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(BROWN, GLENN). Morton, Tom. Berlin: Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin & Holzwarth Publications, 2006. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 78pp, 14 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Hans Werner Holzwarth. With an exhibition history and bibliography. "I am a little bit like Doctor Frankenstein because I create my pictures with the remains and dead parts of other artists' works." So says the rising London painter, Glenn Brown, while essayist Tom Morton likens Brown's canvases to a zombie comedy". This is the beautifully produced hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2006 Galerie Max Hetzler exhibition of six art-history inflected paintings by Glenn Brown. Each work is sumptuously reproduced with a tipped in color plate on heavy stock with an accompanying full page color detail; as well as two installation photographs. A pristine copy of this already unavailable and uncommon item. 3-935567-35-9 Inventory Number: 016183

(SERRA, RICHARD) (BOCHNER, MEL). Halbreich, Kathy. Cambridge, MA: Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 52pp, 36 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition histories and bibliographies. This is the well-illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 1980 Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology joint exhibition of works by Mel Bochner and Richard Serra. A most presentable example showing some overall light wear as well as some mild soiling and browning to the white covers. Inventory Number: 016180

Donnan, Christopher B.. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin America Center Publications / University of California, 1976. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket. Very Good/Very Good -. 146pp, 128 b&w and 16 color illustrations. With a bibliography. Published by the UCLA Latin America Center in 1976, this is the second monograph devoted to Moche material culture written by the preeminent American researcher on the subject, Christopher Donnan. A handsome example bearing a bold ink ownership inscription of the noted late Los Angeles artist and collector Emerson Woelffer in his hand on the first preliminary whose dust jacket shows a short closed tear with some attendant creasing on the front near the crown of the spine. 0-87903-033-X Inventory Number: 016169

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Shani, Annushka. London: White Cube, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 143pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jason Beard. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with Damien Hirst's 2003 London gallery show of twenty-eight new works entitled "Romance in the Age of Uncertainty". While these numerous formaldehyde pieces, pharmacies, and butterfly paintings bear a resemblance to the artist's earlier works, these creations each have titles based on Biblical themes. A brand new, most handsome example of this quirkily designed book that incorporates quite a number of blank pages. 0-9542363-7-8 Inventory Number: 016145

(BOCHNER, MEL). Bochner, Mel, Frederic Paul & Nelson Knight. Bignan, FRANCE: Domaine De Kerguehennec, 2008. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 176pp, 85 color and 36 b&w illustrations. Text in English and French. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lovely new hardbound catalogue that documents the 2007 Domaine De Kerguehennec retrospective of renowned Conceptual artist Mel Bochner. It contains primarily newly photographed images of the works installed during the exhibition as well as earlier documentary photographs, essays by Frederic Paul and Nelson Knight, and a lengthy transcribed interview between Paul and Mel Bochner. A brand new, pristine example. 2-906574-15-5 Inventory Number: 016143

(WOELFFER, EMERSON). Silverman Gallery, Manny. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 1990. First Edition. Tall Narrow 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Announcement. Fine.. One 9 ¼ x 16" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in thirds to make 6pp, 5 color illustrations. This is the exhibition announcement cum brochure for a 1990 show of collages by the late Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist/educator/collector Emerson Woelffer held at his longtime local gallery. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 016124

(KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN). Felix, Zdenek, Veit Loers & Rudolf Schmitz. Hamburg & Koln, GERMANY: Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Oktagon Verlag, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Foil-Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.. 80pp, 32 color and 4 b&w illustrations. Text in German and English. Designed by Panhans/Zander. With a biography and bibliography. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with the 1999 Deichtorhallen Hamburg exhibition of Martin Kippenberger's riotous Kafka-inspired installation of furniture entitled "The Happy End of Franz Kafka's "Amerika". A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-89611-074-8 Inventory Number: 016086

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

(TOM OF FINLAND). Laaksonen, Touko aka Tom of Finland. Los Angeles: Tom of Finland, 1989. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Wall Calendar. Near Fine.. np (24pp), 12 b&w illustrations + b&w covers. Self-published by the late, great Tom of Finland, this is a wall calendar for 1990 that features fourteen erotic male illustrations to keep you cozy throughout the year. A most handsome example of this surprisingly uncommon item perfect for the Tom of Finland completeist suitable for use again in 2018. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. Inventory Number: 016028

(FEE, JAMES). Krull, Craig & Keiji Okuhira. Los Angeles: Farmani & Fee, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Near Fine.. np (56pp), 25 duotone plates. Text in English and Japanese. Limited to one thousand copies, this beautifully printed, self-published catalogue presents the late Los Angeles-based photographer James Fee's second installment of moody images of an unpopulated, dystopian homeland first seen in his "Photographs of America". A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 0-964-0494-1-4 Inventory Number: 016013

(WOELFFER, EMERSON). Woelffer, Emerson, Anne Ayres & Roy Dowell. Los Angeles: Otis School of Art and Design Galley, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 64pp, 20 color illustrations. Designed by Daniel Stearns. With a biography, exhibition checklist and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1992 Los Angeles gallery retrospective of sixty-two works on paper by the late Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist/educator/collector Emerson Woelffer, this elegant catalogue combines reproductions of the artist's work along with essays by curators Anne Ayres and Roy Dowell, and an interview with Woelffer. A brand new, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 016009

(PARR, MARTIN) (GOSSAGE, JOHN). Obvious & Ordinary aka Martin Parr & John Gossage. NP (Chicago & London). ND (2007).: NP (Stephen Daiter Gallery & Rocket Gallery). First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (72pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Limited to one thousand, five hundred copies only, this playful tome attempted to anonymously document noted photographers Martin Parr (British, color, obvious) and John Gossage's (American, black and white, ordinary) 2006 road trip to Memphis to visit William Eggleston. Charming, cheerful and revealing, it resides comfortably alongside such revered American travelogues as Robert Frank's "The Americans", Steven Shore's "Uncommon Places", and Jeffrey Brouws' "Highway". A brand new, pristine example additionally bearing Parr and Gossage's "Obvious" and "Ordinary" rubber stamps (due to the nature of the project they have decided to "stamp" rather than actually sign any of the copies) in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 015990

(LIBESKIND, DANIEL) (BALMOND, CECIL). Libeskind, Daniel & Cecil Balmond. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: NAI Publishers (Netherlands Architecture Institute), 1997. First Edition. Folio. Loose Contents in a Box. Architecture Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Published in conjunction with a 1997 exhibition at the Netherlands Architecture Institute, this is the innovatively designed box of printed elements related to the Boilerhouse extension of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London - a collaboration between noted architects Daniel Libeskind and Cecil Balmond (of Ove Arup and Partners Limited). It contains ten different project-related documents all housed in a beautifully printed heavy butcher paper over board clamshell box. A most handsome, complete example of this uncommon object in the publisher's printed obi, as issued. 90-5662-039-8 Inventory Number: 015972

(DARWELL, JOHN). Darwell, John. Stockport, UK: Dewi Lewis Publishers, 2001. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (52pp), 34 color illustrations. This is John Darwell's compact photo-essay documenting the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactors' "Zones of Exclusion": the permanently evacuated area surrounding the 1986 Russian Nuclear Power Plant disaster. It provides a haunting and eerily beautiful glimpse of the thirty kilometer wasteland where no man can now go - and is the perfect compliment to Robert Polidori's oversized volume on the same subject. A brand new, pristine example. 1-899235-58-2 Inventory Number: 015883

(ROYAL ART LODGE, THE) (DZAMA, MARCEL). Baerwaldt, Wayne, Joseph R. Wolin, Michael Dumontier, Hollie Dzama, Marcel Dzama, Neil Farber, Drue Langlois & Myles Langlois. Toronto, CANADA & New York: The Power Plant & The Drawing Center, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 103pp, profusely illustrated in color. "Over a period of six years, The Royal Art Lodge members Michael Dumontier, Hollie Dzama, Marcel Dzama, Neil Farber, Drue Langlois, and Myles Langlois (along with former members Jonathan Pylypchuk and Adrian Williams), have together produced a remarkably large body of work including drawings, sculptures, videos, puppets, music, costumes and dolls. Their low-tech aesthetic and crude-yet-precise draftsmanship, combined with a perversely idiosyncratic sense of humor, have resulted in an outpouring of unforgettable hybrid creatures, absurd commentaries on the human condition, and an art of dynamic energy, whimsical charm, and expressive beauty". "Ask the Dust" is the comprehensive, most excellent catalogue issued in conjunction with the 2003 touring retrospective of works by everyone's favorite Winnipeg drawing collective. A brand new, most handsome example. 0-942324-19-6 Inventory Number: 015861

(ROYAL ART LODGE, THE) (DZAMA, MARCEL). Bartorelli, Guido, Michael Dumontier, Neil Farber & Marcel Dzama. Padova, ITALY: Perugi Artecontemporanea, 2005. First Edition. Small Square 8vo. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artists Monograph. As New.. 92pp, 80 color illustrations + cover. Text in English and Italian. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is another compact, charming catalogue issued in conjunction with the 2005 Royal Art Lodge onslaught of Europe containing reproductions of eighty collaborative paintings by core members Michael Dumontier, Neil Farber, and Marcel Dzama. A brand new, pristine example. 88-87327-07-6 Inventory Number: 015806

(MERRILD, KNUD). Langsner, Jules, Knud Merrild & William Osmun. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965. First Edition 1/1000. Square 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 32pp, 25 b&w illustrations. Designed by Louis Danziger. Photographic Frontispiece by Man Ray. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1965 Museum retrospective of paintings, constructions, collages, watercolors and drawings by the noted California Modernist painter Knud Merrild. A most presentable example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing some rubbing to the wrappers. Inventory Number: 015789

(GOTTLIEB, ADOLPH). Hirsch, Sanford & Manny Silverman. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 1992. First Edition 1/1500. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 32pp, 13 color and 1 b&w illustration + color cover. Designed by Suzanne Bernstein. With an exhibition checklist, collections listing and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with a 1992 Los Angeles gallery exhibition of fourteen "Pictograph" works on canvas and paper by noted American Abstract Expressionist artist Adolph Gottlieb. A handsome copy showing a few creases across the spine. Inventory Number: 015713

Washburne-Harris, Jessie & Donald Kennison, Editors. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2002. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Printed Self-Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Fine.. np (64pp), 23 color illustrations. Designed by Bruce Mau Design Inc. With an exhibition checklist and bibliographies. This is the sleek catalogue published to document the 2002 group exhibition of twenty-two blue chip works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Gober, Damien Hirst, Jasper Johns (4), Donald Judd, Yves Klein, Franz Kline, Jeff Koons, Barnett Newman, Pablo Picasso (2), Robert Ryman, Jenny Saville, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol (2), and Rachel Whiteread entitled "The Physical World" held at New York's Gagosian Gallery. From the gallery's press release: "While seemingly diverse, the works all display a particular correlation between object and ground whether achieved two dimensionally or with an actual object. An underlying current of sexuality and death runs through and connects the works in the exhibition". What else is left to be said? A most handsome example. 1-880154-76-5 Inventory Number: 015662

(MORRISON, JOEL). Morrison, Joel, Rainer Crone, Alexandra von Stosch & Aimee Chang. Beverly Hills, CA: Gagosian Gallery, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Self-Wrappers with Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 60pp, 9 illustrations in color and b&w. Designed by An Art Service. With a biography. This is the elegant catalogue published to document the 2008 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills exhibition of sculpture and photographic works by Los Angeles-based artist Joel Morrison entitled "Circus". It features photographs of the objects and their gallery installation, an essay by Rainer Crone and Alexandra von Stosch, and a transcribed interview with the artist by Aimee Chang. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-932598-77-4 Inventory Number: 015636

(QUINN, MARC). Quinn, Marc, Brian Eno, Will Self, David Thorp & Mark Gisbourne. London & New York: Booth-Clibborn Editions & Gagosian Gallery, 1998. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (208pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by North. With an exhibition history. Published jointly by Booth-Clibborn Editions and the Gagosian Gallery, this is the most lavish, exquisitely designed and printed hardbound catalogue produced for Marc Quinn's 1998 New York exhibition, "Incarnate". It reproduces in great detail each of forty-nine queasy, anatomically chilling works executed by the renowned British contemporary artist between 1988 and 1998, and contains textual contributions by Quinn, Brian Eno, Will Self, David Thorp, and Mark Gisbourne. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-86154-048-5 Inventory Number: 015628

(WOELFFER, EMERSON). Silverman Gallery, Manny. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Announcement. Fine.. One 8 ¾ x 11 ½" cardstock sheet printed offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half as issued to make 4pp, 1 color illustration. With a chronology. This is the exhibition announcement cum brochure for a 2000 show of paintings and collages by the late Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist/educator/collector Emerson Woelffer held at his longtime local gallery. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 015612

(STELLA, FRANK). Pincus-Witten, Robert. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1990. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (28pp), 5 color + b&w illustration. Designed by Dan Miller Design. This is the slender yet elegant catalogue published in conjunction with a 1990 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of five early Frank Stella abstractions executed between 1959 and 1964. An internally bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing some typical scuffing to the front cover. Inventory Number: 015565

(DE KOONING, WILLEM). Geldzahler, Henry. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1987. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (22pp), 6 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by Britt Reynolds. This is the slender twenty-two page paperbound catalogue published in conjunction with a Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition of major works on canvas created between 1955 and 1963 by famed Abstract Expressionist pioneer Willem de Kooning. Only the second catalogue issued by the gallery, it contains an essay filled with quotes from the artist by eminence grise Henry Geldzahler. A most handsome copy of the uncommon first printing from 1987. Inventory Number: 015526

(WEIFENBACH, TERRI). Weifenbach, Terri. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2001. First Edition 1/500. 12mo. Printed Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (18pp), 9 color illustrations. Terri Weifenbach's "Instruction Manual No. 3: 25. June 1996" is the fourth installment in Nazraeli Press' estimable series of One Picture Books. Limited to five hundred SIGNED AND NUMBERED copies, it contains an original 4 ¼ x 2 ¾" color photographic print of a mysterious clear blue sky whose image is derived from the unique 68 x 39" print owned by Sir Elton John tipped in at the rear of the book, as issued. A brand new, pristine example of this lovely item. 1-59005-005-3 Inventory Number: 015522

(GOLDBERG, MICHAEL). Goldberg, Michael & John Yau. New York: Knoedler & Company, 2007. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 44pp, 17 color illustrations. With an exhibition history and biography. Published in conjunction with a recent New York gallery exhibition, this is a nicely appointed catalogue that documents sixteen recent paintings on canvas and paper by noted "second generation" American Abstract Expressionist Michael Goldberg. It also features an interview with the artist by noted critic John Yau. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9789987-4-X Inventory Number: 015512

(BLUHM, NORMAN). Silverman Gallery, Manny. Los Angeles: Manny Silverman Gallery, 2007. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (20pp), 12 color and 1 b&w illustration + color cover. With a chronology and exhibition history. This is the slender twenty page brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 2007 exhibition of paintings on canvas executed during the seventies by noted American Abstract Expressionist painter Norman Bluhm. A handsome example of this ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event showing a slight dent at the heel of the spine. Inventory Number: 015508

(BRESDIN, RODOLPHE). Van Gelder, Dirk. Paris: Editions Du Chene, 1976. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued. 208 + 160pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. Text in French. This is a beautifully illustrated two volume slipcased set on the work of the Rodolphe Bresdin. The first volume is a scholarly monograph on the iconoclastic 19th Century French proto-Symbolist engraver, lithographer, and etcher, and the second a full catalogue raisonné of his one hundred and fifty-three known graphic works - many of which had never been previously reproduced. A most handsome example of this uncommon reference in the publisher's debossed linen slipcase. 2-85-108-113-6 Inventory Number: 015476

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

(KON, MICHIKO). Iizawa, Kohtaro & Peter C. Bunnell. Tucson, AZ & Tokyo: Nazraeli Press & Photo Gallery International, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. Square 12mo. Loose Plates in Plexiglas Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (28 + 4pp), 41 individual 6 x 6" cardstock sheets printed offset, housed in a clear Plexiglas box with a sliding lid. Text in English and Japanese. "Michiko Kon is a contemporary Japanese artist of startling originality. Her exploration of the photographic still-life, in which perishable materials, raw fish, fowl, vegetables, are combined with familiar, often feminine objects; a schoolgirl's uniform, high-heeled shoes, a pocketbook, trigger our senses of touch, taste and smell through vision and imagination. "Kon Box" presents forty of Kon's most powerful works". A brand new, pristine example of this elegantly designed and produced exhibition catalogue cum object limited to one thousand copies. 3-923922-47-7 Inventory Number: 015444

Lacroix, Christian. Paris: Musee De La Mode et Du Costume, 1994. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Fashion Monograph. As New. 176pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Published in conjunction with a massive 1994 Palais Galleria exhibition surveying the history of denim fabric, this is the lavishly illustrated, highly informative catalogue that is a must-have for fashion historian and jeans collector alike. A pristine copy of this uncommon item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 2-87900-180-3 Inventory Number: 015434

(ICHIYANAGI, TOSHI). Ichiyanagi, Toshi. Venice & Los Angeles, CA: Some Serious Business & the U.C.L.A. Committee on Fine Arts Productions, 1978. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Handbill. Very Good.. One 11 x 6 ½" sheet printed black and white offset recto only, unmailed. This is the promotional handbill for the first Los Angeles appearance ever of noted Japanese avant-garde composer/performer Toshi Ichiyanagi at UCLA's Dickson Auditorium, April 9th, 1978 sponsored by Some Serious Business. A handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item showing a slight soft crease along the upper right corner. Inventory Number: 015425

(BOURGEOIS, LOUISE). Bourgeois, Louise, Mieke Bal, Harald Fricke, Angela Lammer, Hanne Loreck, Christiane Mennicke, Valeria Schulte-Fischedick & Gabriele Werner. Beatrice E. Stammer, Kathrin Becker & Antje Weitzel, Editors. Berlin, GERMANY. 1995-1999: Akademie Der Kunst, 2003. First Edition 1/1100. 8vo. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Stephan Fiedler, Thorsten Platz. Text in German and English. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. This is the nicely appointed hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with an extensive 2003 German museum exhibition of one hundred and fifteen sculptures, works on paper, and prints by Louise Bourgeois. It contains several critical essays on the work of, and interviews with the idiosyncratic artist. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, one hundred unnumbered copies still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-00-011312-6 Inventory Number: 015390

(VISIONAIRE). Edited By Gan, Stephen.. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 2004. First Edition 1/2000. Narrow Oblong Folio. Loose Contents in a Box. Fashion Quarterly. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. 5 polychrome vinyl figures housed in a black cardboard and plastic case, with a leporello pamphlet laid in. Published in an edition of two thousand copies, this is the forty-fourth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, For this fun issue Visionaire has partnered with vanguard toy manufacturer Kidrobot to create an original Visionaire soft vinyl figure, then further collaborated with ten world renowned fashion designers to customize that figure into ten different characters. The issue is released in two different sets (one red, one black) limited to two thousand copies each containing five toys, with an accompanying booklet picturing all ten designs. The characters and booklets are packaged inside a molded plastic and cardboard case. This set (black) features the designs by Hermes, Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander McQueen, Valentino, and Versace. Kidrobot is the world's premier creator of limited edition art toys designed by world-renowned artists with backgrounds in graffiti and fine art, illustration, graphic and industrial design, and music. A handsome individually numbered example whose interior plastic case and figurines are pristine, while the publisher's protective cardboard box shows some overall light wear and scuffing. It has been priced accordingly. 1-888645-48-2 Inventory Number: 015382

Sprigle, David Aden, Editor. Santa Monica, CA: FotoFactory Press, 1997. First Edition 1/6000. Square 8vo. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. As New/As New. np (124pp), profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Designed by Stephen Patrick Foery and David Sprigle. Published in conjunction with a 1997 exhibition at Venice Beach's David Aden Gallery, this is another beautifully appointed FotoFactory Press thematic anthology that features the work of fifty-nine photographers' erotic images of men and animals. Those included here are Ali, Bjorn Andren, Larry Ashton, Clifford Baker, Steven Baratz, Jim Barnes, Joel W. Benjamin, Tom Bianchi, Rick Castro, Lance DeWalt, Evergon, Benjamin F. Fink Jr., Stephen Fleitz, Robert Flynt, Ed Freeman, Nina Glaser, Alair Gomes, Steph. Gorkii, Kelly Grider, David Grinnell, Kim Hanson, Conrad Hechter, Baly Hinter Wipflinger, Justice Howard, Donnie Hudson, Rolf Juario, Dean Keefer, Ross Bennett Lewis, Mark Lynch, Geoff Manasse, David J. Martin, Reed Massengill, Jose Messana, Martin Meyer, Daniel Nicoletta, Freddie Niem, Barbara Nitke, Ray Lewis Payne, Stevee Postman, Veli-Pekka Raty, Paul Roberts, Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte, Edgar Scott, Robert Emery Smith, David Sprigle, Stanley Stellar, Vince Sullivan, Brian To, Bill Toscano, Arthur Tress, Tim Wilkerson, and Cameron Wolf. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-883923-23-9 Inventory Number: 015241

(VAN KESTEREN, GEERT). van Kesteren, Geert & Michael Hirsh. Foreword by Jan Gruiters. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Artimo, 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np (544pp), 245 color illustrations. Text in English and Arabic. "Why Mister, Why?" is a compelling account from Dutch photojournalist Geert van Kesteren. For the most part of 2003 and into 2004, van Kesteren made these images in a struggling Iraq, intertwining them with his personal experience of the situation in diary-like notes. In that way, this body of work resonates with an honesty found only when the narrator and photographer of a story are one and the same. The situation in Iraq, following the declaration of "mission accomplished," represented a culture clash of rare proportions, and van Kesteren was witness to what went wrong. He saw clouds of sadness coming from the mass graves created by the Saddam regime, while Shi'ites enjoyed their awakening freedom. Embedded within the ranks of US troops, he witnessed disgraceful raids on Iraqi citizens. And these accounts are presented here for the reader to see, feel, and try to understand. In a clear photojournalistic way, van Kesteren outlines why it will take a long time before the Iraqi people can enjoy the semblance of peace. Accompanying the images is an introduction by Newsweek senior editor Michael Hirsh, with whom Van Kesteren shared several tense moments in Iraq". A pristine copy (cited on page 241 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II" and page 45 of "From Fair to Fine 3") of the English and Arabic language edition of this eccentrically bound gem. 90-8546-009-3 Inventory Number: 015220

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Lloyd, Jill. London: Karsten Schubert Ltd., 1988. First Edition 1/1200. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 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 limited to one thousand, two hundred unnumbered copies showing some minor wear and handling to the covers. 1-870590-06-6 Inventory Number: 015218

(CAIN, PETER). Nickas, Bob & Carroll Dunham. New York: Matthew Marks Gallery, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Wrappers in DJ. Artist Monograph. As New./As New.. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a biography, exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the first comprehensive catalogue published on the late New York artist Peter Cain, whose eerie, foreshortened paintings of cars became a staple of the Whitney Biennials of the 1990s. A pristine copy. 1-880146-37-1 Inventory Number: 015187

Cohen, Arthur A. & Trevor Winkfield. New York. ND (circa 1976).: Ex Libris. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Bookseller's Catalogue. Very Good.. np (152pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. Catalogue number three features nine hundred and eighty-five fully described and indexed original works, photographs, posters, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed ephemera on the subjects of Guillaume Apollinaire, Architecture, Expressionism, Illustrated Books and Livres de Peintre, Alfred Jarry, Periodicals and Annuals, Photographs and Photogravures (including a large collection of plates from "Camera Work"), Photography and Film, and Surrealism. And while at the time of its 1976 publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some forty years later they are finally downright bargains! A handsome example of this uncommon reference showing a bit of light sunning to the covers along with its title added discreetly in ink to the spine. Inventory Number: 015159

(SOMMER, FREDERICK). Torosian, Michael & Frederick Sommer. Toronto, CANADA: Lumiere Press, 1992. First Edition 1/200. 8vo. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.. 36pp, 4 tipped-in b&w silver-gelatin prints. Designed by Michael Torosian. With a biography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1992 as the sixth installment of Toronto's Lumiere Press "Homage" series, this is an exquisitely produced monograph on the late American Surrealist photographer Frederick Sommer. It was designed and printed by author and publisher Michael Torosian on Mohawk Superfine paper, bound in one-quarter oatmeal linen over grey paper boards with a printed spine label, and contains three small tipped-in gelatin-silver prints of images by Sommer as well as a tipped-in gelatin-silver portrait of the photographer by Edward Weston as the frontispiece. A brand new, pristine example (cited on page 113 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter") of this uncommon gem limited to two hundred copies. 0-921542-06-2 Inventory Number: 015155