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Click here to subscribeTOBIAS (M), DHAULAGIRIDEON; The International Mountaineering Arts Journal, limited edition no.52, with d.j, and soft green paper boards, Antioch College, 1973, with Tobias (M) TSA, August 1974, with a letter from the International Mountaineering Arts Journal, dated November 26th 1974 stating that this first edition is not being sold but circulated in the US and abroad to 'All friends, lovers, archaeologists of language and desirest ones' (3)
PAUL INSECT (born 1971); screenprint 'Claw Forest (2003)', published by Pictures on Walls (London), signed in pencil, 22/750, sheet size 30.5 x 68.5cm, unframed. (D)NB: Only the first 100 screenprints from this edition were signed. From a private Cheshire collector.Additional InformationThe corners are slightly folded back, otherwise good condition.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit https://www.dacs.org.uk or https://artistscollectingsociety.org
A Ralph Lauren X-large first edition coffee table book, hard cover with slip cover. Inside it is inscribed by Ralph Lauren to Joel Schumacher, the American director, producer and screenwriter--'To Joel, With friendship, love & respect. Ralph. The book is in perfect condition, the slip cover is slightly damaged on the left hand bottom corner.
Ulrich von Schroeder,"Buddhist Sculptures in Tibet'', India & Nepal/Tibet & China'', Band I & IIVisual Dharma Publications, Ltd., Hong Kong, first Edition, 200134 x 23,5 cmErste Ausgaben, 2001, Nr. 275. Bd I: India & Nepal, 655 Seiten mit 766 Illustrationen. Bd. II: Tibet & China, 675 Seiten mit 987 Illustrationen. Jeweils im Schuber.Aus einer europäischen Privatsammlung, erworben vor 2007Zum Teil Abnutzungen und Flecken
The first 3 issues were produced by Bart Boumans and his students at the Enschede Art Academy (NL) in 1982, featuring contributions from international mail artists and students. Thereafter Care was produced by individual artists, various proposals circulated but it is not certain what actually appeared. This lot contains the initial issues 1,2 and 3. Added is the rare Extra issue published in a small edition of 14 from the late contributions for the first 3 issues. Additional Care issues in the lot are No.6 and No.10.(1) Care 1, March 1982. Faux wood portfolio, with loose inserted artists' contributions. Numbered copy 66/75. In original sending envelope. (2) Care 2. Printed transparent plastic sleeve containing loose sheets. Numbered 70/75 on the original rubberstamped envelope. (3) Care 3, October 1982. Profusely decorated ribbed cardboard envelope closed with plastic clips (one broken), with loose and bulgy contributions. (4) Care Extra, Dec 1982. One of an edition of 14 distributed among collaborators. Assembled by Rein Jelle Terpstra. (5) Care 6, 1983. Edited by Sonja van der Burg, Arnhem. Collaged envelope with loose inserts. (6) Care 10, 1985. Edited by J.P. Jacobs, New York. Blue folder with loose inlays. (7) 12 documents regarding Care, including content sheets and posters for issues 1 and 3. More information on Care contributors on request. See also 'Geza Perneczky Assembling Magazines 1969-2000' p. 74-75. (total 18)
Geneva, Héros-Limite, 1997. Rare first edition. Softcover, with protective tracing paper wrapper, 21 x 15 cm, 207 pp. Overview of Carrión's critical writing and treatises on artists' books, annotated with the author's comments. Includes an extensive bibliography. Text in French and English. Wear on protective wrapper, moderate age toning, interior very good.
Includes the beautiful small artists' notebook 27 Aug. 1971 tot / bis 17 Sept. 1971. Amsterdam/Lausanne, Toni Gerber/P.B. Stähli, 1972. First edition. Ringbound, 8.5 x 12 cm, 132 pp. Very good copy.(2) Markus Raetz, Notizen 1981-82. Berlin, Rainer Verlag, 1982. Stamped 9 Feb. 1982 on rear, ed. 1200. (3) Markus Raetz. Graz, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, 1975. Zeichnungen Aquarelle, Die Bucher. Softcover, 23.5 x 22.5 cm, text in German. (4) Das Beobachten des Beobachtens, Markus Raetz Zeihnungen. Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, 1977. Hardcover, 30 x 22.5 cm, complete with inserted list of works. The catalogues feature toning and traces of use. (total 4)
Amsterdam, Cres Publications & Agora Studio, 1979. First edition of 400. Softcover, 21 x 15 cm, 48 pp. The book presents a series a photographs of Carrion's name card filing box, which the author juxtaposes with witty captions categorizing the people listed on the index cards. Categories include: Artists, Non-Artists, My best friends/People I love, People so ambitious, so pushy, People with bad taste or no taste at all. Important artists' book in very good state.
An ongoing series of prints and books uniquely available for subscribers, published in an edition of 150 numbered, signed and dated copies. The first issue came out in 1976. Until now, 8 folded sheets featuring reproductions of drawings have been published (with accompanying announcement poster) plus one book. The complete set (thus far) is offered in this lot and contains: (No.1) Tango. Reykjavic 1976; (No.2) Einsaugen. Carona 1977; (No.3) Zweige. Berlin 1977; (No.4) Strandreich. Berlin 1978; (No.5) Revier Reykjavic 1979; (No.6) Five; (No.7) Schiebenzin; (No.8) Echo. Plus the book Der Möbiusband, published by Hong Kong Press Goteborg & Vossforlag, 1986. Printed at Fundatiehuis Amsterdam, edition of 750. The folded sheets are very large, 120 x 84 cm, mounted with tape. Posters and sheets all feature age wear. (total 17)
de cognoscendis, et curandis morbis. Editio postrema Veneta juxta tertiam Luduno-Batavam. Bassano, 1788, sed prostant Venetiis apud Remondini ("Emendebat Joannes Sebastianus Menchetti" on final pages), 8 parts in 4 vols. (incl. the index-vol.), 314; 3,(1),284; 256; 260; 268; III,(1),555; VIII,630; 80 p., w. engr. frontisp. portrait, each vol. w. woodcut printer's mark on title-p., contemp. simple limp Italian vellum w. remnants of ties, 4to. Part 3 wormholed and waterst. in lower blank corner; occas. other wormholes/ (water)stains; vol. 6 sl. moulded at the beginning and end (incl. binding). The first two bindings w. split upper joint, final binding dam. on spine. With contemp. owner's entry of Joannes R. Rodriguez on upper pastedowns. Complete copy of a very rare edition, hardly ever offered for sale as such. (total 4)
Extensive lot by the important Czech artist and creator of concrete poetry (born 1946). Contains: (1) Nine Optical Poems. London, Writers Forum, 1967. Nine loose sheets enclosed in original manila envelope. Moderate wear on envelope, prints are mint. (2) Amodulo Book. Brescia, Edizione Amodulo, 1970. First edition. Artists’ book featuring a single thin red vertical line in a different location on each spread. Slight age wear on cover, interior very good. (3) Ga (first and last collection of sound poems by Jiri Valoch). London, Writers Forum, 1971. Staplebound, 19 pp. Poem consists entirely of variations on the letters g and a. Staples slightly rusted, else very good. (4) 12 exercises by Jiri Valoch. Berlin, Edition Hundertmark, 1976. Signed in pencil. Edition of 300 copies. Moderate toning on cover along spine, else very good. (5) The Eschenau Summer Press Publications: No. 20. Jiri Valoch: Five parts of one work, 1977. Cardboard portfolio with title labels on cover, numbered 11 of an edition of 100. Contains five thick poetry sheets, age toning along paper margins, else good. (6) The Eschenau Summer Press Publications: 21, Jiri Valoch: Three possibilities, 1980. Cardboard portfolio with title label, featuring 5 poetry sheets. Numbered 10/100. Age toning along sheet margins, fine copy. (7) Jiri Valoch: 20 works, Kunstinformatie No.35. Gorinchem, Kunstcentrum Badhuis, 1981. Small booklet with toning on cover. (8) Word Works 1974-1984. Berlin, Rainer Verlag, 1984. First edition. Some rubbing on spine, else very good. (9) Jiri Valoch, Bucher, Die Bedeutung der Worte. Bremen, Neues Museum Weserburg, 1997. Signed artists' book/catalogue for an exhibition curated by Valoch and Guy Schraenen. Fine copy. (total 9)
Dupuis, 1st ed., 1951. Spine rest. else good. With: (2) Sirius. De Blauwe Sperwer. De Geheimzinnige Vijand. Dupuis, 1952. (3) Victor Hubinon. Surcouf 1 and 2, Dupuis, 1951-52 -and 9 more 1940s - 50s first edition Dupuis comics (Jerry Spring, De Blauwe Sperwer, Jan Kordaat, Jean Mermoz, De Witte Helm, Don Bosco). All in fair/good condition. (total 13)
Brussels, MTL, 1974. Softcover, 14.5 cm x 14.5 cm, 32 pp. This is the original first edition artists' book published by MTL in 1974, later republished by John Weber Gallery New York, in 1977.Edition size unknown. Offset prints of squares with ripped edges, silhouetted in black-and-white. Very fine copy.
Artists' book, rubber stamp prints on cream felt, 18.5 x 18.5 cm, 11 pp. Stapled with black insulating tape along the spine. Cover features the title stamped in black. First edition. Handmade by the artist in an edition of 100 copies. The book functions as a flipbook, ten felt sheets with red and purple stamps present two boxers in action. General yellowing of felt, folds on corners of 2 felt sheets, a very fine copy. Rare.
inhoudende diversche ordonnancien, edicten, ende placaete[n] vande coninclicke Ma. ten ende haere deurluchtige hooc-heden, graven van Vlaendren, metsgaders van heurliederen provincialen raede aldaer, ghepubliceert inden voorghenoemden lande van Vlaendren t'zedert den iaere vyfthien-hondert t'zestich, tot ende metten iaere zesthien-hondert neghenen-twintich. Ghent, Anna vanden Steene, 1629 (= 1630), (8),795,(1 blank),(30 index) p., w. engr. title-p. by Bernaert van Zoomeren, large woodcut printer's mark on final p., contemp. blindst. vellum over wooden sides, 2 brass clasps and catches, sm. folio. Library stamp (cancelled) on title-p. A very fresh, beautifully bound copy. The first edition of this second volume of the collected government issues of Flanders, edited by the jurists Bloys and Stalins. Dekkers 17.
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1983. First edition. Softcover, 30 x 21 cm, 63 pp. Published in conjunction with Kruger's first European exhibition that toured from ICA London to Bristol, Villeurbanne (France) and Basel (Switzerland).Numerous b/w plates, preface by Iwona Blazwick and Sandy Naime, essays by Craig Owens and Jane Weinstock in English. With inserted text booklet in German. Rare early catalogue.
Hilversum, Steendrukkerij de Jong en Co, 1964. Softcover, 25 x 25 cm, sheets cut in geometric compositions in white and red on thick stock. In original green printed wrapper, folded to form triangles, featuring a biographical text about Bruno Munari in 8 languages. First edition of 2000 unnumbered copies. Slight age toning, two flaps of the fragile wrapper have come apart at the folds, the other flaps have tears along the folds but are still attached. Interior displays moderate dent and some yellowing at lower margin, generally a fine copy of this celebrated and rare artists' book.
Arnhem, Sonsbeek, 1993. Softcover, 24 x 17 cm, 124 pp., ills. in b/w. Influential catalogue published in conjunction with 'The Uncanny', a now mythical exhibition staged at the Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, as part of Sonsbeek 93. Curated by Kelley, who also edited and provided text for the catalogue. This is the scarce first (and only) edition. Some rubbing to covers, else in great shape.
Van hare eerste beginzelen, oude voor-rechten (...) Aanwijzende hare bezienswaardige en wonderlijke zeltzaamheden (...) Amsterdam, Abraham en Jan de Wees, 1662. 16mo. Leather, sides covered w. paper, frontispiece w. coat-of-arms Amsterdam, title w. sm. vignette (22),344,(14) pp. and 9 copper engr. incl. one folded view and one folded plan. Frontispiece loose, 2 book-plates on first end-papers. Incompl. as more often; nevertheless a charming copy of this rare early edition. Sold w.a.f.
(1) Yutaka Matsuzawa, Catechism Art. Amsterdam, Art & Project, 1973. 21 x 9.5 cm, 18 pp. Stapled booklet, ed. 300, first printing March 1973. Artists' book with event score-like text and nine blank pages meant to generate a meditative mood. (2) Francesco Clemente, Undae Clemente Flamina Pulsae. Amsterdam, Art & Project, 1978. Red linen hardcover 17.5 x 13 cm, 16 pp. containing 16 mounted cards on handmade Indian paper. Printed by Kalakshetra Publications Press, Madras, India in an edition of 800. Rare and beautiful piece. (total 2)
Edition 227/350, signed in pencil by de vries on first page. 30 x 21.5 cm, 87 p. Contributions by: Staakman; Nusberg/Dwiezjenije; de vries; Vieira; Houédard (Op poems in dots); Sharkey (Concrete poem); Deman; Aubertin (L'art dans la société capitaliste), a.o. Exquisite, rare and signed copy. Added: (2) herman de vries Werken 1954-1980. Groningen, Groninger Museum, 1980. Softcover, glassine dustwrappers with a dry tree leaf pressing, loose as issued. 29.5 x 21 cm, 206 p. Text in Dutch and German with plates in b/w, list of works and bio/bibliographic information. Print run of 1.000. Very fine copy. (total 2)
Tijdschrift voor Letteren en Schoone kunsten. Rare Dutch artist periodical, tied to surrealism. Edited by Vancrevel and herman de vries. Published in Arnhem by M. Israel, 12 volumes (1963-1968) in a small edition of ca. 150. Striking handmade covers, staplebound, first two issues 21 x 15 cm, later ones 29.5 x 21 cm. Features stencilled and original contributions by writers and artists such as herman de vries, Stanley Brouwn, Freddy de Vree, J.C. van Schagen et al. Stanley Brouwn contributed a poem to PTL No.1 (Berekening/Calculation) and an original pasted in autumn leaf to PTL No.2 (Herfstbrouwn). There are several original paperworks/collages by Herman de Vries throughout the series. Beautiful rare set of the first series. (1) No.1 Summer 1963, cover with original stamped red dots, numbered 000047, stamped twice on cover. Creasing along extremities, cover toned along spine, interior near mint. (2) No.2, numbered 000186 on frontcover (hard to detect, inside the letter L). Some wear around edges of fragile cover, else fine. Includes HERFSTBROUWN, a glued in leaf by Stanley Brouwn, mint. (3) No.3/4, numbered 000361, ribbed cardboard cover with wear around extremities. (4) No.5, numbered 000606, creasing and dog-eared (10 cm) on cover, else very good. (total 4)
New York, Grove Press/Evergreen Black Cat Book, 1968. Softcover, 17.5 x 10 cm, 452 pp. First paperback edition. Novel containing a nearly word-for-word transcription of tapes recorded by Warhol and Ondine over a two-year period in 1965–1967. Name of former owner on first page. Cover moderately soiled, some bumped corners, interior with general age toning.
35 vols. between no. 9 and no. 63, in early or first edition, ca. 1957-1966. Added: 20 more early comics by Vandersteen (Suske en Wiske, De Rode Ridder, Jerom, Karl May) -and (3) Bob Mau. Kari Lente 4x and (4) Bob Mau. Een avontuur van Pits en Kaliber. 2x. In fair/good condition. (total 61)
Los Angeles, self-published, 1967. First Edition. Original spiral bound printed wrappers, 24 x 16 cm. Edition of 1000 unnumbered copies. B/w picture book featuring the glorious destruction of a typewriter thrown out of the window of a 1963 Buick. Minimal soiling to the front cover, some creasing in the lower edge of the spiral/spine, else a very good copy. Rare first edition.
Year 1955 complete (=52 vols.). Bound in one volume. With: (2) Lassowerpen en Touwdraaien. Nationaal hoofdkwartier van de Nederlandsche padvinders Den Haag, 1940. 68 p. (3) H. Haakenhout. Ills. H. Kresse. Per Atoomraket naar Mars. De wonderlijke avonturen van 2 Amerikaanse jongens. First ed., 1945. Spine renewed. (4) G.L. Tichelman. Indonesisch Dossier. D.A.V.I.D., 1945. (5) Facsimile edition of (4) by Fantasia Comic Books Shop Amsterdam, 1999. No. 201/250. (6) Press plate for one of the illustrations of de Gouden Dolk. (7) 37 vols. Eric de Noorman (8) De Vrouw in het Blauw. Een avontuur van Eric de Noorman. Kressekring, 1990. -and 6 more. (total 50)
Editio nova, tam re, quam figuris a praecedenti in plurimis mutata. Zui accedit Epistola apologetica, in clarissimum virum D.D. Fredricum Ruyschium (...). Leyden, J.A. Langerak, 1716, (20),103 p., w. 7 (large) fold. engr. plates, contemp. speckled hcalf, ribbed and gilt spine w. mor. letterpiece.Without the errata-pages at the end, as usual. Library (cancel) stamps on title-p., occas. a bit foxed/ browned, but otherwise a very good copy, with old owner's entry "H.C. de Fremerij" (apparently a medical professor in Utrecht) on first free endpaper. The first edition appeared in 1709. Hovius is known as the discoverer of the "Canal of Hovius".
From The little white bird. A new edition. Printed by T. and A. Constable at the Edinburgh University Press for Hodder & Stoughton in London, n.d. (1912), VIII,(4),122,(2) p., w. 50 tipped-in col. plates, 20 b/w ills. in the text and orig. dec. gilt cl. after Arthur Rackham, large 4to.Free endpapers browned. A bit foxed throughout. Binding a few sm. imperfections. (2) Th. Ingoldsby. The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth & Marvels. Printed in London by Ballantine and Comp. for W. Heinemann, 1913, XIX,(1),549 p., w. 24 tipped-in col. plates, 12 tinted plates, num. black and white ills. in the text and orig. dec. gilt cl. after Arthur Rackham, 4to. First plate (frontisp.) w. oblique fold. Binding shows a few sm. imperfections. (3) W. Shakespeare. A Midsummer-Nights Dream. Printed by R. Clay and Sons for W. Heinemann in London and Doubleday, Page & Co in New York, 1917, (6),134 p., w. 40 tipped-in col. plates, b/w ills. in the text and orig. gilt pict. cl. after Arthur Rackham, 4to. Sl. foxed, otherwise fine. (total 3)
New York, Reflux Editions, 1983. White plastic box with lid, 12 x 9.5 x 1.7 cm. Top lid has a mounted offset label printed black on white, with title and Brecht's famous drawing featuring a hand with pointing finger. Inside the box is a mounted label with the same image printed white on black.The multiple was first produced in 1965, this is the Reflux edition produced by Barbara Moore, mostly using the original prints derived from George Maciunas. Tiny chipped off part of the lid's closure, else a near mint copy.
Two versions of a stunning artists' book, consisting of 1 continuous pen drawing starting at the front cover, moving along all pages to the back cover, meanwhile creating an image on the unbound side of the book. This lot includes the first self-published version of the book (1974) as well as the 'professional' version (1989) published by Walther König and Hansjörg Mayer et al.(1) Streifen (Detour), self-published 5/18 printed 1974. Softcover, 20 x 14 x 7 cm, 174 double pp. Contains an inscription by Voss from 1986 citing this book to be a sample for the professional edition that eventually appeared in 1989. Age toned and some small irregularities on the front page. Super rare. (2) Detour. Amsterdam/Cologne/Stuttgart&London/ Zurich/Recife, Boekie Woekie/Walther Konig/Hansjörg Mayer/Stähli, 1989. Softcover, 23.5 x 17 x 4.5 cm, 280 pp. Title printed on spine. In grey cardboard slipcase. This one signed and numbered 77/1000. Very fine copy. (total 2)
(1) From along a Riverbank. Amsterdam, Art & Project, 1971. Softcover, staple bound, 21 x 10 cm, 20 pp. First printing August 1971. Edition of 300. B/w images of leaves found along a riverbank. Very light spotting on cover, interior mint. (2) From Around a Lake. Amsterdam, Art & Project, 1973. Second printing March 1975 edition of 500. Softcover, staple bound, 21 x 10 cm, 20 pp. Colour images of leaves found around a lake. Mint. (total 2)
van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament, in het koper geëtst door den vermaarden en kunstryken Jan Luiken, en met nieuwe en leerzame beschryvingen opgeheldert. Amst., Joh. Cóvens en Corn. Mortier, 1729, 2nd ed., (10),67 [=76]; (2),44 p., 15 lvs,, w. 5 lettered double-p. engr. maps (incl. a worldmap) and 62 numb. double-p. plates (incl. frontisp.), 30 engr. vignettes on 15 plates at the end, contemp. blindst. panelled vellum, folio. Marg. waterst. at the end; plate 39 w. large closed tear. Vellum torn at top and foot of spine, and otherwise a bit scratched/ stained. A good copy of this monumental printbible, one of the main works of Jan Luiken. The first edition appeared in 1708. This second edition is enlarged with 2 pages of explanatory text to every print, with 5 engraved maps and the 30 vignettes of the "Grooten Bybel" of Mortier (1700). Klaversma/ Hannema 160/ 161; Van Eeghen/ Van der Kellen 429, p.666; Poortman II, p.131.
1) Yoko Ono, Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions. London, Peter Owen, 1970. First British Commonwealth edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 14 x 14 cm, 288 pp. Introductory drawings by John Lennon. Very good copy. (2) Yoko Ono, Have you seen the horizon lately? Oxford, Museum of Modern Art Oxford, 1997. Softcover, 13.5 x 13.5 cm, 168 pp. Published in conjunction with a touring exhibition, with essay by Chrissie Iles, texts by Yoko Ono. Very good copy. (total 2)
Arnhem, M.J. Israël, 1963. Edited by Herman de Vries and Laurens D. Vancrevel. Stapled booklet, 21 x 15 cm, 40 pp., stencilled on blue and white paper. Unique cover with hand stamped red dots, title and number 000098. Contains an original collage by Herman de Vries, paint with glass beads on white paper, stamped on verso herman de vries/ reflektie. Also features a poem by Stanley Brouwn titled 'Berekening' (Calculation).Slight edge wear and spotting on covers, mint interior. Four issues of PTL were released between 1963 and 1964. The edition size of the first 2 issues is unknown, later ones were made in an edition of 150. The magazine presented contributions by various artists and writers, initially in a Surrealist inspired vein.
Includes: (1) Actualité d'un bilan. Softcover, 21 x 27 cm, 136 pp. Artists' assembling/exhibition catalogue with contributions by 29 artists including Daniel Buren (torn pages as issued), Carl André, Robert Barry, Marcel Broodthaers, Huebler, On Kawara, David Lamelas, Sol Lewitt et al. Text by Michel Claura in French and English. As often with this gluebound copy, the interior is loose from cover, but all pages still glued together. Else mint. (2) Robert Barry, It is … it isn’t. First edition. Softcover, 17 x 11 cm. Text based artists' book in b/w, featuring one word on either side of each page. Light toning to cover, else very good. (total 2)
(...). Herausgeber: Internationale Kongresse für Neues Bauen und Städtisches Hochbauamt in Frankfurt am Main. Einhundert Grundrisse mit erklärenden Referaten von Victor Bourgeois (Brüssel), Le Corbusier und Pierre Jeanneret (Paris), Sigfried Gideon (Zürich), Walter Gropius (Berlin), Ernst May (Frankfurt-M) und Hans Schmidt (Basel). Frankf. a.M., Englert & Schlosser, 1930, 1st ed., 42, (4) ,207, (3), 15, (1) p., num. full-p. ills., orig. pict. wr., 4to.Bookblock loose; wr. worn along extremities, fold in frontwr., spine discol. and dam. at top. With owner's entry of the architect Ben Merkelbach (1901-1961) in pen on title-p. Rare first edition of this important work on urban architecture, containing summaries in English at the end.
No. 1. Moscow, Edition d'etat de la RSFSR, 1930. 48 p. Folio. Orig. cover des. O. Deynek, text in French, photos by a.o. B. Ignatovitch, B. Kozak, A. Chayhet, and A. Grigorieff. Spine worn, some discol., otherwise in good condition. A landmark Soviet art magazine, issued from 1930 to 1941, to celebrate the achievements of the first 2 Five Year Plans and (through various foreign language eds. such as this one) to propagandize the stark contrast between the vibrant Soviet economy and the stagnation of Western economies under capitalism.
Paris, Edition Jean Michel Place, 1995. Softcover, 27 x 23 cm, 170 pp. First edition of the catalogue featuring the pioneering gender-bending photographs of Claude Cahun (1894-1954).Published in conjunction with the restrospective show at the Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. B/w photographs, essays by Francois Leperlier and Elisabeth Lebovici, text in French. Edition of 3000 copies. Near mint copy.
Budapest, Artpool, 1980. The first Hungarian assembling magazine, organized and published by the artist Gyorgy Galantai following the exhibition 'Textile without Textile' curated by Andras Ban in 1979. Printed cardboard portfolio, 32 x 22 cm, 54 loose sheets. Published in an edition of 300 signed and numbered copies. Each contribution is akin to an original artist's work and the magazine a mini self-contained exhibition. Includes 54 contributions, each signed and numbered, of varying sizes and paper stocks. Features litographs, stencils, water color, Xerox, stamps, original photographic prints etc. Participating artists from Hungary and abroad include G.A. Cavellini, Laszlo Deak, Miklos Erdely, Nicola Frangione, John Furnival, Gyorgy Galantai (2 works, 1 collage with glue partly loose), Judit Gink, Marc Van Hoe, Andras Lengyel, Anna Moor, Zsuzsa Szenes, Agnes Szep, Balint Szombathy, Andrzej Wielgosz et al. Cardboard portfolio with moderate creasing on corners, artworks in very good state. Rare.
Three artists' books including (1) Futura 7: Ian Hamilton Finlay 5 poems. Stuttgart, Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1966. First edition. Single sheet, 64 x 48 cm, folded to make 8 panels. Typography letterpressed in black. Moderate toning to folded edges, else a fine copy. (2) Aggie Weston’s No 2, Spring 1973. Derbyshire, Stuart Mills, 1973. Softcover, 25.5 x 20 cm, 12 pp. Slight rubbing along spine, rear cover soiled, interior very good. (3) Simon Cutts and Ian Hamilton Finlay, Lines of thin pale blue and red. Nevers, Centre d’art contemporain APAC, 1990. Hand stitched artists' book, 15 x 10.5 cm, with fold-out pages. First edition, mint copy. (total 3)
Qui de Gladiatoribus*. Noviter correcti, aucti, & formis aeneis illustrati. Antw., Chr. Plantinum, 1585, (8),175,(1 blank),(7) p., w. woodcut printer's mark on title-p., 3 (of 4) fold engr. plates, 12 full-p. engr. ills., contemp. calf, both sides w. central laurel wreath ornament, gilt and ribbed spine, 4to.On the convolute: Occas. sm. internal defects/ repairs, such as tears on folds of plates, the binding a bit ageworn, but in good condition. First free endpaper with a nice owner's annotation by M. Bondet, dated 1624. Bound with: (2) De amphithatro liber (...). Ibid., idem, 1585, 76,(4),(2),85-104 p., w. woodcut printer's mark on title-p., 4 fold. engr. plates and 3 ills. (2x full-p.) (3) De constantia libri duo (...). Ibid., idem, 1585, new rev. ed., (16),112,(15) p. Ad 1: Lacks one plate. Voet 1557. Second Plantin edition (first: 1582) of this treatise on gladiators Labore et Constantia 292; Bibl. Belgica III, I, 502; cf. Thimm p.167, listing the edition of 1604; Pardoel 1536; Lipperheide Be 8. Ad 2: Lacks final 2 lvs. Voet 1532B. Ad 3: Voet 1535A bis.
First edition. Sonsbeek, Stichting Octopus/Octopus Foundation, 1971. 23 pp. of which 10 unfold to double width, with 116 offset printed photographs. 11 x 38 cm. Age toning and two creases on the cardboard frontcover, water spot at top left of the cover (8 x 3.5 cm, also on verso) not impacting the interior. Good copy.Rare item, one of approx. 200 copies that survived. '[...]most of the edition was accidentally discarded from the warehouse where it had been stored' (Andrew Roth, The Open Book, 2004, p. 198).
Two artists' books/catalogues published by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. (1) Robert Filliou, Teaching at the Stedelijk, 1971. Softcover, 27.5 x 20.5 cm, 24 pp. Toning on cover, dog-eared on lower corner of back cover. (2) Dieter Roth, Boeken, 1975. First edition, published in collaboration with Hansjörg Mayer Stuttgart. Stapled softcover, 33.5 x 23.5 cm, 128 pp. Browned, corner of backcover torn, fragile paper in mostly fine state. (total 2)
Nice, self-published, 1963-1964. Two brown folders assembled in printed kraft paper wrapper, 31 x 22 cm, housing approx. 35 loose sheets of various colours, with collages, stamps, texts and editions by Ben Vautier. The covers of the separate folders are profusely decorated with original collages (on front, cover and interior). There are 2 extra cardboard sheets pasted to the wrapper as well as a printed sheet featuring the window of Gallery One in London. This copy is from 1964 and belonged to Rudolf Peereboom, who was the owner of Galerie Amstel 47 in Amsterdam where Ben did one of his first shows in Nov./Dec. 1964. It is signed and dedicated to 'brother RP' on the first page.The magazine was meant to be produced in an edition of 300, but far fewer copies were made. All copies are unique, there appear to be variations in content between any two copies. Wrapper with wear especially along spine area, mirror pasted on one of the folders is broken, some collages have loose parts as tape and glue has lost its grip, but most sheets are in good condition. Rare item.
plus account of other witchcraft prosecutions in New England and elsewhere. Salem, North Shore/Boston, Lee & Shepard, 1892. Rare first ill. edition of early study on the historical Salem trials. Cl. (2) John M. Taylor. The witchcraft delusion in colonial Connecticut,1647-1697. New York, Grafton Press, 1908. Cl. (3) G.L. Kittredge. Witchcraft in Old an New England. Cambridge, 1929. Cl. with damaged dust-j. -and 4 more. All 8vo, with bookplates and in overall good condition. (total 7)
Brussels and Hamburg, Lebeer Hossmann Éditeurs, 1975. Artists' book with numerous collages, assemblages, stamps and illustrations, loosely inserted in a printed portfolio. Signed, dated and numbered in the colophon 32/75, with another signature and unique handwritten comment on the title page reading 'admettre s'etre trompé sur l'art'. Contains 22 leaves and 3 double leaves, 31 x 22 cm, in graphically designed original cardboard box with handwritten title in chalk.This is a copy of the special edition of 75 copies containing the signed title page and four collages marked as originals by stamps (sample of cloth, shard of mirror, folded gauze bandage, section of map). The first edition of the work appeared in 1962/63 in a small print run. Near mint copy.
Milanilo sul Garda, Amodulo, 1972. Softcover, 24 x 27 cm, 222 pp. First edition of 1000. Striking ills. in b/w and red. Text in German. Rubbing on extremities of covers, else very good. Rare artists' book.2) herman de vries, terre, vie et poésie. Mouans-Sartoux, l'Espace de l'Art Concret, 1991. Cardboard folio, 48 pp., in white sleeve. Survey of de vries' work, text in French. Sleeve bumped, else a fine copy. (total 2)
London, Secker & Warburg, 1951, first ed., XV,(1),477 p., orig. giltlettered cl. w. dustwr., 4to.Endpapers browned. Dustwr. torn on folds and dam., browned on spine. Rare, especially with the dustwr. First edition, published in the same year as the American edition, titled The Origins of Totalitarianism. "A historical study of the world-wide crisis of our time, with its evil concept - the deliberate de-humanization of humanity." (dustwr.).
London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1891, XX,351 p., w. num. ills. by H.J. Ford and Lancelot Speed, orig. richly gilt pict. cl., a.e.g.A very fine copy of the first edition, in an impressive binding. (2) Mrs. Herbert Martin. A Musical Genius. London etc., Blackie and Son, n.d. (ca. 1900), 548,(16 advert p.), w. 4 plates by John H. Bacon, orig. gilt pict. cl. Good copy, attractive binding. With handwritten schoolprize of the Brook St. Council School Peterborough, dated 1911. (3) C.M. Barker. The Book of the Flower Fairies. Poems and pictures by Cicely Mary Barker. London/ Glasgow, Blackie & Son., n.d. (1927), 92 p., w. 72 col. plates, orig. gilt pict. cl. (4) The Arabian Nights. London, A. & C. Black, 1930, VIII,247,(1) p., w. 4 col. plates after Ch. Folkard. One leaf strengthened in margin. Good copy. -and 7 others. (total 11)
Beginnende van Adams tijden tot die gheboorte ons Heeren Jesum/ voortgaende totten Jare M.CCCCC. ende XVII. Met den rechten oorspronc hoe Hollant eerst begrepen ende bewoont is geweest vanden Troyanen. Ende is inhoudende van die Hertogen van Beyeren/ Henegouwen ende Bourgondyen. De tijt dat sy aent Graefschap gheweest hebben. Met die Chronijcke der Bisschoppen van Utrecht seer suyverlijck ghe-extendeert ende int lange verhaelt. Amst/ Dordr., C. Claesz/ P Verhaghen, 1595-1597, 4 parts in 1 vol., (12),483; (12),272; (2),229,(5); (4),131 p., woodcut ills., modern half leather in antique style, folio.A bit wormholed and occas. browned/ foxed; partly waters. in upper inner corner. Haitsma Mulier/ Van der Lem 20a & 483; De Wind p. 112-113 & 268-269. Moes/ Burger III, p. 249-253. Cf. Adams A2253 & De Buck 1916 (both listing the first edition published in 1517). Scarce edition, with the separately published 4th part, of this famous 16th-cent. Dutch chronicle (known as “Divisiekroniek”) by the Dutch humanist Cornelius Gerardi Aurelius, continued & enlarged by the Dutch author Ellert de Veer. The very influential work summarizes the late medieval Dutch history.
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