New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. Original wraps. The uncommon 1970 1st edition of this fascinating examination of the number "one million", conceived by New Yorker editor Hendrik Hertzberg. Wonderfully designed and formatted, a very effective precursor to the Harper's Index (or other sociological or politicized lists). Crisp, clean and... More about One Million (A Gemini Smith Book
Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 1996. Cloth. A tight, very presentable copy of the 1996 1st edition. Solid and VG+ in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very minor soiling along the lower-edges and one small closed tear along the front panel's top-edge. Tall quarto, sharp color reproductions thruout. Text in both... More about Murano-Glas im 20.Jahrhundert/20th Century Murano Glass
Umberto Allemandi & C., 1996. Boards. A very solid copy of the 1996 1st edition, in its less common hardback. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, VG+ dustjacket, with very light soiling along the lower rear panel. Tall quarto, bright, vivid color reproductions thruout. Tall quarto, text in English. More about Venini Glass
Marsilio, 2011. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY THE GLASSMAKER LINO TAGLIAPIETRA on the title page. A very sharp copy to boot of the catalogue based on the February-March 2011 exhibition at Venice's Instituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with crisp, brilliant color... More about Lino Tagliapietra da Murano allo Studio Glass/Opere 1954-2011
Venice: Arsenale Editrice, 1991. Boards. A handsome copy of the catalogue based on the June-September 1991 exhibition at Venice's Palazzo Ducale. Clean and Near Fine in a crisp, Near Fine dustjacket. Quarto, text in English, high-quality color reproductions thruout. More about Art Glass by Archimede Seguso
London: Thames and Hudson, 1991. Original wraps. A very nice Association copy: WARMLY INSCRIBED BY ROBERT FRANK TO JAPANESE PHOTOGRAPHER YUICHI HIBI on the title page. A sharp copy to boot of the 1991 1st English language edition (published out of London) of this impressive pocketsized monograph on the work... More about Robert Frank (Photofile
Shelton, CT: First Edition Library, 2004. Original wraps. A near-pristine example of the 2004 First Edition Library facsimile of the 1922 original printing by Shakespeare & Co., Paris. A thick octavo (at 732 pgs.), clean and Near Fine to Fine in its crisp, blue-green wrappers. Also includes a very solid... More about Ulysses
New York: Horizon Press, 1959. 1st. Cloth. A superb copy of this 1959 "collection of 200 original sketches and presentation drawings". Tight and Fine in an unusually crisp, price-intact, Near Fine dustjacket, with just a touch of very light chipping along the rear panel's edges and one tiny chip at... More about Drawings for a Living Architecture
Los Angeles: Self-published, 1970. Wonderful self-published 1970 artist's book, a collection of 15 loose sheets of photographs, all of LA artist Scott Greiger playfully mocking-- with only his body and 1 or 2 simple objects-- some of his more famous colleagues in the art community. The artists he affectionatley mimics... More about Impersonations
Baden-Baden, Germany: Franz W. Wesel, 1965. Boards. The uncommon catalogue based on the January-May 1965 exhibition at Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, VG+ dustjacket, with light fading along the spine and very light wear to its edges. Octavo, dozens and dozens of crisp black-and-white (and several... More about Bild und Buhne ("Stage and Art") -- Buhnenbilder der Gegenwart und Retrospektive:...
Bern, Switzerland: Buchler & Co., 1959. Original wraps. Handsome catalogue based on the June-July 1959 exhibition at Kunsthalle Bern. Clean and Near Fine in its printed wrappers. Printed by Buchler & Co., designed by F. Gygi + Co. More about Oskar Schlemmer: Kunst Bern
Venice: Galleria Alfieri, 1968. Original wraps. Uncommon catalogue based on the August-September 1968 exhibition at Venice's Galleria Alfieri. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled pictorial wrappers. The great glass sculptor Luciano Vistosi, for decades on of the major artists of Murano Glass. More about Sculture di Luciano Vistosi
Paris: M. De Brunoff Editeur, 1922. Original wraps. The 1922 signed/limited of this elegant collection of Leon Bakst designs for the ballet "La Belle au Bois Dormant" ("Sleeping Beauty"). #236 OF 500 COPIES SIGNED BY BOTH LEON BAKST AND THE PUBLISHER DE BRUNHOFF at the limitation. Clean and VG+ in... More about L'Oeuvre de Leon Bakst pour La Belle au Bois Dormant (In the Publisher's Original Slipcase
Mainz. Germany: Bei Florian Kupferberg, 1965. Cloth. The 1965 facsimile re-issue of "Die Buhne Im Bauhaus" ("The Stage in the Bauhaus"), which was originally published in 1924 as #4 in the formidable "Bauhaus Bucher" series. Tight and Near Fine (one small bump at the front panel's upper tip) in a.... More about Die Buhne Im Bauhaus
Munich: Albert Langen Verlag, 1927. Decorative Cloth. The 1927 1st edition of Malewitsch's "Die Gegenstandslose Welt" ("The Non-Objective World"), which constitutes #11 in the extraordinary "Bauhaus Bucher " series. Tight and VG in its mustard-yellow boards, with very light soiling to the panels and light wear to the spine ends... More about Die Gegenstandslose Welt
Vienna and Leipzig: Gerlach & Wiedling Verlag, 1920. Boards. More about Gerlach's Jugendbucherei (33 Vol. Set in 31 Books
Harvard University Press, 1970. Cloth. An impressive copy of the 1970 1st edition in hardback, INCLUDING A 1 PG HANDWRITTEN LETTER FROM BRUCE DAVIDSON ON HIS PERSONAL STATIONARY PRESENTING THIS COPY TO A FRIEND. Tight, solid and Near Fine in a clean, price-intact, Near Fine example of the printed mylar... More about East 100th Street (With a Letter from Bruce Davidson Referring to This Book
New York: Leonard Hutton Galleries, 1979. Original wraps. A very sharp copy of the catalogue based on the November 1979-March 1980 exhibition at New York's Leonard Hutton Galleries. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers, with just a touch of light rubbing to the front panels. Tall, thin quarto... More about Ilya Grigorevich Chasnik: Lyucite/1902-Leningrad/1929 -- Watercolors, Drawings, Reliefs
Paris: Jacques Damase/Artcurial Editeurs, 1978. Boards. A hansome copy of the 1978 1st edition. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial laminate boards, with just a touch of light bowing to the front panel. Quarto, crisp black-and-white reproductions thruout. More about Sonia Delaunay: Dessins -- Noirs et Blancs
San Francisco: Windsor Press, 1928. Vellum. A lovely copy --bound in full vellum-- of this 1928 translation of "Medieval Latin Students Songs". Tight and Near Fine in its original vellum, with bright red-lettered titling along the rounded spine. Just a touch of very light spotting at the panels, otherwise clean... More about Medieval Latin Students Songs (With Hand-Illuminations
Los Angeles: Self-published, 1966. Uncommon 1966 collection of silkscreens by Los Angeles artist Tony DeLap, renowned abstract sculptor and pioneer of West Coast minimalism and Op Art. Consisting of 13 of his loose, seemingly-unrelated (except in their small scale) silkscreens, each measuring 12 3/4" tall x 9 3/4" wide, all... More about Tony DeLap 1966
Los Angeles: Self-published, 1967. Original wraps. A crisp, very presentable copy of the 1967 1st edition of this self-published Ed Ruscha vehicle, limited to 2,413 copies. Clean and Near Fine in its printed white wrappers. And in a well-preserved, VG+ example of the fragile glassine dustjacket, with one tiny spot... More about Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, 2002. Cloth. SIGNED BY ELLSWORTH KELLY on the half-title. An all-but-pristine copy to boot of the catalogue based on the January-April 2003 exhibition at San Diego's Museum of Contemporary Art. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp, Fine dustjacket. Tall quarto, brilliant, vivid color... More about Ellsworth Kelly: Red Green Blue -- Paintings and Studies, 1958-1965
The Kulchur Foundation, 1989. Joe Brainard. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY BOTH KENWARD ELMSLIE AND JOE BRAINARD on the title page. A clean, very solid copy to boot of the 1989 1st paperback edition. Tight and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, wonderfully illustrated thruout (along each verso) by the... More about Sung Sex
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. Larry Rivers. Cloth. The 1969 signed/limited edition. #71 OF "200 COPIES HANDBOUND IN BOARDS AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ARTIST (LARRY RIVERS)" at the colophon. Clean and Near Fine in its yellow cloth, with mounted collage to the front panel and a clean... More about When the Sun Tries to Go On (The Signed/Limited Ed
