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(STARN, MIKE AND DOUG). Katz, Vincent. Aspen, CO: Baldwin Gallery, 2006. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Alleverythingthatisyou" is the beautifully appointed catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2006 Baldwin Gallery exhibition of photographically based works depicting snowflakes by Doug and Mike Starn - aka The Starn Twins. Its elegant rice paper dust jacket is in fact an original graphic also depicting snowflakes. Its colophon states that "each book is finished with a unique ink-jet cover. Printed, taped and numbered at the Starn's studio in Brooklyn, NY. Folds and 'damage' are to be expected, duh". A most handsome example of the first and only edition limited to one thousand copies (439/1000) whose jacket and printed clear acetate wrapper are immaculate bearing the discreet blindstamp of a previous owner on the front pastedown. It has been priced accordingly. 0-9671449-4-9 Inventory Number: 021610

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien, Iwona Blazwick, Charles Hall & Sophie Calle. London: Institute of Contemporary Art & Jay Jopling, 1991. First Edition 1/250 Deluxe. Small 4to. Debossed Leather Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Form, London. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue issued on the occasion of Damien Hirst's tour-de-force 1991 Institute of Contemporary Art London exhibition - the enfant terrible of the New British Art scene's very first one-man museum presentation. The first monographic publication on his work, this elegant document reproduces each of the exhibited butterfly paintings, dot paintings and glass vitrine pieces, and includes a transcribed interview between Hirst and Sophie Calle. A brand new, most handsome example from the exceedingly uncommon deluxe edition bound in full dark blue leather-over-boards debossed with yellow lettering limited to two hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (114/250) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Damien Hirst" additionally WITH A DRAWING of a smoldering cigarette in black ink on the verso of the last page. 0-905263-53-7 Inventory Number: 021554

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1992. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Very Good./No Jacket - As Issued. Individual illustrated sheets laid into a silkscreened, die cut portfolio, profusely illustrated in monochrome. Designed by Mats Gustafson and Stephen Gan. Published in an edition of one thousand, five hundred copies, this is the seventh installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. "With "Black", Visionaire doubled in size-and also in price. The issue was inspired by the season's all-black Comme des Garcons collection, Edward Gorey's macabre cartoons, and by artist Antoni Tapies. It was about darkness, the night, shadows, and what you may or may not see when you squint your eyes. A traditional artist's portfolio case tied with three black ribbons, provided the concept for the packaging. The die-cut letters were based on tears Stephen had made with scrap paper that enabled, once again, different first pages to peek through the cover". The contributors to this noir-ish issue are editor Stephen Gan, Edward Gorey, Ruben Toledo, Bill Cunningham, Elaine Gan, Juan Botas, Bruce Weber, Mats Gustafson, Mario Testino, Francois Berthoud, Karen Park, Gregory Foley, Bernard Figueroa, David McDonough, Mika Mizutani, Max Vadukl, Satoshi Sakusa, Peter Lindbergh, Ross Bleckner, Michel Haddi, Enrique Badulescu, Andrew Brucker, Philippe Salomon, Noelle Hoeppe, James Dignan, Michael Capotosto, Michael Stratton, and John Callahan; with a unique hand-assembled photo collage by Kristina Colovic. A most handsome individually numbered example (336/1500) of this uncommon issue showing a few light scuffs to the surface of the rear cover. It has been priced accordingly. Visionaire's own price for this out-of-print back issue is $2,500.00 - when available. Inventory Number: 021538

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, Editor. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1991. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. Seventeen individual photographically illustrated sheets laid into a printed paper portfolio, profusely illustrated. Published in a numbered edition of one thousand copies, this is the second installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. It features inserts contributed by Mats Gustafson, Bruce Weber, Kenny Scharf, Serge Lutens, Todd Oldham, Isabel Toledo, Ruben Toledo, and many, many others. A most handsome individually numbered example (132/1000) of the uncommon Summer 1991 issue showing some mild creasing to the folds of the external portfolio. It has been priced accordingly. Visionaire's own price for this out-of-print back issue is $3,000.00 - when available. Inventory Number: 021537

(SEVRES PORCELAIN). Garnier, Edouard. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. First American Edition 1/283 Deluxe. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Decorative Arts Monograph. Very Good -.. 32pp + np (8pp), ten printed paper portfolios each containing five 8 ½ x 11 ¾" individual heavy card sheets printed recto only by chromolithography, 250 color illustrations. With an index. This is the 1891 deluxe first American edition of Edouard Garnier's important illustrated survey of the soft porcelain of the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres. Limited to two hundred and eighty-three numbered copies, this lavish publication consists of two descriptive text booklets accompanied by ten paper portfolios printed by letterpress each housing five beautiful loose chromolithographic plates - most including stunning gold metallic inks to reproduce the use of gilt in the original ceramic works. These reproduce a total of two hundred and fifty watercolour renderings of significant examples of the mark, including numerous pieces from collections belonging to European royalty and nobility. This example contains all fifty plates along with their individual caption sheets and the publisher's hand-numbered limitation sheet (#5/283). The plates and captions show tiny discreet ink numbers at their corners that in no way detract from the images themselves. Fourteen plates exhibit some insignificant to mild foxing to the versos, however due to the thickness of the paper stock on which they have been printed, only three show a minute trace of spotting on the recto. Several of the paper portfolios have very minor wear, age-patination and soiling; with three bearing some brief ink annotations. All in all this is a bright, most handsome, fully-collated copy of this exceedingly uncommon and lovely reference. Inventory Number: 021477

(SILVY, CAMILLE). Haworth-Booth, Mark. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1993. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. One 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 5 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany "Silvy's River Scene, France: The Story of a Photograph"; a 1993 exhibition of variant vintage prints of the same 1858 image by the noted 19th Century French photographer Camille Silvy. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 021433

Nordland, Gerald. Los Angeles: Dwan Gallery, 1962. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good +.. np (8pp), 13 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Held in the Winter of 1962 at Los Angeles' legendary Dwan Gallery, this is the catalogue of one of the very first West Coast exhibitions of Pop Art, It contains one reproduction each of pieces by John Chamberlain, Charles Frazier, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Edward Kienholz, Roy Lichtenstein, Marisol, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, James Rosenquist, Andy Warhol, and Tom Wesselmann. A most presentable example of this uncommon item whose wrappers show notable overall wear, creasing and soiling. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 021420

(WELLING, JAMES). Welling, James. Buffalo, NY: CEPA, 1984. First Edition 1/400. Small Oblong 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good +.. np (12pp), 12 b&w illustrations. James Welling's first artist's book "Gelatin Photographs 1-12" consists of a dozen sensuous cover to cover, high contrast images of dark Jell-O photographed against a light background - quite the endgame for the inner aesthetician in all of us! A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to four hundred unnumbered copies showing a bit of overall light handling and soiling to its white covers along with the small ghost from a removed adhesive label on the rear cover. 0-939784-12-2 Inventory Number: 021388

(MARTINEZ, ALFREDO RAMOS). Ramirez, Fausto, Xavier Moyssen L. & Israel Cavazos Garza. Monterrey, MEXICO: Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey, 1997. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 164pp, 85 color illustrations. Text in English and Spanish. With an exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 1997 Mexican Museum retrospective, this is a beautifully illustrated, comprehensive monograph that traces noted Monterrey born painter Alfredo Ramos Martinez' transition from a European-influenced representational style to his late work of Cubist-inflected native folk imagery created after his move to Los Angeles. A most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. 968-6623-33-7 Inventory Number: 021371

(CLEMENTE, FRANCESCO). Clemente, Francesco & Robert Creeley. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1994. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (14pp), 5 color illustrations. Designed by Step Graphics. Limited to one thousand copies, this is the slender fourteen page catalogue published in conjunction with Francesco Clemente's 1994 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition that reproduces five of the artist's pigment on canvas works amongst short poems by Robert Creeley. A most handsome example showing a tiny dent to the upper foredge tip of the external paper portfolio. Inventory Number: 021355

(FRANCIS, SAM). Hulten, Pontus. Stockholm, SWEDEN: Heland Wetterling Gallery, 1987. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (10pp), 8 color illustrations + color cover. Text in English. With a biography. This is the slender ten page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1987 Heland Wetterling Gallery exhibition of nine recent paintings by Sam Francis. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 021353

(GILBERT & GEORGE). Gilbert & George, Jean-Christophe Ammann & Barbara M. Reise. Luzern, SWITZERLAND: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1972. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Good -.. np (84pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with the 1972 Kunstmuseum Luzern exhibition entitled "The Paintings", this is the original appearance of the photographic sequence "Oh, the Grand old Duke of York" by British conceptualists Gilbert & George. Capturing the pair descending an imposing stone staircase accompanied by the repeating phrase "No UP, no DOWN", these same images were reconfigured in the form of a small 1996 flip book published Oktagon Verlag. An internally most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1972 first edition whose white wrappers show age-toning, soiling and spotting along with noticeable insect damage along the top and bottom edges of the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 021309

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Baldessari, John. Irvine, CA: The Art Gallery of the University of California, Irvine, 1973. First Edition 1/2500. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (28pp), 15 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1973 University of California, Irvine exhibition, this artist's book contains fifteen photographic images of noted Conceptual artist John Baldessari in the process of chucking a projectile that have been superimposed with colored musical staves to create three melodies and fifteen chords, as promised. An internally most handsome example showing some mild vertical sunning along the spine and foredge of the front cover along with the ghost of the adhesive from a small label on the rear. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 021304

(LAMBERT, ALIX). Lambert, Alix. Alix Lambert & Viggo Mortensen, Editors. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2008. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 108pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and Russian. Designed by Michele Perez. "The images in this book are of murder sites. They are about absence: what's not there, what has happened there, what might still happen there, what lies just around the corner, over the horizon, on the other side of the road. They are about possibility, loss, death, pain, passion, and they are also about hope. The interviews that accompany them are personal accounts - memories, thoughts, and feelings about the six Russian journalists who lost their lives in these places - from those who knew them, worked with them, loved them, admired them, and needed them". From Viggo Mortensen's Perceval Press comes this gritty new photographically illustrated publication from artist/filmmaker Alix Lambert, whose recent works include the three volume survey of "Russian Criminal Tattoos" and her feature length documentary on the same subject - "The Mark of Cain". A pristine copy of the no longer available 2008 first printing still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9763009-6-6 Inventory Number: 021293

(FRANCIS, SAM). Malmberg, Roxana Pirovano. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Galerie Proarta, 1994. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 72pp, 24 color and 7 b&w illustrations. Text in German. With a biography, exhibition history, bibliography and filmography. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1994 memorial exhibition of works by noted abstract artist Sam Francis held at Zurich's Galerie Proarta. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 021257

(STIEGLITZ, ALFRED) (O'KEEFFE, GEORGIA). Naef, Weston. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Cardstock Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. One 8 ¾ x 32" cardstock sheet printed recto and verso, neatly folded in fourths as issued to make 8pp, 5 duotone illustrations. This is the slender eight page brochure produced to accompany a 1992 exhibition of vintage prints of images of Georgia O'Keeffe taken by her husband Alfred Stieglitz drawn primarily from the Getty's vast holdings. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 021248

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Leah Dickerman, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Mignon Nixon, Malcolm Turvey & Lisa Pasquariello, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Fine.. 126pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: The Anthropology of Exit: Bataille on Heidegger and Fascism - Stefanos Geroulanos, Critique of Heidegger - Georges Bataille, Company - Daniel Heller-Roazen, The Gap and the Frame - Branden W. Joseph, How to Make Analogies in a Digital Age - Whitney Davis, and Suspicious Packages - Yates McKee. A most handsome copy. 0-262-75267-0 Inventory Number: 021231

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Leah Dickerman, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, David Joselit, Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Mignon Nixon, Malcolm Turvey & Adam Lehnner, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2010. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Fine.. 154pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: Hiroshima After Iraq: A Study in Art and War - Rosalyn Deutsche, Advertising, Rhythm, and the Filmic Avant-Garde in Weimar: Guido Seeber and Julius Pinschewer's Kipho Film - Michael Cowan, Cinema by Other Means - Pavle Levi, "Big, Middle-Class Modernism" - Richard Meyer, and Leather and Lace - George Baker. A most handsome example. 0-262-75281-6 Inventory Number: 021215

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Nollert, Angelika & Wolfgang Zumdick. Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY: Portikus Frankfurt am Main, 1998. First Edition 1/800. Oblong 8vo. Printed Die-Cut Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 32pp, 7 color and 6 b&w illustrations + color cover. Text in English and German. With a bibliography. This catalogue documents Los Angeles-based Conceptualist Allen Ruppersberg's literary-inflected 1998 Frankfurt am Main installation/exhibition "Letter to a Friend", and whose cover features an inserted postcard reproduction of Nicolas Poussin's "Les Bergers D'Arcadie"). A most handsome example of the first edition limited to eight hundred unnumbered copies. 3-928071-40-8 Inventory Number: 021175

(ARTSCHWAGER, RICHARD). Relyea, Lane. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Boards in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued. np (36 + 16 + 58pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Bruce Mau Design Inc. This is the beautifully appointed three volume catalogue published in conjunction with a 2002 Richard Artschwager exhibition of recent wall works of rubberized hair along with photographically-based floor sculptures held at New York's Gagosian Gallery. A brand new, most handsome example in the publisher's debossed chipboard slipcase, as issued. 1-880154-73-0 Inventory Number: 021120

(DWECK, MICHAEL). Dweck, Michael & Christopher Sweet. NP (New York): Ditch Plains Press, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. np (160pp), 65 tritone and 36 color illustrations. Designed by Jeremy Miller. "Mermaids" is Michael Dweck's knockout, lavishly produced follow-up to "the End": in which "drawing inspiration from his teenage years spent by the beach on Long Island, Michael Dweck set out to photographically capture the vanishing surf culture of Montauk, a sleepy fishing village that in the 1970s became a heaven for East Coast surfers". For his second book, the photographer "explores the theme of the female nude submerged in water, and celebrates the modern mermaid, as represented by beautiful young women who appear very much at home in the water". A pristine copy of this stunning tome still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9818465-0-5 Inventory Number: 021079

(WEBER, BRUCE). Heartney, Eleanor & Murray Horne. Pittsburgh, PA: Wood Street Galleries, 2001. First Edition 1/4000. Oblong Small 4to. Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. np (54pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in conjunction with a 2001 survey exhibition of "the naked body in contemporary video, photography and performance", this catalog featuring the work of participants Tina Barney, Anton Corbijn, Zhang Huan, Ma Liuming, Jaan Toomik, Spencer Tunick, Bruce Weber, and Manabu Yamanaka was withdrawn from sale days after the show opened due to a legal dispute regarding the reproduction of Weber's images of Layne and Kyle Carlson. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon Bruce Weber-related item of which reputedly only a handful were ever circulated and not a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat showing just a bit of light wear to the wrappers. Inventory Number: 021073

(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce. Milan, ITALY: Photology s.r.l., 1994. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (92pp), profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by John Cheim. Text in English. This compact hardbound catalogue was published in conjunction with a 1994 Milan gallery exhibition of Bruce Weber photographs taken at and around his ranch in Montana. Beyond a few images of Patricia Arquette, it focuses on the land, sky, livestock, dogs and locals - including neighbor John Hoiland who was profiled in the first installment of Weber's "All-American" series. A brand new, pristine example of this most uncommon item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 021072

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo, Mike Davis, James Mooney & Sonny Richards. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2003. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 64pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Miyelo is comprised of a series of large-scale, panoramic photographs of a Lakota Ghost Dance, taken from a single roll of film in March of 2003. The images record a re-creation of the dance that was originally performed by members of Chief Big Foot's band on December 29, 1890 near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. The intent was to capture the event as a delirious remembrance, an ephemeral dream. Accompanying these and other related images is extensive literary and historical documentation of the period during which the Ghost Dance originated, leading up to and beyond the tragic massacre at Wounded Knee. With selected first-hand accounts of the event, as well as modern-day commentary and a comprehensive bibliography, Miyelo gives the reader an overview that otherwise might only be gained from examining a myriad of sources". A brand new, most handsome example of the unavailable first hardbound edition of actor/artist/musician/poet/all-around renaissance guy Viggo Mortensen's compelling cultural document still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9721436-7-X Inventory Number: 021066

(DE DIENES, ANDRE) (MONROE, MARILYN). De Dienes, Andre. Steve Crist, Editor. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2002. First Edition 1/20000. Folio. Cloth in Illustrated Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jackets - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This is Taschen Verlag's sumptuous, oversized three volume anthology of Andre De Dienes photographs of early Marilyn Monroe. A pristine, unopened copy of the 2002 first edition containing one hardbound book, one spiral-bound volume of magazine cover reproductions and a facsimile of Marilyn's diary all housed in a facsimile of Andre De Dienes' Kodak photographic paper box still in the publisher's printed shipping carton, as issued. 3-8228-1199-8 Inventory Number: 021045

(FRANCIS, SAM). Pudelko, Christoph. Bonn, GERMANY: Galerie Pudelko, 1993. First Edition. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (48pp), 20 color illustrations. Text in German. This is the small format catalogue published in conjunction with a Galerie Pudelko exhibition at Art Basel 1993 of twenty works on paper produced by noted abstract artist Sam Francis between 1954 and 1990. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 021043

(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Wehrenberg, Charles. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2000. First Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (58pp), 19 color illustrations. Designed by Tony Morgan / Step Graphics. This is the elegant catalogue published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 2000 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills exhibition of nineteen "Recent Paintings". A most handsome example. 1-880154-46-3 Inventory Number: 021011

(WEBER, BRUCE) (BRUTUS). Weber, Bruce, Nan Bush, Sofia Coppola, Herbie & Christian Fletcher, Ingrid Sischy, Franca Sozzani, Helmut Lang, et al.. Tokyo: Brutus, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine.. 170pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. Published in conjunction with the 2005 opening of the "Weberbilt" boutique in Tokyo, Japanese fashion and lifestyle bible "Brutus" magazine devoted this entire issue to all things Bruce Weber. Included are more than one hundred and twenty pages of photo-essays, collages, drawings, interviews, and a completely illustrated Little Bear bibliography and filmography. A most handsome example of this obscure necessity for the Bruce Weber completeist. Inventory Number: 020952

(SHAW, JIM). Shaw, Jim. The End is Here Publications, 1981. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (54pp), 54 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Life and Death: A Non-Narrative Narrative" is an early, self-published - with assistance from Ed Ruscha - collection of Jim Shaw's humorous figurative black and white airbrushed drawings that owe a debt of gratitude to "Tex Avery, Basil Wolverton, Virgil Partch, and Big Daddy Ed Roth". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item whose front cover resembles a digest sized issue of Life magazine. 0-9607640-0-3 Inventory Number: 020926

(SAVILLE, JENNY) (LUCHFORD, GLEN). Saville, Jenny, Glen Luchford & Katherine Dunn. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2002. First Edition. Folio. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, 15 b&w and 14 color illustrations. Designed by David James Associates. With biographies, exhibition histories and bibliographies. This is the opulently printed hardbound catalogue produced in conjunction with the 2002 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills exhibition of collaborative photographs by Jenny Saville and Glen Luchford. Each of the images shown was produced by Saville distorting and/or flattening her naked body against a sheet of glass, with Luchford capturing the result on camera. Originally intended as studies for the artist's large format figurative paintings, they became a body of work unto themselves. "Closed Contact" reproduces these photographs on heavy, ultra-glossy paper, and they are accompanied by an essay by Katherine Dunn. A most presentable example of this uncommon item (cited on pages 398-399 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book") whose contents and textblock are immaculate, but whose covers show some noticeable wear, soiling and scuffing along with some abrading to the bottom edge of the front board. It has been priced accordingly. 1-880154-65-X Inventory Number: 020897

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Groos, Ulrike, Ann Goldstein, Judith E. Vida-Spence, Wolfgang Zumdick & Allen Ruppersberg. Dusseldorf & Koln, GERMANY: Kunsthalle Dusseldorf & Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2006. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 232pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Silke Fahnert and Uwe Koch. Text in English. With an exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. This is the wonderfully informative and copiously illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 2006 traveling European retrospective of work by Allen Ruppersberg. Featuring texts by Ulrike Groos, Ann Goldstein, Judith E. Vida-Spence, Wolfgang Zumdick, and the artist himself, it is the most comprehensive documentation to date of the four decades of literate, humor-inflected output by this Los Angeles-based Conceptual practitioner. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-86560-029-8 Inventory Number: 020882

(WARHOL, ANDY). Brant, Sandra & Elissa Cullman. Introduction by Robert Bishop. New York: Museum of American Folk Art, 1977. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. 24pp, 16 monochrome illustrations + color covers. This is the charming catalogue published in conjunction with a 1977 Museum of American Folk Art exhibition of eighty-five decorative and folk artworks drawn from the collection of grand acquisitor and connoisseur Andy Warhol. A handsome example of this uncommon item additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To Virginia / Andy Warhol" in blue ink above the portrait of Warhol on page five to the wife of noted late Los Angeles assemblage artist Gordon Wagner showing some mild rubbing to the covers. Inventory Number: 020852

(WARHOL, ANDY). Brant, Sandra & Elissa Cullman. Introduction by Robert Bishop. New York: Museum of American Folk Art, 1977. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. 24pp, 16 monochrome illustrations + color covers. This is the charming catalogue published in conjunction with a 1977 Museum of American Folk Art exhibition of eighty-five decorative and folk artworks drawn from the collection of grand acquisitor and connoisseur Andy Warhol. A handsome example of this uncommon item additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To Gordon Wagner / Andy Warhol" in blue ink above the portrait of Warhol on page five to the noted late Los Angeles assemblage artist showing some light overall wear and rubbing to the covers. Inventory Number: 020851

(CLAXTON, WILLIAM). Claxton, William. Köln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1997. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Music Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (64pp), 26 b&w and 4 color illustrations. Text in English, German, French and Spanish. This is a Taschen Postcard book containing thirty bound (yet easily detached and ready to mail) jazz images by noted Los Angeles photographer William Claxton distilled from his full-length Taschen tome, "Jazz Seen". A most handsome, completely intact example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "William Claxton" in black marker on the inside front cover.. 3-8228-6652-0 Inventory Number: 020849

Hoefnagels, Peter. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Uitgeverij Duo, 1994. First Edition 1/3000. Oblong 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photographic Survey. Fine/Fine. 90pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and Dutch. As unlikely as it seems, "Moord in Rotterdam" is an unusually serene and beautiful collection of photographs taken by anonymous policemen from the Crime Scene Unit of the Municipal Police, Rotterdam. Its macabre subject matter, and the mystery that each image evokes is strangely compelling. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon gem in the publisher's Japanese and English language obi. 90-72971-22-1 Inventory Number: 020844

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by Jean-Claude Groshens. Paris. 1981 (1992).: Centre Georges Pompidou & Gallimard. Second Revised Edition (First Thus). 4to. Illustrated Flexible Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 800pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With artist biographies and bibliographies, and a chronology (1937-1957). This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced Parisian artistic and cultural innovations from the onset of World War II through to the Space Age. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred and fifty artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. A bright, most handsome example of the smaller format, redesigned 1992 Centre Georges Pompidou and Gallimard edition in flexible boards. 2-07-011248-9 Inventory Number: 020835

(JOSEPH, MARC). Joseph, Marc & James Frey. Interviews by Cory Reynolds. Carol LeFlufy, Editor. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Boards with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 248pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Gerhard Steidl, Marc Joseph and Claas Moller. Text in English. "American Pitbull" is a photographic exploration into the culture of American Pit Bull dogs and their people, presenting an alternative view of the controversial world revolving around a uniquely American breed of dog and the human beings that live for them. Over a three-year period photographer Marc Joseph traveled the United States photographing Pit Bull dogs, their owners, breeders and "old time dog men," at their homes and yards, and during various events related to the breed. The relationships formed with his subjects have helped Joseph to gain full access to a culture known by few outside of their specific community. The fanatical, almost religious devotion that Pit Bull people attribute to their breed is clearly portrayed in Joseph's pictures. Issues of identity are addressed through elements of image, race, pride, and background, while the photographs simultaneously serve to further an understanding of our perceptions of unconditional love, beauty, danger, and strength. Themes of family and shelter are prominent; throughout the series a cast of characters emerges, themselves defining the context of the book. From the elder-statesmen of the Pit Bull world in New England and the Southern United States such as Louis B. Colby and Floyd Boudreaux, to new-school giants the Hip-Hop music scene on the East and West coasts, such as Big Boi from Outkast, and DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill, "American Pitbull" clearly goes to the heart of what and why people feel so strongly for these dogs. Writer James Frey ("A Million Little Pieces") contributes an historically informative and personally sensitive essay, that, along with Marc Joseph's photographs, may well change a few minds on this, most misunderstood of all of man's best friends". A stunning tour-de-force, this is without a doubt one of our favorite photo-essays in recent years! A most handsome example of the ultra-scarce brown buckram variant cover of the hardbound 2003 Steidl first edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-88243-914-9 Inventory Number: 020830

(SAWATARI, HAJIME). Sawatari, Hajime. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2000. First Edition. Folio. Printed Metallic Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Good +.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Hajime Sawatari's "A Girl" is another of the estimably hip Japanese fashion/style purveyor Hysteric Glamour's series of beautifully produced limited edition photography monographs. It is an oversized, erotically obsessive compendium of hundreds of full page black and white images, many nude, of a single Japanese lass taken by the creator of the truly twisted 1974 photographically illustrated retelling of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". A shiny, most presentable example of this uncommon item BOLDLY SIGNED "SAWATARI" in black marker on the title page showing a dent through the textblock at the heel of the spine as well as a soft crease to the front cover and a slight curl to the pages at the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 020807

(SAWATARI, HAJIME). Sawatari, Hajime. Tokyo: Hysteric Glamour, 2000. First Edition. Folio. Printed Metallic Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Good.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Hajime Sawatari's "A Girl" is another of the estimably hip Japanese fashion/style purveyor Hysteric Glamour's series of beautifully produced limited edition photography monographs. It is an oversized, erotically obsessive compendium of hundreds of full page black and white images, many nude, of a single Japanese lass taken by the creator of the truly twisted 1974 photographically illustrated retelling of Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". A shiny, presentable example only of this uncommon item BOLDLY SIGNED by Hajime Sawatari in kanji in black marker on the title page showing dents and soft creases at each of the four corners of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 020806

(WAGNER, CATHRERINE). Johnstone, Mark. Tokyo: Gallery Min, 1987. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Good +.. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. Text in English and Japanese. With a biography, exhibition history and collections listing. Published in conjunction with a 1987 exhibition at noted Tokyo photography space Gallery Min, Catherine Wagner's first book features photographs from the "California Landscapes", "George Moscone Site", "Louisiana World Exposition", and "American Classrooms" series. An internally most handsome example showing a slight dent just below the crown of the spine along with some pronounced sunning to the wrappers along the spine and top edge. It has been priced accordingly. 4-906265-11-7 Inventory Number: 020802