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(RENAU, JOSEP). Fontcuberta, Joan & Pablo Ortiz Monasterio. Mexico City, MEXICO: Coleccion Rio De Luz / Fondo De Cultura Economica, 1985. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 72pp, 50 color illustrations. Text in Spanish. Designed by Peggy Espinosa. Published as part of Fondo De Cultura Economica's notable Pablo Ortiz Monasterio curated photography series "Coleccion Rio De Luz", this is a lovely monograph devoted entirely to the satirical political photomontages of Spaniard Josep Renau. Beginning with his Communist Party poster designs of the wartime era, this is a tour de force on the par with the work of John Heartfield, primarily lampooning the United States and its preoccupation with sex, death consumerism, colonialism, racism, and Cold War era brinksmanship with the Soviet Union. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon gem (cited on page 116 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II" and page 19 of Horacio Fernandez' "The Latin American Photobook" - even though Renau was an artist and not a photographer!). 968-16-2115-8 Inventory Number: 025050

(DAVIDSON, BRUCE). Davidson, Bruce. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Cloth in Acetate Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good -. np, 105 duotone illustrations. Designed by Elton Robinson. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "What you call a ghetto, I call my home. This was said to me when I first came to Harlem, and during the two years that I photographed the people of East 100th Street, it stayed with me". Bruce Davidson's first book, "East 100th Street" which surveys the harrowing state of life in Harlem in the late sixties is one of the classic volumes of Post-War American photography. An internally most handsome example of the 1970 Harvard University Press first hardbound printing (cited on page 18 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II", pages 260-261 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 26 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", pages 196-197 of "The Book of 101 Books", pages 46-49 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: The Catalogue Raisonné", and pages 142-147 of Horacio Fernandez' "New York in Photobooks") additionally SIGNED "Bruce Davidson" in black ink on the half title page showing a bit of typical light soiling and age-toning to the extremities of the cloth and textblock in a neatly price clipped publisher's printed acetate jacket that has a three inch closed tear at the top of the spine along with some chipping at the spine ends and upper foredge corner of the front cover. Despite these condition issues, it is one of the sharper copies of this exceedingly fragile title we have ever seen. 0-674-22435-3 Inventory Number: 025042

(COLSON, GREG). Colson, Greg. Los Angeles: The Lapis Press, 1988. First Edition 1/35. Folio. Full-Leather in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (30pp), 1 letterpress colophon, title page + table of contents, 7 lithographs, 2 etchings, 1 color photograph, and 1 photogravure. Issued in 1989 by Sam Francis' Lapis Press, "Corn Belt" is an exquisitely produced artist book by noted Los Angeles-based artist Greg Colson. Bound in full terra cotta-colored pigskin, it contains eleven 16 ½ x 13 ¼" artworks in various media and is housed in a pictorial paper-over-boards slipcase. A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item that was acquired directly from the artist limited to thirty-five copies NUMBERED (10/35) AND SIGNED "Greg Colson" in pencil on the colophon. Inventory Number: 025036

(EVANS, WALKER). Evans, Walker. Introduction by James Agee. Boston & Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company & The Riverside Press, 1966. First Edition. Small 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good/Good. xii + 178pp, 89 b&w illustrations. Published in 1966, this hardbound monograph collected in book form for the first time Walker Evans' poignant black and white portraits of New York City subway riders taken during the thirties and forties. An otherwise internally bright, most handsome example of the uncommon Houghton Mifflin Company and Riverside Press first hardcover edition (cited on page 253 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I", pages 218-219 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 31 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", and pages 104-109 of Horacio Fernandez' "New York in Photobooks") showing some minor staining and the name of a previous owner in ink on the front pastedown. The embossed white lettering on the front board and spine is still strong and crisp, while the black covers show a few trivial traces of water droplets in raking light along with a minor scratch on the rear board. Its fragile dust jacket is present, though noticeably creased, chipped, and torn - with some paper loss. It has been priced accordingly. LC 66-27491 Inventory Number: 025033

(SISKIND, AARON). Siskind, Aaron. Introduction by Harold Rosenberg. New York: Horizon Press, 1959. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good/Good. np (112pp), 50 b&w illustrations. Designed by Ivan Chermayeff. Spectacularly designed and beautifully printed, this 1959 hardbound publication was the very first comprehensive monograph on the esteemed late Chicago-based photographer Aaron Siskind. An internally bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item whose striking silver-gilt front cover and spine lettering are still fresh showing some sunning along with abrading to the tip of the bottom edge of the rear cover. The book's brittle dust jacket is present, though noticeably creased, chipped, and torn - with some minor paper loss - primarily along the extremities. It has been priced accordingly. LC 59-13545 Inventory Number: 025032

(LONG, RICHARD). Long, Richard. Dusseldorf, GERMANY: Konrad Fischer Gallery, 1973. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (32pp), illustrated in b&w. Text in English. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the 1973 first edition of "South America" - Richard Long's charming little artist's book amalgam of brief texts and Pre-Columbian pictograms. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item (cited as the thirteenth entry in the comprehensive bibliography of artist's books and monographs on page 221 of Clarrie Wallis' "Richard Long: Heaven and Earth" published in 2009 by the Tate, Britain Museum) showing some creasing along the spine along with mild age-toning and brown speckling to its matte white covers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025025

(WESTON, EDWARD). Naef, Weston. New York: E. Weyhe, 1932. First Edition 1/550. Folio. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Photography Monograph. Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 40 b&w illustrations. Designed by Merle Armitage. With a biography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Compiled in 1932 by the forward thinking Los Angeles-based graphic designer and publisher Merle Armitage, this exquisitely produced book was the very first monograph on the work of pioneering California photographer Edward Weston. It features thirty-nine images by Weston, a frontispiece portrait by his son Brett, and texts by the photographer, Armitage, Lincoln Steffens, Arthur Millier, Jean Charlot, and Charles Sheeler. A presentable example of this typically fragile oversized tome (cited on page 200 of "From Fair to Fine 3: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter") limited to five hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (143/550) AND SIGNED "Edward Weston" in black ink on the rear colophon lacking the publisher's slipcase whose white cloth spine is soiled and stained, and black boards are worn and scraped along the extremities. The hinges are solid, the textblock is tight but soiled along the edges with the signatures slightly uneven with one another. The book bears the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "To John and Clement / new friends for old. more would be less. / I don't know what all / this means. You guess / Edward Oct. 1936" in black ink on the page facing the colophon. Additionally, laid in is a BOLDLY INSCRIBED hand-written letter "John and Clem ---- / hope you took my dis - / appearance in good spirit - / I was not just sleepy, / but exhausted ------------ / See you soon I hope / yr ------ / Edward" from the photographer in pencil on a 8 ½ x 11" sheet of yellow paper that has been neatly folded in quarters and subsequently flattened. Inventory Number: 025020

(KAPROW, ALLAN). Kaprow. Allan. NP (Valencia, CA): Self-Published, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (4pp), 10 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Self-published by the artist in 1975, "Routine" is the photographically illustrated artist's book documenting three December 1973 "activities" by the renowned late Happenings and Performance artist Allan Kaprow. An internally most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item (cited as entry sixteen on pages 66-67 of Giorgio Maffei's "Allan Kaprow: A Bibliography") additionally BOLDLY INSCRIBED "For Sherry & Mel / Allan" in red ink on the front cover showing some soiling and typical minor age-patination to its white wrappers. Inventory Number: 024998

(ADER, BAS JAN) (LEAVITT, WILLIAM) (VAN ELK, GER). Winer, Helene, Bas Jan Ader, William Leavitt & Ger Van Elk. Pomona, CA: Pomona College Gallery, Montgomery Art Center, 1972. First Edition. Square 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. np (16pp), 6 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is slender sixteen page catalogue published in conjunction with a 1972 Pomona College Gallery exhibition curated by director Helene Winer that featured the three then-local conceptual practitioners (and close friends) Bas Jan Ader, William Leavitt, and Ger Van Elk. It features photographic documentation by Phillip Cleveland, and a brief textual contribution by Leavitt. A bright white, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon early California conceptualism item. Inventory Number: 024994

(BRAQUE, GEORGES) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Braque, Georges, Rene Char, Jacques Kober, Henri Maldiney, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Grenier, Georges Limbour & Jacques Dupin. Paris. 1947, 1950, 1952, 1954 & 1956.: Maeght Editeur. First Edition Thus. Folio. Wrappers Bound in Cloth. Artist Monograph. Very Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. np + np + np + np + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This is a compilation of five issues of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Georges Braque. Bound by Maeght in brown cloth-over-boards with debossed white lettering in 1956, it collects the complete contents of DLM numbers 4 (Juin 1947): "Braque", 25-26 (Janvier 1950): "G. Braque", 48-49 (Juin-Julliet 1952): "G. Braque", 71-72 (Decembre 1954-Janvier 1955): "G. Braque: Theogoni d'Hesiode", and 85-86 (Avril-Mai 1956): "Braque". An otherwise bright, most handsome example whose contents are complete and intact first printings with the wrappers bound in that contain in total twelve original color lithographs showing some sunning to the cloth primarily along the spine. In addition, the top inch of its spine has broken off and is not present. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024991

(MIRO, JOAN) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Miro, Joan, Joan Gardy Artigas, Rene Char, Jacques Dupin, Josep Luis Sert, Joan Brossa, Joan Prats & Andre Pieyre de Mandiargues. Paris. 1961, 1961, 1961, 1963 & 1965.: Maeght Editeur. First Edition Thus. Folio. Wrappers Bound in Cloth. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np + np + np + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This is a compilation of five issues of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Joan Miro. Bound by Maeght in dark blue cloth-over-boards with debossed white lettering in 1965, it collects the complete contents of DLM numbers 123 (Fevrier 1961): "Joan Miro: Ceramique Murale Pour Harvard"; 125-126 (Avril 1961): "Miro"; 128 (Juin 1961): "Miro: Peintures Murales"; 139-140 (Juin-Juillet 1963): "Miro et Artigas"; and 151-152 (Mai 1965): "Miro Cartons." A most handsome example whose contents are complete and intact first printings with the wrappers bound in that contain in total fifty-one original color lithographs showing some faint brown spotting to the edges of the textblock and endpapers that does not affect the internal lithographs in any meaningful way. Inventory Number: 024990

(LINDNER, RICHARD) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Lord, James. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1977. First Edition 1/150 Deluxe. Folio. Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. Fine. 24pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French, with an English summary. This is a monographic edition of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Richard Lindner's 1977 exhibition of paintings and watercolors. An internally bright, pristine example of the deluxe slipcased edition printed on Velin de Rives limited to one hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (39/150) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "R Lindner" in pencil on the rear colophon housed in the publisher's purple paper-over-boards chemise and slipcase with printed pastedown. The magazine itself is in spectacular condition, the chemise bears mild sunning along the spine, while the slipcase shows light wear and similar mild sunning. Inventory Number: 024984

(WANNBERG, SCOTT). Wannberg, Scott. Los Angeles: Rose of Sharon Press, 1995. First Edition. Small 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Poetry Monograph. Very Good -.. np (28pp), 2 b&w illustrations. Designed by Andy Takakjian. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by the Rose of Sharon Press in 1995, "Juice! The Musical" is the late, fondly-remembered Los Angeles poet Scott Wannberg's quirky response to the city's mania over the O.J. Simpson murder trial of that same year. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... / The Big Circus is full of miniature universes / Thanks / Scott / 12/6/95" in the year of publication in ink across the title page showing some mild brown spotting to a portion of the front cover. Inventory Number: 024932

(SOMMER, FREDERICK). Nordland, Gerald. Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia College of Art, 1968. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Good -.. 28pp, 14 b&w illustrations. Designed by Richard Hood. With a chronology, bibliography and exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the elegantly designed catalogue for Frederick Sommer's 1968 show of one hundred and twenty-seven photographs held at the Philadelphia College of Art. Printed locally at the renowned Falcon Press, it is the first comprehensive Sommer publication issued in conjunction with an exhibition. An otherwise most presentable example of this exceedingly uncommon item showing some light wear and creasing to its black printed wrappers along with a one inch closed tear into the foredge of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024918

(CARLSEN, ASGER). Carlsen, Asger. London: Morel Books, 2011. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Debossed Cloth Over Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "If the traditional nude occasionally intends to bare and reveal a final and ideal form through ad hoc stance or sculptural immortality, Asger Carlsen's "Hester" - his honest take on the classic theme of the female nude - revises the study of the female form to ultimately reveal the evolving terrain of photography and its standards of aesthetics and morality". A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-907071-31-8 Inventory Number: 024913

(WOOL, CHRISTOPHER). Wool, Christopher. Chicago: Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects, 2010. First Edition 1/1000. Atlas Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. As New.. One 28 x 22" poster printed color offset recto only. Designed by Christopher Wool. This is the poster published in conjunction with a 2010 exhibition of recent large-scale paintings by Christopher Wool entitled "Sound on Sound" held at Chicago's Corbett vs. Dempsey Modern Art & Uncommon Objects. A brand new, most handsome unmailed example from an edition of one thousand unnumbered copies machine-folded in ninths by the gallery and subsequently flattened. Inventory Number: 024902

(SALGADO, SEBASTIAO). Salgado, Sebastiao. Introduction by Alan Riding. New York: Pantheon Books, 1986. First English Language Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 112pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Lelia Wanick Salgado and Sophie Mouterde. Published in 1986, this is the first survey of famed Magnum photojournalist Sebastiao Salgado's humanist images to be published in the United States. A most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound 1986 Pantheon Books first American edition (cited on page 256 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné"). 0-394-55668-2 Inventory Number: 024867

(RUSCHA, EDWARD) (BENGSTON, BILLY AL). Bengston, Billy Al & Edward Ruscha. Los Angeles: Self-Published by the Authors, 1968. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Wrappers with a Mounted Photo. Artists' Book. Good +./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in monochrome. Designed by Edward Ruscha. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Business Cards" is the innovatively designed and bound collaborative artists' book cum objet published in 1968 by Ed Ruscha and Billy Al Bengston. Limited to one thousand unique copies, it details in photographs by Ken Price and Larry Bell the process of the two artists designing their business cards, and the "presentation dinner" at Beverly Hills' The Bistro of the finished product(s). A most presentable example of this uncommon item (entry B7 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 BOLDLY SIGNED "B. A. B." in black ink and "Ed Ruscha" in black marker on the front cover with its latigo leather thong complete and unbroken, the cover photograph present, and both cards stapled to the the recto of the rear leaf, as issued, showing some wear, creasing, and abrading to its faux wood veneer wrappers along with some light foxing to the edges of the textblock, front and rear inside covers, and endpapers. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024819

(SOTH, ALEC). Soth, Alec, Aaron Schuman & Kate Bush. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2010. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (16pp), 11 color illustrations. "One Mississippi" is the sixty-third installment in Nazraeli Press' estimable series of One Picture Books. Limited to five hundred NUMBERED (125/500) copies, it reproduces eleven images from a 1992 road trip down the Mississippi by a twenty-three year old Alec Soth and contains an original 3 3/8 x 4 ¾" color print of a weathered red sedan tipped in at the rear of the book SIGNED "Alec Soth" in back ink on the verso, as issued. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon, lovely item in the publisher's clear plastic ziploc pouch, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-59005-281-1 Inventory Number: 024818

(GRIEGER, SCOTT). Grieger, Scott & Maurice Tuchman. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. One continuous 7 ½ x 11 ½" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, folded neatly in half to make 4pp, 1 b&w illustration. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender four page brochure published in conjunction with a 1971 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Ahmanson Gallery exhibition of five recent "combination" works by Scott Grieger. Expanding on his earlier "Impersonations" series, the Los Angeles-based artist takes aim here at prevailing luminaries and tropes of Pop, Conceptual and Minimal Art with five works that marry the iconic imagery of Frank Stella with Donald Judd, Robert Morris with Larry Poons, Morris Louis with Sol LeWitt, Barnett Newman with Frank Stella, and Jasper Johns with Donald Judd to amusing effect. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item - only two copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 024815

(CLOSE, CHUCK). Close, Chuck & Gail R. Scott. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971. First Edition. 12mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. One continuous 7 ½ x 11 ½" glossy cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, folded neatly in half to make 4pp, 1 color illustration. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender four page brochure published in conjunction with a 1971 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Ahmanson Gallery exhibition of nine recent portraits by the still Bykert Gallery-affiliated Chuck Close. A glossy, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item - only four copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 024813

(WEGMAN, WILLIAM). Wegman, William & Helene Winer. Pomona, CA: Pomona College Art Gallery, 1971. First Edition. Small Square 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 32pp, 38 b&w illustrations. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with William Wegman's 1971 one-person exhibition of photographs and video works at the Pomona College Art Gallery curated by Helene Winer. It is the very first monographic publication on the artist. An internally handsome example of this exceedingly scarce, charming little item showing some very light foxing to the wrappers along with a discreet ownership note on the inside front cover. Inventory Number: 024792

Burawoy, Robert. Paris: Galerie Robert Burawoy, 1978. First Edition 1/300. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (26pp), 8 hand-tipped color illustrations with printed clear acetate overlays. Text in French. With a bibliography. This is the magnificently produced, massively oversized hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 1978 exhibition of eight Tibetan Lamaistic paintings held at renowned Parisian specialist in Asian and Tribal Art, Galerie Robert Burawoy. Each artwork is reproduced as a color plate tipped to a handmade paper leaf with a clear acetate overlay that identifies the pantheon pictured beneath. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon document - only five copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - limited to three hundred copies NUMBERED (120/300) AND SIGNED "Robert" by the author, gallerist, and collector in black ink on the verso of the title page, as issued. Inventory Number: 024770

Burawoy, Robert. Paris. 1977, 1983, 1984, 1993 & 1994.: Galerie Robert Burawoy. First Editions. 4to or Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalogs. Very Good. or Better.. 80pp + np (8pp) + np (8pp) + np (26pp) + np (14pp), each profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French with some English and Japanese. This is a group of five catalogues each published in conjunction with an exhibition of Japanese Arms, Armour, and/or swords at renowned Parisian specialist in Asian and Tribal Art, Galerie Robert Burawoy. The first, and most significant is the paperbound in dust jacket edition of "Armes Japonaises Dans Les Collections Privees Francaises". Published in 1977, it is an informative, well-illustrated eighty page survey of one hundred and thirty-seven examples of Japanese arms and armor produced between the 16th and 19th century selected from French collections. The other four titles - all softbound and oversized - are "Japon: Kinko - Montures de Sabre Ornementales" (1983, 8pp), "Armures Du Japon" (1984, 8pp), "Sabres Du Japon" (1993, 26pp - limited to 600 copies of which only a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat), and "Armures Du Japon" (1994, 14pp). A most handsome group of these uncommon items showing just an occasional bit of edgewear or light creasing along their spines. Inventory Number: 024768

Haynes, Robert & Robert Burawoy. Foreword by Hanns-Ulrich Haedeke. Paris: Robert Burawoy, 1984. First Edition 1/300 Deluxe. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Art Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 64pp, 103 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in English, German and French. With a bibliography. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with an exhibition of one hundred Tsuba shown during a 1984 symposium on "The Arts of the Samurai" held at The German Sword Museum in Solingen. Published by Parisian specialist in Asian and Tribal Art, Galerie Robert Burawoy, this survey illustrates each of the one hundred Japanese sword hilts selected from public collections in Hamburg, Copenhagen, Geneve, Paris, and London. A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon limited hardbound edition limited to three hundred NUMBERED (97/300) copies with a four hundred item bibliography not found in the trade version additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "for ..., Robert" from author and publisher Robert Burawoy to a well-known gallerist in black ink on the front pastedown. Inventory Number: 024766

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

(DIJKSTRA, RINEKE). Visser, Helene & Urs Stahel. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS & Munchen, GERMANY: The Stedelijk Museum & Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, 2005. First Edition #23/100 Deluxe. Large 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. 160pp, 69 color illustrations. Text in English and German. Designed by Lambert und Lambert. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lovely hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a major 2004 European Museum retrospective of the engaging color portraits of Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra that was circulated by Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum. A brand new, pristine example of the Schirmer/Mosel Verlag "Collectors Edition" limited to one hundred copies issued in a pale grey linen slipcase accompanied by an identical chemise containing the archivally mounted and matted 9 ¼ x 7"" color C-print "Chlopy, Poland, July 29, 1995" BOLDLY NUMBERED (23/100) AND SIGNED "Rineke Dijkstra / June 29, 2005" in pencil on the verso, as issued. 3-8296-0151-4 Inventory Number: 024759

(SOTH, ALEC). Soth, Alec. London: MACK, 2015. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Padded Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (144pp), 75 tritone illustrations. Designed by Alec Soth and Gregoire Pujade-Lauraine. "Known for his haunting portraits of solitary Americans in "Sleeping by the Mississippi" and "Broken Manual", Alec Soth has recently turned his lens toward community life in the country. To aid in his search, Soth assumed the increasingly obsolescent role of community newspaper reporter. From 2012 to 2014, Soth traveled state by state while working on his self-published newspaper, "The LBM Dispatch", as well as on assignment for the "New York Times" and others. From upstate New York to Silicon Valley, Soth attended hundreds of meetings, dances, festivals and communal gatherings in search of human interaction in an era of virtual social networks. With "Songbook", Soth has stripped these pictures of their news context in order to highlight the longing for connection at their root. Fragmentary, funny and sad, "Songbook" is a lyrical depiction of the tension between American individualism and the desire to be united". A brand new, pristine example of the 2015 first MACK printing of this awesome undertaking (cited on page 260 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Alec Soth 2015" in the year of publication in black ink on the title page. 1-910164-02-X Inventory Number: 024756

(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

(MIRO, JOAN) (ARTIGAS, JOSEP LLORENS I). Bernier, Rosamond, Joan Miro & Josep Llorens i Artigas. New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1956. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Very Good -.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w with two color lithographs. With an exhibition checklist. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the charming catalogue published in conjunction with a 1956 exhibition of twenty five collaborative ceramic sculptures by the Catalonian masters Joan Miro and Josep Llorens i Artigas held at Miro's longtime New York gallery, Pierre Matisse. It features a lithograph in colors that wraps around both covers along with a gatefold two sided color lithograph - both printed by Mourlot Freres - bound in, as issued. The black and white photographs are by Sabine Weiss, and the text is a transcribed interview with Miro and Artigas by Rosamond Bernier that first appeared in "The Selective Eye". A handsome example (entry number thirty-eight in Patrick Cramer's "Joan Mirò: The Illustrated Books - Catalogue Raisonné") showing some mild insect damage along the edges of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024733

(JANSS, EDWIN). Janss, Edwin. San Francisco, CA: Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences, 1975. First Edition. Folio. Cloth Portfolio in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (4pp) + sixteen 13 x 15" archival cardstock sheets each with a 7 ½ x 9 ½" type-C color photographic print mounted on the recto, 16 color illustrations. "Marine Portfolio III" is the late Los Angeles based underwater photographer and art collector Edwin Janss' spectacular third and final collection of original color photographic prints of fish, corals, and nudibranchs taken during Mr. Janss' many dives in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico. It features sixteen vivid 7 ½ x 9 ½" color images each mounted on a 13 x 15" archival cardstock sheet additionally NUMBERED AND SIGNED "Edwin Janss" in pencil on the recto. A brand new, internally most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon, luxe item showing just a bit of wear and trivial spotting to the publisher's dark brown slipcase. While not marked in any way, this came to us directly from the library of Janss' close friend, the late, great artist Sam Francis. Inventory Number: 024724

(JANSS, EDWIN). Janss, Edwin. Foreword by Giles W. Mead. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum, 1973. First Edition. Folio. Cloth Portfolio in Slipcase. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (4pp) + seventeen 13 x 15" archival cardstock sheets each with a 7 ½ x 9 ½" type-C color photographic print mounted on the recto, 17 color illustrations. "Marine Portfolio II" is the late Los Angeles based underwater photographer and art collector Edwin Janss' spectacular second - of three total - collection of original color photographic prints of fish, corals, and mostly nudibranchs taken during Mr. Janss' many dives in the Pacific Ocean. It features a brief foreword by the then-director of Los Angeles' Natural History Museum Giles W. Mead accompanied by seventeen vivid 7 ½ x 9 ½" color images each mounted on a 13 x 15" archival cardstock sheet additionally NUMBERED AND SIGNED "Edwin Janss" in pencil on the recto. A brand new, internally most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon, luxe item showing just a bit of wear and trivial spotting to the publisher's dark brown slipcase. While not marked in any way, this came to us directly from the library of Janss' close friend, the late, great artist Sam Francis. Inventory Number: 024723

(SOTH, ALEC). Zellar, Brad & Alec Soth (as Lester B. Morrison). St. Paul, MN: Little Brown Mushroom, 2012. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. Spiral Bound Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (118pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Hans Seeger. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "In House of Coates, writer Brad Zellar pieces together the story of legendary recluse Lester B. Morrison. Working from a handful of encounters and contradictory conversations, a sketchy paper trail and often confounding interviews with individuals who may or may not have been "associates" of Morrison (including Morrison's former collaborator Alec Soth), Zellar attempts to reconstruct one episode from Morrison's decidedly episodic life. In the winter of 2011, Zellar finally crossed paths with his evasive subject, and was with Morrison's permission granted access to the results of a Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory test that Morrison submitted to in August of 2009, along with the administrating psychiatrist's copious notes. Finally, in late December of last year, Zellar received in the mail a duct-taped shoebox marked "PERISHABLE" containing almost two hundred photographs that Morrison termed "disposable documents of the approximate period in question". From these raw materials designer Hans Seeger has assembled a book that Morrison himself has pronounced, "probably close enough to what might or might not have happened, and that’'s as much as I've learned to expect from the so-called real world". A brand new, most handsome example of the 2012 first Little Brown Mushroom edition of this quirky document (cited on page 260 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") in green spiral binding limited to one thousand unnumbered copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Alec Soth" in black ink on the title page. 0-9839990-1-5 Inventory Number: 024714

(TAPIES, ANTONI). Butor, Michel, Jean-Marie Baron & Antoni Tapies. Saint-Paul De Vence, FRANCE: Maeght Editeur, 1991. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 112pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This is the elegant little catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1991 Fondation Maeght retrospective of graphic work by Antoni Tapies. A brand new, most handsome example. 2-86941-151-0 Inventory Number: 024704

(GROPPER, WILLIAM). Freundlich, August L. & William Gropper. Los Angeles & Miami, FL: The Ward Ritchie Press & Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami, 1968. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. 4to. 1/4 Leather Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. 128pp, 104 b&w and 8 color illustrations. Designed by Joseph Simon. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the significant monograph on the celebrated American Social Realist artist William Gropper published in conjunction with a 1968 touring retrospective exhibition circulated by the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery of the University of Miami. It presents a comprehensive selection of over forty years of the artist's figurative portraits of the world's disenfranchised poor and working classes contrasted with their powerful employers and oppressors. A handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon ultra-deluxe edition bound in one-quarter blue leather-over-boards for the use of the artist housed in a blue paper-over-boards slipcase limited to one hundred copies with the 8 ½ x 10 ½" black and white lithograph entitled "Grandfather" NUMBERED (84/100) AND SIGNED "Gropper." in pencil along the bottom margin of the recto along with the publisher's limitation slip laid in, as issued. The gilt-stamped leather spine bears just a bit of sunning and spotting along with a slight nick to both the heel and crown. The slipcase shows some mild soiling and age-toning along with an inch-long separation to the joint at the bottom edge. It has been priced accordingly. This is separate and distinct from the editions issued in a yellow paper-over-boards slipcase made for sale by the Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery. LC 68-18437 Inventory Number: 024670

(ASKEVOLD, DAVID). Askevold, David, Mike Kelley, Cliff Eyland, Terry Graff & Petra Rigby Watson. Charlottetown, CANADA: Confederation Art Centre Gallery & Museum, 1998. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. With an exhibition checklist, bibliography, exhibition history and collections listing. Published in 1998 as documentation of a 1995 Canadian Museum retrospective, this comprehensive catalogue on the photographic-based art and video work of David Askevold features contributions by friend and frequent collaborator Mike Kelley, Cliff Eyland, Terry Graff, Petra Rigby Watson, and Askevold himself. A most handsome example additionally bearing the SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "For ... D.A. 22/07/2000" in black ink on the title page to a noted Los Angeles gallerist. 0-920089-52-6 Inventory Number: 024667

(KOONS, JEFF). Sischy, Ingrid, Eckhard Schneider, Katy Siegel & Jeff Koons. Hans Werner Holzwarth, Editor. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2007. First Edition 1/1500 Deluxe. Elephant Folio. Boards in Clamshell Box. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 606pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, German and French. With an exhibition history, biography and bibliography. "This exhaustive monograph begins with a biographical essay by Interview magazine editor-in-chief Ingrid Sischy that puts his work into context and tells his personal story, as well as a text by Eckhard Schneider analyzing Koons from a European perspective. Arranged in chronological chapters by work groups, the main body of the book features art historian and critic Katy Siegel's detailed analyses alongside hundreds of large-format images tracing Koons' career from 1979 to today. Rounding off the book are an extended bibliography and a lavishly illustrated biography. Fans of Jeff Koons’ work will find in this publication not only a sumptuous book-object, but also the most comprehensive study of the artist's work ever published". Limited to one thousand, five hundred copies NUMBERED AND SIGNED by Jeff Koons, this massive undertaking sold out long before publication. A brand new, pristine example still sealed in the publisher's printed shipping box, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-22849448 Inventory Number: 024659

(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Starr, Sandra Leonard. New York: Castelli-Feigen-Corcoran, 1983. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 88pp, 48 b&w and 1 color illustration. Designed by the Castle Press. This is the lovely catalogue issued in conjunction with a posthumous 1983 New York gallery exhibition of Joseph Cornell boxes and collages whose imagery reflects his lifelong obsession with the ballet. A most handsome example. LC 83-73032 Inventory Number: 024628

Klimburg-Salter, Deborah E., Maximilian Klimburg, David L. Snellgrove, Fritz Staal, Michel Strickmann & Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Los Angeles: UCLA Art Council, 1982. First Edition 1/4500. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good.. 256pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography and a glossary of Sanskrit and other names and terms. Designed by Jack Carter. This is the catalogue for the important 1982 traveling Museum exhibition of the monastic arts of Central Asia that developed along the trans-Himalayan Silk Route. It is a well-designed and illustrated scholarly survey that remains an important reference. An internally most handsome example of the softbound edition showing some light wear, scuffing, and dulling to the covers, a tear to the wrappers at the crown of the spine, and a slight dent through the lower foredge tip with the publisher's errata sheet laid in. It has been priced accordingly. LC 82-620035 Inventory Number: 024626

(MERRILD, KNUD). Dailey, Victoria. Los Angeles: Steve Turner Gallery, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 32pp, 13 duotone and 11 color illustrations. Designed by Mr. Keedy. With an exhibition history and checklist. This is an elegantly designed and printed catalogue on the noted California Modernist painter Knud Merrild issued in conjunction with a 1991 Los Angeles gallery retrospective. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-915148-13-7 Inventory Number: 024615