Paris: Éditions de la Revue Verve, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Folio (14 1/2 x 10 1/2"). 182, [6]pp. Original glassine over paper covered boards illustrated by Henri Matisse. Striking double-issue of the iconic "Verve" magazine entirely devoted to the last works of Henri Matisse, a leading figure of Fauvism and... More
Paris: Éditions Cahiers d'Art, 1934. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 3/4"). 123, [1]pp. Original printed wrappers with black lettering to covers. Spine rebacked with white binder's tape, with handwritten title in black ink. First edition of this important issue devoted in part to the work of Joan... More
Paris: Fernand Hazan, 1958. First edition. Softcover. Folio (12 1/2 x 9 3/4"). [2], 87, [17]pp. Original illustrated wrappers, with black lettering to spine. Splendid double-issue of the iconic French art magazine lavishly illustrated throughout with 150 reproductions in b/w, 12 quadrichromies by Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso "La Petite Corrida"... More
![Robert Irwin: Projects & Exhibitions [SIGNED]. Robert Irwin, Philipp Scholz Rittermann.](/pictures/thumb/41092.jpg?v=1471309662)
La Jolla: Quint Gallery, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Small folio. 90pp. Photo-illustrated dust jacket. Black cloth boards with white and black lettering on front cover. White lettering on spine. Textured tissue guard covering title page. Photographs by Philipp Scholz Rittermann. Design by Wendy Belt. The book is a photographic study... More
NP: Allan Kaprow, 1975. First edition. Softcover. 4to. Original white wraps with black lettering on cover. 4 unpaginated pp. displaying b/w facsimile photographs of Allan Kaprow taken by Alvin Comiter. All illustrations are accompanied by text. The photographs display Kaprow running, sweating and using saliva to cool his body down... More
![Tales of the Los Angeles Parks [SIGNED]. Leo Politi.](/pictures/thumb/18107.jpg?v=1439339831)
Palm Desert, CA: Best-West Publications, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. Folio. Unpaginated (40 pp.). Mottled green cloth with gold lettering on cover. Minor rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners. Original full-page 12 inch multicolor watercolor of flowers and butterfly (image available upon request) signed and dated: "Leo Politi... More
![Augenreise [SIGNED, WITH AN ORIGINAL SKETCH BY THE ARTIST]. Heinz Trökes.](/pictures/thumb/34502.jpg?v=1434442198)
Berlin: Rembrandt Verlag, 1968. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/200. Quarto. Unpaginated. Original black cloth with artist's name and book title laid onto front cover. Signed by artist (Tröckes) with doodle and initials MM above doodle (for Michael Montfort, Bukowski's photographer) on free endpaper. Six color and six b/w original screenprints on..... More
Baden, Switzerland: Kodoji Press, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Signed in pencil by author on free back endpaper opposite imprint. Folio. Unpaginated. Original quarter cloth over heavy illustrated cardboard. Designed by Louisa Gagliardi and Winfried Heininger this beautifully produced book features extraordinary color photographs of snow sculptures, many of them fold-outs... More
![Kippenberger. Der Künstler und seine Familien [SIGNED BY AUTHOR]. Susanne Kippenberger.](/pictures/thumb/35263.jpg?v=1470268282)
Berlin: Berlin Verlag, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Signed Susanne Kippenberger, Los Angeles, 23. 8. 2011. Octavo. 575 (1)pp. Original photo-illustrated dustjacket over red cloth with white and gray lettering on spine. Photo-illustrated endpapers. Frontispiece photograph. Silver ribbon marker. The Enfant Terrible of German art in the late 20th century here... More
Los Angeles: NP, 1969. First edition. Softcover. Octavo Oblong. 29 leaves. Original spiral bound stiff wraps with handwritten lettering on cover. 23 pieces (leaves) of photographic plates of late sixties Los Angeles environment. Motives listed at end of publcation. First artist book by Allen Ruppersberg, one of the first generation... More
New York: A.R.T. Press, 1992. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 64pp. Original decorative wrappers. An Interview of Mike Kelley, artist, by John Miller profusely illustrated with numerous color and b/w plates of his art work (Birdhouses, chicken brooders, yarn dolls, playbills, etc.) Kelley's work involved found objects, textile banners, drawings, assemblage..... More
Paris: Bievres, 1973. Softcover. Portfolio. Stiff wraps with illustrated dust wrapper seated in original cardboard silk-lined slipcase. Staining, scuffing and rubbing to slipcase. Original b/w photograph of Pierre Lelong at work. Great classic work by the Greek philosopher Ovid, on love, translated into French by Andre Berry. Portfolio contains 4... More
NP: Matej Andraz Vogrincic, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Dedicated and signed by artist on text page at rear. Oblong Quarto. Unpaginated, 32pp. Original photo-illustrated boards. Photo-illustrated endpapers. The Slovenian artist Matej Andraz Vogrincic is known for his site-specific work in urban and natural environments. Moon Plain, one of his Australian... More
NP: NP, ND. Softcover. 8vo. 20 paginated pages of text with a number of Unpaginated pages with mounted facsimiles of Pastels, b/w facsimile of sketches and color facsimiles of photographs portraying the scenic inspiration for the artwork. Brown wrappers with spiral binding and plastic cover. Book is in very good... More
London: A. & C. Black Ltd., 1928. Hardcover. Cloth boards with pictorial cover. D/j is missing, but half of the front cover of the d/j is present and laid in. Unpaginated. Thackeray's souvenir of a trip to Egypt. Each plate has a short funny story with illustration. Twenty-four tipped-in full..... More
New York: Rizzoli, (1980). First edition. Hardcover. Folio. 130pp. Silver cloth with black lettering on cover and spine in original illustrated dust jacket. Abstract color and black and white reproductions of Sessa's paintings accompanied by Bradbury's poetic verse. A marriage of artist and visionary science fiction writer conveying yearnings of... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1990. Hardcover. Square quarto. 588pp. Grey glossy photo illustrated slipcase with white lettering on spine, housing grey cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Decorative end papers. This stunning monograph focuses on the planning and ultimate culmination of Jeanne-Claude Christo's artistic vision.....The Pont Neuf, Wrapped... More
Berlin: Heckler und Koch, 2010. First edition. Softcover. Folio. 60, 40 plates. Original gray, respectively white wraps with black lettering on cover and spine. 55 gray scales, acrylic on canvas with additional five plates identified as "image missing" (Abbildung fehlt) in volume one. Volume two display forty layouts with eight... More
Los Angeles: Peter Mendenhall Gallery, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 39 (2)pp. Inscribed to Joan by Douke on front endpaper. Original illustrated paper-covered boards with brown lettering on cover and white on spine. Illustrated fine linen front endpaper. 2 illustrated frontispieces plus half-title. Illustrated with color photography of art objects... More
Winnipeg: PLUG IN Contemporary Art/L'Art Contemporain, 198-1999. Softcover. 8vo. 205 pp. Decorative orange wrappers with b/w facsimile photograph of a man reclining on a bed with a pipe. Plug In is an artist-run center for the production, exhibition and distribution of contemporary art in all media. Book is profusely illustrated..... More
Greenwich, Connecticut: Magis Art Publications. New York Graphic Society, (1969). Hardcover. Sm. folio. 273, [2]pp. Black cloth with white lettering on spine in original publisher's cloth slipcase with mounted color illustration on cover. Profusely illustrated work by J. M. Moreno Galvan on contemporary (avant-garde) Spanish painting. With many tipped-in photographic... More
Barcelona: Ediciones Poligrafa, 1993. Hardcover. Folio. 461 pp. Bound in original brick red cloth with black lettering to spine. 1415 Color and b&w illustrations. Original dj. Book is in Fine Condition. Entire work filled with lucious photographs of Riera I Arago's sculptures, Graphites on paper, asphalt imprinted on wood, paintings-... More
Lucerne: C. J. Bucher, (1962). Hardcover. 2 volumes. 238pp. 475pp. Decorated paper-covered boards in illustrated paper-covered slipcase. Some rubbing, scuffing and wear on slipcase. Minor rubbing to boards. Two small stains on back cover of Vol. I. The purpose of this book was "to present a broad cross-section of some... More
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. [17], 239pp, [7]. Photo illustrated frontispiece. Original Illustrated red dust jacket with black writing on cover, tan lettering on black spine. Illustrated black over brown buckram boards with black writing on back cover and white lettering on spine. Signature and original... More
Los Angeles: Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, 2005. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 200pp. Original wraps with photo-illustrated design over white wraps with black lettering on cover. 10 frontispieces and photo-illustrated title page. Documentation of installation of the REDCAT version of Demián Ortega's "Moby Dick," the second part of his Beetle..... More