No Place: Alan Sondheim, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Bound wrappers. Self-published artist book from early in Sondheim's career. Unpaginated text reproduced from xerox. A very good copy with some wear to the edges of the stiff printed covers. This is to be expected as the sheets bound into these covers... More
Bruxelles: Editions de l'Oiseau qui dit tout, 2002. First edition. Paperback. Artist book in wide string-tied wrappers. From an edition of 30 special copies supplemented with an original drawing signed and dated by the artist. Book measures 9.5' wide x 4.5" tall. SIGNED by author and artist. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
No Place: Wild Hawthorn Press, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Miniature book measuring 3" square. Brief text by Finlay accompanies color images by Stewart. Unpaginated. 8 leaves. A fine copy in simple white stapled wrappers in fine printed tan paper covers. Book is not dated, but WorldCat places it circa 1993. More
No Place: Aggie Weston, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Miniature book in stiff sewn wrappers. Book measures 3 1/2" wide x 5 3/4" tall. 2 leaves. Includes a photograph taken by Rodger Brown. Fine condition. More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
