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(ADAMS, BRYAN). Adams, Bryan. Foreword by Margaret Atwood. Toronto, CANADA: Key Porter Books, 1999. First Edition (Second Printing). 4to. Pictorial Self-Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Fine.. np, profusely illustrated in b&w. "In some ways, this book started when Flare magazine published my photograph of model Linda Evangelista in 1998, promoting a concert she and I were co-sponsoring to raise money for a breast cancer screening clinic in St. Catharine's, Ontario. Previously, I had recorded some music for a CD and performed at a concert in Los Angeles both for breast cancer research, so the idea of continuing to raise awareness was forefront in my mind. I approached Flare with the idea of continuing to promote awareness, hence this book. I am extremely grateful to all those who gave both time and money to help make each photo happen and especially to all the women photographed here who were Made in Canada". This book of musician and photographer Bryan Adams' images of inspiring Canadian women includes portraits of Margaret Atwood - who contributed the foreword, Shalom Harlow, Kim Cattrall, Catherine O'Hara, Margaret Trudeau, Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell, Silken Laumann, Natalie and Nicole Appleton, Alison Sydor, Shannon Tweed, Carolyn Waldo, Jane Sibbery, Eve Salvail, Floria Sigismondi, Dayle Haddon, K.D. Lang, Genevieve Bujold, Celine Dion, Natasha Henstridge, Margo Timmins, Pamela Anderson Lee, Anne Murray and Dawn Langstroth, Sarah Polley, Jill Hennessy, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Tricia Helfer, Stacey MacKenzie, Linda Evangelista, Margot Kidder, Alanis Moris7sette, Angela Featherstone, Neve Campbell, Carrie-Anne Moss, Shania Twain, Diana Krall, Estella Warren, and many, many more. A brand new, pristine example of the 1999 Key Porter Books second printing additionally BOLDLY SIGNED WITH A SMILEY-FACE DRAWING by Bryan Adams in black marker on the title page. 1-55263-071-4 Inventory Number: 020358

(ALTOON, JOHN). Nye, Tim, Robert Creeley, Walter Hopps, Klaus Kertess & Dr. Milton Wexler. New York: Nyehaus Gallery and the Monacelli Press, 2013. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Kyle Lamar. With a biography, exhibition history and collections listing. Published to coincide with a 2014 retrospective at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, "The Astonishing Works of John Altoon" surveys the colorful paintings and virtuosic drawings of this larger-than-life personality exhibited at New York's Nyehaus in 2013. Altoon's art is intimate, haunting, and erotic - capturing a magical moment in California art between the Beat Generation and the sexual and psychedelic revolutions. The work is put in context through essays and remembrances from those who knew him best: the poet Robert Creeley; psychiatrist and fan Dr. Milton Wexler; pioneering West Coast curator Walter Hopps; and curator, gallerist, and critic Klaus Kertess. This lavishly produced original collection also features a juxtaposition of Altoon's lithographs with a selection of Creeley's poems that the longtime friends originally published as "About Women" in 1965, a facsimile of his Ed Kienholz-published memorial exhibition catalog, and posthumously addressed letters from friends. A brand new, pristine example of this exquisite document. 1-58093-386-6 Inventory Number: 025206

(AVEDON, RICHARD) (BALDWIN, JAMES). Avedon, Richard & James Baldwin. Lucerne, SWITZERLAND: C.J. Bucher, 1964. First Edition. Small Folio. Silver Gilt Debossed Boards. Photography Monograph. Fair./No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in b&w gravure. Designed by Marvin Israel. Text in English. "Nothing Personal" is Richard Avedon's strikingly beautiful 1964 collaboration with noted literary lion James Baldwin. The photographer's second book, its images primarily hail from "Harper's Bazaar" and other magazine editorial work from the fifties and sixties. With figures from politics, society, fashion, literature, and the arts, it is a veritable who's who of power of the mid-Twentieth Century containing many of Avedon's most famous portraits including Dwight David Eisenhower in close up, the fragile Marilyn Monroe, a smug George Wallace, the pregnant Ted Kennedys in the surf, and many, many more. These are beautifully reproduced in stark black and white gravure, with Marvin Israel's book design here every bit the equal of the legendary Alexey Brodovitch's contribution for Avedon's first work, "Observations". An internally clean and sound example of the 1964 C.J. Bucher first Swiss edition with an English language text lacking the publisher's slipcase additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Dear ... with gratitude ever, Dick Avedon -" in black fountain pen on the verso of the front pastedown showing some mild brown staining to a few pages along the foredge of the textblock. The binding has a bit of play, and the glossy white boards show some overall wear, soiling and light age-toning with abrasions through to the cardboard at the tips. In addition, the paper covering the spine seems to have separated and subsequently been non-professionally repaired with two overlapping strips of black linen library tape run along its length. All in all, this is a sharper copy of this classic volume in hand than it describes here. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 020143

(BALDESSARI, JOHN). Sterne, Laurence, Melvyn New & John Baldessari. San Francisco: Arion Press, 1988. First Edition 1/400. Stout 8vo. Full Leather in Slipcase. Livre D'Artiste. Fine/No Jackets - As Issued. 624 + 46 + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. This twenty-sixth publication of Andrew Hoyem's esteemed Arion Press is a beautifully constructed and executed hand-letterpress reprinting of Lawrence Sterne's classic of English literature, "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" that has been newly-illustrated by the noted Conceptual artist John Baldessari. Remaining faithful to the delightful typographic eccentricities and variant spellings of Sterne's own self-published editions from the 1760s, the main text of the novel has been set in Caslon Old Style - the typeface utilized by Sterne for the original printings - and bound in a single, substantial three-quarter green goatskin over lovely hand-marbled boards volume. This is accompanied by literary scholar Melvyn New's informative forty-six page essay "Lawrence Sterne and Tristram Shandy" separately bound in boards. The crowning achievement of this ambitious undertaking however is the third volume which contains John Baldessari's wry visual commentary of photo-collaged and altered found photographs and film stills in the form of a lengthy accordion-fold leporello that is anchored between green gilt-stamped boards. The three volumes are housed in a gilt-stamped green paper over board slipcase along with the additional Arion Press pre-publication prospectus laid in. A brand new, most handsome example of standard edition of this exquisite, uncommon item limited to four hundred unnumbered copies BOLDLY SIGNED "John Baldessari" in pencil on the colophon of illustrated volume, as issued. Inventory Number: 025136

(BARNEY: THE MODERN STONE AGE MAGAZINE). Skelley, Jack, Editor. Venice, CA: Fred & Barney Press, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Literary Journal. Near Fine.. 57pp, 8 b&w illustrations + monochrome cover. Designed by Jack Skelley and Michael Jacomella. This first installment (of four total) of Jack Skelley's Venice-based eighties literary anthology "Barney: The Modern Stone-Age Magazine" features contributions by Skelley, Bob Flanagan, Tim Dlugos, Michael Lally, Donald Britton, Dennis Cooper, David Trinidad, Peter Schjeldahl, Elaine Equi, Jerome Sala, Rick Lawndale, Kenward Elmslie, Robert Peters Ron Koertge, Amy Gerstler, Bernard Welt, Tom Clark, Ron Padgett, Michael Silverblatt and Benjamin Weissman, Eric Fisher, Wayne Bertoia, Marc Jacobs, and Michael Jacomella. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 025264

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Marshall, Richard, Robert Farris Thompson, Rene Ricard, Klaus Kertess, Greg Tate & Dick Hebdige. Foreword by David Ross. New York. 1992 (1998).: Whitney Museum of American Art & Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. Later Printing. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 272pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Nathan Garland. With a chronology, bibliography, exhibition history and exhibition checklist. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with the spectacular 1992 Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition held at New York's Whitney Museum of American Art - the first major Museum retrospective following the artist's untimely death in 1989. A bright, most handsome example of the paperbound edition of this vital document. 0-87427-081-2 Inventory Number: 026322

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Mayer, Marc, Fred Hoffman, Kellie Jones & Franklin Sirmans. Brooklyn, NY & London: Brooklyn Museum & Merrell Merrell Publishers Limited, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a biography, exhibition history, bibliography and filmography. This is the substantial catalogue published in conjunction with a posthumous 2005 Jean-Michel Basquiat retrospective exhibition held at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. A brand new, most handsome example of the full-sized hardbound first edition. 1-85894-287-X Inventory Number: 026333

(BAZAINE, JEAN) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Bazaine, Jean & Marcel Arland. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1953. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good.. np (8pp), 2 color and 4 b&w illustrations. Text in French. This is a monographic edition of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Jean Bazaine's 1953 exhibition of paintings. It contains two color lithographs (the front cover, and one massive four page spread), and four additional illustrations. A most presentable example showing a bit of wear and a single closed tear along the extremities. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 023559

(BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter Hill. Foreword by Paul Theroux. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2008. First Edition Thus. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 288pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Text in English. Original design by Ruth Ansel. "The End of the Game" was Peter Beard's prescient first book. Originally subtitled "The Last Word From Paradise: A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of The Big Game in Africa", it weaves his own photographs with vintage historical images into a narrative chronicle of the European exploration and exploitation of The Dark Continent, and the ensuing destruction of much of its native wildlife. A most handsome example of the 2008 first Taschen hardbound edition (whose 1965 first edition is cited on pages 208-209 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book" and pages 170-171 of "The Book of 101 Books") of this classic photobook with Beard's gripping "965 Elephants" image reproduced across the covers. 3-8365-0530-4 Inventory Number: 026343

(BERMAN, WALLACE) (CATERPILLAR). Eshleman, Clayton. Sherman Oaks, CA: Clayton Eshleman, 1971. First Edition. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Literary Journal. Near Fine.. 128pp, 12 b&w illustrations. Cover Design by Wallace Berman. This seventeenth installment of Clayton Eshleman's literary magazine "Caterpillar" features textual contributions by Philip Lamantia, Robert Kelly, Theodore Enslin, David Bromige, Daphne Marlatt, Tenney Nathanson, Jerome Rothenberg, Laurence Weisberg, Thomas Meyer, Hugh Seidman, Brian McInerney, George Stanley, Diane Wakoski, Kenneth Irby, Eshleman, and Gary Snyder; and most notably a front cover artwork by Wallace Berman. A most handsome example of this uncommon item showing a bit of mild soiling and age-toning to the rear cover. Inventory Number: 025337

(BERMAN, WALLACE). Herms, George. Los Angeles: Timothea Stewart Gallery, 1977. First Edition. Folio. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (4pp), no illustrations. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the slender, oversized four page brochure cum catalogue published in conjunction with a 1977 exhibition of seventy-three works by Wallace Berman. Held at the Timothea Stewart Gallery on La Cienega the year after the legendary Los Angeles beat artist's untimely passing, it features a brief essay by Berman's close friend and colleague George Herms. A most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 025336

(BERMAN, WALLACE). McKenna, Kristine & David Meltzer. London: Camden Arts Centre, 2008. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Artist Monograph. As New.. np (12pp), 5 color illustrations + b&w covers. This is the slender twelve page brochure published in conjunction with a 2008 British exhibition of works by the legendary Los Angeles beat artist entitled "All is Personal: The Art of Wallace Berman". It features an essay by Kristine McKenna along with a brief text by poet David Meltzer. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon ephemeral item (number thirty-four in the Camden Arts Centre's "file notes" series) that was the only printed documentation of the event. Inventory Number: 023737

(BERMAN, WALLACE) (PRINCE, RICHARD). McKenna, Kristine & Richard Prince. Introduction by Michael Kohn. Los Angeles: Michael Kohn Gallery, 2009. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 112pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Xiaoqing Wang, Green Dragon Office. With an exhibition checklist. "The use of heterosexual pornography or soft erotica in collage and assemblage is often all too uncritical, but for a few of the California artists who came of age in the early 1950s, Wallace Berman for example, its applications were much more nuanced. This approach to "girlie magazine" imagery and its polar opposite - the impulse to decommodify sexuality - can both be found in the photographs, paintings and books of Richard Prince, an artist whose fondness for the era of Berman is well-known. "She" traces these overlaps and sympathies with reproductions of previously unseen works by Berman and new images from Prince's "Girlfriends" and "de Kooning" series. Also included is an interview with Prince and editor Kristine McKenna, whose ongoing work on Wallace Berman and his contemporaries continues to yield exciting discoveries". A brand new, pristine example (catalogue entry 59 in "Bibliotheque d'un Amateur: Richard Prince's Publications 1981-2012") of this beautiful hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2009 Los Angeles gallery exhibition still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-880086-20-4 Inventory Number: 021100

(BERMAN, WALLACE) (SEMINA). Berman, Wallace. Larkspur, CA: Self-Published, 1961. First Edition 1/200. 8vo. Chipboard Portfolio. Artist's Periodical. Good.. np, 18 individual inserts printed offset on cardstock or paper housed a printed paper pocket, 11 monochrome illustrations + front cover. This seventh installment of "Semina" - Wallace Berman's legendary, and legendarily scarce handmade literary and art periodical - is subtitled "Aleph". Published in Larkspur in 1961, unlike its predecessors that anthologized work from the movers and shakers of the West Coast Beat scene, this number is entirely devoted entirely to contributions by Berman himself. It is comprised of eighteen loose reproductions of photographs, drawings, and text - many of which combine these elements. A complete, internally handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to two hundred unnumbered copies. The eleven photographic reproductions on cardstock are bright and fresh, while several of the text pieces printed on matte paper show typical minor soiling, offsetting, and age-toning. The printed white pocket into which these are gathered is still securely affixed to the inside rear cover. Externally, the title pastedown on the front cover shows some mild rubbing and foxing, and the brittle, highly acidic chipboard covers have light overall wear, age-toning, and soiling. More notably, the covers have separated cleanly along the length of the spine, and there are two triangular chips of paper loss along the bottom edge - one on the rear at the heel of the spine, and a tiny one at the foredge front corner. Both detached fragments are present, and we have decided to let the next owner deal with their preferences for any paper restoration. All in all, this is a most presentable copy of a truly remarkable Wallace Berman item that looks far nicer in hand than it describes that has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026125

(BERMAN, WALLACE) (SEMINA). McKenna, Kristine, Michael Duncan, Stephen Fredman & Raymond Foye. Foreword by Elsa Longhauser. New York & Santa Monica, CA: D.A.P. (Distributed Art Publishers) & Santa Monica Museum of Art, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 384pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild and Stuart Smith, Green Dragon Office. With a chronology and exhibition checklist. "The quintessential visual artist of the Beat era, Wallace Berman (1926-1976) remains one of the best kept secrets of the late 20th century. A crucial figure in California's postwar underground, Berman was a catalyst who traveled through many different worlds, transferring ideas and dreams from one circle to the next. His larger community is the subject of "Semina Culture: Wallace Berman & His Circle", the hardbound catalogue to a traveling exhibition organized by the Santa Monica Museum of Art including previously unexhibited works by fifty-two artists. Anchoring this publication is "Semina", a free-form art and poetry journal that Berman published in nine issues between 1955 and 1964. Although privately made and distributed to a mere handful of friends and sympathizers, it was a brilliant compendium of the most interesting artists and poets of its time. Showcasing the individuals who came to define a still potent strand of post-war beat counter-culture, Semina Culture subtly outlines the energies, values, and foibles of this fascinating circle. Also reproduced here are works by various artists and writers who appear in Berman's own photographs - many of which were recently developed from vintage negatives and will be seen here for the first time. Edited by Michael Duncan and Kristine McKenna, it includes paintings and drawings by Cameron, John Altoon, Jay DeFeo, Bruce Conner and Joan Brown; collages and assemblages by Robert Alexander, Stuart Perkoff, John Reed, George Herms and Jess; poetry by Robert Duncan, David Meltzer, Philip Lamantia and John Wieners; and photographs by Charles Brittin, Walter Hopps and Patricia Jordan". A brand new, pristine example of the uncommon 2005 first edition of this beautifully designed, extraordinary document still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-933045-10-8 Inventory Number: 023223

(BRAQUE, GEORGES) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Braque, Georges, Rene Char, Jacques Kober, Henri Maldiney, Alberto Giacometti, Jean Grenier, Georges Limbour & Jacques Dupin. Paris. 1947, 1950, 1952, 1954 & 1956.: Maeght Editeur. First Edition Thus. Folio. Wrappers Bound in Cloth. Artist Monograph. Very Good -/No Jacket - As Issued. np + np + np + np + np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in French. This is a compilation of five issues of Maeght's legendary periodical "Derriere Le Miroir" (featuring the great artists and writers of the 20th Century) devoted solely to Georges Braque. Bound by Maeght in brown cloth-over-boards with debossed white lettering in 1956, it collects the complete contents of DLM numbers 4 (Juin 1947): "Braque", 25-26 (Janvier 1950): "G. Braque", 48-49 (Juin-Julliet 1952): "G. Braque", 71-72 (Decembre 1954-Janvier 1955): "G. Braque: Theogoni d'Hesiode", and 85-86 (Avril-Mai 1956): "Braque". An otherwise bright, most handsome example whose contents are complete and intact first printings with the wrappers bound in that contain in total twelve original color lithographs showing some sunning to the cloth primarily along the spine. In addition, the top inch of its spine has broken off and is not present. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024991

(BROWN, CECILY). Homes, A.M. Introduction by Robert Evren. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2000. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. As New.. 76pp, 27 color illustrations. Designed by Dan Miller Design. This is the elegant catalogue produced in conjunction with the 2000 Gagosian London exhibition of British painter Cecily Brown - her first one-person show at the gallery. Each of her twenty-seven large-scale works shown is reproduced along with A.M. Homes' essay "Motion Pictures". A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item in its wrappers printed with metallic ink still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-880154-36-6 Inventory Number: 014715

(BUKOWSKI, CHARLES). Bukowski, Charles. New York & New Orleans: Lyle Stuart Inc. & The Loujon Press, 1965. First Edition 1/3100. Tall 4to. illustrated Wrappers. Poetry Monograph. Near Fine./Very Good -.. 101pp. illustrated in b&w + b&w covers. With 4 b&w etchings bound in. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Crucifix in a Deathhand" is the elaborately designed and bound 1965 collection of poetry by hard-living Angeleno Charles Bukowski fabricated by Louise "Gypsy Lou" and Jon Webb at their Loujon Press in New Orleans, and published with the imprint of Lyle Stuart. The author's sixth book, it was issued as a "Loujon Press Award Book" (Gypsy Lou Series #2). Printed by hand-letterpress on seven shades of heavy Spectra Linweave paper with deckle edges and elaborately bound by the Press, it includes four black and white etchings with tissue overlays by New Orleans-based artist Noel Rockmore. An internally bright, most handsome example of this tour de force (a deluxe-but-unnumbered, uncatalogued variant of entry sixteen in Aaron Krumhansel's "A Descriptive Bibliography of the Primary Publications of Charles Bukowski") limited to three thousand, one hundred unnumbered copies SIGNED AND DATED "Charles Bukowski / 3-16-65" in red acrylic paint at the time of publication beneath a striking ACRYLIC PAINTING in silver and red on the verso of a blank page at the rear. There is very light soiling and wear to the top and bottom edges of the textblock, and its Noel Rockmore-illustrated covers shows mild wear, creasing, fraying, and age-toning to the extremities. The publisher's printed wraparound band is complete and present, though it has a clean separation and is somewhat worn, torn, and age-toned. Additionally laid in is a vintage xerox of Ormonde Plater's nine-paragraph interview with Jon Webb about the book's publication captioned "Tough Poems" from the May 28th, 1965 issue of New Orleans' "Vieux Carre Courier". All in all, this is a most desirable example of an important early Bukowski title with an impressive painting that looks nicer in hand than it describes. Inventory Number: 026504

(BURLIUK, DAVID). Dreier, Katherine S. Foreword by Duncan Phillips. Mary Burliuk, Editor. New York: The Société Anonyme and Color and Rhyme, 1944. First Edition. Small 4to. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Good +.. xvi, 182pp, 53 b&w illustrations. Text in English. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Compiled by the Société Anonyme's Katherine S. Dreier and Marcel Duchamp with assistance from Nicholas and Mary Burliuk, this comprehensive 1944 publication was for more than fifty years the major monograph on David Davidovich Burliuk - the Kharkov-born founding father of Russian Futurism. A prolific painter, poet, critic, and publisher, Burliuk started the literary group Hylea, was a participant in the pioneering 1910 "Jack of Diamonds" exhibition in Moscow, and a member of "Der Blaue Reiter" group. In 1922, he emigrated to the United States where he continued his artistic output until his passing in 1967. A most presentable example of the paperbound first edition of this uncommon item showing overall wear, handling, and soiling along with a small patch of surface paper abrasion along the top edge of the rear cover. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 024453

(CASEY, BERNIE). Casey, Bernie. NP (Los Angeles): Self-Published, 1977. First Edition #14/130. Folio. Framed Lithographic Print. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. One 20 x 15" sheet of textured heavy art paper printed lithographically in colors, recto only. "Neighbors" is a 1977 lithograph by the noted late Los Angeles-based African-American artist, poet, and actor Bernie Casey. An All-American athlete at Bowling Green State University, Casey went on to a standout NFL career as a wide-receiver with the Los Angeles Rams. Following his retirement, he focused on his visual artwork as well as well as featured roles in such varied cinematic fare as "Cleopatra Jones", Black Gunn", "Hit Man", the James Bond film "Never Say Never", and "Revenge of the Nerds." A bright, most handsome example housed in a contemporaneous aluminum sectional frame with a glass face NUMBERED (#14/130), SIGNED "Bernie Casey", and DATED "77" by the artist in pencil along the lower margin, as issued. Inventory Number: 026267

(CERVENKA, EXENE). Cervenka, Exene. Preface by Kristine McKenna. Santa Monica, CA: Perceval Press, 2006. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 50pp, profusely illustrated in color. Hot off of Viggo Mortensen's Perceval Press, this is a visually arresting book of legendary X vocalist and poet Exene Cervenka's artwork! "Exene Cervenka's provocative collages, which have garnered high praise in recent New York and Los Angeles gallery shows, are accompanied in this volume by a preface from Kristine McKenna. There is, in McKenna's words, "an ineffable melancholy that permeates" Cervenka's art, and a "haunting power to evoke a childhood lost." In the work represented, you will find a "scent of longing and nostalgia... It is invariably tempered with the essential spirit of her art, which is tender and lyrical. In the end, each piece she's made is a valentine to a fragile America that's disappearing before our very eyes, and an homage to the indomitable persistence of beauty". A brand new, most handsome example of the 2006 first edition. 0-9763009-2-3 Inventory Number: 019193

(CHRISTIAN, ANTON). Christian, Anton. With texts by H.C. Artmann, Suzanne Bloom, Helmut Eisendle, Erich Fried, Hans Haid, Ed Hill, Felix Mitterer, Ezra Pound, Alexander Schwarz, Turi Werkner, and "funf Sagen aus dem Reich der Fanes". Innsbruck, AUSTRIA: Haymon Verlag, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine (But Incomplete)/Fine. 167pp, 110 color and duotone illustrations. Text in German. This is the beautifully designed and printed 1989 monograph on the work of Anton Christian - Viennese figurative painter of the tortured and bizarre. A brand new, most handsome example from an unstated SIGNED AND NUMBERED edition issued with a loose print laid into a sleeve at the front of the book, but with this example LACKING the print. It has been priced accordingly. 3-85218-050-3 Inventory Number: 005063

(CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. Cicero, Marcus Tullius. NP (Alpignano, ITALY): Officina Tallone, 1984. First Thus 1/150 Deluxe. 12mo. Printed Wrappers in Slipcase. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 188pp, hand printed by letterpress, no illustrations. Text in Latin. "Laelius de Amicitia" is Roman statesman and author Marcus Tullius Cicero's classic second century B.C. treatise on friendship. This lovely 1984 typographic version of was set by hand and printed by the esteemed Officina Tallone Tipographi - one of Italy's most renowned fine printers. A most handsome example in glassine dustwrapper of this luxe volume limited to a mere one hundred copies showing only the most minute age toning to the publisher's printed chemise and slipcase. Inventory Number: 016436

(CLAMPITT, AMY). Clampitt, Amy. New York: The Reed Foundation Poetry Chapbook Series & The DIA Art Foundation, 1988. First Edition 1/350. 12mo. Illustrated Wrappers. Poetry Chapbook. Near Fine.. 32pp, no illustrations. Designed by Jean Foos. Published in conjunction with a 1988 reading at New York's DIA Art Foundation, this seventh volume in The Reed Foundation Poetry Chapbook Series "Readings in Contemporary Poetry" is devoted to nine short works by Amy Clampitt. A handsome example of this compact chapbook limited to three hundred and fifty copies. 0-944521-10-X Inventory Number: 012701

(CLEMENTE, FRANCESCO). Clemente, Francesco & Robert Creeley. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1994. First Edition. 8vo. Wrappers in Printed Jacket. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (14pp), 5 color illustrations. Designed by Step Graphics. Limited to one thousand copies, this is the slender fourteen page catalogue published in conjunction with Francesco Clemente's 1994 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition that reproduces five of the artist's pigment on canvas works amongst short poems by Robert Creeley. A most handsome example showing a tiny dent to the upper foredge tip of the external paper portfolio. Inventory Number: 021355

(CLEMENTE, FRANCESCO). Clemente, Francesco & Robert Creeley. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 1993. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (24pp), 7 duotone illustrations. Designed by Leslie Miller, The Grenfell Press. This is the slender twenty-four page catalogue published in conjunction with Francesco Clemente's 1993 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition that combines seven reproductions of the artist's large scale pigment on canvas paintings accompanied by seven brief poems by Robert Creeley. A handsome example. Inventory Number: 015556

(CLEMENTE, FRANCESCO). McClure, Michael. Introduction by Dieter Koepplin. New York: Gagosian Gallery & Rizzoli International Publications, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 122pp, 14 color illustrations. Designed by Jose Conde. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the 1991 Francesco Clemente exhibition entitled "Testa Coda" held at Gagosian Gallery New York. It features an essay as well as an interview with the artist by notable West Coast literary figure Michael McClure. An otherwise most handsome example showing some barely noticeable rippling to a portion of the textblock at the lower foredge corner. It has been priced accordingly. 0-8478-1469-6 Inventory Number: 024236

(CLEMENTE, FRANCESCO). McClure, Michael. Introduction by Dieter Koepplin. New York: Gagosian Gallery & Rizzoli International Publications, 1991. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Self-Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 122pp, 14 color illustrations. Designed by Jose Conde. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the 1991 Francesco Clemente exhibition entitled "Testa Coda" held at Gagosian Gallery New York. It features an essay as well as an interview with the artist by notable West Coast literary figure Michael McClure. A most handsome example bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For .... Some Words & Pictures XXX Michael" from author McClure in gold marker on the title page. 0-8478-1469-6 Inventory Number: 020439

(CLEMENTE, FRANCESCO). Rushdie, Salman. London: Gagosian Gallery, 2005. First Edition. Tall 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. 42pp, 14 color illustrations. Designed by Dan Miller Design. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegantly designed catalogue featuring an essay by literary lion Salman Rushdie published in conjunction with a 2005 Gagosian Gallery London exhibition of self portraits by Francesco Clemente. A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-932598-24-3 Inventory Number: 022237

(CLEMENTE, FRANCESCO) (SAVINIO, ALBERTO). Savinio, Alberto & Francesco Clemente. New York & London: Petersburg Press, 1986. First Edition Thus. 4to. Wrappers in Dust Jacket. Illustrated Book. Near Fine./Near Fine.. np, profusely illustrated. This is a facsimile of the Petersburg Press deluxe Livre D'Artiste for which Francesco Clemente produced a series of forty-eight lithographs - each embellishing every double-page spread of the text. This is the is the first English translation of the wartime diary cum travelogue of Alberto Savinio - brother of Giorgio de Chirico - and himself one of the seminal figures of 20th Century Italian literature. A most handsome example. Inventory Number: 019624

(COE, SUE). Metz, Holly & Sue Coe. London: Knockabout Comics, 1983. First British Edition. Folio. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Graphic Novel. Fine.. 44pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Francoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman. Published in 1983 as RAW Magazine One-Shot #2, "How to Commit Suicide in South Africa" is Holly Metz and Sue Coe's chilling collaborative investigation of the fate of South African political prisoners during the reign of apartheid. A bright, most handsome example of the 1983 Knockabout Comics first British edition with glossy covers. 0-86166-013-7 Inventory Number: 026155

(COE, SUE). Metz, Holly & Sue Coe. New York: Raw Books & Graphics, 1983. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Graphic Novel. Fine.. 44pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Francoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman. Published in 1983 as RAW Magazine One-Shot #2, "How to Commit Suicide in South Africa" is Holly Metz and Sue Coe's chilling collaborative investigation of the fate of South African political prisoners during the reign of apartheid. A bright most handsome example of the 1983 Raw Books & Graphics first edition. Inventory Number: 026154

(COPPOLA, SOFIA). Coppola, Sofia. Los Angeles. ND (1999): Paramount Classics. First Edition. Folio. Printed Poster. Theatrical Film Release Poster. Good.. One 17 x 11" sheet printed color offset recto only. This is the small format theatrical release poster produced by Paramount Classics for Sofia Coppola's 1999 directorial debut, "The Virgin Suicides". Based on the novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, it starred Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Kathleen Turner, James Woods, Scott Glenn, Michael Paré and Danny DeVito. A most presentable example of this uncommon, vintage poster - not a reproduction - showing some rubbing, creasing along the extremities, and two short pieces of magic transparent tape covering pinholes affixed to the top and bottom edges. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026263

(CORNELL, JOSEPH). Starr, Sandra Leonard & Takashi Hiraide. Tokyo: Shigeru Yokota Inc., 2003. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Loose Contents in a Portfolio. Artist Monograph. As New.. np, 5 color & 1 b&w illustrations. Text in English and Japanese. With an exhibition checklist, exhibition history and bibliography. This is the slender yet elegant document consisting of loose enclosures housed in a printed paper portfolio published in conjunction with a posthumous 2003 Tokyo gallery exhibition of Joseph Cornell's box constructions, collages, and publications. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to five hundred NUMBERED (466/500) copies. Inventory Number: 025429

(D'AGATA, ANTOINE). D'Agata, Antoine. Cherbourg-Octeville & Lyon, FRANCE: Galerie Le Bleu de Ciel & Le Point du Jour, Editeur, 2005. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. 48pp, 30 duotone illustrations. Text in French. Published in conjunction with 2005 exhibition held at Lyon's Galerie Le Bleu de Ciel, "Manifeste" is an elegantly designed and printed survey of Antoine D'Agata's dark and ofttimes tortured images accompanied by writings by the noted French Magnum Photos member and his selection of brief texts by noted literary and cultural figures. A brand new, pristine example of this uncommon item (cited on page 216 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné"). 2-912132-48-7 Inventory Number: 024429

(DEFEO, JAY). Rubin, David S. & Michael McClure. Preface by Thomas Albright. San Francisco, CA: San Francisco Art Institute, 1984. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. 32pp, 14 b&w and 2 color illustrations + color cover. With an exhibition checklist, biography and exhibition history. This is the catalogue published in conjunction with the 1984 retrospective exhibition of forty-four works by noted Bay Area artist Jay DeFeo held at the San Francisco Art Institute's Emanuel Walter and Atholl McBean Galleries. It coincided with the presentation of the annual Adeline Kent Award to the creator of the legendary, monumental 2,300 pound painting "the Rose" (as immortalized in Bruce Conner's film of the same name). Included is Michael McClure's paean to the artist, "SONG for Jay". A handsome example of this uncommon document showing just a bit of handling and age-toning to its white covers. Inventory Number: 021356

(DE KOONING, WILLEM). Inge, William. Beverly Hills, CA: Paul Kantor Gallery, 1965. First Edition. 8vo. Stapled Wrappers in Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. np (28pp), 8 color and 8 b&w illustrations. This is the lovely catalogue published in conjunction with a 1965 Paul Kantor Gallery exhibition of sixteen then-recent figurative works on paper by the famed Abstract Expressionist pioneer Willem De Kooning. It reproduces each of the works shown along with a brief essay by noted playwright William Inge. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 016397

(DINE, JIM). Dine, Jim & Neil Curry. London: Enitharmon Editions Ltd., 1993. First Edition 1/75 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Slipcase. Illustrated Book. As New.. 64pp, with an individual signed lithograph, a lithographic frontispiece and four photogravures bound into the book. Beautifully illustrated by Jim Dine, this is the deluxe edition of author Neil Curry's colloquial version of the closing books of Homer's Odyssey in which he has "scrubbed the story free from all its side-tracks and digressions so as to leave clear one thread of Odysseus's final journey: from the shores of Ithaca to the marriage-bed where he is finally reunited with Penelope". It is hand-printed in 14 point Monotype Baskerville on Canaletto 160gsm (fine) and bound and slipcased by The Fine Bindery. Jim Dine's signed original 12 ½ x 9 ¾" etching of "The Head of Homer" (contained loose in a wallet in the slipcase) was printed on 300gsm Hahnemuhle at the Spring Street Workshop in New York. The lithographic frontispiece and four photogravures bound into the book all reproduce drawings made by the artist in 1987-8 from Greek and Roman statuary at the Glyptotek in Munich, and were printed in London by Pauper's Press and Hope Sufferance Press. A brand new, pristine example of the deluxe edition limited to seventy-five copies SIGNED by the author, as issued. 1-870612-09-4 Inventory Number: 013858

(DUCHAMP, MARCEL). Duchamp, Marcel, Andre Breton & Arturo Schwarz. Antwerp, BELGIUM: Ronny Van de Velde, 1991. First Edition #715/850 Deluxe. Square Folio. Wooden Chessboard in Slipcase. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. Various loose components housed in a facsimile 14 ½ x 14 ½ x 2 ¼" wooden chessboard in an unprinted black cloth-over-cardstock slipcase. Text in English. This luxe object was produced in conjunction with a significant 1991 Marcel Duchamp exhibition held at Ronny Van de Velde in Antwerp. The contents are: 1. a fiberboard volume containing reproductions of numerous Duchamp-related photographs and documents including a printed facsimile of H. Vuibert's "Les Anaglyphes Geometriques", Paris, Librairie Vuibert, 1912 (with 3D-glasses), plus a reproduction of a leaf from "The Blind Man No. 2 (P.B.T.)", 2. a original volume in wrappers containing articles on the artist by Andre Breton and Arturo Schwarz, with a loosely inserted reproduction of "Le Grand Verre", 3. an audio cassette of Duchamp's 1959 interview with Richard Hamilton along with his 1967 reading of "The Creative Act" housed in a plastic case with a miniature silicon reproduction of his "Priere a Toucher", 4. a giant leporello exhibition checklist cum catalogue detailing the one hundred and fifty-one works exhibited, and 5. the colophon with a postcard reproduction of "Marcel Duchamp at the age Eighty-Five" for "View"'s special Marcel Duchamp number laid in. A brand new, most handsome example of this elaborate, uncommon offering limited to eight hundred and fifty NUMBERED (715/850) copies in the publisher's hand-tooled wooden box - a facsimile of Marcel Duchamp's "Mental" Chess Board, black slipcase, and unprinted cardboard shipping box, as issued. Inventory Number: 026434

(DUCHAMP, MARCEL). Lebel, Robert, Andre Breton. H.P. Roché & Marcel Duchamp. Paris: Editions Trianon, 1959. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Catalogue Raisonné. Very Good -/Near Fine. 193pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Designed by Marcel Duchamp. Text in French. With a bibliography. This graphically striking publication is Robert Lebel's catalogue raisonné of two hundred and seven works executed by Marcel Duchamp between 1902 and 1958 that includes a design by the pioneering Dada and Surrealist master. An internally most handsome example of the 1959 French first printing showing minor abrading to the cloth over the tips of the boards at both ends of the spine along with some mottling and light discoloration of the cloth in a bright, well preserved English language Trianon Press dust jacket housed in the publisher's unprinted chipboard slipcase bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATIONS "Cher Emily / Cher Georges / Staempfli / Anges de Cadaques / et pas du ski nautique / affecteusement / Marcel 1961" and "lu et apprové (pas le livre, la dedicace) / Robert Lebel 1961" in blue ink across the portrait of Duchamp on the second preliminary. Swiss-born George William Staempfli moved to New York in 1935 where he later worked for Knoedler Gallery before becoming the curator of paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. In 1959 he and his wife Emily opened the Staempfli Gallery in Manhattan, and the following year the couple purchased a home in Cadaques, Spain where they frequently hosted their close art world friends including Salvador and Gala Dali - who the gallery showed - and Marcel and Teeny Duchamp. Inventory Number: 025647