Unpaginated. Small 4to, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Fen Ditton, UK: [1997].
Scarce bookseller’s catalogue with 562 items offered. Fine copy.
❧ Not in A. Desjardin, The Book on Books on Artists Books (2nd ed.: 2013). More
Unpaginated. Small 4to, illustrated wrappers, staple-bound. Fen Ditton, UK: n.d.
Scarce bookseller’s catalogue with 358 items offered. Fine copy. More
52 pp. Small 8vo, pictorial dust-jacket, staple-bound. Cambridge: U.K.: n.d.
Scarce catalogue published by bookseller Louisa Riley-Smith. She founded her firm in 1985 and was the exclusive distributor of Art & Project Bulletins. 783 listings. Fine. More
Many black & white illus. 1 p.l., 40, [1] p. Small 8vo, pictorial dust-jacket, staple-bound. Cambridge, U.K.: n.d.
Scarce bookseller catalogue issued by Louisa Riley-Smith. She founded her firm in 1985 and was the exclusive distributor of Art & Project’s legendary Bulletins. This catalogue has 406 listings, including rare artists’ books and art monographs. Fine. More
Typographical device on title. Printed throughout in black letter. 11, [1] leaves. Small 4to, fine modern blue morocco, dentelles gilt, a.e.g. London: T. Purfoote, the assigne of R. Tottill, 1588.
Fourth edition of one of the earliest English books of "secrets," or manual of practical arts; this text appears to be entirely of English origins. It was first published in 1573 and reprinted in 1581 and 1583; there were also editions of 1596 and 1605. All editions are very scarce; of this printing the NSTC (24255) records five copies: L18, O; F, PN, NY Metropolitan Museum.
This is a very early... More
Recto with green text on red, details on verso. Postcard. Bremerhaven: Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, 1982.
Postcard invitation to an exhibition by the duo at Jürgen Wesseler’s Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst. Fine.
❧ Exhibition installation pictured in Vorhut aus dem Hinterland (Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen: 1992). More
Color illus. on recto, details to verso. Eindhoven: Van Abbemuseum, 1985.
Illustrated postcard invitation for the duo’s 1985 exhibition in Eindhoven. In fine condition. More
Printed on both sides. Oblong card. New York: Sonnabend Gallery, [1976].
Invitation card for Acconci’s 1976 solo show at Sonnabend in New York. Fine. More
Illus. throughout. 96 pp. 4to, orig. hardcover, orig. pictorial dust-jacket. Amsterdam: Stichting Openbaar kunstbezit, 1988.
The scarce hardcover version of the first authoritative monograph on Ader (1942-75), edited by Paul Andriesse, the influential gallerist and collector. Text in Dutch and English. In fine condition, but for a minuscule tear to the dust-jacket. More
Double-page black & white photographic illus. [4] pp. Single folded A3 sheet, horizontal folds for mailing. Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1971.
A rare mailed example of Bas Jan Ader’s first Art & Project bulletin, edition of ca. 500-800. This copy is addressed to journalist Lily van Ginneken. In excellent condition.
❧ J. de Goede & L. Pelsers, Art & Project. A History (2023) E053.
Bas Jan Ader: Please don’t leave me (2013 ed.) 44. More
A4 letterhead, printed on one side, folded for mailing. Amsterdam: 1972.
Rare announcement for Bas Jan Ader’s second exhibition at Art & Project. He performed The Boy Who Fell Over Niagara Falls twice a day. In fine condition. Mailed to journalist Lily van Ginneken.
❧ Art & Project. A History (2023) E063.
Bas Jan Ader: Please don’t leave me (2013 ed.), p. 167. More
Color illus. to recto, details on verso. Pictorial postcard. Los Angeles: Claire S. Copley Gallery, 1975.
The rare postcard invitation for Ader’s final exhibition. The artist set off from Cape Cod for his fateful cross-Atlantic voyage on 9 July 1975. In excellent condition.
|| Brigitte Kölle, ed., Bas Jan Ader: I’m searching … (2025), pp. 168-69 & 175. More
Black & white illus. 35 pp. Square 4to, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Maastricht: Agora Studio, 1975.
Scarce catalogue for a traveling exhibition undertaken by the artist-run space Agora in three South American locations. With a foreword by Willem K. Coumans in Dutch and English. The exhibition took place at the centro di arte y communication (Buenos Aires), Estudio Actual (Caracas), and Sao Paulo’s Museo de Arte Contemporaneo. The cover was designed by Klaus Groh.
Artists in the catalogue: Peter van Beveren, Michel Cardena, Ulises Carrión, Guglielmo Achille Cavellini, Albrecht D., Michael Gibbs, Groh, Raul Marroquin, Yoshio Nakajima, Maurizio Nannucci, Marjo Schumans... More
![Item ID: 4768 Mittsu no takara 三つの宝 [Three Treasures]. Ryūnosuke...](https://jonathanahill.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4768.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1475847348)
Finely colored title & 12 colored tipped-in plates by Ryuichi Oana. 1 p.l., 160 pp., one leaf of colophon. Small folio, orig. yellow cloth with pictorial medallions inset into each cover, orig. glassine wrapper & slipcase. Tokyo: Kaizosha, 1928.
First edition, posthumously published, of this beautiful book, a collection of fairy tales, including the famous story “Kumo no ito” [“The Spider’s Thread”]. Akutagawa (1892-1927), is today most famous for having written the story “In the Grove” which was the basis for the classic film Rashomon by Kurosawa.
Fine copy of an example of luxurious Japanese bookmaking. More
![Item ID: 4769 Jigokuhen [trans.: Hell Screen]. Ryunosuke AKUTAGAWA](https://jonathanahill.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4769.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1475847348)
88, [4] pp. Small 4to, orig. blue cloth, uncut & unopened. Tokyo: Noda Shobo, 1936.
First separate edition, limited to 170 copies, originally published in 1918 in two newspapers. Akutagawa (1892-1927), is today most famous for having written the story “In the Grove” which was the basis for the classic film Rashomon by Kurosawa. The theme of the present story is concerned with artistic obsession. It was dramatized by Mishima in 1953 and made into a movie — Portrait of Hell — in 1969.
Fine copy in the original slipcase. This limited edition is printed on fine handmade paper with... More
One finely engraved head-piece. 4 p.l., LXXX pp. 8vo, attractive early 19th-century calf-backed marbled boards, flat spine gilt, orange & green morocco lettering pieces on spines. [Venice, ca. 1776].
[bound with]:
(PINELLI, Maffeo). Catalogo di Quadri raccolti dal fu Signor Maffeo Pinelli, ed ora posti in vendita in Venezia 1785. viii, 125 pp., one blank leaf. 8vo. [Venice: July 1785].
[bound with]:
(GRIMANI COLLECTION). [Drop-title on p. 3]: Pitture e Scolture nel Palazzo di Casa Grimani a S.ta Maria Formosa. Engraved frontis. Titles & text in double columns in Italian & French. 13 pp. 8vo. [Venice: ca. 1790].
A fascinating... More
Diagram & details on recto. New York: John Weber Gallery, 1979.
Announcement card for Allen’s 1979 solo show with John Weber. Fine. More
![Item ID: 8878 Carl Andre: Weathering Piece ([22 April-6 May] 1971). Carl ANDRE](https://jonathanahill.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8878.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1679001624)
Printed on both sides. Large card. Antwerp: Wide White Space, 1971.
Announcement card for Andre’s third solo exhibition with Wide White Space. The artist’s handwriting, describing the sculpture, is reproduced on the reverse.
“[Weathering Piece], which by its very definition was meant to be exposed to the elements, was exhibited on the floor of a covered terrace on the first floor of a gallery.”–Wide White Space: Behind the Museum.
In fine condition.
❧ Y. Pettitallot, ed., Wide White Space: Behind the Museum, 1966-1976 (1995) Exhibitions no. 44 (pictured). More
Printed on both sides. Card. Brussels: Wide White Space, 1974.
Invitation card for Andre’s 1974 show with Anny de Decker and Bernd Lohaus’s gallery. Near fine.
❧ Y. Pettitallot, ed., Wide White Space: Behind the Museum, 1966-1976 (1995), Exhibitions no. 80 (pictured). More
![Item ID: 9525 Exhibition card: Carl Andre (7-28 February [1976]). Carl ANDRE](https://jonathanahill.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9525.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694117972)
Printed on one side. Square card, mailed. Los Angeles: ACE, [1976].
Invitation card for Andre’s 1976 exhibition with ACE gallery in Los Angeles. Near fine; minor creasing. Mailed to Stedelijk Museum curator Frits Keers (1936-2000). More
![Item ID: 9520 Exhibition card: Carl Andre (9 May-10 June [1972]). Carl ANDRE](https://jonathanahill.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9520.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1694114796)
Printed on one side. Card, mailed. London: Lisson Gallery, [1972].
Invitation card for Andre’s solo debut at Nicholas Logsdail’s Lisson Gallery. In fine condition. Mailed to E. J. van Straaten of Utrecht.
❧ O. Ward, ed., Artist, Work, Lisson (2017), p. 76. Andre’s instructions in a letter to Logsdail for the present card is pictured on p. 77. More
Printed on both sides. Square card, mailed. Paris: Yvon Lambert, 1971.
Invitation card to Andre’s solo debut with Yvon Lambert’s gallery. The artist’s work is represented on the recto with four squares representing aluminum, magnesium (2x), and zinc. In excellent condition. Mailed to Frits Keers (1936-2000), senior curator at the Stedelijk Museum.
❧ Sophie Richard, Unconcealed: The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77, Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections (2010), p. 371. More
Black & white photographic illus. to recto. Pictorial card. Torino: Galleria Sperone, 1969.
Announcement card for Andre’s debut exhibition with Gian Enzo Sperone, bearing a reproduced photograph of the artist preparing for the show. In fine condition.
❧ A. Minola, M. C. Mundici, F. Poli, M. T. Roberto, eds., Gian Enzo Sperone: Torino, Roma, New York: 35 Anni di Mostre tra Europa e America (2000) Vol. I, p. 140 (pictured) & Vol. II, p. 492. More
Printed on one side. Card. Düsseldorf: Konrad Fischer, 1972.
Invitation to Andre’s fourth show at Fischer’s gallery. Fine.
❧ D. Fischer, ed., Ausstellungen bei Konrad Fischer: Düsseldorf Oktober 1967-Oktober 1992 (Edition Marzona: 1993) 66. More