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(BARNEY: THE MODERN STONE AGE MAGAZINE). Skelley, Jack, Editor. Venice, CA: Fred & Barney Press, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Literary Journal. Near Fine.. 57pp, 8 b&w illustrations + monochrome cover. Designed by Jack Skelley and Michael Jacomella. This first installment (of four total) of Jack Skelley's Venice-based eighties literary anthology "Barney: The Modern Stone-Age Magazine" features contributions by Skelley, Bob Flanagan, Tim Dlugos, Michael Lally, Donald Britton, Dennis Cooper, David Trinidad, Peter Schjeldahl, Elaine Equi, Jerome Sala, Rick Lawndale, Kenward Elmslie, Robert Peters Ron Koertge, Amy Gerstler, Bernard Welt, Tom Clark, Ron Padgett, Michael Silverblatt and Benjamin Weissman, Eric Fisher, Wayne Bertoia, Marc Jacobs, and Michael Jacomella. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 025264

Ghez, Susanne, Karen Marta and Stephen Ellis, Glenn O'Brien, Ian Brunskill & Gary Garrels. Chicago: The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. As New.. np (32pp), 21 b&w illustrations + b&w cover. Designed by Georg Herold, Albert Oehlen, and Christopher Wool in collaboration with Michael Glass Design, Inc. With an exhibition checklist. This is the engaging, "Windy City"-themed catalogue published in conjunction with a 1989 Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago exhibition of then-recent works by the kindred trio of Georg Herold, Albert Oehlen, and Christopher Wool. It features a series of brief-but-lively texts by Susanne Ghez, Karen Marta and Stephen Ellis, Glenn O'Brien, Ian Brunskill, and Gary Garrels along with reproductions of the exhibited pieces that invoke such Chicago icons as Al Capone and Bertrand Goldberg's Marina City Apartments. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 0-941548-18-X Inventory Number: 025245

(WILLIAMS, ROBT.). Williams, Robert. Introduction by Meg Linton. San Francisco: Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 240pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jill Von Hartmann. "Through Prehensile Eyes" is a collection of Robert Williams' fifty-eight then-recent paintings first exhibited at New York's Tony Shafrazi Gallery and subsequently shown in May 2005 at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Los Angeles' Otis College of Art. The images range from the artist's familiar lowbrow and biker culture, stretching deep into a faux science of quantum mechanics leaving the viewer in a world of scientific mindplay. Robert Williams sprang from the custom car culture of Southern California and was one of the original Zap Comix artists. He transcended the constraints of both, mastering oils and forging a career as the preeminent artist among a generation of imagist painters. After singlehandedly becoming the model of Lowbrow Art, Williams has now penetrated the inner sanctum of the fine arts movement. A brand new, most handsome example of the unavailable 2005 first edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 0-86719-516-9 Inventory Number: 025229

(RUBINS, NANCY). Rubins, Nancy. Vienna, AUSTRIA: Galerie Krinzinger, 1992. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 16pp, 6 color and 6 b&w illustrations. Text in English. With a biography and exhibition history. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with four projects the noted sculptor and installation artist sculptor Nancy Rubins presented as part of the 1992 Viennese gallery exhibition of Los Angeles-based artists entitled "LAX". A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of light wear to its covers. Inventory Number: 025223

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Alloway, Lawrence. Foreword by Joshua C. Taylor. Washington, D.C.: National Collection of Fine Arts & Smithsonian Institution, 1976. First Edition. Small 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. 218pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With an exhibition checklist. This is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with the 1976 Robert Rauschenberg retrospective held in honor of America's Bicentennial at the National Collection of Fine Arts that subsequently traveled to the Museum of Modern Art, New York, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, and The Art Institute of Chicago. An otherwise most handsome example of the hardbound first printing of this important document showing some light rubbing and sunning to the dust jacket along with the discreet ink ownership stamp of the director of one of Rauschenberg's galleries at the time on the front pastedown. It has been priced accordingly. LC 76-58522 Inventory Number: 025222

(GOLDBERG, MICHAEL). Kertess, Klaus & Saul Ostrow. New York, Los Angeles & Chicago: Lennon Weinberg Inc., Manny Silverman & Thomas McCormick Galleries, 2003. First Edition 1/3000. Small Square 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. np, 18 color and 11 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a touring 2003 gallery exhibition, this is a nicely appointed catalogue documenting eighteen recent paintings on canvas by noted "second generation" American Abstract Expressionist Michael Goldberg. A brand new, most handsome example with the Manny Silverman Gallery announcement additionally laid in. 0-9671013-3-6 Inventory Number: 025215

(FRANCIS, SAM). Agee, William C.. New York & Chicago: Richard Gray Gallery, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 48pp, 14 color illustrations + b&w cover. With a detailed chronology. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 2000 Richard Gray Gallery exhibition of fourteen "edge" paintings on both canvas and paper by Sam Francis executed between 1964 and 1968. A handsome example showing some creasing to the rear foredge corner of the rear cover. It has been priced accordingly. LC 96-079258 Inventory Number: 025214

(FRANCIS, SAM). Agee, William C.. New York & Chicago: Richard Gray Gallery, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 48pp, 14 color illustrations + b&w cover. With a detailed chronology. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 2000 Richard Gray Gallery exhibition of fourteen "edge" paintings on both canvas and paper by Sam Francis executed between 1964 and 1968. A pristine example. LC 96-079258 Inventory Number: 025213

(BROWN, CECILY). Drucker, Johanna. New York & London: Gagosian Gallery, 2006. First Edition. 4to. 3/4 Linen over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 94pp, 29 color illustrations. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully appointed hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with two 2006 exhibitions of recent works by British painter Cecily Brown held at Gagosian's New York and London galleries. Each of the twenty-nine oil on linen canvases shown is reproduced along with Johanna Drucker's essay "Erotic Method". A most handsome example with a Gagosian buckslip INSCRIBED "Best Wishes, Ealan" from gallery director and the book's editor Ealan Wingate laid in. 1-932598-29-4 Inventory Number: 025209

(ALTOON, JOHN). Nye, Tim, Robert Creeley, Walter Hopps, Klaus Kertess & Dr. Milton Wexler. New York: Nyehaus Gallery and the Monacelli Press, 2013. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Kyle Lamar. With a biography, exhibition history and collections listing. Published to coincide with a 2014 retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "The Astonishing Works of John Altoon" surveys the colorful paintings and virtuosic drawings of this larger-than-life personality exhibited at New York's Nyehaus in 2013. Altoon's art is intimate, haunting, and erotic - capturing a magical moment in California art between the Beat Generation and the sexual and psychedelic revolutions. The work is put in context through essays and remembrances from those who knew him best: the poet Robert Creeley; psychiatrist and fan Dr. Milton Wexler; pioneering West Coast curator Walter Hopps; and curator, gallerist, and critic Klaus Kertess. This lavishly produced original collection also features a juxtaposition of Altoon's lithographs with a selection of Creeley's poems that the longtime friends originally published as "About Women" in 1965, a facsimile of his Ed Kienholz-published memorial exhibition catalog, and posthumously addressed letters from friends. A brand new, pristine example of this exquisite document. 1-58093-386-6 Inventory Number: 025206

(SHAHN, BEN). Shahn, Ben, Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Egal Feldman, Charles Westheimer & Emile Zola. Cincinnati, OH: Crossroads Books, 1984. First Edition 1/60 Deluxe. Folio. Prints in a Clamshell Box. Print Portfolio. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 28pp, 1 color and 4 b&w illustrations + eight 16 x 12" loose sheets printed in color offset lithography, recto only, in printed paper sleeves. Text in English and French. Designed by Noel Martin. This is the elegant portfolio reproducing eight color illustrations by Ben Shahn of the participants of the 1894 Dreyfus Affair. These exquisite oversized images are reproduced by offset lithography, signed by the artist in the plate, and individually housed in printed paper portfolios with tissue overlays. The prints are accompanied by a twenty-eight page hardbound book that typographically transcribes in French and English "J'Accuse...!" - Emile Zola's famous 1898 letter to French president Felix Faure in defense of Dreyfus - along with brief scholarly essays on Shahn, L'Affaire Dreyfus, and this project. A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe, hors commerce 1984 first Crossroads Books edition of this significant undertaking limited to sixty NUMBERED (XXIII/XL) copies whose prints are on Grand Arches handmade pure rag verge paper - superior to the Arches paper of the trade edition. 0-9611380-1-7 Inventory Number: 025189

(SCHNABEL, JULIAN). Schnabel, Julian. New York: Random House, Inc., 1987. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Acetate Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in 1987 when his artworld career seemed boundless, this lavishly produced hardbound book reproduces scores of works by noted artist/director Julian Schnabel all accompanied by the maestro's own engaging narrative of his passage through the International art world and its excesses. A brand new, most handsome example of the Random House first edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To ... / Julian" whose fragile printed acetate dust jacket shows none of the cracks or tears typically associated with this title. 0-394-55313-6 Inventory Number: 025187

(HESSE, EVA). David, Catherine, Corinne Desirens, Mel Bochner, Joan Simon, Linda Norden & Helen A. Cooper. Paris: Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 212pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a posthumous 1993 retrospective that traveled from Valencia's Centro Julio Gonzalez to the Jeu de Paume in Paris, this is a cleanly designed, comprehensive survey of the work of the late, trailblazing minimalist sculptor Eva Hesse. Each of the one hundred and fifteen works in the exhibition are illustrated here. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing some mild soiling along the top edge of the textblock along with a slight indentation to the rear cover. 2-908901-16-1 Inventory Number: 025168

(TURRELL, JAMES). Turrell, James. London: The South Bank Centre & The Hayward Gallery, 1993. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 120pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in conjunction with a comprehensive 1993 London exhibition, this is a nicely appointed survey of the work of renowned Light and Space / Land artist James Turrell. The texts are from the artist's responses to interviews conducted with Mark Holborn, and this includes quite a bit of documentation of Turrell's ongoing Roden Crater project. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 1-85-332-101-X Inventory Number: 025164

(LEWITT, SOL). LeWitt, Sol. Tokyo: Touko Museum of Contemporary Art, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. With a chronology, exhibition history, bibliography and collections listing. This is the elegant catalogue published in conjunction with a 1990 survey exhibition of Sol LeWitt's then-recent wall drawings, gouaches, and structures held at the Touko Museum of Art - the Minimalist pioneer's first major show in Japan. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of wear to the covers along with some trivial foxing to the extremities. Inventory Number: 025141

(LEWITT, SOL). LeWitt, Sol. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. & Multiples, Inc., 1980. First Edition. Square 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artists' Book. Near Fine.. np (32pp), 220 color illustrations. "Sunrise and Sunset at Praiano" is Sol LeWitt 1980 artist's book that consists of fifty-four pages of 2 by 2 grids contrasting color photographs of the sky over Praiano Italy where the late, great Minimal pioneer maintained a villa taken at Sunrise, and - you guessed it, - Sunset. A handsome example of this uncommon item (cited on pages 102-103 of Giorgio Maffei and Emanuele de Donno's "Sol LeWitt: Artist's Books" as well as in Susanna Singer's "Publications by the Artist" bibliography in SFMoMA's 2000 "Sol LeWitt") showing some very light wear and soiling to its white wrappers along with a tiny dent to the upper foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. 0-8478-0275-2 Inventory Number: 025140

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. London: Studio International Publications, Ltd., 1972. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (24pp), 12 b&w illustrations. Text in English, French, German and Italian. In a protective acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1971 by forward-thinking British art periodical Studio International, "Ingres and Other Parables" is pioneering Conceptual practitioner John Baldessari's very first artist book. It takes the form of a hole-punched hanging wall calendar that reproduces a stock photograph accompanied by a wry art world-related parable - with moral - in four languages for each month of the year. An internally most handsome example of this fragile, uncommon item that was exhibited as part of the Whitney Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles' 1990 traveling retrospective showing some mild soiling, creasing, and a bit of foxing to its off-white covers along with a diagonal soft crease through one of the foredge corners of the textblock. 0-902063-10-3 Inventory Number: 025111

(RICHARDSON, TERRY) (SISLEY). Richardson, Terry. NP (Ponzano Veneto, ITALY): Sisley, 2000. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Fashion Trade Catalog. Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English. This 2000 trade catalogue for Italian fashion purveyors Sisley was shot in Palm Springs by fashion bad boy Terry Richardson. Art directed by Nikko Nikko and styled by Sabina Schreder, it features flash-infused images galore of youthful male and female models basking amidst the desert scrub along with favorite snack recipes for you to make at home. A most handsome example of this uncommon item perfect for the T-Bone completeist. Inventory Number: 025106

(JUDD, DONALD). Judd, Donald. Halifax, CANADA & New York. 1975 (2005).: The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press. Second Edition (First Thus). 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 232pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Published by The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in collaboration with New York University Press, this is the first of two volumes of the complete writings - gallery reviews, book reviews, articles, letters to the editor, reports, statements, and complaints - dating from the years 1975-1986 by the late, great Minimalist giant Donald Judd. "These uncompromising reviews avoid the familiar generalizations so often associated with artistic styles emerging during the 1950s and 60s. Here, Judd discusses in detail the work of more than five hundred artists showing in New York at that time, and provides a critical account of this significant era in American art". A bright, most handsome example of the uncommon 2005 second edition of this vital document. 0-919616-42-9 Inventory Number: 025101

(VON UNWERTH, ELLEN) (GUESS? INC.). Marciano, Paul & Ellen Von Unwerth. Los Angeles: Guess? Inc., 2004. First Edition. Small 4to. Stapled Tabloid Wrappers. Fashion Trade Catalog. Near Fine.. 54 individual 9 x 6" cardstock sheets printed color offset recto and verso housed in a printed cardstock sleeve, 54 color illustrations. Art Direction by Paul Marciano. This is another catalogue of sexy publicity and marketing images for the Marciano brothers' Guess? Inc. clothing company. Published for their Spring 2004 campaign, it takes the form of an oversized deck of cards - including two jokers - featuring famed photographer Ellen Von Unwerth's pictures of Bianca Balti, Sasha Beznosyuk, and other models engaging in youthful hijinks in Las Vegas and the Nevada desert. A complete, internally most handsome example of this uncommon item that was issued hors commerce - only bestowed, never commercially for sale - showing a few minor creases to the flaps of the publisher's printed sleeve that is perfectly suitable for your next round of bridge. Inventory Number: 025093

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles. 1966 (1970).: Self-Published. Second Printing 1/5000. 8vo. Leporello Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. One continuous accordion-fold page composed of glued paper segments extending to 296 ½" in length housed in a white paper and silver Mylar-over-cardboard slipcase. "Every Building on the Sunset Strip" is Ed Ruscha's innovative 1966 photographic study that pictures sequentially each architectural facade on both the North and South sides of the fabled Sunset Strip from 8101 - the still extant Jaguar dealership - to 9156 - the late, great Schwab's Pharmacy. Pandora's Box lives! A bright white, most handsome example of the 1970 second printing (entry B4 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999", and whose 1966 edition is cited on pages 142-143 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 198-199 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 182-185 of "The Book of 101 Books") limited to five thousand unnumbered copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Ruscha" in black ink across the top of the slipcase showing a thin margin of adhesive transfer along the front and back of the covers at the spine as is typical of this printing. The slipcase's silver mylar overlay is shiny but lightly scuffed, there is some trivial soiling along the top and bottom edges, and some chipping and separations to the white paper covering at some of the corners of the joints. The publisher's exceedingly fragile and uncommon unprinted white paper wraparound band issued only with the second edition is laid in. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025072

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles. 1966 (1970).: Self-Published. Second Printing 1/5000. 8vo. Leporello Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. One continuous accordion-fold page composed of glued paper segments extending to 296 ½" in length housed in a white paper and silver Mylar-over-cardboard slipcase. "Every Building on the Sunset Strip" is Ed Ruscha's innovative 1966 photographic study that pictures sequentially each architectural facade on both the North and South sides of the fabled Sunset Strip from 8101 - the still extant Jaguar dealership - to 9156 - the late, great Schwab's Pharmacy. Pandora's Box lives! A bright white, most handsome example of the 1970 second printing (entry B4 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999", and whose 1966 edition is cited on pages 142-143 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 198-199 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 182-185 of "The Book of 101 Books") limited to five thousand unnumbered copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Edward Ruscha" in black ink across the top of the slipcase showing a thin margin of adhesive transfer along the front and back of the covers at the spine as is typical of this printing. The slipcase's silver mylar overlay is shiny and bright, but showing some light soiling along the top as well as short separations to the white paper covering at the joints at the opening. The publisher's exceedingly fragile and uncommon unprinted white paper wraparound band issued only with the second edition is laid in. All in all, this is a lovely example of a stellar title. Inventory Number: 025071

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles. 1966 (1970).: Self-Published. Second Printing 1/5000. 8vo. Leporello Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. One continuous accordion-fold page composed of glued paper segments extending to 296 ½" in length housed in a white paper and silver Mylar-over-cardboard slipcase. "Every Building on the Sunset Strip" is Ed Ruscha's innovative 1966 photographic study that pictures sequentially each architectural facade on both the North and South sides of the fabled Sunset Strip from 8101 - the still extant Jaguar dealership - to 9156 - the late, great Schwab's Pharmacy. Pandora's Box lives! A spectacularly bright white, most handsome example of the 1970 second printing (entry B4 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999", and whose 1966 edition is cited on pages 142-143 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 198-199 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and pages 182-185 of "The Book of 101 Books") limited to five thousand unnumbered copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ed Ruscha" in blue ink across the top of the publisher's still shiny, uncompromised slipcase showing none of the creasing, soiling, or adhesive transfer to the spine that is typical of this title. The publisher's exceedingly fragile and uncommon unprinted white paper wraparound band issued only with the second edition is laid in. Inventory Number: 025070

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1967. First Edition 1/2413. 4to. Printed Wrappers with Glassine. Artist's Book. Very Good./Good -.. np (48pp), 34 b&w photographs (1 die-cut and folded). In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles" is Ed Ruscha's fifth photographically illustrated artist book, and the largest in format of his self-published works of the sixties. For it, Mr. Ruscha presciently hired local aerial photographer Art Alanis to capture grand, bird's eye views of the parking lots of the likes of Universal City, The May Company, Dodger Stadium, and thirty-one more - all completely devoid of cars! An internally most handsome example of the uncommon 1968 first edition (entry B5 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on page 141 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", and page 227 of "From Fair to Fine 3") limited to two thousand, two hundred and thirteen unnumbered copies showing light wear and handling along with a gentle diagonal soft crease through a portion of the textblock at the lower foredge corner. The publisher's fragile glassine wrapper is age-toned with some notable moisture stains on the rear panel as well as chipping and paper loss along its spine and edges. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025068

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1965. First Edition 1/700. 12mo. Printed Wrappers with Glassine. Artist's Book. Fine./Near Fine.. np (48pp), 34 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Some Los Angeles Apartments" is Ed Ruscha's third artist book - a wry yet heartfelt photographic survey of the subtle beauty of the post-war Southern California rental property construction boom. A spectacularly bright, most handsome example of the uncommon 1965 first edition (entry B3 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on page 141 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 105 of "From Fair to Fine 2", and page 226 of "From Fair to Fine 3") limited to seven hundred unnumbered copies in the publisher's glassine wrapper showing some typical minor age patination along with a few tiny closed tears along the top edge of the rear panel. All in all, this is an exceptional example of this important little gem that is often confused with the 1990 Whitney Museum exhibition catalogue of virtually the same title. Inventory Number: 025061

(LEVINTHAL, DAVID) (ELLROY, JAMES). Ellroy, James & David Levinthal. Paris: Coromandel Express, 1998. First Edition 1/55. Small Square Folio. Loose Contents in a Box. Illustrated Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, with six Cibachrome prints and one hand-painted gelatin silver print. Text in English and French. Designed by Olivier Andreotti and Penelope Monnet. "My Mother's Killer" is the luxe 1998 Coromandel Express collaborative interpretation of the events surrounding the unsolved 1958 Los Angeles murder of James Ellroy's mother Geneva as recreated by noted photographer David Levinthal in a series of stylized miniature tableaux. It features a highly graphic bi-lingual presentation of Ellroy's text juxtaposed across six tri-fold leaves - each of which contains an archivally housed 11 ½ x 10 ½" color Cibachrome print. The publisher's chemise contains a seventh print - a 7 ¾ x 9 ¾" hand-painted gelatin silver photograph SIGNED AND DATED "David Levinthal 1988/1998" in black ink on the verso. These are all housed in a printed slipcase. A brand new, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon first and only edition limited to fifty-five copies BOLDLY SIGNED by Ellroy and Levinthal in pencil on the colophon with a Coromandel Express 1998 New Year's card cum publisher's announcement laid in. Inventory Number: 025053

(RENAU, JOSEP). Fontcuberta, Joan & Pablo Ortiz Monasterio. Mexico City, MEXICO: Coleccion Rio De Luz / Fondo De Cultura Economica, 1985. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 72pp, 50 color illustrations. Text in Spanish. Designed by Peggy Espinosa. Published as part of Fondo De Cultura Economica's notable Pablo Ortiz Monasterio curated photography series "Coleccion Rio De Luz", this is a lovely monograph devoted entirely to the satirical political photomontages of Spaniard Josep Renau. Beginning with his Communist Party poster designs of the wartime era, this is a tour de force on the par with the work of John Heartfield, primarily lampooning the United States and its preoccupation with sex, death consumerism, colonialism, racism, and Cold War era brinksmanship with the Soviet Union. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon gem (cited on page 116 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II" and page 19 of Horacio Fernandez' "The Latin American Photobook" - even though Renau was an artist and not a photographer!). 968-16-2115-8 Inventory Number: 025050

(DAVIDSON, BRUCE). Davidson, Bruce. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Cloth in Acetate Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good -. np, 105 duotone illustrations. Designed by Elton Robinson. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "What you call a ghetto, I call my home. This was said to me when I first came to Harlem, and during the two years that I photographed the people of East 100th Street, it stayed with me". Bruce Davidson's first book, "East 100th Street" which surveys the harrowing state of life in Harlem in the late sixties is one of the classic volumes of Post-War American photography. An internally most handsome example of the 1970 Harvard University Press first hardbound printing (cited on page 18 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 260-261 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 26 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", pages 196-197 of "The Book of 101 Books", pages 46-49 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: The Catalogue Raisonné", and pages 142-147 of Horacio Fernandez' "New York in Photobooks") additionally SIGNED "Bruce Davidson" in black ink on the half title page showing a bit of typical light soiling and age-toning to the extremities of the cloth and textblock in a neatly price clipped publisher's printed acetate jacket that has a three inch closed tear at the top of the spine along with some chipping at the spine ends and upper foredge corner of the front cover. Despite these condition issues, it is one of the sharper copies of this exceedingly fragile title we have ever seen. 0-674-22435-3 Inventory Number: 025042

(CALLAHAN, HARRY). Callahan, Harry. Foreword by Hugo Weber. Santa Barbara, CA: El Mochuelo Gallery, 1964. First Edition 1/1500. Small Folio. Gilt-Stamped Cloth in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 126 duotone plates. With a bibliography by Bernard Karpel. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in a stated edition of fifteen hundred copies, this exquisite 1964 Harry Callahan monograph is notoriously scarce as it has been widely reported that only half of these were actually ever bound for sale. A tight and bright, most handsome example (cited on pages 202-203 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 160 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", and pages 168-169 of "The Book of 101 Books") marred only by the typical browning of the glue binding the endpapers to the boards - as is the case with every copy that we've ever handled - in a well-preserved, lightly-scuffed slipcase. Inventory Number: 025041

(COLSON, GREG). Colson, Greg. Los Angeles: The Lapis Press, 1988. First Edition 1/35. Folio. Full-Leather in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (30pp), 1 letterpress colophon, title page + table of contents, 7 lithographs, 2 etchings, 1 color photograph, and 1 photogravure. Issued in 1989 by Sam Francis' Lapis Press, "Corn Belt" is an exquisitely produced artist book by noted Los Angeles-based artist Greg Colson. Bound in full terra cotta-colored pigskin, it contains eleven 16 ½ x 13 ¼" artworks in various media and is housed in a pictorial paper-over-boards slipcase. A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item that was acquired directly from the artist limited to thirty-five copies NUMBERED (10/35) AND SIGNED "Greg Colson" in pencil on the colophon. Inventory Number: 025036

(EVANS, WALKER). Evans, Walker. Introduction by James Agee. Boston & Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company & The Riverside Press, 1966. First Edition. Small 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good/Good. xii + 178pp, 89 b&w illustrations. Published in 1966, this hardbound monograph collected in book form for the first time Walker Evans' poignant black and white portraits of New York City subway riders taken during the thirties and forties. An otherwise internally bright, most handsome example of the uncommon Houghton Mifflin Company and Riverside Press first hardcover edition (cited on page 253 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 218-219 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 31 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", and pages 104-109 of Horacio Fernandez' "New York in Photobooks") showing some minor staining and the name of a previous owner in ink on the front pastedown. The embossed white lettering on the front board and spine is still strong and crisp, while the black covers show a few trivial traces of water droplets in raking light along with a minor scratch on the rear board. Its fragile dust jacket is present, though noticeably creased, chipped, and torn - with some paper loss. It has been priced accordingly. LC 66-27491 Inventory Number: 025033

(SISKIND, AARON). Siskind, Aaron. Introduction by Harold Rosenberg. New York: Horizon Press, 1959. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good/Good. np (112pp), 50 b&w illustrations. Designed by Ivan Chermayeff. Spectacularly designed and beautifully printed, this 1959 hardbound publication was the very first comprehensive monograph on the esteemed late Chicago-based photographer Aaron Siskind. An internally bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item whose striking silver-gilt front cover and spine lettering are still fresh showing some sunning along with abrading to the tip of the bottom edge of the rear cover. The book's brittle dust jacket is present, though noticeably creased, chipped, and torn - with some minor paper loss - primarily along the extremities. It has been priced accordingly. LC 59-13545 Inventory Number: 025032

(LONG, RICHARD). Long, Richard. Dusseldorf, GERMANY: Konrad Fischer Gallery, 1973. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (32pp), illustrated in b&w. Text in English. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the 1973 first edition of "South America" - Richard Long's charming little artist's book amalgam of brief texts and Pre-Columbian pictograms. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item (cited as the thirteenth entry in the comprehensive bibliography of artist's books and monographs on page 221 of Clarrie Wallis' "Richard Long: Heaven and Earth" published in 2009 by the Tate, Britain Museum) showing some creasing along the spine along with mild age-toning and brown speckling to its matte white covers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025025

(GONZALEZ-TORRES, FELIX ). Ault, Julie, Editor. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl Dangin, 2006. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 412pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Pascal Dangin. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. "Felix Gonzalez-Torres, one of the most influential artists of his generation, lived and worked resolutely according to his own democratic ideology, determined to "make this a better place for everyone." Combining principles of conceptual art, minimalism, political activism and poetic beauty, Gonzalez-Torres's ever-changing arsenal included public billboards, give-away piles of candy or posters, and ordinary objects (clocks, mirrors, light fixtures) often used to startling effect. His work challenged the notions of public and private space, originality, authorship and most significantly, the authoritative structure in which he functioned. In the spirit of the artist's method, Julie Ault has amassed a comprehensive monograph of this important artist that rethinks the very idea of what a monograph should be. The book places strong emphasis on the written word, and contains texts by Robert Storr, Robert Nickas, Russell Ferguson, Lewis Baltz, Nancy Spector, Joseph Kosuth, and Miwon Kwon among other notables, as well as significant critical essays, exhibition statements, transcripts from lectures, personal correspondence, and writings that influenced Gonzalez-Torres and his work. With ample visual documentation, we see works not just in their finality, but often witness their transformation over a lifespan. This collection is a critical reference for the history of contemporary art". A brand new, most handsome example of the 2006 first edition. 3-86521-196-8 Inventory Number: 025024

(WESTON, EDWARD). Naef, Weston. New York: E. Weyhe, 1932. First Edition 1/550. Folio. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Photography Monograph. Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 40 b&w illustrations. Designed by Merle Armitage. With a biography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Compiled in 1932 by the forward thinking Los Angeles-based graphic designer and publisher Merle Armitage, this exquisitely produced book was the very first monograph on the work of pioneering California photographer Edward Weston. It features thirty-nine images by Weston, a frontispiece portrait by his son Brett, and texts by the photographer, Armitage, Lincoln Steffens, Arthur Millier, Jean Charlot, and Charles Sheeler. A presentable example of this typically fragile oversized tome (cited on page 200 of "From Fair to Fine 3: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter") limited to five hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (143/550) AND SIGNED "Edward Weston" in black ink on the rear colophon lacking the publisher's slipcase whose white cloth spine is soiled and stained, and black boards are worn and scraped along the extremities. The hinges are solid, the textblock is tight but soiled along the edges with the signatures slightly uneven with one another. The book bears the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To John and Clement / new friends for old. more would be less. / I don't know what all / this means. You guess / Edward Oct. 1936" in black ink on the page facing the colophon. Additionally, laid in is a BOLDLY INSCRIBED hand-written letter "John and Clem ---- / hope you took my dis - / appearance in good spirit - / I was not just sleepy, / but exhausted ------------ / See you soon I hope / yr ------ / Edward" from the photographer in pencil on a 8 ½ x 11" sheet of yellow paper that has been neatly folded in quarters and subsequently flattened. Inventory Number: 025020

(CLAYTON BROTHERS). Clayton, Rob and Christian. Los Angeles & San Francisco, CA: La Luz de Jesus & Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artists Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 186pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Designed by Mark Murphy / Murphy Design Inc. With a biography and bibliography. The Clayton Brothers' idiosyncratic paintings and constructions have won them acclaim as unique - if twisted - visual storytellers. Their art collaborations have been seen in movies such as "Monkeybone", music videos for Oasis, and print campaigns for the X Games. "The Most Special Day of My Life" showcases some of their best projects, including "Tim House", a 6 x 8 x 13' church / schoolhouse installation with bizarre portraits of people real and imagined clinging together inside. Designed to be sampled rather than read front to back, this sumptuously illustrated book tours the work and minds of two masters of postmodern art". A brand new, pristine example of the 2003 hardbound first edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-86719-572-X Inventory Number: 025003

(KAPROW, ALLAN). Kaprow. Allan. NP (Valencia, CA): Self-Published, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (4pp), 10 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Self-published by the artist in 1975, "Routine" is the photographically illustrated artist's book documenting three December 1973 "activities" by the renowned late Happenings and Performance artist Allan Kaprow. An internally most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item (cited as entry sixteen on pages 66-67 of Giorgio Maffei's "Allan Kaprow: A Bibliography") additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED "For Sherry & Mel / Allan" in red ink on the front cover showing some soiling and typical minor age-patination to its white wrappers. Inventory Number: 024998

(ADER, BAS JAN) (LEAVITT, WILLIAM) (VAN ELK, GER). Winer, Helene, Bas Jan Ader, William Leavitt & Ger Van Elk. Pomona, CA: Pomona College Gallery, Montgomery Art Center, 1972. First Edition. Square 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. np (16pp), 6 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1972 Pomona College Gallery exhibition curated by director Helene Winer that featured the three then-local conceptual practitioners (and close friends) Bas Jan Ader, William Leavitt, and Ger Van Elk. It features photographic documentation by Phillip Cleveland, and a brief textual contribution by Leavitt. A bright white, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon early California conceptualism item. Inventory Number: 024994

(BRAQUE, GEORGES) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Braque, Georges, Rene Char, Jacques Kober, Henri Maldiney, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Grenier, Georges Limbour & Jacques Dupin. Paris. 1947, 1950, 1952, 1954 & 1956.: Maeght Editeur. First Edition Thus. Folio. Wrappers Bound in Cloth. Artist Monograph. Very Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. np + np + np + np + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This is a compilation of five issues of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Georges Braque. Bound by Maeght in brown cloth-over-boards with debossed white lettering in 1956, it collects the complete contents of DLM numbers 4 (Juin 1947): "Braque", 25-26 (Janvier 1950): "G. Braque", 48-49 (Juin-Julliet 1952): "G. Braque", 71-72 (Decembre 1954-Janvier 1955): "G. Braque: Theogoni d'Hesiode", and 85-86 (Avril-Mai 1956): "Braque". An otherwise bright, most handsome example whose contents are complete and intact first printings with the wrappers bound in that contain in total twelve original color lithographs showing some sunning to the cloth primarily along the spine. In addition, the top inch of its spine has broken off and is not present. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024991

(MIRO, JOAN) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Miro, Joan, Joan Gardy Artigas, Rene Char, Jacques Dupin, Josep Luis Sert, Joan Brossa, Joan Prats & Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues. Paris. 1961, 1961, 1961, 1963 & 1965.: Maeght Editeur. First Edition Thus. Folio. Wrappers Bound in Cloth. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np + np + np + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This is a compilation of five issues of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Joan Miro. Bound by Maeght in dark blue cloth-over-boards with debossed white lettering in 1965, it collects the complete contents of DLM numbers 123 (Fevrier 1961): "Joan Miro: Ceramique Murale Pour Harvard"; 125-126 (Avril 1961): "Miro"; 128 (Juin 1961): "Miro: Peintures Murales"; 139-140 (Juin-Juillet 1963): "Miro et Artigas"; and 151-152 (Mai 1965): "Miro Cartons." A most handsome example whose contents are complete and intact first printings with the wrappers bound in that contain in total fifty-one original color lithographs showing some faint brown spotting to the edges of the textblock and endpapers that does not affect the internal lithographs in any meaningful way. Inventory Number: 024990