New York: The Typophiles (Printed by the Spiral Press), 1957. Antonio Frasconi. Decorative Boards. The 1957 1st edition, limited to 395 copies "for subscribers and contributors". A tight, sharp copy. Handsome decorative bookplate (of Maxwell Steinhardt) at the front pastedown, otherwise clean as could be. 12mo, Frasconi's dramatic, dark woodblocks..... More
Le Havre, France: L'Art Penultieme (Etude & Promotion de l'Art Contemporain), 2002. Hardcover. A wild, very creative 2002 French artist's book, with text by Gilbert Lascaux and the (highly eroticized) photography by Antoine Poupel. Bound in a hideous, bright-green astroturf over gaudy pink boards, and with a 3-dimensional breast (and..... More
Turin, Italy: Geiger, 1974. Original wraps. INSCRIBED BY GIULIA NICCOLAI on the half-title. A very sharp copy to boot of this wonderful 1974 artist's book, published out of Turin in an edition of 400 copies. This specifically (#128) was among "150 copies numbered from 026 to 0175 for the friends..... More
New York: Self-published (Larcada Gallery), 1966. Original wraps. Uncommon 1966 artist's book, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR HARRY HURWITZ on the title page. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, pumpkin wrappers. Also includes the announcement for the June 1966 exhibition in conjunction with the publication of "The Notebook"..... More
Self-published, 1980. Original wraps. Fascinating 1980 artist's book, self-published and signed in pencil by the artist, Janice Snyder, on the front free endpaper. Clean and Near Fine in its stapled, off-white, pictorial wrappers. On each verso, the same dense text and on each facing recto, a specific phrase from the..... More
Venice: Self-publshed, 1988. Original wraps. Uncommon 1988 handmade catalogue of artist Liselotte Hohs (Austrian by birth, Italian by design). Tight and Near Fine in its thick, dark, stapled wrappers, with just a touch of light scuffing at the rear panel. Pasted-on color plates along each recto. Introductions by both Dino..... More
Paris: Editions Sonnabend, 1971. Original wraps. The 1971 1st edition of this bi-lingual Mel Bochner artist's book. Tight and VG+ in its off-white wrappers, with very light soiling at the panels and one tiny name at the front pastedown. 16mo, blank versos, text to each recto. More
Barton, VT: Nova Broadcast, 1973. Alison Knowles. Original wraps. A handsome copy of this 1973 Fluxus piece, designed by Graham Mackintosh (Of Black Sparrow Press fame) and limited to 1,000 copies. Clean and Near Fine in its pictorial wrappers. Octavo, photgraphy by the Fluxus artist Alison Knowles, who originally imspired..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1988. Pictorial boards. BOLDLY SIGNED BY RED GROOMS (in red marker, across the first page of Barbara Haskell's essay). A bright, solid copy to boot of the 1988 1st edition of this wild artist's book/pop-up book, with all moveable pieces in place and in excellent..... More
