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(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. Oakland, CA: These Birds Walk (TBW Books), 2006. First Edition #466/500. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Living in the New Rome" is Ari Marcopoulos' solo contribution to TBW Books' very first four volume subscription series from 2006. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item published in an edition of five hundred NUMBERED (466/500) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Ari Marcopoulos / 2007" in black ink across the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 026841

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. Oakland, CA: These Birds Walk (TBW Books), 2006. First Edition #099/500. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Living in the New Rome" is Ari Marcopoulos' solo contribution to TBW Books' very first four volume subscription series from 2006. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item published in an edition of five hundred NUMBERED (099/500) copies. Inventory Number: 026840

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2004. First Edition #57/100. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (26pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "One A Day" is "Zine Master of the World" Ari Marcopoulos' slender 2004 survey of black and white photographs that includes portraits of the likes of The Beastie Boys, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Miles Davis, and others. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item published by Nieves in an edition of one hundred NUMBERED (57/100) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Ari Marcopoulos / ARI 2004" in the year of publication in black ink across the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 026839

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari & Alanna Heiss. Sydney, AUSTRALIA: Perks and Mini, 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (38pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Australian Cultural purveyors Perks and Mini's 2004 title "What's Happening?" is artist/photographer supreme Ari Marcopoulos' back-to-back and upside-down dual tribute to the recently deceased snowboarder Craig Kelley and skate legend Justin Pierce. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon first - and only - edition issued as Perks and Mini PB009 additionally SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in pencil along the bottom edge of the Craig Kelley cover. Inventory Number: 026838

(DE COINTET, GUY). de Cointet, Guy. NP (Los Angeles). ND (1972).: Self-Published. First Edition 1/700. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "A Captain From Portugal" is the first artist's book published by the late Parisian-born, Los Angeles-based conceptual and performance artist Guy de Cointet. It is comprised of primarily rune-like letterforms of a self-devised language with an example of music, and what appears to be a line of hieroglyphics thrown in. While it bears no publication details - nor in fact any English - it is noted as having been self-published by the artist in 1972 in an edition of seven hundred copies in Frederic Paul's authoritative 2014 Flammarion monograph "Guy de Cointet". A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only four copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - showing a bit of age-toning and soiling to its white wrappers. Inventory Number: 026837

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Geneve, SWITZERLAND: Adelina Von Furstenburg, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve & Ecart Publications, 1977. First Edition 1/750. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (48pp), 1 b&w illustration. Text in English and French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Coming and Going" is a 1977 Lawrence Weiner artist book published in Geneva by Ecart Publications and the Centre D'Art Contemporain, Geneve. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item (entry number twenty of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") limited to seven hundred and fifty unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 026833

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. London: Jack Wendler, 1972. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np, (100pp), no illustrations. Published by pioneering Conceptual Art dealer Jack Wendler, "And/Or: Green As Well As Blue As Well As Red" is one of Lawrence Weiner's earliest publications. An internally most handsome example of the first edition of this uncommon item (entry number nine of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") showing some rubbing and creasing to the wrappers along the extremities. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026830

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Kassel, GERMANY: docuenta GMBH, 1972. First Edition 1/2000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (84pp), no illustrations. Text in English and German. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with Lawrence Weiner's participation as part of 1972's conceptually-infused fifth installment of Documenta that featured Harald Szeeman as its artistic director, "A Primer / Eine Elementarbuch" is one of Lawrence Weiner's earliest publications. A handsome example of this uncommon item (entry number eight of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") limited to two thousand unnumbered copies showing a tiny crimp to the front cover at the upper foredge corner. Inventory Number: 026829

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Paris, FRANCE: Yvon Lambert Editeur, 1971. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (88pp), no illustrations. Text in English and French. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1971 by the legendary Parisian gallerist and collector Yvon Lambert, the rigorous "10 Works" is one of Lawrence Weiner's earliest publications. A handsome example of this uncommon item (entry number four of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing traces of a few water droplets along the spine. Inventory Number: 026826

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Germano Celant & Pierluigi Pero, Editors. Torino, ITALY: Sperone Editore, 1970. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Boards in Printed Dust Jacket. Artist's Book. Very Good./Near Fine.. np (110pp), no illustrations. Text in English and Italian. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1970 by the renowned Italian gallerist Gianenzo Sperone, "Tracce / Traces" is Lawrence Weiner's second publication in which the artist's textual works are printed back-to-back and upside down in both English and Italian. An internally most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item (entry number two of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing some light dampstaining along the spine and bottom of the boards and dust jacket. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026825

(MURAKAMI, TAKASHI). Gagosian Gallery. New York, London, Rome & Hong Kong. 2007-2014.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Seven sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of seven elaborate announcement cards produced for exhibitions of the work of Takashi Murakami held at Gagosian Galleries in New York, London, Rome, and Hong Kong between 2007 and 2014. The group consists of "Tranquility of the Heart Torment of the Flesh - Open Wide the Eye of the Heart, and Nothing Is Invisible ('07)", "Takashi Murakami (London '09)", "Takashi Murakami (New York '09)", "Takashi Murakami (London '11)", "Takashi Murakami (Rome '11)", "Flowers & Skulls ('12)", and "In the Land of the Dead, Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow ('14)". A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items - several of which were the only printed documentation of the events. Inventory Number: 026805

(LICHTENSTEIN, ROY). Gagosian Gallery. New York, Beverly Hills, London, etc. 2001-2016.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Eleven sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of nine stylish announcement cards plus two posters produced for exhibitions of the work of Lichtenstein held at Gagosian Galleries in New York, Beverly Hills, London, and Hong Kong between 2001 and 2016. The group consists of "Brushstroke ('01)", "Early Black And White Paintings ('01)", "Perfect / Imperfect ('02)", "Sculpture ('02)", "Sculpture ('05)", "Lichtenstein Girls ('08)", "Still Lifes ('10)", "Landscapes in the Chinese Style (Hong Kong '11)", "Landscapes in the Chinese Style - small folded poster, as issued (New York '12)", "Expresionism - small folded poster, as issued ('13)", and "Greene Street Mural ('15)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items. Inventory Number: 026804

(PICASSO, PABLO). Gagosian Gallery. London, New York, Athens & Geneva. 2006-2016.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Ten sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of eight stylish announcement cards and two posters produced for one-man exhibitions of the work of Pablo Picasso held at Gagosian Galleries in London, New York, Athens, and Geneva between 2006 and 2016. The group consists of "La Minotauromachie: All VIII States ('06)", "Mosqueteros - folded poster, as issued ('09)", "Experiments in Linogravure ('10)", "The Mediterranean Years 1945-1962 - folded poster, as issued ('10)", "The Mediterranean Years 1945-1962 - announcement and Gagosian private dinner invitation ('10)", "Important Paintings And Sculpture ('10)", "L'Amour Fou: Picasso And Marie-Therese ('11)", "Picasso And Francoise Gilot:Paris - Vallauris, 1943-1953 ('12)", "Picasso & The Camera ('15)", and "Villers | Picasso ('15)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items. Inventory Number: 026803

(KOONS, JEFF). Gagosian Gallery. Beverly Hills, New York & Hong Kong. 2001-2015.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Near Fine or Better.. Ten sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of ten stylish announcement cards produced for exhibitions of the work of Jeff Koons held at Gagosian Galleries in Beverly Hills, New York and Hong Kong between 2001 and 2014. The group consists of "New Paintings ('01)", "Cracked Egg (Blue) ('06)", "Hulk Elvis ('07)", "Popeye ('07)", "New Paintings ('09)", "New Paintings And Sculpture: Save The Date ('13)", "New Paintings And Sculpture ('13)", "Gazing Ball Paintings ('15)", "Split Rocker ('15)", and "Hulk Elvis ('16)". A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items. Inventory Number: 026802

(WARHOL, ANDY). Gagosian Gallery. New York & London. 1986-2016.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Near Fine or Better.. Seventeen sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of sixteen stylish announcement cards plus one poster produced for exhibitions of the work of Andy Warhol held at Gagosian Galleries in New York and London between 1986 and 2016. The group consists of "Oxidation Paintings: 1978 ('86)", "Shadow Paintings ('89)", "Rorschach Paintings ('96)", "$ ('97)", "Diamond Dust Shoes ('99)", "Diamond Dust Shadow Paintings ('00)", "Pop Art: The John And Kimiko Powers Collection ('01)", "B&W Paintings: Ads And Illustrations (London '02)", "B&W Paintings: Ads And Illustrations (New York '02)", "Piss & Sex Paintings And Drawings ('02)", "Jeff Koons / Andy Warhol: Flowers ('02)", "Early Hand-Painted Works ('05)", "Cast A Cold Eye: The Late Work ('06)", "Andy Warhol: From The Sonnabend Collection - large poster folded in mailing envelope, as issued ('09)", "Warhol: Liz ('11)", "Warhol: Bardot ('11)", and "Warhol / Avedon ('16)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items. Inventory Number: 026801

(SERRA, RICHARD). Gagosian Gallery. New York, Beverly Hills, London, etc. 1991-2017.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Fine.. Twenty sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed in color offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of eighteen stylish announcement cards, a brochure, and a poster produced for exhibitions of the work of Richard Serra held variously at Gagosian Galleries in New York, Beverly Hills, Rome, London, Paris, and Geneva between 1991 and 2017. The group consists of "New Sculpture and Drawings ('91 - Serra's first Gagosian show)", "Intersections II ('93)", "Torqued Spirals, Toruses and Spheres brochure ('01)", "Rolled And Forged ('06)", "Living, Looking, Making: Giacometti, Fontana, Twombly, Serra ('07)", "Five Drawings ('08)", "Sculpture / Drawing ('08)", "Solids ('08)", "Blind Spot 2002-3 / Open Ended 2007-8 poster - folded as issued ('09)", "Greenpoint Rounds ('10)", "Drawings ('11)", "Richard Serra ('11)", "Drawings ('12)", "Double Rifts ('13)", "New Sculpture ('14)", "Backdoor Pipeline, Ramble, Dead Load, London Cross / Drawing ('14)", "Ramble Drawings ('15)", "Ramble Drawings ('16)", "NJ-1 / Above Below Betwixt Between, Every Which Way, Silence (For John Cage), Through ('16)", and "NJ-2 / Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure, Rotate ('17)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items - several of which were the only printed documentation of the events. Inventory Number: 026799

(PRINCE, RICHARD). Gagosian Gallery. New York, Beverly Hills, London, etc. 2005-2015.: Gagosian Gallery. First Editions. 4to + 8vo + Folio. Printed Paper. Exhibition Announcements. Near Fine or Better.. Thirteen sheets of primarily thick cardstock printed offset, recto and verso. This is a collection of seven stylish announcement cards, five posters, and one brochure produced for one man exhibitions of the work of Richard Prince held variously at Gagosian Galleries in Beverly Hills, London, Rome, New York, and Hong Kong between 2005 and 2015. The group consists of "Check Paintings - large poster folded, as issued ('05)", "Untitled (Nurse) brochure ('08)", "Four Blue Cowboys ('08)", "Canal Zone (08)", "Tiffany Paintings - large poster folded, as issued ('10)", "de Kooning ('10)", "Richard Prince ('11)", "Four Saturdays - newsprint poster folded, as issued ('12)", "Cowboys ('13)", "Canal Zone ('14)", "It's A Free Concert - small Gagosian poster for the Kunsthaus Bregenz exhibition, folded, as issued ('14)", "Original - small poster, folded, as issued ('15)", and "New Portraits ('15)." A brand new, most handsome group of these uncommon ephemeral items - several of which were the only printed documentation of the events. Inventory Number: 026798

Gold, Jeff, Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones, Robin Givhan, Jason Moran & Dan Morgenstern. New York: Harper Design, 2020. Second Edition. Oblong Small 4to. Boards in Illustrated Jacket. Music Monograph. As New/As New. pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. "Sittin’ In: Jazz Clubs of the 1940s and 1950s" is a visual history of jazz clubs during these crucial decades when some of the greatest names in in the genre - Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, and many others - were headlining acts across the country. In many of the clubs, black and white musicians played together and more significantly, people of all races gathered together to enjoy an evening’s entertainment. House photographers roamed the floor and for a dollar, took picture of patrons that were developed on site and could be taken home in a keepsake folder with the club’s name and logo. "Sittin’ In" tells the story of the most popular club in these cities through striking images, first-hand anecdotes, true tales about the musicians who performed their unforgettable shows, notes on important music recorded live there, and more. All of this is supplemented by colorful club memorabilia, including posters, handbills, menus, branded matchbooks, and more. Inside you’ll also find exclusive, in-depth interviews conducted specifically for this book with the legendary Quincy Jones; legendary tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins; Pulitzer Prize-winning fashion critic Robin Givhan; artist, musician, and creative director of the Kennedy Center, Jason Moran; and Jazz critic Dan Morgenstern. Gold surveys America’s jazz scene and its intersection with racism during segregation, focusing on three crucial regions: the East Coast (New York, Atlantic City, Boston, Washington, D.C.); the Midwest (Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, Kansas City); and the West Coast (Los Angeles, San Francisco). Its collection of ephemeral snapshots tells the story of an era that helped transform American life, beginning the move from traditional Dixieland jazz to bebop, from conservatism to the push for personal freedom.." A brand new, most handsome example of this stellar contribution to the study of Post-War Jazz and race-relations additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED "Dig it! / Jeff Gold" in black ink on the author's specially created bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. 0-06-291470-7 Inventory Number: 026796

(FRANCIS, SAM). Francis, Sam. Los Angeles: Felix Landau Gallery, 1969. First Edition. Small Square 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (28pp), 26 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender twenty-eight page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1969 Felix Landau Gallery exhibition of twenty-six paintings on canvas and paper executed between 1963 and 1969 by the noted Las Angeles abstract master Sam Francis. A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing some light soiling and patination to its matte white wrappers. Inventory Number: 026781

(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Coplans, John. Akron, OH: Akron Art Institute, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 32pp, 21 b&w illustrations. This slender catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 Joseph Cornell retrospective held at the Akron Art Institute is small and elegant, just like the artist's work. A brand new, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 026780

(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 Cloth. Dance Monograph. Very Good -/No Jacket. 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. An internally most handsome example of the uncommon 1974 first edition issued in lavender cloth lacking its dust jacket and showing some soiling and spotting along the edges of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. 0-8147-7360-5 Inventory Number: 026775

(FORTI, SIMONE). Forti, Simone. Halifax, CANADA & New York: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press, 1974. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Dance Monograph. Near Fine./Near Fine.. 144pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Published by the estimable Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1974, this is the first monograph on renowned contemporary New York dancer/choreographer Simone Forti. It contains texts (often reproduced in facsimile), sketches, and photographs documenting her performances between 1959 and 1974. A most handsome example in dust jacket showing just a bit of age-toning to the covers. 0-8147-2556-2 Inventory Number: 026774

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Leah Dickerman, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, David Joselit, Carrie Lambert-Beatty, Mignon Nixon, Malcolm Turvey & Adam Lehner, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2010. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Fine.. 170pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this special Benjamin H.D. Buchloh-edited thematic issue devoted to Andy Warhol include: Introduction - Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Spacious - Douglas Crimp, Warhol's Subject? A Response to Douglas Crimp - Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, Test Subjects - Hal Foster, "That Screen Magnetism": Warhol's Glamour - Brigitte Weingart, Like: Collecting and Collectivity - Jonathan Flatley, When Life Goes to Work: Andy Warhol - Isabelle Graw, 1962 - Branden W. Joseph, and Wonder Waif Meets Super Neuter - Catherine Lord. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-262-75282-4 Inventory Number: 026769

(WARHOL, ANDY). Fremont, Vincent. Los Angeles: Honor Fraser, 2010. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (72pp), 30 color illustrations. Designed by Brian Roettinger. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegantly designed catalogue produced in conjunction with a posthumous 2010 Los Angeles gallery exhibition of thirty variations of Andy Warhol's abstract "Camouflage Paintings" on canvas, board and paper produced between 1986 and 1987. A brand new, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 026767

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Lloyd, Jill. London: Karsten Schubert Ltd., 1988. First Edition 1/1200. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 24pp, 8 color illustrations. Designed by Tamar Burchill. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1988 London gallery exhibition of eight recent dry-pigment on paper works by Ed Ruscha. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing some minor wear and creasing to the rear cover along the spine. 1-870590-06-6 Inventory Number: 026756

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward & Howardena Pindell. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Stedelijk Museum, 1976. First Edition 1/1700. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (16pp), 12 b&w and 1 duotone illustration. Text in Dutch. Designed by Wim Crouwel and Wim Verboven. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue designed by Wim Crouwel and published in conjunction with a 1976 Stedelijk Museum exhibition of thirteen drawings, nine prints, and fourteen artist's books by Edward Ruscha. A handsome copy of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, seven hundred unnumbered copies showing just a bit of rubbing and mild creasing along the spine. Inventory Number: 026751

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Hickey, Dave. Beverly Hills, CA & New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1998. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Embossed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 20 color illustrations (including 8 folding plates). Designed by Patricia Moritz. This is the innovatively designed, beautifully produced catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1998 Gagosian show of recent paintings and drawings by Ed Ruscha. Each of the twenty exhibited works - eighteen representing map details and two combining glacial mountain backgrounds with text - is reproduced. A brand new, most handsome example of this elegant item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-880154-24-2 Inventory Number: 026748

(WALKER, RYAN). Communist Party of the United States of America. Foreword by Jim Allen. New York: Daily Worker Publishing Company, 1931. First Edition. 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Civil Rights Document. Good -.. 48pp, 3 b&w illustrations + cover illustration. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. According to this publication's authors, "The trial of August Yokinen before 1,500 white and black workers in Harlem for acts clearly based on race prejudice was an event without example in the history of the American Labor Movement. He was not tried before any court of American ruling-class "justice." He was tried by a court of workers." Written and published by The Communist Party of the United States of America, "Race Hatred on Trial" is the transcript and summation of the 1931 Party-sponsored adjudication of Mr. Yokinen for his inhospitable treatment of three Negro workers attending a Finnish Workers Club entertainment in Harlem. As prefaced here, "the seriousness of the crime he committed against the working class is made clear in this pamphlet." To atone for his transgressions following the tribunal's guilty verdict, Yokinen was immediately expelled from the Communist Party and required to "actively participate in the struggle against white chauvinism throughout Harlem." An internally most presentable example of the uncommon 1931 first edition of this notable pre-World War II contribution to civil rights literature that includes four illustrations by leftist American political activist and cartoonist Ryan Walker showing pronounced wear, creasing, chipping, soiling, and minor paper loss to the extremities of its brittle newsprint covers; which appear to have at one point detached along the spine and been subsequently semi-artfully re-attached. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026735

Author Not Stated. NP. ND (Circa 1950).: Self-Published. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 8vo. Wrappers with a Twine Tie. Travel Album. Good./No Jacket - As Issued. np (32pp), 16 individual 5 x 7 ¼" hand-drawn illustrations in ink on heavy paper stock + 1 hand-drawn cover illustration. Text in English and Dutch. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Engineers Life On The M.V. Dalerdijk" is a unique handmade book consisting of sixteen charming original ink on paper illustrations documenting a voyage from Rotterdam to Cristobal, Panama and Los Angeles by a crew member of the Holland America Lines Cargo-Passenger Liner. The otherwise unidentified author was a talented amateur artist that documented scenes from his daily life onboard and while on shore leave between The Netherlands, South America, and the US. Built and originally named the Damsterdijk in 1930, after various vicissitudes during WW II the ship was reconditioned and renamed the M.V. Dalerdijk in 1949. By the early fifties the liner's name was anglicized as the M.V. Dalerdyk, so this original manuscript would have been created sometime between 1949 and 1953. Its caricature-like drawings - executed in a style not dissimilar to that of H.C. Westermann - are captioned: 1. "Wacht Der Honden", 2. "Pin Up Boy", 3. "Panama Nights", 4. "Breakfast", 5. "Officers Sundeck", 6. "Lunch", 7. "Officer!!!", 8. "No Diving", 9. "No Diving", 10. "Dinner", 11. "No Boys, Staff Only", 12. "Bridge", 13. "Krakken Loden", 14. "Kegel Club", 15. "Haar Debois", and 16. "Dalerdijk"; and inserted loosely into the diagonal corner cuts of photo album pages that have been hand bound at the spine with knotted twine. Written on the inside the rear cover in the artist's hand is "Index: How an Engineer Spent a Day" where the numbered plates are attributed to "At Sea", "In Cristobal", "In Los Angeles", "Any Other Port", and/or "Dalerdijk." On the inside front cover is the name and pre-Zip Code Los Angeles address of a previous owner we do not believe to be the author. An internally most handsome example of this fascinating object whose brittle, highly-acidic cardstock covers show some dampstaining and soiling along with browning, creasing, and chipping with attendant paper loss along the extruded edges. Inventory Number: 026731

Author Not Stated. NP (Likely Peking, CHINA). ND (Circa Early 1930s).: No Publisher Stated. Edition Not Stated. Oblong 8vo. Gilt-Stamped Boards with Ties. Photographic Album. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 100pp, 100 individual 3 ¼ x 5 ½" black and white silver gelatin photographs. Text in English. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Measuring 5 ¼ x 8 ¼" and gilt-stamped "Views Of My Tour / Peking" across its decoratively-embossed front cover, this is an elegant, professionally produced souvenir photo album likely made in Peking for the English-speaking Chinese tourist market sometime between the mid-twenties and the mid-thirties. Hand-assembled rather than printed, with no publication information other than the front cover title, its contents are one hundred vintage black and white silver gelatin prints of Chinese views loosely inserted into sequential album pages with typewritten captions in English glued below. Primarily architectural or archaeological in nature, the images depict Peking's Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Lama Temple, Hall of Classics, Summer and Winter Palaces, Ming Tombs, various Pagodas and street scenes, and The Great Wall of China. A most handsome example of this uncommon item whose photographs are bright and well-preserved showing a tiny bit of flaking of the gilt title stamping and some crimping to the tips of the first few pages at the lower foredge corner that in no way affects the prints. Inventory Number: 026729

(JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PASADENA). Junior League of Pasadena. Pasadena, CA: Junior League of Pasadena, 1927. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Good.. np (110 + 6pp), profusely illustrated in sepia tone. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published at the height of The Roaring Twenties, this is the heavily illustrated program for the 1927 fundraising "Frolic" presented by the Junior League of Pasadena. Reflecting both the status of its blue-blooded members of Southern California's elite and the look of The Jazz Age, this is a fascinating early "advertorial" in which the wives and daughters of Pasadena's toniest families are photographed flapperishly styled and posed admiring of the wares of its paid advertisers. Featured in the highly staged portraits - primarily by Ray Huff-Richter's studio - are the likes of silent-era star Colleen Moore, Mmes. Donald and Stuart O'Melveny, Hancock Banning, Stephen W. Royce, Stanley Robinson, Franklin Baldwin, Miss Marion Williams, and scores of others. Amongst the more than one hundred businesses touting their wares in support of the Junior League are The Biltmore, Ambassador, Alexandria, Fairmont, Flintridge, and Huntington hotels; May Company, Barker Bros., Hales, and Crown Emporium department stores; E.F Hutton, Bond & Goodwin & Tucker, Wilcox Drake & Co., The House of Rollins, E.A. Pierce & Co., and Francis P. Graves & Company brokerages; Richfield and Union Oil companies; Roland E Coate and Florence Yoch & Lucile Council, Architects; The Hal Roach Studios, Vroman's Books, The Pig 'N Whistle restaurant, and many of the local luxury car dealerships. Additionally bound in with a silk tie is the detailed six page program for the December 6th, 1927 "Topics of the Day" benefit theatrical Frolic - "with a book and original lyrics to popular tunes by Madeline Blackmore and Charles Crouch" - featuring a bevy of Junior League of Pasadena beauties of all ages joined by Mrs. Forrest Tucker as "Miss America!" An internally most presentable example of this exceptionally uncommon item - not a single copy appears in either OCLC WorldCat or the holdings of the Los Angeles Public Library - starting to pull from the wrappers at the staples showing a dent at the head of the spine, notable wear and creasing, some dampstaining, and minor paper loss along the extremities of its illustrated pale blue cardstock covers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026727

(HIDO, TODD). Hido, Todd. Oakland, CA & Portland, OR: B-Sides Box Sets & Nazraeli Press, 2014. First Edition 1/500. 16mo. Loose Plates in Plexiglas Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 50 loose 2 ½ x 3 ½" cardstock sheets printed offset recto and verso, 47 illustrations in color and b&w. Designed by Bob Awfuldish. "All photographers have a secret stash of photographs that float on the margins of published existence. Photographs that never quite fit into their current projects or are waiting to become the narrative of their next book or show, but that are too good to be left unused. They persist: the photographers pull them out, year after year, they recognize them as great images that should be shared, but the photos somehow frustratingly defy their years of shuffling into categorization or conventional use. This box set is those photographs, finally liberated from that file labeled "Orphans & Misfits". Todd Hido's first B-Sides Box Set, "Silver Meadows", is a follow-up publication to the artist's award-winning 2013 monograph "Excerpts from Silver Meadows". Designed to function as a companion to that title as well as a sovereign object in its own right, the selection includes alternate images that didn't make it into the book, as well as variations of images that did. It offers a behind-the-scenes look at how the photographer selects and arranges images in book form. 'Making good and interesting pictures is only half of what it takes to make a memorable visual book,' Hido explains. 'The way one organizes images to create a narrative sequence also plays an important role in creating something that people want to pick up and take home". A brand new, most handsome example of this charming little set of fifty collector-type trading cards additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Todd Hido" in silver ink on the title card housed in the publisher's Plexiglas box, as issued. 1-59005-409-1 Inventory Number: 026720

(JUDD, DONALD). Judd, Donald. Halifax, CANADA & New York: The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press, 1975. First Paperback Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 232pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Published by The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in collaboration with New York University Press, this is the first of two volumes of the complete writings - gallery reviews, book reviews, articles, letters to the editor, reports, statements, and complaints - dating from the years 1975-1986 by the late, great Minimalist giant Donald Judd. "These uncompromising reviews avoid the familiar generalizations so often associated with artistic styles emerging during the 1950s and 60s. Here, Judd discusses in detail the work of more than five hundred artists showing in New York at that time, and provides a critical account of this significant era in American art". A most presentable example of the uncommon 1975 first paperbound edition of this vital document showing some light soiling and age-toning. 0-8147-4156-8 Inventory Number: 026712

(ROTH, DITER) aka (ROT, DIETER). Rot, Diter & Richard Hamilton. Chicago, IL: William and Noma Copley Foundation, 1965. First Edition. 4to. Loose Contents in a Folder. Artists' Book. Fair.. np, 30 loose components of varying sizes printed in monochrome and dutone. Known as "The Copley Book", this is Diter Roth's 1965 artist's volume created in collaboration with Richard Hamilton and published by Chicago's William and Noma Copley Foundation. A stream of conciousness agglomeration of fragments in the vein of Duchamp's notes for the Large Glass, it contains thirty loose, printed sheets housed in a colorful printed paper folder. A complete, serviceable example only of this exceedingly uncommon item showing pronounced foxing, brown dampstaining, and rippling to the outer portfolio along with some milder dampstaining to some of the internal components. The staple that originally bound contents to the rear cover has long ago been removed, and a piece of transparent tape has been affixed over the remaining tiny holes on the inside. It has been priced acordingly. Inventory Number: 026710

(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 1/2000. Small 4to. Pictorial Self Wrappers. Artist's Book. 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 bright, most handsome example of the standard edition (entry number I.3 cited on pages 210-211 of Dirk Dobke's "Dieter Roth in Print: Artist's Books / Kunstlerbucher") limited to two thousand unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 026707

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer, Dieter Roth & H(anns). Sohm, Editors. Hellnar, ICELAND, Koln, GERMANY & London: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1971. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine.. np (304pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German. Issued in 1971 as the nineteenth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 19" represents a survey of the innovative Swiss artist's ephemeral works and collected writings published between 1967 and 1971. A most handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item (entry number M.4 cited on pages 228 + 230 of Dirk Dobke's "Dieter Roth in Print: Artist's Books / Kunstlerbucher"). Inventory Number: 026706

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1972. First Edition 1/1200. Small 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist's Book. Fine./Fine.. 472pp, profusely illustrated in monochrome. Text in German. Issued in 1972 as the thirteenth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 13" contains material from several of the innovative Swiss artist's publications from the mid to late sixties A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, two hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 026705

(ROTH, DITER) aka (ROT, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1974. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Loose Contents in a Box. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Issued in 1974 as the twefth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 12" reprints a much-expanded version of the innovative Swiss artist's volume containing scores of loose, printed sheets originally produced in 1965 for Chicago's William and Noma Copley Foundation presented in a Roth-illustrated cardboard clamshell box. A most handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing mild rubbing along a few edges of the exterior box. Inventory Number: 026704

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Wasserpresse (Water Presse) & Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1970. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Books. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Issued in 1970 as the eleventh volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 11" reprints the innovative Swiss artist's photographically illustrated 1960 volume entitled "Snow". A handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing mild age-toning to the wrappers. Inventory Number: 026703