![Najaar 1982 [Fall 1982]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/974/981/1430981974.0.l.jpg)
Najaar 1982 [Fall 1982]
by BOEKHANDEL ROBERT PREMSELA, bookseller
40 pp. Small 4to, pictorial wrappers, staple-bound. Amsterdam: 1982. Scarce bookseller catalogue, listing books on modern art, architecture, design, photography, music, and theater. Fine.
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English Stocklist, March 1996
by BOEKIE WOEKIE, bookseller
80 pp. (incl. wrappers). 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Amsterdam: 1996. An impressive Boekie Woekie catalogue with hundreds of listings, all described in English. We find works by Eduard Bal, Broodthaers, Pol Bury, Lourdes Castro, Henri Chopin, Simon Cutts, Mirtha Dermisache, van Egten, Filliou, Michael Gibbs, Kristján Gudmundsson, Erica van Horn, Iannone, Oey Tjeng Sit, Tom Phillips, Björn & Dieter Roth, Colin Sackett, Guy Schraenen, Takako Saito, Endre Tót, Jan Voss, etc., etc. In fine condition. ... Read More
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1992-93 Gesamtkatalog
by BOEKIE WOEKIE, bookseller
Black & white illus in fine. 30 pp. Small 4to, pictorial photocopied wrappers, staple-bound. Amsterdam: 1992. Scarce bookseller catalogue from the important artist-run Amsterdam bookshop. It lists books by Oey Tjeng Sit, Henriette van Egten, Runa Thorkelsdottir, Jan Voss, and Cornelia Hoedeman. Nearly all of the entries provide bibliographic details and information on the contents of these artists’ books. The artists and various collaborators are depicted on the wrappers. In fine condition.
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Exhibition card: alighiero e boetti (opens 11 February 1983)
by (BOETTI, Alighiero)
Color illus. to recto, details on verso. Square pictorial card. Rome: Galleria Pieroni, 1983. Invitation card for Boetti’s 1983 exhibition with Pieroni in Rome. Fine.
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A Catalogue of Books
by BOHN, Henry George
Frontis. depicting the facade of Bohn’s bookshop, title within decorative border (foxed). 1 p.l., iv, 1948 pp.; 148, [4] pp. Two vols. Thick 8vo, cont. half-morocco & cloth sides (minor foxing), spines nicely gilt. London: 1841. A very pretty copy, sensibly bound in two volumes, of the “celebrated ‘guinea catalogue’ which listed no less than 23,208 articles (a figure unsurpassed in the annals of bookselling so far as my knowledge goes).”–Munby, Phillipps Studies, Vol. III, p. 93. The... Read More
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Inventaire des Objets ayant appartenu à une Femme de Bois-Colombes
by BOLTANSKI, Christian
310 black & white illus., on rectos only. [24] leaves. 8vo (210 x 141 mm.), orig. semi-stiff printed wrappers, perfect-bound. Paris: CNAC, 1974. First edition, an excellent copy of Boltanski’s fifth inventory, documenting all the earthly possessions of a randomly selected person, this time a resident from Bois-Colombes, a suburb of Paris. This book was published for an exhibition (15 October to 2 December 1974) at the Centre national d’art contemporain. Earlier versions of this piece took place... Read More
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Inventaire des objets appartenant à un habitant d’Oxford précédé d’un avant propos et suivi de quelques réponses à ma proposition…
by BOLTANSKI, Christian
Many black & white illus. [80] pp. Small 4to, printed softcover. Münster: Westfälischer Kunstverein, 1973. Signed copy of this uncommon Christian Boltanski (1944-2021) artist’s book. It not only photographically documents the possessions of the titular Oxonian but also the numerous rejections Boltanski received from museums and cultural institutions around Europe. Text in parallel French, English, German. The photographs were taken by Peter Ibsen, director of Oxford’s Museum of Modern Art. A fine copy, signed by... Read More
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Archives
by BOLTANSKI, Christian
Black & white illus. throughout. [24] pp. Tall 8vo, printed wrappers. Arles: Le Méjan/Actes Sud, 1989. Scarce Christian Boltanski (1944-2021) artist’s book published on the occasion of his exhibition at the Eglise Saint-Martin du Méjan d’Arles (3 July-3 September 1989). From the preface (in trans.): “These images were cut out from a 1972 weekly specialized in criminal news stories; they inexorably present the mixed faces, murderers or victims, of these forgotten dramas." Fine. ❧ Jennifer Flay,... Read More
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![Setsuyoshu 節用集 [Convenient & Useful Dictionary]. Compiled & published by Ekirin Hirai](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/114/411/1307411114.0.l.jpg)
Setsuyoshu 節用集 [Convenient & Useful Dictionary]. Compiled & published by Ekirin Hirai
by EKIRIN BON
1597. Seven columns of text per page. 68; 72 folding leaves. Two vols. Large 8vo (285 x 206 mm.), orig. (or very early) dark thick wrappers (strengthened & with new endpapers), new stitching. From the colophon: Kyoto: Ekirin Hirai, 1597. The setsuyoshu, the essential Japanese dictionary, “one of the mainstays of the publishing industry and…probably the most likely book to be found in a house of few books.”–Kornicki, The Book in Japan, p. 248. Widely used from the... Read More
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![Setsuyoshu 節用集 [Convenient & Useful Dictionary, a Vade Mecum by Manjuya Hayashi Soji]. Edited by Manjuya Hayashi Soji](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/964/764/1246764964.0.l.jpg)
Setsuyoshu 節用集 [Convenient & Useful Dictionary, a Vade Mecum by Manjuya Hayashi Soji]. Edited by Manjuya Hayashi Soji
by MANJUYA BON
Eight vertical lines of text per page. 98 folding leaves. Oblong 8vo (144 x 206 mm.), orig. (or very early) dark thick wrappers, new stitching. [Nara?: Manjuya Hayashi Soji, ca. 1532-73]. One of the earliest surviving setsuyoshu, the essential Japanese dictionary, "one of the mainstays of the publishing industry and...probably the most likely book to be found in a house of few books."-Kornicki, The Book in Japan, p. 248. Widely used from the 15th century through the early... Read More
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Les Collectionneurs de l'ancienne France. Notes d'un Amateur
by BONNAFFÉ, Edmond
Woodcut vignette on title. Title printed in red & black. 2 p.l., xii, [2], 122 pp., one leaf. 8vo, green morocco, signed “Emile Rousselle,” triple gilt fillet round sides, arms in gilt of Isidoro Fernández in center of each cover, spine richly gilt. Paris: A. Aubry, 1873. One of six copies printed on vellum (of a total edition of 606 copies) of this valuable history of the early art and book collectors of France. Bonnaffé (1825-1903), French scholar... Read More
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Considerations sur les Corps Organisés, Ou l'on traite de leur Origine, de leur Développement, de leur Réproduction, &c. & ou l'on a rassemblé en abrégé tout ce que l'Histoire Naturelle offre de plus certain & de plus intéressant sur ce sujet
by BONNET, Charles
xlii, one leaf of errata, 274 pp.; xx, 328 pp. Two vols. 8vo, cont. polished mottled calf (small inkstain to outer lower corner of the first 30 leaves), triple gilt fillet round sides, flat spines nicely gilt, red & green morocco lettering pieces on spines. Amsterdam: M.M. Rey, 1762. First edition and a lovely set of this important work. Bonnet (1720-93), is considered one of the fathers of modern biology. He was an enthusiastic champion of preformation, the... Read More
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Fine Old Bindings, with other Interesting Miscellanea in Edward Almack’s Library. By Edward Almack
by (BOOKBINDING)
Frontis., numerous facsimiles & 53 plates (some colored) of bindings and MSS. Large folio, orig. half-cream & red cloth (joints worn), upper cover & spine gilt, t.e.g. London: Blades, East & Blades, 1913. Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by the publishers. Almack’s library was particularly rich in 17th-century English books and MSS., with many splendid Samuel Mearne bindings. Some of the colored illustrations are heightened in gold. Nice copy from the library of Robert S.... Read More
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Shrewsbury School Library Bindings. Catalogue Raisonné. By J. Basil Oldham
by (BOOKBINDING)
Colored frontis. & 62 fine plates. Folio, orig. cloth (covers a little spotted), spine gilt. Shrewsbury: Printed for the Library of the Shrewsbury School at the University Press, Oxford, 1943. Limited to 200 numbered copies. A nice copy of this important and handsome book. The bindings are largely English, though there are a few notable French and Italian examples. Scarce. Breslauer, The Uses of Bookbinding Literature, p. 24"a remarkable catalogue.
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The History of Bookbinding 525-1950 A.D. An Exhibition held at the Baltimore Museum of Art. [Descriptions largely by Howard M. Nixon]
by (BOOKBINDING)
106 fine plates. Large 4to, orig. stiff wrappers. Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, 1957. This superb work stands as the best general survey of binding styles. The annotations and references are very informative. Breslauer, The Uses of Bookbinding Literature, p. 25-"the great American loan exhibition.
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Broxbourne Library. Styles and Designs of Bookbinding from the Twelfth to the Twentieth Century. Selected and Described by Howard M. Nixon. With an Introduction by Albert Ehrman
by (BOOKBINDING)
Many fine plates (several in color). Folio, orig. vellum-backed cloth, spine gilt, blue morocco lettering piece on spine (rubbed), t.e.g. London: Maggs Brothers, 1956. Limited to 300 copies, printed at the Cambridge University Press. This is one of the best surveys of the history of bookbinding, ranging from a 12th century Romanesque binding to work by Roger Powell. Fine copy. With an offprint, inscribed by A.N.L. Munby, of his review which appeared in The Library. ... Read More
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Bindings in Cambridge Libraries. With Notes by G.D. Hobson. Based on Researches by N.F. Barwell, H.M. Davies, and the late Charles E. Sayle
by (BOOKBINDING)
72 plates (many in fine color). Folio, orig. blue cloth, upper cover & spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut. Cambridge: at the University Press, 1929. Limited to 230 copies. This volume contains 72 reproductions of binding now, with one exception, in the possession of the University Library, the Fitzwilliam Museum, and the College libraries. Each plate is accompanied by descriptive text giving particulars of the date, provenance, binders, stamps, etc. The bindings range from a Romanesque example dating c.... Read More
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Miniature book (mamehon 豆本) in orihon (accordion) format
by EROTIC MINIATURE BOOK
24 color-printed panels with 12 illus. & 12 panels of love poems on verso, on reverse 20 erotic color-printed panels pasted-in. Miniature book (48 x 50 mm.), orig. color-printed pictorial boards, with color-printed endpapers. [Japan]: n.d. A very rare example of a miniature shunga book, color-printed on the one side with a conventional (but rather “suggestive”) series of love poems and on the reverse with a series of 20 erotic prints pasted-in. Each of these... Read More
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![Manuscript notebook on paper, entitled on upper wrapper “Ansei San tatsu doshi / Sake zukuri ruisho no oboe / Shichi gatsu” [“1856 / Sake manufacturers’ records to be kept / July”]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/810/477/1394477810.0.l.jpg)
Manuscript notebook on paper, entitled on upper wrapper “Ansei San tatsu doshi / Sake zukuri ruisho no oboe / Shichi gatsu” [“1856 / Sake manufacturers’ records to be kept / July”]
by SAKE MANUFACTURERS’ RECORD BOOK
51 leaves (including one blank). 8vo (245 x 172 mm.), orig. self-wrappers, orig. stitching. [Japan]: 1856. A fascinating record book, containing notes from 1838 to 1867 (in spite of the cover date of 1856), concerning the business of making sake and the brewers’ relations with the government. Sake brewing in Japan has long been a highly regulated industry and an important source of tax revenue. The bakufu instituted the licensing system called “Sakekabu” in 1657 in... Read More
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![[Exhibition catalogue]: The Book Made Art: A Selection of Contemporary Artists’ Books, exhibited in The Joseph Regenstein Library - The University of Chicago, February through April 1986, by Jeffrey Abt](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/073/928/1268928073.0.l.jpg)
[Exhibition catalogue]: The Book Made Art: A Selection of Contemporary Artists’ Books, exhibited in The Joseph Regenstein Library - The University of Chicago, February through April 1986, by Jeffrey Abt
by (ARTISTS’ BOOKS)
14 black & white illus. 36 unnumbered pages. Irregularly shaped small 4to (200 x 200 mm.), die-cut corners (spine faintly rubbed), staple-bound. [Chicago]: The University of Chicago Library, 1986. An important exhibition catalogue as well as reference work on artists’ books. This catalogue was designed by the book artist Buzz Spector (b. 1948), and his pencil notes for the mock-up have been reproduced in this final version. Jeffrey Abt, the organizer of the exhibition, writes in an insightful... Read More
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“Llibres d’Artista/Artist’s Books (6 October-5 November 1981)
by (ARTISTS’ BOOKS)
Many black & white illus. 199 pp. 4to, pictorial softcover (text block loose), title on spine. Barcelona: Metrònom, 1981. Scarce catalogue on artists’ books, with texts by Ulises Carrión, Hubert Kretschmer, and Guy Schraenen, who all assisted in the organization of the exhibition. With numerous installation photographs and reproductions of the books on display. A fair copy; text block has come loose and some leaves loose.
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Paginations
by (ARTISTS’ BOOKS)
Illus. throughout and first & last leaves stamped. Unpaginated. 8vo, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library, May 1984. An uncommon exhibition catalogue, conceived and designed by Craig Dennis, and the books were selected by Kira Obolensky. “Paginations demonstrates the wide diversity of theme and format one finds in bookworks. In addition, the selections represent existing categories for contemporary bookworks (e.g. concrete poetry, political and feminist expression, the flip book, the found... Read More
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artists’ books
by (ARTIST’S BOOKS)
Many black & white illus. 44 pp. Square 4to, printed wrappers, staple-bound. Wayne, NJ: William Paterson College, [1982]. Uncommon exhibition catalogue of artists’ books, the show was held at William Paterson College’s Ben Shahn Galleries. With texts by Carol Huebner, Martha Wilson, Mike Glier, and pageworks by Peter Downsbrough, Keith Haring, Athena Tacha, etc. In fine condition, complete with the stamp added to p. 29.
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Livres # Artistes: Vingt Oeuvres des Collections de Mariemont (19 April-29 June 2008)
by (ARTISTS’ BOOKS)
Color illus. 71 pp. Tall 8vo, red printed softcover with flaps, title on spine. Morlanwelz, Belgium: Musée Royal de Mariemont, 2008. Rare exhibition catalogue on artists’ books. The show was curated by Veronica Alarcon Ibanez and Pierre-Jean Foulon. Books by Broodthaers, Christian Dotrement, Jacques Louis Nyst, Jacques Lennep, Pierre Cordier, Anne Goy, Filliou, etc. were selected. Text in French and Spanish. In excellent condition. We find just two copies in North America. ❧... Read More
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A fascinating collection of about 84 booksellers’ catalogues, mostly German, dating from 1795 to 1840, all coming from the Wittelsbach library of the dukes and kings of Bavaria
by BOOKSELLERS’ CATALOGUES, German
Mostly 8vo or small 8vo, bound in the original wrappers or boards, some stitched as issued, some self-bound. Germany: 1795-1840. A collection of about 84 publishers’ and booksellers’ catalogues coming from the Wittelsbach library at Tegernsee, the “summer home” library of the royal family of Bavaria. This collection offers an excellent view of how the royal family of Bavaria acquired new books for their personal reading pleasure and use. The kings and dukes of Bavaria had considerable... Read More
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