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(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.. Los Angeles: Greybull Press, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (224pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "For the first time ever, R. Crumb's drawings of women are collected in one volume, in chronological order, spanning the thirty-eight years since his pen-and-ink beginnings. The usual fetishes are on display ­ the "built from the ground up" body type, the loving fixation on solid thighs and buttocks ­ but so is Crumb's heart, on his sleeve, in the great tenderness with which he renders the women in his life. They're all here: his high-school crushes, his paramours, the girls and women who tormented him - and to whom he gave it right back - or who caught his eye on the street, and, of course, his wife and fiery sometimes collaborator Aline, and their daughter Sophie. Add to this his mistress of fifteen years and you have not only a catalogue raisonné of Crumb's portraits of women but also a revealing record of a passionate life. Crumb calls it "an autobiography of sorts" and it is ­ these aren't just portraits of women but the most intimate portrait of Crumb's life in love". "Gotta Have 'Em" illuminates Crumb's lifelong fascination and obsession with the fairer sex. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9672366-8-1 Inventory Number: 025127

(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

(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

(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

(PANTER, GARY). Niles, Steve, Gary Panter, Dr. Revolt, Kime Buzzelli & Morning Breath. NP (Redmond, WA): Zune Arts / Microsoft Corporation, 2008. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Graphic Novel. As New. np (76pp), profusely illustrated in color. Cover by Gary Panter. Designed by 72andSunny and R. Rock Enterprises. "The Lost Ones" is a graphic novel printed on heavy paper stock published in 2008 by Microsoft's Zune Arts. Written by noted comics author Steve Niles, it contains four sixteen-page chapters recounting a breezy time traveling earthlings vs. aliens scenario - each illustrated in turn by Dr. Revolt, Morning Breath, Kime Buzzelli, and Gary Panter. Hey kids - remember Zune? A brand new, pristine example of the version with the Gary Panter-drawn covers issued hors commerce for promotional purposes only. Inventory Number: 024511

(PANTER, GARY). Panter, Gary. Los Angeles. ND (Circa 1985).: Andresen Graphics. First Edition. Small Folio. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Comic Book. Near Fine.. 16pp, profusely illustrated in duotone + color covers. Designed by Clive Piercy and Rod Dyer, Dyer/Kahn. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Andresen Super Comix Present: Gripping Typos Featuring Scott Gothic (Private Investigator)" is an oversized sixteen page promotional comic book printed on heavy paper stock published by Los Angeles' legendary family-owned Andresen Typographers. Written and drawn by beloved comix artist and illustrator Gary Panter, it features the font-savvy, Noir-ish title character whose investigatory skills appear on display here for the first, and last time. An internally most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon bit of Panteriana issued hors commerce for promotional purposes only showing a bit of light wear, handling, and minor insect damage to the covers. Inventory Number: 024510

(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). Cooper, Dennis, Ulrich Loock & Robert Storr. New York. 2001 (2003).: Phaidon Press Ltd.. Later Printing. 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 160pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a detailed biography, exhibition history and bibliography. This is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated and insightful monograph dealing with all of the creative aspects of this great, Los Angeles-based artist. With one foot firmly in the contemporary art world, and a history inexorably linked with the birth and flowering of the Southern California Punk scene of the eighties, Raymond Pettibon has continued to make brutal and poetic work of an uncompromising nature for over thirty years. A most handsome example. 0-7148-3919-1 Inventory Number: 019792

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Hapkemeyer, Andreas & Luca Beatrice. Bolzano, ITALY, Bologna, ITALY & Innsbruck, AUSTRI: Museion, Galleria D'Arte Moderna di Bologna & Skarabaeus in Der Studienverlag, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 132pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Alexander Rendi. With an exhibition history and exhibition checklist. Published in conjunction with a traveling 2003 Italian Museum retrospective, this catalogue reproduces over one hundred and forty of Raymond Pettibon's iconic works on paper drawn from Austrian collections - most never previously reproduced. A brand new, pristine example. 3-7082-3129-5 Inventory Number: 023345

(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, 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

(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)", "Capricious Missives" 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 "268" in red ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 025690

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond & Josh Bayer. NP: Raymond Pettibon, 2006. First Edition 1/450. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. As New.. np (34pp), 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 four hundred and fifty copies, "As Always and So On" is his 2006 self-published artist book cum 'zine in the time-honored DIY, xeroxed format of his earlier, self-published works. It is populated with images of Raymond, Che Guevara, Batman and Robin, Stalin, Ronald Reagan, Jughead, Nat King Cole, and even the Holy Bible! A brand new, pristine, guaranteed authentic example of this exceedingly uncommon Pettibon tour de force HAND NUMBERED in black ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued. Limited to four hundred and fifty copies only, this recent Raymond Pettibon artist's book is in the time-honored DIY, xeroxed format of his earlier, self-published works. It is populated with images of Raymond, Che, Batman and Robin, Stalin, Ronald Reagan, Jughead, Nat King Cole, and even the Holy Bible! A pristine copy hand numbered and with the artist's chop, in the publisher's plastic sleeve, as issued. Inventory Number: 020780

(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-eight 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", (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, 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, 1984. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. 28pp, 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)", "Tripping Corpse Four" is his 1984 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 seventeen in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98"). Inventory Number: 025695

(PETTIBON, RAYMOND). Pettibon, Raymond, Nelson Tarpenny, Victor Gastelum & Josh Bayer (aka "Sketchy"). 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)", "Tripping Corpse 3" 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 ten in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98") HAND NUMBERED "27" in red ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 025691

(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), 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)", "Freud's Universe" is his 1982 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 four in Uwe Koch and Roberto Ohrt's "A Catalogue Raisonné of Artists' Books by Raymond Pettibon, 1978-98") HAND NUMBERED "270" in red ink by the artist on the front cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 025687

(PUNK MAGAZINE). Holmstrom, John & Eddy "Legs" McNeil, Editors. New York: Punk Publications Inc., 1979. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Music Periodical. Fine.. 42pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Clash cover art by B. (Bruce) Carleton. 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 seventeenth installment includes contributions by or about Chuck Wepner, (an interview with questions for, but no answers from) The Rolling Stones, The Clash, Bob Gruen, David Johansen, Roberta Bayley, Destroy All Monsters - with a Niagara centerfold, Alice Cooper, Punk's Playmate of the bi-month Leonid Brezhnev (!), Shaun Cassidy, comics by John Holmstrom, Bruce Carleton, Amelia Faulkner, Ken Weiner, and more. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 022629

(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. Tokyo: Kyoto Shoin, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Laminated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (46pp), profusely illustrated in color. Text in English and Japanese. The twenty-second installment (of one hundred) in Kyoto Shoin's "ArT RANDOM" series supervised by Edit DeAK, "Jungle Book" is an artist's book by Kenny Scharf dealing with the issue of global deforestation directed towards the younger set. It combines his vivid Hanna-Barbera inspired paintings along with photographs of logging as well as a bit of ecologically themed text. A most handsome example. 4-7636-8545-7 Inventory Number: 016887

(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

(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. 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

Bray, Glenn & Doug Harvey. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 2014. First Edition. 4to. Decorative Cloth in Jacket. As New/As New. 410pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jacob Covey. "All from the mind-boggling collection of Glenn Bray, "The Blighted Eye" is the most copious, most diverse, and most lavish compilation of original comic art ever published. An enthusiast of marginal and outsider American pop culture, he started to collect original comic art in 1965 - a time when very few people, including the artists themselves, truly valued the original art. Bray has over the last nearly fifty years amassed likely the most eclectic collection of original comic art in private hands. The Blighted Eye presents not only a staggering array of original art, but a testament to Bray's dogged and visionary commitment to preserving the work by the greatest artists working in an art form habitually sneered at by cultural gatekeepers throughout most of the 20th Century. The book features work by a pantheon of cartooning masters, including Charles Addams, Carl Barks, Hans Bellmer, Charles Burns, Al Capp, Daniel Clowes, Jack Cole, Coop, R. Crumb, Jack Davis, Kim Deitch, Bill Elder, Al Feldstein, Virgil Finlay, Drew Friedman, Ernst Fuchs, Chester Gould, Justin Green, Rick Griffin, Bill Griffith, Matt Groening, Milt Gross, George Grosz, Rory Hayes, Jaime Hernandez, George Herriman, Alfred Hitchcock, Al Hirschfeld, Graham Ingels, Cameron Jamie, Bernard Krigstein, Harvey Kurtzman, Travis Louie, Jay Lynch, Don Martin, Gary Panter, Virgil Partch, Savage Pencil, Peter Pontiac, Charles Rodrigues, Spain Rodriguez, Doreen "Weird Wanda" Ross, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Bud Sagendorf, Charles Schulz, Jim Shaw, Gilbert Shelton, Joost Swarte, Stanislav Szukalski, Irving Tripp, Jeffrey Vallance, Chris Ware, Robert Williams, Karl Wills, Gahan Wilson, S. Clay Wilson, Basil Wolverton, Wallace Wood, Jim Woodring, Art Young, Bob Zoell, and - it should go without saying - many more. A brand new, pristine example of this extraordinarily sumptuous, massive compendium additionally INSCRIBED "De Blightedly! / Glenn Bray / Arcana 4/16/14" and "Get Blight with the Lard! / Doug H" by the authors in the year of publication in black ink on the title page. 1-60699-695-9 Inventory Number: 023168

Cuno, James, Michel Melot, Lynn Hunt, Claude Langlois, Ronald Paulson, Albert Boime & Klaus Herding. Lynne Hockman, Editor. Los Angeles: Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts & Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1988. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. As New.. 282pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography. This is the scholarly, well-illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with the 1989 Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts at the University of California Los Angeles exhibition of one hundred and ninety caricatures on paper related to the events of the French Revolution. Drawn from the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, it includes works by Jacques-Louis David, Jean-Francois Janinet, Philibert-Louis Debucourt, Villeneuve, Louis-Jean Allais, Bernier, Salvatore Tresca, and many more - mostly anonymous. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-943739-05-5 Inventory Number: 015099

Schimmel, Paul, Norman M. Klein & Lane Relyea. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles & Thames and Hudson, Inc., 1992. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. 181pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Mr. Keedy. Twenty years on, Paul Schimmel's sprawling early nineties survey of the crème de la crème of younger to mid-career Los Angeles artists pushing the edge seems almost prescient in its choices for benediction. In its clever catalogue, the work of Chris Burden, Meg Cranston, Victor Estrada, Llyn Foulkes, Richard Jackson, Mike Kelley, Liz Larner, Paul McCarthy, Manuel Ocampo, Raymond Pettibon, Lari Pittman, Charles Ray, Nancy Rubins, Jim Shaw, Megan Williams, and Robert Williams is juxtaposed with literary contributions by Charles Bukowski, Michelle T. Clinton, Dennis Cooper, Harry Gamboa, Jr., Amy Gerstler, Jim Krusoe, Bia Lowe, Rita Valencia, Helena Maria Viramontes, and Benjamin Weissman. A bright, most handsome example of this always in-demand document additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "M. Kelley 1992", "Paul McCarthy", "Charles Ray", "Chris Burden" and "Manuel Jesus Ocampo - with a drawing of a face" at the exhibition opening in black ink on the title page and its verso. 0-914357-27-1 Inventory Number: 020702