64 wood-engraved illus. Small folio, orig. white half-pigskin & polished buckram sides, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. [St. Lawrence, Waltham]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1931.

A very fine copy of Gill’s “most memorable book…one of the glories of bookmaking for which he designed the type and himself engraved the beautiful initial letters and illustrations on wood.”–Blumenthal, Art of the Printed Book, p. 40 & no. 118. Limited to 488 copies on Batchelor handmade paper (there were a further twelve copies on vellum).

Preserved in a box. More

Black & white floor plan on recto, details on verso. Pictorial card. Düsseldorf: Galerie Konrad Fischer, 1982.

Scarce Daniel Buren exhibition announcement. Held concurrently with a show by Ludger Gerdes. In fine condition.

❧ Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 191 (p. 203). More

Text on recto, details on verso. Postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Galerie Konrad Fischer, 1981.

Mailed exhibition postcard for a Lawrence Weiner exhibition with Konrad Fischer. Near fine. This copy was sent to Heidi & Dieter Witte (with address updated by hand).

❧ Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 186 (p. 198). More

More than 400 collotypes. Ten vols. Small folio, orig. blue wrappers, orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers, orig. stitching. From the colophon (in trans.): Shanghai: Shang wu yin shu guan, 1924.

A fine and very rare edition of the earliest calligraphy collection of China. “In 992, the third year of the Chunhua reign (990-995), by command of the Song dynasty Emperor Zhao Jiong (reigned 976-998), the Court Calligrapher Wang Zhu selected masterpieces of calligraphy in the imperial collection. He had them carved in stone, and then had rubbings made which were mounted into an album. As a collective album... More

43 folding leaves (mostly split at fore-edges, with no loss of text). Small folio (344 x 233 mm.), orig. wrappers (soiled), new stitching. [Korea: late 18th or early 19th century].

A beautifully written manuscript collection of about 400 poems by Bai Li (701-62), one of the two greatest poets of the Tang dynasty, and certainly China’s greatest poetic personality (see Mark Edward Lewis, China’s Cosmopolitan Empire. The Tang Dynasty [Harvard University Press], p. 254).

The manuscript presents a number of mysteries that demand further research by scholars. The last line in the manuscript, which is in a more modern hand... More

Illus. on recto, text on verso. Pictorial postcard. Düsseldorf: Galerie Konrad Fischer, 1980.

Scarce Konrad Fischer invitation postcard. Near fine. Mailed to Heidi & Dieter Witte.

❧ Not in Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993). More

Black & white illus. on recto, text on verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Galerie Konrad Fischer, 1971.

Postcard invitation to Nauman’s third exhibition with Konrad Fischer. In excellent condition. Mailed to Gerhard von Graevenitz (1934-83) and his wife Wies Smals (1939-83).

❧ Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 49 (p. 61). More

Illus. on recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard, mailed. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer Galerie, 1979.

Scarce postcard invitation from Konrad Fischer Galerie. Near fine; small loss to the head of the recto. Mailed to Heidi & Dieter Witte.

❧ Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 160. More

A few black & white illus. Unpaginated. Tall 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Paris: [1995].

Scarce bookseller’s catalogue issued by Jean-Dominique Carré, this one is devoted to the books and exhibition catalogues of Annette Messager (b. 1943). 62 items are offered, including unique works and books that were printed in very small editions. An essential reference work for publications by or about Messager.

Near fine; faint creasing to the wrappers. WorldCat records two copies. More

Black & white illus. Unpaginated. 4to, printed semi-stiff covers. London: 1996.

Scarce fair catalogue, organized by Marcus Campbell and Isabella Oulton. With texts by Martine Pringuet (“The Artists’ Book Revealed”) and Simon Ford (“Artists’ Books are Rubbish Sometimes”).

A fine copy. We find just two copies in North America.

❧ Not in A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013). More

Large card. Illus. on recto, text on verso. Düsseldorf: Galerie Schmela, 1965.

Card announcing Arakawa’s third show with Galerie Schmela. Fine. More

Fine color illus. throughout. 176 pp. Large 4to, translucent dust-jacket, pictorial hardcover. Hartford, CT: 2008.

A beautifully printed collection catalogue, published on the occasion of collector Mickey Cartin’s 60th birthday. With contributions by Carlos Basualdo, Nicholas Baume, Steven Holmes, and James Rondeau.

The catalogue highlights works by: Josef Albers, Francis Alÿs, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Forrest Bess, Joe Coleman, Joseph Cornell, Wim Delvoye, Spencer Finch, Walton Ford, David Hammons, On Kawara, Paul Lafolley, Laura Lancaster, Charles Ledray, Sol LeWitt, Glenn Ligon, Kerry James Marshall, Wes Mills, Jonathan Monk, Giorgio Morandi, Roman Opalka, Kathy Prendergast, Martin Puryear, Martín Ramirez, Tom Sachs, Fred Sandback... More