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(SHAHN, BEN). Shahn, Ben, Bernarda Bryson Shahn, Egal Feldman, Charles Westheimer & Emile Zola. Cincinnati, OH: Crossroads Books, 1984. First Edition 1/60 Deluxe. Folio. Prints in a Clamshell Box. Print Portfolio. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 28pp, 1 color and 4 b&w illustrations + eight 16 x 12" loose sheets printed in color offset lithography, recto only, in printed paper sleeves. Text in English and French. Designed by Noel Martin. This is the elegant portfolio reproducing eight color illustrations by Ben Shahn of the participants of the 1894 Dreyfus Affair. These exquisite oversized images are reproduced by offset lithography, signed by the artist in the plate, and individually housed in printed paper portfolios with tissue overlays. The prints are accompanied by a twenty-eight page hardbound book that typographically transcribes in French and English "J'Accuse...!" - Emile Zola's famous 1898 letter to French president Felix Faure in defense of Dreyfus - along with brief scholarly essays on Shahn, L'Affaire Dreyfus, and this project. A brand new, most handsome example of the deluxe, hors commerce 1984 first Crossroads Books edition of this significant undertaking limited to sixty NUMBERED (XXIII/XL) copies whose prints are on Grand Arches handmade pure rag verge paper - superior to the Arches paper of the trade edition. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9611380-1-7 Inventory Number: 025189

(SMITH, ALEXIS). Smith, Alexis & Edgar Allan Poe. NP (Los Angeles?). ND.: Self-Published. First Edition. 24mo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Livre D'Artiste. Fine.. np (32pp), 16 b&w illustrations. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is noted Los Angeles-based artist Alexis Smith's charming, charmingly tiny - 3 x 2 ¼" - self-published mid-seventies livre d'artiste cum artist book that cryptically illustrates Edgar Allan Poe's short poem "Alone". A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon gem. Inventory Number: 025408

(SOTH, ALEC). Engberg, Siri, Geoff Dyer, August Kleinzahler, Bartholomew Ryan, Britt Salvesen, Barry Schwabsky & Alec Soth. Minneapolis, MN: Walker Art Center, 2010. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 224pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Emmet Byrne. Published in conjunction with a massive Walker Art Center retrospective of the work of Alec Soth, this is a beautifully designed and printed hardbound survey of the imagery of the noted Minneapolis-based Magnum photographer. A brand new, pristine example of the 2010 first edition (cited on page 260 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") with the photographer's 48 page artist book entitled "The Loneliest Man in Missouri:" housed in a pocket affixed to the rear inside board, as issued, additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Alec Soth" in black ink on the title page. Inventory Number: 025745

(STEINMETZ, MARK). Steinmetz, Mark. With a Poem by Linh Dinh. Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2009. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. Cloth with Pictorial Pastedown. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Mark Steinmetz completes his powerful and moving trilogy of photographic books documenting the American South" with "Greater Atlanta", Photographing in Atlanta and its outlying regions, Steinmetz provides his testimony on contemporary American civilization. Combining portraits and landscapes, he weaves a symbolic and lyrical investigation that subtly questions notions of progress. He further develops motifs - on the automobile, on the telephone - that were first introduced in "South Central", and catalogues car culture, fast food, convenience stores, and suburban sprawl. Beautifully printed in duotone on matte art paper, "Greater Atlanta" begins with a brief poem by Linh Dinh. Mark Steinmetz is a Guggenheim Fellow. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A brand new, most handsome example of the 2008 first edition limited to one thousand copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Mark Steinmetz" WITH A SMALL DRAWING OF A HEART on the title page.

978-159005-259-4 Inventory Number: E000MSGA

(TAAFFE, PHILIP). Vidal, Gore. New York: Pat Hearn & Mary Boone Galleries, 1989. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Near Fine.. np (36pp), 13 color and 1 b&w illustration. Designed by Anthony McCall Associates. With an exhibition history and bibliography. This is the beautifully designed and printed catalogue featuring a brief essay by Gore Vidal (!) published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 1989 exhibition of then-recent works displayed concurrently at New York's Pat Hearn and Mary Boone galleries. A most handsome example of this uncommon item SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 0-941863-08-5 Inventory Number: 024311

(TAAFFE, PHILIP). White, Edmund, David Moos & Marina Warner. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Glassine Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 48pp, 17 color illustrations. Designed by Luc Derycke. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 2007 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition, this beautiful hardbound catalogue features texts by Edmund White, David Moos, and Marina Warner, an elaborate design, and one of four different glassine dust jackets. A brand new, most handsome example with the brown jacket motif additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "P. Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 1-932598-47-2 Inventory Number: 024308

(TAAFFE, PHILIP). White, Edmund, David Moos & Marina Warner. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Glassine Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 48pp, 17 color illustrations. Designed by Luc Derycke. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 2007 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition, this beautiful hardbound catalogue features texts by Edmund White, David Moos, and Marina Warner, an elaborate design, and one of four different glassine dust jackets. A brand new, most handsome example with the red jacket motif additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Philip Taaffe" in black ink on the title page. 1-932598-47-2 Inventory Number: 021824

(TAAFFE, PHILIP). White, Edmund, David Moos & Marina Warner. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Glassine Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 48pp, 17 color illustrations. Designed by Luc Derycke. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 2007 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition, this beautiful hardbound catalogue features texts by Edmund White, David Moos, and Marina Warner, an elaborate design, and one of four different glassine dust jacket designs. A brand new, most handsome example with the brown jacket motif still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-932598-47-2 Inventory Number: 020459

(TAAFFE, PHILIP). White, Edmund, David Moos & Marina Warner. New York: Gagosian Gallery, 2007. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Glassine Jackets. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 48pp, 17 color illustrations. Designed by Luc Derycke. Published in conjunction with Philip Taaffe's 2007 Gagosian Gallery New York exhibition, this beautiful hardbound catalogue features texts by Edmund White, David Moos, and Marina Warner, an elaborate design, and one of four different glassine dust jacket designs. A brand new, most handsome complete set of one example each of the blue, red, brown and green jacketed versions still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 1-932598-47-2 Inventory Number: 020457

(TALLER DE GRAFICA POPULAR). Neruda, Pablo, Alberto Beltran & Mariana Yampolsky. Mexico City: Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP), 1949. Edition Not Stated - Presumed First. 4to. Printed Broadside. Livre D'Artiste. Very Good.. One 13 x 9" tissue sheet printed recto only, 2 black & white illustrations in woodcut. Text in Spanish. "Oratorio menor en la muerte de Silvestre Revueltas" is a 1949 broadside produced by the legendary Mexican Graphic Arts workshop Taller de Grafica Popular (TGP) featuring an homage to the influential late Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor Revueltas by poet Pablo Neruda. Printed on a delicate pale goldenrod tissue paper, it is illustrated with one original woodblock print each by TGP-affiliated artists Mariana Yampolsky and Alberto Beltran. A bright, well-preserved example of this exceedingly uncommon - only three copies are currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - ephemeral publication (entry 284 in Helga Prignitz' "El Taller de Gráfica Popular en México 1937-1977") that has been folded in quarters and subsequently flattened showing some mild creasing and a couple of tiny nicks along the extremities. Inventory Number: 026921

(TAPIES, ANTONI) (DERRIERE LE MIROIR). Tapies, Antoni and Joan Brossa. Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1969. First Edition. Folio. Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Very Good -.. 38pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. 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 Antoni Tapies' 1969 exhibition of twenty-six paintings and collages. It contains a unique original color lithograph that extends continuously over both covers and twenty-six interior pages, sixteen additional black and white illustrations, and a complete exhibition checklist. A bright white, handsome example that shows a minor dent through the textblock at the upper foredge corner. Inventory Number: 012266

(VIEW: THE MODERN MAGAZINE). Ford, Charles Henri, Editor. New York: View, Inc., 1945. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Surrealist Periodical. Very Good.. 22pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover illustration by Andre Masson. This is the December 1945 installment of "View" - Charles Henri Ford's legendary American magazine of Surrealism and the avant-garde. The contributors to this issue include Kurt Seligmann, Paul Bowles, Ramon J. Sender, Jean Ferry, Gina Hohens, Rene Renne and Claude Serbanne, George Platt Lynes, Charles Henri Ford, Parker Tyler, Paul Goodman, Marius Bewley, Lou Harrison, etc. A handsome example of this uncommon item showing some overall light wear, handling and soiling to the wrappers. Inventory Number: 018355

(WANNBERG, SCOTT). Wannberg, Scott. Los Angeles: Rose of Sharon Press, 1995. First Edition. Small 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Poetry Monograph. Very Good -.. np (28pp), 2 b&w illustrations. Designed by Andy Takakjian. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by the Rose of Sharon Press in 1995, "Juice! The Musical" is the late, fondly-remembered Los Angeles poet Scott Wannberg's quirky response to the city's mania over the O.J. Simpson murder trial of that same year. An internally most handsome example of this uncommon item additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For ... / The Big Circus is full of miniature universes / Thanks / Scott / 12/6/95" in the year of publication in ink across the title page showing some mild brown spotting to a portion of the front cover. Inventory Number: 024932

(WANNBERG, SCOTT). Wannberg, Scott. Foreword by S.A. Griffin. San Pedro, CA: Lummox Press, 2000. First Edition 1/300. 12mo. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Poetry Monograph. Fine.. np (48pp), no illustrations. "Nomads of Oblivion" is the late Scott Wannberg's 2000 collection of short poems issued as the twenty-fifth installment of San Pedro's Lummox Press' "Little Red Book" series of chapbooks. A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item limited to three hundred unnumbered examples. 1-929878-25-7 Inventory Number: 026066

(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce, Frank Stanley & D.H. Lawrence. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 2006. First Edition 1/2000. 8vo. Illustrated Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (64pp), 16 b&w and 3 color illustrations. "Sex and Words" is a slender yet elegantly designed publication of Bruce Weber images inspired by the writings of D.H. Lawrence. It overlays the photographer's explicitly erotic male nudes with reproductions on vellum of drawings by Frank Stanley; all interwoven with excerpts from "Lady Chatterley's Lover", "Women in Love" and "Sons and Lovers". A brand new, pristine example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 018927

(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce, Nan Bush.. New York: Little Bear Press, I00201202, 2020. First Edition 1/1000. 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As new./No Jacket - As Issued.

176pp, profusely illustrated in color and duotone. Art Director - Nathaniel Kilcer.

"Nothing endures but change — heraclitus

Our human capacity for transformation, and the freedom that implies, is very much at the heart of this latest edition of Bruce Weber’s “All-American” journal. Time will tell what any of us become—and the subjects of this year’s volume reveal the myriad ways that mutability can be a power and a revelation. Bruce’s long-time friend Kurt Markus shares photographs of his children, who now, as adults, reflect on the experience of being his subject. Patrice Calmettes, the beloved Parisian character, opens his personal archive—sharing images of ‘70s and ‘80s decadence with his evolution as a photographer. Noted film and stage biographer James Grissom offers a personal essay about the desires and perils of growing up in Baton Rouge. The paintings of the American artist John Koch suggest a
world of mystery and secrecy among the virtuoso compositions of his domestic scenes. And in this 21st edition, Bruce Weber celebrates a group of powerful women whose dedication to changing the world is a continual inspiration. Cheryl Little, Esq. and the Honorable Rosemary Barkett articulate the contradictions and paradoxes of our national debate over immigration. Gianna Cerbone’s devotion to Long Island City affirms the old-school values of community connection. And the model-turned-animal rights advocate Jane Gill narrates her story, and in so doing, demonstrates how one’s ability to adapt is at times a salvation." A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 9780578314181 Inventory Number: I00211217

(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce, Nan Bush, Nathaniel Kilcer & Matthew Richards, Editors. New York: Little Bear Press, 2017. First Edition. 4to. 1/4 Linen Over Wrappers. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (200pp), profusely illustrated in duotone and color. Art Director - Nathaniel Kilcer. XXX In this seventeenth edition of his annual arts journal, Bruce Weber considers the wisdom of the experienced and the conviction of the young as a framework for hope in disorienting times. He profiles the veteran stage actor Cherry Jones and the long-time CBS news anchor Bob Schieffer, whose respective careers stand as testaments to personal ingenuity, common sense, and the power of adaptability. The uncommon life of the late philanthropist and entrepreneur Jay Weiss - a pillar of the Miami community - is narrated with humor and candor by two of his daughters, Jennie Weiss Block and Laurie Weiss Nuell. Patti Ragan, the founder of the Center for Great Apes, shares her devotion to primates abandoned by the entertainment industry. In addition to these profiles, Weber presents photo essays devoted to Sergeant James Jensen IV, a decorated Army veteran trying to navigate the return to civilian life, and Marge Winski, the soulful lighthouse keeper who stands watch over Montauk Point on the East End of Long Island, NY. "All-American XVII: Glory Be" is also rich with original commissioned works. Noe Dewitt documents the final days of Saint Anthony, a parochial school in Jersey City, in a story that explores the unique relationship between its celebrated basketball coach, Bob Hurley, and one of his last star players, R.J. Cole. An all-star lineup of contemporary women photographers - Lynda Churilla, Stef Mitchell, Yelena Yemchuk, and Olivia Bee - reflect on the experience of chronicling the Women’s March in Washington, D.C. earlier this year. And Joel Griffith presents a highly personal, contemplative study of The Rockaways - a quiet corner of Queens that mirrors the hopes and contradictions of New York City at large. The journal closes with a heartfelt dedication to Sam Shepard - the celebrated author, playwright and a frequent subject of Weber’s lens". A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 026716

(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce, Nan Bush, Nathaniel Kilcer, Matthew Richards & Skylar Pittman, Editors. Kempen, GERMANY & New York: teNeues Publishing Group, 2013. First Edition 1/5000. 4to. Wrappers in Pictorial Slipcase. Photography Monograph. As New.. np (192pp), profusely illustrated in duotone and color. Art Director - Nathaniel Kilcer. "The latest volume in Bruce Weber's ongoing literary and art journal series celebrates individuals whose risk-taking and personal vision set them apart from the crowd. There's a common enthusiasm running through this volume, a sense that this cast of characters - be they subjects of the book or contributors to it - was born ready to stand up, face the odds, and declare themselves unabashedly to the world. The book opens with a poem about Basketball by Sherman Alexie. A new commission by Sean Thomas finds him back in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, documenting the teen rites of passage that pile up at the end of high school: senior prom, first romances, lazy summer jobs. Then Bruce Weber's first story in the book is a profile of Father Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries - the pioneering Los Angeles-based gang intervention and rehabilitation program. From there All-American travels to Harlem with Lisa Eisner, whose commissioned story about Amateur Night at the Apollo becomes a love poem to the vibrant neighborhood. Weber's second contribution is a profile of the charming and eccentric Mickey Wolfson, whose extraordinary collection of furniture, paintings, books, prints, and decorative objects became the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami, Florida. A portfolio of paintings by the Palm Beach society fixture Ralph Wolfe Cowan presents everyone from Doris Duke to Johnny Mathis to Princess Grace in the most ethereal and unexpected light. All-American then traces one woman's personal struggle for justice through exclusive images from the personal archive of Edith Windsor, whose Supreme Court case resulted in the overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) earlier this year. This story also features portraits by Bruce Weber and photographs by Poppy De Villeneuve. All-American Volume Thirteen closes with an in-depth look at the world of professional motocross racing. Bruce Weber traveled this summer to Southwick, Massachusetts together with photographers John Scott and Michael John Murphy to capture stars like Ryan Dungey and James Stewart racing against a host of up-and-comers". As with all of the "All-American"s, the quality of the design, paper and printing is impeccable. Not unlike the previous books, there will be only one printing of this title. A brand new, pristine example in slipcase in the publisher's shrinkwrap, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-8327-9735-1 Inventory Number: 022862

(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce. With brief texts By Zane Grey, S.E. Hinton, Robert Frost & Muhammad Ali.. New York: Little Bear Press & Robert Miller Gallery, 2000. First Edition 1/4000. 4to. Printed Boards in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Sam Shahid. "Shufly" is the exquisite hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2000 Bruce Weber exhibition of the same name held at New York's Robert Miller Gallery. Beautifully designed and printed, it is infused with an air of innocence and nostalgia. A brand new, pristine example of the green cloth variant binding still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9705745-0-9 Inventory Number: 021832

(WEBER, BRUCE). Weber, Bruce. With brief texts By Zane Grey, S.E. Hinton, Robert Frost & Muhammad Ali.. New York: Little Bear Press & Robert Miller Gallery, 2000. First Edition 1/4000. 4to. Printed Boards in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New./No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Sam Shahid. "Shufly" is the exquisite hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2000 Bruce Weber exhibition of the same name held at New York's Robert Miller Gallery. Beautifully designed and printed, it is infused with an air of innocence and nostalgia. A brand new, pristine example of the grey cloth variant binding still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9705745-0-9 Inventory Number: 018928

(WEEGEE). Fellig, Arthur, aka Weegee. Los Angeles. (circa 1950).: Weegee. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Silver Gelatin Photograph. Fine.. One 8 x 10" silver gelatin print printed recto only, mounted with archival photo corners in a heavy white 14 x 15 ½" beveled mat. This is a photographic portrait by Weegee "The Great" of noted Hollywood columnist, screenwriter and novelist Jimmy Starr. Starr is pictured on set laughing and enjoying the company of three actresses decked out in howlingly inauthentic outfits comprised of skull caps with wild hair, seashell necklaces, bangles, and sarongs in a culturally misguided attempt at Oceanic exoticism. Images of the actors without Starr photographed at the same sitting appear in both "Weegee's Naked Hollywood (1953)" and "Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles (2011)". Beginning as an office boy at Metro Studios in 1919, Starr graduated to writing intertitles, dialogue, and screenplays for dozens of films in the 1920s and 1930s. His 1944 novel "The Corpse Came C.O.D." became the basis for a 1947 Columbia Pictures feature starring Joan Blondell and George Brent. Starr left studio work to write regular columns for "The Los Angeles Herald-Express", "New York Daily Mirror", and "Sunday Daily Mirror" before leaving town entirely for a successful career in Arizona with Ramada Inns. Weegee, following the success of Jules Dassin's 1948 feature "Naked City" - based on his pioneering 1945 photobook of the same title - moved to Los Angeles with the expectation of trading the late-night Manhattan crime and street photography he'd grown weary of for more lucrative process photography and cinematography jobs with the Hollywood studios. While there was some behind the scenes work along with few bit parts to be had, Weegee was primarily reliant on making distorted trick portraits of the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield to sell to magazines to make ends meet. In late 1951, newly-divorced he returned to New York where he remained active until his passing in 1968. A bright, fine condition vintage silver gelatin print on single weight glossy paper bearing the stamps "Arthur (Weegee) Fellig / 6606 St. Frances Terrace / Hollywood 28, Calif." in red and "FROM THE / JIMMY STARR COLLECTION" in purple ink on the verso. This was most likely a gift from Weegee to Starr, and as there was very little chance of selling this shot from the series for publication, there cannot be many - if any - other prints of this particular image in circulation. Inventory Number: 026241

(WILCO) (SCHMELLING, MICHAEL). Wilco, Michael Schmelling, Fred Tomaselli, Rick Moody, Henry Miller & Bern Porter. Dan Nadel & Peter Buchanan-Smith, Editors. Brooklyn, NY: PictureBox Inc., 2004. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Music Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 164pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by PictureBox. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Published in 2004, "The Wilco Book" is an exploration of the artistic statement presented by the band Wilco. Artwork created by the band, photographer Michael Schmelling, and artist Fred Tomaselli is interspersed with comments excerpted from interviews conducted by PictureBox with the band's members, technicians, and managers, essays by Henry Miller and Rick Moody, and excerpts from Bern Porter's collection "Found Poetry". Packaged with the book is an audio CD containing twelve previously unreleased tracks, which is discussed in the first appendix by Mikael Jorgensen, who produced and played on the sessions before he formally joined Wilco". A brand new, most handsome example of the first PictureBox Inc. edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED for us by all six current band members - Jeff Tweedy, Nels Cline, Mikael Jorgensen, Glenn Kotche, Pat Sansone, and John Stirratt as well as the book's photographer Michael Schmelling in black ink with the publisher's unplayed CD mounted to the inside rear board. 0-9713670-3-5 Inventory Number: 027704

(WILLIAMS, MASON) (RUSCHA, EDWARD). Williams, Mason. Los Angeles: Self-Published, 1966. First Edition 1/500. 8vo. Cloth. Artist's Book. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. np, 21 b&w illustrations + endpapers. Designed by Ed Ruscha. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. A year prior to Ed Ruscha, Mason Williams and Patrick Blackwell's Consumer Reports-style crash test involving a Royal manual typewriter ejected from a 1963 Buick LeSabre traveling at ninety miles per hour along US Highway 91 that became "Royal Road Test", the same Oklahoma-born trio collaborated on self-published "The Night I Lost my Baby...". It features Mason Williams's first-person prose poem narrative of shattered romance illustrated with Patrick Blackwell's vintage photographs of Sin City - all art directed by Ed Ruscha. A most handsome example of the uncommon first and only edition limited to five hundred unnumbered copies additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "To ... / Mason Williams / 1967" in black ink on the front free endpaper showing some light soiling and dulling to the metallic cloth covers. Inventory Number: 026020

(WILLIAMS, MEGAN). Williams, Megan. With Texts by Amy Gerstler, Michelle Huneven & Jim Krusoe. New York: Bravin Post Lee Gallery, 1995. First Edition 1/400. Square 8vo. Decorative Boards. Artist Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 40pp, 15 b&w and 9 color illustrations. Designed by John Post Lee. This beautiful little hardbound book was published in conjunction with a 1995 New York gallery exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Megan Williams. It is profusely illustrated - including nine hand-tipped color plates - and accompanied by literary contributions from the noted California poets Amy Gerstler, Jim Krusoe, and Michelle Huneven. A most handsome example of the first edition limited to four hundred copies SIGNED "Megan Williams" in black ink on the colophon, as issued. Inventory Number: 004356

(Williams, Senon). Williams, Senon. Los Angeles: Hat & Beard Press, 2021. First Edition 1/50 Deluxe. 12mo (4.5 x 5.25 in.). Printed Flexible Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Book Signing at Arcana with Senon Williams Saturday, January 29th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM

Details here!

152pp, illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild, Green Dragon Office. “The old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” is turned on its side in “Words Don't Mean Much” -  Senon Williams’ new book of aphoristic phrasing. Far fewer words are needed to create an illuminating image in the mind’s eye, conjuring immediate multi-sensory experiences. This book of poems is derived from the text in Williams’ ink on paper drawings. The drawings are textual extractions and gather momentum within the book, exhibiting great attention to materials and craftsmanship. Every detail, from select paper to classic typeface, has been considered. An object, not unlike a sculpture, can be viewed from all sides, handled - and leafed through in the case of this book - front to back, back to front, or randomly opened. “Words Don't Mean Much” is a small pocket book, easy to conceal. A book to keep all to yourself or share intimately.”

Los Angeles native Senon Williams is a lifelong artist and musician. A founding member of the always-engaging Dengue Fever, Williams’ visual work finds space in the natural, exposing outstanding and devastating stages of human evolution. “To provoke thought, a question works better than answers. I enjoy to start a story I resolve in different ways depending on my mood."

A brand new, most handsome example of deluxe edition of this charming new work limited to fifty copies additionally SIGNED by Senon Williams in ink accompanied by A SIGNED ORIGINAL 4 x 5" WORK ON PAPER.

PLEASE NOTE: Deluxe Copies of "Words Don'tMean Much" will be signed Saturday, January 29th and shipped starting on Tuesday, February 1st.

Inventory Number: E000SWWDMM-LTD

(Williams, Senon). Williams, Senon. Los Angeles: Hat & Beard Press, 2021. First Edition. 12mo (4.5 x 5.25 in.). Printed Flexible Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Book Signing at Arcana with Senon Williams Saturday, January 29th, 4:00 - 6:00 PM

Details here!

152pp, illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild, Green Dragon Office. “The old adage “a picture is worth a thousand words” is turned on its side in “Words Don't Mean Much” -  Senon Williams’ new book of aphoristic phrasing. Far fewer words are needed to create an illuminating image in the mind’s eye, conjuring immediate multi-sensory experiences. This book of poems is derived from the text in Williams’ ink on paper drawings. The drawings are textual extractions and gather momentum within the book, exhibiting great attention to materials and craftsmanship. Every detail, from select paper to classic typeface, has been considered. An object, not unlike a sculpture, can be viewed from all sides, handled - and leafed through in the case of this book - front to back, back to front, or randomly opened. “Words Don't Mean Much” is a small pocket book, easy to conceal. A book to keep all to yourself or share intimately.”

Los Angeles native Senon Williams is a lifelong artist and musician. A founding member of the always-engaging Dengue Fever, Williams’ visual work finds space in the natural, exposing outstanding and devastating stages of human evolution. “To provoke thought, a question works better than answers. I enjoy to start a story I resolve in different ways depending on my mood."

A brand new, most handsome example of this charming new work additionally SIGNED by Senon Williams in ink.

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of "Words Don't Mean Much" will be signed Saturday, January 29th and shipped starting on Tuesday, February 1st.

Inventory Number: E000SWWDMM

(WITKIN, JOEL-PETER). Witkin, Joel-Peter & Galway Kinnell. New York: Kevin Begos Publishing, Inc., 1993. First Edition 1/175. Elephant Folio. 1/4 Leather Over Boards in Box. Livre D'Artiste. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued.. np (52pp), 12 gravure illustrations. Designed by Kevin Begos Jr. and Joel-Peter Witkin. Issued in 1993, this is an exquisitely produced Livre D'Artiste collaboration between publisher Kevin Begos and photographer Joel-Peter Witkin. Limited to one hundred and seventy-five copies, it presents twelve arresting hand-pulled photogravure images accompanied by the letterpress printed poem "Under The Maud Moon" by Galway Kinnell from his "Book of Nightmares". Measuring 23 ½ x 17 ½", the Lana paper pages reproduce the following Witkin photographs: 1) "Head of a Dead Man (Mexico City, 1990)", 2) "Satiro ( Mexico City, 1992)", 3) "Three Kinds of Woman (Mexico City, 1992)", 4) "Un Santo Oscuro (Mexico City, 1987)", 5) "Still Life (New Mexico, 1992)", 6) "Las Meninas (New Mexico, 1987)", 7) "Studio of the Painter (Paris, 1990)", 8) "Feast of Fools (Mexico City, 1990)", 9) "Laokoon (New Mexico, 1992)", 10) "Negre's Fetishist (Paris, 1990)", 11) "Vanity (New Mexico, 1990)", and 12) "Man with a Dog (Mexico City, 1990)". These are bound in elegant one quarter black leather-over-dark grey-boards, and housed in a black linen covered clamshell box with a grey pastedown on the spine. A brand new, most handsome example of this extraordinary object acquired directly from Kevin Begos BOLDLY SIGNED AND NUMBERED in pencil by Joel-Peter Witkin at the rear colophon in the publisher's clamshell box, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 023305

(WOOD, BEATRICE). Wood, Beatrice. Los Angeles: MGM Press, 1992. First Edition 1/99 Deluxe. 4to. Tied Illustrated Wrappers. Illustrated Book. Fine.. np (24pp), 12 hand colored and 1 b&w illustration + hand colored cover. "Touching Certain Things" is a girlish memoir authored and illustrated in 1992 by the late, great "Mama of the Dadas", Beatrice Wood. Primarily renown for her ceramic sculpture, lusterware vessels, and dalliance with Marcel Duchamp, this gossamer bit of erotica recounts a youthful Ms. Wood and actress pal Helen Freeman's trip to Europe to hear Jiddu Krishnamurti speak, and the amorous hijinks that ensued. From the deluxe edition of ninety-nine copies only, it contains twelve illustrations by the author, each of which (and the front cover as well) has been hand colored by her in pencil. A brand new, pristine example of this rarity that has been SIGNED, NUMBERED AND DATED by Beatrice Wood in black ink at the rear colophon, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-9620574-5-2 Inventory Number: 017047

(XXe SIECLE). Di San Lazzaro, Gualtieri, Managing Editor. Paris: XXe Siecle (Vingtieme Siecle), 1952. First Edition. Large 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Art Periodical. Very Good.. 88pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover design after Guillaume Apollinaire. This third installment of San Lazzaro's deluxe, semi-annual art periodical features original lithographs by Jean Miro, Alexander Calder, Henri Michaux, and Alberto Giacometti. The contents include contributions on or by Herbert Read, Guillaume Apollinaire, Futurism, Gino Severini, Poetry and Text in Art, Jean Arp, Jean Cassou, Jean Miro, Alexander Calder, Pierre Courthion, Henri Michaux, Michel Tapie, Blaise Cendrars, Max Jacob, Salvador Dali, Alberto Giacometti, Paul Eluard, Milena Milani, Wassily Kandinsky, Robert Motherwell, American Abstract Art, Michel Seuphor, Antonio Corpora, Gustave Singier, Julio Gonzalez, Amodeo Modigliani, Henri Laurens, Frank Lloyd Wright, Igor Stravinsky, Vittorio De Sica, and more. A handsome example showing a slight soft crease through the textblock at the lower foredge corner. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 016582

Cohen, Arthur A. & Trevor Winkfield. New York: Ex Libris, 1983. First Edition. 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Bookseller's Catalogue. Near Fine./Fine.. np (76pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Tamar Cohen and Elaine Lustig Cohen. With a bibliography. 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 ten was devoted entirely to Dada material - featuring three hundred and thirty-six fully described and indexed original works, photographs, posters, books, periodicals, pamphlets, and printed ephemera on or by the likes of Hans Arp, Hugo Ball, Andre Breton, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann, John Heartfield, Richard Huelsenbeck, Marcel Janco, Alfred Jarry, Man Ray, Francis Picabia, Hans Richter, Kurt Schwitters, Tristan Tzara, Theo Van Doesburg, and many, many others. And while at the time of its 1983 publication the prices here seemed astronomical, some thirty-five years later they are finally downright bargains! A most handsome example of this uncommon reference in a like dust jacket. Inventory Number: 025890

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

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by Jean-Claude Groshens. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good +.. 528pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With an exhibition checklist and a chronology (1937-1957). This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced Parisian artistic and cultural innovations from the onset of World War II through to the Space Age. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred and fifty artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. An internally most handsome example of the 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou edition showing some very light dampstaining along the top and bottom edges along with a flattened slight vertical wave through the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 2-85850-091-6 Inventory Number: 023510

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by Jean-Claude Groshens. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1981. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine.. 528pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With an exhibition checklist and a chronology (1937-1957). This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced Parisian artistic and cultural innovations from the onset of World War II through to the Space Age. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred and fifty artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. A most handsome example of the 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou edition. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 2-85850-091-6 Inventory Number: 023509

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by Jean-Claude Groshens. Paris. 1981 (1992).: Centre Georges Pompidou & Gallimard. Second Revised Edition (First Thus). 4to. Illustrated Flexible Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Near Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. 800pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With artist biographies and bibliographies, and a chronology (1937-1957). This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1981 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced Parisian artistic and cultural innovations from the onset of World War II through to the Space Age. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred and fifty artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. A bright, most handsome example of the smaller format, redesigned 1992 Centre Georges Pompidou and Gallimard edition in flexible boards. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 2-07-011248-9 Inventory Number: 020835

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by V. M. Polevoi. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1979. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good.. 580pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With an exhibition checklist, artist biographies and bibliographies. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1979 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced the interaction between the artistic capitals of Paris and Moscow during the first third of the Twentieth Century. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. A handsome example of the 1979 Pompidou French language edition bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED PRESENTATION "For Melinda and De Wain with my very best greetings from your Pontus" from curator Pontus Hulten in black ink on the half title page showing some overall light wear, handling and soiling. De Wain is the noted Los Angeles-based Light and Space artist De Wain Valentine, and Melinda (sic) is his former partner and gallerist Malinda Wyatt, from whom we acquired this directly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 2-85850-002-9 Inventory Number: 023630

Hulten, Pontus, Editor. Introduction by Werner Spies. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1978. First French Edition. 4to. Illustrated Boards. Exhibition Catalog. Very Good -./No Jacket - As Issued. 632pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. Text in French. Cover by Roman Cieslewicz. With an exhibition checklist, artist biographies and bibliographies. This is the massive catalogue published in conjunction with Pontus Hulten's landmark 1978 Centre Georges Pompidou exhibition that traced the interaction between the artistic capitals of Paris and Berlin during the first third of the Twentieth Century. In addition to a dazzling array of works by over one hundred artists, it includes informative textual contributions and essays. A most handsome example of the hardbound 1978 Pompidou French language edition showing some light wear and handling, a bit of soiling to the covers, and a mild dent through the upper foredge corner of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 2-85850-066-5 Inventory Number: 023508

Rosenkrantz, Linda. New York, NY : New York Review Books Classics, 2015. First Thus. 8vo. Wrappers. Novel. New. 1590178440

Inventory Number: 01969