[43] pp. 4to, hand-stamped wrappers, staple-bound. New York: 1993.

A remarkable bookseller’s catalogue, produced in an edition of 400. Issued from 40 Harrison Street, this catalogue offers an outstanding selection of artists’ books and publications (total of 693). Some items come from the collections of Lucy Lippard, Willoughby Sharp, and Mimi Wheeler. Listings of note include: unique works by Roberta Allen; Ida Applebroog’s book sets (signed), a long run of LeWitt's artist’s books; Nauman’s books; a copy of Ruscha’s A Few Palm Trees inscribed to Seth Siegelaub and Lippard; etc.

Fine. Among American institutions, WorldCat records just the copy at... More

67 pp. 4to, red printed wrappers, staple-bound. New York: n.d. [before 1980].

Herlin’s scarce second catalogue, cover designed by Ira Joel Haber. Issued from his 108 West 28th Street premises, it is divided into four sections: Architecture & design, sculpture, painting & graphic arts (nos. 1-256); Photography (257-270); Film (271-495); and Periodicals & annuals (496-667).

Since the 70s, Herlin (b. 1940) has been one of the most prominent dealers and archivists of avant-garde and art-related material. He opened his first shop in Greenwich Village in November 1972 (32 Jones Street), but was forced to vacate following a flood the next... More

Illus. throughout. [28] pp. 4to, pictorial wrappers (signed by B. Cleveland), staple-bound. New York: 1982.

Scarce list published by Jean-Noël Herlin (b. 1940), this one is devoted to Pop Art. It is sharply designed by the artist Buster Cleveland (1943-98) who has appropriated images from the items offered and collaged them throughout the present catalogue. Contains a total of 139 listings, including books, exhibition catalogues, announcements, and periodicals.

An impressive catalogue, in fine condition. Signed by Buster Cleveland on the upper wrapper in pencil. WorldCat records just the copy at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY).

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Some black & white illus. [16] pp. 4to, self-bound, stapled. New York: 1991.

Scarce Jean-Noël Herlin (b. 1940) list, with 72 items and a helpful index. Fine, some pencil annotations. More

Black & white illus. [38] pp. & order form. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Ghent: [1990].

The first catalogue issued by Imschoot, the famous Belgian publisher of artist’s books and editions. It offers books by Barry, Weiner, Baldessari, Darboven, Downsbrough, Anselmo, Toroni, Morellet, Gette, Alberola, Nickas, etc. With an Introduction by Luc Derycke.

In fine condition. More

Unpaginated. 8vo, silver pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. London: 1996.

Scarce bookseller’s catalogue, Peter Gidal’s third. Fascinating mix of modern firsts, artists’ books, exhibition catalogues, and artworks. Fine. More

Unpaginated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. London: 2001.

Rare bookseller catalogue issued by Peter Gidal; a fascinating mix of modern firsts, artists’ books, exhibition catalogues, and artworks.. With 801 items listed, including books and artwork by Beckett, Beuys, Cage, Duchamp, Kafka, Klein, Polke, Rauschenberg, Roth, Ruscha, Schneemann, Twombly, Warhol (lots!), etc., etc.

A fine copy. More

210 pp. 8vo, neon yellow glow-in-the-dark semi-stiff wrappers. London: 2008.

Rare bookseller catalogue issued by Peter Gidal; a fascinating mix of modern firsts, artists’ books, exhibition catalogues, and artworks. With 768 items listed, including books and artwork by Beckett, Beuys, Cage, Duchamp, Kafka, Klein, Polke, Rauschenberg, Roth, Ruscha, Schneemann, Twombly, Warhol (lots!), etc., etc.

Fine. More

Illus. (some in color). Unpaginated. 12mo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Amsterdam: 2006.

One of 1000 copies, scarce bookseller catalogue. Fine. More

Color illus. throughout. 125 pp. & colophon. 8vo, blue printed covers, date stamped on lower cover. New York: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., 2023.

Bookseller catalogue on the artist On Kawara (29,771 days) offering a selection of artist’s books, exhibition catalogues and ephemera, monographs, etc. Each copy is stamped on the lower cover with the date it is sent.

Designed by Flat Fix and printed by KOPA. Edition of 500 copies. More

13 double-page illus. 5 pp. of text. 4to (280 x 215 mm.), orig. plain stiff boards, spine taped as issued. San Francisco: Steven Leiber, [2010].

Steven Leiber’s rare last catalogue, devoted to the artists’ books of the Schmidt-Heins sororal twins, with color reproductions of their work. It is modeled after the exhibition catalogue Buchwerke, Barbara Schmidt-Heins, Gabriele Schmidt-Heins, Original-Bucher 1972 bis 1976, issued by the Kunstraum München & the Institut für moderne Kunst, Nuremberg, in 1976. This catalogue offers 14 unique bookworks for sale (seven by each twin), and provides detailed descriptions of their structures and illustrations.

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Black & white illus. on first & last pages. Two large folded brown sheets (457 x 305 mm. folded). 6 pp. of text & one small blue sheet entitled “Vault Room” laid-in. San Francisco: 1996.

Leiber’s uncommon 25th catalogue, published for an exhibition (18 July - 31 August 1996) at Track 16 Gallery in Los Angeles. Designed by Jody Zellen and Yoon Ki Chai and published in an edition of around 1000 copies.

In excellent condition.

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