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Many black & white illus. 127, [1] p. Small folio, printed softcover. Amsterdam: [1992].<br /> <P> Catalogue for the first major posthumous exhibition on Ulises Carrión (1941-89). The exhibition was hosted by the Museum Fodor, Amsterdam (18 January-23 February 1992) and the Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen (March-May 1992).<br /> <P> Developed by Carrión's close friend and collaborator, Guy Schraenen (1941-2018), the show was the first major retrospective of the artist's life and works. Printed in parallel Dutch and English, this catalogue begins with a lengthy biography by Schraenen, and continues with short essays on Carrión's manifold books, social experiments, projects, and thoughts on artists' books. With an exhaustive bibliography and exhibition history at the end.<br /> <P> Fine copy of an important reference work that is now scarce on the market.

117 illus. (7 in color). 119 pp. & colophon. Large 4to, pictorial softcover (faint wear to the spine), title on spine. Stuttgart: Max-Ulrich Hetzler, 1983. The scarce catalogue for a group exhibition of paintings by Martin Kippenberger, Werner Büttner, Albert Oehlen, and Markus Oehlen. Koch estimates the edition at ca. 500-800 copies. "The straightforward, reduced concept is striking. Each artist was allocated one chapter, introduced by a portrait, and showing reproductions of paintings with captions. All the illustrations are set at the upper edge of the type area, in keeping with the cover layout. There are no commentaries, biographies or exhibition lists."-Koch. In near fine condition. WorldCat records a handful of copies in North America. ❧ Uwe Koch, ed., Annotated Catalogue Raisonné of the books by Martin Kippenberger 1977-1997 (2003) 16.

Black & white illus. throughout. 32 pp. 8vo, yellow pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Seattle: Nine One One & The Real Comet Press, 1984.<br /> <P> Very rare exhibition catalogue of artists' books. Curated by Clive Phillpot, Jill Medvedow, and Laura Millin, the show was simultaneously staged in four public locations around Seattle.<br /> <P> From the Introduction by Medvedow: "It is my experience that people do not go to a gallery to read. So, when Nine One One, a contemporary arts and resource center, received a grant to organize an exhibition of artists' books, I was determined to find a way to place the books publicly, reach new audiences and test the validity of the premises upon which book art rests. I decided to situate the books in public waiting rooms in downtown Seattle and finally chose the Belltown Department of Health and Social Services (Welfare), the Metrocenter at the YMCA, a local organization providing community assistance and support, The… Read More

Black & white illus. 16 pp. (incl. wrappers). Small 4to (175 x 136 mm.), orig. white printed wrappers, staple-bound. [New York: 1966?].<br /> <P> The very rare first Something Else Press catalogue. Founded by Dick Higgins, the press published and distributed an array of innovative American and European artists' books. This catalogue opens with an article on book design and its limitations, as well as examples of attractive and structurally sound bookbindings. The article concludes: "We are not interested in built-in obsolescence. We want our books to be as fresh ten years from now as they are today, and as much of a joy to behold." This is followed by a listing of the press's publications (with several photographs of the artists), including works by Robert Filliou, Alison Knowles, Al Hansen, Dick Higgins, Ray Johnson, and Daniel Spoerri.<br /> <P> In near fine condition, spine a little sunned. <br /> <P> ❧ P.… Read More

Black & white illus. throughout, offset-printed. [25] leaves. Oblong 4to (205 x 315 mm.), orig. three-color silk-screened dust-jacket (minor wear to the extremities), stiff boards, saddle-stitched & case-bound. Rochester, NY: Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1977.<br /> <P> First edition. This is an excellent demonstration of Keith A. Smith's virtuosity with the manipulation of photographic processes to create intricate and vivid imagery. One of Smith's frequent motifs, a "tumbling block" quilt pattern, appears several times in this work. In the 60s and 70s, the artist experimented with adding images to quilts by photo silk-screen, etching printed directly onto cloth, and even gum bichromate. The present book was printed at the Visual Studies Workshop Press; this is the regular edition of 300 copies. A special edition of 50 copies from the same year comes with a tipped-in photoetching as the frontispiece.<br /> <P> In 200 Books, Smith (b. 1938)… Read More

Signed & numbered photoetching tipped-in on recto of first blank leaf, black & white illus. throughout. [25] leaves. Oblong 4to (205 x 315 mm.), orig. three-color silk-screened dust-jacket, stiff boards, saddle-stitched & case-bound. Rochester, NY: Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1977.<br /> <P> First edition, one of 50 special copies with a large, tipped-in photoetching, signed and numbered by the artist, captioned in pencil: "I was born at twenty but died at twelve, 6/50 Keith, October 1977." This striking photoetching, depicting Smith and various representations of his younger self, was executed for the present work. Smith's photoetchings are extremely rare on the market. The artist has also signed and dated the title-page: "6/50, Keith Smith, 2 November."<br /> <P> This book is an excellent demonstration of Keith A. Smith's ability to manipulate photographic processes to create intricate and vivid imagery. One of Smith's… Read More

Two large vellum leaves (430 x 280 mm.), offset printed on one side only. [From bottom of second leaf]: San Francisco: February 1997. An extremely rare catalogue (no. 27) which Leiber fabricated as an homage to Jamie Lee Byars's The Black Book (1971), a work consisting of a single sheet of black tissue paper with gold text. That book is offered in this catalogue for $1500. The present catalogue also lists scarce artworks, exhibition catalogues, and ephemera by or related to Andre, Beuys, Boltanski, Christo, Filliou, Iannone, R. Johnson, LeWitt, Pettibone, Rauschenberg, Rot, Ruppersberg, Schneemann, Shiomi, Stella, Tuttle, Vautier, Warhol, Weiner, M. Wilson. Prices range from $100 to $5000. It is one of about 75 copies. In excellent condition. WorldCat locates only three copies: Bard, Getty & National Gallery of Canada. ❧ Steven Leiber Catalogs (2019), pp. 111-12.

15 black & white illus. 62 pp. Small 8vo, printed blue wrappers. Berlin: Wewerka & Weiss Galerie, 1991. Scarce Martin Kippenberger (1953-97) publication, edition of ca. 1000 copies, according to Koch. "In 1991 Kippenberger sent his student Matthias Schaufler on a 500 km walk through Africa. The travel report was reworked by Kippenberger, with witty drawings added and texts by Jutta Koether and Barbara Straka. Published to accompany the exhibition The Hot Tour at the Galerie Wewerka & Weiss, Berlin, from 2 November to 21 December 1991, the book echoes the cover design and format of the 'Reclam Universalbibliothek' series."-Koch. A fine copy. ❧ Uwe Koch, ed., Annotated Catalogue Raisonné of the books by Martin Kippenberger, 1977-1997 (2003) 100.

19 joined sheets, mostly 23 columns per sheet, 17 characters per column. Scroll (263 x 8301 mm. & front endpaper 230 mm.), wooden roller. [Nara: 12th-14th century]. A fine, early printed sutra, which we are unable to date. It is clearly a kasuga-ban, printed on highest-quality thick paper (gampi or mulberry fibers), with bold, thick strokes, using black sumi ink, typical of kasuga-ban printings, a term for publications of the Nara monasteries in general. The Mahaprajnaparamitasutra is a massive compilation of scriptural literature said to have been preached by the Buddha in four different places to 16 discrete assemblies. It includes seminal works such as the Prajnaparamita in One Hundred Thousand Lines and the Diamond Sutra. "This recension of the scripture is only extant in a Chinese translation made in six hundred rolls by Xuanzang and his translation team between the years 660 and 663. Xuanzang's recension is by far the largest of all the prajnaparamita scriptures in the Chinese Buddhist… Read More

Tipped-in photographic frontis. port. by Ansel Adams, numerous inserted specimens & facsimiles, 2 tipped-in photographs, & text illus. Large folio, orig. morocco-backed cloth, spine gilt. Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1983. Limited to 325 numbered copies, printed on Barcham Green handmade paper in Centaur, Arrighi, and Palatino types. Designed by Adrian Wilson and printed at the Press in Tuscany Alley. This extremely handsome bibliography fully describes 196 books designed and/or printed by Adrian Wilson. The author's "autobiographical interludes" interspersed throughout neatly link the bibliographical entries one to another and provide a colorful background to the discussion of the books. Fine copy.

[272] pp. Thick 8vo, printed softcover, title on spine (a little creased). Hamburg: Anatol AV und Filmproduktion, 1977. Signed copy of this collection of works from 1967-77 by Lawrence Weiner (1942-2021); inscribed by the artist to "Carl" on the title-page. "This volume containing works completed during the period 1967-1977 was brought up (initiated) by Paul Bianchini, Paris/New York and was brought about due to the efforts of Leo Castelli, Peter Downsbrough, Janelle Riering and Irena von Zahn." A near fine signed example of this important book in conceptual art. N.B. the numbering in the lower corner of each page is not the pagination, but the number of the work collected in the volume. ❧ D. Schwarz, ed., Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989, Catalogue Raisonné (1989), Books no. 2.

40 parts in 12 vols. 8vo, orig. brown wrappers, new stitching. [China]: Liang yi tang, 1763. A rare edition of this anthology of early Chinese writings, collected by Han Yu 韓愈 (766-824), a major figure in the history of Chinese literature, comparable in stature to Dante, Shakespeare, or Goethe in their respective literary traditions. He was among that small group of writers whose works not only became classics of the language - required reading for all those with claims to literacy in succeeding generations - but whose writings redefine and change the course of the tradition itself. Although Han Yu is best-known as a prose stylist - the master shaper of the so-called ku-wen style - he was a stylistic innovator in the many genres in which he wrote, including poetry. And he was a major influence on the literary and intellectual life of his time, an important spokesman for a rejuvenated traditionalism that later emerged as Sung Neo-Confucianism. -The Indiana Companion to Traditional Chinese… Read More

Black & white illus. throughout. [30] pp. (incl. inside of wrappers). 4to (274 x 214 mm.), orig. printed wrappers, staple-bound. New York: 1976.<br /> <P> Scarce and essential early documentation of Fluxus materials and artists' books. This is the first catalogue issued by Backworks, a New York-based collaboration between Barbara Moore and Jon Hendricks, specializing in documents and artifacts of avant-garde and experimental art. Located at 488 Greenwich Street, the store was active into the early 1980s. In 1981, Hendricks left the partnership to become curator of the Fluxus collection formed by Gilbert and Lila Silverman (now at the Museum of Modern Art, New York), much of which had been purchased from Backworks.<br /> <P> Designed by Hendricks, the catalogue offers Fluxus editions by Maciunas, works by other Fluxus artists, non-Fluxus graphic works designed by Maciunas, and a tantalizing selection of art ephemera (192 items in total). In addition to numerous Maciunas… Read More

Tibet: [late 19th-early 20th cent.]. Our woodblock was carved to print two leaves in pothi format, common for Tibetan books. It contains no Chinese sigla, which are sometimes seen in Tibetan books printed in China. "The rise of printing in Tibet was an event of the utmost importance for Tibetan cultural and intellectual life. A major canonical collection is not known to have been printed until 1411, when that first Kangyur was printed with Ming imperial patronage. Yet printing had been used for Tibetan language publications centuries before. The earliest Tibetan language wood-block print currently known is a small prayer printed in Khara Khoto in 1153, and the earliest datable major Tibetan work currently known was printed in China under Mongol patronage no later than the 1270s." The links between Tibetan printing and that of neighboring states (Khara Khoto being the Tangut capital) are thus obvious. Meanwhile, "it was not until the beginning of the fifteenth century, in 1418, that block… Read More

Typographical device on title. Printed throughout in black letter. 11, [1] leaves. Small 4to, fine modern blue morocco, dentelles gilt, a.e.g. London: T. Purfoote, the assigne of R. Tottill, 1588.<p>Fourth edition of one of the earliest English books of "secrets," or manual of practical arts; this text appears to be entirely of English origins. It was first published in 1573 and reprinted in 1581 and 1583; there were also editions of 1596 and 1605. All editions are very scarce; of this printing the NSTC (24255) records five copies: L18, O; F, PN, NY Metropolitan Museum. <P>This is a very early English manual of instructions for painting and illuminating ("limming," or "limning"), particularly books and manuscripts. The following recipes are characteristic: "to temper golde or silver wherewith you may write with a pen or paint with a pencil"; "to temper Brasill wherewith to write, florish, or rule bookes"; "to make a kind of colouring… Read More