Every Ling Tanya Ling
by LING, Tanya
London: Bipasha Ghosh Ltd, 2022. New in blue cloth boards.. First Edition. Quarto. Essay by Andrew Renton, titled ‘Faith in Motion: Tanya Ling and her Line’ that explores the relationship between Ling’s work, the eternal and infinite. Documents the work of Tanya Ling from the late 1980s when she graduated from St. Martin’s School of Art (CSM), London until her solo show, ‘Let it come to me’ at Harper’s, East Hampton, New York in 2021. Images of artwork... Read More
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Archivio (Signed First Edition)
by LOCCI, Bruno
Milano: Giancarlo Politi Editore, 1982. Near fine in printed white wrappers, printed glassine overlay, slightly yellowed and nicked at the edges.. Limited Edition. Folio. Number 36 of 150 SIGNED copies. Text in Italian and English. Locci's reinvention of the archive of Roberto Pavese, broken into sections or stories introduced by a brief statement, and presented in a washed-out greenish tint. Very interesting and little-known artists' book comprised of found or reinterpreted photography. No copies in OCLC.
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Ginger, You're Barmy (Inscribed)
by LODGE, David
New York: Doubelday & Company, 1965. Brown cloth boards, near fine. In price-clipped, illustrated jacket with minor scuffing and some creasing to crown of spine, else near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. Novel based on Lodge's military service from the 1950s; this copy INSCRIBED by Lodge to front endpaper: "To Mark Herzog Spilka / with best wishes + warm / memories of Providential days / David Lodge / June 1965." Lodge and Spilka appear to have known each other... Read More
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Two Sheepdogs Cross in and out of the Passing Shadows The Clouds Drift Over the Hill With a Storm
by LONG, Richard
London: Lisson Publications, 1971. Some scuffing to the white covers and faint crease to the bottom corner, else near fine in printed wrappers.. First edition. Tall octavo. 6 pages. The first book by Richard Long, and the first book published by Lisson Gallery. Black-and-white photographs of landscapes, sometimes with land art of arranged stones or markings by Long, are each accompanied by a short descriptive text. Together these chronicle a walk or journey made by Long.
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New York, New York
by LORINCZY, Gyorgy
Budapest: Maygar Helikon, 1972. Wear to papered boards at spine joints, as typical for this edition, thus a close to near fine copy. Save for minute wear to spine, a near fine example of the photo-illustrated jacket.. First Edition. Small quarto. One of 5200 copies in paper covered flexible boards. A towering accomplishment by a virtually unknown Hungarian photographer, rescued from the scrap heap of obscurity by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger. Lorinczy traveled to New York in... Read More
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LAFMS Box Box (Signed)
by LOS ANGELES FREE MUSIC SOCIETY, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, et al.
Los Angeles: Box Editions, 2012. A fine set, with 13 records in color sleeves, illustrated slipcase, three folded posters (each 36 x 24 inches), and a 52 page catalogue, illustrated with mostly color installation and performance images.. First Edition. Box set of 13 vinyl records, documenting experimental musical performances organized during the retrospective exhibition "Beneath the Valley of the Lowest Form of Music: The Los Angeles Free Music Society, 1972-2012" (Jan. 14 - Feb. 23, 2012). The first... Read More
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The W.C. #1: An Occasional Publication: Trade
by LOWMAN, Nate and Matthew Higgs
New York: White Columns, 2005. Bottom staple at the spine missing, else near fine in photocopied wrappers.. First Edition. Quarto. 18-page photocopied zine. Published in an "unspecified edition," but presumably small. Inaugural publication in White Columns' W.C. series, on the occasion of Trade, curated by Matthew Higgs (his first White Columns show), which paired works that had been originally traded by the artists in the show. As explained in the catalogue: "an exhibition that considers the phenomenon of... Read More
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Sleeve from Untitled Promotional Album
by LUNCH, Lydia
[New York: ZE Records, 1979]. A few spots of discoloration to rear, else close to fine.. Silkscreened 12" record sleeve designed for ZE Records as an unrealized promotion for Lydia Lunch's first solo album, Queen of Siam. Rare piece of No Wave ephemera.
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Danny Lyon: Message to the Future (Signed)
by LYON, Danny
New Haven, Yale University Press / Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2016. Some minor scuffing to the jacket and a small stain to the corner of the cloth boards. Else near fine.. First Edition. Quarto. 287pp. SIGNED by Lyon in black marker to the title page. Published on the occasion of the exhibition which started at the Whitey Museum of American Art, New York (Jun. 17 - Mar. 12, 2017),traveling to San Francisco and Berlin
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Next Wave of American Women: Lisa Lyon
by LYON, Lisa, Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmut Newton, et al.
Tokyo: Laforet Museum Harajuku, 1984. Minor edgewear to illustrated wrappers; near fine.. First Edition. Slim quarto. Catalogue published on the occasion of a Lisa Lyon exhibition at Laforet Museum Harajuku (Mar. 30 - Apr. 8, 1984). Illustrated after photographs by Marcus Leatherdale, Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmut Newton, and Kishin Shinoyama, and an abstract illustration of Lyon by Katsu Yoshida. Details of a live Lyon performance ("Contemporary Alchemy: Evolution Ritual") to interior spread.
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Fluxus (Prospectus for Fluxus Yearboxes, Version A)
by MACIUNAS, George
Wiesbaden: Fluxus, 1962. This copy purportedly belonging to Editorial Committee member Jackson Mac Low, with his pencil annotation to final page, adding Hadeishi Nobuyuki to the Japanese issue. Faint vertical crease to textured olive wrappers (as though folded for mailing); contents now loose from staples—nonetheless, a better than very good copy of a scarce document; with only single OCLC record located in North America (Princeton).. First Edition. Square octavo booklet (4 pages) published by George Maciunas to be... Read More
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If We Are Dead, So It Is (Multiple)
by MAJERUS, Michel
Köln: Kölnischer Kunstverein / Dornbracht Installation Project, 2000. Fine.. Multiple. Oversized sticker (9.75 x 16.5 inches) published on the occasion of Michel Majerus' exhibition at the Kölnischer Kunstverein (Oct. 28 - Dec. 22, 2000); faithfully reproducing his legendary skate-ramp sculpture at a scale of 1:100. Exhibition details printed to verso backing, along with instructions on how to transform the sticker into a miniature skate ramp via application to cardboard base.
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Idiots First (Association Copy)
by MALAMUD, Bernard
New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, 1963. Cloth-backed boards, near fine. In unclipped, illustrated jacket with minor toning, also near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. Warmly INSCRIBED by Malamud to front endpaper: "For Herbert Mitgang / After a pleasant / chat in a / hospitable room / Yours / Bernard Malamud." Mitgang would write a review of Idiots First in the New York Times, comparing Malamud with Chagall.
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The Natural (First Edition)
by MALAMUD, Bernard
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. One of three variant bindings, in gray cloth (without priority); near fine. In unclipped, illustrated jacket, with a few closed tears to edges and some foxing to verso showing through to rear panel; better than very good.. First Edition. Octavo. Bernard Malamud's classic first book, adapted to the screen with Robert Redford in the role of Roy Hobbs.
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The Natural (with Trial Jacket)
by MALAMUD, Bernard
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1952. A near fine copy with some wear to corners; bound in the red cloth variant (in addition to those in blue and gray cloth, without priority). Illustrated jacket with wear to corners, 1 in. splits to joints, and a 1 in. tear at top of rear panel, with tape repair to verso. Despite flaws, a sharp specimen from an alternate history of American book design.. First Edition. Octavo. A remarkable copy of... Read More
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The Magic Barrel (Inscribed)
by MALAMUD, Bernard
New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1958. Cloth-backed violet boards with simple stamped design to front panel; some bumping with minor discoloration to cloth, close to near fine. In unclipped, illustrated jacket, with general fading, also close to near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. Winner of the National Book Award; Malamud's first collection of short stories. This copy INSCRIBED by Malamud to front endpaper: "To Marisa / with love / Bernard Malamud.
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JJ Manford
by MANFORD, JJ
New York: Derek Eller / Harper's, 2024. New in publisher's shrink-wrap.. First Edition. Quarto. 96pp. The first in-depth publication on the work of JJ Manford. Profusely illustrated with over 70 reproductions of his recent and most notable paintings, with an essay titled, "JJ Manford: in Living Color," by Gilles Heno-Coe.
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Naarashauki: The Female Pike
by MANNIKKO, Esko
Oulu, Finland: Esko Mannikko / Kavela Kustannus Oy, 2000. Fine in burgundy leatherette boards with a photographic plate affixed to the front cover.. First Edition. Square quarto. Images of rural Finland, self-published. (Parr / Badger, v2, 78-79).
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Naarashauki: The Female Pike
by MANNIKKO, Esko
Oulu, Finland: Esko Mannikko / Kavela Kustannus Oy, 2000. Fine in burgundy leatherette boards with a photographic plate affixed to the front cover.. First Edition. Square quarto. Images of rural Finland, self-published. A postcard, SIGNED by the photographer, has been laid in. (Parr / Badger, v2, 78-79; Open Book 338).
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Lady Lisa Lyon (Signed)
by MAPPLETHORPE, Robert and Bruce Chatwin
New York: Viking, 1983. Near fine in a close to fine price-clipped jacket.. First Edition. Quarto. SIGNED by Mapplethorpe and dated 1983 on the half-title page. Mapplethorpe's photos of Lisa Lyon—the first World Women's Bodybuilding Champion—accompanied by text from Bruce Chatwin, stressing her "unerring flair for creating a rumpus.
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Upstream (Roma 424)
by MARCOPOULOS, Ari
Roma Publications, 2022. Near fine copy in illustrated wrappers with cloth spine.. First Edition. Small quarto. Published on the occasion of Ari Marcopoulos' exhibition at Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen (May 21 - Jul. 8, 2022); SIGNED by the photographer in black marker to cloth spine. Featuring a number of Marcopoulos' re-photographs of his home-made pigment prints and excerpts from his 2021 video installation "Alone Together;" with accompanying texts from Hamza Walker and Giovanni Carmine.
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The Chance is Higher (Signed Deluxe Edition)
by MARCOPOULOS, Ari
New York: Dashwood Books, 2008. Fine in a fine jacket, slipcase.. Deluxe Edition. Quarto in slipcase. Number 38 of 50 numbered copies; SIGNED by Marcopoulos. Dust jacket is a foldout poster. Printed in a dark, broody red, zine-like, mostly portraits, with images of graffiti, skate boarders, NYC, cultural detritus, etc. The first publication of Dashwood Books.
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Marisol: Recent Sculpture (Announcement Card)
by MARISOL
New York: Stable Gallery, 1962. Faint stain to upper left corner, with some scuffing; close to near fine.. Glossy announcement card (7.5 x 5.25 inches) for the pivotal Stable Gallery exhibition of Marisol's idiosyncratic sculptural work, inviting the recipient to the vernissage on May 8. Illustrated after black-and-white photograph of her Self-Portrait (1961-62).
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Il Tatuaggio come Arte / The Tattoo as Art
by Martelli, Plinio
Padova: Mastrogiacomo Editore / Images 70, 1980. Minor foxing to versos of illustrated wrappers; near fine. Uncommon, with only 3 OCLC records located in North America.. First Edition. Square octavo. A thoroughly illustrated historical survey of the tattoo as art form by Italian artist Plinio Martelli, positioned outside of the reactionary contexts of more traditional anthropological and criminological studies. Text in both Italian and English; illustrated with 114 photographs, some in color, indexed at rear.
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Chris Martin (Inscribed)
by MARTIN, Chris
New York: John Good Gallery, 1990. Near fine in side-stapled grey wrappers.. First Edition. Quarto. SIGNED and inscribed by Martin to the title page - "For Dave Ashton, With Respect + Friendship - Chris." A slim 8 page catalogue published to coincide with Martin's solo exhibition at John Good Gallery (Apr. 6 - Apr. 28, 1990). Features 4 early large scale paintings reproduced in color along with a short text titled "Chris Martin: Nocturnes for the Nineties" by... Read More
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