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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

(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

(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). 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. Fine. 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 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: 026092

(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

(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

(FILM CULTURE) (WARHOL, ANDY). Malanga, Gerard & Jonas Mekas, Editors. New York: Film Culture, 1967. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Film Journal. Fine.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in monochrome. Designed by George Maciunas. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This forty-fifth installment of '60s New York's preeminent avant-garde film quarterly is devoted primarily to Andy Warhol. Guest-edited by Gerard Malanga, it features contributions by or about Warhol, Malanga, Jonas Mekas, Jack Smith, Maria Montez, Gregory Battcock, Gregg Barrios, Sheldon Renan, The Kuchar Brothers, Jackson MacLow, and Factory Superstars galore. A remarkably bright, most handsome example of this uncommon, popishly designed item that is emblematic of the Warhol sixties. ISSN 0015-1211 Inventory Number: 026120

(HOEFNAGEL, JORIS) (BOCSKAY, GEORG). Hendrix, Lee & Thea Vignau-Wilberg. Foreword by John Walsh. Preface by Thomas Kren. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992. First Printing. 12mo. Gilt-Stamped Cloth in Slipcase. Illustrated Book. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 414pp, 170 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Lorraine Wild. "In 1561-62 Georg Bocskay, imperial secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, inscribed the Mira calligraphiae monumenta as a testament to his preeminence among scribes. He assembled a vast selection of contemporary and historical scripts, which nearly thirty years later were further embellished by Joris Hoefnagel, Europe's last great manuscript illuminator. This book, now in the collection of the Getty Museum, is reproduced here in complete facsimile form, accompanied by a commentary that includes a full description; a discussion of the work's patron, Rudolf II, and his cultural and historical milieu; biographies of Hoefnagel and Bocskay; and an analysis of the manuscript's role in their careers. The manuscript's remarkable calligraphy will be of particular interest not only to scholars but to collectors, graphic designers, and typographers as well". Designed by the estimable Lorraine Wild, this gemlike volume faithfully reproduces the manuscript's exquisite plates alongside translations of the original text and iconography. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1992 first J. Paul Getty Museum printing of this important work in the publisher's gilt-stamped linen slipcase that shows some minute fraying to the seams of the cloth along two of the edges. 0-89236-212-X Inventory Number: 026159

(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

(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

(KAVANAUGH, GERE). Kavanaugh, Gere, Louise Sandhaus & Kat Catmur. Hudson, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2019. First Edition. Small 4to. 1/4 Cloth Over Illustrated Boards. Design Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. The designer Gere Kavanaugh is an irrepressible force of nature who epitomized the craft and folk vibe of the sixties and seventies California design scene and remains a larger-than-life personality today. Raised in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1952 Kavanaugh became only the third woman to earn a degree at Cranbrook Academy of Art's design program. After successful stints as one of GM's so-called Damsels of Design and as director of interiors for Victor Gruen's architecture and planning firm, she opened Gere Kavanaugh/Designs. There, Kavanaugh put her unique stamp on textiles, furniture, toys, graphics, store and restaurant interiors, holiday decor, housewares, and public art as well as designing and curating exhibitions. But perhaps her most enduring project has been the joyful, open-ended, ongoing experiment of her own lifestyle and homes, a dream of color and handcraft. Kavanaugh was awarded the AIGA Medal in 2016, recognizing her "prodigious and polymathic approach to design." A brand new, most handsome example of this comprehensive, monograph on the esteemed Ms. Kavanaugh additionally SIGNED by the authors.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of “A Colorful Life...” will be signed by authors Gere Kavanaugh, Louise Sandhaus and Kat Catmur at our event on Tuesday, May 21st, and shipped beginning Wednesday, May 22nd.

978-1616897628 Inventory Number: E000GKACL

(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

(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) (INDEPENDENT PROJECTS RECORDS & PRESS). Licher, Bruce & Karen Nielsen Licher. Aurora, NY: P22 Type Foundry, 2019. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Letterpress-Printed Illustrated Boards. Music Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Savage Impressions" will be signed by Bruce and Karen Nielsen Licher at Arcana on Saturday, March 7th and shipped starting March 10th.

240pp, 1000+ illustrations in color and b&w. Art Direction and Design by Bruce Licher and Jim Greishaber. "Bruce Licher is a musician, artist, and designer who founded Independent Project Press. After learning the art of letterpress printing at Los Angeles' famed Women's Graphic Center at the beginning of 1982, his initial projects centered around creating album covers, postcards, and promotional stamps for his band Savage Republic. It didn't take long before he was producing work for other Los Angeles underground music groups, along with a growing number of clients in the Los Angeles design community. In addition to packaging and releasing music on his own record label, Independent Project Records, Independent Project Press has produced elegant and creative pieces of letterpress-printed ephemera for the likes of REM, Stereolab, and Camper Van Beethoven. Licher was nominated twice for a Grammy Award for his album packaging, and has been credited with starting the trend in letterpress-printed CD and record packaging using industrial-style chipboard. His work has been featured in two major design exhibitions at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. Published by P22 Type Foundry Publication, "Savage Impressions" is the first extensive monograph on Bruce Licher's Independent Project Records & Press. Beautifully designed and lavishly produced, the book is a profound reminder of the value of the hand-made and how it can interface with the mass produced."

A brand new, most handsome example of this engaging document limited to six hundred and fifty copies additionally SIGNED by authors Bruce Licher and Karen Nielsen Licher.
978-0-9631082-6-5 Inventory Number: E000BLSI

(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

(LICHER, BRUCE). Licher, Bruce & Karen Nielsen Licher. Aurora, NY: P22 Type Foundry, 2019. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Letterpress Illustrated Boards. Music Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 240pp, 1000+ illustrations in color and b&w. Art Direction and Design by Bruce Licher and Jim Greishaber. "Bruce Licher is a musician, artist, and designer who founded Independent Project Press. After learning the art of letterpress printing at Los Angeles' famed Women's Graphic Center at the beginning of 1982, his initial projects centered around creating album covers, postcards, and promotional stamps for his band Savage Republic. It didn't take long before he was producing work for other Los Angeles underground music groups, along with a growing number of clients in the Los Angeles design community. In addition to packaging and releasing music on his own record label, Independent Project Records, Independent Project Press has produced elegant and creative pieces of letterpress-printed ephemera for the likes of REM, Stereolab, and Camper Van Beethoven. Licher was nominated twice for a Grammy Award for his album packaging, and has been credited with starting the trend in letterpress-printed CD and record packaging using industrial-style chipboard. His work has been featured in two major design exhibitions at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. Published by P22 Type Foundry Publication, "Savage Impressions" is the first extensive monograph on Bruce Licher's Independent Project Records & Press. Beautifully designed and lavishly produced, the book is a profound reminder of the value of the hand-made and how it can interface with the mass produced." A brand new, most handsome example of this exciting document limited to six hundred and fifty copies - already almost entirely subscribed - additionally SIGNED by authors Bruce Licher and Karen Nielsen Licher in ink on the title page. 0-9631082-6-3 Inventory Number: 026205

(LICHER, BRUCE). Licher, Bruce & Karen Nielsen Licher. Aurora, NY: P22 Type Foundry, 2019. First Edition. Large Square 4to. Letterpress Illustrated Boards. Music Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 240pp, 1000+ illustrations in color and b&w. Art Direction and Design by Bruce Licher and Jim Greishaber. "Bruce Licher is a musician, artist, and designer who founded Independent Project Press. After learning the art of letterpress printing at Los Angeles' famed Women's Graphic Center at the beginning of 1982, his initial projects centered around creating album covers, postcards, and promotional stamps for his band Savage Republic. It didn't take long before he was producing work for other Los Angeles underground music groups, along with a growing number of clients in the Los Angeles design community. In addition to packaging and releasing music on his own record label, Independent Project Records, Independent Project Press has produced elegant and creative pieces of letterpress-printed ephemera for the likes of REM, Stereolab, and Camper Van Beethoven. Licher was nominated twice for a Grammy Award for his album packaging, and has been credited with starting the trend in letterpress-printed CD and record packaging using industrial-style chipboard. His work has been featured in two major design exhibitions at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. Published by P22 Type Foundry Publication, "Savage Impressions" is the first extensive monograph on Bruce Licher's Independent Project Records & Press. Beautifully designed and lavishly produced, the book is a profound reminder of the value of the hand-made and how it can interface with the mass produced." A brand new, most handsome example of this exciting document limited to six hundred and fifty copies - already almost entirely subscribed - additionally SIGNED by authors Bruce Licher and Karen Nielsen Licher in ink on the title page. 0-9631082-6-3 Inventory Number: 026204

(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

(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). Oliver, Vaughan as "Vulva O'Reighan". London: 4AD / v23, 1994. First Edition. Folio. Pictorial Wrappers. Graphic Design Monograph. Fine.. np (72pp), profusely illustrated in ultra-vivid color. Designed by Vaughan Oliver & Chris Bigg at v23, with Paul McMenamin. With a bibliography and exhibition history. Published in conjunction with a 1994 retrospective curated by Catherine McDermott at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center, this beautifully designed and printed catalogue focuses on Vaughan Oliver and V23's extensive work for 4AD Records. Interspersed among the groundbreaking graphic designs for the Pixies, This Mortal Coil, The Cocteau Twins, Dead Can Dance, The Birthday Party, Lush, The Wolfgang Press, Lisa Germano, Michael Brook, The Breeders, Frank Black, David Sylvian & Robert Fripp, Belly, Throwing Muses, and many, many more are the recollections of those who have worked with Vaughan Oliver as collaborators or clients. A brand new, most handsome example of the first printing additionally BOLDLY SIGNED for us at the exhibition by the three V23 partners (at the time) Vaughan Oliver, Chris Bigg and Paul McMenamin in black ink on the "Jacques Tati" page at front. 0-9524216-0-7 Inventory Number: 022831

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

(PARR, MARTIN). Parr, Martin. Munkedals, SWEDEN & Surrey, ENGLAND: Munken & Trebruk, 1999. First Edition 1/2500. Oblong Small 4to. Debossed Cloth Over Boards. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (84pp), 50 color illustrations. Produced by Martin Parr in conjunction with the noted British graphic design firm Browns "Flowers" consists of fifty flash-saturated color images of blooms from around the world. Commissioned by Munken in Sweden to show the superior book capabilities of their papers, it was distributed hors commerce only to select members of the printing and design trade. A brand new, most handsome example of the 1999 first edition of this uncommon hardbound tome (cited on page 249 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") limited to two thousand, five hundred copies NUMBERED AND SIGNED "Martin Parr" in ink at the rear, as issued. Inventory Number: 007965

(PIERCY, CLIVE). Piercy, Clive. San Francisco & Santa Monica, CA: Chronicle Books & Clive Piercy, 2003. First Edition 1/75 Deluxe. Stout Oblong 8vo. Pictorial Boards in Slipcase. Artist's Book. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. np (448pp), profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Ph.D. In essence a rectangular stucco box, the dingbat apartment building exploded in popularity during Los Angeles' housing boom of the fifties and sixties. Typically, they eschew ornamentation and details on three sides in order to focus the viewer's attention to the facade - often incorporating florid signage, elaborate window treatments, and carports. These now-decaying buildings are mostly ignored and/or reviled by locals, while revered by strangers to the city. Arriving there from the U.K. in 1982, Clive Piercy (a partner in the noted graphic design firm Ph.D), began traversing the city, and taking roll after roll of film of these unique monuments. Inspired by both Oklahoma native Ed Ruscha's "Some Los Angeles Apartments" and the late British architectural critic Reyner Banham's "Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies", Piercy has artfully combined his photo-documentation cum artist's book of these multi-unit dwellings (duly noting their often hilarious names) with a constantly changing, collage-like design ethos to create another great outsider meditation on L.A.'s urban sprawl. A brand new, pristine example of the author's self-published deluxe edition of seventy-five copies housed in a printed orange silk slipcase containing a NUMBERED AND BOLDLY SIGNED book with a NUMBERED AND SIGNED 4 ¾ x 6 ¾" photographic print by Clive Piercy laid in, as issued. 0-8118-4024-7 Inventory Number: 014308

(RENAU, JOSEP). Fontcuberta, Joan & Pablo Ortiz Monasterio. Mexico City, MEXICO: Coleccion Rio De Luz / Fondo De Cultura Economica, 1985. First Edition 1/3000. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 72pp, 50 color illustrations. Text in Spanish. Designed by Peggy Espinosa. Published as part of Fondo De Cultura Economica's notable Pablo Ortiz Monasterio curated photography series "Coleccion Rio De Luz", this is a lovely monograph devoted entirely to the satirical political photomontages of Spaniard Josep Renau. Beginning with his Communist Party poster designs of the wartime era, this is a tour de force on the par with the work of John Heartfield, primarily lampooning the United States and its preoccupation with sex, death consumerism, colonialism, racism, and Cold War era brinksmanship with the Soviet Union. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon gem (cited on page 116 of Martin Parr and Gerry Badger's "The Photobook: A History Volume II" and page 19 of Horacio Fernandez' "The Latin American Photobook" - even though Renau was an artist and not a photographer!). 968-16-2115-8 Inventory Number: 025050

(RICHARDSON, TERRY) (ARKITIP). Richardson, Terry & Arkitip. Los Angeles: Arkitip, 2004. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. Fine.. 128pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover by Terry Richardson. This twenty-first installment of the stylish Los Angeles-based skate and graffiti graphics magazine "Arkitip" features a cover and sixteen page editorial feature with provocateur Terry Richardson. The rest of the issue contains contributions by Marco Cibola, Michael Salter, Michael Sieben, Ilia Ovechkin, Chris Duncan and Craig Metzger, Matt Leines, Ash Shasparina, Lillac Menace, Nathan Nedorostekn, Chuck Anderson, Kustaa Saksi, and others. A brand new, most handsome example from the edition of one thousand hand-numbered copies in its archival Arkitip-embossed clear plastic pouch with slide closure packaged with a set of four "Terry Richardson: Rock Out With Your Cock Out" logo condoms designed by the photographer specifically for issue 0021, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the explicit nature of some of the content here, you must be at least eighteen years of age to order this item. Inventory Number: 018686

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Hollywood, CA: Heavy Industry Publications, 1971. First Edition 1/2000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued.. np (72pp), 60 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Edward Ruscha's fifteenth artist book "Records" is a charming photographic inventory of thirty vinyl phonograph records (and their album cover graphics) from the artist's personal collection circa 1971. A most handsome example of the first and only edition (entry B15 in Siri Engberg's "Edward Ruscha: Editions 1959-1999" which is also cited on pages 198-201 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book", page 105 of "From Fair to Fine: 20th Century Photography Books That Matter", page 105 of "From Fair to Fine 2", and page 226 of "From Fair to Fine 3") limited to two thousand unnumbered copies that was issued without a glassine wrapper. A small blue adhesive label reading "Wittenborn Art Books / 1018 Madison Ave., New York 21" is affixed to the inside of the rear cover. Inventory Number: 025729