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An offprint (an excerpt of a larger publication that has been printed and bound separately usually for promotional purposes) of Jess collages from Vol. 6, No. 4 of Northwest Review, under the title "The Dios Kuroi." Each page bears a black and white collage and one word of the phrase "Once Upon A Time There Were Twin Brothers." A scarce Jess item.
Condition: Fine.
Item #228
With several photographs interspersed with the text. Pages are uncut. Text is in French. Out of print.
Condition: Very Good, light edgewear and very faint soiling to cover.
Item #103
The scarce first printing of Walt Curtis' love story on the streets of Portland, which became Gus Van Sant's first feature film that launched a career. Sprinkled with photographs of Curtis and his protagonists in old Portland.
Condition: Very Good, toning to pages and covers; top staple loose from cover but tight on all other pages.
Item #1117
The oversize catalog for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's third Biennial in June/August of 1984 with a theme of "figurative expressionism". Featuring work by Jean Michel Basquiat, Robert Colescott, Philip Guston, Keith Haring, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Edward and Nancy Reddin Keinholz, and Alice Neel, among others. Includes essays by Dorothy Martinson, Wolfgang Max Faust, Achille Bonita Oliva, Klaus Ottmann and Edward Kienholz. Newsprint interior pages with black and red printing, and a lightweight paper stock color glossy cover. Cover image specifically designed for the publication by Keith.....
Item #984
Stunning Peruvian textile monograph with extensive scholarship on motifs and histories. Absolutely beautiful full-page color photographs of entire textiles and detail shots throughout. The textile images are rich in surface detail and are shot on both black backgrounds and white backgrounds. Extensive bibliography and terminology definitions in the back of the publication. Text in Spanish. Out of print and rare.
Condition: Very Good, previous owner's name in black ink on title page; minor scuffing on edges of spine and 1/8" tear at the top spine of dust jacket; a second.....
Item #908
A collage of correspondence art and images from the Canadian art collective Image Bank (and friends), including Mr. Peanut, Ray Johnson, General Idea, Genesis P-Orridge, Andy Warhol, Les Levine and John Giorno, plus photos of Vincent Trasov and Michael Morris (who organized this issue) by Jimmy De Sana.
Condition: Very Good, toning to newsprint; residue from previous price sticker visible on front cover.
Item #1097
A collection of sepia-toned photographs of architecture, parks, promenades and plazas throughout Paris circa 1920 and with a Cecil B. De Mille Productions label on the cover. "93" is written in space provided on the label, perhaps a production number, and "#286" is also written in pencil on the cover. Inside, on the front free endpaper, there is a handsome Cecil B. DeMille bookplate as well as a stamp stating "Research Dept. DeMille Studio". This book was likely used as a resource for scouting locations for DeMille, or for set.....
Item #703
A collection of Dobliar's stunning collages - the series features lacquer and acrylic on cutouts from the pages of 1970s era Italian gossip magazines Epoca and Oggi. Text is in English and German. Out of print.
Condition: Near Fine, very faint rubbing and marks to back cover.
Item #250
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A set of 20 issues of "1/1: The Quarterly Journal of the Just Intonation Network". A total of 47 issues were published between 1985-2007. Originally published as a quarterly journal, that schedule proved too difficult to maintain and the publication soon became more irregular in its publication schedule. The word "Quarterly" was removed from its name around 1991. The journals remain the largest single body of information about Just Intonation in the English Language. This set is from the collection of composer Douglas Leedy (1938-2015). Some issues include laid-in notes.....
Item #923
The Winter 2003 issue of "1/1: The Journal of the Just Intonation Network". A total of 47 issues of the journal were published between 1985-2007. Originally published as a quarterly, that schedule proved too difficult to maintain and the publication soon became more irregular in its publication schedule. The word "Quarterly" was removed from its name around 1991. The journals remain the largest single body of information about Just Intonation in the English Language. This issue features "Differential Coherence: Experimenting with New Areas of Consonance" by Jacques Dudon; an Editor's.....
Item #925
The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The houses became icons of the Mid-Century modernist movement. The cover design and focus of the magazine was revolutionary at the time and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue.....
Item #1080
The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features Case Study House No. 24 by A. Quincy.....
Item #207
The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on a house by Craig Ellwood, the.....
Item #216
The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on Interbau in West Berlin, Case Study.....
Item #223
The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine was revolutionary at the time and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on a house by Harry Seidler, two.....
Item #225
The influential West Coast architecture magazine known for its “Case Study Houses” Program in which in 1945 it proposed to “begin immediately the study, planning, actual design and construction of eight houses, each to fulfill the specifications of a special living problem in the Southern California area.” The cover design and focus of the magazine at the time was revolutionary and a direct challenge to the prominence of the East Coast as the center of architecture in the U.S. This issue features articles on Case Study House No. 24, houses.....
Item #212
A lovely monograph on Koloman Moser (1868-1918), an Austrian artist who had a great influence on 20th Century graphic art and who was one of the foremost artists of the Vienna Secession movement and a co-founder of Wiener Werkstätte. During his lifetime he designed a wide array of works: books, postage stamps, fashion, stained glass, ceramics, tableware, silver, jewelry, furniture and paintings. Color and black and white illustrations and photographs. Out of print. Text in French.
Condition: Fine.
Item #509
The French Fluxus action poet and sculptor, Robert Filliou's catalog published by Galerie René Block in an edition of 500. Scarce.
Condition: Very Good+.
Item #483
The fourth edition in 2,000 copies of this catalog documenting 180 unfired clay sculptures by Fischli & Weiss. The title translates to "Suddenly this Overview," and the works were first shown in 1981 in one of the earliest collaborations between the two artists. Images are in black and white, one per page, with the work titles listed in German, English and Portuguese. Out of print.
Condition: Near Fine, faint bump to lower corner of front cover.
Item #977
Weft twining is an ancient basket and textile construction technique that is still practiced in many cultures around the world. It has been used for centuries and this book is still one of the most comprehensive and definitive guides to the craft. Fraser uses examples from objects in museums, private collections and his own field work. With hundreds of detailed diagrams and their corresponding weaving/weft instructions. Out of print.
Condition: Very Good, moderate odor of book must.
Item #1001
Signed by Friedlander on front endpaper. Afterword by Leslie Katz. Published in an edition of 1,000. The 62 plates are printed as duotone offset lithographs. Out of print.
Condition: Very Good+, small discoloration on top edge of endpapers, light shelfwear to dust jacket.
Item #264
Book-length catalog for a touring exhibit of over 20 (mostly European) artists exploring folk culture in contemporary art, including Joseph Beuys, Britta Jonas, David Renggli and Gert and Uwe Tobias, among others. Text is in English and German. The German title is "Säen und Jäten: Volkskultur in der Zeitgenössischen Kunst"
Condition: Very Good +, light rubbing to edges of covers, rear cover is faded slightly.
Item #285
A collection of 30 loose sheets of text, poetry and images presented in unbound folder/covers. Mimeograph printed in various colors at Intermedia, Vancouver B.C.'s collaborative art group, which also operated a press. In a stated edition of 250 (10 that came with white slices of bread numbered & stamped by the author).
Condition: Very Good, wear and creasing to cover folders; interior contents fine.
Item #991
Hanuman Book No. 38 by the curator, critic and patron Henry Geldzahler, whose life was intertwined with New York art and artists from the 1960s to the 1990s. Inscribed by Geldzahler to Paige Powell: "For Paige, who works hard and plays hard. Affectionately, Henry - 3/22/91"
Condition: Very Good+ in a Very Good Dust Jacket, light toning to dust jacket; .125" tear at top edge of back of dust jacket.
Item #776
Forty-Four color images reproducing the posters of Gerster's famous campaign for Swissair that made use of his of dramatic aerial photographs. The campaign ran from 1971-1996 and examples from 25 different countries are presented, including Algeria, Japan, France, Morocco, Tanzania, China, Peru and of course, Switzerland, among others. Out of print.
Condition: Near Fine, very faint yellowing at page edges and light fading to text on spine.
Item #944
