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(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

(OCEAN, FRANK). Ocean, Frank, Editor. NP (Los Angeles?). ND (2016): McGruder Publishing. First Edition. Folio. Embossed Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Periodical. Near Fine.. 368pp, profusely illustrated in color. Creative Direction by Frank Ocean and Thomas Mastorakos. Art Direction by Simmonds Ltd. Having attained near-legendary status in the four years since it was first published, "Boys Don't Cry" is the massive, elaborately conceived and lavishly executed limited edition magazine edited and creatively directed by Frank Ocean to coincide with the release of his 2016 "Blonde" album. Drawing its creative content from the worlds of music, fashion, art, and photography, it features original contributions from the likes of Tremaine Emory, Tom Sachs, Tyler The Creator, Wolfgang Tillmans, Viviane Sassen, A$AP Rocky, Darren Ankenman, Harley Weir, Max Farago, Ren Hang, Rick Rubin, Daniel David Freeman, Kanye West, Ocean and his family, and many, many more. A most handsome example of the 2016 first printing of this uncommon item - NOT the 2019 reissue - with the CD present and firmly affixed lacking its original disposable outer mylar bag. Inventory Number: 026312

(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. ND (1968).: Heavy Industry Publications. First Edition. Tall 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Publisher's Trade Catalogue. Fine.. One 7 ¾ x 40 ¾" sheet printed offset recto only, neatly folded in fifths to make 10pp, 8 b&w illustrations. Designed by Edward Ruscha. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Designed by the artist in 1968 at the same time he was moonlighting as the graphic designer for "Artforum" using the pseudonym "Eddie Russia", this is the graphically striking trade catalogue and price list for the first eight artist books issued by Ed Ruscha's Heavy Industry Publications. Produced in the form of an accordion-fold brochure that echoes the design of "Every Building on the Sunset Strip", each title is individually photographed at jaunty angles in the artist's studio accompanied by the details of its edition size, dimensions and weight, and retail price. Pictured in chronological order are "Twentysix Gasoline Stations", "Various Small Fires", "Some Los Angeles Apartments", "… Sunset Strip ($8.00!)", Thirtyfour Parking Lots", "Royal Road Test", "Business Cards", and "Nine Swimming Pools". In the early seventies following the publication of an additional four Heavy Industry books, Ruscha updated and distributed the pamphlet as a single sheet cum poster re-purposing the original uncut 17 ½ × 22 ½" pages with the subsequent titles added using a combination of rubber stamps and handwritten annotations in ink. Both versions of this document are exceedingly uncommon, with only a single copy currently cited in OCLC WorldCat. An exceptionally bright white, most handsome example of the 1968 first state perfect for the Ruscha completeist. Inventory Number: 026255

(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

(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 showing some trivial sunning along the spine. Inventory Number: 025235

(RUSCHA, EDWARD). Ruscha, Edward. Hollywood, CA: Heavy Industry Publications, 1971. First Edition 1/2000. 12mo. Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. 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 copies that was issued without a glassine wrapper. Inventory Number: 014273

(SAGMEISTER, STEFAN). Lewis, Judith & David Ulin, Editors. Preface by Antonio Villaraigosa. Introduction by Mariana Amatullo. Foreword by Richard Koshalek. Pasadena, CA: Designmatters at Art Center College of Design, 2009. First Edition. 8vo. Decorative Boards. Graphic Design Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 388pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This is the coolest earthquake-preparedness book ever published. Predicated on the assumption that the Big One is all but imminent, "The L.A. Earthquake Sourcebook" combines practical advice with compelling graphics. For instance, an essay advising the reader what to include in a personal disaster supplies kit is illustrated with a comic that gives voice to a more jaundiced view of disaster preparedness, in which a character anticipates, "Three days after the quake, panic sets in. Marauders who didn't prepare will go foraging for food. There'll be gangs... There'll be looting...". The result is a highly useful and readable compendium of the latest knowledge and scientific data about earthquake preparedness and recovery by educational institutions, civic agencies and individual experts in a wide variety of fields that manages to also be timely, realistic and even entertaining. This striking volume was designed by award-winning New York-based graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister and includes illustrations by designers and artists including Paul McCreery, Vincent Hui and Katherine Siy, excerpts from renowned authors such as Joan Didion, Lawrence Weschler and John McPhee, and an introductory essay by former FEMA Director James Lee Witt". A brand new, pristine example of this ultra-cool Sagmeister-designed book cum object with its pendulum bookmark still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9618705-0-8 Inventory Number: 018501

(SAVAGE, JON) (STERLING, LINDER). Kugelberg, Johan, Michael Bracewell, Jon Savage & Linder Sterling. New York: Boo-Hooray Gallery, 2010. First Edition Thus 1/40. Folio. Loose Contents in a Portfolio. Artists Monograph. As New.. Twelve 17 x 12" loose sheets of heavy stock, silkscreened in b&w recto only + two loose 11 x 8 ½" xeroxed flyers laid into an 18 ¼ x 12 ¼" silkscreened chipboard portfolio, profusely illustrated in b&w. Printed by Keegan Cooke at X Blank X Press. Limited to forty copies only, this is the super-cool portfolio published in conjunction with the Johan Kugelberg curated 2010 Boo-Hooray Gallery exhibition of the punk-era collage/montage work of Jon Savage and Linder Sterling. "Jon Savage is the noted author of "England’s Dreaming" and "Teenage". Linder Sterling is a visual, performance and installation artist represented in the Tate permanent collection. Jon Savage and Linder published the art fanzine "The Secret Public" in Manchester during the first month of 1978. It was the second New Hormones product - catalogue number ORG 2 after the Buzzcocks' already iconic "Spiral Scratch" - and was distributed through Rough Trade and other independent outlets. This was followed by the portfolio "Mixed Media Montages" published in late 1978. Some of these images originally appeared as flyers and as posters for the Buzzcocks, Joy Division, Magazine and Factory Records circa 1977-1980". This luxe publication reproduces in a far more elegant format the twelve original photo collages from the 1978 original as full page silkscreens, each numbered in the lower right-hand margin and SIGNED in pencil by Jon Savage on the six images of his own artwork, as issued. A brand new, pristine NUMBERED (32/40) example. Inventory Number: 022893

(SOVO// MAGAZINE). Amar, Farida, Editor. Los Angeles, CA: SOVO// Magazine, 2019. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Loose Inserts in a Lucite Slipcase. Culture and Arts Periodical. As New. np, profusely illustrated in b&w.

SOVO// Magazine is an independent, quarterly art publication made in South Los Angeles. Its creators have taken on the task of entrepreneurship with the creation of this unique print publication over the past year and a half, and in doing so have developed a deep respect for both the passion and sacrifice it takes to bring a business model to life. Hot-off-the-press, [ Issue 5 ] titled "Entrepreneurship" shares eleven never-before-released editorials from their experience working with local LA entrepreneurs for the first time - each of which has been uniquely designed and handmade to convey the story of the company represented. This issue is filled with inspiring stories of individuals who have turned each challenge into everyday victories, proving that it is possible to live the dream, even when things don’t go as planned. Its photographers are Adam Hutsell, Ashley Guo, Jeff Leavitt, Jon Pham, Milana Burdette, Niko Sonnberger, Included editorially are Lee Kaplan of Arcana: Books on the Arts, Jen Berkowitz & Leila Barratt-Deyner of Electric Pony Studios, The Griffith Family of Imperial Equestrian Center, Robin Petgrave of Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum, Theresa Baxter of Allmost Studio & Gallery, Charlie James of Charlie James Gallery, Elisabet Spaulding of Uplifters Kitchen, Sean Knibb of Flowerboy Project, Rick Garzon of Residency Gallery, Michael Delgado of A.G. Geiger Books, and Oren Pius of Cosmic Vinyl. A brand new, most handsome example of the new issue of this luxe publication limited to five hundred copies.

Inventory Number: E000SOVO5

(STERLING, LINDER) (SAVAGE, JON). Sterling, Linder, Jon Savage, Edward Bell, Ian Pollock & George Snow. London: George Snow, 1978. First Edition. 4to. Loose Contents in a Portfolio. Artists' Book. Very Good -.. Twenty individual 11 ½ x 8 ¼" glossy sheets printed recto only, laid into a black and white printed paper portfolio cover, 20 b&w illustrations. "Mixed Media Montages" is the legendary, and legendarily scarce collaborative publication featuring the punk-era collage/montage work of Jon Savage, Linder Sterling, Edward Bell, Ian Pollock, and George Snow. "Jon Savage is the noted author of "England's Dreaming" and "Teenage". Linder Sterling is a visual, performance and installation artist represented in the Tate permanent collection. Privately published by Snow in 1978 following the appearance of "The Secret Public", it contains four black and white plates by each of the five participating artists. Those by Linder, Snow and Pollock are stamped in ink on the rear of the sheets A internally bright and crisp example of this early and influential punk rarity showing some overall wear, handling and typical creasing along the extremities of the portfolio. Inventory Number: 020280

(STOOGES, THE) (POP, IGGY). Gold, Jeff, Johan Kugelberg, Jon Savage, Ben Blackwell, Joan Jett & Johnny Marr. Nashville, TN: Third Man Books, 2016. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Music Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 300pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. "One of the most anticipated books of the year about one of the most influential bands of all time, "Total Chaos: The Story of The Stooges / As Told by Iggy Pop" is the first time the story of this seminal band has been told entirely in Pop's own words. Author Jeff Gold and contributor Johan Kugelberg - noted music historians and collectors both - spent two days with Iggy Pop at his Miami home, sharing with him their extensive Stooges collection and interviewing the legendary singer. Pop’s candid, bare-all responses left them with the almost unbelievable tale of the band he founded as a teenager in Michigan nearly fifty years ago. It is the alternately tragic and triumphant story of a group who rose from youth, fell prey to drugs, alcohol, and music biz realities, collapsed, and nearly thirty years later reformed to record and tour once again to great acclaim". A brand new, most handsome example of this Stooges must-have additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by author Jeff Gold in silver marker on the title page. 0-9913361-9-4 Inventory Number: 026287

(STUFF MAGAZINE). Samiof, Steve, Editor & Publisher. Los Angeles: Stuff Enterprises, 1985. First Edition. Folio. Pictorial Tabloid Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover by Tim Street-Porter. "Slash" magazine's founder Steve Samiof was also the creative light behind the contemporaneous, lesser-known Los Angeles rag "Stuff". Published irregularly between 1978 and 1981 in a tabloid format, it was a free giveaway (often delivered to vendors along with the latest "Slash") in which trendy local boutiques, galleries and creative types took all out full page advertisements that accounted for virtually the entirety of its editorial content. A most handsome folded and flattened example of the forty-third installment. Inventory Number: 026251

(STUFF MAGAZINE). Samiof, Steve, Editor & Publisher. Los Angeles. ND (Circa 1978).: Stuff Enterprises. First Edition. Folio. Pictorial Tabloid Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover by Raul Vega and Rip Georges. "Slash" magazine's founder Steve Samiof was also the creative light behind the contemporaneous, lesser-known Los Angeles rag "Stuff". Published irregularly between 1978 and 1981 in a tabloid format, it was a free giveaway (often delivered to vendors along with the latest "Slash") in which trendy local boutiques, galleries and creative types took all out full page advertisements that accounted for virtually the entirety of its editorial content. A complete, most presentable example of the fourth installment showing some typical age-toning and fraying at the edges to the newsprint pages Inventory Number: 026248

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

(SYLVIAN, DAVID) (FRIPP, ROBERT) (OLIVER, VAUGHAN). Sylvian, David & Robert Fripp. London: Opium (Arts) Limited, 1993. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Embossed Wrappers. Music Monograph. Very Good.. 32pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Vaughan Oliver at v23. This is the elegant tour program for David Sylvian and Robert Fripp's 1993 world tour with musicians Trey Gunn, Pat Masteletto, and Michael Brook in support of their collaborative album "Darshan: The road to graceland". Designed by Vaughan Oliver at v23, it features photographs by Kevin Westenberg and images of lighting projections from Haruki Kaito. A handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item showing some light wear and a few mild creases to the covers. Inventory Number: 023053

(TCHERNIKHOV, IAKOV aka YAKOV CHERNIKOV). Tchernikhov, Iakov Georgievich & Erikh Fedorovich Gollerbakh. Leningrad, RUSSIA: Leningradskogo ob-va arkhitektorov (Leningrad Society of Architects), 1931. First Edition 1/5150. 4to. Printed Boards. Architecture Monograph. Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. 214pp, profusely illustrated in black and white. Text in Cyrillic Russian. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. The is the second of the three visually striking books written and illustrated by the pioneering Russian modernist architect Iakov Tchernikhov - better known in the west as Yakov Chernikov - published in Leningrad between 1927 and 1933. It features an introduction to Constructivism by Erikh Fedorovich Gollerbakh, two hundred and seventy-eight graphic text illustrations accompanied by forty full page plates by the author printed by letterpress. An internally bright and sound example of the 1931 first edition of this standout of Russian Revolutionary illustrated bookmaking (cited as entry 928 on page 227 in Margit Rowell and Deborah Wye's "The Russian Avante-Garde Book", entry 126 on page 40 in Jean-Louis Cohen, David Woodruff, and Ljiljana Grubisic's "Russian Modernism: The Collections of the Getty Research Institute for the Arts", and entry 72 on page 20 in Peter Hellyer's "A Catalogue of Russian Avante-Garde Books 1912-1934") showing typical notable wear, rubbing, and chipping to its brittle green decorative boards along the edges and spine. This seminal work was originally acquired from the library of the noted Russian-born, Southern California-based architect Samuel Reisbord, and bears his owner's signature in black ink on the front pastedown. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 025575

(TZIDON, ROY). Tzidon, Roy & Chad Rea. Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS. ND (2001).: Hans Brinker Budget Hotel. First Edition. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Art Direction by Erik Kessels. Designed by the great Erik Kessels (of KesselsKramer renown), this is Roy Tzidon's idiosyncratic book of erotic photography set in Amsterdam's notorious Hans Brinker Budget Hotel. A favorite of students, backpackers and sightseers on a budget, the five hundred and thirty-four bed self-proclaimed "Worst Hotel in the World - now with even more dogshit in the main entrance" has been "proudly disappointing travellers for forty years". For two months in 2000 the photographer rented Room 412 - the only one in the entire establishment with a full bathtub - and invited Hotel staff, guests, and street performers to come up to the room to bathe with the proviso that they allow themselves to be photographed for public consumption. This book, used as promotion for the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel, is the result. A most handsome example of this uncommon, charming item in the publisher's custom-embroidered white terrycloth bag, as issued. Inventory Number: 021698

(VAUCHER, GEE). Vaucher, Gee & Ian Dury. Foreword by Peter Kennard. San Francisco & Edinburgh, SCOTLAND: AK Press, 1999. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artists Monograph. Near Fine.. 104pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published in 1999, this is Gee Vaucher's own survey of her striking, influential punk-era collage and montage work that represented the visual face to the world of the legendary anarchic British band Crass. Taking cues from the politicized work of John Heartfield, her art from this period significantly paralleled that her colleague Linder Sterling, and still remains forceful. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item. 1-873176-10-4 Inventory Number: 022354

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

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

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, James Kaliardos & Cecilia Dean, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1993. First Edition 1/1500. Folio. Loose Plates in a Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. Individual sheets laid into a die-cut printed portfolio, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Gregory Foley. Published in an edition of one thousand, five hundred copies, this is the ninth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. "Greg Foley, who had been collaborating with us on our cover designs since the day he graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, really went to town with this one. He sliced out every letter he fancied and created one gigantic collage that we then photographed and printed. The concept was exciting: The B from Harper's Bazaar and the V from Vogue could all appear on our cover, along with many other famous typefaces. In the end it even became a kind of guessing game: ''Name that logo.'' The only drawback was that for months after this cover was made, there was not a magazine, phone book, or cereal box in the house that didn't have a hole cut out of it. The holographic metallic foil stamping also made this one of our most memorable covers. As for the contents, we assigned each of the contributing artists a different letter of the alphabet. For the first time, the directions were very specific, but even so, many artists took the challenge and proceeded as if they had been given carte blanche". Its contributors include editor Stephen Gan, Nick Knight, Robert Medvedz, Dovanna Pagowska, Jeffrey Fulvimani, Tim Rollins + K.O.S., Ruben Toledo, Bill Cunningham, Steven Meisel, James Dignan, Steven Klein, James Vance, Kareem Iliya, Bruce Weber, Francois Berthoud, Robert Adams, Stevan Dohan, Michael Capotosto, Miguel Calvo, Florentino J. Pamintuan, Donna Trope, Lucy Ewing, Helmut Lang, Arnaldo, Ferrara Ocanto, Mei Tao, Malcolm Hill, Joshua Jordan, Manolo, James White, Alexis Rockman, Peter Robathan, Torkil Gudnason, Christophe Rihet, Juan Gatti, Josef Astor, John Martin Newsom, Victoria Bartlett, Bernard Figueroa, Filip Pagowski, Michael "Rags" Raglin, Susan Cianciolo, Andrew Gellaty, and Lori Kessel. A most handsome individually numbered example of this uncommon issue. Inventory Number: 018301

(WARHOL, ANDY) (WALLOWITCH, JOHN). Wallowitch, John. New York. ND (1964).: Serenus Records Corp.. First Edition. Large Square 4to. LP in Illustrated Album Cover. Fine/Near Fine. One black vinyl long-playing phonograph record in a plain paper inner-sleeve, inside a 12 x 12" album cover printed black and white offset recto, and two color offset verso. Design by Irwin Rosenhouse. Cover Photograph by Andy Warhol. This is the very first recording issued by the late pianist, composer and lyricist John Wallowitch. Best known as one half of the Manhattan cabaret performing duo Wallowitch and Ross, his songs have been recorded by the likes of Tony Bennett, Blossom Dearie, Dixie Carter, Doc Severinson, and many others. He was also the brother of the late photographer Ed Wallowitch, a confidant and early Factory assistant to Andy Warhol. Art directed by noted New York designer Irwin Rosenhouse, Warhol collaged a series of photobooth images for its cover that capture the suited Wallowitch from his chest up to his mouth, cutting off any other identifying facial features (as well as making a non-issue of the pianist's baldness). The recordings consist of twelve show tunes and standards including "Swanee", "I'll Remember April", "Fly Me to the Moon", and "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". The jacket is stamped "Stereo" on the verso in black ink, and is remarkably clean and fresh. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon, early Andy Warhol item (entry number twenty-six in Paul Marechal's "Andy Warhol: The Record Covers 1949-1987 - Catalogue Raisonné", and cited on page 48 of Guy Schraenen's "Vinyl: Records and Covers by Artists") that predates his "The Velvet Underground And Nico" album cover by two years. PLEASE NOTE: The album's catalogue number SEP 2005 is printed prominently on the rear cover, leading some less well-versed observers to speculate that this is a reprint issued in September of the year 2005. It is not - it is the first and only vinyl issue released in 1964. Inventory Number: 023884

(WATSON, ALBERT) (CARSON, DAVID). Watson, Albert. Introduction by James Truman. Visual Essay by Jeff Koons. New York: Callaway Editions & Bulfinch Press, 1994. First Edition. Small Folio. Pictorial Boards in Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in quadratone illustrations. Separations by Richard Benson. Designed by David Carson. This lavishly produced first book of Albert Watson's is an elaborate collaboration between the esteemed Scottish photographer, publisher Nicholas Callaway, Carson, Benson, and artist Jeff Koons. The title "Cyclops" wryly acknowledges Watson's lack of sight in one eye, and it is filled with lush, monochromatic fashion images and celebrity portraits. A most handsome example of the oversized first hardbound edition (cited on pages 362-363 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Albert Watson L.A. 94." in the year of publication vertically in thick gold marker across the entire title page along with a discreet three line non-authorial presentation in ink to a well-known Los Angeles creative team on the verso of the front pastedown. 0-8212-2141-8 Inventory Number: 019738

(YOKOO, TADANORI). Yokoo, Tadanori.. Osaka, JAPAN: Gallery Interform / Masaya Yamaguchi, 1996. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (52pp), 26 color illustrations. Text in Japanese and English. Designed by Jun Sato. Best known for his seventies album covers for Miles Davis, Santana, the Beatles, and more, Tadanori Yokoo is arguably the most influential Japanese graphic designer of the Twentieth Century. He is also a well-known artist, photographer, and designer of installations. Published in conjunction with a 1996 Japanese gallery exhibition, this is a nicely presented book of twenty-six full color postcards that reproduce paintings by the artist. Many include art historical homages to Henri Rousseau, Marc Chagall, Enzo Cucchi, etc., and include Yokoo and his wife as subject matter. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 021185

(YOKOO, TADANORI). Yokoo, Tadanori.. Osaka, JAPAN: Gallery Interform / Masaya Yamaguchi, 1996. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (16pp), 8 color illustrations. Text in Japanese and English. Designed by Jun Sato. Best known for his seventies album covers for Miles Davis, Santana, the Beatles, and more, Tadanori Yokoo is arguably the most influential Japanese graphic designer of the Twentieth Century. He is also a well-known artist, photographer, and designer of installations. Published in conjunction with a 1996 Japanese gallery exhibition, this is a nicely presented book of eight full color postcards that reproduce computer-altered outdoor portraits of the Yokoo family - many including a falling water motif. A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 011910

(ZELLEN, JODY). Zellen, Jody. Santa Monica, CA: Self-Published, 1997. First Edition 1/500. 16mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist's Book. Fine.. np (40pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Jody Zellen. Published in conjunction with the 1997 exhibition "Blur" at San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery, this is the second of Santa Monica-based artist/graphic designer Jody Zellen's self-produced small format artist's books. Uniformly scaled to 4 ½ x 4 ½", these beautiful little editions combine photographic reproduction, text, and a grid format to achieve a sublime narrative. A most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to five hundred unnumbered copies. Inventory Number: 023103

Alva, Robert "Wisk" & Robert "Relax" Reiling. Roger Yale, Editor. Los Angeles: Alva & Reiling Publications, 2005. First Edition #15/300 Deluxe. Oblong 4to. Pictorial Boards, Boxed. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 448pp, profusely illustrated in color. "The History of Los Angeles Graffiti Art" is a series of four books that will cover the years 1983 to 2005. Volume 1 is based on the years 1983 to 1988, and is the starting point to the real story behind the movement that began in the early 1980s. It documents all aspects of Los Angeles Graffiti Art, providing an unbiased look into this world through the eyes of the people that have lived it. Within the book, you will discover the truth behind the photos and stories - all interviews and DVD slideshows are uncut and real. It's exciting and fresh to the point of understanding our culture, without cutting it up". This unprecedented, gigantic, full color encyclopedic document is divided into the following chapters: "Spotlights" - a special tribute to all writers who made significant contributions and influences to the L.A. Graffiti scene; "Pieces / Burners" - showcasing familiar works as well as numerous lost and legendary Pieces / Burners; "Battles" - a special section dedicated to L.A.'s first battles between some of its most prolific crews and writers of the first era; "Blackbooks" - historical detailed drawings done within writers' sketchbooks; "Articles" - reproductions of newspaper and magazine pieces related to historical L.A. Graff subject matter; and "R.I.P." - memorials for all respected deceased Los Angeles Graffiti writers. Perhaps most significantly, a DVD is included with each book that contains over thirty slide shows by various L.A. writers. Shot by the authors (who are respected members of the L.A. Graff scene themselves) for this project, it contains exclusive commentaries by the graffiti writers that allow them to breathe life into their own work - uncut, raw and true - and the reader to be able to place a voice on the parade of images. A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe edition of this uncommon historical document - only twelve copies of the trade edition are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - housed in the publisher's elaborate printed cardboard box limited to three hundred NUMBERED (15/300) copies whose book and the interior of the box have additionally been BOLDLY TAGGED "RELAX" by artist and author Robert "Relax" Reiling in thick bronze marker on the front pastedown. 1-59975-146-1 Inventory Number: 026456

Arcturus Radio Tube Corporation. NP (Newark, NJ). ND (circa early 1930s).: Arcturus Radio Tube Corporation. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to + Elephant Folio. Printed Sheets on Board. Electronics Advertisements. Very Good -./No Jackets - As Issued.. Four 13 ½ x 10" plus one 27 x 20" die-cut sheets printed color offset recto only, mounted on stiff cardboard backing. This is a group of five vintage advertisements produced by the pioneering late twenties, early thirties New Jersey-based electronics manufacturer Arcturus Radio Tube Corporation as a retailer sales tool to promote their line of "Blue A-C Long Life Tubes". Vividly colored with science fiction-inspired illustrations, these claim ""Quick 7 Second Action", "More Volume", "Hum-Less Clearer Reception", "Immune to Current Changes", and more. There are four smaller placards accompanied by a larger piece depicting the rocket ship-like five pin blue tube along with the Arcturus logo. A bright, well-preserved set of these striking, exceedingly uncommon advertisements showing some light staining, wear, and chipping to the faces of the signage with some additional foxing and dampstaining to the versos still housed in the manufacturer's original cardboard shipping carton, as issued. Inventory Number: 025972

Art Center School Staff, The. Los Angeles: The Art Center School, 1941. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Spiral-Bound Illustrated Wraps. Educational Course Catalogue. Fine.. 72pp, profusely illustrated in duotone and b&w. Designed by students of The Art Center School with Harvey Thompson. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the exceedingly stylishly designed catalogue of the 1941 academic offerings for Los Angeles' Art Center School. Founded in 1930, the renowned institution was one of Southern California's first comprehensive Art colleges. It relocated in 1976 to Pasadena, and became known as Art Center College of Design. Specializing in trade-oriented educational programs for students seeking careers in painting and illustration, advertising and graphic design, architecture, photography, motion picture craft, and industrial and automotive design, their faculty has always featured a stellar collection of professionals in these fields. Included here are Ansel Adams, Fred R. Archer, Lionel Banks, Edward Biberman, Clarence Bull, Will Connell, J.R. Davidson, James Doolittle, Harwell Hamilton Harris, Gordon B. Kaufmann, R.M. Schindler, A.B. Shore, Kem Weber, and many others. Designed by students and faculty in a modernist style reminiscent of the work of Lester Beall and Alvin Lustig, its eye-catching layout features numerous striking photomontages combining photography, illustration, and typography. An exceptionally bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon design object NUMBERED 598 (of an unstated edition) bearing the school's printed designation "This Book Presented to" followed by "Grace Mallon" in blue ink, as issued. Grace Elizabeth Mallon was an Art Center School student who went on to a career as a fine artist in the mold of her mentor, Millard Sheets, as well as working for Walt Disney, Universal Studios, Fairbanks Films, Churchill-Wexler Films, and Hanna-Barbera Studios. She participated in San Francisco's 1939 Golden Gate International Exhibition and is included in Milton Edan Hughes' comprehensive reference work "Artists in California 1786-1940". Inventory Number: 025945

Cohen, Arthur A. & Trevor Winkfield. New York. ND (circa 1976).: Ex Libris. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Bookseller's Catalogue. Very Good.. np (152pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. New York's Arthur Cohen was the premier purveyor of books and ephemera on twentieth century Modern Art movements for nearly twenty years. Ex Libris' copiously researched, scholarly, illustrated catalogues stood as unparalleled bibliographic tools at a time when there was a paucity of available reference to the documentary literature of the modernist avant-gardes. Catalogue number three features nine hundred and eighty-five fully described and indexed original works, photographs, posters, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed ephemera on the subjects of Guillaume Apollinaire, Architecture, Expressionism, Illustrated Books and Livres de Peintre, Alfred Jarry, Periodicals and Annuals, Photographs and Photogravures (including a large collection of plates from "Camera Work"), Photography and Film, and Surrealism. And while at the time of its 1976 publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some forty years later they are finally downright bargains! A handsome example of this uncommon reference showing a bit of light sunning to the covers along with its title added discreetly in ink to the spine. Inventory Number: 015159

Hershenson, Bruce. West Plains, MO: Bruce Hershenson, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. As New.. np (84pp), 394 color illustrations. This is the third installment of noted collector/dealer/author/publisher Bruce Hershenson's indispensable film poster references categorized by subject matter. From Emil Janning's "Wings" through Tim Burton's "Ed Wood", it reproduces three hundred and ninety-four posters and lobby cards including images for all the winners of the top six Academy Awards from every year from the very first in 1927/28 through to 1994. A brand new, pristine paperbound example. 1-887893-00-8 Inventory Number: 024172

Hershenson, Bruce. West Plains, MO: Bruce Hershenson, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. As New.. np (84pp), 394 color illustrations. This is the third installment of noted collector/dealer/author/publisher Bruce Hershenson's indispensable film poster references categorized by subject matter. From Emil Janning's "Wings" through Tim Burton's "Ed Wood", it reproduces three hundred and ninety-four posters and lobby cards including images for all the winners of the top six Academy Awards from every year from the very first in 1927/28 through to 1994. A brand new, pristine paperbound example. 1-887893-00-8 Inventory Number: 024171

Hershenson, Bruce. West Plains, MO: Bruce Hershenson, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. As New.. np (84pp), 394 color illustrations. This is the third installment of noted collector/dealer/author/publisher Bruce Hershenson's indispensable film poster references categorized by subject matter. From Emil Janning's "Wings" through Tim Burton's "Ed Wood", it reproduces three hundred and ninety-four posters and lobby cards including images for all the winners of the top six Academy Awards from every year from the very first in 1927/28 through to 1994. A brand new, pristine paperbound example. 1-887893-00-8 Inventory Number: 024170

Hershenson, Bruce. Los Angeles: Christie's, 1996. First Edition 1/300 Deluxe. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np (168pp), 174 color illustrations. This is the catalogue for two December 15th, 1995 sales of film posters organized by noted collector/dealer/author/publisher Bruce Hershenson held at Christie's in Los Angeles. It features two complete auctions in one volume. First there are one hundred and seventy-four full-color Rock 'n' Roll movie posters ranging from Bill Haley in 1956's "Rock Around the Clock" to Nirvana in 1992's "The Year Punk Broke". Then there are an additional two hundred and seventy-six full-color classic film posters including an ultra-rare "Flying Down to Rio" one-sheet that sold for a staggering $81,700.00. A most handsome example of the deluxe hardbound edition limited to three hundred copies SIGNED AND NUMBERED in ink by Bruce Hershenson on a printed label affixed to the front pastedown, as issued. Inventory Number: 016627