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(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

(AVALANCHE). Sharp, Willoughby, Publisher. Liza Bear, Editors. New York: Avalanche, 1972. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Art Periodical. Near Fine.. 59pp + advertisements, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover image - Yvonne Rainer by Gianfranco Gorgoni. This is the fifth installment of New York's premier Conceptual Art periodical of the seventies, "Avalanche". In addition to the "Rumbles" news section and advertisements for virtually every gallery on the planet showing Minimal and/or Conceptual work at the time, it contains transcribed interviews with Jannis Kounellis, Philip Glass, and Yvonne Rainer along with contributions by Braco Dimitrijevic, Joseph Beuys, and Keith Sonnier. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 026131

(BERMAN, WALLACE) (SEMINA). Berman, Wallace. Larkspur, CA: Self-Published, 1961. First Edition 1/200. 8vo. Chipboard Portfolio. Artist's Periodical. Good.. np, 18 individual inserts printed offset on cardstock or paper housed a printed paper pocket, 11 monochrome illustrations + front cover. This seventh installment of "Semina" - Wallace Berman's legendary, and legendarily scarce handmade literary and art periodical - is subtitled "Aleph". Published in Larkspur in 1961, unlike its predecessors that anthologized work from the movers and shakers of the West Coast Beat scene, this number is entirely devoted entirely to contributions by Berman himself. It is comprised of eighteen loose reproductions of photographs, drawings, and text - many of which combine these elements. A complete, internally handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to two hundred unnumbered copies. The eleven photographic reproductions on cardstock are bright and fresh, while several of the text pieces printed on matte paper show typical minor soiling, offsetting, and age-toning. The printed white pocket into which these are gathered is still securely affixed to the inside rear cover. Externally, the title pastedown on the front cover shows some mild rubbing and foxing, and the brittle, highly acidic chipboard covers have light overall wear, age-toning, and soiling. More notably, the covers have separated cleanly along the length of the spine, and there are two triangular chips of paper loss along the bottom edge - one on the rear at the heel of the spine, and a tiny one at the foredge front corner. Both detached fragments are present, and we have decided to let the next owner deal with their preferences for any paper restoration. All in all, this is a most presentable copy of a truly remarkable Wallace Berman item that looks far nicer in hand than it describes that has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026125

(CORBUSIER, LE) (JEANNERET-GRIS, CHARLES EDOUARD). Le Corbusier. H. Allen Brooks, Editor. New York & Paris. 1982-1984: Garland Publishing in Collaboration with the Fondation Le Corbusier. First Editions 1/250. 4to. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Architecture Monograph. Near Fine (But Incomplete)/No Jackets - As Issued. circa 680pp each, profusely illustrated in b&w. This is a set of thirty-one of the thirty-two volumes comprising "The Le Corbusier Archive" - Garland Publishing's extraordinary one-time only collaboration with the Fondation Le Corbusier in Paris to produce a fully annotated compendium of the over thirty-two thousand drawings housed in the French archives of the legendary architect. Spread throughout the set are seventeen essays on Corbu by Reyner Banham, Tim Benton, Alan Colquhoun, Charles Correa, Norma Evenson, Kenneth Frampton, Michael Graves, Daniele Pauly, Vincent Scully, Peter Serenyi, Jerry Soltan, James Stirling, Manfredo Tafuri, Stanislas von Moos, Andre Wogenscky, and Iannis Xenakis. Each volume also contains photographs of the completed projects by Lucien Herve. Grouped project by project in chronological order, the thirty-one volumes present are: 1. Early Buildings and Projects, 1912-1923 -- 2. Cite´ Fruge`s and other Buildings and Projects, 1923-1927 -- 3. Palais de la Socie´te´ des Nations, Villa les Terrasses, and other Buildings and Projects -- 4. Centrosyus -- 5. Buildings and Projects, 1928-1929 -- 6. Arme´e du Salut; Cite´ de Refuge -- 7. Villa Savoye and other Buildings and Projects, 1929-1930 -- 8. Apartment de Beistegui, Cite´ Unive´rsitaire; Pavillon Suisse, Ville Radieuse, and other Buildings and Projects, 1930 -- 9. Palais de Soviets and other Buildings and Projects, 1930 -- 10. Urbanisme, Algiers and other Buildings and Projects, 1930-1933 -- 11. Immeuble, 24, rue Nungesser-et-Coli and other Buildings and Projects, 1933 -- 12. Buildings and Projects, 1933-1937 -- 13. Pavillon des Temps Nouveaux and other Buildings and Projects, 1936-1937 -- 14. Buildings and Projects, 1937-1942 -- 15. Modulor and other Buildings and Projects, 1944-1945 -- 16-17. Unite´ d’habitation, Marseille-Michelet, v. 1-2 -- 18. Palais des Nations Unies and other Buildings and Projects, 1946-1948 -- 19. Projet Roq et Rob, Roquebrune-Cap Martin and other Buildings and Projects, 1948-1950 -- 20. Ronchamp, Maison Jaoul, and other Buildings and Projects, 1951-1952 -- 21. Unite´ d’habitation, Reze´-le`s-Nantes -- 22-24. Chandigarh, Capitole: v. 1: Assemble´e and other buildings and projects -- 23. Chandigarh: Capitole, v. 2: Secretariat et Haute Court; v. 3: Palais du Gouverneur and other buildings and projects -- 26. Ahmedabad, 1953-60 -- 27. Projet pour un Stade Olympique, Bagdad and other Buildings and Projects, 1953 -- 28. Tourette and other Buildings and Projects, 1955-1957 -- 29. Unite´s d’habiation: Meaux, Briey, Berlin-Charlottenburg -- 30. Muse´e d’art Occidental, Tokyo and other Buildings and Projects, 1957-1961 -- 31. Carpenter Center, Unite´ D’Habitation, Firminy, and other Buildings and Projects, 1961-1963 -- 32. Buildings and Projects, 1964-1965, Undated Projects and Indices. Missing is the single volume 25. Chandigarh: City and Musee´. An unused, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon (only two hundred and fifty were printed - virtually all of which went to institutional libraries per Garland's unique publishing model), monumental undertaking unfortunately LACKING Volume 16. "Unite´ d’habitation, Marseille-Michelet, vol. 1" showing only a bit of minor shelfwear and soiling here and there. Many volumes are still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and the original publication prospectus is laid in. Further details will gladly be provided upon request. 0-8240-5050-9 Inventory Number: 026124

(WILLIAMS, ROBERT). Williams, Robert. Introduction by Lydia Lunch. San Francisco: Last Gasp of San Francisco, 1990. First Edition 1/400 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth with Pastedown. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 95pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This second collection of paintings from erstwhile Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and Zap Comix contributor Robert Williams is a visual cornucopia of women, sex, deviltry, mayhem, scatology and a celebration of Kustom Kar Kulture. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1990 deluxe numbered hardbound edition of four hundred copies NUMBERED (70/400) AND SIGNED"Robert Williams" in black ink on the publisher's adhesive-backed bookplate featuring a caricature of the artist affixed to the front inside cover, as issued. 0-86719-385-9 Inventory Number: 026122

(FILM CULTURE) (WARHOL, ANDY). Malanga, Gerard & Jonas Mekas, Editors. New York: Film Culture, 1967. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Film Journal. Fine.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in monochrome. Designed by George Maciunas. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This forty-fifth installment of '60s New York's preeminent avant-garde film quarterly is devoted primarily to Andy Warhol. Guest-edited by Gerard Malanga, it features contributions by or about Warhol, Malanga, Jonas Mekas, Jack Smith, Maria Montez, Gregory Battcock, Gregg Barrios, Sheldon Renan, The Kuchar Brothers, Jackson MacLow, and Factory Superstars galore. A remarkably bright, most handsome example of this uncommon, popishly designed item that is emblematic of the Warhol sixties. ISSN 0015-1211 Inventory Number: 026120

(MITCHELL, JOAN). Tucker, Marcia. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1974. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 48pp, 18 b&w and 3 color illustrations + color cover. With a biography, exhibition history, bibliography and exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the 1974 Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition of twenty-two works on canvas from the late sixties and early seventies by noted second generation Abstract Expressionist Joan Mitchell. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of soiling to the rear cover. LC 74-772025 Inventory Number: 026114

(JOHNSON, WILLIAM H.). Taylor, Joshua C., Adelyn D. Breeskin & Jan K. Muhlert. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 208pp, 161 b&w illustrations. With a bibliography, exhibition checklist, and index of titles. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 1971 exhibition of one hundred and sixty works by the pioneering African-American artist William H. Johnson held at Washington, D.C.'s Smithsonian Institution. A bright, most handsome example of this vital document published on the occasion of Johnson's first Museum retrospective. LC 70-172991 Inventory Number: 026087

(RENOIR, AUGUSTE). Stella, Dr. Joseph G. Foreword by George S. Bolge. Bradford & London, ENGLAND: Lund Humphries, 1975. First Edition 1/3078. Small 4to. Wrappers in Acetate Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/Near Fine. np (112pp), 64 b&w illustrations + color cover. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This catalogue raisonné of the graphic work of Auguste Renoir consists of sixty fully illustrated entries detailing twenty-five etchings and thirty-five lithographs executed by the noted French Impressionist master. A most handsome example of this uncommon reference. 0-08-390168-X Inventory Number: 026086

(TMEJ, ZDENEK). Tmej, Zdenek & Alexandra Urbanova. Prague, CZECHOSLOVAKIA: Nakladatelstvi Za'Druha, a.s., 1946. First Edition 1/2500. 4to. Stiff Wrappers in Jacket. Photography Monograph. Good +./Fair.. np, 45 illustrations in b&w gravure. Designed by Rudolf Sabach. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "ABECEDA Dusevniho Prazdna - "Alphabet of Spiritual Emptiness" is noted Czech photographer Zdenek Tmej's 1946 collaboration with writer Alexandra Urbanova reproducing the harrowing images of his experiences as a forced laborer for the Nazis in Breslau, Germany during the second World War. That Tmej, and these pictures survived to produce this moving book at the war's end is remarkable. An internally most presentable example of the first and only edition of this uncommon classic (cited on pages 198-199 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I, pages 144-145 of The Hassleblad Center's "The Open Book: A History of the Photographic Book from 1878 to the Present", and pages 124-125 of "The Book of 101 Books") showing typical pronounced age-toning to the highly sulfurous textblock and stiff paper covers along with some attendant brown spotting to the first and last few pages. The book's fragile, photographically-illustrated jacket is present, though it has been heavily reinforced with clear tape on the verso. It is worn and creased with some closed tears and small missing chips along the top and bottom edges. In addition, there is some browning and spotting to the typographically-illustrated rear panel, and a three inch strip of the spine is missing. It is housed in a sumptuous custom black, decoratively-tooled goatskin-over-boards clamshell presentation box with four raised bands along with the author's name and book title in gilt along the spine. All in all, this is a sharp, internally solid copy of one of the most lauded post-war European photography books aided by the addition of a presentation box that looks far nicer in hand than it describes. Inventory Number: 026076

(MINTER, MARILYN). Schwabsky, Barry. London: Nicola Jacobs Gallery, 1989. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (24pp), 5 illustration in color + color cover. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender twenty-four page catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1989 London gallery exhibition of six enamel on canvas works exected that same year by Marilyn Minter. A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item. Inventory Number: 026070

(WANNBERG, SCOTT). Wannberg, Scott. Foreword by S.A. Griffin. San Pedro, CA: Lummox Press, 2000. First Edition 1/300. 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Poetry Monograph. Fine.. np (48pp), no illustrations. "Nomads of Oblivion" is the late Scott Wannberg's 2000 collection of short poems issued as the twenty-fifth installment of San Pedro's Lummox Press' "Little Red Book" series of chapbooks. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to three hundred unnumbered examples. 1-929878-25-7 Inventory Number: 026066

(BRODOVITCH, ALEXEY). Brodovitch, Alexey & Edwin Denby. New York: J.J. Augustin, Publisher, 1945. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Photography Monograph. Very Good -/Good. 144pp, 104 illustrations in b&w gravure. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Designed by Alexey Brodovitch. "Ballet" is renowned late graphic designer Alexey Brodovitch's iconic 1945 book of photographic vignettes capturing eleven performances by The Ballets Russes between 1935 and 1937. Noted for the innovative-at-the-time use of murky shadows and blurred dancers bathed in light, these arresting images of the likes of principals Leonide Massine, Tamara Toumanova, Irina Baronova, and more are accompanied by New York poet and dance critic Edwin Denby's brief but cogent text. An internally bright, most handsome example of the first and only edition of this uncommon classic (cited on pages 240-241 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I, pages 136-137 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book: A History of the Photographic Book from 1878 to the Present", and pages 110-113 of "The Book of 101 Books") still in its original notoriously fragile paper dust jacket designed by Brodovitch showing a few flattened soft creases to the front pastedown along with some minor brown spotting to the endpapers. It's highly sulfurous chipboard covers are lightly age-toned with a few brown spots. The book's striking jacket is complete and intact, but lightly worn, soiled, and foxed along the extremities. It is housed in a lavish custom brown cloth over boards clamshell presentation box with pastedowns reproducing the "Ballet" logo on the front cover and spine executed by Woonsocket, Rhode Island's esteemed Dragonfly Bindery. All in all, this is a sharp, internally solid copy of one of the most lauded post-war American photography books aided by the addition of a presentation box that looks far nicer in hand than it describes. Inventory Number: 026051

(LEONARD, HERMAN). Leonard, Herman & Richard Williams. NP. ND (1992).: Self-Published. First Edition #270/300. Folio. Loose Plates in a Solander Box. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. One 14 x 22" sheet folded neatly in half vertically to make 4pp + twelve 14 x 11" heavy cardstock sheets printed recto in duotone and verso in offset - each housed in a printed vellum sleeve, 12 duotone illustrations. "In Memorium" (sic) is the luxe 1992 self-published portfolio of twelve iconic images of legendary deceased Jazz musicians by the noted late American photographer Herman Leonard. It contains twelve individual suitable for framing duotone offset plates featuring Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Edward "Duke" Ellington, Erroll Garner, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Charlie "Bird" Parker, Sarah Vaughan, Lester "Prez" Young, and Sarah "Sassy" Vaughan. Each is comes in its own captioned vellum protective sleeve and accompanied by a four page colophon/booklet with biographical texts by Richard Williams. The contents are housed in a sumptuous gilt-stamped deep burgundy moiré silk-over-boards solander box. According to the photographer in a letter dated in 2010 "This was a boxed set we produced in 1992, as you describe. You have a rare item. Not more than eighteen were sold". It seems that the portfolios were completed as they were purchased from Leonard's studio, and the few copies that have turned up in the marketplace in recent years have virtually all been unsigned and unnumbered. An internally pristine example from the exceeding uncommon SIGNED AND NUMBERED (#270/300) edition in a like portfolio. Inventory Number: 026048

(HEINECKEN, ROBERT). Heinecken, Robert. Los Angeles: NP (Self-Published), 1986. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (16pp), 16 color illustrations. Designed by Robert Shaw. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "1984: A Case Study in Finding an Appropriate TV Newswoman (A CBS Docudrama in Words and Pictures)" is noted late photographer Robert Heinecken's self-published 1986 artist's book that presents screen captures of permutations of video composites of then-contemporary CBS male News anchors Tom Brokaw, Bryant Gumbel, David Hartman, Bill Kurtis, and Steve Baskerville with subordinate female broadcast journalists Diane Sawyer, Jane Pauley, Joan Lunden, Susan Spencer, Jane Wallace, Connie Chung, Maria Shriver, Meredith Viera, Vanessa Williams, Carol Martin, Pat Collins, and Phyllis George in a tart meditation on the rampant gender and power imbalance of the day. Or now. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. LC 86-91872 Inventory Number: 026026

(WILLIAMS, MASON) (RUSCHA, EDWARD). Williams, Mason. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1966. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Cloth. Artist's Book. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 21 b&w illustrations + endpapers. Designed by Ed Ruscha. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. A year prior to Ed Ruscha, Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell's Consumer Reports-style crash test involving a Royal manual typewriter ejected from a 1963 Buick LeSabre traveling at ninety miles per hour along US Highway 91 that became "Royal Road Test", the same Oklahoma-born trio collaborated on self-published "The Night I Lost my Baby...". It features Mason Williams's first-person prose poem narrative of shattered romance illustrated with Patrick Blackwell's vintage photographs of Sin City - all art directed by Ed Ruscha. A most handsome example of the uncommon first and only edition limited to five hundred unnumbered copies additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To ... / Mason Williams / 1967" in black ink on the front free endpaper showing some light soiling and dulling to the metallic cloth covers. Inventory Number: 026020

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward, Mason Williams & Patrick Blackwell. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1967. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Spiral Bound Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good - ./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (60pp), 35 b&w photographs. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. What happens when Ed Ruscha, Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell perform and document a Consumer Reports-style crash test involving a Royal manual typewriter ejected from a 1963 Buick LeSabre traveling at ninety miles per hour along US Highway 91..? "Royal Road Test" - a must-have artists' book for road-trip and Conceptual Art enthusiasts alike! An internally bright, most handsome example of the 1967 first edition (entry B6 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on pages 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book") limited to one thousand unnumbered copies issued without glassine wrapper additionally bearing the SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... / Mason Williams" in black ink on the front free endpaper showing some light soiling, sunning, and creasing t the covers at the extremities. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026019

(HETHERINGTON, TIM). Hetherington, Tim. Introduction by Sebastian Junger. London: Chris Boot Ltd., 2010. First Edition. 8vo. Flexible Boards with Pastedown. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 240pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by SMITH. "Infidel" is an intimate portrait of a single U.S. platoon assigned to an outpost in the Korengal Valley - an area considered one of the most dangerous Afghan postings in the war against the Taliban - but it is as much about love and male vulnerability as it is about bravery and war. Embedded with writer Sebastian Junger, and shooting over the course of one year, the late photographer Tim Hetherington made a series of images that prove surprisingly tender in their depiction of camaraderie and vulnerability. Alongside revealing interviews with Hetherington's subjects and an introduction by Junger (with whom Hetherington co-directed the award-winning film "Restrepo" about the work of the battalion), the book is also illustrated with graphics of the tattoos the soldiers gave each other in the camp. The title is taken from the tattoo the men adopted as a badge of their comradeship. Warm, moving and full of humor, this book is a tribute to the "rough men ready to do violence on our behalf" and a provocative contribution to the documentation of war in our time". A brand new, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 2010 first edition of this gritty modern classic (cited on page 208 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume III") additionally SIGNED "Tim Hetherington" in black ink on the title page at our shop during one of the photographer's visits. 1-905712-18-9 Inventory Number: 026015

(JUDD, DONALD). Koepplin, Dieter. Basel, SWITZERLAND, Halifax, CANADA & New York: Kunstmuseum Basel, Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design & New York University Press, 1976. First Paperback Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German and English. With a chronology and exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in collaboration with New York University Press, this is the copiously illustrated catalogue documenting a 1976 Kunsthalle Basel exhibition of two hundred and fifty-two working drawings for sculptural projects executed between 1956 and 1976 by the late, great Minimalist giant Donald Judd. A most presentable example of the uncommon paperbound first edition of this vital document showing some slight curling to the front of the textblock at the lower foredge corner along with some mild wear, soiling, and age-toning to its white covers. It has been priced accordingly. 0-919616-12-7 Inventory Number: 026010

(ANDRE, CARL). Frampton, Hollis & Enno Develing. The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS. 1969 (1975).: Haags Gemeentemuseum & Daled. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and Dutch. With a biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with an extensive 1969 Dutch Museum exhibition, this well-illustrated catalogue documents numerous sculptures and floor works along with sculptural installations created by minimal pioneer Carl Andre especially for this venue. An internally most handsome example of the 1975 Daled second printing of this early Andre publication showing some mild wear and soiling to the white covers. Inventory Number: 026004

(ANDRE, CARL). Frampton, Hollis & Enno Develing. The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS: Haags Gemeentemuseum, 1969. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and Dutch. With a biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with an extensive 1969 Dutch Museum exhibition, this well-illustrated catalogue documents numerous sculptures and floor works along with sculptural installations created by minimal pioneer Carl Andre especially for this venue. An internally most handsome example of the 1969 first printing of this uncommon early Andre publication showing some mild wear and soiling to the white covers. Inventory Number: 026003

(ANDRE, CARL). Andre, Carl, Johannes Gachnang & Angela Westwater. Bern, SWITZERLAND: Kunsthalle Bern, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good -.. 100pp, 84 b&w illustrations. Text in English and German. With a chronology, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1975 Kunsthalle Bern retrospective and featuring details on over four hundred entries, this was the first attempt at a full catalogue raisonné of the sculptural works of minimal pioneer Carl Andre. An internally most handsome example showing some mild wear along with typical sunning to the extremities of the covers bearing the ink ownership stamp of one of the artist's primary galleries - now-defunct - on the title page. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026001

(SNOW, MICHAEL). Snow, Michael. Halifax, CANADA & New York: The Portrait Review, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Artist's Book. Very Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Cover to Cover" is Michael Snow's now-legendary 1975 artist book co-published by The Press of Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and New York University Press that documents a short trip by the pioneering Canadian filmmaker/photographer/musician in a continuous sequence of images that unfolds from right-side up to upside down, and from cover - to cover... A most presentable example of the exceedingly uncommon 1975 first hardrbound edition (cited on page 156 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") showing some light overall lwear and a bit of mild foxing to its pictorial covers. It has been priced accordingly. 0-8147-7770-8 Inventory Number: 025985

(MAJERUS, MICHEL). Majerus, Michel. NP: Self-Published, 1993. First Edition Hors Serie. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. np (76pp), 75 b&w illustrations - thirty-two of which have been additionally uniquely hand colored. Designed by Michel Majerus. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Supermalbuch" is late Belgian artist Michel Majerus' self-published 1993 decidedly not-for-children coloring book. It reproduces seventy-five crudely drawn depictions of genitalia, masturbation, underage sex, bestiality, and other scatological delights. Produced in a signed and numbered edition of fifty printed paperbound books, it is unclear how many of these were ever actually distributed, and the Estate of Michel Majerus has classified "Supermalbuch" as a unique artwork rather than simply a publication by the artist. A bright, most handsome hors serie example of this exceedingly uncommon item - not a single copy is cited in OCLC WorldCat - that is neither signed nor numbered acquired directly from the library of a noted art dealer that has additionally had thirty-two of the illustrations embellished - perhaps by Majerus' own hand? Inventory Number: 025980

(BYARS, JAMES LEE). Byars, James Lee, James Butler, Harald Szeeman, Dr. Reiner Speck & Morgan Thomas. Los Angeles: Foundation for Art Resources, Inc. (FAR), 1980. First Edition 1/500. Large Square 4to. Unprinted Wrappers. Artist's Book with Multiple. Fine.. np, 17 b&w illustrations. Text in English. This truly unusual James Lee Byars item was produced in an edition of five hundred copies in 1980 by the Los Angeles non-profit Arts organization Foundation for Art Resources, Inc. The publication's primary funding came from an NEA grant that was written in such a way that prevented the actual sale of the book itself! This untitled publication is referred to as "The White Book", and was conceived with the artist's collaboration as an expanded version of the 1978 Kunsthalle Bern exhibition catalogue that was a full documentation of Byars' public performance pieces from 1963 through 1975. Laid in to the book is the unique multiple artwork "The Exhibition of Perfect", which disperses in a rather surprising way when the book is opened. Approximately three hundred of these were sent hors commerce to Museums, Art Libraries, Non-Profit Arts organizations and friends and supporters of FAR. It was never made commercially available - one had to receive this as a gift at the time of publication. The remaining copies languished with the publisher, never having been assembled with the artwork or distributed, and have ultimately disappeared. A bright white, near pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon - only nine copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - and desirable James Lee Byars gem. Inventory Number: 025973

Arcturus Radio Tube Corporation. NP (Newark, NJ). ND (circa early 1930s).: Arcturus Radio Tube Corporation. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to + Elephant Folio. Die-Cut Printed Sheets. Electronics Advertisements. Very Good -./No Jackets - As Issued.. One 27 x 20" + four 13 ½ x 10" die-cut cardboard sheets screenprinted color offset recto only, mounted on stiff cardboard backing. This is a striking group of five vintage advertising standups produced for the pioneering late twenties, early thirties New Jersey-based electronics manufacturer Arcturus Radio Tube Corporation by Ivel Displays, Inc. of New York City as a retailer sales tool to promote their line of "Blue A-C Long Life Tubes". Vividly colored with science fiction-inspired illustrations, these claim ""Quick 7 Second Action", "More Volume", "Hum-Less Clearer Reception", "Immune to Current Changes", and more. There are four smaller placards accompanied by a larger piece depicting the rocket ship-like five pin blue tube along with the Arcturus logo. A bright, mostly well-preserved set of these vibrant, exceedingly uncommon advertisements showing some light staining, wear, scuffing, and chipping to the faces of the signage with varying degrees of foxing and dampstaining to the versos still housed in the manufacturer's perishing original cardboard shipping carton, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its size, weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 025972

U.S. War Advertising Council. NP: NP (U.S. War Advertising Council), 1942. Edition Not Stated. 16mo. Printed Paper. Propaganda Leaflet. Near Fine.. One 3 ¼ x 5 ¾" sheet printed color offset recto and verso, one color illustration. Featuring a distinctly unflattering caricature of Der Fuhrer, this is a graphically striking two-sided leaflet issued by the United States Government in 1942 to help insure an allied victory in World War II by promoting the sale at retail stores of U.S. War Stamps and Bonds. The text on the verso reads: "Hitler says: "Democracy is Dead". Democracy is dead Hitler,,, dead-set on burying you deep under your own debris. Right now the vultures are flying over Berchtesgaden waiting for you to come home to roost. Our dimes and dollars will hasten the day we stow Hitler away. Let's buy bonds - to buy bombs to bury Hitler. Don't take a powder... help buy some". The verso states "The immediate, "all out" public purchase of U.S. WAR STAMPS and BONDS will help bring VICTORY in the shortest possible time! Let's ALL do MORE than our share in JULY! WAR STAMPS and BONDS are now easily available in most RETAIL STORES. Victory - 1942!". A bright, well-preserved example of this uncommon bit of wartime propaganda showing just the slightest bit of age-toning along the bottom edge. Inventory Number: 025970

(CARNWATH, SQUEAK). Tsujimoto, Karen & John Yau. Oakland & San Francisco, CA: Oakland Museum of California & Pomegranate Books, 2009. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 160pp, profusely Illustrated in color and b&w. With a chronology, bibliography, exhibition history, and exhibition checklist. This is the comprehensive catalogue issued in conjunction with a 2009 Oakland Museum of California retropsective exhibition of eighty-one paintings executed by the popular Bay Area artist Squeak Carnwath between 1979 and 2008. A brand new, most handsome example of the first printing of the uncommon hardbound edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-7649-4888-1 Inventory Number: 025964

(WENDT, WILLIAM). Anderson, Antony, Fred S. Hogue, Alma May Cook & Arthur Millier. Los Angeles: Stendahl Art Galleries, 1926. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket. 94pp, 71 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This monograph on the noted California Plein Air painter William Wendt was issued by the renowned Stendahl Art Gallery at Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel in 1926. It includes texts by Antony Anderson, Fred S. Hogue, Alma May Cook and Los Angeles Times art critic Arthur Millier along with seventy-one reproductions of his work with commentary. A bright, handsome example of the 1926 first edition of this uncommon item lacking its dust jacket additionally BEARING THE BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Cecil. / William Wendt." in ink beneath the artist's frontispiece portrait showing some light wear and soiling to the boards, a bit of spotting to the inside covers and endpapers, and some typical mild age-toning to the extremities of the the pages that reproduce the artworks. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025948

(WACHTEL, ELMER). Anderson, Antony. Los Angeles: Carl A. Bundy Quill & Press, 1930. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket. 52pp, 33 sepia-toned illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This monograph on the well-known Southern California Plein Air painter Elmer Wachtel was issued shortly after his death in 1929. It includes thirty-three reproductions of his work with commentary along with a frontispiece portrait of the artist by his widow Marion Kavanagh Wachtel. A handsome example of the 1930 Carl A. Bundy Quill & Press first edition this uncommon item that is still the major reference on the artist lacking its dust jacket showing some light soiling to the boards, a bit of spotting to the inside covers, and some typical age-toning to the frontispiece's tissue overlay additionally BEARING THE BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "Ione Harkness - / from / Marion Kavanagh Wachtel." in brown ink on the blank page facing her portrait of Wachtel. Inventory Number: 025947

(ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN). Art Center School Staff. Los Angeles: The Art Center School, 1941. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Spiral-Bound Illustrated Wraps. Educational Course Catalogue. Near Fine.. 72pp, profusely illustrated in duotone and b&w. Designed by students of The Art Center School with Harvey Thompson. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the exceedingly stylishly designed catalogue of the 1941 academic offerings for Los Angeles' Art Center School. Founded in 1930, the renowned institution was one of Southern California's first comprehensive Art colleges. It relocated in 1976 to Pasadena, and became known as Art Center College of Design. Specializing in trade-oriented educational programs for students seeking careers in painting and illustration, advertising and graphic design, architecture, photography, motion picture craft, and industrial and automotive design, their faculty has always featured a stellar collection of professionals in these fields. Included here are Ansel Adams, Edward A, Adams, Fred R. Archer, Earl Baird, Lionel Banks, Edward Biberman, Clarence Bull, Will Connell, Thomas S. Curtis, Fred Dapprich, J.R. Davidson, James Doolittle, Paul Dorsey, Clarence K. Eaton, Elizabeth Franklin, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Frank Hewlett, Franklin B. Judson, Edward B. Kaminsky, Gordon B. Kaufmann, Charles Kerlee, Donald Biddle Keyes, Albert King, Nina Novinska, Charles Potts, R.M. Schindler, A.B. Shore, Chalmers C. Smith, Kem Weber, and many others. Designed by students and faculty in a modernist style reminiscent of the work of Lester Beall and Alvin Lustig, its eye-catching layout features numerous striking photomontages combining photography, illustration, and typography. An exceptionally bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon design object NUMBERED 598 (of an unstated edition) bearing the school's printed designation "This Book Presented to" followed by "Grace Mallon" in blue ink, as issued. Grace Elizabeth Mallon was an Art Center School student who went on to a career as a fine artist in the mold of her mentor, Millard Sheets, as well as working for Walt Disney, Universal Studios, Fairbanks Films, Churchill-Wexler Films, and Hanna-Barbera Studios. She participated in San Francisco's 1939 Golden Gate International Exhibition and is included in Milton Edan Hughes' comprehensive reference work "Artists in California 1786-1940." Inventory Number: 025945

(ROBERT, HUBERT). Carlson, Victor. Preface by J. Carter Brown. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1978. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 160pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 exhibition of the drawings and watercolors of the noted Eighteenth Century French artist Hubert Robert held at Washington's National Gallery of Art. An internally most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item showing light age-toning, soiling and insect damage to its covers along with some mild abrading along the spine. It has been priced accordingly. LC 78-22022 Inventory Number: 025935

(NEWTON, HELMUT). Newton, Helmut. New York: Xavier Moreau, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Near Fine. 192pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Marc Walter. Issued by his longtime collaborator Xavier Moreau in 1984, "World Without Men" was the very first survey devoted solely to Helmut Newton's women's fashion editorial work. It combines Newton's own journal entries interlaced amongst a beautifully designed and printed, comprehensive selection of nearly twenty years of the photographer's decadence-laden images created for American, French, Italian & German "Vogue", "Queen", "Nova", "British Vanity Fair", "Stern", "Egoiste", and many more. The designers featured here include Chanel, Dior, Yves Saint-Laurent, Pierre Cardin, Nina Ricci, Givenchy, Ungaro, Ossie Clark, Tuffin & Foale, Mary Quant, Jean Muir, Thierry Mugler, Valentino, Hermes, Karl Lagerfeld, Balmain, Sonia Rykiel, Claude Montana, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and too many more to mention. A most handsome example additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... / Better a world / with women / and without / men / Helmut" in blue ink across the title page showing discreet ownership stamps in ink on the front pastedown and half title page along with a bit of wear and some tiny closed tears to the extremities of the dust jacket. 0-937950-06-8 Inventory Number: 025926

(LEWITT, SOL). LeWitt, Sol. Basel & Bern, SWITZERLAND. ND (circa 1976).: Kunsthalle Basel & Verlag Kornfeld und Cie.. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine.. np (96pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in German with English captions. Co-published by the Kunsthalle Basel and Verlag Kornfeld und Cie, this substantial document is a full catalogue raisonné of Sol LeWitt's screenprints, lithographs, etchings, and artist books executed between 1970 and 1975. It includes entries for ninety-seven works that are all illustrated throughout. An otherwise bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a diagonal closed tear to one of the rear pages. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025919

(GOLDSTEIN, JACK). Lebredt, Gordon. Foreword by Fiona McLeod. Edinburgh, SCOTLAND: Fruitmarket Gallery, 1988. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 48pp, 16 color illustrations. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1988 survey exhibition of sixteen large format paintings from the eighties by Jack Goldstein held at Edinburgh's Fruitmarket Gallery. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of light wear to the covers and a slight diagonal dent through the head of the spine. 0-947912-21-5 Inventory Number: 025917

Develing, E. & Shirley Blum. Riverside, CA: Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside, 1970. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. 20pp, 4 b&w illustrations. With bibliographies. This is the minimally-appointed catalogue published in conjunction with a 1970 Art Gallery, University of California, Riverside exhibition of sculptural works by American Minimal pioneers Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, and Robert Morris. A glossy, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item showing some very light handling and ink transfer from rubbing to its grey covers. Inventory Number: 025915

(TUTTLE, RICHARD). Tuttle, Richard. Firenze, ITALY: Victoria Miro Gallery, 1990. First Edition. 12mo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (16pp), no illustrations. Text in English. "Eight Words from a Reading at Brooklyn College" is the elegant little Richard Tuttle artist book published in conjunction with a 1990 Italian gallery exhibition. Letterpress-printed in silver gilt with offset decorative borders on the front cover, its title is a literal description of the contents. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item (entry number thirty-three in Robert M. Murdock's "Richard Tuttle: Books & Prints") showing some trivial age-toning to its newsprint covers and pages. Inventory Number: 025914

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Geneve, SWITZERLAND: Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve, 1980. First Edition. 4to. Exhibition Poster. Very Good.. One 13 3/4 x 8" sheet of adhesive-backed paper printed recto only. Text in English and French. This is the sticker-poster for Lawrence Weiner's 1980 Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneve exhibition entitled "The Response of an Object to / Contact Sufficient to Lead to / a Change in Inherent Quality / (vis Inertiae)". A most presentable example of this uncommon ephemeral item (cited on pages 94-95 in Benjamin H.D. Buchloh's "Posters: November 1965 - April 1986: Lawrence Weiner") that constituted a component of the gallery exhibition with the backing still affixed showing a neat horizontal crease across the perforation at the lower third. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025911

(WEINER, LAWRENCE). Weiner, Lawrence. Basel, SWITZERLAND & New York: Rolf Preisig & Moved Pictures (Lawrence Weiner), 1978. First Edition 1/780. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Good.. np (42pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English and German. Photographs by Beate Nilsen. Dedicated to Simon Rodia - the creator and artisan of Los Angeles' amazing Watts Towers - "Regarding Inscriptions..." is a 1978 photographically illustrated artist's book by the esteemed conceptual practitioner Lawrence Weiner. A presentable example only of this uncommon item (entry number twenty-two of the artist's books in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") limited to seven hundred and eighty unnumbered copies showing a pronounced dent through the textblock at the lower foredge corner along with two water spots to the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025906

(WEINER, LAWRENCE) (MERTZ, ALBERT). Weiner, Lawrence & Albert Mertz. Aalborg, DENMARK: Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, 1983. First Edition 1/2150. Folio. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Good.. np (12pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Danish. Designed by Lawrence Weiner and Albert Mertz. This is the slender, oversized twelve page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1983 two person exhibition at Aalborg's Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum featuring Lawrence Weiner and Danish colleague Albert Mertz. It contains original texts by both artists as well as reproductions of diagrammatic + text based works and film stills. An internally most presentable example of this uncommon item (entry number twenty of the exhibition catalogues in Dieter Schwarz' "Lawrence Weiner: Books 1968-1989: Catalogue Raisonné") showing creasing, rubbing, and handling marks to the wrappers along with a closed surface slice and a small foredge nick to the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025904