Search Results: Authors starting with S from Sims Reed Rare Books

New York.: The Letter Edged in Black Press., 1968.. Each portfolio with cover designed by a different artist, loose in original printed card mailing boxes as issued.. 6 portfolios. (346 x 290 mm).. A collection of over 70 original multiples, almost all of which are signed, in various formats and techniques, kept in 6 portfolios. A complete set of the deluxe issue of William Copley's S. M. S. ('Shit Must Stop') periodical.From the edition limited to 2,000 copies (although fewer were assembled), with this one of the rare deluxe sets with the majority of the multiples signed by the participating artists.'S[hit]. M[ust]. S[top]. is a portable gallery of contemporary hyper-awareness.' (From a manifesto for The Letter Edged in Black Press). In the deluxe issue, almost every item in the set is signed by the contributing artist. Notable exceptions are Autograf, the Russian writer who contributed to issue 3, who was unable to sign his work for political reasons: 'Autograf is a pseudonym for a poet in… Read More

Vienna.: Kunst Haus Wien., 2004.. 8vo. (210 x 100 mm).. Leaflet advertising the exhibition Niki de Saint Phalle Die Geburt der Nanas at the Kunst Haus Wien from the 19th of May to the 26th of September 2004.

Rotterdam.: Kunsthal., 1998.. 8vo. (150 x 210 mm).. Card advertising the exhibition Niki de Saint Phalle Een beeld voor Rotterdam held at the Kunsthal from the 5th of December 1998 to the 28th of February 1999.

London.: Robert White for John Crumpe., 1678.. Contemporary calf, rebacked, with all edges marbled.. 8vo.. Engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title, letterpress title printed in red and black, dedication to the Earl of Norwich, preface to the reader, 12 plates, portrait of the King and Queen, 5 plates, table of contents, index and advertisement. 'The Fourth Edition, with many large Additions: Adorned with Sculptures: The like never yet extant.' William Salmon (1644-1713), was a widely read and learned man, with a taste for the obscure. His library, which was sent to auction after his death, contained works in French, Greek, Latin and Hebrew, on medicine and other subjects.The Polygraphice is a work in 4 books, a book on drawing, one on etching and engraving, one on painting and one on the 'Perfection of the Arts'. There are also 2 treatises on chiromancy, the first in book one and the second in book four.

Hamburg.: Maximilian-Gesellschaft., 1985.. Original publisher's printed boards with illustrations by Sadig, matching endpapers, card slipcase.. Square 8vo. (210 x 185 mm).. Printed text and illustration on doubled leaves in the Japanese manner throughout, with hors-texte colour etchings by Armin Sandig. An excellent copy of this beautifully produced collaboration.From the edition limited to 1,550 copies signed by Armin Sandig in black ink to the justification.

Leipzig.: Verlag von Karl W. Hiersemann., 1908.. Loose as issued in original brown cloth portfolio with printed title to upper cover.. Large folio. (675 x 515 mm).. Illustrated with twenty-five large format tipped-in colour plates. (Sheet size: 660 x 500 mm). A superbly detailed & illustrated work, combining as it does the talents of Sarre, Bode & von Scala. This was originally intended as a supplement to 'Tapis d'Orient', published in 1902.Number 164 from an unspecified edition.

Beverly Hills.: Gagosian Gallery., 2002.. Publisher's boards.. Folio. (395 x 284 mm).. 14 colour plates and 12 black and white plates printed on high glaze paper by the Westerham Press. Published to accompany the exhibition Closed Contact, Jenny Saville Glen Luchford held at the Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills from the 12th of January to the 9th of February 20012.Accompanying essay by Katherine Dunn. Composed of a series of photographs by fashion photographer Glen Luchford of Saville's body distorted as she presses herself against a sheet of glass. The whole body is never revealed. The shots show a torso with the arms reaching out of the picture frame and the shins doubled up behind the thighs, a breast or faced pushed against glass or the hands pressing into the body. A dramatic and sometimes disturbing series of images printed on high glaze paper.Also includes brief biographies and exhibition histories of both artists.

Berlin.: Verlag der koniglichen Geheimen Ober-Hofbuchdruckerei (R. Decker)., 1862 - 1864.. Original embossed cloth, gilt spines.. 8vo. 4 vols. bound in 3.. pp. xxii + (2), 302, (2), with two mounted photo plates; vii, (1), 359, (1), with two mounted photo plates, one folding printed table, one folding leaf with facsimile of handwriting; xix, (1), 411, (1), with one mounted photo plate, two folding litho plates, one folding printed table; xv, (1), 616. The essential 19th century source book for the career and architectural work of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, the dominant figure in German architecture for much of the first forty years of the century.Von Wolzogen, Schinkel's son-in-law, prints in these four volumes Schinkel's surviving travel journals, recording visits by him to Italy, France and England; family and other correspondence, including all the important documents relating to Schinkel's celebrated design for the Altes Museum in Berlin; and a complete and very useful catalogue of Schinkel's… Read More

Bielefeld.: sema-verlag., 1976.. Original publisher's printed wrappers.. 4to. (297 x 210 mm).. Publication of S.J. Schmidt's Volumina II "die verbindlichkeit der geschilderten blumen", and Volumina III "transformationen". Foreword by Hans Gappmayr. (Schriften zur konkreten kunst, vol. 9).

Cologne.: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch., 1971.. Publisher's wrappers.. 8vo. (180 x 120 mm).. Ex-library copy.

(Bochum).: Museum Bochum., 1976.. Original publisher's printed wrappers, stapled as issued, some spotting to wrappers, small tear at spine to upper front cover.. 4to. (297 x 210 mm).. With numerous hors-texte plates. All sheets printed rectos only. Exhibition catalogue.

Munich.: Bayerischer Schulbuch-Verlag., 1972.. Publisher's yellow wrappers.. 8vo. (21.9 x 16.9 cm).. With essays by Siegfried Schmidt, Franz Mon, Gomringer, Bory etc. Illustrates numerous examples of concrete poetry.

(Hamburg).: (Self-published by the artist)., 1975 / 1977.. Original grey tape-backed brown card wrappers.. 4to. (298 x 214 mm).. Unpaginated artist book composed of 100 leaves of A4 paper, each manipulated by the artist (see below), and bound, white label with typed explanatory text and artist's signature and details to rear inner wrapper. Barbara Schmidt-Heins unique artist book, made by hand, using coffee as ink.Composed of 100 A4 leaves, Schmidt-Heins has used coffee as ink and drawn ten horizontal lines (taking up almost the total width of the page) to each recto using a wide, reed pen. The book is signed in pencil and dated '1975 / 5. Ausführung 1977' to the rear inner wrapper; a typed label (see below) with explanatory text is pasted to the same.'Kaffee. Eine breite Rohrfeder in Kaffee getaucht und-verschieden stark auf drückend die Seite durch 10 waargerechte Zeilen nahezu von Kante gegliedert.' (From typed label pasted to the rear inner wrapper).'Why are there exactly 100 sheets in… Read More

Munich.: Kunstraum-München., (1976).. Original publisher's grey printed wrappers with titles to front cover in black.. 4to. (297 x 210 mm).. Scarce reference work for the bookworks of twins Barbara and Gabriele Schmidt-Heins.From the edition limited to 800 copies, published on the occasion of the exhibition at Kunstraum München e. V. 2nd June - 17th July 1976. The book is simple in its design, consisting of text only and arranged with clarity. Hermann Kern's introduction gives a 'Clue to the works' of Barbara and Gabriele Schmidt-Heins. There is then a 'General section of the book descriptions' and separate sections for Barbara and Gabriele's bookworks (Barbara's lists 32, Gabriele 30), each also comprising pages for 'Work techniques' and 'Instrument, material.'50 copies were also printed as a special edition, each with 50 inserts, 'half of them worked on by each of the artists. All copies are different.' (From the colophon page).

Berlin.: Galerie Ferdinand Möller., 1928.. Publisher's wrappers, stapled.. 8vo. (21 x 15 cm).. With 7 black and white illustrations. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, November 1928. With texts by Will Grohmann, Ferdinand Möller, and Willi Wolfradt. At the exhibition 22 paintings and 19 watercolours were shown.

Berlin.: Self-published., 1970.. Gummed spine, self-wrappers.. Small 8vo. (150 x 140 mm).. A playful artist book in which Schmit provides an anthology of language games, drawings and concrete poetry.From the edition limited to 410 copies.Artist book hectographed throughout reproducing "149 drawings (16 whole page, 7 coloured with red pen, and 114 tiny), 6 images, 10 glued-in-snippets, 2 bookmarks and (at least) 1 surprise" (from tomas schmit archiv). The surprise in this copy appears to be a page with has a line of thread stitching. Tomas Schmit (1943-2006) was an artist and author and one of the pioneers of the Fluxus movement of the early 1960s. He took part in Fluxus events that are nowadays considered milestones in the art of the 1960s. As organiser, he arranged the legendary event "20th July TU Aachen" 1964 (with Beuys, Köpcke, Vostell, Paik amongst others).[tomas schmit archiv - Works no. 70].

Zürich.: Annemarie Verna., 1975.. (29.6 x 21 cm).. Single illustration. Information sheet, accompanied exhibition, February - March 1975.

Zürich.: Annemarie Verna., 1972.. (29.6 x 21 cm).. Single illustration. Information sheet, accompanied exhibition, November - December 1972.

Erlangen & Munich.: Verlag Klaus G. Renner., 1979.. Original publisher's orange laid paper printed wrappers over card boards, titles in black to front cover and spine, pictorial vignette to front cover in orange.. Small 8vo. (146 x 106 mm).. Printed title in red and black, text in German and monochrome illustration throughout with one double-page colour spread and one illustration on pink paper. A very good copy signed by Schäuffelen on the title in black ink.From the edition limited to 600 copies.

(Paris)., (1969).. Original publisher's blue paper wrappers, stapled as issued, white title label with text in black to front cover.. Oblong 12mo. (185 x 226 mm).. Printed text in French in double columns throughout. A scarce booklet discussing Surrealism, its application and context in the late 1960s.With an introduction by Ragnar von Holten and preface by Jean Schuster, the booklet features texts by various Surrealists from the early years through to the 1960s. The afterword by José Pierre, dated 'Paris, le 3 novembre 1969', discussed 'Painting Beyond Painting'.