GROUP OF JANUS PRESS EPHEMERA by [Janus Press] Van Vliet, Claire

Janus Press, 1990. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" A very good copy with four tipped-in examples.

Centre Culturel de Pointe-Claire, 1992. First Edition. Broadside. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Quite scarce trifold exhibit announcement, measuring 9.25 x 8.75 inches. Claire Van Vliet et papier: une celebration (trifold sheet invitation to the opening of an exhibition held at Centre Culturel de Pointe-Claire, Quebec on May 3, 1992; pulp paper painting reproduced without title.

Newark, VT: The Janus Press, 2000. First edition. One of 200 copies of which 50 copies were specially published for Janus Press patrons. Accompanied by a bifolium explaining the volumes (of vulnerability) artists' book exhibition organized by Susan Johanknecht and Katharine Meynell. This book represented Claire Van Vliet in the exhibition. Very fine copy. Small, oblong 8vo, illustrated with numerous wood and metal printers' dingbats and commercial linecuts, 24 unnumbered pages created from an 11- x 23 inch sheet cut into thirds horizontally and folded into fourths vertically, publisher's board slipcase. Very fine copy.

West Burke, VT: Janus Press, 1976. First Edition. One of 150 copies, unsigned, as issued. Orange wrappers with silver moon decoration, printed in two colors with double-page cut-out endpapers; 8vo. "...designed, handset in Monotype Times Roman, printed, torn, cut, and bound by Claire Van Vliet at the Janus Press on and of Kozu, Fabriano and Canson paper. The endpapers are the topiary gardens of Levens Hall, Westmorland, England. This is copy no 85." Back cover almost imperceptibly sunned along the front edge, else fine, unopened. Claire Van Vliet's work has been heavily collected for over 50 years, well before she won an early MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant in 1989, with many institutions subscribing. This title particularly elusive in the trade.