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

1, 6, 11, 47 folding leaves. Large 8vo, orig. yellow patterned wrappers (wrappers a little soiled), orig. block-printed title label on upper cover, new stitching. [Korea: 1870s].

First edition of this rare anonymous manual for the general education of writers of classical Chinese from late Chosŏn Korea. The term “bamboo slips” originally referred to the material supports of writing in antiquity. In classical Chinese usage of later ages — and in this title — the phrase was used metonymically in reference to the implements and genres of classical Chinese writing.

This book covers the four “rites” of capping, marriage, funerals... More

Unpaginated. 8vo, illustrated wrappers, staple-bound. London: n.d.

Scarce bookseller catalogue issued by Andrew Sclanders, presenting a dizzying and impressive mix of genres and subjects. 753 items listed, including materials related to COUM Transmissions, Fluxus, Hell’s Angels, Charles Manson, Lenny Bruce, Andy Warhol, etc.

In fine condition. More

8 p.l., 164, [12] pp. 8vo, 19th-cent. red pebbled morocco (minor foxing), a.e.g. London: W. Pearson for T. Osborne, 1730.

First edition in English of Behrens’ Hercynia Curiosa (1703). “Very scarce. A personal narrative of an excursion through northern Germany. The book is interesting for its account of the geology and fossils of the region, and also the author took a special interest in the mineral wealth of the region. Therefore, this work is principally a description of the various mines, quarries, and caves he chanced to visit. Of great value for reporting the state of the mining and metallurgy... More

101 pp. & colophon. 8vo, illustrated softcover. Montreal: Centre for Expanded Poetics & Anteism, 2021.

First edition, a delightful risograph-printed book edited by Amaranth Borsuk (b. 1981), poet and professor. It includes definitions by Erica Baum, Jen Bervin, Tia Blassingame, Sarah Bodman, Stephen Bury, Steve Clay, Latasha N. Nevada Diggs, Craig Dworkin, Bhanu Kapil, Janice Lee, Steve McCaffery, Scott McCarney, Bea Nettles, Elika Ortega, Lisa Pearson, Michalis Pichler, Tatiani G. Rapatzikou, Kyle Schlesinger, Tate Shaw, Michael Snow, Buzz Spector, Jan Voss, etc., etc.

As new. First printing of 350 copies. More

Black & white illus. & color diagrams. 73, [2] pp. 8vo, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Brussels: Daled & Gevaert, 1977.

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—. Reboundings: an essay by Daniel Buren, followed by 7 plates and 7 diagrams. Black & white illus. & color diagrams. 77, [2] pp. 8vo, pictorial softcover, title on spine. Brussels: Daled & Gevaert, 1977.

The scarce French and English editions of Buren’s polemical text, both printed in editions of 530 copies; both in excellent condition. The artist was driven to write this as a pointed critique of museums and curators five years after the controversy surrounding his contribution to... More

Many color illus. 183 pp. & colophon. 8vo, green rubber-stamped softcover. New York: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., 2022.

Our catalogue on the Mexican artist Ulises Carrión (1941-89). Offered 92 items for sale, followed by lists of the artist’s editioned bookworks, exhibitions at Other Books and So, and a bibliography.

As new, each example is rubber-stamped on the front and back covers. Designed by Flat Fix and printed by KOPA (Lithuania).

OCLC Accession No.: 1295641351. More

Black & white illus. 51 pp. & colophon. 4to, stamped softcover, stapled with black cloth tape over spine. London: Royal College of Art, 2010.

A rare exhibition catalogue published for a innovative presentation of Carrión’s work at the Showroom (12-26 June 2010). Supervised by Clare Carolin, it was organized by first-year MA Curating Contemporary Art students at the Royal College of Art. This was a fascinating retrospective of the artist’s work, staged with the help of Martha Hellion.

In fine condition. Edition of 500(?) copies. More

Seven black & white illus. [11] pp. Small 4to (210 x 150 mm.), pictorial printed wrappers, staple-bound. Schiedam, Netherlands: Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, 1981.

An uncommon exhibition catalogue published by the Stedelijk Museum in Schiedam; the show was curated by Ulises Carrión (1941-89), and the books displayed came from his personal archive, the Other Books and So Archive. By 1978, Carrión had closed his intrepid Amsterdam bookstore, Other Books and So, and converted it into an archive of artists’ books. This is one of a number of exhibitions on artists’ books that the artist organized; others took place in Iceland, Poland... More

96 unnumbered pages. Thick 8vo (210 x 150 mm.), semi-stiff printed wrappers. Geneva: Editions Héros-Limite, 2005.

The scarce second edition of Ulises Carrión’s famous Arguments (1st ed.: 1973, published by the Beau Geste Press). In the Getty Research Institute exhibition catalogue Artists and Their Books, Books and Their Artists (2018), Zanna Gilbert writes (about the first edition): “Carrión humorously interrogates the structure and content of books and the literary devices used by authors and playwrights. The titular exchanges in Arguments are indicated only by the names of the participants, with no reference to the actual content of their disagreements. The... More

[25] leaves, written on rectos only. Small 4to (207 x 160 mm.), patterned softcover (extremities a little sunned), manuscript title on upper cover, exposed sewing. Amsterdam: 1973.

A most exciting discovery: the manuscript, in the hand of Ulises Carrión (1941-89), for an early bookwork. Amor, la palabra was one of no fewer than six books that he published in 1973, it is also among his rarest. As in the final printed version, this manuscript is dedicated to Carrión’s partner, Aart van Barneveld (1951-90), who co-founded Other Books and So, Stempelplaats, and Timed Based Arts: “para aart, / que estudia filología.”... More

[in]: Revista de Bellas Artes, No. 18 (November-December 1967), pp. 22-35. Black & white illus. throughout. 104 pp. 4to, orange pictorial wrappers (extremities a little rubbed), title on spine. Mexico City: 1967.

Unknown to Guy Schraenen; a story written by Ulises Carrión and published in one of Mexico’s important literary journals. Near fine.

❧ Not in G. Schraenen, Dear reader. Don’t read. (2016). More