One black & white illus. Two square cards. Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1972.

Two cards comprising the invitation to LeWitt’s solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bern in 1972. One of them bears a reproduction of the artist’s work; this card also announces the publication of the artist’s book Arcs Circles & Grids and a print in an edition of 100 copies.

In fine condition. More

Color illus. throughout. 141, [3] pp. Small 4to, softcover with flaps. Foligno, Italy: Edizioni Viaindustriae, 2009.

An essential reference recording nearly all of Sol LeWitt’s artist’s books, profusely illustrated. Near fine; one of 1000 copies. This is the 2009 edition, the book was reprinted in 2010. More

Many illus. 305 pp. 4to, printed softcover. Santander: Ediciones La Bahía, 2014.

Uncommon exhibition catalogue that is an essential resource on Sol LeWitt’s artist’s books, exhibition invitations, and posters. As new. More

16 black & white plates. [32] pp. Square 4to (200 x 200 mm.), orig. illustrated semi-stiff wrappers (extremities a bit worn), staple-bound. London: Studio International, 1969.

An extremely rare signed copy of this early Sol LeWitt (1928-2007) artist’s book, he has inscribed the verso of the final leaf: “For Sid Tillim / Sol LeWitt.” Sidney Tillim (1925-2001) was an influential art critic and artist who wrote for Artforum and Arts Magazine. This is LeWitt’s fifth book, but the third standalone publication not originating from an exhibition or periodical.

“The front cover of Four Basic Kinds of Straight Lines is an... More

Forty parts in 12 vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers, new stitching. At the beginning of each part: Cixi: Prefaces dates 1776 & 1788.

A valuable and influential dictionary of synonyms and antonyms in the Chinese language. Li 厲, a native of Cixi, served as a magistrate in Wangjiang County. Originally published in 39 parts, this edition has the valuable supplement — the 40th part — by Huai Guan, painter and librarian, who lived in Hangzhou, near Cixi.

This is an encyclopedic work, encompassing synonyms and antonyms in all disciplines, including science, politics, history, gastronomy, costumes, technology, books and bibliography... More

60 unnumbered pages. Tall 8vo (205 x 99 mm.), pictorial semi-stiff wrappers, upper wrapper covered in braille text, staple-bound. [Paris: 1993].

A scarce catalogue, with a beguiling upper cover bearing braille text. It describes 335 items, including works by Andre, Bloom, Boltanski, Boutin, Broodthaers, Fulton, Gette, Le Gac, LeWitt, Nam June Paik, Nauman, Wegman, Weiner, etc., etc. The braille cover is an original work by Barbara Bloom created for this catalogue, and the text, from Barthes’s “La Chambre Claire,” is translated on the inside wrapper.

In fine condition. The braille text is understandably a bit rubbed. More

Numerous text illus. 64 unnumbered pages. Tall 8vo (210 x 100 mm.), orig. semi-stiff pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. [Paris: 1991].

An uncommon catalogue featuring a close-up portrait by Robert Barry of Florence Loewy on the covers. The catalogue describes 224 items, including the works of Jean-Michel Alberola, Carl Andre, Seth Siegelaub, Enrico Baj, Baldessari, Robert Barry, Beuys, Boltanski, Broodthaers, Sophie Calle, Christo, Jean Degottex, Hans Haacke, Haring, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, LeWitt, Long, Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Richard Prince, Dieter Roth, Edward “Rusha,” James Turrell, Tristan Tzara, Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, Christopher Wool, etc. For each item, measurements, publication information, printing method, and... More

Double-page black & white photographic illus. [4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet, horizontal folds for mailing. Amsterdam: Art & Project, [1971].

A mailed example of Richard Long’s first Art & Project bulletin, in fine condition.

“The artists most at home with creating pageworks for the format of the Bulletin are Lawrence Weiner and Richard Long, the one primarily with words, the other primarily with photographs…Long tended to bleed a photograph of one of his open air works to fill the entire space of the centrefold, to great effect. The fact that Long’s photographs were also very often overprinted with a.... More

17 characters per column; 24 columns per sheet. Each sheet: ca. 450 mm. long. Text-block height: 207 mm. Eight scrolls (297 x 10,785; 12,480; 11,600; 10,430; 11,190; 10,190; 10,130; 9000 mm.), all with front endpapers speckled on inside with square-cut gold, silver, & copper foil, outer endpapers dyed reddish-orange & with clouds of gold, silver, & copper mottling. Seven of the eight scrolls have on the outside of the front endpaper an orig. label stating “Myohorengekyo” [“Glory to the Dharma of the Lotus Sutra”], and its volume number. All with wooden rollers. [Japan: late Muromachi to early Edo].

A handsomely... More

Black & white illus. throughout. 103 pp. 4to, pictorial wrappers with flaps. Düsseldorf: [ca. 1992].

Scarce bookseller catalogue with a fine selection of post-war art books, catalogues, and multiples; scarce. 748 listings total. Near fine; minor wear to the spine. More

73; 60 folding leaves (pagination in Vol. II continued from Vol. I). Two vols. 8vo, orig. wrappers (wrappers rather worn), orig. block-printed title labels on upper covers (frayed), new stitching. Kyoto: Hayashi Kuhei & Takemura Shinbei, 1699.

First edition of this valuable bibliography of Chinese encyclopedias or lei-shu (classified books); this is an important guide to the corpus of lei-shu.

The term “encyclopedia” is not used in the Western sense. Lei-shu “is the name given a genre of collectanea of literary and non-literary materials compiled in pre-modern Chinese history. Commonly translated ‘encyclopedia,’ lei-shu is more accurately rendered ‘classified book,’ from... More

Woodcut vignette on title. 167 (i.e. 157), [15] pp. 8vo, fine red morocco of about 1760, triple gilt fillets round sides, tiny gilt stars at each corner, flat spine richly gilt “á la grotesque,” green morocco lettering piece on spine, blue paper endpapers, a.e.g. Paris: F. Leonard, 1666.

First edition of the catalogue of the first of two print collections formed by Marolles (1600-81), abbot of Villeloin and man of letters. He began acquiring prints in 1626 and by 1644, his collecting activities governed his life. At that time there was little competition, and Marolles bought several important collections en... More