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(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

(GORDON, GINGER, AKA BEEKE, ANNA). Levy, William, Ginger Gordon (aka Anna Beeke) & Anthon Beeke. Den Haag, THE NETHERLANDS: Uitgeverij Bert Bakker, 1972. Second Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. 72pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Designed by Anthon Beeke. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Subtitled "An ecstatic journey of a boy (Joop) transformed into a girl (Joopie) for one day only, of her erotic adventures in Amsterdam, magic centrum", "The Virgin Sperm Dancer" is one of the lesser-known yet still classic books of erotic imagery from the sixties and seventies. Originally published by Willem de Ridder's notorious "Suck" magazine, it features a text by American expatriate William Levy - known as the "Talmudic Wizard of Amsterdam", design by the innovative Anthon Beeke, and black and white photographs by his wife Anna Beeke - credited as "Ginger Gordon". All told, this is an eye-opening 1972 tour of gender-bending counterculture sex in and adjacent to Amsterdam's public Vondelpark. A most handsome example of the 1972 second edition (cited on page 213 of Alessandro Bertolotti's "Books of Nudes") with the publisher's shrinkwrap and green "For Adults Only / Nur Fur Erwachsene / Seulment Pour Adults" sticker showing some slight dents to the foredge tips of the textblock. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. 90-6019-20316 Inventory Number: 026655

(GOREY, EDWARD). Gorey, Edward. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1979. First Edition. Folio. Spiral-Bound in Slipcase. Theater Monograph. Very Good.. 42pp, 20 monochrome illustrations + cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the book of construct-it-yourself miniature sets, characters, and costumes and created by Edward Gorey for the 1978 Broadway theatrical production of Bram Stoker's "Dracula" that premiered with Raul Julia in the title role. A bright, most handsome complete and uncut example of this delightful item additionally SIGNED "Edward Gorey" in the artist's calligraphic script in ink above his crossed-through printed name on the title page - as was his custom with this title - showing an unobtrusive margin of brownish discoloration along the lower edge of the inside rear cover and last few pages. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 027407

(HEATH, DAVE). Heath, Dave. Foreword by Hugh Edwards. With Brief Texts by James Baldwin, T.S. Eliot, W.B. Yeats, Wright Morris, Rainer Maria Rilke, Matthew Arnold, Robert Louis Stevenson, Stephen Crane & Hermann Hesse. Culpepper, VA & New York: A Community Press Publication Distributed By Horizon Press, 1965. First Edition. 4to. Cloth. Photography Monograph. Near Fine./No Jacket. np, 83 duotone illustrations. Designed by Dave Heath. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. From Hugh Edwards' foreword: "A Dialogue With Solitude is a self-portrait in which the artist himself never really appears, but is revealed and interpreted by every detail. From the beginning of the sequence to its end, the viewer accompanies his unseen guide, out of darkness and troubled sleep, on a pilgrimage through an unpredictable environment where contradiction seems to be the only law. It is a solitude crowded with human beings, all of whom he recognizes and understands, but with whom he can make no exchange other than the gestures of an almost mechanical ritual. Along the way are pauses, marked by poetic quotations". Beginning with the Philadelphia native's tour of duty during the Korean war, "Dialogue"'s dark, murky images capture ten years of winding through an America seen through the shadows of Barnum, Sartre and Camus. With resonances of Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Lisette Model and Ed Van Der Elsken, Dave Heath's landmark book was a truly an innovative work upon its unheralded 1965 appearance, and remains one of the highlights of Post-war photographic literature. A bright, handsome example of the uncommon first edition (cited on page 104 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II" and page 43 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter") lacking its fragile dust jacket and showing a very slight crimp to the tips of the boards at the lower foredge corners. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 020200

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Moynihan, Danny. London: Duck Editions, 2000. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. As New/As New. 254pp. Cover Art by Damien Hirst. "Boogie-Woogie" is British author Danny Moynihan's first novel - a witty, thinly veiled satire skewering the avarice and mores of the 1990s art scene that was adapted as the scabrous 2009 feature film directed by Duncan Ward. A brand new, pristine example from the deluxe edition limited to five hundred copies NUMBERED (264/500) AND SIGNED "Danny Moynihan" in ink on the title page alongside the Duck Editions rubber stamp as well as BOLDLY SIGNED "Damien Hirst" in black ink on the rear of the dust jacket, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-7156-3021-0 Inventory Number: 021844

(HOCKNEY, DAVID). Weschler, Lawrence & David Hockney. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1984. First Edition. Large 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. 288pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Arnell / Bickford Associates. This is the opulent, oversized 1984 hardbound publication surveying David Hockney's early nineteen eighties photocollages. It beautifully reproduces one hundred and seventeen of these innovative "Cameraworks" accompanied by Lawrence Weschler's incisive essay entitled "True to Life.". A most handsome example of this spectacular tome additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "David H." and "Lawrence Weschler" by the artist and author in black ink on the title page showing a bit of light soiling along the bottom edge. 0-394-53733-5 Inventory Number: 027045

(HODGKIN, HOWARD). Saatchi, Doris Lockhart & James Fenton. With a brief text by W. Somerset Maugham. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1998. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 46pp, 14 color illustrations. Designed by Peter B. Willberg. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lovely catalogue published in conjunction with noted British artist Howard Hodgkin's first Gagosian Gallery exhibition in 1998 of paintings in oil on wood. A most handsome example showing a tiny bit of fraying at the heel of the spine. 1-880154-22-6 Inventory Number: 014327

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Hopper, Dennis, Michael McClure & Walter Hopps. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1986. First Edition #39/100 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in gravure. Designed by Jack Woody. With a filmography and exhibition history. Dennis Hopper was the young man with a camera in the right place at the right time in the new Hollywood. Issued in 1986 in gravure with the typically austere and lovely Twelvetrees Press aesthetic, "Out of the Sixties" was the first published collection of Hopper's photographs. Divided into "Artists and Collectors", "Hollywood", "Music", "Civil Rights March, Selma to Montgomery", "Mexico", and "The Scene", it is a tour de force view of the clash of the old and the new in sixties culture! A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon deluxe limited slipcased edition of the 1986 first printing limited to one hundred copies BOLDLY SIGNED "Dennis Hopper" in black ink below his introductory text and NUMBERED (39/100) in ink on the rear colophon, as issued, showing some mild sunning along the extremities of its slipcase. 0-942642-25-2 Inventory Number: 026375

(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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-88243-914-9 Inventory Number: 020830

(KANDER, NADAV). Kander, Nadav, Ian McEwan, David Campany & David Lynch. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2019. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

324pp, 151 color and 118 b&w illustrations.

"Regardless of his sitter - whether family member or influential celebrity - the portraiture of London-based photographer Nadav Kander shows what makes that particular individual human. His aim is to move beyond capturing an accurate likeness to access the emotions within, the uncertainty, the shadow as much as the light, the complex sense of self that otherwise lays hidden. “Revealed and concealed, beauty and destruction, ease and disease, shame and shameless,” explains the photographer, “These paradoxes are essential to all my work and represent what is common to all my varied subject matter.” This collection, the first book dedicated to his portraiture, shows the range and nuance of Kander’s work from Barack Obama, John le Carré and Alexander McQueen to Tracey Emin, Robert Plant and Prince Charles. Layered and penetrating, these remarkable images reveal unexpected moments of reverie and vulnerability."

A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher’s shrinkwrap.

978-3-9582961-5-2 Inventory Number: E000NKTM

(KANDER, NADAV). Kander, Nadav, Ian McEwan, David Campany & David Lynch. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2019. First Edition. Stout 4to. Debossed Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 324pp, 151 color and 118 b&w illustrations. "Regardless of his sitter - whether family member or influential celebrity - the portraiture of London-based photographer Nadav Kander shows what makes that particular individual human. His aim is to move beyond capturing an accurate likeness to access the emotions within, the uncertainty, the shadow as much as the light, the complex sense of self that otherwise lays hidden. “Revealed and concealed, beauty and destruction, ease and disease, shame and shameless,” explains the photographer, “These paradoxes are essential to all my work and represent what is common to all my varied subject matter.” This collection, the first book dedicated to his portraiture, shows the range and nuance of Kander’s work from Barack Obama, John le Carré and Alexander McQueen to Tracey Emin, Robert Plant and Prince Charles. Layered and penetrating, these remarkable images reveal unexpected moments of reverie and vulnerability." A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher’s shrinkwrap. 3-9582961-5-7 Inventory Number: 026185

(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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 025053

(LEVITT, HELEN). Levitt, Helen & James Agee. New York: Horizon Press, 1981. First Edition Thus 1/250 Deluxe. 4to. 1/4 Vellum Over Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 90 b&w illustrations. Designed by Marvin Hoshino. "A Way of Seeing" is the late Helen Levitt's classic presentation of New York street photography accompanied by an incisive essay by James Agee. Limited to two hundred and fifty copies only, this example is from the 1981 Horizon Press deluxe edition that was completely redesigned from the 1965 Viking first printing; containing a revised text along with twenty-four additional images. It is bound in one quarter gilt-stamped-vellum-over-gilt-stamped blue boards, and is housed in a blue linen slipcase. A most handsome copy (whose 1965 first edition is cited on pages 252-253 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 214-215 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", pages 178-179 of "The Book of 101 Books", and pages 92-96 of Horacio Fernandez' "New York in Photobooks") NUMBERED (31/250) AND SIGNED "Helen Levitt" in black ink on the colophon, as issued, showing some sunning to the slipcase along its extremities. It has been priced accordingly. 0-8180-1422-9 Inventory Number: 016847

(MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT). Mapplethorpe, Robert & Susan Sontag. Pasadena: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. First Edition 1/5000. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. np (112pp), 93 illustrations in monochrome gravure. Designed by Dimitri Levas. "Mapplethorpe’s portraits taken over the past ten years are exquisitely presented in gravure. His undeniable strength of vision is apparent in all styles of portraiture shown, ranging from stark studio shots of celebrities to environmental portraits of children. Here are many of his well-known images, including the self-portraits, as well as lesser-known work. Susan Sontag’s short essay on portraiture adds insight to the "Mapplethorpe mystique". A handsome example of the 1985 Twelvetrees Press first edition of what what was the first mnongraph on the iconic late photographer additionally INSCRIBED "for Nick - / Robert Mapplethorpe '86" in black ink on the half title page showing light soiling along with a tiny bit of insect damage to the edges of the textblock. 0-942642-14-7 Inventory Number: 026146

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari, Jeremy Sigler, Angelique Spaninks, Kate Fowle & Will Bradley. Eindhoven & Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Mu & Veenman Publishers, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 182pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Whether photographing his wife and two young sons - sometimes sleeping tenderly together in a sun-drenched bed, other times spacing out by the pool or in the car - the international snowboarding scene, from Japan to Iran; or his peers in the world of outsider creativity, Ari Marcopoulos brings us all the way to the inside of an insider's world. This tight collection of sexy documentary portraits bites off exactly as much as it wants to chew, and features original writing by Will Bradley, Jeremy Sigler and Angelique Spaninks." A brand new, most handsome example of the 2006 first edition with the "Craig Kelly, Fernie BC, 1999 " image cover variant. 90-8690-005-4 Inventory Number: 026846

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari, Jeremy Sigler, Angelique Spaninks, Kate Fowle & Will Bradley. Eindhoven & Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Mu & Veenman Publishers, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 182pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "Whether photographing his wife and two young sons - sometimes sleeping tenderly together in a sun-drenched bed, other times spacing out by the pool or in the car - the international snowboarding scene, from Japan to Iran; or his peers in the world of outsider creativity, Ari Marcopoulos brings us all the way to the inside of an insider's world. This tight collection of sexy documentary portraits bites off exactly as much as it wants to chew, and features original writing by Will Bradley, Jeremy Sigler and Angelique Spaninks." A brand new, most handsome example of the 2006 first edition with the "Jennifer, Sonoma, 2003" image cover variant ADDITIONALLY BOLDLY SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in black ink across the title page. 90-8690-005-4 Inventory Number: 026663

(MARTINEZ CELAYA, ENRIQUE). Martinez Celaya, Enrique, Mary Rakow & Matthew Biro. Barcelona, SPAIN: Ediciones Poligrafa, 2013. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 110 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in English and Catalan. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. "Enrique Martinez Celaya is one of the most intriguing and celebrated artists to emerge from the United States in recent years. Trained as artist and physicist, his practice embraces painting, sculpture, photography, and writing. His projects frequently take the form of multi-disciplinary environments that balance images with the immediacy of the material experience. In the first comprehensive study of Martinez Celaya's multifaceted process, Mary Rakow and Matthew Biro illuminate previously unaddressed aspects of the artist’s practice including his tendency to destroy his own work, his materials and approaches towards them, his literary influences, and the changes that led to pivotal moments in his career. "Working Methods" features new photography, archival images, and a number of previously unpublished works. Also included is an interview by Rakow with the artist that reveals his unique practice". A brand new, pristine example additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Enrique Martinez Celaya / 7-19/13" in the year of publication in black ink on the title page. 84-343-1316-2 Inventory Number: 023234

(MEYER, PEDRO). Meyer, Pedro. Mexico City, MEXICO: Petroleos Mexicanos, 1988. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 148pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Spanish. "Los cohetes duraron todo el dia" is noted Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer's 1988 socially conscious photo essay commissioned by the national petroleum company Pemex to coincide with its fiftieth anniversary. Due however to Meyer's dedication of the volume to Lazaro Cardenas, the socialist-leaning former president who established Pemex in 1938 as part of his nationalization of Mexican oil production (whose son also happened to be an opposition candidate to then-current president Carlos Salinas earlier in the year), the newly elected government seized nearly all the copies printed to put a stop to the book's distribution. A bright. most handsome example of this uncommon and desirable document (cited on pages 198-199 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") acquired directly from Pedro Meyer. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 968-6164-35-9 Inventory Number: 023060

(MEYER, PEDRO). Meyer, Pedro. Mexico City, MEXICO: Petroleos Mexicanos, 1988. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 148pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Spanish. "Los cohetes duraron todo el dia" is noted Mexican photographer Pedro Meyer's 1988 socially conscious photo essay commissioned by the national petroleum company Pemex to coincide with its fiftieth anniversary. Due however to Meyer's dedication of the volume to Lazaro Cardenas, the socialist-leaning former president who established Pemex in 1938 as part of his nationalization of Mexican oil production (whose son also happened to be an opposition candidate to then-current president Carlos Salinas earlier in the year), the newly elected government seized nearly all the copies printed to put a stop to the book's distribution. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon and desirable document (cited on pages 198-199 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") acquired directly from the photographer additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Pedro Meyer" in black ink beneath the frontispiece image on the second preliminary. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 968-6164-35-9 Inventory Number: 018260

(MIRO, JOAN) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Miro, Joan, Jacques Dupin & Rene Char. Paris. 1948, 1950, 1953 & 1956.: 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 four 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 1956, it collects the complete contents of DLM numbers 14-15 (Novembre - Decembre 1948): "Joan Miro"; 29-30 (Mai - Juin 1950): "Miro"; 57-58-59 (Juin - Julliet - Aout 1953): "Miro"; and 87-88-89 (Juin - Julliet - Aout 1956): "Miro Artigas". An internally spectacularly bright, most handsome example whose contents are complete and intact first printings with the wrappers bound in that contain in total thirty-four original color lithographs. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 022340

(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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 024990

(MISRACH, RICHARD). Misrach, Richard & Susan Sontag. New York: Aperture Inc., 1992. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Fine. 95pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Roger Gorman. This beautifully designed and printed book collects three bodies of work from Richard Misrach's "Desert Cantos" series accompanied by Susan Sontag's work of short fiction entitled "The View From the Ark". The photographs of Southwestern desert areas include the decaying remains of Utah's Wendover Air Base, wherein 1945 "bomb components were modified, assembled, and flight-tested for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings"; county designated dead-animal pits in the West filled with the mummified and decaying carcasses of cattle and horses; and a startling series of images of the bullet-riddled pages of two "Playboy" magazines that had been used for target practice found by the photographer at a Nevada Nuclear Test site. It also includes a transcribed 1992 interview with the photographer by Melissa Harris. A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Richard Misrach" in black ink on the half title page showing a small remainder mark on the bottom edge of the textblock at the heel of the spine. 0-89381-519-5 Inventory Number: 019741

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA & Reykjavik, ICELAND: Perceval Press & The Reykjavik Museum of Photography, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Boards with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 118pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Michele Perez. "This book functions as a partial companion to the photography exhibit entitled "Skovbo" (which roughly translates from Danish as "home in the forest") by Viggo Mortensen at the Reykjavik Museum of Photography (Ljosmyndasafn Reykjavikur), opening on 31st May, 2008 and running until 31st August, 2008. In this new collection of images and poems are trees and the memory of trees, ghosts, words, nights, days, lives, deaths, and safe haven for them all in the place where "...the twigs become branches, / And the mist becomes make-believe... (Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam)". Dedicated to Howard Zinn and Dennis Kucinich, this substantial hardbound publication from actor/artist/musician/poet/activist Viggo Mortensen combines his recent images of foliage and greenery with the occasional prose-poem to create one of the loveliest surveys of his photography to date. A brand new, pristine example of the now unavailable first hardbound printing. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9763009-7-4 Inventory Number: 015447

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2006. First Paperback Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 104pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "New black and white photographs and words that look directly at loss, change, and renewal. In making Linger, he strives to find a still place from which to see and interpret the world around him. The imagery in this book deals frankly with family, strangers, and landscape that Mortensen has recently been able to spend extended time with, rather than hurriedly observe as just one more passing ghost with a camera and a notebook. Although we might occasionally find in these newer images hints of the chaotic abstractions that have recently dominated his work, Linger evidences a patience with things as they come to be and, consequently, a tranquility long-absent from both his photography and writing". A brand new, pristine example of the 2006 first paperback edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9774869-5-8 Inventory Number: 011448

(MULL, MARTIN). Mull, Martin & Thomas W. Styron. Greenville, SC: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1998. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 102pp, 40 color illustrations (including one foldover) + color frontispiece. Designed by Victoria Dailey. This is the substantial catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1998 Greenville County Museum of Art exhibition that features an essay by Thomas W. Styron that proves that the talented Mr. Mull is every bit as accomplished a painter as he is a thespian. A most handsome example 0-9657858-1-5 Inventory Number: 027689

(MULL, MARTIN). Mull, Martin & Thomas W. Styron. Greenville, SC: Greenville County Museum of Art, 1998. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 102pp, 40 color illustrations (including one foldover) + color frontispiece. Designed by Victoria Dailey. This charming catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1998 Greenville County Museum of Art exhibition that features an essay by Thomas W. Styron that proves that the talented Mr. Mull is every bit as accomplished a painter as he is a thespian. A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Martin Mull" in black ink on the front free endpaper. 0-9657858-1-5 Inventory Number: 027688

(NEST: A QUARTERLY OF INTERIORS). Holtzman, Joseph, Editor. New York. 1997-2004.: Nest LLC. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Interior Design Periodical. Very Good or Better.. Each circa 148pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Art Direction by Joseph Holtzman. Published between 1997 and 2004, "Nest: A Quarterly of Interiors" was Joseph Holtzman's innovatively designed, beautifully produced glossy survey of interior design, art, architecture, fashion and photography. With spectacular covers and packaging, a prescient editorial staff, and stellar contributors, it was perhaps the American publication closest to "Wallpaper" - perfect for the hip yet thoughtful conspicuous consumer as-yet-unfettered by the impending Global Financial Crisis. A most handsome complete run of all twenty-six numbers - including the exceedingly uncommon premiere issue that was never commercially made for sale. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. ISSN 1098-4585 Inventory Number: 027552

(OLEA, VICTOR FLORES). Fuentes, Carlos. Mexico City, MEXICO: Coleccion Rio De Luz / Fondo De Cultura Economica, 1984. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. 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 to the black and white images of Mexican writer, academician, diplomat and photojournalist Victor Flores Olea that also features an essay by the noted author Carlos Fuentes. A most handsome example of this uncommon item (cited on page 19 of Horacio Fernandez' "The Latin American Photobook"). 968-16-1764-9 Inventory Number: 020389

(OLSON, CHARLES). Olson, Charles. Stuttgart, GERMANY: Jonathan Williams, 1956. First Edition 1/350. 4to. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Poetry Monograph. Near Fine./Very Good.. 54pp, no illustrations. Designed by Jonathan Williams. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by Jonathan Williams in 1956 in Stuttgart as Jargon 9, this is the second and final installment of the first full publication of noted American literary figure Charles Olson's "Maximus Poems". Poems 1-10 were published in a similarly formatted volume by Williams in 1953; with both printed by hand letterpress in black ink with red headings by Dr. Cantz'sche Druckerei. An internally most handsome example of the second volume only whose jacket shows some minor wear, a few nicks, and a short closed tear to the extremities along with a clean partial separation along the rear foredge panel where it wraps around the stiff cardboard wrapper. While not indicated in any way, this was acquired directly from the library of Charles Olson's Black Mountain colleague and longtime close friend, artist and educator Emerson Woelffer. Inventory Number: 026915

(PARRY, ROGER). Fargue, Leon-Paul & Roger Parry. Paris: Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1930. First Edition 1/300. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Livre D'Artiste. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 84pp + xvi, 16 full page monochrome gravure illustrations. Text in French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Banalité" is one of the most striking collaborations of word and image in the realm of the photographically illustrated Surrealist book. It marries Leon-Paul Fargue's previously-published 1922 volume of prose and poems with sixteen dramatic, then-new full page images reproduced in lush sepia-toned gravure by the noted French photographer and cinematographer Roger Parry. An exceptionally bright, well-preserved example of this stunning modernist collaboration (cited on pages 100-101 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I") from the standard trade edition limited to three hundred NUMBERED (214/300) copies on Imperial Japon paper showing just a bit of wear to the extremities of the wrappers. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 024548

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond. Santa Monica, CA: Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2001. First Printing. 8vo. Offset Printed Sheet. Exhibition Announcement. As New.. One 8 ¾ X 5 ½" cardstock sheet offset-printed recto and verso, 1 b&w illustration. This is an announcement utilizing a unique artwork drawn by Raymond Pettibon for a June 26th, 2001 event with the artist at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Presented in conjunction with their exhibition "Raymond Pettibon: The Book Show," special guests Iris Berry, S.A. Griffin, Jason Rhoades, Barry Sloane, Frances Stark, Mayo Thompson, Benjamin Weissman, and others read to the Museum audience from Pettibon's scripts. The cover image reproduced here was created especially for this flyer. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 027480

(PRINCE, RICHARD). Prince, Richard. New York, London, Rome & Hong Kong. 2007-2014.: Artists Space, 1980. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (12pp), no illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Modestly duplicated and completely devoid of imagery, "War Pictures" is art and book world éminence grise Richard Prince's twelve page pamphlet of texts published in conjunction with his February 1980 exhibition at Manhattan's Artists Space. It is Prince's very first monographic publication - preceding his "Menthol Wars" by four months, and the first installment in his "War / Menthol / Pictures" trilogy. A most handsome example (artist's book entry 1 in "Bibliotheque d'un Amateur: Richard Prince's Publications 1981-2012") of the exceedingly uncommon first state - only five copies total for both 1980 editions are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - limited to approximately one hundred "uncorrected proofs" showing a bit of mild handling and slight discoloration to its pale green bond wrappers. Inventory Number: 026682

(RAYSSE, MARTIAL). Ashbery, John & Pierre Restany. New York: Dwan Gallery, 1963. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (8pp), 3 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition history. This is the slender, charmingly designed six page catalogue featuring brief texts by John Ashbery and Pierre Restany published in conjunction with Martial Raysse's January 1963 exhibition at Los Angeles' legendary Virginia Dwan Gallery entitled "Mirrors and Portraits: 1962". Only the French Pop artist's second one-man show in the United States, it traveled to New York's Iolas Gallery the following month. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event showing a bit of light handling along with two tiny areas of white-out on the rear cover. Inventory Number: 024391

(REICHEL, HANS) (MILLER, HENRY). Miller, Henry & Karl Shapiro. Introduction by Lawrence Durrell. Louise and Jon Webb, Editors. Tucson, AZ: Loujon Press, 1966. First Edition 1/99 Deluxe. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. ¼ Leather Over Cloth Slipcased. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. 106pp, illustrated in monochrome. Text in English and French. Designed by Louise and Jon Webb. "Order and Chaos Chez Hans Reichel" publishes for the first time Henry Miller's thoughtful 1938 essay on the underappreciated German-born, Parisian-based visual artist Hans Reichel. A typically elaborately designed and lavishly produced Loujon undertaking, it features an introduction by Lawrence Durrell along with beautiful reproductions of several of Reichel's Paul Klee-inspired works. A most handsome example of the uncommon "Oasis Edition" in gilt-stamped ½ leather over cloth housed in the publisher's printed cork-covered slipcase limited to ninety-nine copies SIGNED AND DATED "Henry Miller / 6/6/66" in black ink on a blank leaf at the rear, as issued, showing the smallest bit of brown spotting to its illustrated vellum dust jacket. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. LC 66-30442 Inventory Number: 027421

(ROT, DIETER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Roth, Dieter. Stuttgart, GERMANY. 1967-1968.: Edition Hansjorg Mayer. First Edition #70/230. Narrow 4to. Wrappers in Full Leather. Artist's Book. Near Fine/Near Fine. np, 2 b&w letterpress decorations + a color collage. Text in German. Published in 1968 by Dieter Roth's longtme collaborator Edition Hansjorg Mayer, this is the double issue comprising numbers 3 and 4 of "Poeterei" - the innovative Swiss artist's late sixties journal devoted to Poetry and Poesie. The first part consists of a single typographic text by Roth in German printed by letterpress on heavy handmade paper incorporating an original collaged postcard fragment that has been annotated "D.R. 68." beneath that in green ink. The second portion contains one hundred and sixty-three brief textual framents by Rorh also printed by letterpress on a much thinner stock. The volume is features green flocked endpapers reminiscent of Marcel Duchamp's "La Mariee mise a nu par ses Celibataires meme"i bound in full light grey full leather. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to two hundred and thirty copies NUMBERED (70/230) AND SIGNED "Diter Roth" in green ink on the rear colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 026709

(SANDBURG, CARL). Sandburg, Carl. Flat Rock, NC: Self Published, 1960. First Edition. 8vo. Matted and Framed Under Glass. Typed Letter Signed. Fine.. One 6 ¾ x 6 ¼" sheet printed recto only bearing a typed letter additionally signed by the author, no illustrations. This is a 1960 typed letter signed by noted American poet and historian Carl Sandburg clarifying an inquiry regarding his authoritative autobiography of US president Abraham Lincoln. Typed in black ink on stationery bearing the imprint of Sandburg's "CONNEMARA FARMS / FLAT ROCK, NC" estate, it reads" Dear Jean: You and Gen. Edmonds checked everything and everywhere except CS hisself. Page 562 Vol. III of The War Years has chapter titled "Election Day, November 8, 1864", each alternating page across 23 pages also headed like the chapter title. Try your eyes on it. You are sweetly courteous and I sign with affectionate regard -" SIGNED "Carl Sandburg" in black ink below. It is mounted on a woven linen backing housed in a modest 11 ½ x 11" dark wooden frame faced with non-reflective glass. A most handsome example of this unique missive. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 024762

(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. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-880154-65-X Inventory Number: 020897

(SCHLES, KEN). Schles, Ken. With brief texts by Lewis Mumford, George Orwell, Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka & Jean Baudrillard. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1988. First Edition 1/2000. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Facsimile Dust Jacket. np (80pp), 62 b&w gravure illustrations. "Invisible City" is Ken Schles' exceptionally lovely first book published in luscious gravure by Jack Woody's Twelvetrees Press. It is a compendium of urban images of indistinct people and places caught in a moment - often fraught with an air of danger or eroticism - seemingly in the dead of night. A most handsome example of 1988 first edition (cited on page 166 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III) limited to two thousand unnumbered copies LACKING the publisher's dust jacket but with a facsimile jacket supplied. It has been priced accordingly. 0-942642-35-X Inventory Number: 024206

(SCHLES, KEN). Schles, Ken. With brief texts by Lewis Mumford, George Orwell, Jorge Luis Borges, Franz Kafka & Jean Baudrillard. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1988. First Edition 1/2000. 8vo. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (80pp), 62 b&w gravure illustrations. "Invisible City" is Ken Schles' exceptionally lovely first book published in luscious gravure by Jack Woody's Twelvetrees Press. It is a compendium of urban images of indistinct people and places caught in a moment - often fraught with an air of danger or eroticism - seemingly in the dead of night. A brand new, pristine example of 1988 first edition (cited on page 166 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III) limited to two thousand unnumbered copies. 0-942642-35-X Inventory Number: 023353

(SCHWITTERS, KURT). Steinitz, Kate Trauman. Introduction by John Coplans and Walter Hopps. Berkeley & Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 1968. First Edition. 8vo. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Very Good. 226pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Douglas Nicholson. With a list of biographies. Kate Trauman Steinitz was a Hannover-based colleague, close associate, and here the posthumous biographer of Kurt Schwitters. The first English language memoir of the renowned Dada and collage pioneer, it features an introduction co-authored by former Pasadena Art Museum curators Walter Hopps and John Coplans and includes translations of numerous prose and performance pieces - including the libretto for Schwitters and Steinitz' unpublished 1928 collaborative "science-fiction opera", "Zusammenstoss" ("Collision"). A most handsome example whose dust jacket shows just a bit of light wear and soiling. 0-520-01219-4 Inventory Number: 024470