Exhibition of Sculpture, Paintings & Drawing by Alberto Giacometti
New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1985. 11 x 8.5 inches. Wrappers.
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Robert Motherwell: The Collaged Image
Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1985. 12 x 9 inches. 32 pages. Wrappers. Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition at Walker Art Center from September - December 1985.
Robert Motherwell: Etchings 1984/85
New York: Tyler Graphics Ltd, 1985. 10 x 8 inches. 16 pages. Wrappers. Includes interview with Catherine Mosley by Stephanie Terenzio.
Mariano Fortuny 1871-1949
Kyoto: Kyoto Costume Institute, 1985. 24cm. Text in Japanese 48 pages. Illustrated in color. Printed wrappers; in original white folding envelope. Catalogue of an exhibition held 9 November to 1 December 1985.
My Father's Life
Derry, NH and Ridgewood, NJ: Babcock & Koontz, 1986. Tall narrow 8vo. [24]pp. Woodcut on title by Gaylord Schanilec. Original Mouchete de Pompie wrappers, printed paper title label. A fine copy. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number XXIX of 40 copies signed by Carver and Schanilec from an edition of.....
Letters from a Portuguese Nun
Andoversford: The Whittington Press, 1986. 4to. 36, [1] pp. Original printed boards; slipcase. A fine copy. LIMITED EDITION, number 36 of 200 copies signed by the illustrator and translator from an edition of 235.
'A Superannuated Printer's Anecdotage'
Austin: Press at the Humanities Research Center, 1986. 8vo. 25, [1] pp. Color portrait frontispiece mounted. Original wrappers. Fine. FIRST EDITION, one of 100 copies. Foreword by Dechard Turner. Printed by Carol Kent.
Andrew Holmes: Addition (Folio IX)
London: Architecture Association, 1986. Square folio. 28-page pamphlet in wrappers; 20 silkscreens; together in black cloth clamshell box. FIRST EDITION, number 29 of 1000 copies signed by Holmes on the cover of the box.
More Dark Than Shark
London: Faber & Faber, 1986. 4to. 144 pages. Color illustrations, diagrams in text. Black cloth lettered in silver; printed board slipcase. SCARCE DELUXE LIMITED ISSUE OF THE FIRST EDITION, number 51 of 150 copies, signed by Eno and Mills on the half-title, and with Mills' original lithograph "Warm Jets" (1985).....
Paper Puzzles
London, New York, San Francisco: Pentagram Design, 1986. 12mo. Original printed wrappers, laid-in plain envelope with printed sheet "Greetings from Pentagram 1986" listing staff of the firm. A scarce promotional mailing from Pentagram, with pictorial representations of paper puzzles.
Fra Angelico: The Light of the Soul
New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1986. 11.5 x 9 inches. 400 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original yellow cloth; pictorial dust jacket; slipcase. First edition.
Martin Secker & Warburg: The First Fifty Years
London: Secker & Warburg, 1986. 8vo (8 x 5 inches). 87 pages. Red cloth; original glassene. First edition.
Facings
Chicago: Chicago Books, 1986. Oblong folio (11 x 17 inches). [32] leaves. Original tan linen. First edition, a collection of illustrations by Leon Golub in collaboration with David Reynolds. One of Golub's works from the 1980s after he turned his attention to diverse examples of terrorism: from the subversive operations.....
Book Production Notes: Articles Contributed to the London Mercury, 1920-1925
England: Tabard Private Press, 1986. 11.5 x 8 inches. 207 pages. Two-toned cloth. First edition.
Korea Fantasia
Seoul: Seoul International Publishing House, 1986. 10.5 x 12 inches. 118 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. First Edition. A collection of photographs by John McCurdy of different Korean landscapes and points of interest. Uncommon.
Jim Dine Prints, 1977-1985 (Icon Editions)
New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1986. 11.25 x 9.25 inches. 182 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. "Published in association with an exhibition organized for the Davison Art Center and the Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut."
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: Twenty-Five Masterworks
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986. 12.5 x 9.25 inches. 264 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. "Shows nineteenth-century posters by Oliva, Feure, Bonnard, Grasset, Cheret, and Mucha."
The Ultimate Executive Lunch: The Ultimate Executive Manual to Titillate the Mind and the Palate
England: Hurley Style Limited, 1986. 11.25 x 8.75 inches. 45 pages; illustraded with scratch and sniff stickers for fruits, vegetables, cocktails, and various meals. Boards. A funny scratch-n-sniff book with a punning pseudoym of an author. "All good ideas are simple and this one is about as simple as you.....
Jasper Johns: A Print Retrospective
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1986. 11 x 9.5 inches. 148 pages. Wrappers.
Jean Dubuffet: Retrospective
New York: Gallery Urban, 1986. 12 x 9.75 inches. Wrappers. Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition from November - December 1986.
Gene Davis: Focus: 1960-1966
New York: Charles Cowles Gallery, 1986. 8 x 8 inches. Wrappers. Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition from September - October 1986.
Jasper Johns: A Print Retrospective
New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1986. 11.25 x 9.75 inches. 148 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original gray cloth; pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Jasper Johns: a print retrospective, May 20-August 19, 1986, directed by Riva Castleman.
Blessings
Elmwood, CT: Raven Editions, 1987. 8vo. 32, [2]pp. Original decorated-paper boards; acetate. Fine. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 36 of 60 copies signed by Dubus from an edition of 70. With printed prospectus laid-in.
Communist
Derry, NH and Ridgewood, NJ: Babcock & Koontz, 1987. 8vo. [24] pp. Original wrappers, printed paper label on cover. Front wrapper slightly cockled, but a fresh and bright copy. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, number 197 of 200 copies signed by the author from an edition of 250. Publisher's advertisement.....
Every Force Evolves a Form
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987. 8vo. 171 pp. Original blue cloth; pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION.