Item ID: 7418 Artists’ Books. Martin ATTWOOD, Clive PHILLPOT.
Artists’ Books.

Artists’ Books.

Many illus. 96 pp. Tall 8vo, orig. grey covers (upper cover bowed & spine sunned), title on spine. [London]: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976.

An essential early exhibition catalogue of artists’ books. This was published for a travelling exhibition arranged by the Arts Council. 157 artists’ books, anthologies, catalogues, periodicals, and important reference works were selected by Attwood and Phillpot, who also contributed essays. The catalogue is profusely illustrated with images of the earliest artists’ publications.

A near fine copy, small fold to a corner of the upper cover.

❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 6.

Price: $150.00

Item ID: 7418