Illus. throughout and several inserts. Between [8] and [16] pp. All ca. 310 x 230 mm., large folded sheets, loose as issued. Amsterdam: 1977-78.

All twelve issues of this famous journal edited by artists Ulises Carrión, Aart van Barneveld, and Salvador Flores. This art magazine, lasting just one year, was distributed from the bookstore Other Books and So, a center for mail and stamp art, which were highlighted in each issue. Contributions solicited from artists around the world were presented in a disorderly collage. The founding trio edited every issue, but there were two issues in which the artistic direction... More

Illus. throughout on blue paper. [60] leaves. Small folio (356 x 203 mm.), printed wrappers, loose as issued & held by silver rubber band. Brooklyn, NY: Trying to Press, 2020.

A handsome artist’s book recreating Spencer Finch’s massive canopy installation at a London train station.

From the preface: “The sixty pastel drawings that comprise this book were originally created for a public art project at the new Elizabeth Line station at Paddington in London.

“The entire work, titled ‘A Cloud Index,’ presents 27 different types of clouds within a single composition. The drawings were scanned and then printed onto 180... More

Color illus. throughout. 60 unnumbered pages. 8vo (210 x 150 mm.), white wrappers, stitched, title blind-stamped on cover. Brooklyn: Trying to Press, 2017.

A rare artist’s book, signed by Spencer Finch on the title-page in pencil.

From the artist: “Sunlight in a Room is a book documenting interesting natural sunlight and optical effects occurring in my Brooklyn studio throughout the day. The cover picks up on the idea as well, it was blind stamped and catches the light, which is necessary in order to be legible.”

As new. Designed by Ofer Wolberger and printed in an edition of 250 copies... More

[17] leaves. Square 4to, semi-stiff printed wrappers, metal spiral-bound. Atlanta: 1994.

A wonderfully designed catalogue for the exhibition held at the Atlanta College of Art Gallery from 28 January to 4 March. The exhibition was engineered by Judith Hoffberg and Peter Frank, two keen observers of the artist’s book’s evolution in the United States. The exhibition consisted of loans from the collections of Printed Matter, Tony Zwicker, Granary Books, Nexus Press, Dick Higgins, etc. Most of this volume is taken up by the curators’ essay, which is inventively laid-out. With a bibliography and checklist at the end. The artists featured... More

One double-page black & white illus. [4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1972.

Hamish Fulton’s first Art & Project Bulletin, mailed to the fabled Wide White Space gallery founded by Anny de Decker and Bernd Lohaus. When opened the issue has a photograph by Fulton (b. 1946) with the caption: “Walking the Pekisko Road / Alberta.”

In fine condition, but for a few small marks from mailing. From an edition of ca. 800 copies.

❧ Art & Project Bulletins 1-156, September 1968-November 1989 (2011). More

Black & white illus. [8] pp. (incl. inside of wrappers). 16mo, illustrated wrappers, staple-bound. N.p.: [1978].

Scarce collaborative publication by Michael Gibbs and Bill Gaglione, not recorded in All or nothing and other pages. WorldCat locates just four copies in American institutions. Fine, inscribed “to Carol / It’s it. / dadaland” on the upper wrapper.

❧ G. J. de Rook & A. Wilson, eds., All or nothing and other pages (2016). More

Some black & white illus. Unpaginated. 4to, pictorial wrappers, title on spine. Amsterdam: Boekie Woekie, 2004.

One of 200 numbered copies, scarce collection of previously unpublished texts and illustrations by language artist and poet Michael Gibbs (1949-2009). According to WorldCat, there is just one copy in North America (as of September 2022).

Fine.

❧ G. J. de Rook & A. Wilson, eds., All or nothing and other pages (2016), p. 218. More

Single long folded paper sheet folded into three panels, stamped text. [Amsterdam]: Self-published, 1978.

A very rare work by visual poet, publisher, and editor Michael Gibbs (1949-2009); this is one of 25 copies – the limitation is written on the first panel – and is signed and dated by the artist. Gibbs has stamped the numbers one to nine, each once more than the previous, increasing the boldness of the impression.

In fine condition. WorldCat records just the copy at Princeton.

❧ Not in G. J. de Rook & A. Wilson, eds., All or nothing and other pages (2016). More

Black & white illus, mimeographed text. [50] pp. Large 4to, brown paper printed wrappers (head of spine a little worn). Amsterdam: Kontexts Publications, 1978.

One of 300 copies from the regular edition of this publication by the visual poet and publisher Michael Gibbs (1949-2009). There was a separate lettered edition of 26 copies, all signed and with an added “original page.”

“Gibbs presented a summary of ways of working with text in his book Selected Pages (1978). He starts by listing sixteen approaches to dealing with texts, which vary from ‘kindly’ to ‘with contempt.’ After that printed texts are juxtaposed... More

Details on recto. Postcard, mailed. Amsterdam: 1976.

Mailed announcement for the Other Books and So exhibition of artist Roy Grayson (b. 1936). In fine condition. Addressed to collector Tjeerd Deelstra (b. 1937).

❧ Catalogue 237: Ulises Carrión (2022), p. 180. More

Many black & white illus. 126, [2] pp. 4to, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Toronto: Art Metropole, 1981.

An essential reference work on artists’ books. Celant’s seminal essay is republished in English and French. Near fine copy.

❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 145. More

[20] folded leaves, printed letterpress. Large 4to (320 x 340 mm.), orig. bright orange dust-jacket pasted to semi-stiff covers, plastic spiral-bound. Stuttgart: Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1967.

First edition of this scarce letterpress transcription of Harig’s original stereophonic soccer radio play. A devoted soccer fan, Harig (1927-2018) composed this play to capture the ups and downs of a frenetic soccer match. He was a close associate of Max Bense and other members of the Stuttgart school who experimented with Concrete poetry. Partnering with the publisher and typographical artist Hansjörg Mayer, the author transformed his groundbreaking radio play into a beautifully presented... More