Santa Fe, NM: Edith Lambert Gallery, n.d. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A collection of 15 black and white post cards with illustrations of book art exhibited at the gallery. Designs are based on the avant-garde movements of the 20th century. READ MORE about THE BOOK AS ART
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 115080
(La Plume, PA): Keystone Junior College Art Gallery, 1979. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 39+(1) pages. Exhibition at the college in April 1979, 30 prints, two each by fifteen artists. Introduction, acknowledgments and an essay. with bibliography, by Fine. Black and white illustrations. READ MORE about TWO BY FIFTEEN: CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN PRINTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 114693
(Washington): The Center for the Book, Library of Congress, 1985. 4to. mimeographed, stapled. 98 pages. An exhibition at the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 1984-5, surveying the history of over 500 years of printing and publishing. Descriptive information about items in the exhibition. Preface by John Y. Cole, Director of the Center for the Book. Introduction. READ MORE about BOOKS AND OTHER MACHINES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 116014
Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 1969. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 183 pages. First edition. 2042 entries. Very thorough index. Exlibrary with markings. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS ON THE HISTORY OF AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES, 1607-1967
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 100176
New York: The Grolier Club, 2009. 6 x 9 inches. paperback. 32 pages. This book contains a catalogue of the work of James L. Weil, master of fine printing and poetry. His collection of poetry contained short and thought provoking poems, while his publishing work represented his harmonious personality, artistic sensibility, and poetic taste. This checklist also provides brief biographical profiles of Jim Weil and other poets of the Elizabeth Press. Four black-and-white illustrations are..... READ MORE about JAMES L. WEIL: MASTER OF FINE PRINTING AND POETRY
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 107548
New York, NY: Center for Book Arts, 2016. 8.5 x 5.25 inches. paperback. unpaginated. Queering the BibliObject presents works by contemporary lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender artists who explore the book as an object, removed from both the narrative function and cover-to-cover form of the traditional artists book. A mix of assemblage, drawing, performance, photography, sculpture, and video, the works are organized around four formal and conceptual approaches: restricting access to the book object; repurposing..... READ MORE about QUEERING THE BIBLIOBJECT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 129166
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2015. 8.5 x 5.25 inches. paperback. 48 pages. The Center for Book Arts Featured Artist Project program showcases the work of individual artists by offering an exhibition or installation of a cohesive or recent body of work. Over the Center's 40-year history, this program has evolved from informal members-only shows to a dedicated rotating display case to its current format in our Studio and Foyer Galleries. For this exhibition..... READ MORE about REDUX: SELECTED FEATURED ARTIST PROJECTS RENEWED
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 127059
New York: The Grolier Club, 2015. 8.25 x 11 inches. pictorial wrappers with integral flaps. 318, (1) pages. Reprint of the 2014 first edition. Preface by Chris Loker; Bibliophiles in the Nursery: The Gradual Legitimacy of Collecting Rare Children's Books by Justin G. Schiller; "Pity that any Children should be . . . brought up . . . without the Skill of Reading" by Jill Shefrin; Cutting Loose: Productivity and Inventiveness among the Nineteenth-Century Publishers..... READ MORE about ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 126526
New York: The Grolier Club, 2014. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover. 320 pages. First trade edition of this rare and sought-after title by Chris Loker and published by the Grolier Club. This milestone catalogue showcases one hundred enduring classics of children's literature, each printed between 1600 and 2000. It contains brief but informative descriptions and color photographs of all one hundred famous children's books as well as provenance information for each specific copy shown. The..... READ MORE about ONE HUNDRED BOOKS FAMOUS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 124959
New York: Center for Book Arts, 2018. 7.875 x 11 inches. paperback. 56 pages. Catalogue of a traveling exhibition at the Center for Book Arts (April 20 - June 30, 2018), Minnesota Center for Book Arts (July 20-September 30, 2018), and San Francisco Center for the Book (October 20, 2018 - January 30, 2019). The science of psychoanalysis has always held a great fascination for artists - both as a medium for reflection and as..... READ MORE about FREUD ON THE COUCH: PSYCHE IN THE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 132446
Johannesburg, South Africa: University of Johannesburg, 2017. 9.5 x 11 inches. soft card cover. 267 pages. Booknesses is a full-colour catalogue of the 258 book objects, historical and contemporary from both South African and international artists represented in one of the largest and most comprehensive exhibitions of artists books ever to have been held internationally. The catalogue contains essays by David Paton, Keith Dietrich, Pippa Skotnes, Robbin Ami Silverberg and Kim Berman in conversation with..... READ MORE about BOOKNESSES: ARTISTS' BOOKS FROM THE JACK GINSBERG COLLECTION
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 129905
(Bogota, Columbia): Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, 2001. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 215+(1) pages. Text in Spanish. Exhibition of work of Columbian sculptor and collagist Bernardo Salcedo (b. 1941), February-June 2001. According to the curator's essay, Salcedo "questioned the definitions of art in the last four decades of the 20th century in Columbia." Checklist of works exhibited, extracts from critical reviews, chronology of Salcedo's exhibitions, and bibliography. Color illustrations throughout. Wrappers bent at top edge. READ MORE about BERNARDO SALCEDO: EL UNIVERSO EN CAJA
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 108881
New York: The Grolier Club, 2009. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. Exhibition catalogue of the printer and poet James L. Wile of the Elizabeth Press. Wrappers slightly wrinkled. READ MORE about JAMES L. WILE: MASTER OF FINE PRINTING AND POETRY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 105532
