Many illus. 272 pp. 4to, orig. red cloth & orig. publisher's dust-jacket (price-clipped). London: Studio Vista, 1973.

A nice copy of the first British edition of this important book assembled by Lucy R. Lippard. An essential reference on conceptual and minimalist art. A near fine copy; minor wear to the edges. More

Double-page black & white illus. [4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1982.

Long’s penultimate Art & Project bulletin, designed for his January-February 1982 exhibition with the gallery. In fine condition.

❧ Art & Project. A History (2023) E213. More

Large folded poster with text and one black & white portrait of the artist on the reverse. Munich: Galerie Heiner Friedrich, 1967.

Very rare exhibition poster for one of Konrad Lueg’s final solo exhibitions. In October 1967, abandoning his pseudonym and reverting to his given name Konrad Fischer (1939-96), he opened his legendary gallery with an exhibition by Carl Andre. This beautifully designed poster has a list of Lueg’s solo and group shows on the reverse, along with a photograph of the young artist.

“Lueg’s artistic development led away from his own handwriting to found patterns and decoration. This path... More

Illus. throughout. 277 pp. 4to, softcover with flaps. Heras, Spain: Ediciones La Bahía, 2016.

A valuable recent addition to the study and appreciation of Ulises Carrión’s life and work. With an important inventory of the Ulises Carrión archive housed at the Archivo Lafuente.

As new. More

Xeroxed black & white illus. throughout. Title-leaf, 39, [2] leaves, printed on rectos only. Small 4to, illus. to first leaf, staple-bound. Parma: C.D.O Communicazioni Visive, 1978.

A rare mail art catalogue, the exhibition was held at the Nuova Galleria del Teatro in the Palazzo del Governatore Piazza Garibaldi; we find just one copy through WorldCat, in Italy. Romano Peli and Michaela Versari, founders of the Centro Documentazione Organizzazione (C.D.O.) based in Parma, have contributed two texts in Italian about mail art and the present exhibition. The group organized a series of mail art shows in the 70s and 80s.

Dozens... More

Color illus. throughout. 136 pp. & colophon. 4to, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Rome: 1990.

A nicely produced exhibition catalogue on artists engaging with the postal system, the show was curated by Gianni Broi. With a number of written contributions and interviews by mail art practitioners, countless reproductions of artworks, and a list of artists at the end.

Near fine. WorldCat records five copies in North America. More

Many illus. Unpaginated. 4to, pictorial softcover with flaps, title on spine. Rome: Savelli Editori, 1981.

A beautifully illustrated exhibition catalogue on avant-garde correspondence artists, curated by Enrico Sturani. There are many reproductions of the mail art works, all sent to Sturani. With essays in Italian by Christian Rigal.

In excellent condition. WorldCat records just a handful of copies in North America. More

Woodcut illus. of artists’ marks on many leaves. 72 pp. 12mo, early 18th-cent. morocco (about 1740), triple gilt fillet round sides, flat spine gilt, contrasting morocco lettering piece on spine, a.e.g. Paris: J. Langlois, 1672.

The catalogue of the second print collection formed by Marolles (1600-81), abbot of Villeloin and man of letters. His first collection amounted to 123,400 separate prints by more than 6000 print makers, mounted in 400 large volumes and 141 smaller ones. It was acquired in the name of the King by Colbert in 1667. This was the largest and finest collection ever formed up to... More

Black & white illus. throughout. [12] leaves. Small 8vo, stiff printed wrappers, staple-bound. Paris: Musée d’art moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1974.

Rare Annette Messager (b. 1943) exhibition catalogue, published for her exhibition Messager Collectionneuse. This was her first solo show at a major French museum, and the first of many at the Musée d’art moderne in Paris. The book presents her “collections” of “babies with eyes crossed out,” “how my friends would draw my portrait,” “voluntary torture,” “bodyguards,” “my jealousy,” “my needlework,” “my clichés temoins,” “collection to find my best signature,” with a list of further collections assembled... More

Color and black & white illus. [28] pp. 4to, brown printed wrappers. Salzburg, Austria: Salzburger Kunstverein, 1992.

A rare Annette Messager (b. 1943) exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with her show at the Salzburger Kunstverein. With many illustrations of the works on display and essay by Kate Bush (in German).

In fine condition. We locate just the copy at the Smithsonian among American institutions. More

Many illus. 48 pp. Small 4to, yellow pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Paris: Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1997.

Exhibition booklet produced for the seminal exhibition of artists’ books curated by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix at the Bibliothèque nationale, held 29 May-12 October 1997.

A fine copy.

❧ A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013) 91. More

Some black & white illus. 347; 279 pp. 2 vols. 4to, printed softcovers with flaps, titles on spines. Rennes: Editions Incertain Sens, 2022.

Both volumes of this invaluable collection of interviews conducted by Anne Moeglin-Delcroix, a pre-eminent scholar of artists’ publications, with: Herman de Vries, Michel Durand-Dessert, Guy Jungblut, Yvon Lambert, Irmeline Lebeer, Maurizio Nannucci, Maurizio Spatola, Simon Cutts, Leif Eriksson, and Hansjörg Mayer.

As new. WorldCat records four copies in North America (as of June 2023). More