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(ALBERS, JOSEF). Danilowitz, Brenda. Foreword By Nicholas Fox Weber. New York: Hudson Hills Press, Incorporated, 2001. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 216pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Howard I. Gralla. "The Prints of Josef Albers: A Catalogue Raisonné 1915-1976" collects the complete graphic works of the legendary abstract artist and Bauhaus design teacher. Early woodcut self-portraits, increasingly abstract lithographs, the famous "Homage to the Square" series, and ten prints that are the beginning of the artist's experiment in color are all featured here, as are the posters, album covers and greeting cards that Albers created toward the end of his career. The pieces were selected by Brenda Danilowitz, chief curator of the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, who's written a lucid introductory essay on the evolution of Albers's oeuvre". A brand new, most handsome example. 1-55595-199-6 Inventory Number: 026103

(ANDRE, CARL). Andre, Carl, Johannes Gachnang & Angela Westwater. Bern, SWITZERLAND: Kunsthalle Bern, 1975. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Good +.. 100pp, 84 b&w illustrations. Text in English and German. With a chronology, bibliography, and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1975 Kunsthalle Bern retrospective and featuring details on over four hundred entries, this was the first attempt at a full catalogue raisonné of the sculptural works of minimal pioneer Carl Andre. An internally handsome example showing some mild wear and handling along with some traces of moisture and ink transfer to the rear cover and foredge bearing the ink ownership stamp of one of the artist's primary galleries - now-defunct - on the title page. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026002

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

(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

(BURDEN, CHRIS). Burden, Chris. Los Angeles: Chris Burden, 1977. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine.. 96pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Chris Burden. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the second of two early catalogues raisonné cum artist books privately published by Chris Burden detailing his own conceptually based performance work. It presents copious photographic documentation accompanied by the artist's own notes for each of thirty-one projects executed between 1974 and 1977. A bright, unusually sharp example of this uncommon item showing just the slightest bit of wear and soiling along the spine and extremities. Inventory Number: 026560

(BURDEN, CHRIS). Burden, Chris. Los Angeles: Chris Burden, 1974. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Good +.. 96pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Chris Burden. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the first of two early catalogues raisonné cum artist books privately published by Chris Burden detailing his own conceptually based performance work. It presents copious photographic documentation accompanied by the artist's own notes for each of twenty-three projects executed between 1971 and 1973. A most presentable example of this uncommon item showing noticeable overall wear, scuffing, and handling to its covers along with some mild soiling to the edges of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 021312

(CHAGALL, MARC). Cain, Julien, Fernand Mourlot, Charles Sorlier, Robert Marteau, Roger Passeron & Marc Chagall. Monte Carlo, MONACO, Boston & New York. 1960-1986: Andre Sauret Editeur, Boston Book and Art Shop, Inc. & Crown Publishers Inc.. First Editions. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jackets. Catalogues Raisonné. Fine/Near Fine or Better. 222 + 212 + 184 + 186 + 254 + 226pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text for volumes I, II, IV, V, and VI in English. Text for volume III in French. Overseen by Julien Cain, Charles Sorlier, and Fernand Mourlot over a twenty-six year publication span, this is complete six volume catalogue raisonné of the lithographic work of the renowned late French (by way of Russia) master of Judaic imagery, Marc Chagall. The set contains over one thousand, one hundred fully illustrated entries as well as twenty-four bound in lithographs and four lithographic dust jackets printed by Mourlot Freres that were commissioned exclusively for these publications. They are as follows: "The Lithographs of Chagall: 1922-1957" (1960) - Fine in a Fine dust jacket with twelve original graphics; "The Lithographs of Chagall II: 1957-1962" (1963) - Fine in a Fine dust jacket with twelve original graphics; "Chagall Lithographe III: 1962-1968" (1969) - a Fine French language edition in a Fine dust jacket with two original graphics showing a minute closed tear to the jacket at the head of the spine; "The Lithographs of Chagall IV: 1969-1973" (1974) - Fine in a Fine dust jacket with two original graphics; "Chagall Lithographe V": 1974-1979" (1984) - Fine in a Fine dust jacket issued without original graphics; and "Chagall Lithographs VI": 1980-1985" (1986) - Fine in a Fine dust jacket issued without original graphics. A uniformly most handsome, complete set of this invaluable reference. Inventory Number: 026529

(CHAGALL, MARC). Sorlier, Charles & Fernand Mourlot. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1974. First English Language Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/Near Fine. 184pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Overseen by Charles Sorlier, this is the English language edition of the fourth installment of the catalogue raisonné of the lithographic work by the renowned late French (by way of Russia) master of Judaic imagery, Marc Chagall. It contains one hundred and forty-seven fully illustrated entries for works executed between 1969 and 1973, as well as a bound in color lithographic frontispiece and color lithographic dust jacket commissioned exclusively for this publication. A handsome example of this invaluable reference showing some light wear and soiling to the extremities of the dust jacket and textblock. LC 62-45209 Inventory Number: 026100

(FRANCIS, SAM). Lembark, Connie W. & Ruth Fine. New York: Hudson Hills Press, Incorporated, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Jackets, Slipcased. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/As New. 412 + 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a bibliography and exhibition history. This is the fully illustrated catalogue raisonné of the four hundred and seventy-eight lithographs, intaglio etchings, screenprints, posters, and "Anima" prints executed by the late, great abstract artist Sam Francis between 1960 and 1990. A brand new, most handsome example of the two volume reference set still shrinkwrapped in the publisher's decorative linen slipcase. 1-55595-062-0 Inventory Number: 018707

(GOBER, ROBERT). Gober, Robert, Ulrich Loock, Karel Schampers & Trevor Fairbrother. Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS & Bern, SWITZERLAND: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen & Kunsthalle Bern, 1990. First Edition 1/2500. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good./No Jacket - As Issued. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by 8vo. Text in English and Dutch. With an exhibition history, bibliography and biography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a comprehensive 1990 touring European Museum retrospective, this informative catalogue contains a full catalogue raisonné of ninety-one sculptural objects created by the idiosyncratic American artist Robert Gober between 1980 and 1990, as well as copious photographic documentation of installation works. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. 90-6918-054-5 Inventory Number: 018848

(GOYA, FRANCISCO). Harris, Tomás. Foreword by Sir Anthony Blunt. Oxford, ENGLAND: Bruno Cassirer, 1964. First Edition. Small Folio. Cloth in Dust Jackets. Catalogue Raisonné. Good +/Very Good -. xv & 234 + xiii & 458 pp, profusely illustrated in collotype. With a chronology, bibliography and indices. Published in 1964, these two impressively designed and printed volumes comprise a full catalogue raisonné of renowned Eighteenth Century Spanish artist Francisco Goya's graphic work. It contains full publication details for nearly three hundred entries, with tipped-in plates for most. A most presentable set of this authoritative reference showing some minor overall wear, soiling, light sunning, and a tiny bit of foxing to the extremities of the books themselves, while the jackets are lightly creased, chipped and abraded along the edges. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026096

(GURSKY, ANDREAS). Gursky, Andreas, Veit Gorner & Annelie Lutgens. Wolfsburg & Ostfildern, GERMANY: Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg & Hatje/Cantz, 1998. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Pictorial Boards. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 84pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Gerard Hadders, BLH. Text in English and German. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in conjunction with a 1998 retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (that subsequently traveled to the Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Serpentine Gallery, London, Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Castello di Rivoli, and the Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon), this elegantly designed, oversized hardbound volume is a full catalogue raisonné reproducing each of Andreas Gursky's large-scale photographic works executed between January 1994 and December 1997. A most handsome example still bearing the publisher's printed wraparound band along with the text booklet in parallel English and German laid in, as issued. 3-89322-355-X Inventory Number: 019743

(KLEE, PAUL). Helfenstein, Josef & Christian Rumelin. The Paul Klee Foundation, Editor. London & New York: Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2002. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/As New. 580pp, over 1,000 b&w and color illustrations. Text in English and German. With a bibliography, exhibition history and indices. This is the massive fifth volume of The Paul Klee Foundation at the Museum of Fine Arts in Berne's nine volume catalogue raisonné of paintings and works on paper by the renowned Swiss modern artist. It covers the years 1927 to 1930. A brand new, pristine example of the exceedingly limited (estimated at a print run of seven hundred copies) Thames and Hudson English language edition of 2002 still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-500-09283-4 Inventory Number: 023851

(KLEE, PAUL). Kornfeld, Eberhard W.. Bern, SWITZERLAND: Verlag Kornfeld und Klipstein, 1963. First Edition 1/1400. 4to. Debossed Cloth in Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good/Near Fine. 313pp, 150 b&w illustrations. Text in German. Published by Verlag Kornfeld und Klipstein in 1963, this authoritative tome was the first complete catalogue raisonné of graphic work by the renowned Swiss modern artist Paul Klee. An otherwise most handsome example of the German language edition limited to one thousand, four hundred copies showing some minor foxing to the pastedowns and edges of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024880

(KOONS, JEFF). Rosenblum, Robert & Jeff Koons. Sadie Coles & Robert Violette, Editors. London: Anthony d'Offay, 1992. First Edition. Narrow 8vo. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good.. 176pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Herman Lelie. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This charming little book published by Anthony d'Offay in 1992 is a catalogue raisonné of works executed by Jeff Koons between 1979 and 1992. It includes an essay by Robert Rosenblum as well as running commentary on the work by the artist throughout. A handsome example of the gallery's true first edition additionally SIGNED AND DATED 3/22/01 WITH A FLOWER DRAWING by Jeff Koons in blue ink on the front free endpaper showing some light wear and rubbing to the covers - primarily along the spine. 0-947564-46-2 Inventory Number: 017331

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

(MARINI, MARINO). Guastalla, Giorgio & Guido. Preface by Mario De Micheli. Introduction by Marina Marini. Rome, ITALY & Los Angeles, CA: Graphis Arte Editions & Leslie Sacks Editions, 1993. First English Language Edition 1/1000. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/Near Fine. 278pp, profusely illustrated in duotone, b&w and color. Text in English. With a biography, collections listing, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the hardbound catalogue raisonné of the graphic work of the renowned twentieth century Italian artist Marino Marini, Published in 1993, it contains fully illustrated and annotated entries for three hundred and eighty-four engravings, lithographs and graphic works for illustrated books executed between 1919 and 1980. An internally most handsome copy of the English language edition limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing a single closed tear and crease at the bottom edge of the front panel of the dust jacket. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 022461

(MATSUMOTO, AKIRA). Matsumoto, Akira, Tsunehisa Hiruma, Masayoshi Homma & Makoto Nakamura. Tokyo: Gyarari Natsuhiko, 1991. First Edition #281/600 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Debossed Cloth in Slipcase. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 312pp, 358 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in Japanese and English. With a biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully printed 1991 monograph on the noted Japanese Pop-turned-Abstract artist Akira Matsumoto. It contains essays by Tsunehisa Hiruma, Masayoshi Homma, and Makoto Nakamura along with a catalogue raisonné of works executed between 1960 and 1990. A most handsome example of the uncommon deluxe edition limited to six hundred copies NUMBERED (281/600) and additionally SIGNED in Japanese by the artist in black ink on the title page housed in the publisher's gilt-debossed slipcase with the ORIGINAL COLOR SILKSCREEN PRINT "Arrangement (Inversion S 15)" SIGNED AND NUMBERED (281/600) in pencil laid in, as issued. Inventory Number: 022524

(MOSS, ERIC OWEN). Moss, Eric Owen. Introduction By Anthony Vidler. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine.. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Group C. With a project chronology, bibliography and exhibition history. This is the second of three catalogues raisonné to date covering the complete work of Eric Owen Moss. The projects here are from 1990 - 1995, and include the renowned Los Angeles-based architect's designs for "Box", "IRS Records" and "Thomas Ince Theater". A most handsome example. 0-8478-1910-8 Inventory Number: 009692

(NAUMAN, BRUCE). Benezra, Neal, Kathy Halbreich, Paul Schimmel & Robert Storr. Joan Simon, Editor. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 1994. First Edition 1/1000. Stout 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. 392pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Laurie Haycock Makela and Kristen McDougall. With an exhibition checklist, chronology, exhibition history and bibliography. Published in conjunction with a traveling 1994 Bruce Nauman retrospective circulated by the Walker Art Center, this is the deluxe hardbound version of the exhibition catalog limited to one thousand copies that also contains a full catalogue raisonné of over five hundred works created (and in some instances destroyed) by the artist between 1965 and 1993. A most handsome example of this vital document. 0-935640-43-6 Inventory Number: 027042

(OLDENBURG, CLAES) (VAN BRUGGEN, COOSJE). Oldenburg, Claes & Coosje Van Bruggen. Essays by Susan P. Casteras, Vincent Scully, Gerhard Storck, Richard Cork & Donald Judd. New York: The Monacelli Press, Inc., 1994. First Edition 1/250 Deluxe. Large 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Catalogue Raisonné. As New/As New. 584pp, 420 color and 94 b&w illustrations. This is the catalogue raisonné through 1993 of the large scale and public works executed by Pop Art master Claes Oldenburg with his wife and collaborator Coosje Van Bruggen. A brand new, most handsome example (entry number two hundred and fifty-three in Richard Axsom and David Platzker's "Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters, and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg - A Catalogue Raisonné 1958-1996") from the deluxe edition limited to two hundred and fifty copies NUMBERED (200/250) AND BOLDLY SIGNED by both Oldenburg and Van Bruggen in pencil on the rear colophon containing the 11 ¼ x 8 ¼" color lithograph entitled "Sketch for a Sculpture in the Form of a Dress Collar and Tie, with Stud" (a preliminary study for their monumental project to be installed in front of Frank O. Gehry's Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2005) SIGNED AND DATED "C.O. '94", AND NUMBERED (200/250) in pencil on the recto laid in a paper portfolio, in the publisher's slipcase, as issued. 1885254040 Inventory Number: 024089

(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

(PICASSO, PABLO). Geiser, Bernhard. Preface by E.W. Kornfeld. Berne, SWITZERLAND: Kornfeld et Klipstein, 1968. First Editions. 4to. Buckram. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine/No Jacket. np, 314 b&w illustrations. Text in French. Published in 1968 in an edition of two thousand copies, this is the second volume of Bernhard Geiser's catalogue raisonné of Pablo Picasso's graphic works that contains illustrated entries for each of three hundred and fourteen engravings and monotypes executed by the master between 1932 and 1934. An uncommonly crisp and bright example of this document bound with its printed wrappers intact into a blue buckram binding with gilt lettering to the spine by the noted late Beverly Hills art dealer Frank Perls showing some light soiling to the edges of the textblock. Inventory Number: 020266

(PICASSO, PABLO). Zervos, Christian. Paris: Editions "Cahiers D'Art", 1975. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers in Glassine. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 192pp, 465 monochrome illustrations. Text in French. This is the twenty-ninth volume of Christian Zervos' unfinished, monumental thirty-three volume (in thirty-four parts) catalogue raisonné of Pablo Picasso's paintings and works on paper supplementally covering the Cubist years of 1914 through 1919. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1975 first printing whose protective glassine wrapper shows some mild age-toning along the spine. Inventory Number: 022620

(PICASSO, PABLO). Zervos, Christian. Paris: Editions "Cahiers D'Art", 1963. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers in Glassine. Catalogue Raisonné. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. 174pp, 352 monochrome illustrations. Text in French. This is the fourteenth volume of Christian Zervos' unfinished, monumental thirty-three volume (in thirty-four parts) catalogue raisonné of Pablo Picasso's paintings and works on paper covering the years 1944 through 1946. A most handsome example of the uncommon 1963 first printing showing some mild age-toning whose protective glassine wrapper has some tearing and paper loss at the spine ends. 2-85117-014-7 Inventory Number: 022614

(REDON, ODILON). Harrison, Dr. Sharon R. Foreword by Peter Morse. New York: Da Capo Press, Inc., 1986. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Near Fine. 128pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. With a concordance and bibliography. Published in 1986, this is the full catalogue raisonné of etchings by the iconoclastic French Symbolist Odilon Redon. It contains comprehensively annotated and illustrated entries for sixty-four variants of thirty-three works executed between 1865 and 1914, a concordance of their relationship to the 1913 catalogue raisonné by Andre Mellerio, texts by Dr. Sharon R. Harrison and Peter Morse, and a selection of translated letters from the artist. A most handsome example of this uncommon reference whose dust jacket shows some sunning along the length of the spine. It has been priced accordingly. 0-306-76082-7 Inventory Number: 019467

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

(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

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Dieter. Hansjorg Mayer, Dieter Roth & H(anns). Sohm, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1976. First Edition Thus 1/1000. Oblong 4to. Spiral Bound Wrappers in Box. Artist's Books. Near Fine./No Jackets - As Issued.. np (48pp) + np (44pp) + np (2pp), profusely illustrated in color. Text in German and English. Issued in 1976 as the first volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 1" reproduces in loving facsimile the innovative Swiss artist's first two projects issued in Reykjavik in the fifties by the artist's Forlag Ed. "Kinderbuch" (1954-57) consists of twenty-eight colorful spiral bound die-cut geometric sheets of stiff paper, and was originally issued in an edition of one hundred copies. "Bilderbuch" (1956) contains sixteen colored die-cut transparent plastic and four white die-cut stiff paper sheets housed in a black celluloid ring binder, and was produced in an edition of only three examples. These are charming book/objects clearly intended for the young at heart of all ages, and compare favorably to Bruno Munari's similar experiments from the same period. These are accompanied by a single loose colophon page all laid into the publisher's printed stiff cardstock clamshell box. An internally most handsome set of the books limited to one thousand unnumbered copies whose box shows some rubbing, a few creases, and a short closed tear along the joint at the head of spine. This is housed in an unprinted wood and masonite slipcase cum shipping carton seemingly supplied by the publisher. Inventory Number: 026696

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1972. First Edition 1/1200. Small 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist's Book. Fine./Fine.. 472pp, profusely illustrated in monochrome. Text in German. Issued in 1972 as the thirteenth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 13" contains material from several of the innovative Swiss artist's publications from the mid to late sixties A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand, two hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 026705

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Wasserpresse (Water Presse) & Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1970. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Books. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Issued in 1970 as the eleventh volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 11" reprints the innovative Swiss artist's photographically illustrated 1960 volume entitled "Snow". A handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing mild age-toning to the wrappers. Inventory Number: 026703

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Reykjavic, ICELAND, Dusseldorf, GERMANY & London: Verlag Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1971. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Icelandic and English. Issued in 1971 as the sixth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 6" reprints the innovative Swiss artist's volume of Icelandic printer's proofs and scraps - "Bok 3c". A most handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing a bit of light wear and soiling to its green wrappers. Inventory Number: 026700

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Reykjavic, ICELAND, Stuttgart, Koln & London: Siemannsverlag & Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1972. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in Icelandic. Issued in 1972 as the fifth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of reproducing the complete artist's books of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 5" reprints the innovative Swiss artist's volume of collaged Icelandic newspaper articles - "Bok 3a". A most handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing a bit of light wear and soiling to its pink wrappers. Inventory Number: 026699

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1972. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist's Books. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German and English. Issued in 1972 as the fourth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 4" reprints two of the innovative Swiss artist's volumes of black and white abstract geometic permutations - "Bok 4a" and "Bok 5". A most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing a bit of delamination to the wrappers at the heel of the spine. Inventory Number: 026698

(ROT, DITER) aka (ROTH, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer, Dieter Roth & H(anns). Sohm, Editors. Hellnar, ICELAND, Koln, GERMANY & London: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1971. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine.. np (304pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in German. Issued in 1971 as the nineteenth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 19" represents a survey of the innovative Swiss artist's ephemeral works and collected writings published between 1967 and 1971. A most handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item (entry number M.4 cited on pages 228 + 230 of Dirk Dobke's "Dieter Roth in Print: Artist's Books / Kunstlerbucher"). Inventory Number: 026706

(ROTH, DIETER) aka (ROT, DITER). Roth, Dieter & Richard Hamilton. Introduction by Dieter Schwarz. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY & London: Edition Hansjorg Mayer & Eaton House Publishers, Ltd., 1977. First Edition 1/2000. Small 4to. Pictorial Self Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np, 96 color illustrations. Text in German and English. Issued in 1977 as the thirty-sixth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "96 Piccadillies" reproduces each of ninety-six commercial picture postcards of London's historic Piccadilly Circus altered during the seventies by Roth - some in conjunction with his frequent collaborator, Richard Hamilton. A bright, most handsome example of the standard edition (entry number I.3 cited on pages 210-211 of Dirk Dobke's "Dieter Roth in Print: Artist's Books / Kunstlerbucher") limited to two thousand unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 026707

(ROTH, DIETER) aka (ROT, DITER). Roth, Dieter & Richard Hamilton. Introduction by Dieter Schwarz. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY & London: Edition Hansjorg Mayer & Eaton House Publishers, Ltd., 1977. First Edition 1/200 Deluxe. Small 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Catalogue Raisonné. Fine/Fine. np, 96 color illustrations. Text in German and English. Issued in 1977 as the thirty-sixth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "96 Piccadillies" reproduces each of ninety-six commercial picture postcards of London's historic Piccadilly Circus altered during the seventies by Roth - some in conjunction with his frequent collaborator, Richard Hamilton. A most handsome example of this uncommon item from the deluxe slipcased edition limited to two hundred unnumbered copies (entry number I.3 cited on pages 210-211 of Dirk Dobke's "Dieter Roth in Print: Artist's Books / Kunstlerbucher") each with AN ORIGINAL "SPEEDY DRAWING" entitled "Selfportrait as Piccadilly-Eros" SIGNED AND DATED "D R 1978" in pencil laid in, as issued. Inventory Number: 022481

(ROTH, DITER) aka (ROT, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1974. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Loose Contents in a Box. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Issued in 1974 as the twefth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 12" reprints a much-expanded version of the innovative Swiss artist's volume containing scores of loose, printed sheets originally produced in 1965 for Chicago's William and Noma Copley Foundation presented in a Roth-illustrated cardboard clamshell box. A most handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing mild rubbing along a few edges of the exterior box. Inventory Number: 026704

(ROTH, DITER) aka (ROT, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1976. First Edition 1/1000. Square 4to. Wrappers in Slipcase. Artist's Books. Fine./No Jackets - As Issued.. np (28pp) + np (28pp), profusely illustrated in color. Text in German and English. Issued in 1976 as the eighth volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 8" reprints in miniature facsimile two of the innovative Swiss artist's 1960s portfolios of loose die-cut geometric sheets of stiff paper that can be endlessly combined to form moire patterns. A brand new, most handsome set of the portfolios themselves limited to one thousand unnumbered copies whose printed paper-over-boards slipcase shows some light soiling and tearing to the paper along one joint at the spine. Inventory Number: 026702

(ROTH, DITER) aka (ROT, DIETER). Rot, Diter. Hansjorg Mayer & Dieter Roth, Editors. Stuttgart, GERMANY, London & Reykjavic, ICELAND: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1974. First Edition 1/1000. Small 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in German. Issued in 1974 as the seventh volume of Edition Hansjorg Mayer's ambitious project of documenting the prolific artist book output of Dieter Roth, "Gesammelte Werke Band 7" reprints two of the innovative Swiss artist's volumes of heavily die-cut childrens' illustrations - "Bok 3b" and "Bok 3d". An internally most handsome example of the standard edition of this uncommon item limited to one thousand unnumbered copies showing a bit of soiling and age-toning to the wrappers and edges of the newsprint textblock. Inventory Number: 026701