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Colfax, WA: Timothy Ely, 2015. Unique. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Unique. Hardcover. Bones of the Book is the second in a three-book series that differs significantly from most of Ely's other work. These books are both biographical and autobiographical. Each honors the important influence of family members in Ely's life, and combines it with an aspect of bookbinding—the format Ely has chosen to house his artwork throughout his career. In each case, there is also a third narrative that plays a significant role in Ely's identity as an individual and as an artist. The series began with Binding the Book:The Flight Into Egypt in 1985. Egypt is about Ely's grandfather, the journal he left behind about his mysterious trip to Egypt between the wars, bookbinding, and the geography of Egypt. For much more information about Binding the Book: The Flight Into Egypt, see The Flight into Egypt: Binding the Book (Chronicle Books, 1995). In Bones of the Book, the visual narrative combines Ely's… Leer más

Belluno, Venezia: Edizioni Colophon - Colophonart, 2004. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Original Wraps. Texts dedicated to renowned Italian conductor Claudio Abbado by various authors. First ninty copies in a wood and bronze case by Arnaldo Pomordor, numbered and signed by the Artist. Text set in Garamond 14pt by Rodolfo Campri, Rozzano and printed by Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione, Cormuda, on Amatruda 280g. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Box shows minor shelf scuffs at base, else bright and clean. Brown paper wrappers, embossed letter accented in black ink, 34x24 (42x33x7.8) cm. 56pp.

New York: Russell Maret, 2014. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A monumental consideration of Euclid. "The typefaces are Gremolata, Cancellaresca Milanese, Saturn, Saturn Shadow, and Texto Portuguez, all of which were designed by the printer. The text and the images were printed from photopolymer plates on a Vandercook Universal III proof press. Nancy Loeber assisted in the studio and prepared the sheets for binding. Daniel Kelm bound and boxed the book at the Wide Awake Garage in Easthampton, Massachusetts." There are three editions: Seventy- ve copies, numbered 1-71 and AP 1-AP 4 (printed on mouldmade Zerkall Litho 270gm paper and bound in goatskin & UICB handmade paper. Housed in a cloth covered clamshell box). Sixteen copies, numbered I-XIII and AP I-AP III (printed on a specially devised cotton and abaca Twinrocker Handmade Paper made by Travis Becker and bound in full leather with seven color leather inlays, and accompanied by a second… Leer más

Paris: mss, 1920. Unique. Hardcover. Near Fine. Unique. Hardcover. To all intents, purposes, appearances and instincts this volume is a detailed artistauthor's mock up or "maquette" for an occult poetic collection that was never published but that looks very much like (well, clearly is) a follow up to the legendary Calendrier Magique that de Croze created years earlier in collaboration with Manuel Orazi and which is now hailed as one of the greatest and most desirable depictions of the fin de siecle art occult pre-occupation. Intended far more as an artistic romp through the lush and shadowy landscape of decadent Parisian occult excesses than an actual handbook for magical practice (despite being issued in a rather tongue in cheek limitation of 777 copies), it's a thing of great beauty and renown, and highly sought after by both those who are interested in fin de siecle art, and by those who are interested in fin de siecle occultism. This volume, which positively reeks of an attempt to expand upon… Leer más

Paris: chez Delpach quai Voltaire No. 23, 1820. First Edition/Unique Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition/Unique Edition. Hardcover. Vol. I: 100 lithograph plates: title page + 99 of costumes, all hand-colored. Vol. II: 100 plates #101-200. Vol. III: 100 plates #201-300. Vol. IV: 80 plates #301-380. Manuscript Sketchbook of Hypolyte Lecomte (1820). Ink over pencil sketches for Costumes Civils et Militaire de la Monarchie Francaise; 268 drawings. Small quarto in laid paper, to plate "266" of above, then different sketches. Hippolyte Lecomte (1781-1857), a French painter trained under renowned historical painter Pierre-Adrien Swebach. Lecomte became known for his large-scale historical paintings, often depicting scenes from Napoleonic France and the Spanish War of Independence and his works are praised for their accuracy, dramatic composition, and attention to detail. Lecomte's work continues to be exhibited in museums like the Palace of Versailles, the National Gallery of Art, and the… Leer más

Author and illustrator Charles Geer has done the artwork for a number of children's books, including Bertrand Brinley's The Mad Scientists' Club and The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club. He also illustrated dozens of book jackets. Born and raised in Long Island, he attended Dartmouth College before entering the Navy during WWII. He sent back illustrations used by the Dartmouth alumni journal during the war. Followin the war, he attended the Pratt Institute. His work was featured in a relatively recent exhibition at Vanderbilt University. This collection is comprised of his work done aboard the USS Nicholoson during his 4 year term of service. It is an extremely important and significant collection, as written "diaries" were forbidden by Naval Regulations. Sketchbooks, however, were allowed. This collection embodies, in a very real sense, a visual diary of life aboard the Nicholson spanning four years and multiple theaters of operation. Several dozen sketch books and loose works executed upon… Leer más

London: Paramount Studios, 1938. First Edition(s). Hardcover. Fine to Good+ (Various Volumes). First Edition(s). Hardcover. In-house magazine for Paramount Films, aimed at Cinema Managers. These wonderful volumes include screen stills, film backgrounds, Boise, "story inserts" (for local paper republication), "poster ads," and wonderful images of local theaters. All volumes came from the Kobel Collection. Kobel was apparently in the process of rebinding the volumes; six are bound in brown boards, seven in black and five in a much older green cloth. Individual copies of Service typically sell for $65-$125 (more for some editions that embody "significant" films). Each of these bound volumes includes approximately 25 volumes. Dates covered are as followed: Sept. 4 1920-Nov. 19, 1921; Jan. 7 1922-Dec. 30 1922; Jan. 6, 1923-March 24, 1923; Sept. 5, 1925-Feb. 20, 1926; Jan. 7, 1928-Oct. 20, 1928; Sept. 1, 1928-Feb. 23, 1929; Mar. 2, 1929-Aug. 31, 1929; Sept. 7, 1929-Feb. 22, 1930; Mar. 1, 1930-Aug. 30,… Leer más

Los Angeles, CA: SST, 1984. Unique. Broadside. Near Fine. Unique. Broadside. Single fold mock-up used to create the iconic insert included in the release of Black Flag's My War. Includes three full page Raymond Pettibon pieces and a smaller copy integrated into the front-piece. Evidence of corrections and touch-up for printing present. Created 'on' a Black Flag concert poster (Santa Monica Civic Center), it was from this object that the production insert was created. Black Flag's second studio album (after Damaged (1981)) and the first after the Unicorn lawsuit injuction. Following the well documented dispute with Unicorn, where SST's claim for unpaid royalties resulted in a successful counter-suit leading to short jail sentences for Ginn and Dukowski and an injunction prohibiting the use of the name "Black Flag". The injunction ended in 1983 with Unicorns bankruptcy. The album's release (1984, SST Records) represented a major sound-shift for the band and polarized fans. Side A was similar to… Leer más

LA, 1983. Unique. Near Fine. Unique. "Violent Femmes" was the debut album by Violent Femmes and one of the defining albums of the era. Recorded in July 1982, the album was released by Slash Records on vinyl in April 1983. Gordon Gano wrote most of the songs for the album while still in high school in Milwaukee Wisconsin. It was the band's most successful album going platinum eight years after its release. The album achieved what is believed to be a unique fee buy going gold, four years after release, without having made an appearance on Billboard's top 200 album chart. Rolling Stone ranked the album Number 22 on its list of the 100 Greatest Albums of All Time. [They were discovered by James Honeyman-Scott (of The Pretenders) on August 23, 1981, when the band was busking on a street corner in front of the Oriental Theatre, the Milwaukee venue that The Pretenders would be playing later that night. Chrissie Hynde invited them to play a brief acoustic set after the opening act.] The letter and lyrics… Leer más

New York: Russell Maret, 2011. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box.. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Composed of three sections, Specimens opens with a multichromatic display of short texts set in a variety of styles. Following this, a selection of alphabets are displayed in lengthier texts appropriate to their forms: Baskerville's Great Primer is displayed in a chapter from Candide; a new translation from Cicero's Second Philippic is set in Cancellaresca Milanese Terzo; Saturn is displayed in a chapter from Vitruvius on the design of temples; Strand Serif in a selection of new prose peices by Mark Strand; etc. Finally the book concludes with a section of notes detailing the alphabetic and textural sources for each specimen. Specimens is printed from photo polymer plates and metal type in a wide array of colors. In all, sixteen complete alphabets are displayed; one of which, Iohann Titling, has been cut, fit, and cast in foundry metal specially for the edition at the Dale Guild Type… Leer más

Northampton, MA: Dan Kelm, 2018. Limited Edition. Fine in Fine Case. Limited Edition. The creation of Templum Elementorum (Sanctuary of the Elements) was initiated by an invitation in 1995 to produce a book for the Smithsonian Institution Library exhibition Science and the Artist's Book. Inspired by Biringuccio's De la pirotechnia (On working with fire), first published in 1540, Templum Elementorum is a stylized version of the alchemical furnace known as the Tower of Athanor, as pictured in Biringuccio's book. "Athanor" refers to the "undying" fire which is achieved by the use of the self-feeding fuel hopper at the center of the furnace. Kelm created a book sculpture comprised of four glass cylinders and metal bindings — one for each of the elements. Together they represent a furnace within which the four alchemical elements are operating — earth bath, water bath, air furnace, and fire box. Colors, symbols, words, and metals contained on the cylinders and in the bindings all correspond to… Leer más

St. Louis, MO: Evil Prints, 2012. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Having taken over 2 years to complete, "The Hillbilly Kama Sutra" is Huck's first portfolio of prints since 1998 s seminal, "2 Weeks in August: 14 Rural Absurdities". ... 'The Hillbilly Kama Sutra' is part of a long tradition of thematically unified suites in the history of printmaking. Inspired by artists such as Hogarth, Holbein, and Goya, Huck has chosen the timeless theme of sex, albeit with a slight "hillbilly" twist." This set is very much a homage to Holbein's Dance of Death (with a touch of R. Crumb). Huck, best known for his monumental satirical woodcuts (including a triptych the central panel of which is a single 4x8 foot woodblock print), is a modern master of the woodcut. His work draws heavily on the influences of the great engravers/artists, Albrecht Dürer, José Guadalupe Posada, R. Crumb, and Honoré Daumier. "[J]am-packed compositions [that] are gleefully obscene and violent… Leer más

Portland, OR: Parasol Press, 2014. Limited Edition. Loose Sheets. Fine in Fine Archival Boxes. Limited Edition. Loose Sheets. A collection of 10 aquatints on Rives Paper. Leon Battista Alberti, renaissance scholar, artist and architect, coined the term Concinnitas to connote the beauty found in the confluence of perfect uses of number, position and outline. In 2012, Parasol commissioned ten mathematicians, physicists, and computer scientists, including two Nobel Laureates and five Fields Medalists, to create etchings of the mathematical expression most meaningful to them. These formulae were then printed by the fine-art print shop Harlan and Weaver as aquatints, evoking the look of equations quickly and elegantly sketched in white chalk on a blackboard. Accompanied by an expository essay of each and description card, signed by each. Sir Michael Atiyah. Edinburgh University. Fields Medal Enrico Bombieri. Institute of Advanced Study Princeton. Fields Medal Simon Donaldson. Stony Brook University /… Leer más

Portland, Oregon: Scantron Press, 2016. Limited Edition. Fine. Limited Edition. "object n., object v. was created to link present day gender inequality to our ancient past. Male control over women's bodies and women's sexuality continues around the world, as does the hierarchy of objective beauty. While the ancient Greeks were oppressing and objectifying women, an egalitarian society roamed north of the Black Sea. Legendary warrior women known as Amazons rode horses, practiced archery, fought to defend and conquer, and had sexual freedom. In this artist book I have juxtaposed two parallel worlds through objects and imagery. All the text is derived from two books that paint the picture and tell the story. Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation by Ruby Blondell and The Amazons: Lives & Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World by Adrienne Mayor. When I read that self-reliant warrior women existed in the ancient world I was inspired and I wanted to share that knowledge to rekindle a… Leer más

France, 1820. Unique. Hardcover. Very Good+. Unique. Hardcover. Almost certainly a French military officer's field latrine...blending humor and function. It is possible it was created for a young man's Grand Tour, but much more likely of military origin. Late 1700s binding has been repurposed to create a folding thunderbox. All elements fit within the closed 'book' (except the thunderpot) so it could be shelved in the officers field office. The binding and use of pear wood strongly collaborate its origins...most likely for use during the Peninsula War. We find reference to two similar 'thunderbooks', one in a private collection in the EU and otherwise unknown detail and a later example (Edwardian) with major elements (seat) replaced. This is a remarkable example of a book concealing a much more utilitarian purpose. Light shelf/edge wear, rebacked (original leather laid down), professional stabilization, shelf later, else tight and bright. Full leather binding, gilt lettering and decorative elements,… Leer más

Mexico City: Troconi-Letayf & Campbell, 2021. Limited Edition. Mixed bindings. Fine in Fine Box. Limited Edition. Mixed bindings. A work portfolio with 9 photographs signed by the artist. A text by Guillermo Sheridan printed on Awagami Washi paper accompanies the work. An artist's book with portraits and testimonies of the artist. The box also contains a certificate of authenticity signed by the author and a security seal from the publisher. "The writer Guillermo Sheridan has expressed the "equilibrist" character of the artist and her work: "It is a perfection earned, extracted from technical experience and spiritual discipline, balanced in her measured love of the world, brimming with tribulation and joy. And it is when it all comes into balance that her photographic miracles occur: the always fresh eyes of the superior artist lead us by the hand toward our own eyes, which find, for a fleeting instant, their own equilibrium"." [publisher's statement] "Graciela Iturbide (Mexico, 1942): Recognized… Leer más

New York: Bulletspace, etc., 1991. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Rubber Wrapper.. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. "This project is a collection of images and texts, defining and expressing the broad and essential issue of housing on the Lower East Side, and is a statement of the underlying force of ‘art as a means of resistance'. It is both a documentation and expression of social/political issues in our neighborhood, and on a larger scale to symbolize similar conflicts in other parts of the world." [Bulletspace] Printed at Bullet Space (an anarchist squatter community since 1982), The Lower East Side Workshop, Black Cat Printshop, Cooper Union, and the Brandywine Workshop. Funded by Art Matters, Artist Space, Northstar Fund, Andy Warhol Foundation. The work includes 32 silkscreened posters [on Mohawk vellum paper], all signed by the artists: Paul Castrucci; John Fekner; Stash Two; Tom McGliynn & Emily Carter; Day Gleeson & Dennis Tomas; Nadia Coen; Anton Von… Leer más

Gloucestershire, UK: Leslie Gerry Editions, 2015. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Text set and printed by Whittington Press. "New York Reflections...[are] the result of an intense three week visit to New York in May 2013 to observe, sketch and gather reference material. These paintings, full of colour, light and shadows are his observations and reflect a very personal view of the city. An enormous publication with 26 powerful colour plates dominating a 22x20 inch sheet. The text is made up of extracts from Jan Morris' book Manhattan '45." (from the prospectus) "Once back in my studio, a year of painting begins. With a stylus and Wacom tablet, I paint on the computer in Illustrator.  Working only with flat areas of colour (CMYK) and no tone, I "cut out" colour shapes with the stylus, arranging them on different layers, creating a collage. In fact, I first began working this way years ago (before developing my computer skills)  by cutting… Leer más

Somerville, MA: Sarah Hulsey Studio, 2021. Limited Edition. Mixed bindings. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Mixed bindings. An exploration of shape, color and meaning through the medium of layered woodcut monoprints. "The etchings and accompanying word lists in this project investigate the lexicon, a complex mental repository of the lexical knowledge held by a speaker. Unlike a dictionary, the lexicon is believed to be to be organized by relationships between words. These relationship groupings are represented here by shapes inspired by English verb classes. Schematic shapes and their companion texts explore the unconsciously known patterns of language." [artist statement] "This array of verb-shapes represents only a small part of a rich trove of information that you unknowingly access every time you use language. Repeated shapes, both etched and collaged, combine to form visual representations of a number of classes of English verbs. Running alphabetical lists of words (totaling 1566 in… Leer más

Arlington, VA: Turtle Light Press, 2017. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Hardcover. A compilation of 18 unbound triptychs and a catalogue inside a double drop-spine enclosure. The work explores love, war, and being Jewish in the 20th century. Amichai's work, often considered for the Nobel Prize in Literature, explores family, love and war. Black, having fallen in love with Amichai's poetry, spent ten years creating this remarkable work. Blending of some of Amichai's original, handwritten poems with collaged images of Jewish history and life drawn from archives around the world. Aharon Yermiyahu Taub, in his review for the American Jewish Libraries newsletter, stated; "a towering achievement in American arts and letters, the culmination of a decade of reflection, research, translation, and artistic imagination and a breathtaking exploration of literary and visual poetics." [AJL. News, Feb/March 2018, Vol. VIII, No. 1]. Recent winner of the Isaac Anolic Jewish… Leer más