Tokyo: Toto Bunka Co., Ltd, 1952-1954. Presumed first editions. Hardcover. Folio [37 cm] Gray cloth over boards, with black, orange, and white ink lettering. Lavishly illustrated. With many tipped-in plates, some in color. The extremities are gently bumped, and the pages are lightly toned. In dust jackets with periodic tears..... More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Quarto [26 cm] Illustrated paper covered boards. In a matching dust jacket. Very good / Near fine. From the jacket- "This is the first book to portray a comprehensive collection of Aboriginal bark paintings in full colour together with a fully-illustrated description of the manner..... More
San Francisco: McSweeney's, 2010. Dave Eggers. First printing. Paperback. Unpaginated. Duodecimo [17.5 cm]. Illustrated wraps. Dave Eggers is best known for his memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius", in which he chronicles the movements of the relationship between he and his brother as both of his parents are dying..... More
Kansas City, Kansas: University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1974. First edition. Paperback. 142 pp. [26 cm] Painting on front cover, white on back. New. Paperback. More
Savannah, Georgia: Compass Publishing, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 119pp. Oblong quarto [26 cm x 31 cm] Beige cloth over boards. There is a light red stain, approximately 1" in diameter, in the top fore-edge corner of the rear cover. In a dust jacket, with multiple light scratches to the..... More
Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 295pp. Quarto [27 cm] Black and white illustrated paper over boards. Patterned endpapers. Hinges weak, but holding. Covers lightly rubbed at the edges. Kiki Smith is a West German born American artist whose work is imbued with themes of sex, birth..... More
San Francsico, CA: Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2004. Second Edition. Paperback. 8 1/2" X 11" wraps in red and violet spine with red and violet illustrated covers. "POPagandist, billboard bandit, post pop pundit, post-punk prankster, countercultural cartoonist, subvertising executive, culture-jammer. The artist with his finger on the pulse card..... More
New York: Chromacomp (Embossed stamp in bottom margin), [1982]. Limited Edition. Poster. SIGNED. Serigraph on paper [16 1/2 x 20 1/2"; 22 x 28" in mat] from the limited series, featuring a crisp, colorful design. The scene features the sign's lucky numbers and ruling day of the week. A highly..... More
New York: Chromacomp (Embossed stamp in bottom margin), [1982]. Limited Edition. Poster. SIGNED. Serigraph on paper [16 1/2 x 20 1/2"; 22 x 28" in mat] from the limited series, featuring a crisp, colorful design. The scene features the sign's lucky numbers and ruling day of the week. A highly..... More
New York: Chromacomp (Embossed stamp in bottom margin), [1982]. Limited Edition. Poster. SIGNED. Serigraph on paper [16 1/2 x 20 1/2"; 22 x 28" in mat] from the limited series, featuring a crisp, colorful design. The scene features the sign's lucky number, number 1, and the ruling day of the..... More
New York: Chromacomp (Embossed stamp in bottom margin), [1982]. Limited Edition. Poster. SIGNED. Serigraph on paper [16 1/2 x 20 1/2"; 22 x 28" in mat] from the limited series, featuring a crisp, colorful design. The scene depicts a Centaur holding a bow and arrow, and features the sign's lucky..... More
New York: Chromacomp (Embossed stamp in bottom margin), [1982]. Limited Edition. Poster. SIGNED. Serigraph on paper [16 x 20 1/2"; 22 x 28" in mat] from the limited series, featuring a crisp, colorful design. A highly symbolic Erté image. Hand signed by Erté in pencil. Numbered in pencil. Edition limited..... More
Limited Edition. Poster. SIGNED. Serigraph on paper [12 1/2 x 12 1/2"] Sharp design in gold, silver, and black. Erté image. Hand signed by Erté in pencil. Numbered in pencil. Edition limited to 300. This is number 219. Russian-born French artist Erté (1892-1990) had a highly influential and lengthy career..... More
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Print. Serigraph [16" x 21"] in mat [24" x 29 1/2"]. Very faint (almost blind) notation "CHES 1988" in lower right corner, perhaps from a previous owner. Number 107 of 350. Signed by Russian artist Erté in the lower right corner. Erté (1892-1990) was a prominent 1920s fashion illustrator and..... More
Milan, Italy: Franco Maria Ricci, 1991. First edition, limited. Hardcover. 123pp. Slender octavo [27 cm] Black silk cloth, titled in gilt, and with a shiny pictorial paper label on the front cover. With 5 lavish tipped-in color plates. The extremities are just a trifle bumped. In the black thin card..... More
Eindhoven, Netherlands: Jalila Essaidi, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. 159pp. Quarto [28 cm] Felt-like white cloth over boards. The extremities are lightly soiled, and there is a small moisture stain on the front board. A book detailing Essaidi's Bio / Art project. From the Publisher- 'Bulletproof skin, Exploring Boundaries by Piercing..... More
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. 111 pp. Quarto. [31.5 cm] Navy blue cloth over boards with title stamped in red ink on front cover and spine. Corners slightly rubbed. Pages toned at margins. Dust jacket is in very good + condition with some scuffing to corners..... More
H. F. Ullman, 2006. Hardcover. 739pp. Very thick folio [32 cm] Dark gray cloth covered boards. Good. The extremities are lightly rubbed and scratched. There are numerous very small stains on the bottom edge of the text block, and there are a couple of very light stains on the fore..... More
Seattle and London: Grover/Thurston Gallery; Laura Russo Gallery; University of Washington Press, 2000. First edition. Paperback. SIGNED. 131pp. Quarto [25.5 cm] Pictorial wrappers. With minor soiling to the wraps. Internally fine. With the artist's gallery reception card tucked in. Inscribed by Fay Jones on the title page. More
Nevada City, CA: Underwood Books, 2015. Paperback. 126pp. Quarto. Illustrated wraps. "Women of Wonder for the first time shines a spotlight on women creators of fantastic art. Illustration and gallery markets have traditionally been seen as a largely male profession, but women have always been active participants — from Kewpie..... More
Riva Yares Gallery, [1990]. Exhibition catalogue. Paperback. Slim oblong quarto [21.5 cm x 28 cm] Stapled pictorial wraps. Very good condition. The wraps are a trifle soiled. Arman, along with Yves Klein and Jean Tinguely, was a founding member of the New Realists in France. More
Palma de Mallorca: Museo Guasp, [1950]. 10 hand-colored woodblock prints, each numbered and signed by "Xam" [pseudonym]. The prints are loosely housed in a portfolio of 1/4 green cloth over tan paper boards with ribbon ties. Small woodblock designs printed in green mounted on both covers of the portfolio. The..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. SIGNED. 242pp. Quarto [26 cm] Olive green cloth over boards with a gilt stamped title on the backstrip. Spine ends gently bumped; covers just a trifle warped. In a dust jacket, with rubbing and two 2" scratches to the panels. Signed..... More
Indianapolis: The Bobbs Merrill Company Publishers, 1909. Hardcover. Quarto [29 cm] Rust colored cloth covered boards with a blind stamped title on the spine, and a gilt stamped title and blind stamped floral and decorative designs on the front cover. Very good. The edges of the covers are very slightly..... More
Chicago: American Photo-Engravers Association, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. 488pp. Quarto [32 cm] Full black cloth with decorative blind stamping to boards. Stamped red and gold eagle on the front board. Title gilt stamped on backstrip. Top edge gilt. Fair condition only. The text block has almost completely come away from..... More