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(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA. 2003 (2007).: Perceval Press. Third Printing. Tall 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color. "Mo Te Upoko-o-te-ika/For Wellington" is a book to accompany the joint exhibitions currently on at Massey University and the Wellington City Gallery, in New Zealand. Photographer Viggo Mortensen says "I've seen and learned a great deal so far in that beautiful country, and am glad to have been able to return many of the images made during my time there and share them with the people of Aotearoa". A brand new, pristine example of the third printing still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9721436-8-8 Inventory Number: 014419

(SALLE, DAVID). Power, Kevin & Carla Schulz-Hoffmann. Madrid, SPAIN: Fundacion Caja De Pensions, 1988. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 130pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Spanish. Designed by Gerardo Delgado. With an exhibition history and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1988 Spanish Museum exhibition, this extensive, well-illustrated catalogue examines the work and influences of one of the leading exponents of figurative painting from the eighties, David Salle. A handsome copy showing a bit of overall light wear and handling to the covers. 84-7664-172-9 Inventory Number: 014411

(PALEARI, FABIO) (DOHERTY, PETE). Paleari, Fabio & Robert Montgomery. Bologna, ITALY: Grafiche Damiani, 2007. First Edition 1/400 Deluxe. 4to. Boards in Wooden Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (272pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Juan Gallego. "Any follower of the international tabloids is well-acquainted with rocker Pete Doherty, the former Libertines front man who is now quite famous for his on-again, off-again love affairs with supermodel Kate Moss and crack cocaine. After getting kicked out of the influential aforementioned British post-punk band for his over-the-top-drug use, Doherty started the band Babyshambles in 2005. Though fringe elements of Doherty's incendiary story have been well documented by unauthorized paparazzi, the authorized, inside view has never been available until now. In "I Won't Give Up", Italian photographer and documentary filmmaker Fabio Paleari follows Doherty from 2004-2006; onstage, backstage, while partying, and throughout the vicissitudes of his relationship with Moss". Hedi Slimane's Doherty tome "London: Birth of a Cult" came and went in a flash, so you won't want to miss this gritty expose! A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe hardbound edition limited to four hundred copies housed in the publisher's sliding wooden box accompanied by a 12 x 9 ½" black and white print on baritate paper of the book's cover image "Pete" SIGNED, NUMBERED AND TITLED by Fabio Paleari in black ink on the verso still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 88-6208-028-X Inventory Number: 014373

(OUTERBRIDGE, PAUL). Dines, Elaine & Graham Howe, Editors. Laguna Beach, CA: Laguna Beach Museum of Art, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine.. 239pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in conjunction with a 1981 Laguna Beach Museum of Art retrospective, this is a comprehensive monograph on the supremely talented, yet ill-fated photographer Paul Outerbridge who finished out his life destitute in Laguna Beach. This includes extensive selections of the nudes, commercial work, carbro prints, and his previously undocumented black and white ink drawings. A most handsome example. 0-940872-02-1 Inventory Number: 014360

(OROZCO, GABRIEL). Buchloh, Benjamin H.D., Abraham Cruzvillegas, Gabriel Kuri, Molly Nesbit, Damian Ortega & Alma Ruiz. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 208pp, 132 color and 17 b&w illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 2000 Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art retrospective, this is the first comprehensive monograph in English on the renowned contemporary Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco. A handsome example showing just a bit of external wear and soiling to the covers. 0-914357-75-1 Inventory Number: 014351

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Leah Dickerman, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Mignon Nixon, Malcolm Turvey, Lisa Pasquariello & Catherine de Zegher, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Fine.. 162pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: Girl Love - Kaja Silverman; Reanimations (I) - George Baker; The Projected Image in Contemporary Art - Round Table featuring Malcolm Turvey, Hal Foster, Chrissie Iles, George Baker, Matthew Buckingham, Anthony McCall; The Revolutionary Energy of the Outmoded - Christian Thorne; Beauty and the Status of Contemporary Criticism - Suzanne Perling Hudson; The Jesse Helms Theory of Art - Richard Meyer; Eva Hesse Retrospective: A Note on Milieu - Mignon Nixon; Letters and Responses: Juan Ignacio Vidarte and Allan Sekula. A most handsome copy. 0-262-75254-9 Inventory Number: 014348

(MULLER, KARIN APOLLONIA). Muller, Karin Apollonia & Rodney Sappington. Santa Monica, CA. 2008.: Arcana Editions. First Edition Thus 1/20 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Boards, Boxed. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 44 color illustrations. Text in English. Equal measures contemplative and bleak, "Angels in Fall" is Karin Apollonia Muller's compelling study of the urban and man-made landscape of Los Angeles. Shot in a muted palette with nary a blue sky or sunshine in sight, the German-born photographer's adopted city seems permanently cloaked in grey and solitude. Originally published by Kruse Verlag in 2001, this gem (cited on page 284 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II") has been re-released in 2008 by the photographer and Arcana Editions in two versions limited to twenty copies and five artist's proofs each housed in a grey linen clamshell box accompanied by a SIGNED AND NUMBERED 10 ½ x 12" color photograph of one of two images from "Angels in Fall" in its own grey linen chemise. A brand new, pristine example from the edition of twenty copies containing the original SIGNED AND NUMBERED (07/20) photograph "Waiting (1996)" - mistakenly captioned as "Surf" in the book itself. 3-934923-09-7 Inventory Number: 014340

Bepler, Sine, Jens Hoffmann, Jonathan Napack & Philip Tinari. Sine Bepler & Uta Grosenick, Editors. Koln, GERMANY: Verlag Der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2007. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. As New/As New. 252pp, 150 color and 50 b&w illustrations. Text in English and Chinese. "Since its establishment in 1996, ShanghART gallery has fostered and embraced radicalism and diversity in Shanghai art. Located initially in a downtown hotel and thereafter in an old workshop in Fuxing Park, the gallery quickly became an international reference point for contemporary Chinese art. Today it is regarded as one of the country's most acclaimed and innovative cultural spaces. This publication is structured as a virtual exhibition, documenting key works by thirty-one represented artists including Ding Yi, Geng Jianyi, Hu Jieming, Hu Yang, Ji Wenyu, Li Shan, Liang Yue, Lu Chunsheng, Feng Mengbo, Pu Jie, Song Tao, Shen Fan, Shi Yong, Tang Guo, Tang Maohong, Wei Guangqing, Wang Guangyi, Wang Youshen, Wu Yiming, Xiang Liqing, Xue Song, Xu Zhen, Yang Fudong, Yang Zhengzhong, Yu Youhan, Zhao Bandi, Zhou Zixi, Zeng Fanzhi, Zhang Enli, and Zhou Tiehai, as well as the gallery's own development. Its essays chronicle the history of the emergent Chinese art scene and detail the radical sociopolitical and cultural changes of the past decade". 3-86560-200-2 Inventory Number: 014337

(HODGKIN, HOWARD). Saatchi, Doris Lockhart & James Fenton. With a brief text by W. Somerset Maugham. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1998. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Debossed Boards. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 46pp, 14 color illustrations. Designed by Peter B. Willberg. With a chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lovely catalogue published in conjunction with noted British artist Howard Hodgkin's first Gagosian Gallery exhibition in 1998 of paintings in oil on wood. A most handsome example showing a tiny bit of fraying at the heel of the spine. 1-880154-22-6 Inventory Number: 014327

(BARNEY, MATTHEW). Barney, Matthew, Neville Wakefield & Richard Flood. Karel Schampers, Editor. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS & Ostfildern, GERMANY: Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen & Cantz Verlag, 1995. First Edition 1/2500. 8vo. Wrappers in Plastic Sleeve. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 92pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Dutch. Designed by Matthew Barney and Gracia Lebbink. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the lovely catalogue documenting Matthew Barney's 1995 Museum Boymans-van Beuningen exhibition that presented elements of his "Cremaster" 1 and 4, "Facility of INCLINE", "OTTOshaft", "Facility of DECLINE", and "Drawing Restraint 7" series. It was designed by the artist and features several folding plates - perfect for that rowdy yet discerning Al Davis fan in your life. A handsome example in the publisher's printed transparent plastic wraparound band. 90-6918-148-7 Inventory Number: 014223

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

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

(FAUCON, BERNARD). Faucon, Bernard. Satomi Ishihara, Editor. Tokyo: Treville Co. Ltd., 1995. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, 81 color illustrations. Text in Japanese. Published only in Japan, this is an elegantly designed, beautifully printed hardbound survey of the symbology-laden color work of noted French photographer Bernard Faucon including his always intriguing mannequin-laden "Les Grand Vacances" ("Summer Camp") images from the late seventies. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 4-8457-0999-6 Inventory Number: 014093

(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Ricard, Rene. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1999. First Edition. Small Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. 36pp, 9 tipped-in color illustrations + color cover. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 1999 Gagosian exhibition "Recent Paintings", this is a beautifully designed catalogue that spared no expense with its lavishly production values. A brand new, pristine example SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 1-880154-31-5 Inventory Number: 013993

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Los Angeles: The Lapis Press, 1988. First Edition 1/35. Elephant Folio. Full Leather in Slipcase. Artist's Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (28pp), 1 letterpress colophon + title page, 8 color etchings. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Flipping, Kicking, Howling, Rolling, Sitting, Standing, Climbing, Telling" is the oversized, extraordinarily luxe artist's book published in 1988 by Sam Francis' Lapis Press containing eight original etchings by Edward Ruscha. Each "silhouette" image was pulled by master printer Jacob Samuel at The Litho Shop on a 20 x 16" sheet of Rives BFK paper. The title and colophon pages are printed by hand-letterpress, and along with the etchings, four blank preliminaries, and endpapers have been hand-bound by Klaus Ullrich S. Rotzscher in an exquisite debossed, full dark green smooth calfskin. The book is housed in a stylish matching calf and linen slipcase. A most handsome example of the first and only printing (print entries 149-156 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999") of this exquisite, exceedingly uncommon volume - only two copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - BOLDLY NUMBERED (19/35) AND SIGNED "Ed Ruscha 1988" in pencil on the rear colophon, as issued. This is accompanied by a pristine example of the hors commerce 20 x 16" Lapis Press promotional broadside cum print for the book featuring a colored etching by Ruscha of the letter "B" (entry M-59 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999") that was issued in an edition of forty numbered but unsigned copies. Inventory Number: 013966

(CRAGG, TONY). Cragg, Tony & Lewis Biggs, et al. Liverpool, UK: Tate Gallery Liverpool, 2000. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 156pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With an exhibition checklist, biography, exhibition history and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 2000 Tate Gallery Liverpool, this beautifully photographed and stylishly designed catalogue is a comprehensive survey of contemporary British sculptor Tony Cragg's work of the nineties. A handsome copy. 1-85437-324-2 Inventory Number: 013891

(DINE, JIM). Dine, Jim & Neil Curry. London: Enitharmon Editions Ltd., 1993. First Edition 1/75 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Slipcase. Illustrated Book. As New.. 64pp, with an individual signed lithograph, a lithographic frontispiece and four photogravures bound into the book. Beautifully illustrated by Jim Dine, this is the deluxe edition of author Neil Curry's colloquial version of the closing books of Homer's Odyssey in which he has "scrubbed the story free from all its side-tracks and digressions so as to leave clear one thread of Odysseus's final journey: from the shores of Ithaca to the marriage-bed where he is finally reunited with Penelope". It is hand-printed in 14 point Monotype Baskerville on Canaletto 160gsm (fine) and bound and slipcased by The Fine Bindery. Jim Dine's signed original 12 ½ x 9 ¾" etching of "The Head of Homer" (contained loose in a wallet in the slipcase) was printed on 300gsm Hahnemuhle at the Spring Street Workshop in New York. The lithographic frontispiece and four photogravures bound into the book all reproduce drawings made by the artist in 1987-8 from Greek and Roman statuary at the Glyptotek in Munich, and were printed in London by Pauper's Press and Hope Sufferance Press. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe edition limited to seventy-five copies SIGNED by the author, as issued. 1-870612-09-4 Inventory Number: 013858

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Leah Dickerman, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Mignon Nixon, Malcolm Turvey & Lisa Pasquariello, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Very Good.. 126pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: Notes on Love and Photography - Eduardo Cadava and Paola Cortes-Rocca, Paper Tigress - Yve-Alain Bois, Two Moments from the Post-Medium Condition - Rosalind Krauss, Dream Dust - Mignon Nixon, The Caves of Gallizio and Hirschhorn: Excavations of the Present - Frances Stracey, and Doctor Hypnison and the Case of Written Cinema - Pavle Levi. A handsome example showing a slight dent to the lower foredge corner. 0-262-75266-2 Inventory Number: 013786

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1989. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Near Fine.. ca 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A handsome example of the twenty-first issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly. 3-907509-71-4 Inventory Number: 013684

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1987. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. ca 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A pristine copy of the fourteenth issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap. 3-907509-64-1 Inventory Number: 013682

(MILSTEIN, STANLEY). Milstein, Stanley & Viggo Mortensen. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 92pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. From Viggo Mortensen's Perceval Press, "Furlough 55" takes us back to the relatively innocent time and place that was post-World War II Europe through the eyes of photographer Stanley Milstein, U.S. Army Specialist, Second Class. A creative and inquisitive young man leaving his native Brooklyn for the first time, he captured in carefully-composed black and white portraits and landscapes an ephemeral historical moment, bearing witness to a largely-vanished era of European-American fellowship and hope. Now, fifty years later, his original negatives have been lovingly restored and used to make the captivating images that his son, printer Hugh Milstein, has provided for this book. Included is a dialogue between Viggo Mortensen and Hugh Milstein during the conceptual stages of Furlough 55". A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9774869-2-3 Inventory Number: 013659

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1997. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. ca 300pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A pristine copy of the fifty and fifty-first (double) issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-907582-00-4 Inventory Number: 013657

(FEE, JAMES). Krull, Craig. Los Angeles: Farmani & Fee, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. 30pp, 22 color plates. In the body of work pictured here, the noted late, Los Angeles-based photographer James Fee beautifully captured the nude with his characteristic experimental manipulations of the photographic printing process. A brand new, most handsome example. Inventory Number: 013651

(DZAMA, MARCEL). Dzama, Marcel. London. 2002 (2003).: Timothy Taylor Gallery. Second Edition. 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Artist's Book. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48 + 32pp), 62 color illustrations. Published in conjunction with a 2002 London gallery show, this is a supremely whimsical and charming artist's book cum exhibition catalogue of drawings by Royal Art Lodge favorite Marcel Dzama. A brand new, pristine example of the 2003 second edition. 0-9542892-1-8 Inventory Number: 013619

(RYDEN, MARK). Ryden, Mark & Mike McGee. Tokyo: PIE Books, 2006. First Edition. 8vo. Gilt-Stamped Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 128pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Japanese with English captions. Published only in Japan, this elegantly designed and produced book reproduces fifty-five works by Mark Ryden from 1994 to 2005 in full color. A brand new, pristine example of the 2006 first edition in black linen still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 4-89444-407-0 Inventory Number: 013610

(GUSTON, PHILIP). Gemini G.E.L.. Los Angeles: Gemini G.E.L., 1981. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine./Near Fine.. np (20pp), 9 duotone illustrations. Published in 1981, this is the second of three slender, elegantly produced Gemini G.E.L. prospectuses for lithographs (seven this time) created by the revered late Abstract Expressionist turned quirky representational artist Philip Guston just prior to his untimely passing. A handsome example with the publisher's price list laid in. Inventory Number: 013583

(MORTENSEN, VIGGO). Mortensen, Viggo. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2003. First Edition. Tall 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 96pp, profusely illustrated in color. "Mo Te Upoko-o-te-ika/For Wellington is a book to accompany the joint exhibitions currently on at Massey University and the Wellington City Gallery, in New Zealand. Photographer Viggo Mortensen says "I've seen and learned a great deal so far in that beautiful country, and am glad to have been able to return many of the images made during my time there and share them with the people of Aotearoa". A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon first edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9721436-8-8 Inventory Number: 013473

(FERRARA, URSULA). Bignardi, Irene & Luca Rafaelli. Rome, ITALY. ND (2007).: Filmitalia, S.P.A.. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Film Monograph. Fine.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Italian. With a biography and filmography. This is the beautifully produced catalogue that accompanied a 2007 Filmitalia sponsored retrospective devoted to the films of noted Italian animator Ursula Ferrara. A pristine copy. Inventory Number: 013465

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Saff, Donald. Stockholm, SWEDEN: Heland Wetterling Gallery, 1989. First Edition 1/4000. Square 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 24pp, 11 color and 2 b&w illustrations. Text in English. With a biography and exhibition history. This handsome catalogue was produced by Stockholm's Wetterling Gallery in conjunction with a 1989 Robert Rauschenberg exhibition of paintings by screened on copper, aluminum, and galvanized steel. A most handsome copy. Inventory Number: 013444

(BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN). Boltanski, Christian. Koln, GERMANY: Salon Verlag (Edition Separee 26), 1999. First Edition 1/1000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers with DJ. Artist's Book. As New.. np (32pp), illustrated in b&w. Text in German. "So Schnell" is Christian Boltanski's cryptic 1999 artist's book that presents thirty passport-style portraits of French youth with accompanying birth dates juxtaposed against graph paper grids. A brand new, pristine example of the first edition limited to one thousand copies 3-932189-26-4 Inventory Number: 013402

(SUZUKI, AMI). Suzuki, Ami. Tokyo: Bungei Shunju Ltd., 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Music Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Japanese. Published only in her native Japan, this is a peppy, poppy, copiously illustrated book devoted solely to good-natured J-Rock empress Ami Suzuki. Whether reclining in a silk negligee, strumming her guitar, or teasing her senses with the sex organs of exotic blooms in photographs that would not be out of place in a Nobuyoshi Araki volume, she's all pensive-yet-fun-lovin' girl. These pix are accompanied by song lyrics, poems, and drawings by Ami herself - a gift to her fans who stood by her during her early Twenty-First Century financial and record-company woes. A brand new, most handsome example in the publisher's obi. 4-16-365490-9 Inventory Number: 013383

(COMTE, MICHEL). Comte, Michel. Hamburg, GERMANY: Stern Bibliothek Der Fotografie / Gruner + Jahr AG, 1999. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 112pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. The most interesting editions of Stern Magazine's elegantly produced Bibliothek der Fotografie / Spezial Fotografie Portfolios invariably sell out quickly, and this tenth installment devoted to Michel Comte was no exception. His images of fashion and celebrities are impeccably styled and shot. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-570-19165-6 Inventory Number: 013373

(FEE, JAMES). Krull, Craig & James Fee. Los Angeles: James Fee, 1994. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good -.. np (50pp), 23 duotone plates. Designed by SoS Los Angeles / Susan Silton. This beautifully printed, self-published catalogue was the first publication by late, great Los Angeles photographer James Fee. It presents twenty-three dark and disturbing images of a haunting road trip across an unpopulated, dystopian America. A most presentable example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies additionally SIGNED "James Fee" in black ink on the front free endpaper showing a couple of slight bends to the covers and textblock. It has been priced accordingly. 0-964-0494-0-6 Inventory Number: 013278

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Leah Dickerman, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Mignon Nixon, Malcolm Turvey & Lisa Pasquariello, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Fine.. 134pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: Introduction - Mignon Nixon, A Conversation with Juliet Mitchell - Tamar Garb & Mignon Nixon, Theory as an Object - Juliet Mitchell, On the Couch - Mignon Nixon, An Interview with Thomas Hirschhorn - Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, and Another Geometry: Gego's Reticulárea, 1969-1982 - Mónica Amor. A most handsome copy. 0-262-75263-8 Inventory Number: 013277

(KOSUTH, JOSEPH). DaRosa, Raquel, Clegg & Guttmann, Braco Dimitrievic, Cornelia Lauf, Paul Magriel & John C. Welchman. Cornelia Lauf, Editor. New York: Josh Bear Gallery, 1989. First Edition. 12mo. Die-Cut Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np, no illustrations. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a 1989 Josh Bear Gallery exhibition for the benefit of New York's Squat Theatre, the noted Conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth designed this elegant catalogue cum artist's book with a die-cut front cover printed on onionskin pages using typography much in the manner of his text-based wall pieces of the period. Curated by his wife Cornelia Lauf, the contemporary artists featured were Alan Belcher, Werner Buttner, Sarah Charlesworth, Braco Dimitrievic, Lili Dujourie, Clegg & Guttmann, Kosuth, Roy Lichtenstein, Glenn O'Brien, Claes Oldenburg, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Eran Shaerf, Wolfgang Staehle, Haim Steinbach, and Jon Tower, alongside "older masters" "Anonymous", Ben Austrian, Charles Thomas Bale, Nicholas Alden Brooks, George Henry Hall, William Michael Harnett, Gasparo Lopez, John Peto, Henri Robbe, and Tobias Stranover. A most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to five hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 013276

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Silvia Kolbowski, Homi Bhabha & Melissa Mathis, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 1996. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Very Good.. 124pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: The Death of Paper: A Radio Play - Denis Hollier; Formless: A User's Guide, Excerpts To Introduce a User's Guide - Yve-Alain Bois; A User's Guide to Entropy - Yve-Alain Bois and Rosalind Krauss; Informe without Conclusion - Rosalind Krauss; Obscene, Abject, Traumatic - Hal Foster. A handsome example. ISSN 0162-2870 Inventory Number: 013122

Drucker, Barbara & Michael Darling + Christiane Paul, Erkki Huhtamo & N. Katherine Hales. Los Angeles: The Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles, 2006. First Editions. 4to. Embossed Linen Over Boards. Exhibition Catalogs. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued.. 80 + 112 + 8pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Robert Ruehlman, Green Dragon Office + Simon Johnston. Published in conjunction with the opening of the Richard Meier & Partners-designed Eli and Edythe Broad Art Center on the campus of UCLA, these three volumes comprise a deluxe set issued hors commerce for dignitaries and contributors. For the first volume, "Sixteen Tons", curator Michael Darling selected work by John Baldessari, Jennifer Bolande, Chris Burden, Barbara Drucker, Roger Herman, Mary Kelly, Paul McCarthy, Catherine Opie, Hirsch Perlman, Lari Pittman, Charles Ray, Nancy Rubins, Adrian Saxe, Don Suggs, James Welling and Patty Wickman - the sixteen faculty artists that make up this elegant catalogue. Curated by Christiane Paul, adjunct curator of new media arts at the Whitney Museum of American Art, "Second Natures" features the work of UCLA Department of Design/Media Arts faculty members Rebecca Allen, Robert Israel, Rebeca Méndez, Vasa Mihich, Christian Moeller, C.E.B. Reas, Jennifer Steinkamp, and Victoria Vesna. Also included is a slender pamphlet noting the opening of the Center, the contributions of architect Richard Meier, and the installation of a monumental sculptural work by Richard Serra. A brand new, pristine set of the three volumes held together by the publisher's printed band, as issued. Inventory Number: 013028

(JOHNS, JASPER).. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1978. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Checklist. Fine.. 12pp, 10 b&w + color cover. This is the slender twelve page checklist cum exhibition brochure containing the details of the one hundred and thirty works exhibited at the 1978 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art showing of the massive Whitney Museum circulated Jasper Johns mid-career retrospective. A brand new, most handsome example of this ephemeral item that is supplemental to, but not to be confused with the actual exhibition catalogue authored by Michael Crichton. Inventory Number: 013015

Mahsun, Carol Anne Runyon. Ann Arbor, MI: U.M.I. Research Press, 1987. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. 152pp, 22 b&w illustrations. With a bibliography. Issued as the twenty-third installment of U.M.I. Research Press' "Studies in the Fine Arts: Criticism", this scholarly monograph presents an in-depth examination of the critical response to the Pop Art movement of the sixties, primarily within the context of its New York practitioners. The principal artists covered are Jim Dine, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Indiana, Jasper Johns, Allan Kaprow, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, George Segal, Tom Wesselmann, and of course, Andy Warhol, while the critics under discussion include Lawrence Alloway, Mario Amaya, Rainer Crone, Umberto Eco, Michael Fried, Henry Geldzahler, Clement Greenberg, Max Kozloff, Hilton Kramer, Lucy Lippard, Barbara Rose, Harold Rosenberg, Alan Solomon, and Susan Sontag. A most handsome example of the uncommon hardbound edition. 0-8357-1809-3 Inventory Number: 013000

Kaigo No Hana Photographers Club, Editor. Tokyo: Nippon Geijutsu Shuppansha, 1994. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Fine./Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese, with some English. The Kaigo No Hana Photographers Club "Girl" anthologies are sumptuous annual publications featuring the best of their amateur members' work alongside that of professional submissions. Billed as "Japan's Standard in Nudity", the images are beautifully photographed and printed female nudes - both Asian and Caucasian. This anthology collects the best amateur work of six years of these publications. A brand new, pristine example. 4-89011-341-X Inventory Number: 012898