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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. 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. Inventory Number: 025054

(BRODOVITCH, ALEXEY). Brodovitch, Alexey & Edwin Denby. New York: J.J. Augustin, Publisher, 1945. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Photography Monograph. Very Good -/Good. 144pp, 104 illustratIions in b&w gravure. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Designed by Alexey Brodovitch. "Ballet" is renowned late graphic designer Alexey Brodovitch's iconic 1945 book of photographic vignettes capturing eleven performances by The Ballets Russes between 1935 and 1937. Noted for the innovative-at-the-time use of murky shadows and blurred dancers bathed in light, these arresting images of the likes of pricipals Leonide Massine, Tamara Toumanova, Irina Baronova, and more are accompanied by New York poet and dance critic Edwin Denby's brief but cogent text. An internally bright, most handsome example example of the first and only edition of this uncommon classic (cited on pages 240-241 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I, pages 136-137 of The Hassleblad Center's "The Open Book: A History of the Photographic Book from 1878 to the Present", and pages 110-113 of "The Book of 101 Books") still in its original notoriously fragile paper dust jacket designed by Brodovitch showing a few flattened soft creases to the front pastedown along with some minor brown spotting to the endpapers. It's highly sulfurous chipboard covers are lightly age-toned with a few brown spots. The book's striking jacket is complete and intact, but lightly worn, soiled, and foxed along the extremities. It is housed in a lavish custom brown cloth over boards clamshell presentation box with pastedowns reproducing the "Ballet" logo on the front cover and spine executed by Woonsocket, Rhode Island's esteemed Dragonfly Bindery. All in all, this is a sharp, internally solid copy of one of the most lauded post-war American photography books aided by the addition of a presentation box that looks far nicer in hand than it describes. Inventory Number: 026051

(BRODOVITCH, ALEXEY). Brodovitch, Alexey & Edwin Denby. New York: J.J. Augustin, Publisher, 1945. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Boards in Dust Jacket, Boxed. Photography Monograph. Very Good -/Facsimile Dust Jacket. 144pp, 104 illustratIions in b&w gravure. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Designed by Alexey Brodovitch. "Ballet" is renowned late graphic designer Alexey Brodovitch's iconic 1945 book of photographic vignettes capturing eleven performances by The Ballets Russes between 1935 and 1937. Noted for the innovative-at-the-time use of murky shadows and blurred dancers bathed in light, these arresting images of the likes of pricipals Leonide Massine, Tamara Toumanova, Irina Baronova, and more are accompanied by New York poet and dance critic Edwin Denby's brief but cogent text. An internally bright, handsome example of the first and only edition of this uncommon classic (cited on pages 240-241 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume I, pages 136-137 of The Hassleblad Center's "The Open Book: A History of the Photographic Book from 1878 to the Present", and pages 110-113 of "The Book of 101 Books") showing a bit of typical light age-toning to the pages, a slight dent through the lower foredge corner, wear to the top of the spine, and a previous owner's name in ink on the front pastedown. It's highly sulfurous chipboard covers are lightly browned, spotted, and a bit worn. The book's striking, notoriously fragile original paper dust jacket designed by Brodovitch is lacking, but has been replaced with a facsimile jacket meticulously executed by Woonsocket, Rhode Island's esteemed Dragonfly Bindery. It is housed in the Bindery's lavish custom brown cloth-over-boards clamshell presentation box with pastedowns reproducing the "Ballet" logo on the front cover and spine. All in all, this is a sharp, internally solid copy of one of the most lauded post-war American photography books aided by the addition of its jacket and presentation box that looks far nicer in hand than it describes. Inventory Number: 026050

(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. Inventory Number: 025314

(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). 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

(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). 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 reenvisioned 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. Inventory Number: 016360

(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 in the publisher's obi issued only in Japan. 4-7713-0337-1 Inventory Number: 025993

(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. 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

(KENT, SISTER MARY CORITA). Kent, Sister Mary Corita, Dr. Ray Smith & Aaron Rose. Los Angeles: Atelier Editions, 2018. First Edition 1/100 Deluxe. 4to. Illustrated Cloth in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 80pp, 26 color illustrations + 26 loose color offset plates laid in.

"Radical American artist, educator, and once-devout Catholic nun, Sister Mary Corita Kent’s provocative imagery has entranced audiences for over four decades. Originally completed in 1968, Kent’s "International Signal Code Alphabet" encompasses a series of twenty-six kaleidoscopic serigraphs integrating scripture, typography, image, icon, and the maritime flags of the International Code of Signals. It features an introduction by Corita Art Center Director Dr. Ray Smith along with a foreword by noted Kent scholar, artist, and curator Aaron Rose. As 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of both the series’ completion, and the centennial of Kent’s birth, this celebratory publication reproduces this engaging body of work for the very first time in a monographic, fine art format". A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe edition limited to one hundred copies containing a suite of all twenty-six images reproduced on loose plates housed along with the book in an illustrated cloth slipcase additionally SIGNED by authors Dr. Ray Smith and Aaron Rose in ink.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "International Signal Code Alphabet" will be signed by Dr. Smith and Mr. Rose at Arcana on Saturday, May 19th and shipped beginning Tuesday, May 22nd. If you would like to pre-order a signed copy and collect it at the event, please indicate this in the "Notes" section of your order. 978-0-9775935-6-3 Inventory Number: E000CKISCA-DLX

(KENT, SISTER MARY CORITA). Kent, Sister Mary Corita, Dr. Ray Smith & Aaron Rose. Los Angeles: Atelier Editions, 2018. First Edition 1/1200. 4to. Illustrated Cloth. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 80pp, 26 color illustrations.

"Radical American artist, educator, and once-devout Catholic nun, Sister Mary Corita Kent’s provocative imagery has entranced audiences for over four decades. Originally completed in 1968, Kent’s "International Signal Code Alphabet" encompasses a series of twenty-six kaleidoscopic serigraphs integrating scripture, typography, image, icon, and the maritime flags of the International Code of Signals. It features an introduction by Corita Art Center Director Dr. Ray Smith along with a foreword by noted Kent scholar, artist, and curator Aaron Rose. As 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of both the series’ completion, and the centennial of Kent’s birth, this celebratory publication reproduces this engaging body of work for the very first time in a monographic, fine art  format". A brand new, most handsome example.
978-0-9775935-5-6 Inventory Number: E000CKISCA

(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

(KRAFTWERK). Mott, Toby. London, UK: The Mott Collection, 2018 (2019). Second Edition 1/300. 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Music Monograph. As New./As New.. np (96pp), 264 illustrations in color and b&w. Designed by Alex McWhirter. This is the graphically dazzling catalogue published in conjunction with "Kraftwerk: Dance Forever" - a comprehensive 2018 exhibition drawn from the Mott Collection of rare and compelling visual material from the German electronic music pioneers and those they influenced. Designed by Alex McWhirter, it reproduces nearly three hundred examples of promotional material, sheet music, obsolete recorded media, posters, photos, and musical toys from the German electronic music pioneers from the early 1970's to the present. A brand new, pristine example of the 2019 second edition with the publisher's yellow dust jacket and Kraftwerk bookmark laid in additionally SIGNED by author and curator Toby Mott.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Kraftwerk: Dance Forever" will be signed by Mr Mott at the event on Saturday, April 13th, and shipped starting on Tuesday, April 16th.

Inventory Number: 026077

(KUBRICK, STANLEY). Bizony, Piers, Editor. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2014. First Edition 1/1000. 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. 3-8365-4769-4 Inventory Number: 024573

(KUHNE, DAFI). Kühne, Dafi, David Shields and Rudolf Barmettler. Reto Caduff, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Lars Müller Publishers, 2017. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Graphic Design Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 192pp, 182 illustrations in color and b&w. Text in English.Designed by Dafi Kühne.

"Dafi Kühne is a Swiss designer who works with analog and digital ways to produce fresh and unique letterpress-printed posters. Using very different kinds of instruments - from a MacBook to a pantograph - for his compositions, he pushes the boundaries of design. Never afraid of getting his hands dirty in his creative workshop, Kühne embraces the labor involved in the entire process of creating a poster from initial idea to finished product. Fusing modern means with the centuries-old tradition of the letterpress, he forms a new vocabulary on how to communicate through type and form in a truly un-nostalgic way. Never retro, his work is a clever response to the search for new ways of graphic expression: true print. "True Print" is his first comprehensive monograph published by Lars Müller". A brand new, most handsome example additionally SIGNED by the designer.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "True Print" will be signed by Dafi Kühne at the event on Saturday, March 2nd, and shipped starting on Tuesday, March 5th.


3-03-778509-8 Inventory Number: E000DKTP

(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

(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. 0-7643-1650-8 Inventory Number: 014833

(MILLER FURNITURE CO., THE HERMAN) (NELSON, GEORGE) (EAMES, CHARLES). Pina, Leslie. Altglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2001. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards in Jacket. Decorative Arts Monograph. Fine/Fine. 200pp, 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 contains vintage advertisements, brochure and catalogue pages, drawings, posters, panels, internal graphics, and web page designs reproduced from the company's archive illustrating the work of designers Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Gilbert Rohde, Robert Propst, Don Chadwick, Bruce Burdick, Ray Wilkes, Jorgen Rasmussen, Alexander Girard, Fritz Hansen, Poul Kjaerholm, Verner Panton, and others. Graphic Designers and/or illustrators whose work is included here include the Nelson, Girard, and Eames offices, Saul Steinberg, Per Arnoldi, Armin Hoffman, Steve Frykholm, and more. A brand new, pristine example. 0-7643-1303-7 Inventory Number: 014827

(MURAKAMI, TAKASHI). Murakami, Takashi & Hiroki Azuma. Tokyo. 2000 (2001).: Madra Publishing Co., Ltd.. Later Printing. 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Exhibition Catalog. Fine./Fine.. 172pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English and Japanese. Art Direction by Takashi Murakami. With artist profiles and an exhibition checklist. This is the stylishly designed, beautifully printed catalogue published in conjunction with the first major international touring exhibition of works by the new generation of Anime and Manga-influenced Japanese contemporary artists. Surveying current tendencies in art, animation, graphic design, and fashion towards two-dimensionality, "Superflat" features painting, photography, works on paper, video, fashion, computer animation, cartoons, performance, and sculpture by nineteen artists. Curated and with a text by Takashi Murakami, it includes the work of Murakami, Chiho Aoshima, Bome, Enlightenment (Hiro Sugiyama), groovisions, Yoshinori Kanada, Henmaru Machino, Koji Morimoto, Mr., Katsushige Nakahashi, Yoshitomo Nara, Shigeyoshi Ohi, Masafumi Sanai, SLEEP, Chikashi Suzuki, Aya Takano, Kentaro Takekuma, Hitoshi Tomizawa, and 20471120. The exhibition had its U.S. premiere at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art in January 2001 following presentations in Tokyo and Nagoya. A brand new, most handsome example. 4-944079-20-6 Inventory Number: 023301

(NAPOLITANO, PASQUALE GIOVANNI). Armitage, Merle & Giovanni Napolitano. New York: E. Weyhe Publisher, 1935. First Edition 1/212. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Poor./Poor.. np (50pp), 13 b&w illustrations. Designed by Merle Armitage. Printed by Lynton Kistler. In a clear acetate dustwrapper. This slender monograph designed and with a brief text by the great Merle Armitage, and with a portrait by Brett Weston is still the major work on the Southern California-based artist Pasquale Giovanni Napolitano. An Italian-American figurative modernist, Napolitano is best remembered for his New Deal-era mural commissions for the Los Angeles Museum of Art in Exposition Park, South Pasadena Junior High School, and Beverly Hills High School under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Program - for whom Armitage served as the Regional Director. A sadly disfigured example of this exceedingly uncommon charming item limited to two hundred and twelve copies with a frontispiece lithograph NUMBERED AND SIGNED "Giovanni Napolitano" in pencil on the recto that sadly has been subjected to the indignity of both fire and water damage. The publisher's printed vellum jacket is present and browned in the front, while most of the rear is missing and what remains is burned around the margins. Both interior flaps are lacking, and the textblock shows black singeing and some brown dampstaining along the top portion of the foredge. There is additional heavy brown dampstaining to the first few pages - unfortunately including the frontispiece lithograph. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the many condition issues we have priced this example accordingly and are offering it for sale strictly "AS IS", with no returns. If you have any questions or concerns about these details, please voice them before purchasing this - we will be happy to answer any inquiry. Inventory Number: 018642

(NORTH DRIVE PRESS). Keegan, Matt & Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Editors. Brooklyn, NY: North Drive Press, 2008. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Loose Contents in a Box. Periodical. As New.. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Susan Barber. "North Drive Press" was founded by Matt Keegan and Lizzy Lee in 2003. The name refers to the street connecting the parallel blocks on which Matt and Lizzy - childhood friends - lived as adolescents. The impetus for the creation of NDP, as it is affectionately known, was to produce a mobile group exhibition. Beginning with issue #3, Sara Greenberger Rafferty (also an artist committed to collaboration and artist-produced publications) joined North Drive Press as co-editor of the project. Tokion said "It's a magazine but it comes in a box. No, not a magazine in a box, but a bunch of stuff in a box that's a magazine. Which turns out to have some distinct advantages over old-fashion printed-and-bound publications, such as the happy inclusion of posters, matches, original photos, stickers, cards, CDs, 7"s, booklets and even a sew-on patch". The New York Times said "The multiples are a delight, the interviews a gold mine." Limited to one thousand copies, this fourth annual edition features interviews and texts by Becca Albee and Kathleen Hanna, Fia Backstrom and Wade Guyton, Jennifer Bornstein and Jonathan Horowitz, Sarah Charlesworth and Sara VanDerBeek, Ken Gonzales-Day and Edgar Arceneaux, Alice Konitz and Michael Ned Holte, Eileen Quinlan and Liz Deschenes, Frances Stark and Amy Yao, Erika Vogt and Nancy de Holl, Matias Faldbakken, Kristina Kite, Andrew Lampert, Rose Oluronke Ojo, and Kevin Zucker. Artwork and multiples are contributed by Tobias Bernstrup, Laurel Broughton, Xavier Cha, Zoe Crosher, Andre Ethier, Danny Gordon, Corin Hewitt, Vlatka Horvat, Mark Klassen, Justin Lowe with Saleem Dhamee, Dane Mitchell, Jesse Reed, Alex Robbins, Jani Ruscica, Sara VanDerBeek, and Amy Yao. A brand new, pristine example (cited on pages 276-279 of Phillip E. Aarons' "In Numbers: Serial Publications by Artists Since 1955") of the first edition limited to one thousand unnumbered copies still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-933045-71-X Inventory Number: 016519

(NTIZAIN MAGAZINE). Constantopoulos, Elias & Dimitris Skouroyiannis, Editors. Athens, GREECE: Ntizain Magazine, 1995. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Tabloid Wrappers. Graphic Design Periodical. Near Fine.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Greek and English. The theme of this fifth installment of Greece's premier contemporary design magazine is "Computers and Design". Contributions to the issue include articles on or by Branson Coates' work at the Schiphol Airport, Ray Gun Magazine, Ravensbourne College of Design, Greg Mably, Rachel Sanders, Frog Design, Softimage and Digital Film Design, Peter Eisenman's installation "Cities of Artificial Excavation", John Vince, and much more. A most handsome copy. ISSN 1105-5537 Inventory Number: 008141

(OLIVER, VAUGHAN) (V23). Designed By Oliver, Vaughan & Chris Bigg at V23, with Paul McMenamin. London: 4AD / v23, 1992. First Edition 1/3000. Square 4to. Decorative Boards. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 30pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Vaughan Oliver and v23. A gorgeous design item issued in 1992 by Ivo Watts-Russell's cult English record label 4AD, this elaborate promotional package contains a booklet of album graphics accompanied by two compact discs laid into the covers featuring twenty-nine recordings by Bauhaus, The The, The Birthday Party, Modern English, This Mortal Coil, X Mal Deutschland, The Cocteau Twins, Clan Of Xymox, Colourbox, Throwing Muses, Dif Juz, M|A|R|R|S, Ultra Vivid Scene, Dead Can Dance, The Pixies, Lush, Pale Saints, The Wolfgang Press, Michael Brook, Spirea X, Heidi Berry, His Name Is Alive, Swallow, and The Tintwistle Brass Band. A most handsome example of this uncommon item SIGNED by all three v23 designers - Vaughan Oliver, Chris Bigg, and Paul McMenamin - in black ink on the front cover. Inventory Number: 021093