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(RITTS, HERB). Ritts, Herb & Judith Jamison. Boston: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown and Company, 1994. First Edition 1/300 Deluxe. Oblong Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (138pp), 75 duotone illustrations. Designed by Sam Shahid. For his fifth book, the late great Herb Ritts trades in his usual glare of celebrity for an austere-yet-stunning east African travelogue. Whether it be striking images of the Maasai, wildlife, or vast expanses of landscape, the photographer here is never far away from beauty and sensuality. A brand new, most handsome example of the 1994 Bulfinch Press deluxe slipcased edition limited to three hundred copies NUMBERED (146/300) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Herb Ritts" in black marker on the rear limitation page, as issued. 0-8212-2153-1 Inventory Number: 025103

(RITTS, HERB). Ritts, Herb & Judith Jamison. Boston: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown and Company, 1994. First Edition. Oblong Small Folio. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (136pp), 75 duotone illustrations. Designed by Sam Shahid. For his fifth book, the late great Herb Ritts trades in his usual glare of celebrity for an austere-yet-stunning east African travelogue. Whether it be striking images of the Maasai, wildlife, or vast expanses of landscape, the photographer here is never far away from beauty and sensuality. A brand new, most handsome example of the 1994 first Bulfinch Press printing additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To / * Richard * / Hey - thanks so much / for all of your help over / the years, you're the / Best! / much love always / L.A. Herb Ritts '94" in gold marker in the year of publication across the entire front free pastedown. 0-8212-2121-3 Inventory Number: 025102

(RITTS, HERB). Ritts, Herb & Judith Jamison. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1988. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. Small Folio. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, 80 monochrome gravure illustrations. Designed by Jack Woody. "Pictures" is the exquisite first collection from 1988 of the highly stylized black and white celebrity portraits and nudes of the late, great Herb Ritts. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon deluxe limited slipcased version of the first edition limited to one hundred copies NUMBERED (60/100) AND BOLDLY SIGNED "Herb Ritts" in black marker on the rear colophon, as issued. 0-944092-02-0 Inventory Number: 020169

(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

(ROVERSI, PAOLO). Roversi, Paolo. Gottingen, GERMANY & New York: Steidl/Dangin Publishers, 2004. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 60 color gatefold illustrations. Texts in English. "Paolo Roversi is known internationally for his romantic, intense, and ethereal fashion images and portraits: photographs that quiver on the edge of their own seemingly fragile existence. A typical Roversi picture appears as if captured in the process of becoming - it develops on the page before our very eyes or, depending on perspective, it might simply vanish into the ether. Since 1980 Roversi has worked primarily with 8 x 10 inch Polaroids, and rarely on location. Designed as a series of sixty gatefolds, at first glance the book appears to be a collection of empty pages. The experience of looking is akin to that of peeling away the leaf from a Polaroid - out of the blackness an image is revealed as if by magic. In images that represent nearly two decades of work, "Studio" offers a self-portrait of the artist and a window into the place where he creates his art. These photographs are a mix of both the published and the highly personal, but all have the intimacy engendered by that place where Roversi feels most at home". "Studio" is truly one of the most opulent photographic books of the last decade. A pristine example of the 2004 first Steidl edition of this uncommon gem limited to one thousand NUMBERED (#300/1000) copies in the publisher's unopened shipping carton, as issued. 3-86521-164-X Inventory Number: 024090

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Hollywood, CA: Heavy Industry Publications, 1969. First Edition 1/5000. 8vo. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Artist's Book. As New./As New.. np (240pp), 115 b&w illustrations. This is Ed Ruscha's photo-illustrated narrative featuring noted Los Angeles fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, his frequent model Leon Bing, artist Larry Bell, and Tommy Smothers as models based on Mason Williams' text "How to Derive the Maximum Enjoyment from Crackers" (which is printed on the inside rear flap of the dust jacket). Intentionally photographed as if a collection of film stills, this project served as the basis for Ruscha's 1971 film "Premium". A brand new, spectacularly bright white example (entry B10 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999") showing none of the age-toning or sunning typically associated with this title. Inventory Number: 025060

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward & Mason Williams. Hollywood, CA: Heavy Industry Publications, 1969. First Edition 1/5000. 8vo. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Artist's Book. Very Good./Good +.. np (240pp), 115 b&w illustrations. This is Ed Ruscha's photo-illustrated narrative featuring noted Los Angeles fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, his frequent model Leon Bing, artist Larry Bell, and Tommy Smothers as models based on Mason Williams' text "How to Derive the Maximum Enjoyment from Crackers" (which is printed on the inside rear flap of the dust jacket). Intentionally photographed as if a collection of film stills, this project served as the basis for Ruscha's 1971 film "Premium". A most handsome example of the first and only edition (entry B10 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on pages 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book") additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Bill - give this cover a scrubbing - Ed" to William Wilson in blue ink on the front free endpaper whose highly acidic chipboard covers show some typical age-toning and attendant offsetting to the free endpapers. Its white dust jacket shows light wear and minor chipping along the top and bottom edges, some overall soiling, browning to the spine and extremities, and fading to the red title lettering on the spine. The "Crackers" logo on the front of the jacket is still bright. It has been priced accordingly. The late William Wilson was the noted art critic for the Los Angeles Times for over thirty years, and a friend of the artist. We acquired this directly from Mr. Wilson's library prior to his passing. Inventory Number: 025056

(RUTHERSTON, ALBERT). Rutherston, Albert. London: Oxford University Press, 1928. First Edition 1/475. Folio. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Fair/Fair. np, 16 collotype plates (10 in color), each with a printed overlay. The fourteen costume designs and two "curtain scenes" by Albert Rutherston included here date between 1912 and 1914 for two theatrical productions at the Savoy and St. James Theatres, as well as a ballet produced by Anna Pavlova in New York. A serviceable example only whose fragile dust jacket is present though chipped and torn in several places and showing significant paper loss to the rear panel along with moderate soiling, tape adhesive, and uneven staining from liquid on the front. Its boards are faded and worn bearing some mottling due to contact with liquid, particularly at the extremities. These condition flaws noted, the interior of the book (including all of the exquisitely colored plates) is remarkably clean, bright, and tight with only the front inside cover and endpaper having browned somewhat. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 000933

(SASSEN, VIVIANE). Sassen, Viviane. Stockholm, SWEDEN: Libraryman Co., Ltd., 2009. First Edition 1/300. 12mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (32pp), 23 duotone illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Andreas och Fredrika. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This charming little volume issued as part of Swedish photography publisher Libraryman's"Day in the Life" series features understated domestic and family images by the noted Dutch photographer and Prix de Rome winner Viviane Sassen. A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to three hundred copies NUMBERED (026/300) AND SIGNED "Viviane Sassen" in black ink on the publisher's cardstock colophon sheet, as issued. 91-86269-04-6 Inventory Number: 025768

(SASSEN, VIVIANE). Sassen, Viviane, Moses Isegawa & Edo Dijksterhuis. Stockholm, SWEDEN: Libraryman, 2008. First Edition 1/400. 4to. Printed Cloth. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (42pp), 18 color. Text in English. Designed by Tony Cederteg and Annefrid Lundgren. "Die Son Sien Alles" features riotously colorful images of the interiors of South African shops and dwellings as photographed by noted Dutch photographer and Prix de Rome winner Viviane Sassen between 2002 and 2004. A bright, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon and sought-after 2012 first hardbound printing limited to four hundred NUMBERED (382/400) copies. 91-86269--19-4 Inventory Number: 025018

(SHUBUCK, SIMONE). Shubuck, Simone, Janine Foeller, Jim Dempsey & Alex Wagner. New York, NY: Self-published. Printed in Poland by Szaransky, 2018. First Edition. 4to. Debossed Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.


"In the summer of 2017, Simone Shubuck launched WIFEY, a Brooklyn pop up that fused art, food, ceramics, flowers, and bit of retail in an elevated DIY way. During the process, Shubuck realized that so much of what she was doing directly connected to a show she staged as a student at the San Francisco Art Institute in the early 1990s. Wanting to formalize that multi-decade connection, she decided to make a book.


While at the Art institute, Shubuck studied painting, but probably spent more time tagging on the streets in the middle of the night than in her studio. When it came time to produce her student show, she constructed ten very unusual fake cakes festooned with pink ham hocks, a school of fresh sardines, a tent of chicken feet, and live crickets within a hat box within a cake. It was these images that attracted chefs Ignacio Mattos and Natasha Pickowicz of Estela, Flora Bar, and Cafe Altro Paradiso to the project. They became partners and began experimenting with dreamy layers cakes, which were served at WIFEY and were met with great acclaim.


As described by Ella Riley-Adams on Vogue.com: "She had made a paged project before; a short run of 'zines for Natasha Pickowicz’s bake sale benefit at Altro Paradiso. “It had more of a punk vibe,” Shubuck says—150 copies, printed in Chinatown. The new book feels more like a collector’s item: a retrospective of off-kilter cakes, blossoming drawings, and character-filled ceramics that charts Shubuck’s creative course that would make the ideal gift for the cool girl in your life. As Alex Wagner writes, next to a bright yellow page in the book: “Simone’s work - on paper, in clay, in life! - retains a glorious sense of mess and possibility and freedom.”


Includes texts by Janine Foeller, Jim Dempsey, and Alex Wagner.








0-692-07877-0 Inventory Number: E000SS

(SOKOLSKY, MELVIN). Sokolsky, Melvin. Beverly Hills, CA: Leafcar Editions, 2009. First Edition 1/50 Deluxe. Stout Folio. Cloth in a Clamshell Box. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 472pp, profusely illustrated in duotone and color. Designed by Sara Siri. "Melvin Sokolsky's photographs are deeply imaginative, challenging the aesthetic conventions of the advertising and editorial worlds. Reflecting the artist's fascination with Surrealist art, Sokolsky's photographs play with spacial relationships, scale, proportion, visual rationality, and the laws of physics. Sokolsky defines an aesthetic that continually creates images which transcend the clothes they purport to feature, always provoking, always engaging, always alluring. "Archive" is a massive retrospective monograph of Melvin Sokolsky's photography from the 1960s to the present. This luxurious limited edition features essays and commentary by the noted photographer that accompany hundreds of Sokolsky's iconic fashion images, including work with supermodels Simone D'Aillencourt, Carmen dell'Orefice, and Twiggy among many others". A brand new, pristine example of the 2009 deluxe Collector's Edition limited to fifty copies housed in a black linen clamshell box BOLDLY SIGNED "Melvin Sokolsky" AND NUMBERED (05/50) on the front colophon accompanied by a 15 3/5 x 12 ¼" SIGNED AND NUMBERED archival black and white photographic print of iconic model Carmen Dell'Orofice in the publisher's printed shipping carton, as issued. 0-9822266-2-4 Inventory Number: 025654

(SOKOLSKY, MELVIN). Sokolsky, Melvin & Raphaelle Stopin. Afterword by Ali McGraw. Beverly Hills, CA: Leafcar Editions, 2011. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in a Lucite Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 80 + 80pp, profusely illustrated in duotone and color. Designed by Melvin Sokolsky. This beautiful volume is the definitive collection of all seventy-four printed images from of Melvin Sokolsky's wildly innovative "Bubble" and "Fly" series shot in Paris for "Harper's Bazaar" in the sixties. It includes for the first time more than a dozen previously unreleased and alternate visions of his iconic series, behind the scenes documentary photos, outtakes, and an intimate insight into the legendary fashion photographer's process and inspiration. Limited to one hundred copies only featuring a unique back-to-back "zig-zag" binding, the "Fly" Edition is housed in an etched grey Lucite slipcase designed by Sokolsky himself. A brand new, pristine example NUMBERED (86/100) AND SIGNED Melvin Sokolsky" in pencil on the front colophon with the 12 ½ x 11" NUMBERED (86/100) AND SIGNED silver gelatin print of "Bouquet Seine" in the publisher's printed shipping carton, as issued. 0-9822266-8-3 Inventory Number: 023848

(SOKOLSKY, MELVIN). Sokolsky, Melvin & Raphaelle Stopin. Afterword by Ali McGraw. Beverly Hills, CA: Leafcar Editions, 2011. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in a Lucite Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 80 + 80pp, profusely illustrated in duotone and color. Designed by Melvin Sokolsky. This beautiful volume is the definitive collection of all seventy-four printed images from Melvin Sokolsky's wildly innovative "Bubble" and "Fly" series shot in Paris for "Harper's Bazaar" in the sixties. It includes for the first time more than a dozen previously unreleased and alternate visions of his iconic series, behind the scenes documentary photos, outtakes, and an intimate insight into the legendary fashion photographer's process and inspiration. Limited to one hundred copies featuring a unique back-to-back "zig-zag" binding, the "Fly" Edition is housed in an etched grey Lucite slipcase designed by Sokolsky himself. A brand new, pristine example NUMBERED (67/100) AND SIGNED Melvin Sokolsky" in pencil on the front colophon with the 12 ½ x 11" NUMBERED (67/100) AND SIGNED silver gelatin print of "Dior Wings" in the publisher's printed shipping carton, as issued. 0-9822266-9-1 Inventory Number: 022891

(SOTH, ALEC). Bordignon, Elena, Alec Soth, Jona Frank, Tanyth Berkeley & Alix Smith. Milano, ITALY: TH INSIDE, 2005. First Edition. Square 8vo. Debossed Cloth. Exhibition Catalog. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Italian and English. With photographers' biographies, exhibition histories, and bibliographies. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2005 Tommy Hilfiger-sponsored exhibition held in Milan of Fashion-inflected color portrait photography by Alec Soth, Jona Frank, Tanyth Berkeley, and Alix Smith. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - limited to four hundred NUMBERED (333/400) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by Alec Soth and Jona Frank in black ink on the title page at our shop with the business card of the director of Minneapolis' Weinstein Gallery - Alec Soth's representatives at the time - laid in. Inventory Number: 025743

(SUI, ANNA). Kawachi, Taka. Tokyo: Masakazu Takei / Little More, 1997. First Edition. Square 8vo. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Fashion Monograph. Near Fine./Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in English and Japanese. This first monograph on Ann Sui is a vibrant confection has everything - cartoons, posters, kooky design, and more. While short on biographical details and long on cute, who needs an academic analysis of her collections when you can read about Anna Sui's "Favorite Things", like her favorite nail polish - Zulu, dark green, by Nars, or her favorite current band - The Smashing Pumpkins. This colorful scrapbook illustrates the world of Anna Sui along with celebrity endorsements from the perennially Cool (supermodels Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, and Amber Valetta, Marc Jacobs, Anita Pallenberg, Kim Gordon and Sofia "Anna is the Coolest" Coppola). How could you not want this? A most handsome example of this manna from heaven for your inner Japanese teenage girl still in the publisher's printed obi, as issued. 4-947648-49-X Inventory Number: 011873

(SUTNAR, LADISLAV). Sutnar, Ladislav. New York: Arts Inc., 1953. First Edition. Oblong 4to. 1/4 Buckram Over Boards. Design Monograph. Very Good -/No Jacket. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Ladislav Sutnar. This is the pioneering Czechoslovakian-born, New York-based graphic designer Ladislav Sutnar's stylish survey on what was at the time a rather unexplored subject - modernist design in post-war product packaging. Filled with examples from the world of fashion as well as the supermarket and hardware store, it contains work by such design icons such as Saul Bass, Lester Beall, Alexey Brodovitch, Donald Deskey, Alexander Liberman, Raymond Loewy, Paul Rand, the author himself, and many, many more. A handsome example of the silver buckram over orange boards variant binding lacking its dust jacket and showing a tiny dent to the tips at the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. LC 53-11450 Inventory Number: 019919

(TEMPLETON, ED) (HUCK MAGAZINE). Templeton, Ed & Andrea Kurland, Editors. London: TCOLondon Publishing, 2014. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Skateboard Periodical. As New.. 98pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Cover by Ed Templeton and Tobin Yelland. London-based "Huck" is the stylish international magazine devoted to radical culture. Published in 2014, this forty-fifth installment was guest-edited by artist, photographer, skate legend, and unique chronicler of Southern California, Ed Templeton. It presents an insightful, colorful cruise through The Tempster's crew of creative friends spawned from the cultures of skateboarding, surfing and beyond. Along with an epic, multi-part illustrated visit with Ed - in which skateboarding's favorite expressionist reflects on his Huntington Beach history, artistic inspirations and the community of like-minded DIYers he surrounds himself with - it also features in-depth interviews and beautiful photo shoots with Ed's countercultural coterie: Lee Kaplan of Arcana: Books on the Arts in Culver City, Australian-born, Parisian-based curator and gallerist Joseph Allen Shea, photographer, wife, and muse Deanna Templeton, skate and porn chronicler Dennis McGrath, Philadelphia artist Daniel Arnold and his experimental media project "Megawords", documentary photographer Tobin Yelland, Los Angeles-based artist Ashley Macomber, artist, comedian, actor, and skater Kevin Christy, New York street photographer Daniel Arnold who channels daily moments of curious life into square little social media updates, designer and photographer Clint Woodside's zine-making "The Deadbeat Club", San Francisco-based photographer and publisher of the legendary "Hamburger Eyes", Ray Potes, Una Kim of Keep Shoes, skate filmmaker Kevin Barnett, and Highland Park's multi-talented Ashley Thayer. A brand new, most handsome example. 1-75127-205-2 Inventory Number: 024103

(TESTINO, MARIO). Testino, Mario. Introduction by Michael Roberts. Foreword by Nicole Kidman.. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2007. First Edition 1/1000 Deluxe. Folio. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Photography Monograph. As New./As New.. 306pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "As one of the 21st Century's most traveled, acclaimed, and influential fashion photographers, Mario Testino has unsurpassed access to the most magnetic stars of popular culture. For some time now he has been collecting a personal archive of off-screen moments, often snatched spontaneously before, during, and after more official sittings for "Vanity Fair", "Vogue", and Testino's many clients in the world of fashion. The result is a portrait not just of a generation of the most wanted and talked-about, but an invitation to be part of the backstage parties and unstaged moments of Testino's life. Sometimes offbeat, but always on the pulse, "Let Me In!", with Testino's eye for a modern kind of elegance liberated from conventional polish, is a new chapter from the photographer who has already made his mark with the books "Any Objections", "Front Row Backstage", "Alive", "Portraits", "Kids", "Diana Princess of Wales", and numerous exhibitions and publications worldwide". This massive tome is one of the most lavish glances behind the veil of celebrity yet published. A brand new, unopened example of the 2007 Taschen first edition limited to one thousand copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Mario Testino still shrinkwrapped in the publisher's Plexiglas slipcase and printed shipping carton, as issued. 3-8228-4416-0 Inventory Number: 023833

(TESTINO, MARIO). Testino, Mario & Jochen Siemens. Hamburg, GERMANY: Stern Spezial Fotografie / Gruner + Jahr AG, 2000. First Edition 1/10000. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Art Directed by Dirk Linke. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. The most interesting editions of Stern Magazine's elegantly produced Bibliothek der Fotografie / Spezial Fotografie Portfolios invariably sell out quickly, and this twentieth installment devoted to the glamorous fashion and celebrity work of Mario Testino was no exception. A handsome copy showing a bit of overall wear and handling to the wrappers. It has been priced accordingly. 3-570-19252-0 Inventory Number: 020695

(TESTINO, MARIO). Testino, Mario & Jochen Siemens. Hamburg, GERMANY: Stern Spezial Fotografie / Gruner + Jahr AG, 2000. First Edition 1/10000. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 94pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and German. Art Directed by Dirk Linke. The most interesting editions of Stern Magazine's elegantly produced Bibliothek der Fotografie / Spezial Fotografie Portfolios invariably sell out quickly, and this twentieth installment devoted to the glamorous fashion and celebrity work of Mario Testino was no exception. A pristine copy still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-570-19252-0 Inventory Number: 017489

(TESTINO, MARIO). Testino, Mario & Julia Peyton-Jones. London: Timothy Taylor Gallery, 2003. First Edition. Small 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Boards. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (40pp), 9 color and 6 b&w illustrations. Designed by Peter B. Willberg. Published in conjunction with a 2003 London gallery exhibition, this elegantly designed hardbound catalogue presents a recent body of work by acclaimed photographer Mario Testino that surveys the grandiose pomp and circumstance of the rituals that define the Catholic Church and Catholicism. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9542892-3-4 Inventory Number: 024081

(TILLMANS, WOLFGANG). Tillmans, Wolfgang & Kyoichi Tsuzuki. Tokyo: Amus Arts Press, 2001. First Edition. Small Square 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (58pp), 28 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Akiko Kurachi. This elegant little monograph cum postcard book was published by Kyoichi Tsuzuki's Tokyo-based Amus Arts Press in 2001. Printed on glossy cardstock, it features twenty-eight beautifully reproduced images by Wolfgang Tillmans as detachable 4 x 5 ½" postcards. A brand new, pristine and complete example of this exceedingly uncommon item still in the publisher's clear plastic pouch. Inventory Number: 024641

(TOILETPAPER) (CATTELAN, MAURIZIO). Cattelan, Maurizio & Pierpaolo Ferrari, Editors. Bologna, ITALY: Damiani Editore, 2013. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. As New.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Art Direction by Micol Talso. "Toilet Paper" is an artists' magazine created and produced by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, born out of a passion or obsession they both cultivate: images. The magazine contains no text - each picture springs from an idea, often simple, and through a complex orchestration of people it becomes the materialization of the artists’ mental outbursts. Since the first issue, in June 2010, "Toilet Paper" has created a world that displays ambiguous narratives and a troubling imagination. It combines the vernacular of commercial photography with twisted narrative tableaux and surrealistic imagery. The result is a publication that is itself a work of art which, through its accessible form as a magazine, and through its wide distribution, challenges the limits of the contemporary art economy". A brand new, pristine example of the eighth issue of this fascinating, irregularly issued artist's project. 8-862082-86-X Inventory Number: 025673

(TOILETPAPER) (CATTELAN, MAURIZIO). Cattelan, Maurizio & Pierpaolo Ferrari, Editors. Bologna, ITALY: Damiani Editore, 2012. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. As New.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Art Direction by Micol Talso. "Toilet Paper" is an artists' magazine created and produced by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, born out of a passion or obsession they both cultivate: images. The magazine contains no text - each picture springs from an idea, often simple, and through a complex orchestration of people it becomes the materialization of the artists’ mental outbursts. Since the first issue, in June 2010, "Toilet Paper" has created a world that displays ambiguous narratives and a troubling imagination. It combines the vernacular of commercial photography with twisted narrative tableaux and surrealistic imagery. The result is a publication that is itself a work of art which, through its accessible form as a magazine, and through its wide distribution, challenges the limits of the contemporary art economy". A brand new, pristine example of the seventh issue of this fascinating, irregularly issued artist's project. 8-862082-80-0 Inventory Number: 025672

(TOILETPAPER) (CATTELAN, MAURIZIO). Cattelan, Maurizio & Pierpaolo Ferrari, Editors. Paris: Le Dictateur Press, 2012. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. As New.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Art Direction by Micol Talso. "Toilet Paper" is an artists' magazine created and produced by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, born out of a passion or obsession they both cultivate: images. The magazine contains no text - each picture springs from an idea, often simple, and through a complex orchestration of people it becomes the materialization of the artists' mental outbursts. Since the first issue, in June 2010, "Toilet Paper" has created a world that displays ambiguous narratives and a troubling imagination. It combines the vernacular of commercial photography with twisted narrative tableaux and surrealistic imagery. The result is a publication that is itself a work of art which, through its accessible form as a magazine, and through its wide distribution, challenges the limits of the contemporary art economy". A brand new, pristine example of the sixth issue of this fascinating, irregularly issued artist's project with the variant "Special Edition Cover" showing a tabletop covered with sweets, meats, and insects still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 8-897856-06-3 Inventory Number: 025671

(TOILETPAPER) (CATTELAN, MAURIZIO). Cattelan, Maurizio & Pierpaolo Ferrari, Editors. Paris: Le Dictateur Press, 2012. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. As New.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Art Direction by Micol Talso. "Toilet Paper" is an artists' magazine created and produced by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, born out of a passion or obsession they both cultivate: images. The magazine contains no text - each picture springs from an idea, often simple, and through a complex orchestration of people it becomes the materialization of the artists’ mental outbursts. Since the first issue, in June 2010, "Toilet Paper" has created a world that displays ambiguous narratives and a troubling imagination. It combines the vernacular of commercial photography with twisted narrative tableaux and surrealistic imagery. The result is a publication that is itself a work of art which, through its accessible form as a magazine, and through its wide distribution, challenges the limits of the contemporary art economy". A brand new, pristine example of the sixth issue of this fascinating, irregularly issued artist's project still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 8-897856-06-3 Inventory Number: 025029

(VAN CLEEF & ARPELS). Zapata, Janet, Laurence Mouillefarine, Vincent Meylan & Patrick Jouin. Introduction by Catherine Deneuve. Paris: Editions Xavier Barral, 2010. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Jewelry Monograph. Fine/Fine. 296pp, 236 color illustrations. Text in English. This is the magnificent catalogue published in conjunction with a 2009 Japanese retrospective of Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry held at the Mori Arts Center Gallery. Perhaps one of the most lavish publications of its kind, this sumptuous document features stunning full page, newly photographed images by Patrick Gries of La Fondation Cartier of each of the two hundred and thirty-four pieces exhibited. A brand new, most handsome example of the hardbound English language edition that sold out immediately upon publication. 2-915173-54-0 Inventory Number: 021701

(VEZZOLI, FRANCESCO) (GAGA, LADY). Vezzoli, Francesco, Klaus Biesenbach & Donatien Grau. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2011. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Goto Design. Francesco Vezzoli's art often embodies celebrity, spectacle, and appropriation, and in this brand new publication "Ballets Russes Italian Style", one gets all three in spades. Presented as the centerpiece of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art's 30th anniversary gala fundraiser in November 2009, Vezzoli's "Speechless" featured Lady Gaga clad in costumes by the artist and Miuccia Prada, a mask designed by Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, and a hat by Frank Gehry performing at a Damien Hirst butterfly-adorned Steinway grand piano with members of the Bolshoi Ballet. This stylishly produced tome published in conjunction with the just opened "Francesco Vezzoli: Sacrilegio" at New York's Gagosian Gallery shows the preparatory sketches for the piece, photographs of the Lady in the MoCA galleries and onstage, and the resulting Gaga-centric artworks that "borrow" liberally from Rodchenko, DeChirico, and others. If the ultra-baroque meets Russian Constructivism and Metaphysical painting with a dash of "Poker Face" is your thing, then this is the book for you! A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-935263-16-1 Inventory Number: 019195

(VIONNET, MADELEINE). Demornex, Jacqueline. Paris: Editions Du Regard, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Fashion Monograph. As New/As New. 305pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This lavishly printed, massive hardbound volume is still the major monograph on the chic twenties and thirties haute-couture of influential French designer Madame Madeleine Vionnet. The photographs include images by Cecil Beaton, Dorvyne, Horst, and Edward Steichen. A brand new, pristine example of the 1990 first Editions Du Regard printing still in the publisher's chipboard slipcase. 2-903370-58-3 Inventory Number: 025048

(VISIONAIRE). Edited By Gan, Stephen. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 2004. First Edition 1/2000. Narrow Oblong Folio. Fashion Quarterly. Very Good./No Jacket - As Issued. 5 polychrome vinyl figures housed in a red cardboard and plastic case, with a leporello pamphlet laid in. For their forty-fourth issue, Visionaire has partnered with vanguard toy manufacturer Kidrobot to create an original Visionaire soft vinyl figure, then further collaborated with ten world renowned fashion designers to customize that figure into ten different characters. The issue is released in two different sets (one red, one black) limited to two thousand copies each containing five toys, with an accompanying booklet picturing all ten designs. The characters and booklets are packaged inside a molded plastic and cardboard case. This set (red) features the designs by Dolce & Gabbana, Hedi Slimane, Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton, Miuccia Prada, and Viktor & Rolf. Kidrobot is the world's premier creator of limited edition art toys designed by world-renowned artists with backgrounds in graffiti and fine art, illustration, graphic and industrial design, and music. A handsome numbered example (0795/2000) whose interior plastic case and figurines are pristine while the publisher's protective cardboard box shows some creasing and dents. 1-888645-46-6 Inventory Number: 022241

(VISIONAIRE). Edited By Gan, Stephen. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1999. First Edition 1/6000. 4to. Boards with Spiral Binding. Fashion Quarterly. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated. Designed by Design/Writing/Research. Published in an edition of six thousand copies, this is the twenty-seventh installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. "For the cover, Nick Knight shot a 16-frame lenticular photograph with art director Peter Saville, designer Alexander McQueen, and stylist Katy England. When tilted back and forth, the image of Kate Moss on a swing comes to life. Inside, Fabien Baron, Marcus Tomlinson, Steven Meisel, Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, Steven Klein, Marcus Mam, Martin Margiela, Tony Oursler, Mario Testino, Francois Berthoud, Ross Bleckner, Sean Ellis, and UK Interact have each created individual series of images printed on vellum, ideally conveying the theme of movement". A most handsome individually numbered copy. 1-888645-08-3 Inventory Number: 018312

(VISIONAIRE). Edited By Gan, Stephen.. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 2004. First Edition 1/2000. Narrow Oblong Folio. Loose Contents in a Box. Fashion Quarterly. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. 5 polychrome vinyl figures housed in a black cardboard and plastic case, with a leporello pamphlet laid in. Published in an edition of two thousand copies, this is the forty-fourth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, For this fun issue Visionaire has partnered with vanguard toy manufacturer Kidrobot to create an original Visionaire soft vinyl figure, then further collaborated with ten world renowned fashion designers to customize that figure into ten different characters. The issue is released in two different sets (one red, one black) limited to two thousand copies each containing five toys, with an accompanying booklet picturing all ten designs. The characters and booklets are packaged inside a molded plastic and cardboard case. This set (black) features the designs by Hermes, Karl Lagerfeld, Alexander McQueen, Valentino, and Versace. Kidrobot is the world's premier creator of limited edition art toys designed by world-renowned artists with backgrounds in graffiti and fine art, illustration, graphic and industrial design, and music. A handsome individually numbered example whose interior plastic case and figurines are pristine, while the publisher's protective cardboard box shows some overall light wear and scuffing. It has been priced accordingly. 1-888645-48-2 Inventory Number: 015382

(VISIONAIRE). Edited By Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos. Text By Glenn O'Brien.. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 2000. First Edition 1/6000. 4to. Fashion Quarterly. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp) + 16 six-sided pictorial blocks housed in a Lucite case. Published in an edition of six thousand copies, this is the thirtieth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. Issued in conjunction with the Louis Vuitton Cup Trials to determine the finalists for the 2000 America's Cup yacht race, Visionaire assembled teams of artists, photographers and image makers from the seven participating countries. Six contributors each from the U.S., Australia, France, Italy, Japan, Spain and Switzerland produced an image that occupies one side of each of the enclosed blocks; the sixteen cubes placed in the correct configuration form one of the six different images. The six Japanese contributors represented here are Yoshitomo Nara, Takashi Murakami, Takashi Homma, Syd Mead, Daisuke Nakayama, and Miwa Yanagi. These cubes, along with a booklet of all forty-two images are packaged inside a silk-screened Lucite case created for Visionaire by Louis Vuitton. The closure for this case is a spherical compass on a leather thong, so you'll never get lost while trying to solve the puzzles inside. A most handsome individually numbered example (#2662) of the Japan edition inside the publisher's unprinted protective cardboard shipping box, as issued. 1-888645-27-X Inventory Number: 023774

(VISIONAIRE) (FORD, TOM) (GUCCI). Ford, Tom, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1996. First Edition 1/3300. Oblong 4to. Plexiglas Box. Fashion Quarterly. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. np (24 loose transparencies), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Tom Ford. Limited to three thousand, three hundred copies, Visionaire No. 24: "Light" is one of the most highly prized issues of everyone's favorite deluxe fashion quarterly. For it "Visionaire teamed up with fashion luminary Tom Ford and Gucci on an issue devoted to the theme - Light. This was our most ambitious project to date in terms of content and production. There was a conscious effort on the parts of both Visionaire and Ford to steer clear of fashion and to focus on what we considered to be fine-art images. It introduced a new cast of contributors to the Visionaire fold: artists such as Sam Taylor-Wood, Andreas Gursky, and Christopher Bucklow; art director Peter Saville; animator Hayao Miyazaki; and architect Toyo Ito". The transparencies are housed in an elegant 5 ½ x 15 x 2 ½" sliding black Lucite case affixed with a silver plaque that contains a Lumigraphics light-emitting sheet operating on ten AAA batteries. A brand new, most handsome numbered example (1678/3300) in perfect working order with batteries included of this beautiful object with the transparencies unopened in the publisher's shrinkwrap housed in Visionaire's black, foam-lined packing carton, as issued. Inventory Number: 022369

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1996. First Edition 1/2500. Small 4to. Leather and Fabric Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, loose plates laid into a Louis Vuitton printed leather and fabric portfolio, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Greg Foley and Florentino J. Pamintuan. Published in an edition of two thousand, five hundred copies, this is the sixteenth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. Dubbed the "Fashion Special", it is perhaps the most highly prized issue of all. It features forty-five fashion spreads from the Fall - Winter 1996 collections as seen by many of the world's most notable editorial photographers and illustrators - all packaged within an elegant fabric-lined leather portfolio case with a wood and shoelace closure made exclusively for Visionaire by Louis Vuitton. The contents include Alexander McQueen as captured by Steven Klein, Azzedine Alaia by Jean Paul Goude, Comme Des Garcons by Craig McDean and M/M, Daryl K by Inez Von Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Elsa Peretti by Miles Aldridge, Geoffrey Beene by Mario Sorrenti, Gucci by Hiroshi Tanabe, Helmut Lang by Nan Goldin, Hussein Chalayan by Juergen Teller, Isaac Mizrahi by Larry Fink, Isabel Toledo by Ruven Afanador, Jean Colonna and Patricia Field by Ellen Von Unwerth, John Bartlett by Terry Richardson, Marc Jacobs by Jack Pierson, Shunichiro Arakawa by Hiromix, Viktor + Rolf by Viktor + Rolf, Vivienne Westwood by Ruben Toledo, Yves Saint Laurent by Mario Testino, and many, many more. Visionaire's own price for this quickly out-of-print back issue is $5,000.00 - when available. A brand new, pristine NUMBERED (2368/2500) example of this beautiful and desirable object acquired directly from Visionaire whose contents are still shrinkwrapped with the publisher's printed obi in its original unprinted shipping carton. Inventory Number: 025439

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 2000. First Edition 1/6000. 4to. Loose Contents in a Box. Fashion Quarterly. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp) + 16 six-sided pictorial blocks housed in a Lucite case. Published in an edition of six thousand copies, this is the thirtieth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. Issued in conjunction with the Louis Vuitton Cup Trials to determine the finalists for the 2000 America's Cup yacht race, Visionaire assembled teams of artists, photographers and image makers from the seven participating countries. Six contributors each from the U.S., Australia, France, Italy, Japan, Spain and Switzerland produced an image that occupies one side of each of the enclosed blocks; the sixteen cubes placed in the correct configuration form one of the six different images. The six Spanish contributors represented here are Ruben Toledo, Pedro Almodovar, Juan Gatti, Jordi Labanda, Miquel Barcelo, and Layla D'Angelo. These cubes, along with a booklet of all forty-two images are packaged inside a silk-screened Lucite case created for Visionaire by Louis Vuitton. The closure for this case is a spherical nautical compass on a leather thong, so you'll never get lost while trying to solve the puzzles inside. A brand new, most handsome individually numbered example of the Spain edition inside the publisher's unprinted protective cardboard shipping box, as issued. 1-888645-28-8 Inventory Number: 023773

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 2000. First Edition 1/6000. 4to. Loose Contents in a Box. Fashion Quarterly. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (48pp) + 16 six-sided pictorial blocks housed in a Lucite case. Published in an edition of six thousand copies, this is the thirtieth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. Issued in conjunction with the Louis Vuitton Cup Trials to determine the finalists for the 2000 America's Cup yacht race, Visionaire assembled teams of artists, photographers and image makers from the seven participating countries. Six contributors each from the U.S., Australia, France, Italy, Japan, Spain and Switzerland produced an image that occupies one side of each of the enclosed blocks; the sixteen cubes placed in the correct configuration form one of the six different images. The six French contributors represented here are Karl Lagerfeld, Serge Lutens, M/M, Pierre Joseph, Richard Fauguet, and Guy Limone. These cubes, along with a booklet of all forty-two images are packaged inside a silk-screened Lucite case created for Visionaire by Louis Vuitton. The closure for this case is a spherical nautical compass on a leather thong, so you'll never get lost while trying to solve the puzzles inside. A brand new, most handsome individually numbered example of the France edition inside the publisher's unprinted protective cardboard shipping box, as issued. 1-888645-25-3 Inventory Number: 018313

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. Text by Glenn O'Brien. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1995. First Edition 1/2000. 4to. Loose Contents in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Gregory Foley and Stephen Gan. Published in an edition of two thousand numbered copies, this is the fifteenth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. "The theme of this issue was the much-loved-and very fashiony fairy tale ''Cinderella.'' We imagined we were making a film and asking each of the various directors (contributing artists) to shoot a scene. Raymond Meier portrayed Cinderella's ride to the castle and the magical moment when the glass shoe fits. Mats Gustafson transformed the pumpkin into a Rolls Royce. Bruce Weber cast the sexy prince. Our fairy godmother was played by legendary fashion editor Polly Mellen in one scene and by legendary drag queen DJ Lady Bunny in another. The one constant was the shoe, a vintage Roger Vivier for Christian Dior from the archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was like a game, in which everyone was doing his part, not knowing who else was participating and not knowing how any of the others' images would turn out. Even Glenn O'Brien, who contributed the text, did not see any of the visuals and was only briefed on various segments of the story. Once all the artwork and Glenn's text arrived, like magic, everything fell into place!". A most handsome individually numbered example of this uncommon issue showing the tiniest bit of soiling and sunning to the extremities of the portfolio. Visionaire's own price for this out-of-print back issue is $1,200.00 - when available. Inventory Number: 018311

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. Text by Glenn O'Brien. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1996. First Edition 1/2500. 4to. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. Individual photographically illustrated sheets laid into a printed, silver foil, die-cut portfolio, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published in an edition of two thousand, five hundred copies, this is the nineteenth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. The theme of this issue is "Beauty", and just to drive the point home, there are three different Prescriptives cosmetics formulated especially for Visionaire mounted in the front cover; mascara, eye shadow, and a lipstick. Contributors to this issue are: Mario Testino, Ellen Von Unwerth, Bruce Weber, Peter Lindbergh, Nan Goldin, Cindy Sherman, Mary Ellen Mark, Mats Gustafson, Francois Berthoud, Ruben Toledo, Serge Lutens, Francois Nars, Dick Page, Danilo, Kevyn Aucoin, Topolino, Mathu & Zaldy, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Terry Richardson, Carter Smith, Michael Thompson, Dietmar, Helena Christensen, Nathaniel Goldberg, Miles Aldridge, Janet Beller, Kareem Iliya, Francois Rotger, Patrick McCarthy, Christophe Kutner, Eric Traore, Scott Ewalt, Viktor & Rolf, Mei Tao, and Bettina Komenda. A most handsome individually numbered copy of this uncommon issue complete with all three Prescriptives cosmetics present showing just a bit of light wear to the exterior box. Inventory Number: 018310