Book One

[San Francisco]: Self-published, 1970. A fine copy, save for small stain to colophon, in handmade portfolio by Schuberth Bindery, with gilt titles to front panel and cloth tie. With only a single OCLC record discovered; complete suites are uncommon in the trade.. Limited Edition. Slim quarto. Edition of 90. Suite of 15 offset lithographs printed on Rives BFK paper (10.75 x 7.75 inches, sheet); each SIGNED, titled, and hand-numbered by Conner as 1/90. Just as with his Mandala series of drawings—which were translated into book form as Book (1966)—Bruce Conner here transformed the felt-tip “endless line” drawings of his Book Pages series into Book One. Originally planned to be bound, with the prints paired together on facing pages, Conner ultimately opted for this flexible presentation, with the prints housed loose along with tissue guards, printed title page, and colophon. Printed at Kaiser Graphics; typography by Grabhorn-Hoyem.