Many illus. Unpaginated. 4to, transparent plastic sheets, black plastic spiral bound. San Francisco: Stamp Art Gallery, 1996.

Rare exhibition catalogue on the influential correspondence artist Guy Bleus (b. 1950). Filled with essays by the artist on a wide range of topics, including Ray Johnson, artists’ books, mail art, etc. In fine condition, signed by two proprietors of the Stamp Art Gallery, John Held, Jr. and Picasso Gaglione. Two examples in North America recorded by WorldCat. More

Ink on paper, stamped “THIS WAY BROUWN,” signed by the artist “Brouwn 64.” Sheet: ca. 310 x 245 mm.; with frame: 345 x 270 mm. [Amsterdam]: “1964.”

A fine example from the artist’s signature series, stamped, inscribed, and dated in the lower right corner. The present work comes from the collection of the influential curator Kasper König (1943-2024). It was originally part of a 12-sheet work, exhibited as such at brouwn’s 1976-77 retrospective exhibitions at the Van Abbemuseum and Kunsthalle Bern. In the late 1970s or early 1980s, the twelve sheets entered König’s collection. König donated six to the Museum... More

Illus. throughout. [4] printed sheets, orig. craft paper wrappers, staple-bound. Hou, Denmark: Egmont Højskolen, Feb. 1979.

A scarce exhibition catalogue dedicated to books with rubber-stamped illustrations, curated by Ulises Carrión (1941-89). His introduction is printed in Danish and English: “Time pressures didn’t allow for a wide research, but I believe that the show includes most if not all the significant artists in this field. Some available catalogues and anthologies have been included because they possess a reasonable coherence in character, theme, or intentions. These criteria, rather than dictionary definitions, were also applied when deciding what was to be considered as... More

Black & white illus. throughout. [24] leaves, printed on rectos only. Small 4to (210 x 152 mm.), orig. pictorial wrappers. Amsterdam: Cres Publications & Agora Studio, July 1978 [but 1979].

First edition of this scarce bookwork. Conceived by Ulises Carrión (1941-89), it was the “July-Special” edition of Cres, a bi-monthly publication, and produced in an edition of 400 copies. Although it is dated “July 1978” on the upper wrapper, a correction slip in this copy states that it is correctly dated July 1979.

“[In Alphabetical Order] consisted of a set of twenty-four black-and-white photographs of a small wooden index card... More

70 pp. Small 4to (210 x 160 mm.), pictorial semi-stiff wrappers, title on spine. Amsterdam: VOID distributors, 1980.

The essential compendium of Ulises Carrión’s polemical essays; printed in an edition of 500 by Hetty Huisman’s VOID Distributors. His trailblazing theories and beliefs about artists’ books and mail art remain influential to this day. “The New Art of Making Books,” first published in Plural no. 41 (1975), is frequently cited by contemporary book artists.

The book includes his most important essays: “The New Art of Making Books,” “From Bookworks to Mailworks,” “Rubber Stamp Theory and Praxis,” “Rubber Stamp Art,” “Mail Art... More

[1] leaf of wallpaper sample, mimeographed title-page, & [20] leaves of wallpaper samples with typewritten captions. Small 8vo (173 x 110 mm.), orig. gray paper wrappers (a little sunned), orig. burgundy cloth binding tape around spine, staple-bound. Amsterdam: In-Out Productions, 1973.

First edition of an exceptionally rare Ulises Carrión bookwork that embodies the type of book he would champion in his influential manifesto “The New Art of Making Books.” The first edition comprises just 50 copies; we find three institutionally held examples, at Princeton University, Museo Reina Sofía, and KB, Nationale Bibliotheek (The Hague). Carrión gave ours as a gift... More

Black & white illus. throughout. 319 pp. & colophon. 4to, rubber-stamped off-white softcover, title handwritten on spine, perfect-bound. London: The Everyday Press, 2026.

The 2026 “bootleg” re-edition of Arnaud Desjardin’s legendary bibliography of reference works on artists’ books. This new edition is textually the same as the 2013 second edition. The title is hand-stamped on the front cover and the artist/editor has written the title on the spine. The artist and publisher Desjardin (b. 1969) produced the first edition (with color illustrations) in 2011 as part of his COMMA commission, for which he staged an exhibition of the reference works... More

Illus. throughout. 243 pp. 4to, printed softcover, title on spine. Paris: Balland, 1974.

Hervé Fischer’s essential reference work on mail and stamp art. The insightful introductory essay — “Diffusions de Masse et Communications Marginales” — is translated from French into English and German. Artists whose stamps are reproduced: Albrecht D., Eric Andersen, Arman, John Armleder, Gabor Attalai, Ben, George Brecht, Robin Crozier, Anna Banana, Felipe Ehrenberg, Robert Filliou, Ken Friedman, General Idea, Gilbert & George, Klaus Groh, Geoff Hendricks, Ray Johnson, Hans Werner Kalkmann, On Kawara, Yves Klein, J. H. Kocman, Piero Manzoni, Yoshio Nakajima, Maurizio Nannucci, Geza Perneczky, Dieter... More

Many photocopied illus. Unpaginated. 4to, plastic spiral-bound, transparent plastic covers and printed & stamped covers. San Francisco: Stamp Art Gallery, 1995.

The rare Stamp Art Gallery exhibition catalogue on Ken Friedman (b. 1949) and his rubber stamp works, one of 50 numbered copies. This is one of the gallery’s largest catalogues, and the assembled essays provide an authoritative survey of the artist’s career and significance for Fluxus and stamp/mail art. Much of the catalogue bears photocopied reproductions of correspondence and Friedman’s stamp. Our copy has been inscribed by Bill Gaglione to John Held Jr., who wrote the insightful introduction.

In... More

[54] sheets (most A4 format), loose as issued, housed in orig. brown printed & stamped folder. Budapest: Artpool, 1980.

One of 300 copies, the first Hungarian portfolio of assembled art. It was edited and designed by György Galántai (b. 1941) of the Artpool Art Research Center, a haven for Eastern European avant-garde movements established in 1979 in Budapest. Each artist contributed a pagework, there are a total of 52 contributions (two consist of two sheets), resulting in an astonishing range of creations. Interventions based on the titular prompt have been made with photographic prints, tears, folds, pencil and ink drawings... More

Eight folded cards (each 4 pp.) with foil-printed illus., four on red stock, four on black, all signed (in red or black ink). London: Art for All, September 1975.

A scarce complete set of the artists’ last Postal Sculpture, mailed each week for eight weeks to their correspondents. The text printed on the eight cards reads:

I: “In the room we looked across / The WOODEN AIR between .”

II: “They moved and paused a little / Not seeing ANYTHING .”

III: “Leaning on the window sill awhile / Two STONE-ISH faces on the floor .”

IV: “And tilted, MOVED... More

Many illus. 118 pp. & ads. Square 4to, pictorial softcover. Loehrbach, Germany: Werner Pieper’s Medienexperimenten, n.d.

A scarce collection of essays on stamp art; we find no copy outside of Europe. In fine condition. More