Wolfgang Tillmans (First Edition, Signed)
by TILLMANS, Wolfgang
Zurich: Kunsthalle Zurich, 1995. Small abrasion to front hinge of illustrated boards, otherwise a near fine copy. This important work most often encountered as a 2008 reprint by JRP|Ringier; first edition copies uncommon, especially signed.. First Edition. Quarto. Wolfgang Tillmans' elusive first book, published on the occasion of his exhibition at Kunsthalle Zurich (Mar. 25 - May 21, 1995); this copy remarkably SIGNED by Tillmans in pencil to front endpaper. A rhythmic, fully-illustrated montage of street photography, newspaper... Read More
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Oh! Shinjuku
by TOMATSU, Shomei
Tokyo: Shaken, 1969. A remarkably well-preserved copy, with minor rubbing to illustrated wrappers, else near fine.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Arguably Shomei Tomatsu's most important work, this dynamic portrait of Tokyo's Shinjuku district was published at the height of the New Left movement in Japan, with Tomatsu skillfully juxtaposing Shinjuku's traditional backdrop of corporate culture with countercultural scenes of sexual decadence and explosive street protests. The poetic text to rear cover stamps this as one of the great... Read More
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Cesta ke svobode (The Road Towards Freedom)
by ŠTREIT, Jindrich
Sovinec: Spolecnost pratel umeni, 1999. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First Edition. Quarto. With 52 searing black-and-white images of Czech drug addicts. With essays and personal stories about drug addiction in the rear; some in English. Introduction in Czech. Gripping book that has escaped the mainstream.
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The Salvation Army Black Book (Signed Limited Edition)
by TRELEAVEN, Scott
New York / Toronto: Printed Matter / Art Metropole, 2006. A nick and a scratch on silver page ends, else fine in blind-stamped black vinyl wrappers, with sewn-in bookmark ribbon.. Limited Edition. Octavo. SIGNED by Treleaven and numbered 595 of a limited edition of 666 copies. Reprints all ten issues of Treleaven's infamous queer punk zine. With prefaces by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and Treleaven.
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R. Trockel: Skulptur + Zeichnung (Exhibition Poster)
by TROCKEL, Rosemarie
Köln: Galerie Monika Sprüth, 1984. Save for some minor scuffing and faint foldlines, a remarkably well-preserved copy; near fine.. An elegant poster from Rosemarie Trockel's second exhibition of sculptures and drawings at Monika Sprüth (May 3 - Jun. 30, 1984). Broadsheet (24 x 17.75 inches) printed to newsprint; invitation to vernissage printed to recto.
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Trockel / Anderson: 3 Tage Umhausen (Exhibition Poster)
by TROCKEL, Rosemarie and Curtis Anderson
Umhausen, Austria, 1990. A fine copy.. Poster (12.25 x 17 inches) designed for a Rosemarie Trockel and Curtis Anderson event, as part of the arts festival co-curated by Herbert Fuchs in the traditional Austrian village of Umhausen (Aug. 30 - Sep. 2, 1990). Other artists participating in the festival included Peter Fischli/David Weiss, Martin Kippenberger, Richard Prince, and Franz West.
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Zokushin
by TSUCHIDA, Hiromi
Yokohama: Ottos Books Company, 1976. Light offsetting to the front end paper, barest hint of foxing, else fine in a fine jacket, fine publisher's slipcase. Uncommon without more significant foxing.. First Edition. Square quarto. With an essay entitled "Gods of the Earth" by Goichi Matsunaga and translated into English. 103 black and white images. Tsuchida's odd documentation of Japanese folk customs and religious ceremonies, although one wouldn't necessarily glean that from looking at the pictures. Reprinted in 2004,... Read More
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Art Random (Complete Set, 102 Volumes)
by TSUZUKI, Kyoichi and Edit DeAk (editors)
[Japan]: Kyoto Shoin International, 1989-1992. Save for a few worn spines, this set uniformly near fine in illustrated laminate boards. Scarce, with OCLC records located for only a few individual issues. Accompanied by a number of order forms, documenting the series' editorial evolution. Contact us for a complete list and additional photographs.. 02 volumes (all published). First Editions (with one later printing). Slim quarto. “ArT RANDOM is probably the first comprehensive attempt to represent the true energy, breadth,... Read More
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Ausstellung Gouachen und Zeichnungen von Cy Twombly (Announcement)
by TWOMBLY, Cy
Essen: Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, 1961. Minor rubbing to edges of yellow cardstock, else fine. Scarce, with single OCLC record located (Köln).. Bifolium announcement card for an exhibition of Cy Twombly's gouaches and drawings; his first solo show in Germany, curated by Rudolf Zwirner at the Folkwang-Museum in Essen. Illustrated with b&w reproduction to front panel and a sartorial portrait of Twombly to interior, alongside brief bio and exhibition history.
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Cy Twombly: La Révolution du Signe
by TWOMBLY, Cy and Pierre Restany
Paris: Galerie J., 1961. A sharp copy, albeit with abrasions to rear panel; overall close to near fine. Uncommon, with 3 OCLC records located; two in North America.. Bifolium brochure (9.5 x 8.25 inches) from Cy Twombly's first exhibition in France, at Galerie J in Paris; opening November 15, 1961. Front panel illustrated after an original design by Twombly, with Pierre Restany supplying an interpretive text to the interior ("La révolution du signe")-concluding with the bold statement: "La... Read More
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Head To Hand: Drawings by Keith Tyson (Signed First Edition)
by TYSON, Keith
New York: Thea Westreich & Ethan Wagner, 2002. Close to fine in stamped blue wrappers.. First Edition. Quarto. SIGNED and dated 2002 by Tyson on the title page. Survey of Tyson's systematic, expressionistic drawings, completed between 1994 and 2002. Generously illustrated with color reproductions of Tyson's drawings, often concerned with the direct representation.
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A Commemorative Album of Nagoya's High School Students Band Dispatched to Los Angeles
by [Unknown]
Nagoya, Japan: The Chubu Nippon Press, 1962. Very lightly edge-faded, else close to fine in blind-stamped string-bound boards.. First Edition. Oblong quarto. Commemorative album, documenting a trip made by the Nagoya High School Students Band to Los Angeles in 1962. Profusely illustrated with black-and-white images of the students' travels throughout the city and surrounding region, printed on heavy stock photographic paper and interleaved with protective glassine sheets. Includes images of band performances, parties, festivals, and a layover in... Read More
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The Carpentered Hen and Other Tame Creatures (Inscribed)
by UPDIKE, John
New York: Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1958. Some rubbing to cloth-backed boards, and slight pulling to signatures, else near fine. In price-clipped illustrated jacket, with minor rubbing, else also near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. Updike's first book, INSCRIBED by him to front endpaper: "For Anthony Bamball / Best Wishes / John Updike.
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Il Re Nudo (First 19 Issues)
by VALCARENGHI, Marina and Andrea (editors)
Milano: Arti Grafiche La Monzese, 1970-1973. A remarkably well-preserved set; minor foxing to covers of No. 4, else all issues uniformly near fine to fine.. First Editions. Quarto. Run of the first 19 issues of the influential counterculture magazine Il Re Nudo (i.e. The Naked King); lifting its title from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Emperor's New Clothes. While reporting on political developments from Italy's infamous Years of Lead—including some of the earliest communiqués from the Red... Read More
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Hommage à "Che" Guevara (Variabilní Text) (Inscribed)
by VALOCH, Jiří and Saša Rychecký
Brno, 1969. Faint offsetting from marker inscription to colophon leaf, with minor bump to top corner of remaining leaves; near fine. Scarce, with no OCLC records located.. Artist's book. Plain cardstock portfolio (8.25 x 6.5 inches) housing 8 loose leaves; one colophon and seven woodcut letterforms. A clever concrete poem from Jiří Valoch and Saša Rychecký, decomposing Che Guevara's last name into its syllabic constituents, with a few additional tokens (lla, er, ri) that allow for the generation... Read More
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Untitled
by VAN MEENE, Helen
Milan: Gabrius Edizioni, 2000. Gray cloth boards with title blind-stamped to front panel; some offsetting from printing process to handful of pages, affecting one image, else near fine. With photo-illustrated wraparound band, serving as pseudo-jacket; near fine.. First Edition. Quarto. Featuring 31 vulnerable color portraits of young girls.
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Fiestas y Danzas en el Cuzco y en Los Andes
by VERGER, Pierre
Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1945. Former owner's signature, slightly discolored at the spine heel; a very good copy in a very good jacket, chipped at the spine heel, lightly edgeworn. Uncommon in jacket.. First Edition. Quarto. Prologue by Luis E. Valcáral (translated to English in the rear). 148 images of Andean rituals, captioned in Spanish and English. Printed in a washed-out but alluring gravure. (The Latin American Photobook, p. 8).
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Paris: 80 Photographies de Moï Ver
by VER, Moï (Moshé Raviv-Vorobeichic)
Paris: Éditions Jeanne Walter, 1931. Trace foxing to the top edge of textblock, else a beautiful, close to fine copy. In plain wrappers, enclosed by the distinctive French-fold jacket that boasts the masterful superimposition of smokestacks over stone colonnade; also close to fine. Housed in custom cloth slipcase with a matching lettered chemise. A memorable copy of this consensus high-spot.. First Edition. Quarto. Number 682 of 1000 press-numbered copies. Simultaneously one of the greatest avant-garde photobooks and one... Read More
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Archive of Polaroids from the Vietnam War
by [Vietnam]
N.p. N.p., [c. 1970]. Prints in uniformly near fine to very good condition, with some curling to the edges.. Collection of twenty-five 3 3/8 X 4 1/4 inch Polaroid snapshots, mostly in color, taken during an American soldier's deployment in An Khê, Vietnam. Features images of soldiers grilling, drinking, and sitting in their bunkers, with a few double exposures and a couple of photographs of female civilians. Prints have been adhered to cards, with, in several instances, notes... Read More
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Design: Vignelli (Inscribed)
by VIGNELLI, Massimo
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1990. A fine copy in blind-stamped black cloth boards. In vibrant printed jacket; also fine.. First Edition. Square quarto. Landmark survey of the graphic, interior, and product design work from Vignelli Associates; designed by Massimo Vignelli and introduced by a series of short essays from Germano Celant, Mildred Constantine, David Revere McFadden, and Joseph Rykwert. Thoroughly illustrated in color. This copy INSCRIBED by Massimo and Lella Vignelli to architect/designer Kenneth Walker, founder of... Read More
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Les Plages du Var: Les Pieds dans L'eau (Signed Limited Edition)
by VITALI, Massimo
Toulon: Hôtel des Arts, 2000. Fine in wrappers as issued.. Limited edition. Octavo. SIGNED by Vitali. Number 585 of an unstated number of press-numbered copies. Seashore images of the Var and Italy. Interestingly designed, and printed on various papers, including one section that resembles cheap cocktail napkins. Vitali's use of light makes these pedestrian scenes of rocky urban beaches seem somehow romantic, yet hideous at the same time. (Parr / Badger, v2, 284).
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Forest Road
by von HELLERMAN, Sophie, and Josh Smith
New York: 38th Street Publishers, 2009. Fine in wrappers.. First Edition. Octavo. Cover titles handwritten in marker; additionally, this copy with an original painting by Sophie von Hellerman on the cover. Collection of sketches by Sophie von Hellerman. Josh Smith designed and published the book.
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Slapstick or Lonesome No More! (Special Edition, Signed)
by VONNEGUT, Kurt Jr.
Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence, 1976. In blue cloth boards, with some sunning to spine; near fine. In papered slipcase with golden label to spine; some sunning, else also near fine.. First Edition. Octavo. A Special Edition, hand-numbered as 55 of 250, and SIGNED by Vonnegut to colophon.
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Bin I a Kaschparl
by WAGNER, Dieter and Harald Schmid
Berlin: Edition Dieter Wagner, 1982. Fine in printed wrappers.. First Edition. Octavo. Limited edition of 200 copies. SIGNED by Dieter Wagner and Harald Schmid. A collection of concrete poetry by Schmid, designed by Wagner and accompanied by his graphic illustrations. Text in Swiss German.
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Aus der Zeit des Schweigens. Neun Lieder für Arthur Rimbaud. Ein Oratorium
by WAGNER, Dieter and Hans-Ulrich Treichel
Berlin: Edition Dieter Wagner, 1984. Near fine in printed wrappers.. First Edition. Octavo. A limited edition of 200 copies. SIGNED by Dieter Wagner and Hans-Ulrich Treichel. Additionally SIGNED by Treichel on the title page and dated 1988. A collection of writings by Treichel, designed, printed, and bound by Wagner. Text in German.
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