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(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Silvia Kolbowski & Carrie Lambert, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2000. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Fine.. 148pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: Round Table: Independence in the Cinema - Stuart Klawans, Annette Michelson, Richard Pena, James Schamus and Malcolm Turvey; Hantai, Villegle and the Dialectics of Painting's Dispersal - Benjamin H. D. Buchloh; Play-tactics of the Internationale Situationiste - Libero Andreotti; Performance, Video and the Rhetoric of Presence - Anne M. Wagner; Los Angeles Photographs 1976-78 - James Welling; From Clementina to Kasebier: The Photographic Attainment of the 'Lady Amateur' - Carol Armstrong; The Estates General of the Documentary Film - Annette Michelson. A most handsome example. ISSN 0162-2870 Inventory Number: 021652

(OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Silvia Kolbowski, Homi Bhabha & Melissa Mathis, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 1996. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Very Good.. 124pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue include: The Death of Paper: A Radio Play - Denis Hollier; Formless: A User's Guide, Excerpts To Introduce a User's Guide - Yve-Alain Bois; A User's Guide to Entropy - Yve-Alain Bois and Rosalind Krauss; Informe without Conclusion - Rosalind Krauss; Obscene, Abject, Traumatic - Hal Foster. A handsome example. ISSN 0162-2870 Inventory Number: 013122

(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: 027606

(PAGE, BETTY). Essex, Karen & James L. Swanson. Santa Monica, CA: General Publishing Group, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Boards in Pictorial Jacket. Erotic Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. 288pp, profusely illustrated in b&w and color. With a bibliography. Compiled with the assistance of the reclusive Ms. Page herself, "Bettie Page: The Life of a Pin-Up Legend" is a lavish visual tribute to legendary late cult model and object of affection. Included are hundreds of photographs (including family snapshots as well as images by Bunny Yeager, Andre De Dienes, Irving Klaw, Art Amsie, Bill Hamilton, 1950s Camera Clubs, etc.), Betty inspired artwork (Eric Stanton, Robert Blue, Olivia De Berardinis, Denis Sire, Dave Stevens, and more), book, magazine, and advertisement reproductions, and contemporary homages by the likes of Todd Oldham, Chantal Thomass, Joey Arias, Debi Mazar, Shalom Harlow, Janice Dickinson, Ellen Von Unwerth, Eva Herzigova, Christy Turlington, and Demi Moore. A most handsome copy of the 1996 hardbound first edition showing a diagonal soft crease through the front flap of the dust jacket. It has been priced accordingly. 1-881649-62-8 Inventory Number: 021892

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1989. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Very Good,. ca 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A handsome example of the unavailable twentieth issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly showing some light wear and handling. 3-907509-70-6 Inventory Number: 023818

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1989. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Very Good./OUT OF PRINT. ca. 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A handsome example of the nineteenth issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly. 3-907509-69-2 Inventory Number: 023703

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1988. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Very Good -.. ca 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A handsome example of the unavailable seventeenth issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly showing some light creasing and wear to the wrappers. It has been priced accordingly. 3-907509-67-6 Inventory Number: 020000

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 2008. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. 300pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A pristine copy of the eighty-second issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-907582-42-X Inventory Number: 014910

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 2007. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. 300pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A pristine copy of the eighty-first issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-907582-41-1 Inventory Number: 014446

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1989. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Near Fine.. ca 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A handsome example of the twenty-first issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly. 3-907509-71-4 Inventory Number: 013684

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1997. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. ca 300pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A pristine copy of the fifty and fifty-first (double) issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-907582-00-4 Inventory Number: 013657

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1990. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Good +.. ca 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A most presentable example of the unavailable twenty-fifth issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly showing light wear and rubbing to the covers. 3-907509-75-7 Inventory Number: 012444

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1996. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Near Fine.. ca 250pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A handsome example of the forty-eighth issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly. 3-907509-98-6 Inventory Number: 012288

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 2000. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. ca 250pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A brand new, pristine example of the fifty-eighth issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-907582-08-X Inventory Number: 011784

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 2004. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. ca 250pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A pristine copy of the seventy-second issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly. 3-907582-32-2 Inventory Number: 011236

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 2004. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Near Fine.. ca 250pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A handsome example of the seventy-first issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly. 3-907582-31-4 Inventory Number: 011235

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 2001. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. ca 250pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A brand new, pristine example of the sixty-second issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 3-907582-12-8 Inventory Number: 001354

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1990. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Very Good.. ca 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A handsome copy of the unavailable twenty-sixth issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly. 3-907509-76-5 Inventory Number: 001328

(PARKETT). Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1999. First Edition. Small 4to. Illustrated Wrappers. Contemporary Art Periodical. Near Fine.. ca 250pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. A most handsome example of the fifty-seventh issue of this influential Swiss visual arts quarterly. 3-907582-07-1 Inventory Number: 001299

(PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTOR, THE). Persky, Robert S., Editor. New York. 1980-1984.: The Photograph Collector's Newsletter Ltd.. First Edition. 4to. Printed Wrappers. Photography Newsletter. Near Fine or Better.. Each 8-16pp, no illustrations. "The Photograph Collector: The Newsletter of Photography as Art and Investment" is the slender yet highly important monthly compendium of news of photographic gallery sales and exhibitions, Museum acquisitions, auctions, edition and portfolio releases, and book reviews first published in 1980 that continues to this day. This run is comprised of forty-five of the first forty-six issues (it is lacking only Volume II, No. 2 - October 15, 1980), and is a deeply insightful reference to the evolution of the modern photographic marketplace at the beginning of the eighties. A most handsome, well preserved set whose individual numbers have been hole-punched and stored in a vintage National black vinyl three-ring binder that contains an additional twenty ephemeral items and enclosures from the publisher (including "The State of New York Multiples Disclosure Law" pamphlet and several "Marketreach©" listings of photographs for sale) laid into its front pocket. ISSN 0271-0838 Inventory Number: 022502

(RABABY, MICHAEL). Delancey Street Press, 2018. 9 x 9 in., 64 pages. Softcover. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Folsom street food court is a documentary photography monograph that captures San Francisco's infamous Folsom street fair. the images feature people in various states of dress and undress meandering around the street fair food court. although the city of San Francisco has gentrified much over this span, the Folsom street fair seems to maintain its authenticity. 0692183736 Inventory Number: Rab002

(RABABY, MICHAEL). Arenas Street Publishing, 2003. 10 x 10 in., 138 pages. Hardbound. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Bachelor is a state of mind, it's about the freedom to be yourself, and to do exactly what you want to do. Bachelor is a feeling of young and free, inspired and uninhibited. Michael Rababy has his camera and shoots from the hip. His photos chronicle the highs and lows of the American Bachelor. 0972995404 Inventory Number: Rab001

(RABABY, MICHAEL). Cali Editions, I00201201, 2020. 10 x 10 in., 320 pages. Hardbound. New/No Jacket - As Issued.

Curated by Michael Rababy this book features the work of 110 photographers from all over California – celebrating what makes our diverse, inclusive, forward-thinking state so great. This is Rababy’s visual mixtape, featuring the greatest hits of friends’ and colleagues’ work that I’ve enjoyed through my years as a curator. I hope to share the excitement I have for great images the way I’ve shared my favorite rare grooves, B-sides, and bootleg recordings over my lifetime. All proceeds from sales of this book benefit the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) 9780578763859 Inventory Number: I00201201

(RAY, CHARLES) (PARKETT). Ray, Charles. Curiger, Bice, Editor. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1993. First Edition #IX/XXIII Deluxe. Small 4to. Wrappers + Color Photographs. Contemporary Art Periodical. Fine.. ca 200pp + nine 4 x 6" color C prints, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Parallel Text in English and German. This thirty-seventh issue of the late, great influential Swiss visual arts quarterly "Parkett" focuses on the work of Charles Ray, Franz West, and Pipilotti Rist. This example from the "Artist Edition" series features Charles Ray's limited edition contribution "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World" consisting of nine informal snapshots of nineties fashion icon Tatjana Patitz taken by Ray at her Pacific Palisades home. A brand new, most handsome example of the magazine still in the publisher's shrinkwrap accompanied by the publisher's printed envelope SIGNED "Charles Ray" AND NUMBERED (IX) in black ink containing nine 4 x 6" color C prints of supermodel Patitz each stamped "CHARLES RAY, 1993 / EDITION FOR PARKETT NO. 37" in black ink on the verso, as issued. 3-907509-87-0 Inventory Number: 027437

(RICHARDSON, TERRY) (TEMPLETON, ED) (WRAPAROUND MAGAZINE). Gachot, Paul, Editor. Los Angeles: Advertising Photographers of America, 2003. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Periodical. Fine.. 64pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Cover by Terry Richardson. This second installment of the stylish, sadly defunct photography magazine "Wraparound" was devoted to the theme "Raw Youth". It features a ten page interview/layout with provocateur Terry Richardson, and a nine page spread on photographer/artist/skateboard god Ed Templeton that was art directed by Ed himself. The rest of the issue contains contributions by Ben Watts, Neil Abramson, Hans Neleman, Lauren Greenfield, Stefan Gerard and Elena Hale, Paul Gachot, and others. A most handsome example of this uncommon item that was issued hors commerce to ASMP members only and had no newsstand distribution. Inventory Number: 027460

(RODARTE) (A MAGAZINE). Mulleavy, Kate & Laura, Guest Editors. Van Den Eynden, Dirk, Editor. Antwerp, BELGIUM: A Publishe BVBA, 2011. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Fashion Periodical. Fine.. 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English. Designed by Madelein Wermenbol. "A Magazine is a biannual publication, exploring the creative sphere of a selected designer in each issue. We invite a guest curator - an international fashion designer, group or house - to develop innovative, personalized content that expresses their aesthetic and cultural values. Each issue celebrates this designer's ethos: their people, their passion, their stories, emotions, fascinations, spontaneity and authenticity". This eleventh installment from 2011 of the luxe Belgian fashion periodical was guest curated by Rodarte designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy, and contains contributions on or by Autumn De Wilde, Tom Petty, Jay DeFeo, Kirsten Dunst photographed by David Armstrong, Lake Tahoe, the California Grizzly Bear, John Baldessari, Mt. Wilson Observatory, Todd Cole, The LA River, Frank Wiedmann and Andrew Durhams's "Shark", Elle Fanning photographed by Bill Owens, Joss Whedon, The Garbage Pail KIds, and many, many more. A most handsome example. 90-77745-10-6 Inventory Number: 025757

(SANDER, AUGUST) (FURUYA, SEIICHI) (DEJA-VU). Sawada, Yoko, Editor-In-Chief. Tokyo: Photo-planete Co., Ltd., 1994. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Periodical. Near Fine.. 121pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Japanese and English. This is the seventeenth installment (of twenty published) of the beautifully produced Japanese photographic quarterly "Deja-Vu". The issue is devoted to two lengthy portfolios of portraiture by August Sander and Seiichi Furuya, as well as work by Hajime Sawatari and Tsuguya Inoue. Much more book than magazine, it's elegantly appointed with many full bleed pictures. A handsome example showing a tiny bit of wear and handling to the covers. 4-309-903-37-1 Inventory Number: 001502

(SEARCH & DESTROY). Vale, V., Editor. San Francisco: Search & Destroy, 1977. First Edition. Folio. Tabloid Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. As New.. 24pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "Search & Destroy" was V. Vale's short-lived, highly revered late seventies 'zine notable for its coverage of the Bay Area punk and transgressive cultural movements that was the precursor to RE/Search. This fourth installment from 1977 includes contributions on or by Death, Iggy Pop, Hunt and Tony Sales, Jordan, De Sade, Patti Smith, Lance Loud and The Mumps, Dead Boys, Metal Urbain, Helen Wheels, The Spitfire Boys, Liars, Sham 69, Charles Gatewood, and great period advertisements. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon and important document neatly folded in half, as issued. Inventory Number: 024577

(SEARCH & DESTROY). Vale, V., Editor. San Francisco: Search & Destroy, 1978. First Edition. Folio. Tabloid Pictorial Wrappers. Periodical. As New.. 24pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "Search & Destroy" was V. Vale's short-lived, highly revered late seventies 'zine notable for its coverage of the Bay Area punk and transgressive cultural movements that was the precursor to RE/Search. This fifth installment from 1978 includes contributions on or by The Sex Pistols, The Screamers, Nico, Helen Wheels, Suicide, The Masque and Mabuhay Gardens, Crime, Crisis, The Nuns, The Dils, Talking Heads, The Dickies, Devo, Bruce Conner, and great period advertisements. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon and important document neatly folded in half, as issued. Inventory Number: 023771

Simon, Harper. Los Angeles: Hat & Beard Press, 2023. 9 in. x 12.25 in., 352 p. New.

“Everyone is fascinated by crime,” says Harper Simon. “When you look at the history of song, romantic love songs may be the dominant mode of songwriting, but second would probably be songs involving crime—murder ballads for one. Crime is a major theme in all songwriting.”

Simon offers a new and expansive contribution to this legacy with Meditations on Crime, an ambitious multi-media project that includes an album he produced of musical collaborations with a sweeping range of contributors (Julia Holter, Gang Gang Dance, King Khan, the Sun Ra Arkestra) and a book he edited featuring essays by such notables as Miranda July, Hooman Majd, and Jerry Stahl, alongside artwork from giants like Cindy Sherman, Tracey Emin, Julian Schnabel, and Raymond Pettibon.

The genesis of Meditations on Crime came in 2016 as a confluence of several ideas. Simon was interested in collaborating with musicians he knew and admired on the creation of a vinyl LP with an accompanying book, which would be “a beautiful physical object to stand outside the digital world.” Given what America was going through during that particular election year, though, he thought the times called for something more politically charged.

“I was trying to come up with a collective, curated project that had political content, but wouldn’t be so obvious and agenda-driven,” says Simon. Something “that would give people the freedom to express some ideas that might meet that volatile period in culture and in politics. One of the titles I came up with was Meditations on Crime—if you get down to it, crime is politics and politics is crime, so crime can go a lot of different ways. It seemed to be a way of approaching the moment that was a little more subtle and left space to explore.”

The songs were developed in a variety of ways: Sometimes Simon sent his collaborators guitar tracks or demos he was working on and had them write over them, sometimes he collaborated on lyrics. On the Sun Ra Arkestra track, he composed melodic themes and went to the group’s home base of Philadelphia with the legendary producer Hal Willner, where they fleshed out two songs. (Willner passed away in 2020 from Covid. “To have that creative moment with him makes it really touching for me,” says Simon.)

“Since I wasn’t out in front singing, it freed me up to go into a lot of different styles and genres that I wouldn’t attempt on a solo project,” says Simon. “It was liberating and fun—that was part of what I wanted to do, and it turned out to be gratifying in all sorts of ways.”

As he reached out to more musicians (“I kind of just went with my gut, and one person led to the next”), he retained a consistent backing band for most of the tracks, allowing for some cohesion. He played most of the guitars, with Paz Lenchantin from the Pixies on bass and Carla Azar, who has played with everyone from Jack White to PJ Harvey to The Who, on drums, as well as members of Ariel Pink’s band and Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s.

For the book, Simon points to “On Crime,” the essay by Nigerian novelist and poet Ben Okri, as a central piece. “It almost felt like an introduction because it was so philosophical,” he says. “It set the tone. The book started to become less political and more interesting. Once the tone was set, you could go to this beautiful essay on war crimes by Janine di Giovanni, the famous foreign correspondent. You could see it go to a humorous place in a piece by Jerry Stahl or an interview with Kenneth Anger. Wayne Kramer from the MC5 has a foundation called Jail Guitar Doors that brings musical instruments and songwriting to prisoners, and has spent time in prison himself, so I thought he would have an interesting perspective.”

Simon was committed to including visual art that investigated the idea of crime, so he enlisted his friend Jonah Freeman, from the art team Freeman-Lowe, as a co-curator. “He brought in a great deal of artists and really became my partner,” says Simon. “Julian Schnabel came on, Nate Lowman, Laurie Anderson, just so many great people. And then Jonah got Raymond Pettibon, who made this original portrait of John Dillinger, and we put that on the cover—which I loved, because I grew up listening to albums with Raymond Pettibon covers, like Black Flag and Sonic Youth.”

Though the concept sprang from Simon’s inspiration, he emphasizes the collaborative aspect of Meditations on Crime. “This is a counterculture project that integrates different areas of creativity into a collective effort,” he says. In the end, 38 artists contributed across the various media, three of whom remained part of the endeavor despite facing online controversies after their collaborations were recorded. “I made the decision not to cut them,” says Simon. “One of the reasons being that I think canceling, in quotes, is blacklisting, and blacklisting, in my view, is wrong whether it comes from the left or the right.”

Meditations on Crime is already expanding into other areas, as Simon and Freeman are completing a short film based on Okri’s essay, narrated by actress Katherine Waterston. There’s talk of possible art shows and benefit concerts in the future based around the theme.

“A lot of the old models of how things are done in the music world are becoming more and more obsolete and uninteresting,” says Simon. “Make an album and make an album cover and put it out and get a review in the music press and go on tour and make a poster—I don't know if it's just been exhausted creatively or made obsolete due to technology. It’s time to play with different ways of approaching how to put things out, and how to play with different areas of creativity and weave them together in new ways and create new models. I don't think people even have the language yet to know how to speak to this transitional moment in culture.”

“This project allowed me to explore different worlds other than the music world,” he says. “To have different platforms for different audiences, and to do a whole bunch of things that people don't normally do when they make an album.” 9781955125284 Inventory Number: I00230827

(SNOW, MICHAEL) (OCTOBER). Krauss, Rosalind, Annette Michelson, George Baker, Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, Leah Dickerman, Hal Foster, Denis Hollier, Mignon Nixon, Malcolm Turvey & Lisa Pasquariello, Editors. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press Journals, 2005. First Edition. 8vo. Printed Wrappers. Journal. Fine.. 150pp, illustrated in b&w. At the forefront of contemporary arts theory and criticism, "October" has for over thirty-five years focused critical attention on the contemporary arts and their various contexts of interpretation: film, painting, music, photography, performance, sculpture, literature. Contributions to this issue that is heavily focused on Canadian filmaker/photographer/musician Michael Snow include: Touching to See - Jean Arnaud, Keaton and Snow - Erik Bullot, The Child in the Machine: On the Use of CGI in Michael Snow's Corpus Callosum - Malcolm Turvey, The Sound of Music: A Conversation with Michael Snow - Annette Michelson, The Art of Darkness: On Steve McQueen - T. J. Demos, Photography Found and Lost: On Tacita Dean's Floh - Mark Godfrey, and Photography's Expanded Field - George Baker. A most handsome copy. 0-262-75264-6 Inventory Number: 012636

(SOTH, ALEC). Bordignon, Elena, Alec Soth, Jona Frank, Tanyth Berkeley & Alix Smith. Milano, ITALY: TH INSIDE, 2005. First Edition #333/400. Square 8vo. Debossed Cloth. Exhibition Catalog. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, profusely illustrated in color. Text in Italian and English. With photographers' biographies, exhibition histories, and bibliographies. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2005 Tommy Hilfiger-sponsored exhibition held in Milan of Fashion-inflected color portrait photography by Alec Soth, Jona Frank, Tanyth Berkeley, and Alix Smith. A brand new, pristine example of this exceedingly uncommon item - only a single copy is currently cited in OCLC WorldCat - limited to four hundred NUMBERED (333/400) copies additionally BOLDLY SIGNED by Alec Soth and Jona Frank in black ink on the title page at our shop with the business card of the director of Minneapolis' Weinstein Gallery - Alec Soth's representatives at the time - laid in. Inventory Number: 025743

(STIVERS, ROBERT). Stivers, Robert. Introduction by A.D. Coleman. Santa Fe, NM: Arena Editions, 1997. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np (106pp), 44 b&w illustrations. This is the first book of Robert Stivers' dark, ghostly images published by the late, lamented Arena Press. A pristine copy BOLDLY SIGNED in ink by the photographer on the half title page. 0-9657280-0-5 Inventory Number: 011471

(TEMPLETON, ED). Deadbeat Club, 2021. 12 x 13 inches, 14 Pages, Wire-O Binding. Paperback. New.

For the annual Deadbeat Club Calendar, we called on our friend Ed and told him to have fun with it. What he designed is twelve glorious months of classic Templeton color washes, doodles, custom lettering and other personal touches to accompany some of your fave Tempster photos. Here's wishing you a happy, healthy and friend-filled 2022, from your buds Ed Templeton and Deadbeat Club. 978-1952523021 Inventory Number: I00211109

(UNTITLED: THE FRIENDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY). Alinder, James G., et al.. Carmel & San Francisco, CA. 1972-1994.: The Friends of Photography. First Editions. Very Good - or Better; Inquire. This is a complete run of The Friends of Photography "Untitled" series of publications. Included are "Untitled" numbers 1, 2/3, 4, 5, 6, 7/8 ("On Change and Exchange"), 9 ("In Time"), 10 (Nancy Newhall), 11 ("Emerging Los Angeles Photographers"), 12, 13 (Plants: Photographs by Don Worth), 14, 15 (Jerome Liebling), 16 (Ansel Adams: 50 Years of Portraits), 17 ("Comparative Photography: A Century of Change in Egypt and Israel - Francis Frith and Jane Reese Williams"), 18 (Robert Cumming), 19 (Vilem Kriz), 20 (Collecting Light; The Photographs of Ruth Bernhard), 21 ("The Diana Show"), 22 (Edmond Teske: Images from Within), 23 ("9 Critics / 9 Photographs"), 24 ("New Landscapes"), 25 ("Discovery and Recognition"), 26 (John Pfahl: Altered Landscapes), 27 (Roy De Carava), 28 (Marsha Burns: Postures), 29 (Wright Morris: Photographs and Words), 30 ("The Contact Print"), 31 (Nicholas Nixon: Photographs from One Year), 32 (Mario Giacomelli), 33 (Samuel Bourne: Images of India), 34 (Marion Post Wolcott: FSA Photographs), 35 ("Observations: Essays on Documentary Photography"), 36 (Harry Callahan: Eleanor), 37 (Ansel Adams: 1902 - 1984), 38 (Todd Walker), 39 (Mary Ellen Mark: Photographs of Mother Teresa's Missions of Charity in India), 40 (Don Worth), 41 (EW 100: Centennial Essays in Honor of Edward Weston), 42 (Eikoh Hosoe), 43 ("Light Years"), 44 (Olivia Parker: Weighing the Planets), 45 (Judith Golden: Cycles, A Decade of Photographs), 46 (Frank Gohlke: Landscapes From The Middle Of The World, Photographs 1972-1987), 47 (Michael Kenna: Night Walk), 48 ("Close to Home: Seven Documentary Photographers"), 49 (Aaron Siskind: Road Trip, Photographs 1980-1988), 50 (Holly Roberts), 51 (Of Time & Place: Walker Evans & William Christenberry), 52 (Reagan Louie: Toward a Truer Life - Photographs of China 1980-1990), 53 (Zeke Berman: Optiks), 54 (Lorna Simpson), 55 (Ansel Adams: New Light - Essays on His Legacy and Legend), 56 ("Special Collections: The Photographic Order from Pop to Now), 57 (Ancestral Dialogues: The Photographs of Albert Chong), and 58 (David Ireland: Skellig). All of these published in hardbound versions (numbers 27, 29, 51, 52 and 56) are included here as such (with dust jackets, if issued) - all are first printings. A most handsome set in at least Very Good condition, with most being Fine. Inventory Number: 003978

(VERSACE). Versace, Gianni. Milan, ITALY: Versace, 1994. First Edition. Large 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Fashion Monograph. Near Fine.. 128pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in Italian and English. This semi-annual collection catalogue of men's fashion and accessories by Gianni Versace is photographed primarily on the runway by Paolo Castaldi, Doug Ordway, Lorenzo Riva, Pasquale Abbattista, and Beppe Caggi. A most handsome example showing a bit of overall light wear and handling. Inventory Number: 026569

(VISIONAIRE). Edited By Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos. Text By Glenn O'Brien.. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 2000. First Edition 1/6000. 4to. Fashion Quarterly. Near 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 Japanese contributors represented here are Yoshitomo Nara, Takashi Murakami, Takashi Homma, Syd Mead, Daisuke Nakayama, and Miwa Yanagi. 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 compass on a leather thong, so you'll never get lost while trying to solve the puzzles inside. A most handsome individually numbered example (#2662) of the Japan edition inside the publisher's unprinted protective cardboard shipping box, as issued. 1-888645-27-X Inventory Number: 023774

(VISIONAIRE) (FORD, TOM) (GUCCI). Ford, Tom, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1996. First Edition 1/3300. Oblong 4to. Plexiglas Box. Fashion Quarterly. Fine./No Jacket - As Issued. np (24 loose transparencies), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Tom Ford. Limited to three thousand, three hundred copies, Visionaire No. 24: "Light" is one of the most highly prized issues of everyone's favorite deluxe fashion quarterly. For it "Visionaire teamed up with fashion luminary Tom Ford and Gucci on an issue devoted to the theme - Light. This was our most ambitious project to date in terms of content and production. There was a conscious effort on the parts of both Visionaire and Ford to steer clear of fashion and to focus on what we considered to be fine-art images. It introduced a new cast of contributors to the Visionaire fold: artists such as Sam Taylor-Wood, Andreas Gursky, and Christopher Bucklow; art director Peter Saville; animator Hayao Miyazaki; and architect Toyo Ito". The transparencies are housed in an elegant 5 ½ x 15 x 2 ½" sliding black Lucite case affixed with a silver plaque that contains a Lumigraphics light-emitting sheet operating on ten AAA batteries. A brand new, most handsome numbered example (1678/3300) in perfect working order with batteries included of this beautiful object with the transparencies unopened in the publisher's shrinkwrap housed in Visionaire's black, foam-lined packing carton, as issued. Inventory Number: 022369

(VISIONAIRE). Gan, Stephen, Cecilia Dean & James Kaliardos, Editors. New York: Visionaire Publishing, 1996. First Edition 1/2500. Small 4to. Leather and Fabric Portfolio. Fashion Quarterly. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. np, loose plates laid into a Louis Vuitton printed leather and fabric portfolio, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Greg Foley and Florentino J. Pamintuan. Published in an edition of two thousand, five hundred copies, this is the sixteenth installment of everyone's favorite long-running luxe fashion quarterly, Visionaire. Dubbed the "Fashion Special", it is perhaps the most highly prized issue of all. It features forty-five fashion spreads from the Fall - Winter 1996 collections as seen by many of the world's most notable editorial photographers and illustrators - all packaged within an elegant fabric-lined leather portfolio case with a wood and shoelace closure made exclusively for Visionaire by Louis Vuitton. The contents include Alexander McQueen as captured by Steven Klein, Azzedine Alaia by Jean Paul Goude, Comme Des Garcons by Craig McDean and M/M, Daryl K by Inez Von Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Elsa Peretti by Miles Aldridge, Geoffrey Beene by Mario Sorrenti, Gucci by Hiroshi Tanabe, Helmut Lang by Nan Goldin, Hussein Chalayan by Juergen Teller, Isaac Mizrahi by Larry Fink, Isabel Toledo by Ruven Afanador, Jean Colonna and Patricia Field by Ellen Von Unwerth, John Bartlett by Terry Richardson, Marc Jacobs by Jack Pierson, Shunichiro Arakawa by Hiromix, Viktor + Rolf by Viktor + Rolf, Vivienne Westwood by Ruben Toledo, Yves Saint Laurent by Mario Testino, and many, many more. Visionaire's own price for this quickly out-of-print back issue is $5,000.00 - when available. A brand new, pristine NUMBERED (2368/2500) example of this beautiful and desirable object acquired directly from Visionaire whose contents are still shrinkwrapped with the publisher's printed obi in its original unprinted shipping carton. Inventory Number: 025439

(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