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New York: Window Editions, 1981. First Edition . Small Paperback. Near Fine. 6" x 4. P. Z. Kladzyk [graphics]. One of a Limited Edition of 500 copies - signed, inscribed and dated [3/17/82] by the poet. Tiny, haiku-like poems based on each letter of the alphabet. Examples: N - "I am near where I want to be / nearing as clearing / I am almost out of this Noise"; C - "Cat at the window / creatures, curtains". Each is juxtaposed with a simple but fanciful rendering of the letter by P. Z. Kladzyk; ca. 56 un-numbered pages. CONDITION: a solid, bright, unmarked uncreased copy with light shelf-wear (its white on black back cover the negative of the front cover (see scan). This unique little treasure is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with backing board.

Riga, Latvia: Art Gallery 21, 2011. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine (As New). 8.75" wide x 8.25. A powerful selection of paintings by one of Latvia's most gifted younger-generation artists. CONTENTS: Artist's Statement; "My Human"; Introduction [by Eva Rotcenkova] "A Version of Anda Lace's Three-Year Creative Work (2007-2010)"; The Paintings (photos); Artist's Bio. ca. 100 unnumbered pages. CONDITION: A Fine "as new" copy: bright, tight, square, uncreased, and unmarked - but for the artist's inscription and signature. This impossinbly scarce, unique art book is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

Arroyo Seco, California: Apraksin Blues, 1995. Side-Stapled Wraps. As New (Very Fine). 8.5" x 11. Tatiana Apraksina. A remarkable Russian-language arts journal, founded in September 1995 and edited by poet-painter Tatyana Apraksina. CONTENTS: Another Game (mondo blues) [Apraksina]; Connected Disconnectedness [Dotson]; Heart of Stone? What Is It? [Meerson]; Nonconformism and Modernity [Unksova]; Religion and Science: Irreconcilable? [Einstein]; Civilized Garden [Mantieth]; Blues Unloving the Blues [Tisdeya]; Ritual Palette of Red Girls [Serov]; West-Eastern Cross [Apraksina]; Trinity Evolution in Three Revelations of Art [Markovich]; Like Alexander [Scriabin]'s Son [Kamin]; Other People [Apraksina]; Letters. 74 pages. CONDITION: a new, manufacturer-sealed, bright, tight, unmarked, uncreased copy. This beautiful, sealed copy is additionally rnclosed in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Seaside, California: Apraksin Blues, 2003. Side-Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8.5" x 11. Tatiana Apraksina & Morley Baer. A remarkable Russian-language arts journal, founded in September 1995 and edited by poet-painter Tatyana Apraksina, this issue consisting of English translations from the 2003 Russian edition by James Wesley Mantieth. CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents. 76 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, unmarked copy with negligible shelf-wear (creased only on the straight scored line adjacent to the binding staples). This handsome copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Arroyo Seco, California: Apraksin Blues, 1995. Side-Stapled Wraps. Near Fine. 8.5" x 11. Tatiana Apraksina. A remarkable Russian-language arts journal, founded in September 1995 and edited by poet-painter Tatyana Apraksina. CONTENTS: Another Game (mondo blues) [Apraksina]; Connected Disconnectedness [Dotson]; Heart of Stone? What Is It? [Meerson]; Nonconformism and Modernity [Unksova]; Religion and Science: Irreconcilable? [Einstein]; Civilized Garden [Mantieth]; Blues Unloving the Blues [Tisdeya]; Ritual Palette of Red Girls [Serov]; West-Eastern Cross [Apraksina]; Trinity Evolution in Three Revelations of Art [Markovich]; Like Alexander [Scriabin]'s Son [Kamin]; Other People [Apraksina]; Letters. 74 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, unmarked, uncreased Fine Minus copy with negligible shelf-wear, a small bend at the bottom-right corner of its page-block. This handsome copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Seaside, California: Apraksin Blues, 2002. Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8.5" x 11. Tatiana Apraksina. A remarkable Russian-language arts journal, founded in September 1995 and edited by poet-painter Tatyana Apraksina. This issue reprints previously-issued material in excellent English translations by James Weslet mantieth CONTENTS: See accompanying scan image of the Table of Contents __ pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, unmarked, uncreased copy with minimal shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Athens, Greece: Delta Computing, 1994. Photo-Illustrated Hard Covers. Near Fine. 7.75" x 9.75. A cornucopia of computer-generated/enhanced artwork, each full-page image situated above weekly calendar pages (54+ images). There is a full 1994 calendar and daily planner in the front and a 1995 daily planner at the end. **Artists not listed above: David Scott Leibowitz, Greg Carter, Nancy P. Wilson, Terry Houseworth, Ian D. Entwistle, David J. Spohn, Victor Osaka, Rod Bradfield, Anna Ursyn, Joanna Morrison, Lynn Crimzon, Nance Paternoster, Victor Wong, Annette Weintraub, Hui-Chu Ying, and Don Woo (some contributors represented with more than one image). CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked copy with minimal shelf-wear (only some small corner scuffs). This handsome copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

Athens, Greece: Delta Computing, 1996. Spiral Bound Stiff Covers. Fine. 7.75" x 9.75. A cornucopia of computer-generated/enhanced artwork, each full-page image situated above weekly calendar pages (54+ images). There is a full 1996 calendar and daily planner in the front and a full 1997 calendar and daily planner at the end. (most contributors represented with more than one image) CONDITION: a bright, unmarked, uncreased copy with negligible shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Athens, Greece: Delta Computing, 1995. Photo-Illustrated Hard Covers. Near Fine. 7.75" x 9.75. A cornucopia of computer-generated/enhanced artwork, each full-page image situated above weekly calendar pages (54+ images). There is a full 1995 calendar and daily planner in the front and a 1996 daily planner at the end. **Artists not listed above: Daniel Thalman & Nadia Magnenat Thalman, Patrice M. Warrender, Daria Shirley, Gary F. Clark, Dean Caprario, Thomas Ward, and Rodney Chang (most contributors represented with more than one image). CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked copy with negligible shelf-wear and a bumped spine end.This handsome copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

Moscow: Soviet Artist, 1990. Pictorial Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev (1878-1927) was an Astrakhan painter and stage designer. His ancestral home there is now a museum and gallery. This is the official book of the gallery. CONTENTS: Introduction (11 pages; in Russian only); 130 color plates from the collection; Index of Reproductions (see the scan image of its first page). 152 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, unmarked copy (issued without dustjacket) with minimal shelf-wear (just a bit of light bumping at the outer corners and spine ends). This handsome copy is now nestled in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

Baku, Azerbaijan: Intourist USSR Company for Foreign Travel, 1989. Assumed First Edition . Stapled Wraps. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A beautiful full-color photo-essay representing some of the finest examples of Azerbaijani copperware - from the collections of Baku's historical museums. 36 pages. CONDITION: A bright, solid, unmarked, uncreased Very Good Plus copy with light edge-/corner-wear - its interior pristine. This handsome copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1992. Pre-First Edition . Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ruth Wright Paulsen. THE NEW COLLECTIBLE! This is a Limited Edition special Advance Reading Copy, also designated as Uncorrected Galleys. As such this state precedes the First Edition - thus its collectibility. This prose poem is "an emotional, nostalgic history of farms and what they mean to us as people and as a country." Illustrated with 9 full-color paintings (reproduced exactly as they appear in the First Edition). CONDITION: a bright, solid, square, unmarked, uncreased, likely unread copy with minimal shelf-wear (just a couple small near-invisible indentations on the fron cover). This handsome copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

Moscow: Soviet Artist, 1989. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 9" x 13. Mitki Artists. No.2 (Issue 375). An outstanding journal, established in 1957 by the just-created Union of Artists of the USSR - SIGNED by one of the contributors. The highlight of this particular large-format issue is an extended illustrated article about the Mitki group (signed and inscribed by one of the Mitki members, with whom I met in 1989). The Mitki - or Mitky - movement originally emerged from Vladimir Shinkarev's literary work Mitki, which consists of eight chapters. The first five chapters were written between 1984 and 1985, though the book was not finished until four years later. The complete version was officially published in 1990. It encompasses a collection of ironic and absurd essays, anecdotes, conversations and opinions on different cultural subjects, which extend artistic sensibility and development into a comprehensive and cohesive life philosophy that even includes a specifically developed language.… Read More

New York: Pictorial Review, 1927. No Binding. Near Fine. 10.5" x 14. Grace G. Crayton. One of the delightful Dolly Dingle cut-out doll pages which appeared in the 1920s in the women's magazine " Pictorial Review" (1899-1939), the page including Dolly herself, a walking suit, day dress, Cinderella wig, costume, and bouquet. On the reverse is an array of Modele Parisien Patterns, titled "Last Minute Sketches from Paris". CONDITION: A bright, clean, unmarked sheet, with scant evidence of its near-century-old vintage, showing negligible shelf-wear and only a small, faint page-bottom wrinkle. This rare treasure is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Barrytown, New York: Station Hill Press, 1982. First Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 7.5" x 7.375" Tall. Kathy Bourbonais. An amusing, thought-provoking, illustrated prose-poem involving a rising population of frogs, some flies, and --- and --- Oh No! [22 pages] CONDITION: a bright, solid, unmarked, uncreased copy with negligible shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag. NOTE: A higher resolution scan of the cover will gladly be supplied on request. This small item will be shipped with a complimentary upgrade to trackable First Class on domestic (US) orders.

Grez-Doiceau, Belgium: Maelstrom - Reg'ART, 2008. First Edition . Soft cover. As New (Very Fine). 8.25" x 8.25. Pierre-Alain Dupont (photography). A new, near-pristine copy of the introductory catalogue-announcement of the Belgian artistic movement "Reg'ART". It includes among its members artists in various disciplines: painters, poets, musicians, sculptors, writers, comedians, photographers, choreographers, dancers, composers, portraitists, filmmakers, designers, master glassmakers and ceramicists. The following artists are represented by brief biographical sketches and examples of their work: Altamirano Xavier (painter), Cordier Laurence (ceramist), Couteaux Isabelle (sculptor), Camus Lucienne (sculptor), d'Andrimont Marthe (painter), de Duve Ninon (painter), Depre Celine (plasticienne), de Vogelaere Jean-Philippe (poet-critic-journalist), de Bois de Vroylande Louise (painter), Dupont Pierre-Alain (photographer), Ganz Otto & Amatheu Catherine (plasticiens), Gillot… Read More

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA: Byrdnest Publishing, 2009. Soft cover. Fine (As New). 7" x 7. Julien Roberts (photography). Art book or tourism guide? As relevant and informative as it was 10 years ago, this profusely-illustrated compendium of information about "the jewels of the Southwest" contains entertaining and provocative features about Santa Fe/Taos Fine Art, Shopping, Fine Dining, Lodging, Furnishings, Walking Tours, Maps and Day Trips, Hiking Guides, Culture and History, plus fascinating New Mexico Stories. Although businesses may have come and gone since 2010, this volume will leave a powerful impression on the reader, inspiring thoughts of what could prove to be an unforgettable vacation getaway. 268 pages. CONDITION: A gorgeous VERY FINE, bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased copy with negligible shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

Stockholm and Drobak: Galleri Narva. First Thus . Stapled Wraps. Fine. 8.25" x 11.75. A treasure-trove of the gifted St. Petersburg artist's work. The 1988 Galleri Narva catalogue, with text in English and Swedish, contains a biographical essay, a full-page b&w photo of the artist, and eight full- page color reproductions of his work (including those on the covers). 12 pages. The 1989 Galleri Cassandra catalogue, its text in English and Norwegian, contains the same biographical essay, a color photo of the artist, and nine full-page color reproductions (including those on the covers). Bogomolov has written (printed) his name, 1989 Leningrad address, and phone # in this catalogue, along with contact information for his at-the-time Los Angeles representative. 12 pages. CONDITION: Both items are bright, tight, unmarked, and uncreased, with negligible shelf-wear. They are now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.

Leningrad [St. Petersburg], USSR: Aurora Art Publishers, 1988. Decorative Hard Cover. Fine Minus/No Jacket, as Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. A photographic tour of the Golden Ring, a region northeast of Moscow (including Yaroslavl, Kostroma, and Vladimir regions), rich with architectural and cultural treasures. This volume contains an informative text plus 115 stunningly beautiful photographs. CONDITION: a bright, solid, square Fine Minus copy with negligible shelf-wear, unmarked but for the previous owner's name inside. This attractive copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.

Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003. First Edition - First Printing . Softcover - Foldover Flaps. Fine. 9" x 10.75. G. B. Trudeau. In this latest Doonesbury collection, Trudeau touches on a year's worth of controversies and social commentaries, including the Enron scandal and George Bush's continued efforts to weed out terrorism's architects du jour." 152 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased copy with negligible shelf-wear - now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag with archival backing board.