American Artists

Satori in Paris, complete in Evergreen Review Magazine; #39, #40 and #41. New York, 1966, softcover, First Editions, Very Good+ condition, with no markings, light rubs, lightly age-toned edges. Specifics: No. 39, Very Good+, small spot near head of spine. No. 40, Near Fine, No 41, Very Good+, top corner bumped. The complete text of Satori in Paris in three installments preceding the Grove Press hardcover publication as noted on the copyright page. Other major contributors of new material include; Samuel Beckett, Robert Creeley, George Grosz (details from Ecce Homo), Alan Ginsberg, Henry Miller, Eugene Ionesco, Eric Bentley and Lenore Kandel.

Cleveland: World Publishing Co, 1967. Near Fine/near fine. First World Printing 1967. No text just woodcuts, and amazing work Near Fine condition in Very Good dustjacket

New York: Random House, 1937. Very Good. Very Good with some wear to edges . 230 wood engravings by Ward with no text (wordless).

New York: The Floating Bear, 1964. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 20pp (mimeographed). This issue of The Floating Bear features input by Billy Linich (Billy Name) of Andy Warhol's Factory, plus a text by Gerard Malanga "spoken by the poet for a film tribute by Andy Warhol to the dancer, Freddie Herko." Cover by George Herms, plus writing by Frank O'Hara, Julian Beck, Robert Grosseteste, James Waring, et al. Uncommonly nice copy; horizontal publisher's fold.

Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good. 30, [4] p.: hand-painted, water color floral illustrations on 13 pages; 29 cm. Original wide cream calf spine with gilt-stamped cover title; light green paper over remainder of boards, with gilt-stamped floral decoration running along leather-paper border. White moire endpapers. Lacking original slipcase. This is no. 47 of a limited edition of 100 copies, each numbered and signed by the artist, Alice Stewart. There are two or more binding variants. The illustrations vary in each of the 100 copies of this beautiful book. In Very Good Condition: edges are rubbed; binding lightly soiled; front free endpaper detached but present, lacking lower gutter corner; first blank leaf following front endpapers also detached but present; a few small spots of light discoloration (as is typical of this book); otherwise, clean and bright.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Fair Association, 1955. SCARCE, excellent resource book for mid-century modern California design, and uncommon in Fine condition. Unpaginated, 38 pp., featuring numerous black and white photographs displaying the works of 112 'designer-craftsmen'. . Short essay "The Designer-Craftsman" by Richard B. Petterson at last page. Furniture designers featured include Herman Miller, Sam Maloof, and Hans Wegner among several others. . First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. Illus. by Burton Frasher, Jt., Photographer . 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

NY: Sotheby's New York, 2010. Auction Catalog and Handbook. Original softcover with pictorial French flaps. Published NY: Sotheby's, 2010. 4to. wrappers, 8 1/4" x 10 3/4", 175pp., illustrated throughout with color plates. Includes 5 1/4" x 8 1/4" Handbook in rear pocket. 58pp., illustrated with color plates. 53 artists - Calder, De Kooning, Gursky, Hirst, Johns, Kelly, Lichtenstein, Pollock, Rothko, Stella, Warhol, etc. Both very fine. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Fine. 4to.

Oblong cloth edition in dust jacket with a few minor tears. According to the Frank Bibliography of the Press this is one of 197 copies with Johnson's cutups enclosed in an envelope glued to the inside of the front cover. The glue has dried and the envelope is laid in. A scarce work by this experimental artist known for his "mail" art.

(Chicago): (Design Class of the Art Institute of Chicago), 1950. RARE. # 35 of an edition of 50 copies produced by a design class in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, no date, but 1950 given inscription at front end page. Bound in black cloth, title in white with white hand printed designs front cover, title page printed in red with same designs as front cover only printed in red, followed by 74 unnumbered pages with 37 silk screen hand printed designs, then limitation page. Inscribed at front end page "Harry Breen May 12, 1950 Remember Exhibition Millenium; you certainly helped to make it a wonderful success Harrison Lagerstrom (?)", the inscription partially blurred by dampstain. Very Good, dampstain front end pages, worm holes and small chips at edges of rear blank end pages and paste down. A number of the pages SIGNED by Bob Appel, Jack D. Nelson, Leon A. Muller, Emelyn Brehan, Bruce Kartebrein (?), Stanley Sczepanski, Gene De Smut (?), Peter H. Jalosian, Theodore M. Steele,… Read More

New York:: Sara Garden Armstrong,, 1994.. Edition of 40. 9" x 11.5" (22.86 x 29.21cm); 32 unnumbered pages. Interior pages of transparent film, translucent paper and coated laser paper. Bound in cover off vinyl sleeve with two screws at spine. Slipped in case of sandblasted plastic. Signed and numbered by the artist. Jon Coffelt, "Sara Garden Armstrong Threads and Layers": "This book is a catalogue for a solo exhibition that was cancelled. The images come from work scheduled to be exhibited at a gallery in Amersterdam's red-light district. Armstrong's intent was to provide the viewer with an experience of the show and a feel for its location, thus the inclusion of subtle pornographic images printed in red strips, eventually revealing the gallery's street address. Found images, photographs, and photo-collages - often layered - work together, drawing the viewer into a kind of dark journey. The experience differs each time this journey is undertaken. The cover - a… Read More

Key West, FL: Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House, 2003. 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. 4to, 88pp, printed wrappers. This elegantly produced exhibition catalogue includes texts by Harry Mathews and others (printed in English and French). Unmarked copy, light wear.

n.p.: n.p, n.d. (ca. 2001). 1st edition. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket (as issued). Near Fine. Square 12mo, 10 leaves (printed one-side), stapled wrappers. Rare (no copies in WorldCat) and seemingly self-published suite of poems dedicated to and inspired by (and concerning) Joe Brainard, presumably from around the time of the Brainard retrospective at BAMPFA. Unmarked copy, just about as new.

Seattle / Bellevue: Bellevue Art Museum, 2001. Signed on the title page by Stephen Holl and dated 6 26 19. First edition / First printing. Rare brushed aluminum binder, trade issue was in spiral bound wrappers. Brushed aluminum three ring binder. Very fine in very fine binder.. In 1998, Holl was awarded the prestigious Alvar Aalto Medal. Holl was named the 2012 AIA Gold Medal winner.

Paris: Maeght Editeur, 1976. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. A lovely copy of DLM 221 which was dedicated to Calder and published shortly after his death in November 1976. Loose signatures in wrappers as issued. 7 colour lithographs in total including front cover. Colour photographs and b&w portrait of the artist. Pristine condition - entirely free from spotting/foxing, fingermarking etc. Hard-to-find in such nice condition.

Washington, D. C.: The Rappahannock Press, 1993. First edition / First printing. Beige cloth. Very fine in about fine dust jacket.