Balthus: á la Biennale de Venise, 1980
Herscher, 1981. 9.75 x 8.75 inches. Cloth. First Edition.
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BR Today. A Selection of his Books, with Comments
New York: The Grolier Club, 1982. 8vo. 41, [2]pp. Original cloth. Near-fine with one small bump to front board. FIRST EDITION, one of 450 copies designed by Bert Clarke and printed at The Press of A. Colish, on the 25th anniversary of Rogers's death.
Proverbs of Hell
Harper Woods, MI: Adagio Press, 1982. 8vo. Printed in red and black. Original printed wrappers. LIMITED EDITION, number 65 of approximately 200 copies signed by the publisher Leonard F. Bahr.
Gordon Craig's Paris Diary 1932-1933
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 8vo. 154, [1] pp. Original quarter morocco, patterned paper boards; acetate. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, number 324 of 350 copies. Printed on mouldmade Bugrabutten paper and bound by Gray Parrot.
Gists & Piths: A Memoir of Ezra Pound
Iowa: The Windhover Press, 1982. 8vo. 22, [1] pp. Original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label on spine. A fine copy. FIRST EDITION, one of 250 copies. With publisher's slip noting that Laughlin donated to the University of Iowa the Pound postcards that were planned to be included in 25 copies.....
Stranger Walking
Seal Harbor, ME: High Loft, 1982. 8vo. 47, [2] pages. Frontispiece etching by Jan Swearer. Quarter blue morocco, blue cloth boards, decorated endpapers, gilt-lettered on spine. Copy X of 20 copies specially bound by Gray Parrot. Signed by the author and illustrator.
Eight Poems
Pierre, SD: The Menhaden Press, 1982. Oblong 8vo. Printed in red and black. Illustrated by Jim Lockwood. Quarter linen, marbled boards, printed paper spine label. One of 160 copies, printed on Mulberry by F. W. Hegeman. Inscribed on the colophon in July 1982 to a collector.
Picasso's Concrete Sculptures
Viking Penguin, 1982. 12 x 9.25 inches. 159 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. First edition. A collection of photographs of Picasso's works.
Robert Motherwell. Second edition, New and Revised
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982. 10.5 x 11.5 inches. 250 pages. 332 illustrations, including 16 color plates. Cloth; dust jacket. Signed by Motherwell on the front free endpaper. The first edition of 1977 sold out soon after publication. This edition adds Dore Ashton's essay and an interview with the.....
Robert Motherwell. Second edition, New and Revised
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1982. 10.5 x 11.5 inches. 250 pages. 332 illustrations, including 16 color plates. Cloth; dust jacket; original publisher's cardboard box. Signed by Motherwell on the front free endpaper. The first edition of 1977 sold out soon after publication. This edition adds Dore Ashton's essay and.....
Balthus
New York: Skira/Rizzoli, 1982. 10.75 x 9.25 inches. 155 pages. Pictorial wrappers. Second Edition.
Francisco Zúñiga: Sculpture, Drawings, Lithographs
New York: Brewster Editions, 1982. 9 x 9 inches. 124 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. "This volume contains 91 reproductions of Zuniga's works, many of which have never been published before. There are 22 full color plates, biographical notes and an extensive list of his many honors, prizes and exhibitions."
Images from the Floating World (The Japanese Print)
New York: Dorset Press, 1982. 11.25 x 9.5 inches. 364 pages. Boards; dust jacket. "Ukiyo-e, the Japanese woodblock print tradition was one of the highpoints of classical Japanese civilization. Written by one of the foremost experts on Japanese prints, Images from the Floating World provides the definitive history of this.....
Henry Moore in Israel: Sculpture, Drawings, and Graphics
Henry Moore Foundation/Horace Richter Gallery/Tel-Aviv University, 1982. 11.25 x 9.5 inches. 80 pages. Wrappers. Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition from September 30th - October 30th 1982.
Henry Moore in Israel: Sculpture, Drawings, and Graphics
Henry Moore Foundation/Horace Richter Gallery/Tel-Aviv University, 1982. 11.25 x 9.5 inches. 80 pages. Wrappers. Catalog published on the occasion of the exhibition from September 30th - October 30th 1982.
La Casa Rotonda
Italy: Edizioni L'Erba Voglio, 1982. 8.25 x 8.25 inches. 111 pages. Wrappers. In Italian and English.
World Glass Now '82
Japan: Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, 1982. 9.5 x 8.25 inches. 274 pages. Wrappers. In Japanese and English. "140 glossy full-color plates depicting about 200 artworks."
Picasso | The Casisse á Remords Suite
New York: Hammer Graphics Gallery, 1982. 10 x 8 inches. 45 pages. Wrappers.
The Times are Never So Bad
Boston: David R. Godine, 1983. 8vo. Original cloth; dust jacket. Fine. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED by Dubus on the title. ADDITIONALLY INSCRIBED on the half title in 1989.
Pursuits & Verdicts
Edinburgh: The Tragara Press, 1983. 8vo. 24, [1]pp. Original wrappers, printed paper label on front cover. A fine copy. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, ONE OF 15 ADDITIONAL COPIES for the use of Graham Greene. The regular edition was of 135 copies, of which 25 were on better paper.
A few words by Steve Miller with a poem by Charles Baudelaire
New York: Privately Printed, 1983. 8vo. Sewn in original wrappers. ONE OF 50 COPIES for friends. Prints Baudelaire's prose poem "Which is the True One?"
Joli Milan: Luoghi della Milano di Stendhal incisi all’acquaforte da Agostino Zaliani
Milan: Franco Sciardelli, 1983. Folio (13 x 10 inches). Seven original etchings by Zaliani, each signed in pencil. Text and plates laid loose as issued in original printed wrappers; slipcase. A fine copy. LIMITED EDITION, number 81 of 120 copies.
Cyril Connolly as a Book Collector
Edinburgh: Tragara Press, 1983. Tall 8vo. 24, [3] pp. Portrait frontispiece. Original flexible cloth; acetate wrapper. A near-fine copy. FIRST EDITION, number 79 of 120 copies from an edition of 150.
Traditions of Textile Printing in Kutch
Ahmedabad: The New Order Book Co., 1983. 4to. 71 pages. 16 fabric swatches tipped in. Patterned, dyed cloth boards with gilt-lettering on upper cover; acetate wrapper. FIRST EDITION. This book details the techniques used in India, which has been the "home of patterned cotton cloths since very early times." The.....
Venini: Elenco luce 1983
Venice: Venini, 1983. Tall narrow (11.5 x 6 inches). [22] pages. Line schematics of lighting devices. Original spiral-bound wrappers, the rear wrapper unfolding with color codes in Italian, English, and French. Scarce trade catalogue of Venini lighting.