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Click here to subscribeVenice/Rome, Cavallino Collezione Arte/ Sergio Tosi, 1967. Artists' book in leporello format. Hardcover with black cloth, 15.5 x 10.5 cm, 40 pages accordion folded thick sheets, recto covered in coated paper with text and plates (in b/w and colour) by the artist. First edition of 200 copies, this one handsigned and numbered 59/200 in the colophon. Very good copy, includes the original transparent plastic belly band.
The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, 1968. Softcover exhibition catalogue, 21 x 21 cm, 82 pp. Ills. in b/w. Text in English and Dutch. First edition. Essays by Enno Develing and Lucy Lippard. Artists include Carl Andre, Ronald Bladen, Dan Flavin, Robert Grosvener, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris, Tony Smith, Robert Smithson and Richard Steiner. Includes artists' biographies and exhibition histories. Near mint copy.
Edited by Andy Warhol, Kasper König, Ponthus Hulten, Olle Granath. Softcover, 27 x 21 cm, 315 pp. First edition of Warhol's famous Stockholm catalogue, published on the occasion of his earliest European museum show at the Moderna Museet in 1968. Text in English. Moderate staining (2 cm) on top portion of the first few interior pages, the middle part of the book has some loose pages, generally a fine copy. The flower print covers are still very bright.
was written by Barbara Rose for the Museum of Modern Art. New York, MoMA, 1970. Original 'soft-sculpture' type vinyl cover, 23 x 37 cm, 221 pp. Pink decorated endpapers, colour and b/w ills. Contains a dedication. First edition, produced in conjunction with Oldenburg's retrospective exhibition held 25 September to 23 November 1969. Very good copy, cover and endpapers still fresh.
Works - Concepts - Processes - Situations - Information. Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, 1969. First edition featuring the legendary exhibition of new tendencies in art, organized by Harald Szeemann in cooperation with Edy de Wilde's show 'Op Losse Schroeven' at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Printed cardboard portfolio with metal clip binding and alphabetized tabs, ca. 200 pp. Prof. ills. in b/w with texts and documentation of works by 65 artists. Text mostly in English. Featured artists comprise: Andre, Anselmo, Barry, Beuys, Bochner, Boetti, Darboven, Dibbets, Van Elk, Hesse, Kosuth, LeWitt, Long, Nauman, Oppenheim, Panamarenko, Serra, Wegman et al. Cover with some edge-wear and several stamps of Galerie d'Eendt Amsterdam, generally a fine copy.
Second edition. Although dated 1966 in the book (the original publication date), this copy is not from the first edition as it is lacking the blank flap to the final panel. Leporello featuring b/w photos of both sides of the street, 18 x 14.3 cm, total length when unfolded approx. 8 meter. Moderate bend on spine, else an excellent copy, the original silver-coloured slipcase is in mint state.
Lehren und Lernen als Afführungskünste. Cologne and New York, Verlag Gebr. Koenig, 1970. First edition. Softcover, spiral bound, 21 x 27 cm, 230 pp. Seminal work on Filliou's ideas on participatory art making and teaching. Includes interviews with Beuys, Brecht, Cage, Iannone, Kaprow, Rot et al. Text in German and English. Corners slightly bumped, else a fine copy.
(1) Emmett Williams, Selected Shorter Poems 1950-1970. Stuttgart, Hansjörg Mayer, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover, 23.5 x 18 cm, 410 pp. Wrapper with shelf wear and some damage to the laminate, interior clean. (2) Ruth Krauss, There's a Little Ambiguity There Among The Bluebells And Other Theater Poems. New York, Something Else Press, 1968. Hardcover, 19.5 x 22 cm, unpag. A collection of poems and avant-garde texts performed at Greenwich Village venues such as Judson Poets Theatre, Cafe La Mama and Actors' Studio. Graphics by Marilyn Harris. Light shelf wear on wrapper, interior near mint. (total 2)
Amsterdam, Galerie A, 1979. First edition. Black ringbinder, 32 x 29 cm, containing perforated sheets. Important iconography featuring all the usual suspects such as Beuys, Brouwn, Higgins, Filliou, Paik and Ono. Text in English. Discolouration on title label, introductory title page with torn perforation holes, else a fine copy.
Near complete set, lacking the 2 often missing pieces by Gormley and Rauschenberg. Ill. cardboard box, 34 x 34 x 9.5 cm, designed by Dan Graham. Contains books, objects, prints, and other materials by 17 artists and a text booklet by Lawrence Alloway. First edition of 1200. Stunning collection presenting 'a new concept in editions - a miniature boxed exhibition'. Produced in conjunction with Artists and Photographs, an exhibition at Marian Goodman, New York. Contributions by Mel Bochner (Misunderstandings), Christo (Packed Tower Spoleto), Jan Dibbets (Perspective correction), Dan Graham (Two Parallel Essays), Douglas Huebler (Location Piece 2), Allan Kaprow (Pose), Michael Kirby (Pont Neuf), Joseph Kosuth (Notebook on Water), Sol Lewitt (Schematic Drawing for Muybridge), Richard Long (Rain Dance), Robert Morris (Continuous Project Altered Daily), Bruce Nauman (LAAIR), Dennis Oppenheim (Flower Arrangement for Bruce Nauman), Ed Ruscha (Babycakes with Weights), Robert Smithson (Torn Photograph), Bernar Venet (Exploited Subjects), Andy Warhol (Portraits). Condition: exterior lid of the box shows age toning on top, soiling/water staining along the sides, and light edge wear. The artists' contributions are overall in good state. Full condition report upon request.
Amsterdam, Tuja Books, 2001. White plastic ringbinder, 31.5 x 27.5 cm, in white matching slipcase. Contains ca. 100 loose sheets printed on thick paper, with b/w tipped-in illustrations. This is the first edition of the extensive research publication on the seminal Dutch conceptual artist, in 100 numbered copies, this one numbered VIII in colophon. Contains a list of brouwn's publications from 1957 to 2001 and a chronological overview of his exhibitions. Slipcase, ringbinder and interior sheets near mint condition.
Utrecht, Hedendaagse Kunst, 1972. Softcover, 20.5 x 14 cm, 144 pp. Artists' book, first publication in Gerhard Richter's famous Atlas series, designed by the artist. First edition. Profusely ill. with b/w reproductions of photographs and sketches. Text in Dutch. Minor shelf-wear with rubbing to spine, interior crisp.
New York, self-published, 1978. First edition. Softcover, 44 pp. Glossy blue cover with title printed in white. American multimedia and collage artist Barbara Kruger's first artists' book. B/w pictures of houses with drawn blinds, seen from the outside, are juxtaposed with texts about the imagined lives of the inhabitants inside. Some tiny nicks to the blue cover, barcode label affixed to the blank rear wrapper, else a stunningly good copy.
London, Studio International Publications, 1972. Softcover, 27 x 30.8 cm, 24 pp. First and only edition of the artist's first book. Fashioned as a calendar with small circular hole for hanging. Twelve b/w full page images, each accompanied by an art history tale in English, French, German and Italian. This copy with light toning on cover, in unusual good condition. (2) Added is an invitation card for the exhibition 'Ingres and other parables' at Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf, 8 - 22 October 1971. Folded card, 4 pp. with b/w image and parable on interior pages. Mint copy. (total 2)
Munich, Schirmer/Mosel, 1976. Softcover, 18 x 26 cm, 158 pp. First German edition signed by Beuys and Tisdall in Venice 10 07 1976, with dedication. Also includes 2 b/w photo cards of Beuys delivering a speech at the Venice Biennale 1976. Publication documenting Beuys's legendary performance 'Coyote' which took place at René Block Gallery, New York, in May 1974. Contains texts (in German) and b/w photographs by Caroline Tisdalll. Tiny bump to top corner, else in very good condition. (total 3)
New York, New York University Press, 1981. Hardcover, 25.5 x 26.5 cm, 385 pp. Edited by Robyn Brentano and Mark Savitt. First Edition. Documents the first eight years of the pioneering alternative artists' space which started in 1970 in a rough Soho basement. With works by Gordon Matta Clark (co-founder), Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Joseph Beuys, Louis Bourgeois, Chuck Close, Phillip Glass, Fran Lebowitz, Jeffrey Lew (co-founder), Richard Serra, William Wegman et al. Paper wrapper shows damage along edges, else a very good copy. Rare and exciting item.
Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, 1982. Softcover, 21.5 x 14 cm, 56 pp. Published in an edition of 500. First artist's book in the series titled 'Section' by conceptual artist Ian Wilson (1940-2020). Section 30 shows text variations on 'The known and unknown are both known and unknown as not known and unknown'. Very good copy.
(1) Hennessy Val, In the Gutter. Quartet Diversions, 1978. Softcover, 95 pp. First edition. Owner's stamp on title page. (2) Christopher Makos, White Trash. New York, Stonehill, 1977. Softcover, first edition. Owner's stamp on title page. (3) Barry Lazell, Punk: An A-Z. Foreword by John Cale. Hamlyn, 1995. Hardcover, 159 pp. (4) George Gimarc, Punk Diary. The Ultimate Trainspotter's guide to underground Rock 1970-1982. Backbeat Books, 2005. Added: (5-7) Ravage. Three issues of this Revolt magazine incl. No.13, 2001 'Wanted Dead and not Alive' with infamous George Bush cover. (8) Gluur. Tegengif voor de angstcultur. Boekwerk No.9, 2010. 44 pp. Folio magazine. (total 8)
(1) Jokes Gangs Hoods. Cologne, Jablonka and Gisela Captain gallery, 1990. Mint. (2) Richard Prince. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art and Harry Abrams, 1992. Edited by Prince and Lisa Phillips. Cover with colour fading, else fine. (3) 4 x 4. New York, Powerhouse Books, 1997. Near mint. (4) Jokes & Cartoons. Zurich, JRP/Ringier, 2005. Mint, still in publisher's shrinkwrap. (5) Hippie Drawings. London/Ostfildern-Ruit, Sadie Coles/Hatje Cantz, 2005. First edition hardcover in fine state. (6) Four Cowboys. London, Other Criteria, 2009. Oversize clothbound wrapper, 39 x 30 cm. Mint shrinkwrapped copy. (total 6)
London, Anthony d'Offay, 1981. Signed by the artist on last page. Hardcover, red cloth spine, 33 x 27 cm, 20 pp. First edition. Handmade book, printed and bound in India. Contains printed and mounted colour plates on board, flaps and interior. With loose typed insert from the publisher. Delightful book in very fine condition.
Zurich, Edition Bruno Bischofberger, 1982. Signed and numbered copy. Hardcover, orange cloth cover with gilt lettering and design, 35.5 x 26.5 cm, ca. 24 plates. Artists' book/catalogue edited by Clemente and Rainer Crone in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Gallery Bischofberger, Zurich. Signed and numbered 506/1000 on the first page. Fine copy.
New York, Feature and Instituting Contemporary Idea, 1994. Staple bound softcover, 28 x 21.5 cm, 60 pp. Super scarce first edition, as most copies were seized and burned by the Canadian Border Services on the charge of depicting pornographic content. The monograph was published as the seventh issue of Farm (Hudson’s publication for Feature Inc.) and the eighth issue of The Gentlewomen of California (by Steve Lafreniere). It presents an extensive reproduction of Jones' well-known 'Tom Girls' drawings alongside film posters, video stills, record covers, comics and texts by Dennis Cooper, Vaginal Davis and several others. Very good copy. G.B. Jones (1965, Canada) is an artist, filmmaker, musician, and publisher of zines such as the Toronto-based queer punk zine J.D.s that she ran with Bruce LaBruce. Her iconic drawing series 'Tom Girls' reimagines Tom of Finland’s drawings by replacing the hyper masculine studs with tough leather dykes.
Wallpaper with flexographic print in 4 special spot colours on D5 NIP Cresta paper, 160 gsm, 52 x 1000 cm. Edition of 185 rolls, accompanied by a signed and numbered certificate and hanging instructions. This is copy number 102. The roll is still in publishers' wrap and kept in the original cardboard tube with mounted label of Whitechapel Gallery. The special limited edition was produced in conjunction with a 2009 show at Whitechapel Gallery, and is based on Lucas' iconic wallpaper 'Tits in Space' from 2000. It featured a repetitive design of cigarette orbs on a black background and was first presented at The Fag Show at Sadie Coles HQ in London.
Een onleesbaar Kwadraat-blad. Hilversum, Steendrukkerij de Jong en Co, 1964. Original wrappers containing red and white sheets cut into geometrical compositions. Housed in the original diagonally cut envelope, printed with green text in eight languages, 25 x 25 cm. First edition of 2000 unnumbered copies. Edges a bit foxed as usual, partly loosening (back cover), else a good copy of this fragile publication.
Signed copy. Tokyo, Kanransha, 1991. Cloth hardcover with embossed title, 17.5 x 25 cm, 104 pp. Edition of 1000 copies. Artists' book with b/w pictures taken by Fulton in Japan in 1989. Contains signature, dedication, drawing and rubberstamps by Hamish Fulton on first page, stamped 29 nov 1991. Mint copy.
(1) Textos y Antitextos. Madrid, Parnaso 70, 1970. Softcover, 19 x 17.5 cm, 40 pp. First edition of 850 copies. Striking concrete poems printed in various colours, with a short text in Spanish. Seminal Spanish visual poetry publication. (2) Prosae. Madrid, Editorial Garsi, 1980. Softcover, 24.5 x 18.5 cm, unpag. Added are two copies of the artists' book, one signed and numbered 95/750 in colophon (with wear on spine), one unnumbered/unsigned. All covers with moderate shelf wear, interiors fine. (total 3) Active since the late 1960s, Fernando Millán (1953) is an important Spanish theorist and promoter of experimental poetry in all its forms, such as visual poetry, textual poetry, object books/poems, action poetry, video poetry.
Amsterdam, Kontexts Publications, 1975. Stapled booklet, 7.5 x 10.7 cm, 8 pp. First edition of 100 signed copies, printed at Drukhuis Amsterdam. Hand numbered 74/100 and signed Jiri Valoch in purple marker on last page. Delightful artists' book by Valoch featuring scores for poetic interventions. Sunning to covers, interior clean but pages are loosening from the glued paper cover.
Budapest, self-published, 1984. Softcover, 29.5 x 20.5 cm, ca. 400 pp. Handmade artists' book. Signed, numbered IV/5 and titled in handwriting on spine and cover in silver marker. Also marked IV/5 on the first page. Contains xeroxed sheets, with biographical data and a compilation of the artists' works, exhibition overviews and press clippings. Marker on glossy cover slighty rubbed, else in very good state. Amazing document in very small edition. Extremely rare. György Galántai (1941) is a Hungarian neo-avant-garde and Fluxus and Mail Art artist. From 1970 onwards he organized semi-legal exhibitions, actions and happenings. In 1979 he founded Artpool Art Research Center (with Júlia Klaniczay), an avant-garde and contemporary art venue and archive in Budapest which is still active today.
Artists' assembling periodical published by G. J. de Rook's venue Exp/press in Utrecht, edited by Marten Hendriks. Edition size unknown. Both softcovers with linen tape on spine, 29.5 x 21 cm, 105/144 pp. (1) Specimen 1. Contributions by Felipe Ehrenberg, G. J. de Rook, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Ad Gerritsen and others. Inlaid postcard by Clemente Padin, folded print by Dalibor Chatnry and Exp/press brochure. Name on first page, small pen doodle on cover, else very good. (2) Specimen 2 1/2. Special issue themed 'Hand'. With some handmade/rubber stamp additions. Contributions by Felipe Ehrenberg, Geza Perneczky, André Thomkins, Jochen Gerz and many others. Inlaid are 2 cards by Robin Crozier and Raul Marroquin. Name on first page, light age toning to front cover, else a fresh copy. (total 2)
Hasselt, Provinciaal Museum, 1981. Black faux leather cover with gilt lettering, 30.5 x 21.5 cm, 30 pp. Edition of 500. Published on the occasion of the exhibition with the same title, includes loose contents list and an invitation card. This copy signed with dedication by Peter van Beveren on first page. Artists' assembling book with 30 (many original) mounted contributions of various materials by: Robert Jacks (stamp), Carl Andre (cartoon), Joseph Beuys (Sekretärstasche multiple), Woody van Amen, Christian Boltanski, Daniel Buren, Robin Crozier, Michel Cardena, Christo (piece of orange cloth from Valley work), Hans Eykelboom, Richard Hamilton (signed), Maurizio Nannucci, Arnulf Rainer, Dieter Roth, Endre Tot, Ben Vautier (text work), Wolf Vostell et al. Light bumps to cover, some items loose due to dried glue, beautiful item in good condition.
Berlin, Galerie Giannozzo, 1982. Edition Giannozzo Band 19, edition of 1000. White cardboard box, 19.5 x 19.5 x 1 cm, with mounted title label. Contains a 45 RMP album and 6 printed sheets with artists' contribution and biographical/ publisher information. The album features on side A: Walzer Für Ein Dreieck. Side B: Afrikan. Klavierkonzert No. 2; Konzert Für Eine Große Wiese; Elefantenmusik. This is the first vinyl record by musician and artist Rolf Julius (1939-2011), whose work is largely focused on 'small music' or sounds that are barely noticeable. Very good copy.
All first edition softcovers, 10.5 x 6.8 cm. Includes: (1) No.4. Taylor Mead, Excerpts from Son of Andy Warhol, 1986, 89 pp. (2) No.24. Allen Ginsberg, Your Reason & Blake's System, 1988, 50 pp. (3) No.34. Cookie Mueller, Garden of Ashes, 1990, 120 pp. (4) No.36. Bob Dylan, Saved! The Gospel Speeches, 1991, 117 pp. (5) No.42. Jack Kerouac, Safe in Heaven Dead. Edited by Michael White, 1990, 129 pp. Hanuman Books was a series of books published between 1986 and 1993 out of the Chelsea Hotel in New York City, featuring some of the biggest names in avant-garde and beat culture of the time. All fine copies. (total 5)
Madras, Hanuman, 1990. First edition. Book No. 33 in the Hanuman series of small booklets, published and edited by Raymond Foye and Francesco Clemente. Softcover, 10.5 x 7 cm, 136 pp. Collection of short stories by Jack Smith. Selections edited by Ira Cohen, introduction by Jim Hoberman. Very good copy. (2) Added: Jack Smith, His Amazing Life and Times. New York/London, Serpent's Tail/ICA, 1997. Softcover, 25.5 x 20.5 cm, 266 pp. First edition published on the occasion of the ICA exhibition. With inlaid flyer 'The theatre of Jack Smith'. Light corner bumps and creasing in first 2 sheets, else fine. (total 2 )
(1) Irma Boom, Colour Based on Nature. Oosternijkerk, Thomas Eyck, 2012. Softcover, 24 x 31.5 cm, 176 pp. contained in cardboard box closed with multicoloured tape. First edition of 4100. The book is a graphic exploration of colour through an examination of 80 UNESCO nature sites, ranging from Great Barrier Reef in Australia to the Jungfrau in Swiss. The pages are double-folded and have to be cut with a blunt knife to reveal the abstract colour diagrams. This copy has an unopened box and uncut pages. (2) Kunst op Kamers. 26 kunstenaars 21 locaties. De Rijp, Stichting Kunst op Kamers, 2008. Perforated cardboard slipcase, containing 2 softcover volumes, 25 x 20.5 cm, 232/ 32 pp. Exhibition catalogue, book design Irma Boom, photography Thijs Quispel, text Cees Straus. First edition. Both books in good condition. (total 2)
Interesting set of ephemera containing announcement cards, leaflets and two mint catalogues published by the gallery in Berlin and New York. (1) Catalogue No.12 Entwürfe, Partituren, Projekte: Zeichnungen. Berlin, 1971. Edition of 1000. (2) Catalogue No.16 Selbstportraits/Weekend, Berlin 1972. Edition of 1000. Leaflets: (3) Galerie René Block, 1964-1974. Die Erste Decade (The First Decade). Listing of all exhibitions, texts in German. 7 pp. (4) Shigeko Kubota, 3 video installations, Duchampiana. New York, 1976, 6 pp. (5) Bob Watts, New Light on West Africa. New York, 1976, 3 pp. (6) Fifteen invitation cards for solo exhibitions in the Berlin venue from 1969-1978, featuring Renate Weh, Mario Ceroli, Allan Kaprow (1970 and 1976), Electronic Art, Richard Hamilton (1972), Barry McCallion, Al Hansen, Piotr Kowalski, K.P. Bremer, Ernst Mitzka, Roman Opalka, Dan Graham (1977), On Kawara (1978) and a group show on photography. (total 20)
Two issues of the famous bulletin compiled by the artist. Published by Art & Project in Amsterdam. Single folded sheets, 29.5 x 21 cm, 4 pp. First edition of 800 copies. Both unmailed copies in very good state. (1) Art & Project Bulletin No.30, November 1970. Blank artists' contribution. (2) Art & Project Bulletin No.59, September 1972. Text piece, 2 artists' statements on center spread. (1) Art & Project Bulletin No.30, November 1970. Blank artists' contribution. (2) Art & Project Bulletin No.59, September 1972. Text piece, 2 artists' statements on center spread. (total 2)
ALFRED WAINWRIGHT BOOKS, later editions of A Dales Sketchbook and A Second Dales Sketchbook, Condition Report: good condition aside from small bumps to the dust covers, THE NORTHERN HIGHLANDS, first edition /first impression, jacket price £1.50, a first edition / first impression A Lakeland Sketchbook and A Second Lakeland Sketchbook, Condition Report: Scottish book has foxing to first and last pages, dust cover has small tears and dirty marks, no dust cover with Lakeland sketchbook, cloth cover rubbed, Second Lakeland book has tears and dirty marks to the dust cover which is clipped, together with a Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells - book three (eleventh edition), Scottish Mountain Drawings - Volume one, A Lakeland Sketchbook and A Dales Sketchbook, small tears and creases to two of the dust cover (9)
FOUR ROYAL CROWN DERBY CABINET PLATES, comprising a limited edition first in a series of four Christmas plates 1997 1663/1750, an Imari pattern tea plate (marked as second quality), and two 1977 limited edition of 500 Imari pattern plates to commemorate the Silver Jubilee visit to Derbyshire of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (4) (Condition report: very light surface scratches, second quality mentioned in description)
Heaney, Seamus. Agenda, Seamus Heaney: 50th Birthday Issue, signed. Cookson, William & Dale, Peter (Eds.) Vol. 27, No.1 Spring 1989, first limited edition, numbered 5/50, in printed wrappers with a portrait of Heaney by Louis Le Brocquy and paper slipcase, signed 'Seamus Heaney - April 1989' to the colophon page.
Anglesea, Maryn & Dunbar, Wendy. Parker, Richard Dunscombe (illustrator) Birds of Ireland, Blackstaff Press, Dundonald, 1983, first edition. 113pp. 17" x 23½" (43 x 60cm) numbered 156 of 250, signed by Editor and Designer. 40 mounted color plates reproducing the original watercolour paintings originally discovered in 1976 by the editor in the recesses of the Ulster Museum, Belfast.
Blyton, Enid: Five Go To Smuggler's Top, Illustrations by Eileen Soper, London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1955 first edition, no dust jacket, 8vo., together with Five Run Away Together (1944), Five Go Adventuring Again (1943), Five Go Off To Camp (1949), The Island Of Adventure (n/d reprint), Five On A Treasure Island (1942 reprint), Five Fall Into Adventure (1953 D/J), The Secert Island (1943 D/J), Brier Rabbit Book (1963 D/J), Tales After Tea (1968 D/J), The Secret Mountain (1941 D/J), The Secret Of Killimooin (1944 D/J), Round The Clock Stories (1963), The Christmas Book (1944 D/J), The Good Morning Book (1952 D/J) and Adventures Of The Wishing Chair (1939). (16)
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