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(ANP QUARTERLY) (JOHANSON, CHRIS) (TEMPLETON, ED). Templeton, Ed, Brendan Fowler & Aaron Rose, Editors. Costa Mesa, CA: RVCA, 2005. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. Fine.. 48pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Published as part of Costa Mesa-based surf and skate clothing company RVCA's "Artist Network Program", ANP Quarterly was a wonderfully irreverent, informative labor of love on the part of editorial troika Ed Templeton, Aaron Rose and Brendan Fowler. This third issue from 2005 contains an in-depth interview with cover icons Chris Johanson and Jo Jackson as well as features on or by Megawords Magazine, Little Cakes, Dog & Pony Store, Proyectos Monclova, skate designer Sean Cliver, Matt Leines, Azita Youseffi, Steve Powers on Coney Island's "Dreamland Artist Club", Niki de St. Phalle, Printed Matter, Reading Frenzy, Arcana: Books on the Arts, Dave Schubert, and more. A brand new, most handsome example of this graphically striking cultural journal that was distributed hors commerce on an irregular basis in a rather haphazard fashion and not offered commercially for sale. Inventory Number: 021522

(ARTS + ARCHITECTURE). Entenza, John, Editor. Los Angeles: John D. Entenza, 1949. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Architecture Periodical. Good.. 50pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover Design by F.A. Usher Jr. This September 1949 installment of venerated California magazine "Arts + Architecture" hails from the period of John Entenza's influential editorship. It features contributions on or by Clare Falkenstein, Richard J. Neutra, Edgar Kaufmann Jr., Mario Corbett, Charles Eames' Case Study House for 1949, Margaret De Patta, A. Quincy Jones, Edith Heath, Gregory Ain with Joseph Johnson and Alfred Day, Peter Yates, and more. It also includes scores of informative period gallery, building material, and decorative arts advertisements. A most presentable unmailed example of this uncommon item showing overall wear, handling and soiling. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 023781

(ASPEN MAGAZINE). MacLise, Angus & Hetty, Editors. New York: Roaring Fork Press, Inc., 1970. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Portfolio. Periodical. Good +.. np (twelve printed components laid into a printed paper portfolio. Edited by original Velvet Underground drummer and LaMonte Young cohort Angus MacLise and his wife Hetty, this ninth installment of "Aspen" magazine is titled "Dream Warrior". It includes contributions by or about Don Snyder, Ira Cohen and Bill Devore, Aymon De Sales, Dale Wilbourn, Benno Friedman, Diane Rochlin and Vali, Nikki Grand, Paolo Lionni, Harvey Cohen, John Cale, Gerard Malanga, P. Zimmer, Marian Zazeela, LaMonte Young, Terry Riley, Spontaneous Sound, The Joyous Lake, and Lionel Ziprin. An internally bright, complete example in thirteen sections of this uncommon item (cited on page 262 of Giorgio Maffei's "Records by Artists 1958-1990") whose decorative cardstock portfolio shows wear and creasing along the extremities along with notable sunning to the once vivid orange ink of the front cover. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 023495

(BASS, SAUL). Klein, Leonore & Saul Bass. New York: Young Scott Books, 1962. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards in Jacket. Illustrated Children's Book. Fine/Good +. np (48pp), profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Saul Bass. Published in 1962, "Henri's Walk to Paris" is a charming, visually captivating collaboration between author Leonore Klein and renowned graphic designer and film title artist extraordinaire Saul Bass aimed toward the younger reader. An internally tight, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1962 first Young Scott Books edition showing some soiling, closed tears, and a few indentations to its otherwise bright dust jacket with a tri-fold "Greetings From Saul Bass & Associates" card with a color illustration by Bass printed on heavy textured stock to which the firm's address has been added in ink laid in. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 025054

(BAYER, HERBERT). Bayer, Herbert, Editor and Designer. Chicago: The Container Corporation of America, 1953. First Edition. Folio. Gilt-Embossed Burlap. Very Good/No Jacket - As Issued. 368pp, profusely illustrated in color, foredge gilt. A classic example of twentieth century Modernist book design, the "World Geographic Atlas" was published by the Container Corporation of America in 1953 to commemorate their twenty-fifth anniversary. Issued hors commerce as a keepsake, this exquisite item was never made commercially available. Its graphs, charts and maps designed by CCA art director Herbert Bayer and his associates are still visually arresting over fifty years later. A handsome example of this lovely book itself whose gilt foredge and cover debossing are still bright. The cream colored burlap covers show some very light soiling and discoloration, while the textblock and binding are tight and without any notable flaws. Its fragile, increasingly uncommon printed cardboard slipcase is present and intact, though scratched and heavily worn and abraded (especially along the extremities) with some attendant paper loss at the joints. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 016226

(CASSANDRE, A.M.) (DEBERNY ET PEIGNOT). Cassandre, A.M. Maximilien Vox, Editor. Paris. 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931 & 1933.: Fonderies Deberny et Peignot. First Editions. 4to. Loose Contents in Wrappers. Graphic Design Monographs. Very Good. or Better. np + np + np + np + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. In protective clear acetate dustwrappers. Deberny et Peignot were perhaps the premier modernist type foundry in Art Deco period Paris. Their designer of choice was the renowned French illustrator A.M. Cassandre. To promote Deberny et Peignot's typefaces, the firm published the lavish "Divertissements Typographiques" on an annual basis between 1928 and 1933 - skipping 1932. Thematically entitled "Travaux De Ville", "Publicite", "Edition", "Europe et le Studio", and "Pharoaon", each installment contains several stylish Cassandre-designed components laid into a graphically striking heavy paper portfolio. A bright, exceptionally well-preserved complete set of all five Fonderies Deberny et Peignot editions showing the occasional bit of minor wear, soiling, and age-toning. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value- we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 025314

(CASSANDRE, A.M.). Mouron, Henri. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1985. First American Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 320pp, 308 b&w and 90 color illustrations. With a listing of theatrical designs. "Poster and theatre designer, painter and creator of typefaces, A.M. Cassandre was one of the greatest commercial artists of the 20th Century. This study - written by his son Henri Mouron - is the first to deal with Cassandre's unique achievement. With almost four hundred illustrations, including work for the theatre and for the great typesetters of the time as well as his iconic posters, it is a fascinating insight into the world of commercial art, and an indispensable tool for those interested in the applied arts and advertising". A most handsome example of the 1985 Rizzoli first American edition. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-8478-0651-0 Inventory Number: 025038

(CINEMA). Silke, James R., Curtis Lee Hanson, Grace Nagata, Rod Dyer, Michael Lindsay, Paul Schrader, Jeannine Oppewall, Arlene Friedman & Sandy Brown Wyeth, Editors. Hollywood & Beverly Hills, CA. 1963-1976: Cinema Magazine & Spectator International, Inc.. First Editions. 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Film Journal. Near Fine. or Better. circa 60pp each, profusely illustrated in b&w + color covers. This is a group of twenty-eight of the thirty-five issues published of the stylishly designed, copiously illustrated "Cinema" magazine. Published between 1963 and 1976, it was the slightly more glamorous Tinseltown cousin to Jonas Mekas' "Film Culture" that was likewise devoted to critical insight of contemporary world cinema as well as its historical precedents. During its decade and a half run, the "Cinema" editorial staff included noted art director, illustrator, and screenwriter Jim Silke, directors Curtis Lee Hanson and Paul Schrader, and a stellar roster of contributors coupled with a notable penchant for photographing the most alluring actresses of the day. The latter was likely due to the influence of longtime publisher Jack Martin Hanson, who along with his wife Sally owned JAX - Beverly Hills' hippest women's clothing boutique - and "The Daisy" - the members-only discotheque of choice for Hollywood's beautiful people and power brokers alike. Advertisements for both establishments are prominently placed in each issue. In addition to reviews of virtually all of the significant cinematic offerings of the time, the magazine features contributions by Silke, Hanson, Schrader, Curtis Harrington, Peter Bogdanovich, Guy Webster, William Claxton, Peggy Moffitt, Richard Brooks, Raymond Durgnat, Harlan Ellison, John Sladek, Robert Towne, John Milius, Axel Madsen, James Baldwin, Paul Schrader, Tom Baker, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Donald Richie, Peter Guber, Lindsay Anderson, Roberto Rossellini, Marc Wanamaker; interviews with Howard Hawks, Fred Zinneman, Norman Jewison, Vicente Minnelli, Martin Ransohoff, Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom, Richard Attenborough, William Wyler, Lawrence Turman, Don Siegel, John Cassavetes, Saul Bass, Eddie Constantine, Gordon Parks, Toshiro Mifune, Roman Polanski, Federico Fellini, Jeanne Moreau, Arthur Penn, Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Renoir, Frederick Weisman, Kon Ichikawa, Eric Rohmer, Joseph H. Lewis, Woody Allen, Mitchell Leisen, Paul Morrissey, Dorothy Arzner, Costa Gavras, Curtis Harrington, Lina Wertmuller; and features on Andy Warhol, G.W. Pabst, Robert Rossen, Boris Karloff, The Hollywood Pinup, Yasujiro Ozu, Budd Boetticher, Nicholas Roeg's "Performance", Kenji Mizoguchi, Robert Bresson, John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, D.W. Griffith and Carol Dempster, Elia Kazan, Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange", Chris Marker's "La Jetee", Women in Film, and many, many more. A well-preserved, most handsome run (Vol I #s 1,2 + 6 / Vol II #s 1,3, 5 + 6 / Vol III #s 1,2, 5 + 6 / Vol IV #s 1,2, 3 + 4 / Vol V #s 1,2, 3 + 4 / Vol VI #s 1,2 + 3 / Vol VII #s 1,2 + 3 / Vol VIII # 1 + issues 34 and 35) of this uncommon publication with virtually all in at least Near Fine condition showing just the occasional bit of wear, soiling, rubbing, or creasing. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 025368

(CLAXTON, WILLIAM). Marsh, Graham & Glyn Callingham, Editors. Foreword by William Claxton. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992. First Edition (Second Printing). Large Square 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Music Monograph. Near Fine.. 111pp, profusely illustrated with over 250 color album covers and b&w illustrations. Designed by Graham Marsh. "The West Coast of the '50s and '60s had a reputation for producing record sleeves that perfectly reflected the California scene. Bill Claxton's sunlit photographs of the jazz musicians, combined with the brightly colored lettering used by Tri-Arts Studio gave the record covers of Contemporary and Pacific Jazz their unmistakable West Coast look. An irresistible collection of memorabilia for all jazz fans and an essential sourcebook of high quality design". A most handsome example additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "William Claxton" in black ink on the title page. 0-8118-0275-2 Inventory Number: 020573

(COMMUNICATION COMPANY, THE) (DIGGERS, THE). Harland, Cisco (aka Jeffrey Weinberg). Sudbury, MA: Water Row Books, Inc., 1992. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Graphic Design Monograph. Very Good.. 100pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "The social upheaval of the sixties gave rise to many fascinating coalitions and communes, but the Diggers, a little-known and short-lived group, stand apart from them all. Formed in Haight-Ashbury in 1966 by members of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Diggers took their name from the English Diggers - a seventeenth century agrarian collective devoted to creating a utopian society free of ownership and commerce. The San Francisco Diggers under the leadership of Peter Berg, Emmett Grogan, Peter Coyote, and Billy Murcott were true anarchists, with roots in the Theater of the Absurd, Existentialism, and strategies of direct action. They coined slogans designed to prod people into participating and staged art happenings, public interventions, and street theater infused with wicked humor. The Diggers also provided free food, clothing, medical care and lodging to anyone in need as part of their effort to create a unified and mutually supportive community. A critically important part of their methodology were the hundreds of broadsides printed by Chester Anderson and Claude Hayward's Communication Company (or Com/Co) that they regularly produced and distributed throughout the Haight". Published by Water Row Books in 1992, "The Hippie Papers" is subtitled "(A) List of Original Communication Company Flyers, Broadsides, and Handbills for Sale". It is a fascinating document that catalogues, prices, and reproduces one hundred handouts culled from the collection of mid-sixties Haight resident and Com/Co. distributor Cisco Harland - aka Water Row proprietor Jeffrey Weinberg. A handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon reference - only fifteen copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - showing some light wear and sunning along with a few creases though the spine. 0-934953-34-1 Inventory Number: 025490

(CONAL, ROBBIE). Conal, Robbie. New York: Harper Perennial, 1992. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 63pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Deborah Ross. Renowned for his midnight guerrilla postering raids of the Los Angeles urban landscape with such memorable images as "Contra-Diction (Ronald Reagan)" and "It Can't Happen Here (George Bush Sr.)", this is Robbie Conal's own visual and narrative record of nearly a decade's worth of fighting the system. A most handsome example of this thought-provoking document BOLDLY SIGNED by the artist in black ink on the title page. 0-06-096951-2 Inventory Number: 021994

(CONAL, ROBBIE). Conal, Robbie. Los Angeles: Robbie Conal Studio, 1992. First Edition. Printed Poster. Artist's Multiple. Near Fine.. One 27 x 15 ¼" poster printed color offset, recto only. Designed by Robbie Conal. Firmly in the lineage of 20th Century political artist/satirists John Heartfield, Hans Haacke, and Klaus Staeck, Robbie Conal is renowned for his midnight guerrilla postering raids of the Los Angeles urban landscape. This poster featuring the image of Supreme Court Justice (and anti-abortion proponent) William Rehnquist was acquired directly from the artist's studio at the time of its release - and is NOT a later reprint. A most handsome example showing some minor handling and soft creases. Inventory Number: 012301

(CONAL, ROBBIE). Rugoff, Ralph & Deborah Irmas. Pasadena, CA: Pasadena Art Alliance, 1990. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 56pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Deborah Ross. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the 1990 Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts retrospective of the work of wry political satirist Robbie Conal. Firmly in the lineage of such 20th Century political artists as John Heartfield, Hans Haacke, and Klaus Staeck, Conal is renowned for his midnight guerrilla postering raids of the Los Angeles urban landscape with such memorable images as "Contra-Diction (Ronald Reagan)" and "It Can't Happen Here (George Bush Sr.)". Other Reagan-era stalwarts skewered here include Nancy Reagan, Henry Kissinger, James Baker, Jesse Helms, Ed Meese, Oliver North, Dan Quayle, John Poindexter, Margaret Thatcher, Jimmy Swaggart, and Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. This reproduces virtually his entire oeuvre of the eighties - both paintings and posters - including documentation of many defaced and in-situ works. A most handsome example additionally SIGNED "Robbie Conal" in black ink on the title page. 0-937042 Inventory Number: 020821

(DAS PLAKAT: MITTEILUNGEN DES VEREINS DER PLAKATFREUNDE). Sachs, Dr. Hans, Editor. Berlin: Verlag Max Schildberger, Inh. A. Schlesinger, 1914. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Graphic Design Periodical. Very Good.. 48pp, profusely illustrated in b&w + color cover. Text in German. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Das Plakat" was a beautifully illustrated German monthly periodical devoted to the art and technique of modernist poster design just prior to the first World War. This ninth installment from 1914 includes articles on Italian posters, Ottokar Stafl, Hungarian posters, poster exhibitions in Bugra, as well as numerous regular features and period advertisements. A handsome, complete and intact example of this uncommon item showing some overall light wear and soiling with the publisher's "Plakatliste September 1914" laid in, as issued. Inventory Number: 023990

(DAS PLAKAT: MITTEILUNGEN DES VEREINS DER PLAKATFREUNDE). Sachs, Dr. Hans, Editor. Berlin: Verlag Max Schildberger, Inh. A. Schlesinger, 1914. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Graphic Design Periodical. Very Good -.. 40pp, profusely illustrated in b&w + color covers. Text in German. Cover by Erich Gruner. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Das Plakat" was a beautifully illustrated German monthly periodical devoted to the art and technique of modernist poster design just prior to the first World War. This fifth installment from 1914 includes articles on Erich Gruner, the Dutch poster, as well as numerous regular features and period advertisements. A most presentable, complete and intact example of this uncommon item showing some overall light wear, soiling, and creasing with the publisher's "Plakatliste Mai 1914" laid in, as issued. Inventory Number: 023989

(DIGGERS, THE). McKenna, Kristine, Peter Coyote & Naomi Wolf. Santa Monica, CA & Rensselaerville, NY: Foggy Notion Books & Fulton Ryder, Inc., 2012. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Flexible Boards. Graphic Design Monograph. As New.. 176pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "The social upheaval of the sixties gave rise to many fascinating coalitions and communes, but the Diggers, a little-known and short-lived group, stand apart from them all. Formed in Haight-Ashbury in 1966 by members of the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Diggers took their name from the English Diggers - a seventeenth century agrarian collective devoted to creating a utopian society free of ownership and commerce. The San Francisco Diggers under the leadership of Peter Berg, Emmett Grogan, Peter Coyote, and Billy Murcott were true anarchists, with roots in the Theater of the Absurd, Existentialism, and strategies of direct action. They coined slogans designed to prod people into participating and staged art happenings, public interventions, and street theater infused with wicked humor. The Diggers also provided free food, clothing, medical care and lodging to anyone in need as part of their effort to create a unified and mutually supportive community. A critically important part of their methodology were the hundreds of broadsides printed by Chester Anderson and Claude Hayward's Communication Company (or Com/Co) that they regularly produced and distributed throughout the Haight. A selection of these graphically inventive, lacerating, and sometimes funny broadsides are gathered together for the first time in "Notes From a Revolution", which offers a fascinating and oddly moving record of the counterculture in its early bloom". A bright, most handsome example of this fascinating history of a little known area of sixties countercultural graphic design that was co-published by the great Foggy Notion Books along with Richard Prince's Fulton Ryder, Inc. additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by editors Kristine McKenna and Charles Hollander, Com/Co's Claude Hayward, and Digger-affiliates Charles Perry, Harvey Kornspan, and Kent Minault in ink on the title page. Laid in is a poster designed by artist Richard Prince for three events associated with the publication of the book - including one at our own Arcana: Books on the Arts, where this was signed. 0-9835870-3-5 Inventory Number: 025426

(EAMES, CHARLES & RAY). Caplan, Ralph. Los Angeles: Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1977. First Edition 1/10000. Square 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Design Monograph. Very Good-.. 56pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and some color. Designed by John and Marilyn Neuhart. This is the catalog for the first major retrospective of the work of the office of Ray and Charles Eames - copiously illustrated with photographs from their archives. A handsome example showing some minimal paper residue adhering to the covers along the foredge from improper drying while at the printer. It has been priced accordingly. LC 76-55910 Inventory Number: 020320

(EAMES, CHARLES & RAY). Heiden, John. Introduction By Deborah Perrin. Los Angeles: John Heiden, 1987. First Edition. Square 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Jacket. Design Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 36pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by John Heiden This is an extraordinary design object assembled and published as a labor of love by graphic designer John Heiden. Offered hors commerce, this lovely item was never commercially for sale. It artistically depicts several Charles and Ray Eames objects in moody, expressionistic photographs by James Wojcik that have been sumptuously reproduced. A most handsome copy of this uncommon item in the publisher's trompe l'oeil molded plywood dust wrapper, as issued. 0-926058-10-X Inventory Number: 012500

(EAMES, CHARLES & RAY). Loughery, Peter. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Modern Auctions, 2000. First Edition. Oblong 8vo. Pictorial Wrappers. Auction Catalog. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This is the catalogue issued to accompany the July 9th, 2000 Los Angeles Modern Auctions sale of furniture, objects, photographs, books, posters and printed ephemera related to the late Charles and Ray Eames. It illustrates each of the one hundred and three lots including items produced by the Eames Office, Herman Miller Furniture Company, Evans Products Company, Herbert Matter, Emerson, Zenith Plastics, Schiffer Prints, Tigrett, The Museum of Modern Art, and many more. A most handsome example of this uncommon reference with the list of prices realized stapled to the inside rear cover. Inventory Number: 022597

(EAMES, CHARLES & RAY). Wright, Richard. Oak Park, IL: Treadway Toomey Wright, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Auction Catalog. Fine.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in color. This is the catalogue issued to accompany the May 23rd, 1999 Treadway Toomey Wright auction of furniture, objects, photographs, books, posters and printed ephemera related to the late Charles and Ray Eames. It illustrates each of the one hundred and fifty lots including items produced by the Eames Office, Herman Miller Furniture Company, Evans Products Company, Eero Saarinen, Zenith Plastics, Schiffer Prints, and many more. A most handsome example of this uncommon reference with the list of prices realized laid in. Inventory Number: 022596

(ELENGA, HENK) (HARD WERKEN). Elenga, Henk, Jan Middendorp, Lewis MacAdams & Erik Beenker. Los Angeles: Hard Werken, 1990. First Edition 1/200 Deluxe. 16mo. Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 24pp, 17 duotone illustrations. This sweet little item was designed and self-published by noted Dutch graphic/product designer Henk Elenga while he ran Hard Werken's Los Angeles desk during the late eighties and early nineties. It was originally issued in conjunction with a 1990 exhibition of his photographs at the Torch Gallery in Amsterdam. A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe edition limited to two hundred copies with an original 4 x 5" black and white photograph SIGNED AND NUMBERED by Henk Elenga laid in a velour pocket inside the front cover, as issued. Inventory Number: 016922

(ELENGA, HENK) (HARD WERKEN). Elenga, Henk, Jan Middendorp, Lewis MacAdams & Erik Beenker. Los Angeles: Hard Werken, 1990. First Edition 1/800. 16mo. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 24pp, 17 duotone illustrations. This sweet little item was designed and self-published by noted Dutch graphic/product designer Henk Elenga while he ran Hard Werken's Los Angeles desk during the late '80s/early '90s. It was originally issued in conjunction with a 1990 exhibition of his photographs at the Torch Gallery in Amsterdam, and is accompanied by the invitation to a subsequent Del Mar, California showing + reception for the artist which also doubles as a dust jacket. A brand new, pristine example. Inventory Number: 006217

(EMIGRE MAGAZINE) (V23) (4AD). Vanderlans, Rudy, Editor/Designer. Typeface Designs by Zuzana Licko. Berkeley, CA: Emigre Graphics, 1988. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Tabloid Wrappers. Graphic Design Periodical. Fine.. 32pp, profusely illustrated in monochrome. This ninth installment of Rudy Vanderlans' highly influential quarterly contemporary graphic design and typography survey "Emigre" is devoted to output of London-based record label 4AD, and its graphic designers 23 Envelope collaborators Vaughan Oliver and Ralph Grierson (soon to become v23 with Grierson's departure). It features interviews with label founder Ivo Watts-Russell, Oliver and Grierson, along with articles on The Cocteau Twins and Throwing Muses, quotes from numerous 4AD artists, and most significantly an eight page design insert produced by 23 Envelope especially for this issue. A bright, most handsome example of this most uncommon, highly prized v23 / 4AD document. ISSN 1045-3717 Inventory Number: 018954

(ENO, BRIAN) (SCHMIDT, PETER) (WHITE, PAE). Eno, Brian, Peter Schmidt & Pae White. Peter Norton, Editor. Santa Monica, CA: The Peter Norton Family, 1996. Fourth Revised Edition (First Thus). Oblong 8vo. Loose Contents in a Box. Artist's Multiple. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 102 (+ 1 blank) heavy paper playing cards printed recto and verso laid into a 6 x 5 x 1 ½" Corian box, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Pae White. "When a creative problem can't be solved directly, solutions might be found by approaching the task from an unusual direction; by using Oblique Strategies". Updating yet again Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's iconic 1975 project, this Fourth Revised and More Universal Edition features the added collaborative efforts of artist/graphic designer Pae White, art collector/philanthropist Peter Norton, and Berlitz Translation Services. Issued as the 1996 Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, this limited edition multiple has reinvisioned its austere black and white predecessors as a vibrant visual object whose set of "worthwhile dilemmas" has been transformed into a riot of color, translated into Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish, Russian and Arabic, and housed in an ultra-cool biomorphic Corian case. Issued hors commerce, this luxe object is a must-have for every serious Eno fan. As the deck says - "Give way to your worst impulse"! A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon and most delightful item. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 016360

(FAIREY, SHEPARD). Fairey, Shepard. Corte Madera & Los Angeles, CA. 1999 (2015).: Gingko Press & Kill Your Idols, 2005. First Hardbound Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 68pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "It was 1989 when Shepard Fairey, a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, first created the now-infamous THE GIANT HAS A POSSE sticker. The black and white image of the huge wrestler's subdued and vacant stare became an underground icon and by the mid-nineties about half a million of these had been posted around the world. This is a reprint of a limited edition monograph published only in Japan. It documents Shepard Fairey's career from his creation of the Giant phenomenon up to and including the advent of Black Market, a San Diego design agency Fairey formed with Dave Kinsey and Philip Dewolff and which focuses on the action sport and music industries. Today Shepard Fairey creates designs for high profile clients such as Pepsi and Universal Pictures, produces Giant art, exhibits worldwide in galleries, and still keeps his Giant images on the streets". A brand new, pristine example of the 2005 Gingko Press and Kill Your Idols first hardbound edition. 1-58423-093-2 Inventory Number: 023516

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Hopper, Dennis. Tokyo: Korinsha Press & Co., Ltd., 1998. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (134pp) 60 color and b&w illustrations. Designed by Dmitri Levas. Text in English and Japanese. With a bibliography and exhibition history. "Abstract Reality" presents sixty photographic details of mostly graffitied, stenciled and/or painted walls, billboards and architectural surfaces captured between 1961 and 1997 by the late, great actor/director/artist Dennis Hopper. A most handsome example of this uncommon item issued only in Japan in the publisher's obi additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Dennis Hopper" in black ink on the half title page. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 4-7713-0337-1 Inventory Number: 020104

(I-D MAGAZINE). Jones, Terry, Perry Haines & Al McDowell, Editors. London. ND (1981): I-D Productions Ltd.. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Fashion Periodical. Fine.. np (42pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Terry Jones. "Founded by designer and former "Vogue" art director Terry Jones in 1980, I-D is a British magazine dedicated to fashion, music, art and youth culture". This fourth installment of the influential street style bible includes contributions on biker culture, Funk music, fashion for Parrots (!), New Romantic dressing, Gerry Anderson, East Los Angeles Cholos, as well as monthly columns and a slew of great vintage advertisements that includes a full page devoted to Duran Duran's first LP. An exceptionally bright and well preserved example of this exceedingly uncommon item. ISSN 0262-3579 Inventory Number: 025132

(JOURNAL OF DECORATIVE AND PROPAGANDA ARTS, THE). Johnson, Pamela, Editor. Miami Beach, FL: The Wolfson Foundation of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Inc., 1988. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine.. 125pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. The eighth issue of the Mitchell Wolfson Foundation's scholarly journal devoted to Modernism in the Arts and Popular Culture features the following contributions: "Documentary and Propaganda: The Photographs of the Farm Security Administration" - Michael L. Carlebach, "Painting and Place: Frederic C. Knight in Scranton" - Karal Ann Marling, "Louis Lozowick: From "Machine Ornaments" to Applied Design, 1923 - 1930" - Virginia Hagelstein Marquardt, "Wilhelmina Geddes, Harry Clarke and Their Part in the Arts and Crafts Movement in Ireland" - Nicola Gordon Bowe, "An Outpost of the Arts and Craft Movement" - Isabelle Anscombe, "The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Modern Design: 1917 - 1929" - Christine Wallace Laidlaw, "Interview: Timothy F. Rub on the Work of Joseph Urban" - Beth Dunlop, and "London Letter" by Peyton Skipwith. A handsome example. ISSN 0888-7314 Inventory Number: 015591

(JOURNAL OF DECORATIVE AND PROPAGANDA ARTS, THE). Johnson, Pamela, Editor. Miami Beach, FL: The Wolfson Foundation of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Inc., 1988. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Decorative Arts Journal. Very Good -.. 97pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. The tenth issue of the Mitchell Wolfson Foundation's scholarly journal devoted to Modernism in the Arts and Popular Culture features the following contributions: "The Eroticization of Domestic Space: A Mirror by C.R. Mackintosh" - David Brett, "The Art of Dress in the Victorian and Edwardian Eras" - Otto Charles Thieme, "The Rediscovery of Lalique's Jewelry" - Michael Koch, "Mexican Silver: William Spratling and the Taxco Style" - Lucía García-Noriega Nieto, "The Poster in Yugoslavia" - Zelimir Koscevic, "Propaganda Art in the Postage Stamps of the Third Reich" - Frederick Lauritzen, "Mitchell Wolfson, Jr: The Man and His Mission" - John Malcolm Brinnin, and "London Letter" - Peyton Skipwith. A handsome example showing a bit of light wear and rubbing to the covers. ISSN 0888-7314 Inventory Number: 003931

(JOURNAL OF DECORATIVE AND PROPAGANDA ARTS, THE). Johnson, Pamela, Editor. Miami Beach, FL: The Wolfson Foundation of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Inc., 1987. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Decorative Arts Journal. Good +.. 84pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. The fourth issue of the Mitchell Wolfson Foundation's scholarly journal devoted to Modernism in the Arts and Popular Culture features the following contributions: "The Search for Visual Democracy" - Isabelle Anscombe, "New Classicism Design of the 1920s in Denmark" - Claire Selkurt, "Otto Gutfreund and the Czech National Decorative Style" - Penelope Curtis, "Joe Jones: Regionalist, Communist, Capitalist" - Karal Ann Marling, "DAPA Duoview": Dianne Pilgrim and Richard Guy Wilson, "Rome Letter: From Exoticism to Abstraction Through the 1930s" - Mario Quesada, and "London Letter" - Peyton Skipwith. A presentable example showing some moderate wear and rubbing to the covers. ISSN 0888-7314 Inventory Number: 003928

(JOURNAL OF DECORATIVE AND PROPAGANDA ARTS, THE). Johnson, Pamela & John E. Bowlt, Editors. Miami Beach, FL: The Wolfson Foundation of Decorative and Propaganda Arts, Inc., 1987. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine.. 179pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. The fifth issue of the Mitchell Wolfson Foundation's scholarly journal devoted to Modernism in the Arts and Popular Culture is a special "Russian Theme" installment that features the following contributions: "The Decorative Arts in Russian Architecture: 1900 - 1907" - William Brumfield, "Stage Design and the Ballets Russes" - John E. Bowlt, "Experiments in Book Design by Russian Artists" - Evgenii Kovtun, "A Public Art: Caricatures and Posters of Vladimir Lebedev" Nicoletta Misler, "The Psychology of Urban Design in the 1920s and 1930s" - Boris Brodsky, "Lamps and Architecture 1930 - 1950" - Abram Damsky, "Artificially Created Spaces: Projects and Realizations of the ARGO Group" - Francisco Infante, "The Solomenko Embroidery Workshops" - Wendy Salmond, "Constructive Fabrics and Dress Design" - Natalia Adaskina, and "The Soviet Garment Industry in the 1930s" - Tatiana Strizhenova. A handsome example showing a bit of light wear to the covers. Inventory Number: 021747

(KIESLER, FREDERICK). Kiesler, Frederick & Thomas M. Messer. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1964. First Edition 1/1500. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (44pp), 1 color and 2 monochrome illustrations + cover. Designed by Herbert Matter. With an exhibition checklist, biography and bibliography. Designed with fonts galore by Herbert Matter, this is the sparsely illustrated catalogue published in conjunction with a 1964 Guggenheim Museum exhibition of sculpture by the renowned New York-by-way-of-Vienna theater designer, artist, theoretician, and architect Frederick Kiesler. A bright white, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to fifteen hundred unnumbered copies showing just a touch of soiling to the rear cover. Inventory Number: 025873

(KOZYNDAN). Kitchens, Dan and Kozue & Eric Nakamura. Los Angeles: Giant Robot, 2003. First Edition. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Fine.. np (88pp), profusely illustrated in color. "Dan and Kozue Kitchens (aka kozyndan) is most famous for crafting hyper-detailed panoramic views of various cityscapes that combine the pop sensibilities of the Japanese Superflat scene with the fine linework of Mobius. This full-color publication includes some of the Los Angeles duo's most popular works and prints, as well as commercial work for Official PlayStation Magazine, CDs for the Postal Service, and Giant Robot". A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon Giant Robot-published gem. Inventory Number: 014860

(KUBRICK, STANLEY). Bizony, Piers, Editor. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2014. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Wrappers in Slipcase. Film Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np (1386pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by M/M (Paris). "It's the movie that revolutionized science fiction and the art of cinema, that transformed the way we think about film with its special effects, narrative style, philosophical importance, and unusual musical choices. Now, fifty years after its conception, Taschen presents the most exhaustive publication ever devoted to "2001: A Space Odyssey". Made in exclusive collaboration with both the Kubrick Estate and Warner Bros., elegantly designed by M/M (Paris), and presented in a sleek metal slipcase inspired by the famous monolith, this richly illustrated four-volume set features hundreds of previously unpublished documents and photographs as well as personal testimony from Kubrick's co-screenwriter Arthur C. Clarke". A brand new, pristine example of the instantly sold out Collectors' Edition of this extraordinary undertaking limited to one thousand copies NUMBERED AND SIGNED by Christiane Kubrick in the publisher's unopened shipping carton, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-8365-4769-4 Inventory Number: 024573

(LICHER, BRUCE) (ABECEDARIANS). Abecedarians. Los Angeles: Independent Project (Archive Series), 1990. First Edition 1/1750. Square 4to. Letterpress Printed Wrappers. Vinyl LPs. As New/As New. Two 10" vinyl LPs housed in a hand letterpress printed chipboard jacket. Art Direction and Design by Bruce Licher. The 1990 Abecedarians release "The Other Side of the Fence" is a two disc compilation of some of the earliest recordings from the Los Angeles-based band - all dating from 1983-1985 and preceding the release of their debut 12" on Factory Records in 1985. "While some of the songs were later re-recorded for their Caroline Records releases of 1986-1987, we felt that the energy and the passion in these versions more accurately captures the soul of the band". A brand new, unplayed unnumbered hors commerce example (from an edition of one thousand, seven hundred and fifty copies) used for promotion of Independent Project Archive Series release IP 031/32 in its elegant hand letterpress printed package still in its original plastic sleeve. It is accompanied by a hand written one page letter addressing project delays from designer and label president Bruce Licher on Independent Project Records & Press letterhead to a colleague dated July 22, 1991 as well as an IP catalogue and printed ephemera. These are enclosed in a sturdy chipboard mailing envelope bearing the Independent Project logo that was hand addressed by the designer. Inventory Number: 022504

(LICHER, BRUCE). Licher, Bruce. Foreword by Kurt Braun. Afterword by Gary Todd. Los Angeles: Independent Project Records, 1989. First Edition 1/300. Square 4to. Letterpress Printed Wrappers. Vinyl LPs + Loose Contents. As New/As New. np (42pp) + two 10" vinyl LPs with loose printed matter housed in a hand letterpress printed chipboard jacket. Art Direction and Design by Bruce Licher. This is the lavishly designed and printed compilation of the earliest recordings by noted Los Angeles-based musician, graphic designer and printer Bruce Licher issued in conjunction the 1989 Independent Project Press exhibition entitled "Bruce Licher: The Ten Year Retrospective" held at the Hallway Gallery. It contains two 10" vinyl discs featuring Licher's solo endeavors along with works by Neef, Them Rhythm Ants, Tunneltones, 1/2 "Bridge", Africa Corps, Savage Republic, "Bridge", and Final Republic, along with a detailed booklet of notes, a portfolio of ten 8 ½ x 10" reproductions of performance flyers from 1980-1982, and a glassine envelope filled with reprints of selected letterpress items, as issued. A brand new, pristine unplayed numbered example (048/300) from an edition of three hundred copies of Independent Project Records release IP 024/025 in its elegant hand letterpress printed package SIGNED "Bruce Licher" in black ink on the front cover still in its original plastic sleeve. Laid into the package is an additional SIGNED hand written one page letter in red ink from Bruce Licher bearing an IPR stamp effusively thanking two record industry colleagues for their support of the project. Inventory Number: 022817

(LOS ANGELES TIMES WEST MAGAZINE). Peter D. Bunzel, Editor. Los Angeles: Los Angeles Times, 1971. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Tabloid Wrappers. Periodical. Very Good.. 31pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. "West" was for decades the Los Angeles Times Sunday magazine. During the late sixties it underwent a bold stylistic transformation headed by design director Mike Salisbury, and proceeded to publish some of the hippest local reportage on Hollywood, fashion, music, youth culture, and politics. This May 30th, 1971 installment boasts a bold cover graphic by Salisbury, and is devoted primarily to matters automotive. It additionally features a fashion spread with actress Lee Grant, and most notably Charles T. Powers' "Beefheart in Blunderland" - a dispatch from the road with a great full page Jim Marshall photo chronicling a Warner Brothers promotional tour by Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band in support of "Lick My Decals Off, Baby" with Ry Cooder as the opening act. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon item showing just a bit of typical age-toning to its newsprint pages perfect for the Don Van Vliet completeist. Inventory Number: 024682

(MEAD, SYD). Mead, Syd & United States Steel Corporation. Pittsburgh, PA: United States Steel Corporation, 1964. First Edition. 4to. Embossed Boards. Design Monograph. Very Good +.. 55pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Perspective" is a striking, innovatively designed volume that was published in 1964 by United States Steel Corporation to promote the use of steel products in the automotive industry. Bound in white debossed textured boards, it features bold typography and die-cut pages throughout as well as numerous reproductions of paintings and renderings of concept vehicles by famed futuristic designer Syd Mead. A most handsome example of this highly sought-after rarity showing a bit of typical patination and light soiling to its boards SIGNED by Syd Mead in his inimitable logo/signature in silver marker on the title page. PLEASE NOTE: "Perspective" was issued hors commerce both individually and along with a ring-binder of steel specification sheets entitled "USS Product Information" to form a two volume slipcased set. We are offering the single volume only. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 018744

(MILLER FURNITURE CO., THE HERMAN) (NELSON, GEORGE) (EAMES, CHARLES). Pina, Leslie. Altglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 1998. Later Printing. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Decorative Arts Monograph. As New/As New. 214pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. This is another of Leslie Pina's surveys of the modernist furniture and interiors produced by The Herman Miller Furniture Co. It is illustrated with vintage photographs from the company's archive, and features selections of the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Isamu Noguchi, Gilbert Rohde, Alexander Girard, Robert Propst, Jack Kelley, Don Chadwick, Bill Stumpf, Tom Newhouse, Geoff Hollington, Bruce Burdick, Stephen Frykholm, Paul Laszlo, Poul Kjaerholm, Verner Panton, and others. A brand new, pristine example. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-7643-0471-2 Inventory Number: 022999

(MILLER FURNITURE CO., THE HERMAN) (NELSON, GEORGE) (EAMES, CHARLES). Pina, Leslie. Altglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2002. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Decorative Arts Monograph. Fine/Fine. 224pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. This is another of Leslie Pina's surveys of the modernist furniture and interiors produced by The Herman Miller Furniture Co. It is illustrated with trade catalogue pages, publicity material, and vintage photographs from the company's archive illustrating the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Gilbert Rohde, Robert Propst, Jack Kelley, Don Chadwick, Bill Stumpf, Tom Newhouse, Geoff Hollington, Bruce Burdick, Peter Protzmann, Ray Wilkes, Jorgen Rasmussen, and others in the context of creating the overall office environment. A brand new, pristine example. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-7643-1650-8 Inventory Number: 014833