. Signed by Strand on the title page. Unclipped jacket is chipped; spine is faded. Jacket photo is titled "Chambers." Photo is too pale. Vibrantly colored. sensual, and evocative assemblages of natural..... More
New York: Pantheon, 1979. First American edition. Hardcover. 232p, many ills. Photo is slightly cropped. Very informative history of women artists and their roles in the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain and America--design education for women, ceramics, embroidery and needlework, lace making, jewelry and metalwork, wood carving, furniture and..... More
London: I.B. Tauris, 2007. Merian, Maria Sibylla. First edition. Hardcover. 328p + 16 plates, 8 in color. "Taking us from golden-age Amsterdam to the sweltering rain forests of Surinam to modern laboratories where Merian's insights [into insect metamorphosis] fuel a new branch of biology, Kim Todd brings to life an..... More
New York: Creative Time, 1977. First edition. Unbound sheet (slight handling wear). One sheet folded into 6 panels (printed on both sides), 5 ills. Closed, ca. 4 x 9 inches. Short texts by Arnold Rood and Suzanne Delehanty; short statement by Wilson. Published to accompany Wilson's "theater environment," consisting of..... More
[Melbourne]: Lesley Kehoe Galleries, n.d. [2008]. Maio Motoko. First edition. Unbound sheet. One folded sheet of card stock, 6 color ills. Closed, ca. 8 x 11 inches. Presentation of two of the artist's vibrant folding screens made from washi, cloth, gold and silver foil, and acrylic paints. Statement by the..... More
Syracuse, NY: Everson Museum of Art, 1979. Karina, Elena. First edition. Soft cover. 8p, 5 large ills. (vessels only). Exhibition catalogue, including artist information and checklist of the 21 vessels and 8 drawings exhibited. Also selections from a conversation between Karina and David Schaff. Can be sent outside the US..... More
Ludwigshafen: Galerie Lore Dauer, n.d. [1966]. Krieger, Margarethe. First edition. Soft cover. [36]p, 16 large pls. Signed by Krieger. Exhibition catalogue of powerful expressionistic woodcuts illustrating works by Berthold Brecht. One of Krieger's early publications. Can be sent outside the U.S. for less than the default shipping rate... More
Paris: Galerie Vallois, 1983. Orloff, Chana. First edition. Soft cover. N.p., many full-page ills. Text in French and English. Exhibition catalogue of bronze sculpture from the 1920s, chiefly figures with a monumental presence despite their small size. Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate..... More
London: Reaktion Books for The Royal Pavilion Art Gallery & Museums, Brighton, 1992. Kauffman, Angelica. First edition. Soft cover. 216p, 150 ills., 40 in color. The other contributors are Angela Rosenthal, Malise Forbes Adam, Mary Mauchline, and David Alexander. Substantial exhibition publication, with texts on Kauffman and the art of..... More
Des Moines: Des Moines Art Center, 1989. Callis, Jo Ann. Limited edition. Soft cover. 63p, many full-page ills., several in color. One of 1000 softcover copies (plus 150 numbered and signed hardcover copies). Exhibition publication, with long original essay by Spector and 10 poems by Carver (reprinted from other sources)..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press Printing-Office, 1958. de Pol, John. First edition. Unbound. One sheet, ca. 4 1/2 x 6 inches folded. Short uncredited descriptions plus wood engravings by John de Pol (printed in slate blue), showing the facades of the various New York and New Haven buildings that housed..... More
San Francisco: San Francisco Review of Books, December 1977. First edition. Soft cover. 11p, a few photos. Pages browned. Gummed return-reply envelope has stuck to one column of one page, obscuring part of the text. It could be carefully removed. Special supplement to the San Francisco Review of Books, with..... More
