new books, catalogues & special editions, winter 1989.
[8] pp. 8vo, printed wrappers, loose as issued. London: 1989.
Scarce Nigel Greenwood Books catalogue. Near fine. More
[8] pp. 8vo, printed wrappers, loose as issued. London: 1989.
Scarce Nigel Greenwood Books catalogue. Near fine. More
Three mimeographed A4 sheets, printed on rectos only, stapled. London: 1977.
Rare list from Nigel Greenwood’s bookselling concern. Includes artists’ books by Atkinson, Breakwell, Brouwn, Buren, Gilbert & George, Long, Oldenburg, Shiomi, etc. and catalogues on Bochner, Brouwn, Dibbets, Judd, A. Martin, Rückriem, Smithson, etc. Fine, folded for mailing. More
Two mimeographed A4 sheets, printed on rectos only, stapled. London: 1977.
Rare list distributed by Nigel Greenwood’s bookstore. It offers artists’ books by the Bechers, Cumming, Fulton, R. Hamilton, Long, Weiner, etc. and catalogues on the Bechers, van Elk, Flanagan, Rückriem, Ryman, Tuttle, etc. Fine, folded for mailing. More
Three mimeographed A4 sheets, printed on rectos only, stapled. London: 1978.
Rare list published by Nigel Greenwood’s bookshop. It offers artists’ books by Aycock, Barry, Buren, Chaimowicz, Cumming, Huebler, Rickaby, Sonneman, Willats, etc. Fine, folded for mailing. More
Four mimeographed A4 sheets, printed on rectos only, stapled. London: 1978.
Rare list issued by Greenwood’s bookselling outfit. It offers artists’ books by Baldessari, Boltanski, Buren, Charlton, Dimitrijevic, Kawara, LeWitt, Messager, Roth, Stezaker, Tuttle, Weiner, Willats, etc. Fine, folded for mailing. More
Six mimeographed A4 sheets, printed on rectos only, stapled. London: 1979.
Scarce bookseller list. It offers artists’ books by Breakwell, Chaimowicz, Fulton, Gilbert & George, Hamilton & Roth, Hilliard, Lamelas, LeWitt, Renouf, Richter, Ruscha & Weiner, Stezaker, Stokes & Douglas, Tremlett, Willats, etc. and catalogues on Broodthaers, Byars, Christo, Haacke, Hamilton, Rückriem, Serra, Tuttle, Willats, etc. The famous Book as Artwork 1960/1972 catalogue is announced as sold out on the final leaf.
Fine, folded for mailing. The final leaf has been trimmed at the page break. More
Five mimeographed A4 sheets, printed on rectos only, stapled. London: 1979.
Scarce bookseller list. It offers artists’ books by Higgins, Hiller, Kozlowski, Kosuth, Long, McKeever, Michals, Rainer, Snow, Weiner, E. Williams, etc. and catalogues on Andre, Aycock, Close, Dimitrijevic, Hesse, Heizer, Hockney, Kelly, Oldenburg, Pollock, Richter, Sieverding, Smithson, Thomkins, Tuttle, etc. Fine, folded for mailing. More
Seven mimeographed A4 sheets, printed on rectos only, stapled. London: 1980.
Scarce bookseller list. It offers artists’ books by Kostelanetz, Le Gac, LeWitt, Paolini, Stezaker, Stokes, Tremlett, etc. and catalogues on Broodthaers, Darboven, Dibbets, Dimitrijevic, Flanagan, Gerz, Hamilton, Kelly, Marden, M. Merz, Newman, Reinhardt, Tuttle, Twombly, etc. Fine, folded for mailing. More
By Giovanni Mardersteig. Edited and Translated by Hans Schmoller. Profusely illus. (some in color). Large 4to, orig. cloth, gilt, slipcase. Verona: Edizioni Valdonega, [1980].
The essential history and bibliography of this press. Fine copy. More
[44] pp. 8vo (210 x 140 mm.), green printed & stamped wrappers, lower wrapper with illus., staple-bound. [Amsterdam: 1975].
A very nice copy of the scarce first catalogue issued by Ulises Carrión’s fabled Other Books and So bookstore/gallery space. Distributed several months after the shop’s founding, this catalogue lists several hundred “other books / non books / anti books / pseudo books / quasi books / concrete books / conceptual books / structural books / project books / plain books / multiples / posters / postcards / records / cassettes.” It offers for sale books and bookworks by Beuys, Bochner... More
Several illustrated ads. 30 pp. (incl. inside of wrappers) & ads on lower wrapper. Small 4to (217 x 175 mm.), orig. beige printed wrappers, staple-bound. [Amsterdam: 1976].
The very scarce third mail-order catalogue issued by Ulises Carrión’s bookstore and event space. These catalogues — a total of four were issued — are essential documents relating to the distribution of artists’ books in Europe, as well as Carrión’s life as a prolific artist, bookseller, theorist of the book, and curator.
The present catalogue offers books, periodicals, multiples, records, cassettes, posters, music, and postcards. It includes work by Mirella Bentivoglio, Carrión, Ian... More
Illus. to inside & outside of wrappers. 32 pp. 8vo (208 x 145 mm.), orig. tan pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Amsterdam: Other Books and So, [1976].
The scarce second mail-order catalogue issued by Ulises Carrión’s Amsterdam bookstore and exhibition space, Other Books and So. The inside and outside of the wrappers bear precious photographs of the space. These catalogues — four of them were issued — are essential documents regarding the dissemination of artists’ books in Europe as well as Carrión’s life as a prolific artist, bookseller, theorist of the book, and curator. This one offers books by Eduard Bal, Joseph... More
Many black & white illus. Unpaginated, with price-list. 8vo, orig. semi-stiff pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. [Paris: 2000].
A scarce bookseller’s catalogue offering photobooks and photographs by Araki, Frank, Hosoe, Kawada, Moriyama, etc. Lists 52 items, with the price-list laid-in. WorldCat records no copy in North America. In fine condition. More
Three folding printed tables. xxix, 472 pp.; 2 p.l., 450 pp., 3 leaves of errata; x, 373 pp. Three vols. 8vo, later red half-morocco & marbled boards, t.e.g., others uncut. Paris: Villier [Vols. I & II]; A.A. Renouard [Vol. III], 1802-02-04.
First edition, Vols. I & II are one of fifteen sets printed on papier vélin bleuâtre, of this work which gives, in dictionary form, information concerning the various aspects of bibliography, book production, the history of books and manuscripts, etc., etc. Although more than 150 years old, it is a most interesting reference tool, of which many articles are... More
xx, 514 pp. 8vo, cont. sheep-backed marbled boards, spine nicely gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: A.A. Renouard, 1812.
First edition of this invaluable book, still of great use. “The first bibliography of bibliographies with critical commentaries, listing selected subject bibliographies and public and private catalogues.”–Grolier Club, Bibliography, 120. Archer Taylor considered Peignot’s critical list of nearly 500 private library catalogues to be “very important'” (p. 187) (and I agree; I have considered it one of my chief guides for more than thirty years).
Minor foxing but a fine copy. With the Kuhnholtz-Lordat bookplate.
❧ Taylor, Book Catalogues... More
152 pp. 8vo, orig. pink printed wrappers bound in attractive modern marbled wrappers. [From the upper wrapper]: “Perthes & Besser Buchhandlung Hamburg 1816.”
Following a nine-year apprenticeship, Friedrich Christoph Perthes (1772-1843), established his own book business in 1796. Two years later, he entered into a partnership with his brother-in-law, Johann Heinrich Besser (1775-1826). They soon became one of the leading publishing and bookselling firms of northern Germany. During the Napoleonic period, Perthes experienced many difficulties caused by his public resistance to French influences and was forced to leave Hamburg.
This remarkable priced catalogue lists about 3000 books published in Britain... More
[By Thomas Fitzroy Fenwick]. 12 pp. 4to, orig. self-wrappers (a little dusty), stitched as issued. London: Privately Printed by J. Davy & Sons, Dryden Press, 1886.
First edition, privately printed, of this rare catalogue listing the publications which had proved so difficult to market in the great collector's own lifetime. Fenwick occasionally gives the number of copies printed and other bibliographical details. 124 items are listed. Fine copy. More
Black & white illus. throughout. 32 pp. 8vo, yellow pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Seattle: Nine One One & The Real Comet Press, 1984.
Very rare exhibition catalogue of artists’ books. Curated by Clive Phillpot, Jill Medvedow, and Laura Millin, the show was simultaneously staged in four public locations around Seattle.
From the Introduction by Medvedow: “It is my experience that people do not go to a gallery to read. So, when Nine One One, a contemporary arts and resource center, received a grant to organize an exhibition of artists’ books, I was determined to find a way to place the books... More
Engraved frontis. port., one folding facsimile, & 5 engraved plates. Six vols. 8vo, cont. boards (some rubbing & wear, occasional & mostly marginal dampstaining), uncut. Venice: L. Basilius, 1787.
One of the most important Italian private library catalogues. Vols. 1-3 consist of the classical and oriental books (7953 titles) and Vols. 4 and 5 describe the Italian literature, MSS., incunabula, French, English, and Spanish books, books on vellum, medals, etc. (4610 titles and items). The final volume comprises the very useful indexes. Morelli, the compiler, was librarian of the Marciana.
"This catalogue is one of the best ever executed, not only... More
Typographical device on title. [12] (of 14) leaves, lacking the final two leaves. Small 4to, attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards. Frankfurt am Main: J. Saur, [1595].
An incomplete copy, lacking the final two leaves, of the autumn 1595 catalogue of the Frankfurt Book Fair issued by Portenbach; WorldCat locates no copy in North America. These fair catalogues created a revolution for the book trade. They were the best and, indeed, only source from which scholars and booksellers could discover when and by whom any particular book had been published.
The “catalogues represent the first international bibliographies of a periodic character... More
Woodcut arms of the city of Frankfurt on title. [16] leaves. Small 4to, attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards. Frankfurt am Main: J. Saur, [1594].
The spring 1594 catalogue of the Frankfurt Book Fair issued by Portenbach; WorldCat locates two copies in North America. These fair catalogues created a revolution for the book trade. They were the best and, indeed, only source from which scholars and booksellers could discover when and by whom any particular book had been published.
The “catalogues represent the first international bibliographies of a periodic character, attempting to list every six months all new publications issued in... More
Full-bleed color illus. throughout. Unpaginated. 8vo, glossy pictorial semi-stiff wrappers, perfect-bound, title on spine. London: Sadie Coles HQ; Köln: Walther König, 2003.
Scarce Richard Prince artist’s book published in conjunction with his exhibition of the same name at Sadie Coles HQ (23 April-31 May 2003); published in an edition of 1400 copies. It opens with Prince’s essay on his book collection, “Collecting: Bring It All Back Home.” The remainder of the book consists of photographs that juxtapose the covers and dust-jackets of American and English editions of books in Prince’s collection.
In fine condition. Designed by Herman Lelie.
❧ Max... More
Color illus. throughout. Unpaginated. 4to, pictorial softcover, title on spine. East Hampton, New York: Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, 2003.
Scarce Richard Prince (b. 1949) artist’s book, with photographs of his book collection. With an essay by John McWhinnie. A fine copy, inscribed by McWhinnie on the title-page. More
Illus. throughout. 92 pp., order form & ads. 8vo, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. New York: 1996.
The 1996 Printed Matter mail-order catalogue, celebrating the store’s 20th anniversary. With a text contribution by Clive Phillpot (“Twenty Years of Printed Matter”). Near fine.
❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 521. More