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(HERMS, GEORGE) (TAMBLYN, AMBER). Tamblyn, Amber & George Herms. Los Angeles: The Love Press (George Herms), 2004. First Edition 1/300. 4to. Loose Prints in Printed Box. Illustrated Book. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (102pp), 50 color illustrations. Published as a boxed edition of three hundred copies, "The Loneliest" is a poem-book inspired by Thelonious Monk and his music in which the Haiku poetry of Amber Tamblyn is coupled with original collages by George Herms. It consists of fifty individual sheets of 80# Cougar White Cover stock printed recto only that combine a single Haiku poem with a vivid color photo collage, accompanied by a single loose colophon sheet. These are gathered in a vellum portfolio laid into a cardboard box bearing a black and white image of Thelonious Monk affixed to the cover. A most handsome artist's proof example of this uncommon item INITIALED AND NUMBERED "GH 20/30" by Herms in pencil on the verso of the colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 021899

(HIRST, DAMIEN). Hirst, Damien. London: Other CRITERIA, 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. 36pp, no illustrations. Designed by Jason Beard. This is a quirky book of prose by Damien Hirst published on the occasion of his 2003 White Cube gallery show of twenty-eight new works entitled "Romance in the Age of Uncertainty". Each of the formaldehyde pieces, pharmacies, and butterfly paintings exhibited bear titles based on Biblical themes, as do all of the literary contributions here by the former enfant terrible of the New British Art scene. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-904212-04-2 Inventory Number: 025216

(HIRST, DAMIEN) (POINT D'IRONIE). Obrist, Hans-Ulrich & Carrie Pitto, Editors. Paris: agnès b., 2006. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Tabloid Wrappers. Artist's Periodical. Fine.. Two 17 x 24" sheets printed color offset recto and verso, neatly folded in half vertically to make 8pp, 4 color illustrations. This fortieth installment of "point d'ironie" - agnès b.'s Hans-Ulrich Obrist-edited tabloid format hybrid periodical - is a project devoted to Damien Hirst's iconic dot series. Each copy reproduces four colorful 17 x 24" full sheet arrays suitable for framing. A most handsome example of this uncommon, fragile item that was issued hors commerce - never commercially for sale - showing only some minor handling marks to its lightweight paper stock. Inventory Number: 025167

(JOHANSON, CHRIS). Johanson, Chris. Bruxelles, BELGIUM & Paris: Baronian-Francey & Daviet-Thery, 2004. First Edition 1/1200. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (14pp), profusely illustrated in duotone and b&w. "Chris Johanson takes over where Raymond Pettibon leaves off. Less angry and witty than his predecessor, Johanson scribbles colorful, dead-on portraits of street culture and the yuppies, hippies, hipsters, losers, and drunkards who inhabit it". Published in Europe, this is a slender little artist's book of drawings by noted "Beautiful Loser" and Deitch Projects stalwart Chris Johanson. A brand new, pristine example of the first and only printing of this uncommon charming item limited to one thousand, two hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 024238

(JOHNSTON, DANIEL). Johnston, Daniel. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2007. First Edition 1/150. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (20pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Published in conjunction with his 2007 exhibition at Domy Books in Houston entitled "Where are the Ducks When You Need Them?", this is a charming, slender little artist's book of the fanciful drawings and watercolors of everyone's favorite Austin based musical outsider, Daniel Johnston. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - published by Nieves in an unnumbered edition limited to one hundred and fifty copies. Inventory Number: 019631

(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

(KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN). Kippenberger, Martin. New York: Edition Julie Sylvester, 1987. First Edition. Small 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (24pp), 2 color cover illustrations. "67 Improved Papertigers Not Afraid of Repetition" presents sixty-seven typeset aphorisms, risqué jokes, and questions by Martin Kippenberger in English that have subsequently been edited with handwritten corrections by the artist's dealer Gisela Capitain. In doing so, Kippenberger makes reference to his gallerist's former occupation as a schoolteacher. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1987 Edition Julie Sylvester first edition (entry number fifty-eight in Uwe Koch's "Annotated catalogue raisonné of the Books by Martin Kippenberger 1977 - 1997") of this exhibition catalogue cum artist's' book. Inventory Number: 025286

(KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN). Kippenberger, Martin & Karel Schampers. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen, 1994. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (96pp), 330 b&w illustrations + decorative endpapers. Text in German and Dutch. Designed by Martin Kippenberger & Karel Schampers. With an exhibition history, bibliography, and discography. This is the artist's book cum catalogue published in conjunction with the 1994 Martin Kippenberger exhibition held at the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen entitled "The Happy End of Franz Kafka's "Amerika". It reproduces three hundred and thirty images of drawings, sculptures, paintings and visual material collected by the late, great German artist on the subject of "Table - Chair - Job Interview". A handsome copy of this uncommon item (entry number one hundred and twenty-four in Uwe Koch's "Annotated catalogue raisonné of the Books by Martin Kippenberger 1977-1997") showing just a bit of wear to the covers. 90-6918-130-4 Inventory Number: 016424

(KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN). Kippenberger, Martin. Renate Damsch-Wiehager, Editor. Esslingen & Ostfildern, GERMANY: Villa Merkel (Galerie Der Stadt Esslingen Am Nektar) & Cantz Verlag, 1996. First Edition 1/1900. Small Oblong 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in German and English. This is another wry Martin Kippenberger artist's book published in conjunction with his 1996 Villa Merkel exhibition of photographs from the series "16 Years of Beds". A most handsome example (entry number one hundred and forty in Uwe Koch's "Annotated catalogue raisonné of the Books by Martin Kippenberger 1977 - 1997") limited to one thousand, nine hundred unnumbered copies.. 3-89322-900-0 Inventory Number: 025284

(KIPPENBERGER, MARTIN) (OEHLEN, ALBERT). Kippenberger, Martin & Albert Oehlen. Hamburg, GERMANY: Galerie Ascan Crone, 1986. First Edition 1/1000. 16mo. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artists' Book. Fine.. np (72pp), 68 monochrome illustrations. Text in German. "14.000.000, - Fur Ein Hallochen" is Martin Kippenberger and Albert Oehlen collaborative artists' book published in conjunction with a 1986 exhibition at Hamburg's Galerie Ascan Crone. It consists of crude, primarily sexually-themed comic book-style drawings with typeset captions reproduced in blue ink on yellow pages. A most handsome example of the first trade edition (entry number thirty-four in Uwe Koch's "Annotated catalogue raisonné of the Books by Martin Kippenberger 1977 - 1997") of this tiny rarity dedicated to Hubert Kiecol limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 025288

(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

(KUGELBERG, JOHAN). Kugelberg, Johan. NP (New York): Ectoplasm Press, 2008. First Edition. Small Oblong 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (52pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Self-published in a limited edition ("as the sun will go supernova at some point"), this is Johan Kugelberg's highly visual, thought-provoking 2008 artist's book that juxtaposes photographs - most seemingly found or appropriated via the internet - with the noted New York-based critic, curator and gallerist's pithy observations on the place of consumption in contemporary society. A pristine copy of this uncommon item obtained directly from the author bearing the press' messily rubber-stamped Latin motto "Quis Nos Operor Est Specialis (What We Do is Special)" on the rear cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 021634

(LEVINTHAL, DAVID) (ELLROY, JAMES). Ellroy, James & David Levinthal. Paris: Coromandel Express, 1998. First Edition 1/55. Small Square Folio. Loose Contents in a Box. Illustrated Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, with six Cibachrome prints and one hand-painted gelatin silver print. Text in English and French. Designed by Olivier Andreotti and Penelope Monnet. "My Mother's Killer" is the luxe 1998 Coromandel Express collaborative interpretation of the events surrounding the unsolved 1958 Los Angeles murder of James Ellroy's mother Geneva as recreated by noted photographer David Levinthal in a series of stylized miniature tableaux. It features a highly graphic bi-lingual presentation of Ellroy's text juxtaposed across six tri-fold leaves - each of which contains an archivally housed 11 ½ x 10 ½" color Cibachrome print. The publisher's chemise contains a seventh print - a 7 ¾ x 9 ¾" hand-painted gelatin silver photograph SIGNED AND DATED "David Levinthal 1988/1998" in black ink on the verso. These are all housed in a printed slipcase. A brand new, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon first and only edition limited to fifty-five copies BOLDLY SIGNED by Ellroy and Levinthal in pencil on the colophon with a Coromandel Express 1998 New Year's card cum publisher's announcement laid in. Inventory Number: 025053

(LEVINTHAL, DAVID) (TRUDEAU, GARRY). Trudeau, Garry & David Levinthal. New York. 1977 (1989).: Laurence Miller Gallery. First Edition Thus. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Artist's Book. Fine/Fine. 95pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a bibliography. This is Garry Trudeau and David Levinthal's loopy collaborative interpretation of Germany's hellish battle with Russia to secure the Eastern front during World War II. It features the photographer's now iconic photographic images of HO gauge miniatures re-enacting Hitler's struggle against Stalin interspersed with Trudeau's narrative, and brief quotes from combatants, journalists and historians. A brand new, pristine example of the 1989 edition SIGNED "David Levinthal" in black ink on the title page. 0-8263-1176-8 Inventory Number: 015060

(LEWITT, SOL). LeWitt, Sol. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. & Multiples, Inc., 1980. First Edition. Square 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artists' Book. Near Fine.. np (32pp), 220 color illustrations. "Sunrise and Sunset at Praiano" is Sol LeWitt 1980 artist's book that consists of fifty-four pages of 2 by 2 grids contrasting color photographs of the sky over Praiano Italy where the late, great Minimal pioneer maintained a villa taken at Sunrise, and - you guessed it, - Sunset. A handsome example of this uncommon item (cited on pages 102-103 of Giorgio Maffei and Emanuele de Donno's "Sol LeWitt: Artist's Books" as well as in Susanna Singer's "Publications by the Artist" bibliography in SFMoMA's 2000 "Sol LeWitt") showing some very light wear and soiling to its white wrappers along with a tiny dent to the upper foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. 0-8478-0275-2 Inventory Number: 025140

(LEWITT, SOL). LeWitt, Sol. Bern, SWITZERLAND: Kunsthalle Bern & Paul Bianchini, 1972. First Edition. Square 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good -.. 206pp, 195 b&w illustrations. Text in English. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1972 installation at The Kunsthalle Bern, this early Sol LeWitt artist's book delineates one hundred and ninety-five geometric permutations derived from the intersections of arcs, circles, and grids. A most presentable example of this uncommon item (cited on page 41 of Giorgio Maffei and Emanuele de Donno's "Sol LeWitt: Artist's Books", entry number six in Alicia Legg's "Books by the Artist" bibliography in MoMA's 1979 "Sol LeWitt", as well as in Susanna Singer's "Publications by the Artist" bibliography in SFMoMA's 2000 "Sol LeWitt") showing some overall of overall light wear and creasing, soiling, and typical age-toning to its white wrappers along with the discreet blindstamp of an art dealer. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025138

(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

(LONG, RICHARD). Long, Richard. London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1977. First Edition 1/2500. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (16pp), 7 b&w illustrations. This is the slender sixteen page catalogue cum artist's book issued in conjunction with British artist Richard Long's 1977 exhibition documenting seven environmental projects entitled "The North Woods" held at London's Whitechapel Art Gallery. A bright white, most handsome example (cited as the nineteenth 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 a slight soft crease through the upper foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 021995

(LONG, RICHARD). Long, Richard. Dusseldorf, GERMANY: Konrad Fischer Gallery, 1973. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. 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 the slightest bit of age-toning to its matte white covers. Inventory Number: 021513

(LONG, RICHARD). Long, Richard & Sean Rainbird. London: Anthony d'Offay Gallery & Coracle Press, 1983. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Debossed Cloth. Artist's Book. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (42pp), 16 two color hand letterpress plates printed recto only and 1 b&w illustration. Limited to five hundred hardbound copies printed by the Coracle Press, this artists' book by Richard Long consists of sixteen typographic pieces based on his walks between 1979 and 1983. A handsome example (cited as the forty-ninth entry in the comprehensive bibliography of artist's books and monographs on page 222 of Clarrie Wallis' "Richard Long: Heaven and Earth" published in 2009 by the Tate, Britain Museum) of the 1983 clothbound printing issued in an edition of five hundred unnumbered copies BOLDLY SIGNED "Richard Long" in orange crayon at the rear colophon, as issued, showing a tiny bit of typical light soiling to the yellow cloth along the spine. Inventory Number: 023899

(LOS FOUR). Almaraz, Carlos, Roberto de la Rocha, Gilbert Sanchez Lujan & Frank Edward Romero. Irvine & Los Angeles, CA: Art Gallery, University of California, Irvine & Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artists' Book. Near Fine.. One continuous 10 x 118" sheet printed recto only folded neatly vertically in eighths to make a 16pp leporello fold out, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Frank Romero. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the graphically innovative sixteen page artist book cum catalogue produced by the members of Los Four in conjunction with their historic 1973 survey exhibition held at the Art Gallery at the University of California, Irvine and subsequently the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Comprised of local artists Carlos Almaraz, Roberto "Beto" de la Rocha, Gilbert "Magu" Lujan, and Frank Romero, the work of Los Four was a highly important and influential part of the burgeoning Chicano Art movement of the seventies. Printed with a visually striking split rainbow fount, it features four parallel photographic narratives that run horizontally along the length of its accordion-fold pull-out accompanied by biographical statement by each of the four artists. A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item limited to one thousand, five hundred unnumbered copies that was the only printed documentation of the exhibition. Inventory Number: 024954

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2007. First Edition 1/150. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (22pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "What's Happening?" is artist/photographer supreme Ari Marcopoulos' slender little artist's book of black and white views of the natural world between late 2006 and early 2007 - though there is a single image of two skateboarders pictured here at the rear. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item published by Nieves in a numbered (76/150) edition limited to one hundred and fifty copies. Inventory Number: 023066

(MARCOPOULOS, ARI). Marcopoulos, Ari. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2007. First Edition 1/150. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (22pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "What's Happening?" is "Zine Master of the World" Ari Marcopoulos' slender little artist's book of black and white photographs of the natural world taken between late 2006 and early 2007 - though there is a single image of two skateboarders pictured here at the rear. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item published by Nieves in an edition of one hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (77/150) AND additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Ari Marcopoulos" in black ink on the rear inside cover. Inventory Number: 022556

(MATTA-CLARK, GORDON). Matta-Clark, Gordon. New York: 98 Greene Street Loft Press, 1974. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good - .. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the influential self-published artist's book documenting Gordon Matta-Clark's now legendary 1974 chainsaw-assisted drawing and quartering of an abandoned house located at 322 Humphrey Street in Englewood, New Jersey. A handsome example of this uncommon, seminal Conceptual document whose provenance derives from Holly Solomon - Matta-Clark's primary dealer during his lifetime who along with her husband Horace purchased the Humphrey Street residence for the artist's use - showing some light wear, soiling and age-toning to the extremities. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025952

(MATTA-CLARK, GORDON). Matta-Clark, Gordon. New York: 98 Greene Street Loft Press, 1974. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the influential self-published artist's book documenting Gordon Matta-Clark's now legendary 1974 chainsaw-assisted drawing and quartering of an abandoned house located at 322 Humphrey Street in Englewood, New Jersey. A handsome example of this uncommon, seminal Conceptual document whose provenance derives from Holly Solomon - Matta-Clark's primary dealer during his lifetime who along with her husband Horace purchased the Humphrey Street residence for the artist's use - showing just the slightest bit of light soiling and age-toning along the extremities. Inventory Number: 025951

(McGEE, BARRY). McGee, Barry, Raphaela Platow & Joseph D. Ketner II. Waltham, MA: The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, 2004. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (90pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Josh Lazcano. "In 2004, San Francisco street artist Barry McGee created a large-scale installation for The Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University. This artist's book is the only record of the project, which was dismantled at the end of the exhibition. A formally trained artist, McGee's graffiti markings first appeared under the tag name "Twist" in San Francisco in the 1980s. Interwoven with his large-scale graphics and comic strip works are found materials such as empty bottles, discarded syringes, old sheet metal and other fragments from the street, remade into sculptural installations. The artist's sad-eyed characters, painted as figures on the walls or as miniature versions on his found objects, voice the burden of deep existential uncertainty in a culture organized around economic and ethnic inequality". A most handsome example of this engaging hardbound exhibition document that includes a transcribed discussion with the artist. 0-9620545-8-5 Inventory Number: 021859

(MIDDEL, CRISTINA DE). Middel, Cristina de & Mao Tse Tung. London, Barcelona & Mexico City: Archive of Modern Conflict, RM Verlag, S.L. & Editorial RM, 2013. First Edition 1/1715. 12mo. Gilt-Debossed Padded Boards. Artist's Book. As New./No Jacket - As Issued.. 312pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English. Designed by Jose Luis Lugo and Nova Era. Cristina de Middel's "Party" is a charming artist's book that takes the form of the ubiquitous sixties staple "Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung" - or as it was most commonly known here in the West, "The Little Red Book". The follow-up to the Spanish-born, London-based de Middel's highly received "The Afronauts", it removes most of Mao's didactic text leaving provocatively-altered phrases interspersed with hundreds of doubled-sided leaves reproducing her images of contemporary China. The resultant frisson between the original's altered texts and photographs of a new, Capitalist-embracing homeland would definitely not have found favor during the Cultural Revolution. A brand new, pristine example of 2013 first edition limited to one thousand, seven hundred and fifteen unnumbered copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Christina De Middel" in black ink across the front free endpaper still in the publisher's unprinted clear plastic pouch. 84-15118-67-8 Inventory Number: 024106

(MONK, JONATHAN). Monk, Jonathan. Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY: Revolver, 1999. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Printed Self-Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. This charming little artist's book is British born, German based Jonathan Monk's document of the lives of the dogs of each of his two uncles - "Monty, the Staffordshire Terrier, portrayed in his favorite spot, the plush toilet-lid, and Sanny, the German Shepherd that prefers hiding under his security blanket". A most handsome copy of this uncommon item limited to five hundred copies. 3-9806326-2-8 Inventory Number: 020710

(NOBLE, TIM + WEBSTER, SUE). Noble, Tim, Sue Webster, Mark Fletcher & Tina Kim. Seoul, SOUTH KOREA: Kukje Gallery, 2005. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artists' Book. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 100pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Herman Lelie and Stefania Bonelli. Text in English and Korean. "Tim Noble and Sue Webster have created a remarkable group of anti-monuments in their eleven-year career, mixing the strategies of modern sculpture and the attitude of punk to make art from anti-art. They sculpt piles of street rubbish, studio debris, and taxidermied animals into astonishing representations of life with "real" shadows of the artists themselves hovering over their accumulations of discarded objects. These abstract forms mysteriously reverse the abstraction into figuration". Published in conjunction with their 2005 Kukje Gallery exhibition "The Joy of Sex", bad boy and girl Noble and Webster have created an artists' book that drolly appropriates fellow Brit Dr. Alex Comfort's best-selling 1972 instruction manual of the same title by substituting their own images rendered in a similar mundane illustrative style as the graphically coupling couple. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least 18 years of age to order this item. 89-955477-4-X Inventory Number: 020600

(NORDSTROM, JOCKUM). Nordstrom, Jockum. NP (Zurich, SWITZERLAND): Nieves, 2006. First Edition 1/150. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (22pp), 14 b&w illustrations + cover. Published in 2006 by Nieves, this is a charming little artist's book reproducing fourteen drawings by Stockholm-based artist, illustrator and animator Jockum Nordstrom. A pristine example of this uncommon gem limited to one hundred and fifty copies total numbered (82/150) in pencil on the rear cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 022566

(NOVIKOV, TIMUR). Novikov, Timur, Olesya Turkina & Victor Mazin. Moscow & Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS: Avant Garde Moscow & the Stedelijk Museum, 1993. First Edition 1/1000. 8vo. 1/4 Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 72 + 52pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Russian. Designed by Anna Brochet. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is an elaborately designed exhibition catalogue cum artist's book published in conjunction with a 1993 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam presentation of recent pieces by Russian contemporary artist Timur Novikov. Bound into a heavy, gilt-embossed grey chipboard cover is one bi-lingual catalogue printed on butcher paper featuring writings by the artist as well as Victor Mazin and Olesya Turkina, and another containing color reproductions of the exhibited works. A bright, most handsome example of the first edition limited to one thousand unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 025389

(OHTAKE, SHINRO). Ohtake, Shinro. Tokyo: Yobisha, 1986. First Edition. 8vo. Self-Wrappers in Pictorial Box. Artist's Book. Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in English and Japanese. Designed by Shinro Ohtake. The noted Japanese book artist's first publication, this is a really sweet little document of his travels during the year 1980. It is filled with clippings, saved detritus, and drawings - all collaged together. A brand new, pristine example acquired directly from Shinro Ohtake with the caption booklet and printed enclosures laid in, housed in the publisher's printed decorative cardboard box, as issued. 4-946419-39-X Inventory Number: 007957

(PENCK, A.R.). Penck, A.R.. Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS: Groninger Museum, 1979. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Good.. np, profusely illustrated in monochrome. Text in German. Limited to five hundred copies only, this is an artist's book published in conjunction with a 1979 Groninger Museum exhibition by A.R. Penck. It appears to be facsimile reproductions of a selection of drawings and texts from the German artist's notebooks and sketchbooks. A presentable copy only showing some overall wear and handling that includes slight dents through two of the corners of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 019765

(PERLMAN, HIRSCH). Perlman, Hirsch. Gent, BELGIUM: Imschoot, Uitgevers, 1996. First Edition 1/600. 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in b&w + color cover. Text in English. Published by the noted Belgian artist's book press Imschoot in conjunction with Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) artist Hirsch Perlman's 1996 Museum of Modern Art New York "Projects" series exhibition, this document presents stills of actors Arye Gross and Melvyn Cedarhurst uttering the same phrase repeatedly to seemingly comedic effect. A most handsome example of this uncommon item still in the publisher's shrinkwrap showing a bit of light age-toning to the rear cover along the spine 90-72191-77-3 Inventory Number: 017125

(PERNA, LUCIANO). Perna, Luciano. Los Angeles: Peter Norton Family Foundation, 1993. First Edition. 24mo. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color. Each year the Peter Norton family commissions an art edition to celebrate the Christmas season and holidays. The 1993 installment for the Norton Family Christmas project was a tiny (2 5/8 x 2") survey cum artist's book featuring the whimsical work of Los Angeles-based artist Luciano Perna. A most handsome example of this uncommon little tome that was issued hors commerce and never made commercially for sale. Inventory Number: 023980

(PETHERICK, JOSH). Petherick, Josh. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Nieves, 2005. First Edition. 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (14pp), profusely illustrated in color and monochrome. This is the slender fourteen page artist's book cum catalogue published in conjunction with Melbourne-based illustrator Josh Petherick's exhibition entitled "In Celebration of Just Getting By" held at colette in Paris, May 30th to July 2nd, 2005. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item. 3-905714-02-7 Inventory Number: 022565

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Buchloh, Benjamin, Peter Schjeldahl, Ann Temkin, Hamza Walker & Bernard Welt. Raymond Pettibon, Editor. Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2002. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. 252pp, 55 b&w and 1 color illustration + b&w cover. "There is something in my storyteller's art that wants to put the reader and the writer on equal footing in the role of the creator." This is the artist's book cum literary primer that was published in conjunction with a 1998 traveling Museum exhibition of the works of Raymond Pettibon. It intersperses the artist's witty drawings amongst his own selection of texts by Saint Augustine, Francis Bacon, Charles Baudelaire, Samuel Beckett, Walter Benjamin, William Blake, Jorge Luis Borges, Sir Richard Burton, Catullus, Hart Crane, Mary Baker Eddy, Sergei Eisenstein, Gustave Flaubert, Martin Heidegger, Heloise, William Irish, Alice James, Henry James, Saint John the Divine, Samuel Johnson, Ring Lardner, T.E. Lawrence, Stephane Mallarme, Osip Mandelstam, Charles Manson, Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow, Marcel Proust, Rainer Maria Rilke, George Santayana, Mickey Spillane, Jonathan Swift, Carl Van Vechten, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, amongst others. Also included are essays regarding Pettibon and his work by critics Benjamin Buchloh, Peter Schjeldahl, Ann Temkin, Hamza Walker, and Bernard Welt. A most handsome example. 0-87633-120-7 Inventory Number: 023959

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Innen, Contemporary Fine Arts Staff. Zurich & Geneva, SWITZERLAND: Nieves & Innen, Contemporary Fine Arts, 2014. First Edition 1/100. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. np (28pp), 19 b&w illustrations + b&w covers. This is the Raymond Pettibon catalogue cum artist's book published in the 'zine-like format of his eighties SST works issued in conjunction with a 2014 Swiss gallery exhibition of twenty-one drawings executed between 1982 and 2011. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to one hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 023625

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond. Lawndale, CA: SST Publications, 1978. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (64pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-seventies with his raw, literary-inflected imagery for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, and SST Records. Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon. Credited to both Raymond Pettibone (sic) and Raymond Ginn on its inside front cover, "Captive Chains" is Mr. Pettibon's very first artist book cum fanzine. It was published in 1978 by Black Flag's label SST - run by his brother Greg Ginn - in the format of a saddle-stapled black and white comic book combining the thirty-six page narrative tale "Captive Chains" with nearly thirty additional full page drawings. A most handsome, guaranteed authentic example of this uncommon, early Pettibon tour de force (entry number one in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98" - which states a printing of "around five thousand copies of which only about one hundred found their way into commercial distribution") showing just the slightest bit of wear and typical age-toning to the textblock. Inventory Number: 026141

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond. Lawndale, CA: SST Publications, 1983. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (32pp), 28 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Raymond Pettibon first came to prominence during the late-seventies with his raw, literary-inflected imagery for Black Flag, Sonic Youth, and SST Records. Over the subsequent decades, the erstwhile Southern California artist has deservedly become an international contemporary art icon. "Limited to five hundred copies (of which some four hundred were destroyed)", "Virgin Fears" is his 1983 SST artist book cum 'zine that reproduces twenty-eight psychologically-charged drawings. A most handsome, guaranteed authentic example of this uncommon, early Pettibon tour de force (entry number nine in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98") HAND NUMBERED "208" in red ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 025692