Brooklyn: Print Center, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Oblong decorated wrappers. An artist book pairing the words of Spera with photos of Colten. Unpaginated. A very good example. Spera is the founder and director of Philadelphia Eye and Ear, a distributor of artist books. More about The Only Romance Is What Is Accurate
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound 8vo. Unpaginated. Artist book by Stokes published through the auspices of The Museum of Modern Art Projects program. Illustrated in black and white. A very good copy in bound illustrated wrappers. Some edgewear to covers. More about Young Masters and Misses
New York: Privately Printed, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Hand-made artist book. 16 pp. Perforated edges. SIGNED by the artist. Not dated, but likely from circa 1977. Other than possibly included in the Tardos papers at UCSD, this appears to be a one of a kind artist book. Very good condition. More about Idea-Tape (Signed
London: Coracle Press, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Collaborative artist book with poems by Cutts and illustrations by Torok. One of 200 trade copies. Fine condition in unprinted white stapled wrappers with printed paper dustwrapper. Outer wrapper is lightly soiled. Scarce. More about Leafmould
No Place: Imprints, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Sequence of five separate folded booklets each with a line of rubber-stamped text with hand coloring. Each is SIGNED and hand-numbered by the artist. From a slender print run of only 25 copies. Fine condition. More about Observance One, Two, Three, Four and Five
No Place [Clonmell]: Coracle Press, 2010. First edition. Cloth. Stiff cloth-covered folding card. With artist illustrations on the two inside panels. A fine copy in navy cloth printed in lighter blue. Published by Coracle Press in 2010. Unknown limitation. More about With or Without
Wuppertal: Verlag der Kalender, 1961. First edition. Paperback. Large square paperbound quarto. (12" square). Book consists of numerous examples of Vostell's Decollage screenprints intersperced with concrete poetry by Dufresne. Text at rear in German and French by Alain Jouffrey. Contents in fine condition. Printed on thick paperstock. The front cover... More about TPL: Tombeau de Pierre Larousse - Poesie von Francois Dufresne - Decollagen - (Abrisse)...
New York: Louis Kellner Foundation and Seth Siegelaub, 1968. First edition. Paperback. Small pocket paperbound volume. Weiner's first artist book. According to his catalogue raisonne this humble book was published in an edition of one thousand unnumbered copies. 64 unnumbered pages. It contains the artist's specific and general statement pieces... More about Statements
Garden City: Doubleday, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound original book. An artist book consisting of poems, photographs and other writing. Unpaginated. A very good copy in bound white wrappers lettered in black and other colors of the rainbow. Some small stains to covers. Book includes a polaroid by Ed Ruscha. More about Flavors
No Place: Privately Printed, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Copy number 7 of only 11 of the special Artists Personal Edition. SIGNED by the artist. Bound in unprinted burgundy leather. A fine copy. Illustrated with black and white geometric drawings. Sold with this book is a fine copy of the... More about Extreme Measures (Special Signed Limited Edition
London: Book Works, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Elaborately designed and produced artist / cookbook. Subtitled "A Must - Seminal, Polemic, Domestic Politicale - In Short Comme Chez Nous, The Only Book For The Conscious Cook". Combination of offbeat autobiography and cookbook including 22 recipes. Specially bound with photo insets. Comes... More about Very Food
Brooklyn: Folding Cigar Press, 1985. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Artist periodical. The fourth issue (of at least four) of Folding Cigar. It includes picture poems, cartoon drawings and writings by Bob Heman and others. This issue at 120 pages is the most expansive of all the issues we have seen... More about The Fourth Folding Cigar
No Place (Brooklyn): Folding Cigar Press, No Date (1978). First edition. Paperback. 4to. Artist periodical. The first issue (of at least four) of Folding Cigar. Very little publication info provided, but from other sources it has been determined that this book was edited by Roger Erickson and is likely from... More about The First Folding Cigar
Brooklyn: Folding Cigar Press, 1980. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Artist periodical. The second issue (of at least four) of Folding Cigar. It includes picture poems, cartoon drawings and writings by Bob Heman and others. A very good copy in stapled pictorial wrappers. Quite uncommon as are all issues of this... More about A Second Folding Cigar
Los Angeles: Self - Published, 1968. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Self-published artist book with words and images by Keefer. This is copy #47 of an unspecified limited edition that has been SIGNED by Keefer. Simple unprinted black wrappers. A brief history and explanation of vampyrism with images drawn by Keefer... More about Vampyrism (Signed
New York: Granary Books, 2001. First edition. Paperback. Square paperbound octavo. 207 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white. With preface by Charles Bernstein. A near fine example in bound decorated wrappers. Includes many examples of Granary Press artist books. More about When will the book be done?
Providence: Visible Language, 1991. First edition. Paperback. Thick trade paperbound format. Issue 25 of Visual Language, a amagazine of literature and the arts. Over two hundred pages. Includes essays on the state of artist books by Johanna Drucker, Andrew Hoyem, Michel Deguy, Marjorie Perloff and others. A near fine example. More about Visible Language Volume 25 2/3; The Artist's Book: The Text And Its Rivals
New York: D.A.P. and American federation of Arts, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Square quarto. 183 pp. Superb reference book on modern artist books. Includes essays and interviews as well as dozens of color photographs. A very good copy in bound wrappers. More about Artist / Author; Contemporary Artists' Books
Geneva: Genf / Geneve, MAMCO Musee d'Art Contemporain, 2004. First edition. Paperback. Three nearly square paperbound volumes in cardboard slipcase with printed sheet of text. The books measure 5 3/4 " wide x 6 1/4" tall. Each volume contains full-page color and black and white photographs. No text other than... More about The Middle of the Day Volumes 1,2,3
United Kingdom: Self-Published, Various. First edition. Paperback. Collection of six self-made artist books by Mark Pawson. Some have no publication information at all, or even titles. They all use various combinations of collage, rubber stamp, photography and other techniques in combination and alone. All in fine condition. Varying dimensions, but... More about Collection of Six Artist Books including two versions of Life Has Meaning
New York: Distributed Art Publishers Inc. and The American Federation of Arts, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Nearly square hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. With essays by Cornelia Lauf, Glenn o"bRien, Clive Phillpot, Jane Rolo and Brian Wallis. Includes an interview with Martha Wilson by Thomas Padon. 185 pp. Illustrated in brilliant... More about Artist / Author Contemporary Artists' Books
Paris: Futuropolis, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Diminuitive staplebound volume measuring 5 3/4 x 4" wide. Illustrated by Dutch cartoonist and graphic designed Joost Swarte. Text in French. 12 pp including printed covers. SIGNED by the artist. Includes a separate artist multiple in a cellophane bag attached to the inside rear... More about Les Timbres (Signed
San Francisco: Room 101 Publications, No date. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. Elaborately designed artist zine with poems and numerous tipped on photographs and artworks. Artist (s) unspecified. Fine condition in stapled illustrated wrappers with illustrated acetate overlay. Multiple in plastic bag afixed to rear cover is hand-numbered 9 / 50... More about Oxygen Scavenger #7
New Haven: Journal of Artists' Books, 1994. First edition. Paperback. Sold here together are seven of the first ten issues of JAB, a magazine devoted to news and articles on the world of artists' books, plus Offset (a precusor magazine published by Brad Freeman at Interplanetary Productions in New York... More about Offset (plus) JAB - The Journal of Artists' Books Number Two, Four, Five, Numero Six, Seven,...
New York: Segue Books, 1981. First edition. Paperback. Oblong staplebound quarto. A collaborative artist book with text by Bernstein and photos by Laufer. Nearly fine condition in photo-illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Both Contributors and dated in year of publication. More about The Occurence Of Tune (Signed by Both
