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(PARR, MARTIN). Parr, Martin. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2003. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (16pp), 7 color illustrations. Martin Parr's "7 Communist Still Lifes" is the seventeenth title in Nazraeli Press' series of "One Picture Books". Limited to five hundred copies only, each example of this edition is signed and numbered, containing an original 2 7/8 x 4 ½" color print (whose image is the interior of a closet in Druskininkai, Lithuania) tipped in at the rear of the book. For his first book in the series, the redoubtable Martin Parr has captured mundane color examples of just what the title promises. 1-59005-051-7 Inventory Number: 018903

(PARR, MARTIN). Parr, Martin & Gerry Badger. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Boards in Pictorial Dustjacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. np (144pp), 133 color illustrations. Designed by Kwame Edwards. Shot between 1995 and 1999, this is yet another charming volume of Martin Parr's colorful, witty commentary on British life and social mores. A most handsome copy of the first Phaidon hardbound edition (cited on page 247 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally SIGNED "Martin Parr" in black ink on the title page whose dust jacket shows some typical rippling to the laminate on the interior flaps. 0-7148-3991-4 Inventory Number: 014204

(PARR, MARTIN). Parr, Martin. Introduction by Ian McEwan. London: Jonathan Cape, 1993. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. np, 60 color and 1 b&w illustration. "Home and Abroad has been edited from all the color photographs of Martin Parr. Beginning with the ideal home and family, the book follows a Martin Parr guided tour - a shopping spree, a trip to the seaside, theme-park culture, invented history, and Safari Parks. From Britain, Parr joins tourists at the Eiffel Tower and in Middle-Eastern bazaars. By the time he has reached McDonalds in Moscow, we realize that the culture he has depicted so unsparingly stretches around the globe". This was the first major collection in book form of the photographer's wry commentary on British life and social mores, which has continued for over thirty years, becoming increasingly global in nature. A most handsome copy of the 1993 Jonathan Cape paperbound first edition (cited on page 247 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally SIGNED "Martin Parr" in black ink on the half-title page. 0-224-03876-1 Inventory Number: 017297

(PARR, MARTIN). Parr, Martin. Introduction by Marvin Heiferman. Stockport, UK: Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2000. First Edition. 12mo. Padded Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (120pp), 48 color illustrations. Designed by Dewi Lewis Publishing. "For the last few years, when Martin Parr has traveled on assignment he has had his picture taken by a local studio photographer, or street photographer, or in a photo booth. The result is a wonderfully varied portfolio of portraits ranging from elaborate studio sets reminiscent of the heyday of the Victorian studio photographer, through to digitally manipulated images of Parr as Mr. Universe, and images which have been horrendously re-touched in the studio's efforts to flatter Parr and make him appear twenty years younger. As with all Parr's projects the book is not only hilarious but also raises broader issues of identity and self, questioning the whole notion of the photographic portrait". What can we say? - More Martin than you can shake a stick at! A pristine example (cited on page 249 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Martin Parr 2002" in black ink on the title page. 1-899235-72-8 Inventory Number: 023806

(PARR, MARTIN). Parr, Martin & Robert Chesshyre. London: Cornerhouse Publications, 1989. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np, 61 color illustrations. Designed by Peter Browne. Martin Parr's fourth book, "The Cost of Living" is the lauded Magnum photographer's typically wry observation of Britain's Thatcher-inspired upwardly mobile middle classes, or as Parr has dubbed them here, the "Comfortable Class". A most handsome example of the 1989 first edition (cited on page 248 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally SIGNED "Martin Parr" in black ink on the half-title page. 0-948797-55-X Inventory Number: 017298

(PARR, MARTIN). Williams, Val.. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2002. First Edition. Small Oblong Folio. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 352pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a comprehensive bibliography and exhibition history. This is a massive, cheerfully obsessive tome documenting Parr's life and career; revealing insights into his influences and attitudes as well as assessing his importance within the worlds of art and photography. Parr's wry commentary on British life and social mores has continued for over thirty years, becoming increasingly global in nature. Images presented here from previous bodies of the Magnum photographer's work and publications include "A Fair Day", "Bad Weather", "Home Sweet Home", "Autoportrait", "The Last Resort", "The Cost of Living", "Signs of the Times" and "Think of England"; in addition to many as yet uncollected in book form. A brand new, pristine example of the 2002 first Phaidon hardbound edition (cited on page 249 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Martin Parr" in black ink on the half title page. 0-7148-3990-6 Inventory Number: 014167

(PATTERSON, CHRISTIAN). Patterson, Christian, Luc Sante & Karen Irvine. London: MACK, 2011. First Edition. Small 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (168pp) + np (14pp), 98 illustrations in color and b&w. Designed by Christian Patterson. "Redheaded Peckerwood is a work with a tragic underlying narrative - the story of nineteen year old Charles Starkweather and fourteen year old Caril Ann Fugate who murdered ten people, including Fugate's family, during a three day killing spree across Nebraska to the point of their capture in Douglas, Wyoming. From a technical perspective, the photographs incorporate and reference the techniques of photojournalism, forensic photography, image appropriation, reenactment and documentary landscape photography. On a conceptual level, they deal with a charged landscape and play with a photographic representation and truth as the work deconstructs a pre-existing narrative. "Redheaded Peckerwood" also utilizes and plays with a pre-existing archive of material, deliberately mixing fact and fiction, past and present, myth and reality as it presents, expands and re-presents the various facts and theories surrounding this story. While photographs are the heart of this work, they are the complemented and informed by documents and objects that belonged to the killers and their victims - including a map, poem, confession letter, stuffed animal, hood ornament and various other items. In several cases, these materials are discoveries first made by the artist and presented here for the first time. The images record places and things central to the story, depict ideas inspired by it, and capture other moments and discoveries along the way". The Starkweather and Fugate killings inspired the films "The Sadist (1963)", "Badlands (1973)", "Murder in the Heartland (2003)", "Kalifornia (1993)", "Natural Born Killers (1994)", and "Starkweather (2004)". A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2011 first MACK edition (cited on pages 279 and 309 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III") additionally SIGNED "Christian Patterson" in black ink on the title page with the publisher's fourteen page staple-bound newsprint booklet laid in. 1-907946-14-4 Inventory Number: 024752

(PENN, IRVING). Penn, Irving, Alexandra Arrowsmith & Nicola Majocchi. Introduction by Alexander Liberman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. & Callaway Editions, Inc., 1991. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 300pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. With a work chronology. "Passage" is the monumental 1991 survey of Irving Penn's extraordinary career as a portrait, still life, and fashion photographer. Produced by Nicholas Callaway with photographic supervision by Richard Benson, it beautifully collects and reproduces more than fifty years of his visionary work - primarily in conjunction with Vogue magazine. A brand new, most handsome example of this landmark publication additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Irving Penn / 1991." in the year of publication inside a circular cartouche in black ink on the half title page. 0-679-40491-0 Inventory Number: 025776

(PENN, IRVING). Penn, Irving, Alexandra Arrowsmith & Nicola Majocchi. Introduction by Alexander Liberman. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. & Callaway Editions, Inc., 1991. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good/Fine. 300pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. With a work chronology. "Passage" is the monumental 1991 survey of Irving Penn's extraordinary career as a portrait, still life, and fashion photographer. Produced by Nicholas Callaway with photographic supervision by Richard Benson, it beautifully collects and reproduces more than fifty years of his visionary work - primarily in conjunction with Vogue magazine. A handsome example of this landmark publication additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Irving Penn" in the year of publication inside a circular cartouche in black ink on the half title page showing some slight waviness and a minor dampstain to the last thirty pages along the foredge of the textblock. Additionally, this bears the ink ownership stamp on the front pastedown of the noted late Los Angeles-based photographer James Fee, from whom we acquired it directly. 0-679-40491-0 Inventory Number: 017500

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond & Nelson Tarpenny. Chicago: The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago, 2000. First Edition 1/2000. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (232pp), 153 monochrome illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Thinking of You" is Raymond Pettibon's hefty artist book cum catalogue comprised solely of Phallus drawings with text published in conjunction with the renowned artist's 1999 exhibition held at The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago. The images are reproduced one to a page - rectos only - with the occasional reproduction on the verso of student papers Mr. Pettibon seemed to be grading as part of teaching duties at Los Angeles Harbor College in the eighties. A bright, most handsome example (entry number one hundred and eight in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978 - 98") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Raymond Pettibon" in black ink on the title page which the artist has then altered by drawing in different faces in the four letters O in the printed title. 0-941548-38-4 Inventory Number: 025381

(PICASSO, PABLO) (VERVE). Picasso, Pablo & Jaime Sabartes. E. Teriade, Editor. Paris: Editions De La Revue Verve, 1948. First Edition. Small Folio. Wrappers Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./Very Good -.. np (82pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Cover by Pablo Picasso. Text in French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This combined nineteenth and twentieth number of Teriade's legendary artistic review "Verve" is a monograph devoted solely to the work of Pablo Picasso. Realized under the direction of Teriade, it features front and rear covers specially designed by the artist for the project with the master printers Draeger Freres creating the then-state of the art heliogravure images in black and white and tipped color plates. Included are texts by both Picasso and Jaime Sabartes as well as reproductions of paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, letters, and more. An internally most handsome example of this lovely and fragile item additionally BOLDLY SIGNED WITH A DRAWING of flowers by Picasso in blue crayon across the entire "Antipolis 1946" page. It's striking color lithographic covers shows some wear, soiling, creasing, and adhesive ghosting along with some discreet professional reinforcement of the spine on the verso. The drawing and signature have been examined and vetted for us by a noted gallerist specializing in the work of Picasso, and we fully guarantee this item's authenticity. Inventory Number: 027393

(PILDAS, AVE). Campany, David & Ave Pildas. Los Angeles: Deadbeat Club Press, I00221000. 2022. First Edition 1/750 Copies. 4to. Gilt-Stamped Cloth with Pictorial Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. 104pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Clint Woodside. 978-1-952523-04-5

"Hollywood Boulevard, Walk of Fame, 1970s. You were there, with your camera, with your love of life and people. It seems you turned the sidewalk into a little stage, and everyone came for a momentary audition. Some wanted to be famous, some were ok with a walk-on part, most were just happy to see you.”

So writes David Campany of the pictures in Star Struck, the first monograph from the legendary Ave Pildas in more than forty years. These photographs were made between 1972 and 1975 in perhaps the most famous of the many famous spots in Los Angeles – but at a time when Hollywood had more of a neighborhood feel and a raucous diversity was the norm.

In Pildas' generous and gentle view, everyone is an A-list celebrity. And he should know! Those who have sat before his camera include Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, and the Velvet Underground. Pildas brings the same joyous discipline to regular folks on the street as he did to his well-known work for DownBeat magazine and Capitol Records.
 

In the end, the most beautiful and beguiling thing about Star Struck is that you’re not sure if the title refers to the people whom Ave Pildas encountered on Hollywood Boulevard, or to the photographer himself. A brand new, most handsome example of this charming volume hot off The Deadbeat Club Press limited to seven hundred and fifty copies additionally SIGNED by Ave Pildas in ink.

Inventory Number: E000APSS

(PLATON). Text by Platon, Ko Bo Kyi, Wael Ghonim, Tanya Lokshina, Alina Diaz, Denis Mukwege.. MW Editions, I00240501. 2024. 9.75 x 13.75 in. / 560 pgs . Paperback. Photography Monograph. New. 9798987784501

Platon will be signing copies of "The Defenders" at the UTA Artist Space (403 Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, CA 90210) on Saturday, May 4th, between 2:00 and 4:00 PM following a walkthrough of his exhibition. If you cannot attend and would like to order a signed copy to have shipped or to pick up at the shop, please purchase by selecting "Add To Cart" below. Orders will ship the week of May 7th.

Fifteen years of Platon’s visually arresting and often dangerous documentation of human rights movements, from Cairo to the Congo

The celebrated portraitist Platon has spent much of his career photographing the famous and powerful, but he has also traveled the world documenting human rights activists and their quests for justice. The Defenders presents five photo essays spanning 15 years of work on these struggles in Burma, Egypt, Russia, the United States and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

In Burma, he took portraits of monks, sex workers, former child soldiers and the controversial political leader Aung San Suu Kyi. He was on the ground in Cairo for several weeks early in 2011, when Egyptians took to the streets and demanded the resignation of Hosni Mubarak. In Russia, he photographed and spoke with dissidents who have battled a slew of oppressive governments. Along the border between the US and Mexico, he documented victims of inhumane immigration policies. Finally, the chapter on the Congo documents the continuing trauma of sexual violence as a weapon of war.

The full-bleed images are accompanied by short texts that contextualize the complex issues in each place, and retell Platon’s own stories of shooting on location. The book also includes a poster.

Inventory Number: E000P

(POLIDORI, ROBERT). Polidori, Robert, Martin C. Pedersen & Criswell Lappin. New York: Metropolis Books, 2004. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 144pp, 93 color illustrations. "Not only is he one of the world's preeminent architectural photographers, Robert Polidori is also - as his popular book "Havana" proved - a master of urban portraiture. The Montreal-born photographer has made haunting studies of bombed-out buildings in Beirut, decaying New York tenements, Versailles rooms in dusty disarray, Brasilia's paean to spare '50s modernism, and, most recently, the abandoned, contaminated cities of Chernobyl and Pripyat. Taken together, they add to his ongoing project: the interpretation of the interrupted urban landscape. This new monograph combines the eye of a celebrated photographer with the distinctive voice of an artist and adventurer. Each breathtaking image (meticulously selected by the photographer from his own personal archive) is accompanied by a compelling first person account, based on interviews conducted by Martin C. Pedersen, executive editor of Metropolis magazine. Polidori tells behind-the-scene stories about the making of his photographs, talks about what makes a building photogenic, how he shoots buildings he doesn't like, his favorite architects, and his love of mosques. "Metropolis" is a look at the world's great cities as seen through the eyes of a sharp social observer, and a great photographer". A pristine copy additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Robert Polidori 2004" in the year of publication in black ink on the title page. 1-891024-98-1 Inventory Number: 014978

(POLIDORI, ROBERT). Polidori, Robert, Tom Jacobi & Jochen Siemens. Hamburg, GERMANY: Stern Spezial Fotografie / Gruner + Jahr AG, 2006. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Art Directed by Tom Jacobi. This forty-first installment Stern Magazine's elegantly produced Bibliothek der Fotografie / Spezial Fotografie Portfolios is devoted to one of the world's preeminent architectural chroniclers, Robert Polidori. It is the first overall survey of the Montreal-born photographer's stunning work, including images from his studies of metropolitan sprawl throughout the world, Havana, the Palace at Versailles, and the contaminated cities of Chernobyl and Pripyat. A pristine copy SIGNED AND DATED "Robert Polidori 2007" in black ink on the first preliminary in the publisher's shrinkwrap which has been discreetly sliced open to allow for the signature. 3-570-19549-X Inventory Number: 014981

(POLKE, SIGMAR). Polke, Sigmar & Rainer Speck. Ghent, BELGIUM & Cologne, GERMANY: Snoeck Publishers, 2004. First Edition 1/1000. Folio. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Artist's Book. Fine/Fine. xii + np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Designed by Kuhle und Mozer. Inspired by Ovid's recounting of the Greek myth of Daphne and Apollo, Sigmar Polke has created this massive, exceedingly luxe artist's book comprised of twenty-four chapters of hand-fed, manipulated Xeroxed imagery on heavy paper stock. Utilizing source-imagery ranging from Polke's own drawings, art historical prints, steel engravings, to photographs of Bettie Page and Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and the rest of the Rat Pack from "Ocean's Eleven", "Daphne" is a true tour-de-force of art in the age of mechanical reproduction, with no two copies exactly alike. A brand new, most handsome example of the English language edition limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED AND SIGNED by Sigmar Polke in pencil at the rear colophon, in the publisher's unprinted black paper over boards slipcase, as issued. 3-936859-00-0 Inventory Number: 026991

(POLLOCK, JACKSON) (NAMUTH, HANS). Namuth, Hans, Jackson Pollock, Barbara Rose, Rosalind Krauss, Paul Falkenberg, Francis V. O'Conner, William Wright & B.H. Friedman. New York: Agrinde Publications Ltd., 1980. First American Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good/Near Fine. np (120pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Bea Feitler. "Pollock Painting" is the most complete presentation to date of the late Hans Namuth's myth-making photographs and film stills of Jackson Pollock at work in his and Lee Krasner's East Hampton home and studio during 1950 and 1951. In a series of photo shoots and finally a film also entitled "Pollock Painting", Namuth relentlessly documented the artist mid-creation in innovative ways. The emergence of this work gave birth to Pollock's nickname of "Jack the Dripper", and some believe contributed to the depression and alcoholism that preceded his early death in 1956. The book features scores of these iconic images accompanied by texts from Rosalind Krauss, Paul Falkenberg, Francis V. O'Conner, William Wright, and B.H. Friedman. A most handsome example of the 1980 Agrinde Publications first American hardbound edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "to Connie Lembark / with more wishes than I can say - / Hans Namuth / May 1986." in black ink across the half title page showing some typical minor discoloration to the gutters of the inside covers and a bit of shaking along with the tiniest bit of sunning along the spine. There are traces of some discreet later gluing to the gutters of the textblock to reinforce the bindery's original use of cheap mucilage glue. The late Connie Lembark was a well-known Los Angeles art collector and her printed bookplate is affixed to the inside front. She was the co-author of the catalogue raisonné of prints by her close friend, Sam Francis, and this volume was acquired by us directly from Ms. Lembark prior to her passing. 0-960-10686-3 Inventory Number: 026390

(PURIFOY, NOAH). Purifoy, Noah & Ted Michel. Los Angeles. ND (1966).: Self Published. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (12pp), profusely illustrated in duotone. This is the slender twelve page catalogue produced in conjunction a 1966 exhibition of Los Angeles-based African-American artist Noah Purifoy's assemblage and sculptural works fashioned from the detritus of the 1965 Watts Riots. A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly important - and uncommon - document additionally signed "Noah Purifoy" in black ink on thentitle page. Inventory Number: 027725

(RABABY, MICHAEL). Rababy, Michael, Mat Gleason & Simon Glickman. Heidelberg, GERMANY: Kehrer Verlag, BOD, 2024. First Edition. 10 1/2 x 9 3/4", 4to. Hardbound. Photography Monograph. New/No Jacket - As Issued. 160pp, 115 color illustrations. Text in English."CASINOLAND – Tired of Winning" is the result of a thirty year long photography project in which Michael Rababy documents US American gambling culture. Rows of shrill slot machines, glowing billboards, and gaudy splendor appear alongside exhausted faces, tired looks, and lost games. Rababy’s realistic camera view scrutinizes the glamorous appearance of the gleaming gambling halls and exposes their mendacious promises of wealth. The series focuses more on the casino as a capitalist institution as a whole than on the individual gamblers. Michael Rababy is a Lebanese-American documentary photographer, who deals frequently with US American culture and society in his work. He works as a freelance photographer and has photographed for numerous media companies. "CASINOLAND – Tired of Winning" is his fourth book project". 978-3-96900-164-6 Inventory Number: RAB004

(RAINER, YVONNE). Rainer, Yvonne. Halifax, CANADA & New York: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press, 1974. First Edition. 4to. Gilt-Stamped Buckram. Dance Monograph. Fine/Good +. 338pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a chronology and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by the Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, this is the first monograph on the pioneering contemporary New York dancer/choreographer Yvonne Rainer. It contains texts and notes on choreography (often reproduced in facsimile), and photographs documenting her performances between 1961 and 1973. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1974 first edition issued in silver gilt-stamped black buckram boards additionally bearing the SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... - in contrition and gratitude - Yvonne May 1997" in black ink on the half title page showing some wear, soiling, short closed tears, and some mild spotting to the dust jacket. Laid in is the six page illustrated brochure cum screening schedule from the Getty Research Institute's 2014 "Yvonne Rainer: Dances and Films" program. 0-8147-7360-5 Inventory Number: 026541

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Alloway, Lawrence. Foreword by Joshua C. Taylor. Washington, D.C.: National Collection of Fine Arts & Smithsonian Institution, 1976. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. 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 internally bright, most handsome example of the paperbound first printing of this important document additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "BOB RAUSCHENBERG" in blue ink across the title page showing some typical light sunning to the spine. LC 76-58522 Inventory Number: 027041

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Kotz, Mary Lynn. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 320pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a collections listing, exhibition history and bibliography. Published in 1990 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., this is the beautifully illustrated, comprehensive monograph on the pioneering late American artist Robert Rauschenberg featuring a lengthy, insightful text by Mary Lynn Kotz. A bright, most handsome example of the first edition of this important document additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Mary Lynn Kotz" in black ink and "BOB RAUSCHENBERG" in gold marker across the half title page. 0-8109-3752-2 Inventory Number: 026394

(RAY, CHARLES) (PARKETT). Ray, Charles. Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1993. First Edition #IX/XXIII Deluxe. Small 4to. Wrappers + Color Photographs. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. ca 200pp + nine 4 x 6" color C prints, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. This thirty-seventh issue of the late, great influential Swiss visual arts quarterly "Parkett" focuses on the work of Charles Ray, Franz West, and Pipilotti Rist. This example from the "Artist Edition" series features Charles Ray's limited edition contribution "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World" consisting of nine informal snapshots of nineties fashion icon Tatjana Patitz taken by Ray at her Pacific Palisades home. A brand new, most handsome example of the magazine still in the publisher's shrinkwrap accompanied by the publisher's printed envelope SIGNED "Charles Ray" AND NUMBERED (IX) in black ink containing nine 4 x 6" color C prints of supermodel Patitz each stamped "CHARLES RAY, 1993 / EDITION FOR PARKETT NO. 37" in black ink on the verso, as issued. 3-907509-87-0 Inventory Number: 027437

(RAY, CHARLES). Ray, Charles. New York. ND (2009).: Matthew Marks Gallery. First Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (40pp), 22 color illustrations. Designed by Silvia Gaspardo Moro. "Log" presents Charles Ray's life-size sculpture of a fallen log he discovered by the side of the highway in California. After visiting it many times, the artist decided to move the log in pieces to his studio, where he made molds and produced a fiberglass replica of it. Eventually, he sent the fiberglass replica to Japan where a master woodworker and his apprentices carved the final wooden sculpture out of Japanese cypress". A brand new, most handsome example of this elegant hardbound document additionally SIGNED "Charles Ray" in black ink. 1-880146-54-1 Inventory Number: 018690

(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. LC 66-30442 Inventory Number: 027421

(REXROTH, NANCY). Rexroth, Nancy, Mark Power & Wayne Dodd. Rochester, NY: Violet Press, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine.. np, 72 duotone illustrations. Blurry and diffuse at times, "Iowa" is Nancy Rexroth's beautifully designed and printed first book of haunting images of the Midwest taken with a molded plastic Diana camera. It features brief texts by Rexroth and Mark Power along with a poetic excerpt by Wayne Dodd. A most handsome example of the 1977 Violet Press first edition additionally SIGNED AND DATED "Nancy Rexroth / May, 1977" in blue ink on the half title page in the year of publication showing just a bit of the light wear and sunning along the spine frequently associated with this title. LC 76-42054 Inventory Number: 027667

(RHEIMS, BETTINA). Rheims, Bettina & Olga Rodionova. Foreword by Catherine Millet. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2008. First Edition 1/1000 Deluxe. Elephant Folio. Cloth in a Clamshell Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 154pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, French and German. "Olga Rodionova is a well-known beauty who moves in Moscow's fashion and jet set circles. When her adoring husband - a powerful Russian millionaire - sought to have special portraits made of his wife, he asked none other than Bettina Rheims. Rheims was captivated by Olga's unique aura and felt excited by the challenge of finding aesthetic ways of doing the portraits so that they didn't feel like run of the mill pornography. The first shoot took place in Rheims' country home and Olga's husband was so pleased with the images that he suggested they produce a book with Olga as the star. A second shoot followed, in black and white with a sado-masochistic decor and other men and women playing slightly perverse sex games with Olga. A third, Marie-Antoinette-inspired shoot took place entirely in the studio. Rheims succeeded in finding a variety of ways to depict one subject with a continuous freshness and intrigue; "The Book of Olga" is a compelling depiction of female sexuality, allure, desire, intrigue and fantasy. With over one hundred images and an introduction by French author Catherine Millet, this unique book is both a love song and a bold artistic statement". A brand new, pristine example of the 2008 first printing of the Taschen Collector's Edition limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED (0087) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Bettina Rheims" in the publisher's clamshell box and unopened printed cardboard shipping carton, as issued. 3-8365-0-760-9 Inventory Number: 025653

(RICHARDSON, TERRY). Richardson, Terry & John McWhinnie. East Hampton, NY: JMc & GHB Editions, 2006. First Edition 1/50 Deluxe. 4to. Debossed Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Buero New York. "FTW" is Terry Richardson's 2006 photo-essay documenting his time spent amongst a group of Ojai California youths dubbed the "Signal Street Alcoholics". If your idea of a good time is alcohol-infused punker transgression, this is the book for you! A most handsome copy of the deluxe edition limited to fifty copies only signed by Terry Richardson and essayist/publisher John McWhinnie in black ink on the colophon, as issued. 0-9854020-9-6 Inventory Number: 020405

(RICKARD, DOUG). Rickard, Doug. Köln, GERMANY: White Press, 2010. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Printed Boards. Artist's Book. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. np (92pp), 69 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Helge Schlaghecke. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "A New American Picture" is the innovative artist's book by Bay Area photographer Doug Rickard that presents a pixilated view of a fractured, post-2008 financial meltdown urban America as pictured using images culled from Google Street View. A brand new, most handsome hors serie example of the trade edition of this uncommon item (cited on pages 310-311 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III") obtained directly from Helge Schlaghecke's White Press SIGNED AND ANNOTATED "Doug Rickard / Artist Book" in black ink on the rear colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 025750

(RICKARD, DOUG). Rickard, Doug. Köln, GERMANY: White Press, 2010. First Edition 1/200. Oblong 4to. Printed Boards. Artist's Book. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. np (92pp), 69 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Helge Schlaghecke. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "A New American Picture" is the innovative artist's book by Bay Area photographer Doug Rickard that presents a pixilated view of a fractured, post-2008 financial meltdown urban America as pictured using images culled from Google Street View. A brand new, most handsome example of the innovative first trade edition of this uncommon item (cited on pages 310-311 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III") obtained directly from Helge Schlaghecke's White Press limited to two hundred examples NUMBERED (19/200) AND SIGNED "Doug Rickard" in black ink on the rear colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 025749

(RICKEY, GEORGE). Hope, Henry R.. Dusseldorf, GERMANY: Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen, 1962. First Edition. Small 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. np (20pp), 8 b&w illustrations + cover. Text in English and German. With an exhibition checklist, biography and bibliography. This is the slender catalogue published in conjunction with pioneering kinetic artist George Rickey's 1962 exhibition of seventy-one sculptures and works on paper executed between 1951 and 1962 held at Dusseldorf's Kunstverein fur die Rheinlande und Westfalen. A most presentable copy of this uncommon early document showing some overall light wear and soiling as well as two diagonal soft creases through the upper foredge corner that has been INSCRIBED but not signed by George Rickey in his inimitable script with his address (R.D. #2, East Chatham, New York.) in black ink below his printed name on the title page. Inventory Number: 016874

(RIOS, SUSAN). Rugoff, Ralph. New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1988. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 143pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With over one hundred lavish color and duotone plates, an early critical essay by Ralph Rugoff, and a catalogue raisonné of her serigraphs, this is still the major monograph on the populist painter / printmaker Susan Rios. A brand new, most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Susan Rios" in black marker on the front pastedown. 0-88363-587-9 Inventory Number: 016074

(ROCKMAN, ALEXIS). Decter, Joshua. New York: John Post Lee Gallery, 1991. First Edition 1/300. Square 8vo. Decorative Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 36pp, 15 b&w and 8 tipped-in color illustrations. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. Designed by Gunnar Kaldewey. This beautiful little hardbound book published in conjunction with a 1991 John Post Lee Gallery exhibition by Alexis Rockman features the artist's work mingled with elegant reproductions of some source material for his disarming imagery. A most handsome example of the first edition limited to three hundred copies each SIGNED AND NUMBERED by the artist in black ink at the rear colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 007395

(ROLLING STONES, THE). Golden, Ruell, David Dalton, Waldemar Januszczak & Luc Sante. Foreword by President Bill Clinton. Köln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2019. First Edition #451/1600. Elephant Folio. Cloth in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Music Monograph. As New/As New. 518pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a Rolling Stones timeline, discography, and photographers' biographies. "The kind of fame and success The Rolling Stones have achieved in their fifty-years-and-counting career is without parallel. With their bluesy rock 'n' roll and mesmerizing off and onstage presence, the Stones redefined the music of the 1960s and 1970s, and paved the way for rock as we know it today. They also set the standard for how a rock band should look and behave. Produced in close collaboration with the band, this book charts the Stones' remarkable history and outrageously cool lifestyle in over five hundred pages of incredible images and illustrations - many previously unseen, by the likes of David Bailey, Peter Beard, Cecil Beaton, Bob Bonis, Anton Corbijn, Annie Leibovitz, Gered Mankowitz, Helmut Newton, Norman Parkinson, Bent Rej, and Ethan Russell that have been gathered from archives all over the world. Unprecedented access to the Rolling Stones' own archives in New York and London adds an equally extraordinary, more private side to their story. This massive (20 x 20 x 6") undertaking featuring new essays from award-winning writers David Dalton, Waldemar Januszczak, and Luc Sante along with a foreword written by President Bill Clinton is Mick, Keith, Charlie, and Ronnie's official photographic record." A brand new, pristine example of the Collector's Edition NUMBERED (451/1600) and SIGNED by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood unopened in the publisher's printed shipping carton, as issued. 3-8365-4721-X Inventory Number: 027474

(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

(ROTH, DIETER) aka (ROT, DITER). Roth, Dieter & Richard Hamilton. Introduction by Dieter Schwarz. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY & London: Edition Hansjorg Mayer & Eaton House Publishers, Ltd., 1977. First Edition 1/200 Deluxe. Small 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. np, 96 color illustrations. Text in German and English. Issued in 1977 as the thirty-sixth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "96 Piccadillies" reproduces each of ninety-six commercial picture postcards of London's historic Piccadilly Circus altered during the seventies by Roth - some in conjunction with his frequent collaborator, Richard Hamilton. A most handsome example of this uncommon item from the deluxe slipcased edition limited to two hundred unnumbered copies (entry number I.3 cited on pages 210-211 of Dirk Dobke's "Dieter Roth in Print: Artist's Books / Kunstlerbucher") each with AN ORIGINAL "SPEEDY DRAWING" entitled "Selfportrait as Piccadilly-Eros" SIGNED AND DATED "D R 1978" in pencil laid in, as issued. Inventory Number: 022481

(ROTH, DIETER). Roth, Dieter aka Rot, Diter. Zug, SWITZERLAND: Dieter Roth & Dr. Philipp Buse, 1973. First Edition #0039/3000. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 72pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German and English. This is a charming, self-published reference catalogue of available prints and graphics issued by Dieter Roth in the early seventies. The details for each image are reproduced bi-lingually in the innovative Swiss artist's own hand, and it includes a plate uniquely printed by pochoir and rubber stamp. A handsome example STAMP-NUMBERED (0039/3000) and SIGNED "Dieter Roth" in pencil on the inside front cover, as issued, showing just a bit of light wear, soiling, and age-toning to its off-white covers. Inventory Number: 026695

(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 Conceptualist. A brand new, pristine example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Al Ruppersberg" in black ink on the title page. 3-86560-029-8 Inventory Number: 019621

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Ruppersberg, Allen. Los Angeles: Allen Ruppersberg & Rosamund Felsen Gallery, 1979. First Printing. Folio. Printed Poster. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. One 22 x 14" sheet of heavy cardboard printed in monochrome offset on a coated surface recto only, 1 illustration. Designed by Allen Ruppersberg. This is the very cool poster cum artwork published in 1979 for the tenth anniversary celebration and recreation of Ruppersberg's 1969 installation, "Al's Café", at the Rosamund Felsen Gallery. Designed by Al, it was produced at The Colby Poster Company - the legendary Los Angeles commercial printer of boxing-style posters that collaborated with the noted Conceptual practitioner on his similarly fabricated cardboard artworks for over thirty years. The text reads in blue against a white background; "Al's Café / 1913 W. 6th St. Los Angeles / Best in Town / 1969 Gala Celebration 1979 / Rosamund Felsen Gallery / 669 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles" interspersed with linocut images of a cup of coffee, plate of doughnuts, slice of pie, and a satisfied diner. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon first and only printing of this cheerful artwork whose full page illustration appears on page 7 of "Allen Ruppersberg: One of Many - Origins and Variants") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Allen Ruppersberg" in ink across the face of the poster. Inventory Number: 027303

(RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN). Ruppersberg, Allen, Constance Lewallen, Greil Marcus, John Slyce, Tim Griffin, Margaret Sundell & Frederic Paul. Foreword by Elsa Longhauser. Santa Monica, CA & Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Santa Monica Museum of Art & JRP/Ringier Kunstverlag, AG, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Spiral Bound Pictorial Boards. Artist's Book. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (192pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Allen Ruppersberg. Text in English. With a biography and exhibition checklist. This is the cleverly designed, copiously illustrated, and highly thought-provoking artist's book cum catalogue published in conjunction with the 2009 Santa Monica Museum of Art survey of work by Allen Ruppersberg entitled "You and Me or the Art of Give and Take". Featuring contributions by curator Constance Lewallen, Greil Marcus, John Slyce, Tim Griffin, Margaret Sundell, Frederic Paul, Elsa Longhauser, and the artist himself, it takes the form of a spiral bound 1956 Mark Hopkins Hotel "Guest Informant" guidebook to California that has been radically altered by Ruppersberg to document the exhibited works - both new and old. A brand new, pristine example of this quickly out print gem additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Al Ruppersberg" in black ink on the table of contents still in the publisher's packaging. 3-03764-064-2 Inventory Number: 019622