Max Bill
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1977. 4to. 255 pages. Illustrations and photographs. Pictorial cloth; dust jacket. FIRST EDITION. A study of Max Bill's works up until 1977.
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Peasant Art of Europe and Asia
New York: Hastings House, 1977. 13.5 x 10 inches. 45 pages. Profusely illustrated in color. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket; carboard slipcase. First edition.
Rails of the World. A Monograph of the Family Rallidae
Toronto: M. F. Feheley Publishers Limited, 1977. Folio (14 x 10 inches). Illustrations by J. Fenwick Lansdowne. Original cloth; pictorial dust jacket; publisher's plain card slipcase. First edition. With a chapter on fossil species by Storrs L. Olson. An exquisitely designed and printed book, produced in Verona under the direction.....
Jim Dine Prints, 1970-77
Fort Lauderdale: Icon Editions, 1977. 12 x 8.75 inches. 133 pages. Wrappers. First Edition. "Prints by Jim Dine. Conversation with the artist by Thomas Krens. Essay by Riva Castleman. Includes a catalogue of the exhibition, biography, exhibition history and a select bibliography. Published on the occasion of a traveling exhibition.....
Arakawa
Munich: Galerie Art in Progress, 1977. 11.5 x 9.5 inches. 111 pages. Wrappers. First edition.
Trova
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1977. 11 x 11.5 inches. 219 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. First edition, signed by the author on the half-title. "Ernest Trova's uniqueness among contemporary American artists lies in his close adherence to a chosen theme - man in his environment. His entire output is a......
Dan Flavin: drawings, diagrams and prints 1972-1975 / installations in fluorescent light 1972-1975
Fort Worth, TX: The Fort Worth Art Museum, 1977. Oblong: 8.5 x 10.75 inches. 99 pages. Original printed wrappers. Published on the occasion of the traveling exhibition to The Fort Worth Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Art Museum, Berkeley, CA. With essays by Jay.....
A group of 7 titles in 14 volumes, including duplicates and one title from Kahoe's other press, The Whimsie Press.
Moylan, PA: The Rose Valley Press, 1969-1977. A good selection of books produced by Walter Kahoe (with occasional assistance from his wife Mildred) under his Rose Valley Press imprint. After moving to Philadelphia in 1940 and joining the medical department of J.B. Lippincott Co., Kahoe began The Rose Valley Press.....
Themes in Aquatint
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1978. Folio. viii, 104pp. 16 color reproductions. Original cloth-backed marbled boards. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, one of 500 copies.
The Makings of Music: Reflections on the Poetry of Wordsworth and Yeats
Liverpool: University of Liverpool, [1978]. 8vo. 18 pages. Green wrappers. FIRST EDITION of the first Kenneth Allott lecture.
Giovanni Mardersteig 8.1.1892 – 27.12.1977
London: The British Library, 1978. Folded sheet (240 x 165). Portrait of Mardersteig. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, printing Mardersteig's dictum: "A book consists of five elements: the text, the type, the ink, the paper, and the binding. To create a unity from these five elements in such a way.....
Giovanni Mardersteig 8.1.1892 – 27.12.1977
London: The British Library, 1978. Four pages on one folded sheet (240 x 165 mm). Photographic portrait of Mardersteig. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, Brooke Crutchley's copy, signed by him on title. Printing Mardersteig's dictum: "A book consists of five elements: the text, the type, the ink, the paper, and.....
The Noble Buyer: John Quinn, Patron of the Avant-Garde
Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1978. 4to. 198pp. Black-and-white and color photographs and illustrations. Original salmon cloth; pictorial dust jacket. Very light shelf wear, otherwise fine. FIRST EDITION.
From the Journal of a Leper
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1978. 8vo. 21, [1] p. Printed in red and black. Original quarter red cloth, marbled boards; acetate. Fine, acetate with some wear. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED DELUXE ISSUE, number 36 of 300 copies signed by Updike from an edition of 326.
Bibliotheca Lindesiana: The Lives and Collections of Alexander William, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres, and James Ludovic, 26th Earl of Crawford and 9th Earl of Balcarres
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1978. 11.5 x 7.5 inches. 415 pages. Illustrated in black-and-white. Original blue cloth, top edges gilt. Printed for presentation to the Roxburghe Club.
M. Alvarez Bravo
Boston: David R. Godine, 1978. 11.5 x 8.5 inches. 88 pages. Fully illustrated in black-and-white. Original green cloth; pictorial dust jacket. Second edition.
I was sitting on my patio this guy appeared I thought I was hallucinating
London: Michael White, 1978. 9 x 12 inches. [4], 31 pages. Original printed wrappers, stapled. This two-part play featured Lucinda Childs, with music by Alan Lloyd. The play premiered at Eastern Michigan University, 5 April 1977; this was published on the occasion of its UK performance at the Royal Court.....
Credo
Verona: Stamperia Valdonega, 1979. 8vo. 15pp. Original printed wrappers. Near-fine. FIRST EDITION, printed on occasion of the celebration of Mardersteig's life and work at the Biblioteca Trivulziana.
In England Now That Spring. polaroid poems, found texts, visions & collaborations, records of a journey thru Scotland and England May 1978
Toronto: Aya Press, 1979. 8vo. 23 illustrations in text, being full-page line drawings or engravings with text superimposed on images. Original morocco-backed boards; slipcase. FIRST EDITION, DELUXE LIMITED ISSUE, letter "u" of 26 lettered copies signed by the authors and containing a leaf of original manuscript in three ink colors;.....
Overheard
Bloomington, IN: The Raintree Press, 1979. 8vo. Illustrated by Helle Tzalopoulou Barnstone. Cloth-backed boards; printed dust jacket. FIRST EDITION, number 184 of 200 copies, signed by Barnstone on the half-title.
Three Illuminations in the Life of an American Author
New York: Targ Editions, 1979. 8vo. 18, [1] pp. Original tan cloth-backed marbled boards; plain paper wrapper. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED DELUXE ISSUE, number 307 of 350 copies signed by Updike. This is Number Two of the Targ Editions. Designed and printed by Ronald Gordon at The Oliphant Press, on Gutenberg.....
Au bout de la nuit ... Le Palace
Paris: Editions Seesam, 1979. 4to. [60] pages. Original pictorial wrappers. FIRST EDITION of this very scarce photobook by Dominique Lauga, a relatively obscure photographer who documented Le Palace and the club's clientele. Includes stunning images of Karl Lagerfeld, Amanda Lear, Andy Warhol, Kenzo, Paloma Picasso, Paco Rabanne, Yves Saint Laurent.....
Clyfford Still
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979. 11 x 11.5 inches. 222 inches. Cloth; dust jacket. First edition. "Clyfford Still, master of negative space and abstract artist extraordinaire, was re-introduced to the public this year as part of the U.S. Postal Service paeon to American Abstractionists."
Paul Wunderlich: Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Gouachen und Zeichnungen (Paul Wunderlich, das malerische, graphische und plastische Werk) (German Edition)
Germany: Edition Volker Huber, 1979. 14 x 11.5 inches. 127 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. In German.
Pictures by David Hockney
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1979. 10.5 x 8.5 inches. 120 pages. Pictorial wrappers. "Representative selection of works by the British artist with subjects executed in various media, ranging from still lifes, showers, pools, curtains, and portraits."