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(CHURCH OF THE SUBGENIUS, THE). Stang, Ivan, Paul Mavrides & The SubGenius Foundation, Inc.. Auburn, CA: Rip Off Press, Inc., 1989. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. Small 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Underground Comic Book. Fine.. 32pp, profusely illustrated in b&w + color cover. Published in 1989, this is the first and only installment of "Bob's Favorite Comics" - an anthology of fifteen black and white Church of the SubGenius-approved comics and tracts. The titular "Bob" is of course J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, the fifties clip art avatar turned High Epopt of The Church of the SubGenius, America's emergent eighties conspiracy theory-embracing cult religion whose pantheon includes gods, extra-terrestrials, and mutants. The contributors to this issue are the SubGenius Foundation, Inc.'s Ivan Stang and Paul Mavrides (also as St. Palmer Vreedez), Harry S. Robins, Carol Lay as Donna Sangre, Byron Werner, the LIES Project, President Xandy Smith, Jay Kinney, Gilbert Shelton, Horizon Unlimited Master Control Programming, Robert Williams, Satellite Weavers, Puzzling Evidence aka Doug Wellman, and of course, "Bob". A brand new, most handsome example of the uncommon Rip Off Press, Inc. first printing with the printed price of $2.50 on the front cover. Inventory Number: 026454

(CLOWES, DANIEL) (EIGHTBALL). Clowes, Daniel. Seattle, WA. 1989-2004.: Fantagraphics Books. Firsts and Later Editions. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Comics. Very Good or Better./No Jackets - As Issued.. Each 24 to 40pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and/or color with color covers. First published in 1989 by Fantagraphics Books and appearing irregularly through 2005, "Eightball" was noted Berkeley-based cartoonist Daniel Clowes' long-running comic book. To lazily cite Wikipedia on the matter, "Early issues of "Eightball" feature a mixture of very short, often crudely humorous comics ("Zubrick and Pogeybait", "The Sensual Santa"), topical rants and satires ("Art School Confidential", "On Sports"), longer, more reflective self-contained stories ("Caricature", "Immortal Invisible"), and serialized works. The first extended story serialized in Eightball was "Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron", which ran in issues #1 through 10. Glove was followed by "Ghost World" (issues #11-18). Beginning with #19 each issue has been devoted to a single storyline, as opposed to the more eclectic format of the earlier issues. Issues #19-21 serialized the graphic novel "David Boring", while issues #22 and 23 each consisted of a collection of short, fragmentary stories in diverse styles and formats that meshed into a unified narrative ("Ice Haven" and "The Death Ray"). The issues of "Eightball" beginning with #19 have been published in full color in a larger magazine-sized format. Issue #18 included a bound-in copy of Clowes' pamphlet "Modern Cartoonist." Both "Ghost World" and "Art School Confidential" were adapted by Clowes and director Terry Zwigoff into 2001 and 2006 feature films of the same name." A bright, most handsome complete run of all twenty-three issues in Very Good condition or better showing the occasional bit of soiling, rubbing, creasing, or wear here and there. Issues #9-12 and 14-23 are all stated first printings, while 1-8 and 14 are second or later printings. Inventory Number: 027111

(COE, SUE). Metz, Holly & Sue Coe. London: Knockabout Comics, 1983. First British Edition. Folio. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Graphic Novel. Fine.. 44pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Francoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman. Published in 1983 as RAW Magazine One-Shot #2, "How to Commit Suicide in South Africa" is Holly Metz and Sue Coe's chilling collaborative investigation of the fate of South African political prisoners during the reign of apartheid. A bright, most handsome example of the 1983 Knockabout Comics first British edition with glossy covers. 0-86166-013-7 Inventory Number: 026155

(CRUMB, R.). Crumb, R(obert).. Hamburg, GERMANY: Gingko Press, 1992. First Edition 1/500 Deluxe. Small Folio. Cloth w/Pastedown in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. "R. Crumb Comics" collects three short 1989 stories from everyone's favorite comix curmudgeon, R. Crumb that feature the artist as the protagonist - "The Story O' My Life", "People... Ya Gotta Love 'Em", and "I'm Grateful! I'm Grateful!". A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe edition limited to five hundred hardbound, numbered (# 8/500) slipcased copies BOLDLY SIGNED by R. Crumb in black ink on the rear colophon, as issued. 3-927258-10-5 Inventory Number: 020035

(CRUMB, R.). Crumb, Robert.. San Francisco: Modernism, 1990. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 32 x 17" sheet printed color offset recto only. This is the graphically striking poster published in conjunction with the 1990 R. Crumb exhibition entitled "Cartoons and Drawings 1975-1990" held at San Francisco's Modernism gallery. It reproduces on heavy coated stock the artist's cover for Chicago's Seed underground newspaper featuring Mr. Natural boldly exclaiming "The Whole Universe is Completely Insane!". A most handsome example of this delightful ephemeral item. Inventory Number: 026818

(CRUMB, R.). Crumb, Robert. Dian Hanson, Editor. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2007. First Edition 1/1000 Deluxe. Stout 4to. Illustrated Boards in Slipcase. Artist Monographs. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 258pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. " R. Crumb has selected his most intimately revealing comic strips and single page drawings to create a two hundred and fifty-eight page encyclopedic trip through his sexual psyche. All images were created between 1980 and 2006, and all strips are hand-colored for a lush vibrancy never seen in his comic books. In total, "Robert Crumb's Sex Obsessions" features fourteen complete stories, including "My Troubles With Women", "If I Were a King", "A Bitchin' Bod", and "How To Have Fun With a Strong Girl", as well as sixty single page drawings. This signed slipcased edition limited to one thousand copies is a work of art in itself, with every part of the book - front and back covers, spine, and introductory pages - created for this project by Robert Crumb. Each book comes with an art print selected by Mr. Crumb. A brand new, pristine example sealed in shrinkwrap still in the publisher's printed cardboard shipping carton. 3-8228-2540-9 Inventory Number: 022282

(CRUMB, R.). Crumb, Robert, Mark Landman & Dave Schreiner. Princeton, WI: Kitchen Sink Press, 1991. Second Printing. 12mo. Loose Contents in a Box. Artist Monographs. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. Thirty-six 4 x 3" cardstock playing cards printed offset recto and verso, 36 color illustrations. Designed by Peter Poplaski. "Robert Crumb Trading Cards" is the perfect gift or addition to the collection of any even half-serious Crumb fan. It contains thirty-six collectible cards each featuring a color illustration of a prominent denizen of the Crumbiverse on the front with a concise character synopsis written by the late comics historian Dave Schreiner on the back, all in a snappy box designed by Crumb and Pete Poplaski. Its characters include the mysterious guru Mr. Natural; his loyal devotee Flakey Foont; The Nerds; Pete the Plumber (and his sidekick Plungo); Whiteman and Yeti the Bigfoot both from Homegrown Funnies; Ruff Tuff Creampuff; the raining Meatball from Zap #0; Shuman the Human; Dirty Dog; Smelly Old Cat; The Desperate Character; Mr. Appropriate (way ahead of his time on the ecology front); Vulture Demoness (the dominatrix from Big Ass #1-2); Eggs Ackley (whose eyeballs were stolen by crows in Motor City #1); Sally Blubberbutt; Fritz the Cat (star of the Ralph Bakshi animated cartoons who was then permanently killed in People's Comix); Those Cute Little Bearzy Wearzies (Jippo and Boopsy); The big-foot character from Keep on Truckin'; Onion Head; Patricia Pig; Forky O'Donnell (you don't want to have lunch with this guy!); Squirelly the Squirrel; Cheesis K. Reist, star of 'Hamburgers!'; Boingy Baxter; The Simp and The Gimp; Ruth Schwartz (the original "gurl" in Big Ass #1 who later helped Flakey Foont institutionalize Mr. Natural in Mr. Natural #3); Devil Girl (from before she had a line of candy); Mr. Snoid; Angelfood McSpade, The Old Pooperoo; Dale Steinberger the Jewish Cowgirl; Joe Blow (from the infamous Zap #4 bust); Little Johnny Fuckerfaster; Bo Bo Belinski (the drunk, not the baseball player); and Robert Crumb himself (a nice self-portrait, but he's also a regular cast member)." An internally bright, most handsome complete set of the cards from the 1991 Kitchen Sink second printing - in the original green-bordered box with Crumb, Fritz the Cat and Mr. Natural still pictured on the front - whose white tray shows some mild soiling on the bottom face. Inventory Number: 026450

(DISNEY, WALT). Sotheby, Parke-Bernet Staff. Los Angeles: Sotheby, Parke-Bernet Los Angeles, 1972. First Edition. Square 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Auction Catalog. Fine.. 39pp, 37 b&w illustrations. This is the catalogue of the Tuesday, May 5th 1972 Sotheby, Parke-Bernet Los Angeles sale of one hundred and seventy lots of comic and animation related material, of which over one hundred and ten are Disney related (including a Claes Oldenburg Mickey Mouse drawing!). A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 004186

(GOLDBERG, RUBE). Okun, Henry & Peter Selz. Berkeley, CA: University Art Museum, 1971. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 32pp, 29 b&w illustrations. This charming little catalogue published in conjunction with a 1971 UC Berkeley exhibition reproduces twenty-nine (of more than five thousand!) of Rube Goldberg's witty comic strip contraption drawings donated by the artist to the Bancroft Library). A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. LC 73-633931 Inventory Number: 024681

(HUEBLER, DOUGLAS). Huebler, Douglas & Arthur Rose. Introduction by Julia Brown. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1986. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. 28pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Linda Norlen. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the 1986 catalogue documenting ten works from Douglas Huebler's charming, typically wry "Crocodile Tears" series commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. These installments - "brief fictions re-sounding from the proposal in Variable Piece #70: 1971 to photographically document the existence of everyone alive" - originally appeared in print in 1984 as comic strips reproduced in the pages of the LA Weekly. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a bit of light overall wear, rubbing, and soiling to its covers. Inventory Number: 023723

(JOHNSON, JOE). Johnson, Joe. NP (San Francisco, CA). ND (Circa Late 1960s).: Self-Published. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Paper. Greeting Cards. Near Fine.. Three individual 8 ½ x 11" heavy paper sheets printed photo-offset rectos only, machine-folded vertically in half to make 8 ½ x 5 ½", 3 b&w illustrations. Joe Johnson was an early and prominent member of San Francisco's burgeoning LGBTQ community of the 1960s. While primarily known as the creator of the pioneering underground gay comics "Miss Thing" and "Big Dick", Johnson was additionally an accomplished artist and illustrator who at various times in the sixties and seventies produced fine art prints and greeting cards featuring male model studies. These were lo-fi ventures most likely sold under the counter, by word of mouth, and discreet mail order. This is a group of three individual cards issued by the artist each depicting a young male nude - all full frontal - reproduced by photo-offset on heavy, textured paper stock. A handsome group of these exceedingly uncommon vintage ephemeral items without envelopes each showing a bit of mild soiling. Inventory Number: 026945

(JOHNSON, JOE). Johnson, Joe. NP (San Francisco, CA). ND (1967).: Self-Published. First Edition. Folio. Loose Prints in a Portfolio. Print Portfolio. Fine.. Eight individual 17 ½ x 11" heavy paper sheets printed photo-offset rectos only, 8 b&w illustrations. Joe Johnson was an early and prominent member of San Francisco's burgeoning LGBTQ community of the 1960s. While primarily known as the creator of the pioneering underground gay comics "Miss Thing" and "Big Dick", Johnson was additionally an accomplished artist and illustrator who at various times in the sixties and seventies produced fine art prints and greeting cards featuring male model studies. These were lo-fi ventures most likely sold under the counter, by word of mouth, and discreet mail order. This is a set of eight of these prints issued in 1967 by the artist each depicting a young male nude - six full frontal - reproduced by photo-offset on cream colored, heavy woven paper stock housed in a plain red textured paper portfolio. We acquired from a single source several variants of this set, with none bearing any form of labeling or printed documentation; just the plates with or without the portfolio. The prints were issued without a signature in the plate, but Johnson signed some in pencil, and even hand-colored a few in a flesh-colored watercolor. A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item with each print additionally SIGNED "Joe Johnson" in pencil in the publisher's unprinted paper portfolio. Inventory Number: 026944

(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

(MURAKAMI, TAKASHI). Kitagawa, Yujin & Takashi Murakami. Saitama, JAPAN: Takashi Murakami & Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., 2003. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Illustrated Boards in Jacket. Illustrated Book. Fine/Fine. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in color. Text in English and Japanese. Designed by Chika Tamagawa. This is a charming, stylishly designed book for children written by Yujin Kitagawa (of the acoustic duo Yuzo) featuring illustrations by the hyper-popular Anime and Manga influenced Japanese artist, Takashi Murakami. It is the story of cute, fluffy outcast Keba Keba, who bestows his bright colors to the pale flowers, and becomes a cheerful, smiling cloud! A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon first printing in the publisher's printed obi, as issued. 4-939148-09-2 Inventory Number: 020276

(NEW MASSES). Gold, Michael & Walt Carmon, Editors. New York. 1931-1932.: New Masses, Inc.. First Editions. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Socialist Periodicals. Good - or Better.. Fourteen individual issues each 22 to 30pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. Beginning in 1926, "New Masses" established itself as the conscientious Depression-Era illustrated voice of Communist and  Marxist-leaning American workers. The early 1930s were a particularly fertile period for it's stinging brand of graphic social critique. This run of issues begins with June of 1931, and  includes July, September thru January 1932, then April, May, June, August September, November, and December. The striking covers are by Jacob Burck (4), Hugo Gellert (2), Otto Soglow (3), I. Klein, William Siegel, Ettaro (sic?), William Gropper, and Walter Steinhilber. Other notable artistic contributors here are Louis Lozowick, Art Young, Adolph Dehn, Mitchel Siporin, Phil Bard, Anton Refregier, Walter Quirt, and many others. Featured writers include Langston Hughes, John Dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser, Upton Sinclair, Agnes Smedley, and Whittaker Chambers. This is a nice run of the magazine from a significant period, with all issues complete. Due to the highly brittle newsprint, these are wildly fragile; some covers have over the course of the past ninety years detached along the spine, and many have chipped along the foredges and the upper foredge corners. Some are soiled or show a bit of light dampstaining. All are individually protected in archival clear acetate dustwrappers. All in all, this is a good looking, well-loved archive from an important period of American labor and illustration that has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 027110

(PANTER, GARY). Ball, Bert & Richard Duardo. Los Angeles. ND (1985).: Bert Ball & Richard Duardo. Edition Not Stated - First Printing. Oblong 8vo. Printed Postcard. Exhibition Announcement. Near Fine.. One 7 x 5" glossy cardstock sheet printed in duotone offset recto and verso, 2 illustrations. This is the stylish announcement for the notorious 1985 Los Angeles group exhibition organized by Arts administrator Bert Ball and the late, great artist and master silkscreen printer Richard Duardo entitled "A Truckload of Art." Seeking to capitalize on the huge crowd anticipated for the opening night preview of MoCA's landmark "Helter Skelter" show, and using Terry Allen's song title as a literal point of departure, the pair rented a forty-five foot long semi trailer, installed sheetrock walls, carpet and track lighting, hung it with works by friends Gary Panter, Georganne Deen, Bob Zoell, and Robert Williams, surreptitiously deposited their lowbrow gallery on wheels in front of the Temporary Contemporary, unhitched the cab, and drove away so the Museum couldn't force them to move before the opening began. The resulting crowd for the two events was estimated to exceed 30,000! Ball and Duardo were also responsible for the legendary "Western Exterminators" show at the Zero One Gallery, but that's another story for another day. This official invite features a Panter-drawn Jimbo in a suit and tie thinking "It's no fun living in a world where nothing happens" on one side, and Bob Zoell's jaunty rendering of Vincent Van Gogh's disembodied head scooting along in a wagon with the event details in his hand-lettered typeface below on the other. A most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral piece of LA Art history perfect for the Gary Panter completeist showing a flattened diagonal soft crease through one corner. Inventory Number: 027148

(PANTER, GARY) (BURNS, CHARLES). Panter, Gary & Charles Burns. Richmond, VA: Gates of Heck, 1992. First Edition #310/1000. 4to. Spiral Bound Die-Cut Boards. Comics Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (12pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Facetasm" is the noirish 1992 collaboration between comic titlans Gary Panter and Charles Burns that takes the form of a twisted children's mix-and-match board book for adults. Spiral bound and segmented horizontally in thirds, it allows the reader to alter the creepy portraits within into near endless, even creepier permutations. A most handsome example of the uncommon Gates of Heck first edition limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED (310/1000) in black ink on the rear board, as issued, in an unsprung binding showing just a bit of wear and rubbing to the covers. Inventory Number: 027059

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 2004. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. ca 250pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A pristine example of the sixty-ninth issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-907582-19-5 Inventory Number: 011240

(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 exceedingly uncommon 2014 first printing with the black and white covers 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 & Nelson Tarpenny. NP: Superflux Publications, 1992. First Edition 1/100. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (36pp), 18 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 one hundred copies, "One Foot in the Mouth, One Foot on the Shelf" is his 1992 Superflux-published artist book cum 'zine collaboration with "Master" Nelson Tarpenny that reproduces eighteen psychologically-charged drawings. A most handsome, guaranteed authentic example of this exceedingly uncommon Pettibon tour de force (entry number one hundred and one in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98") HAND NUMBERED "72/100" in black ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 025700

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond & Nelson Tarpenny. NP: Superflux Publications, 1992. First Edition 1/100. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (40pp), 20 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 one hundred copies, "The Cloud of Unreading" is his 1992 Superflux-published artist book cum 'zine collaboration with Nelson Tarpenny that reproduces twenty psychologically-charged drawings. A most handsome, guaranteed authentic example of this exceedingly uncommon Pettibon tour de force (entry number ninety-seven in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98") HAND NUMBERED "25/100" in blue ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 025697

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond, Nelson Tarpenny, Josh Bayer (AKA "Sketchy") & Michael Gira. Lawndale & Hermosa Beach, CA, etc. 1978-2015.: SST Publications, Superflux Publications, Galerie Metropol, Illuminati, Galerie Krinzinger, Parkett, Ooga Booga, Nieves & Innen, Contemporary Fine Arts & David Zwirner Books. First Edition. 8vo + 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Books. Very Good. or Better.. np (most circa 28pp), each profusely illustrated in b&w. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. This is a collection of forty-nine primarily early artist's books cum 'zines - mostly self-published between 1978 and 2006 via SST and Superflux Publications - by the esteemed Southern California native, Raymond Pettibon. Listed by title in chronological order of publication preceded in parentheses by their entry number in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98" (the last seven were issued following the bibliography and so have publication dates instead), they are: (01) "Captive Chains", (04) "Freud's Universe", (05) "My Struggle For Life After Death", (06) "A New Wave of Violence", (08) "Tripping Corpse 2: The Hippie Thing", (09) "Capricious Missives", (10) "Tripping Corpse 3", (11) "Virgin Fears", (12) "The Bible, the Bottle, and the Bomb", (13) "Console, Heal, Or Depict", (15) "Kismet's Account", (16) "Lana", (17) "Tripping Corpse Four", (18) "Tripping Corpse 5", (19) "American Lynch Law", (20) "A Can At The Crossroads", (21) "Cars, TV, Rockets, H-Bomb - - You Name It", (22) "The Express Sex Train", (23) "Exterminating The Eagles", (24) "Jane's Book Of Fighting", (26) "Like Death Valley", (28) "New Wavy Gravy", (29) "New Wavy Gravy 2 (As Opposed to Old Wavy Gravy)", (30) "The Observable World", (31) "Pig Cupid", (32) "Selfishness", (33) "Short Teats, Bloody Milk", (35) "Tripping Corpse 6", (37) "Wein, Weib, Und Gesang", (40) "Meat Offerings", (45) "Thin, Thin Cross", (51) "Meandering on a Riff", (81) "Twelve O'Clock Shadow", (84) "From a Tower", (92) "Sweet Luther", (94) "The Train-Watcher", (96) "Writ", (97) "The Cloud of Unreading", (98) "The Language of Romantic Thought", (100) "On The Scent (Vavoom)", (103) "Up The Threshold", (105) "Untitled (Justly Felt and Brilliantly Said - A Project for Parkett No. 47)", (2001) "Plot Burial By: Josh Bayer (AKA Sketchy), Raymond Pettibon", (2001) "'S Not Fake! 'S Real!", (2006) "As Always And So On", (2009) "The Major Arteries and the Minor Tributes", (2014) "Raymond Pettibon: Selected Works 1982 to 2011", (2015) "Raymond Pettibon + Mike Topp: Born On A Train" - SIGNED by both artists, and (2016) "Dzama / Pettibon" - second expanded edition. A most handsome group - all of which are in at least Very Good condition - of these wryly transgressive, seminal publications. Inventory Number: 021812

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond, Nelson Tarpenny, Victor Gastelum & Josh Bayer (aka "Sketchy"). NP: Superflux Publications, 2001. First Edition 1/700. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (52pp), 44 b&w illustrations. 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. "'S Not Fake! 'S Real" is his 2001 Superflux-published artist book cum 'zine collaboration with Victor Gastelum, Nelson Tarpenny, and Josh Bayer - aka "Sketchy" - in the time-honored DIY, xeroxed format of his earlier, self-published works that reproduces forty-four psychologically-charged drawings. A brand new, pristine, guaranteed authentic example of this uncommon Pettibon tour de force limited to seven hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 025703

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond, Nelson Tarpenny, Victor Gastelum & Josh Bayer (aka "Sketchy"). NP: Superflux Publications, 1992. First Edition 1/100. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Very Good.. np (36pp), 18 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 one hundred copies, "The Language of Romantic Thought" is his 1992 Superflux-published artist book cum 'zine collaboration that reproduces twenty psychologically-charged drawings. An internaly most handsome, guaranteed authentic example of this exceedingly uncommon Pettibon tour de force (entry number ninety-eight in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98") HAND NUMBERED "18/100" in blue ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued, showing a half-dozen small oily brown droplets mildly staining the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025699

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond, Nelson Tarpenny, Victor Gastelum & Josh Bayer (aka "Sketchy"). NP: Superflux Publications, 1992. First Edition 1/100. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine.. np (36pp), 18 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 one hundred copies, "The Language of Romantic Thought" is his 1992 Superflux-published artist book cum 'zine collaboration that reproduces twenty psychologically-charged drawings. A most handsome, guaranteed authentic example of this exceedingly uncommon Pettibon tour de force (entry number ninety-eight in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98") HAND NUMBERED "12/100" in blue ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued, showing some mild creasing to the lower foredge corner of the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025698

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond, Nelson Tarpenny, Victor Gastelum & Josh Bayer (aka "Sketchy"). Lawndale, CA: SST Publications, 1982. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (32pp), 26 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)", "My Struggle for Life After Death" is his 1982 SST artist book cum 'zine that reproduces twenty-six psychologically-charged drawings. A most handsome, guaranteed authentic example of this uncommon, early Pettibon tour de force (entry number five in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98") HAND NUMBERED "202" in red ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 025688

(PUNK MAGAZINE). Holmstrom, John & Eddy "Legs" McNeil, Editors. New York: Punk Publications Inc., 1976. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Tabloid Wrappers. Music Periodical. Fine.. 40pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "The Legend of Nick Detroit" cover art by John Holmstrom. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by the precocious, preternaturally snotty John Holmstrom and "Legs" McNeil, "Punk" was the primarily New York-centric late seventies standard-bearer for the punk rock music scene. Part "Creem" wannabe, part comic book, it mixed fan adoration, eclectic illustration, and irreverent attitude to burn into a relatively short-lived, delightful mash-up of coverage of the burgeoning music scene. This special sixth installment "The Legend of Nick Detroit" takes the form of Roberta Bayley's New York Noir photo-novella starring Richard Hell as private dick Nick Detroit alongside such stalwarts of the local scene as Lenny Kaye, Robert Quine, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Lisa Persky, Gary Valentine, Jimmy Destry, David Johansen, Cyrinda Fox, Robert Gordon, Terry Ork, Helen Wheels, Anya Phillips, Debbie Harry, Patti Kane, Terrence Sellers, Gyda Gash, Ivan Julian, Ms. Bayley, and more. A bright, most handsome example of this amazing document. Inventory Number: 026211

(RAW GRAPHIX MAGAZINE). Spiegelman, Art and Francoise Mouly, Editor/Publishers. New York: Raw Books, 1980. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Tabloid Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine.. 36 + 12 ("Two-Fisted Painters Action Adventures") pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Francoise Mouly. Cover by Art Spiegelman. This is the inaugural issue (Volume 1, Number 1) of Mouly and Spiegelman's ground-breaking graphic magazine that single-handedly elevated comix to a new level of intellectual embrace. Contributors to this volume are Ray Gross and Winter, Alfred Jarry and Bruno Richard, Geoff Robison, Kaz, Jacques Tardi, Joost Swarte, Jerry Moriarty, Mark Newgarden, Bazooka, Patricia Caire and James Barth, Lynne Tillman and Mariscal, Mark Beyer, Josh Alan Friedman and Drew Friedman, Heinz Emigholz, David Marc and Gary Hallgren, Francoise Mouly, Windsor McKay, Gerry Capelle, George Griffin, and Art Spiegelman - whose "Two Fisted-Painters Action Adventures" is bound in as a separate booklet, as issued. A bright, most handsome example of this invigorating document with the publisher's adhesive-backed color illustration pasted over the black and white window on the front cover, as issued, showing some light soiling, rubbing, and creasing to the wrappers. ISSN 0742-4434 Inventory Number: 027113

(RODARTE) (A MAGAZINE). Mulleavy, Kate & Laura, Guest Editors. Van Den Eynden, Dirk, Editor. Antwerp, BELGIUM: A Publishe BVBA, 2011. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Fashion Periodical. Fine.. 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Madelein Wermenbol. "A Magazine is a biannual publication, exploring the creative sphere of a selected designer in each issue. We invite a guest curator - an international fashion designer, group or house - to develop innovative, personalized content that expresses their aesthetic and cultural values. Each issue celebrates this designer's ethos: their people, their passion, their stories, emotions, fascinations, spontaneity and authenticity". This eleventh installment from 2011 of the luxe Belgian fashion periodical was guest curated by Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy, and contains contributions on or by Autumn De Wilde, Tom Petty, Jay DeFeo, Kirsten Dunst photographed by David Armstrong, Lake Tahoe, the California Grizzly Bear, John Baldessari, Mt. Wilson Observatory, Todd Cole, The LA River, Frank Wiedmann and Andrew Durhams's "Shark", Elle Fanning photographed by Bill Owens, Joss Whedon, The Garbage Pail KIds, and many, many more. A most handsome example. 90-77745-10-6 Inventory Number: 025757

(SCHARF, KENNY). Scharf, Kenny, Dennis Hopper, Barry Blinderman, Dan Cameron & Ann Magnuson. Monterrey, MEXICO: Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey, 1996. First Edition 1/1000. Oblong Small 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 132pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Spanish. With an exhibition checklist, biography, bibliography, and exhibition history. Limited to one thousand copies only, this is the comprehensive catalogue published in conjunction with a 1996 Kenny Scharf retrospective held at Mexico's Museo De Arte Contemporaneo De Monterrey. If features reproductions of each of the thirty-six paintings exhibited as well as essays by Barry Blinderman and Dan Cameron, and a transcribed conversation between Scharf and Dennis Hopper. A handsome copy of this uncommon item. 968-6623-36-1 Inventory Number: 018961

(SCREAMERS, THE) (PANTER, GARY). Screamers, The & Gary Panter. Boston: The Rathskeller, 1979. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to. Printed Sheet. Concert Flyer. Near Fine.. One 11 x 8 ½" sheet photocopied recto only, 1 b&w illustration. This is the xeroxed flyer produced by Boston's venerable punk and New Wave club The Rat(hskeller) to promote a November 8th, 1979 appearance by Los Angeles techno- provocateurs The Screamers. As usual, the flyer prominently features the band's iconic Gary Panter-drawn logo of a screaming Tomata du Plenty. A most handsome, guaranteed vintage example of this exceedingly uncommon ephemeral item showing a one quarter inch loss of the paper at the upper left-hand corner. Inventory Number: 027038

(SPIEGELMAN, ART). Spiegelman, Art. New York. ND: Fotofolio. Edition Not Stated. Oblong 12mo. Printed Postcard. Fine.. One 6 x ¼" postcard printed offset recto and verso, one color illustration. This is a Fotofolio postcard that reproduces Art Spiegelman's colorful illustration for the front cover of the February 13th, 1993 cover of "The New Yorker" entitled "Valentine's Day". On the reverse side, the Pulitzer Prize-winning artist of "Maus: A Survivor's Tale" has created an ORIGINAL DRAWING in black ink of the iconic Maus side-by-side with Peanuts' Charlie Brown BEARING THE PRESENTATION "Dear Jean Lewis / THANX!" inside two word balloons and additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "art spiegelman" below. We acquired this directly from the late Ms. Lewis - a nationally syndicated American newspaper columnist in the seventies and eighties - prior to her passing. She was a good friend of cartoonist Charles "Sparky" Schulz, which is the reason why Spiegelman drew this whimsical image (we believe) sometime in the mid to late nineties. Inventory Number: 026908

(SPIEGELMAN, ART). Spiegelman, Art. Roma, ITALY: Sellerio Editore-La Centrale dell'Arte, 1999. Second Printing. Large 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 104pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by RAW Books & Graphics. "Breakdowns..." is a 1977 large-format, pre RAW Magazine anthology of short strips by "Maus" creator Art Spiegelman. A handsome example of the "disputed" 1977 first hardbound printing which was according to Belier Press publisher J.B. Rund limited to one thousand, six hundred and sixty-seven copies bearing a Nostalgia Press Inc. imprint on the title page with Rund's "Don't Believe Everything You Read..." bookplate correcting that misconception and substituting his own alternate ISBN (0-914646-14-1) affixed to the facing page next to what appears to be a non-authorial inscription in red ink. It has been priced accordingly. 0-915043-07-6 Inventory Number: 026158

(STEIG, WILLIAM). Steig, William. New York: Windmill Books, Inc. / Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1969. First Edition. 4to. Buckram in Illustrated Jacket. Illustrated Childrens' Book. Near Fine/Good +. np (32pp), 28 color illustrations. "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" is beloved "The New Yorker" cartoonist and illustrator William Steig's 1969 classic children's tale of the anthromorphised young donkey Sylvester Duncan, his family in Oatdale, and as you may have suspected, a magic pebble. The book was awarded the 1970 Caldecott Medal - Steig's first. An internally bright, most handsome example of the uncommon 1969 stated first Windmill Books, Inc. and Simon & Schuster, Inc. hardbound printing showing some notable wear, soiling, short closed tears, and a bit of paper loss to its dust jacket. Both corners of the inside flap of the jacket have been diagonally price-clipped but the printed line "6010" that is indicative of the first jacket state is still present along the bottom edge. It has been priced accordingly. LC 69-14484 Inventory Number: 024485

(STEINBERG, SAUL). Steinberg, Saul. New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1969. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (24pp), 20 b&w illustrations + covers. With an exhibition checklist. This is the catalogue issued in conjunction with a 1969 exhibition of seventy-five recent drawings and watercolors by Saul Steinberg held at the artist's longtime New York gallery, Sidney Janis. A most handsome example showing the slightest bit of rubbing to the front cover. Inventory Number: 025885

(STEINBERG, SAUL). Steinberg, Saul. Chicago: Richard Gray Gallery, 1982. First Edition. Small Oblong 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np (36pp), 37 b&w illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a 1982 show at Saul Steinberg's longtime Chicago gallery, this catalogue illustrates each of the thirty-eight wood sculptures and works on paper exhibited by the famed "New Yorker" artist and illustrator. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 024472

(WAPLINGTON, NICK) (CALDERON, MIGUEL). Waplington, Nick & Miguel Calderon. Mexico City: NP, 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 182pp, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English. This quirky item is a graphic novel collaboratively written by noted British photographer Nick Waplington and contemporary Mexican artist and photographer Miguel Calderon. It is an acidic skewering of the vapid New York art and fashion worlds as told by wunderkind painter/model turned grotesque accident victim, Terry Painter. Beautifully produced on heavy stock in a very limited edition, the artwork (with some clever nods to Roy Lichtenstein and E.C. Comics) is credited to "Domingo and Cecilia", while the plot contains thinly veiled references to Julian Schnabel, Larry Gagosian, and too many more boldfaced names to mention. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item SIGNED "Nick Waplington" in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 023360

(WILLIAMS, ROBT.). Williams, Robert. Introduction by Meg Linton. San Francisco: Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 240pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jill Von Hartmann. "Through Prehensile Eyes" is a collection of Robert Williams' fifty-eight then-recent paintings first exhibited at New York's Tony Shafrazi Gallery and subsequently shown in May 2005 at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Los Angeles' Otis College of Art. The images range from the artist's familiar lowbrow and biker culture, stretching deep into a faux science of quantum mechanics leaving the viewer in a world of scientific mindplay. Robert Williams sprang from the custom car culture of Southern California and was one of the original Zap Comix artists. He transcended the constraints of both, mastering oils and forging a career as the preeminent artist among a generation of imagist painters. After singlehandedly becoming the model of Lowbrow Art, Williams has now penetrated the inner sanctum of the fine arts movement. A brand new, most handsome example of the unavailable 2005 first edition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 0-86719-516-9 Inventory Number: 025229

(WILLIAMS, ROBT.). Williams, Robert. Introduction by Meg Linton. San Francisco: Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2005. First Edition 1/300 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Artist Monograph. As New/As New. 240pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jill Von Hartmann. "Through Prehensile Eyes" is a collection of Robert Williams' fifty-eight then-recent paintings first exhibited at New York's Tony Shafrazi Gallery and subsequently shown in May 2005 at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Los Angeles' Otis College of Art. The images range from the artist's familiar lowbrow and biker culture, stretching deep into a faux science of quantum mechanics leaving the viewer in a world of scientific mindplay. Robert Williams sprang from the custom car culture of Southern California and was one of the original Zap Comix artists. He transcended the constraints of both, mastering oils and forging a career as the preeminent artist among a generation of imagist painters. After singlehandedly becoming the model of Lowbrow Art, Williams has now penetrated the inner sanctum of the fine arts movement. A brand new, pristine example of the 2005 first deluxe numbered hardbound edition of four hundred copies with the publisher's numbered bookplate featuring a caricature of the artist SIGNED by Robert Williams in black ink affixed to the front inside cover still in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. 0-86719-637-8 Inventory Number: 022508