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ARS LIBRI ELECTRONIC LIST 123: MODERN ART, NEW ACQUISITIONS

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Electronic List 123: Modern Art, New Acquisitions

Including artists’ books, prints, graphic design, and a group of original

photographs by William Reagh

1 BASHÔ, MATSUO. Pond/ Frog/ Plop. Translated by Dom Sylvester Houédard. Design by Edward Wright, Nazli Zaki,

Matilda Cheung at the Chelsea School of Art. (Opening 6.) (4)pp. (=one folding leaf), printed on recto only, and one folded paper “fortune teller” printed with the three-word loose translation of Bashô’s haiku Furuike ya/ Kawazu tobikomu/ Mizu no oto. Sm. sq. 8vo. Self-wraps. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is no. 237. In particularly fine condition. Fortune teller never opened.

Gloster/[London] (John Furnival/ Shenval Press), 1965. $350.00

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2 (BAYER, HERBERT) A photocollage postcard captioned “A jump through Tourtelotte Park, Aspen.” One of a series

of Aspen, Colorado cards designed by Herbert Bayer, circa 1947. Printed in halftone and blue. 143 x 178 mm. (5 5/8 x 7 inches), on heavy cream card stock. Titled “Aspen Postcard” on the verso, with designation for 1 1/2¢ stamp. Gwen Chanzit, in her catalogue of the Bayer collection and archive at the Denver Art Museum, dates these cards to circa 1947. “Bayer arrived in Aspen in a snowstorm in April 1946 and immediately began to define a plan for the town in transition. He restored decaying Victorian houses and the old Wheeler Opera House, which had been extensively damaged by a series of fires, and designed posters and leaflets to promote the town and its new skiing opportunities.... [Aspen’s] development required innumerable designs for letterheads, brochures and posters to promote the new cultural center and its recreational advantages.”

A green aspen leaf design is repeated as an emblem on the back of the entire series of cards, and figured in a Bayer travel poster for Aspen in 1946.

Aspen, [1947?]. $100.00 Chanzit, Gwen F.: Herbert Bayer: Collection and Archive at the Denver Art Museum (Denver, 1988), pp. 143f., 169 (gr.3f.88-

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3 (BAYER, HERBERT) A photocollage postcard captioned “Aspen’s ‘Friendly Ghost’ house.” One of a series of Aspen,

Colorado cards designed by Herbert Bayer, circa 1947. Printed in halftone and blue. 143 x 178 mm. (5 5/8 x 7 inches), on heavy cream card stock. Titled “Aspen Postcard” on the verso, with designation for 1 1/2¢ stamp.

Light dampstaining. Aspen, [1947?]. $75.00 Chanzit, Gwen F.: Herbert Bayer: Collection and Archive at the Denver Art Museum (Denver, 1988), pp. 143f., 169 (gr.3f.88-

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4 (BAYER, HERBERT) A photocollage postcard captioned “Greetings from Aspen’s Touring Country.” One of a series

of Aspen, Colorado cards designed by Herbert Bayer, circa 1947. One of a series of Aspen, Colorado cards designed by Herbert Bayer, circa 1947. Printed in halftone and green. 143 x 178 mm. (5 5/8 x 7 inches), on heavy cream card stock. Titled “Aspen Postcard” on the verso, with designation for 1 1/2¢ stamp.


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5 (BAYER, HERBERT) A photocollage postcard captioned “Learn to ski in Aspen.” One of a series of Aspen, Colorado

cards designed by Herbert Bayer, circa 1947. Printed in halftone and blue. 143 x 178 mm. (5 5/8 x 7 inches), on heavy cream card stock. Titled “Aspen Postcard” on the verso, with designation for 1 1/2¢ stamp.


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6 (BAYER, HERBERT) A photocollage postcard captioned “Aspen 1890 Courthouse and Civil War Monument on a

sunny winter morning.” One of a series of Aspen, Colorado cards designed by Herbert Bayer, circa 1947. Printed in halftone and brown. 178 x 143 mm. (7 x 5 5/8 inches), on heavy cream card stock. Titled “Aspen Postcard” on the verso, with designation for 1 1/2¢ stamp.


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7 (BEVAN, PETER). Clay, Melvin. 48 Hours of Cloud. Poet: Melvin Clay / Artist Peter Bevan. (Opening 4.) (10)pp. (=one

folding leaf, leporello-style). Prof. illus. in color. Oblong trapezoidal 8vo. Self-wraps. Limited to an edition of 500 copies, of which this is no. 318.

Woodchester ([John Furnival/Openings Press]), 1965. $350.00


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8 CORACLE PRESS. New Work Made at Coracle Press. An exhibition of books, cards, photographs and editioned objects.

October 1982. (16)pp. 1 plate. Loosely inserted: Multiple of a green cloth visor (“blind”) with black ties designed by Shades of Earlsfield, invitation card with drawing on recto, and folding plate of “Table Lamp 2,” by Bill Culbert. Orig. green wraps. D.j. Title-page printed on orange paper. Ensemble inserted into original mailing envelope.

London (Coracle Press), 1982. $175.00

9 FRASCONI, ANTONIO. An Old Czech Carol. (20)pp. Fully illus. with woodcuts in orange and black. 12mo. Self-wraps. [New York (Murray Printers) 1956]. $100.00


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10 FRASCONI, ANTONIO. A Whitman Portrait. (108)pp. Most prof. illus. with woodcuts from the original blocks by Frasconi

on handmade Japanese Goyu paper. Also includes facsimiles of five letters from Whitman from the collection of Charles F. Feinberg. Pictorial boards. Glassine d.j. Edition limited to 525 copies, signed and numbered by Frasconi on the colophon. A very fine copy.

New York (Spiral Press), 1960. $450.00


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11 New York. Weyhe Gallery. Woodcuts by ANTONIO FRASCONI. March-April 1954. (8)pp. (=one folding sheet). Woodcut

and letterpress poster printed on recto only. Self-wraps. New York, 1954. $150.00


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12 GILL, ERIC. The Lord’s Song. 15, (1)pp. With an engraving designed by Gill. Tall 8vo. Orig. cloth. The first use of Eric Gill’s

Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic types at the Golden Cockerell Press. Edition limited to 500 numbered copies. A few stray marks on cloth.

London (Golden Cockerell Press), 1934. $175.00


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13 GILL, ERIC. Clothes. An essay upon the nature and significance of the natural and artificial integuments worn by men and

women. (8), 196, (4)pp. 10 illus. by the author. Cloth. D.j. First state, with all-gilt spine title. D.j. spine slightly sunned and chipped.

London (Jonathan Cape), 1931. $200.00

14 HIGGINS, DICK. the nature of fish. Postcard. Promotional postcard for Dick Higgins: Everyone Has Sher Favorite. One

corner bumped. Normal marks from mailing. New York/Kensington, California (Unpublished Editions), 1978. $75.00


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15 HOMPSON, DAVI DET. SO NU. Folded silkscreen print in orange and blue. Image size: 161 x 410mm. Paper size: 210 x

464mm. Signed by Hompson and numbered 17/120. Inscribed and dated to Bound & Unbound, the New York gallery where he had a show the same year. Barely visible tideline. Slightly cockled.

[New York], 1991. $150.00

16 KRATER UND WOLKE. 2. Dedicated to JORG IMMENDORFF. Herausgeber: Ralf Winkler [i.e. A.R. Penck]. Dedicated to

Jorg Immendorff. (206)pp. Prof. illus. throughout with halftone photographs, drawings, etc., on various paper stocks. Six loose elements, as issued: Double-sided linocut by Per Kirkeby. 700 x 900 mm, folded several times. Single-sided linocut by Georg Baselitz. 700 x 900 mm, folded several times. White linocut on black stock by Jorg Immendorff, 230 x 300 mm. Black linocut on white stock by A.R. Penck, 230 x 300 mm. 3-color linocut on screenprint by Markus Lüpertz. 465 x 300 mm, folded once. Record in mounted paper sleeve (Jörg Immendorff - Die Vielleichtors, 33 rpm, Café Deutschland) Lrg. 4to. Wraps. One of an

edition of 250 unnumbered copies. Köln (Michael Werner), 1982. $850.00 Wye, Deborah & Weitman, Wendy: Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples, 1960 to Now (New York: Museum of Modern

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17 KRATER UND WOLKE. 4. Dedicated to PER KIRKEBY. Herausgeber: Ralf Winkler [i.e. A.R. Penck]. (192)pp. Most prof.

illus. throughout. Lrg. 4to. Wraps. One of an edition of 300 unnumbered copies. Köln (Michael Werner), 1984. $450.00 Wye, Deborah & Weitman, Wendy: Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples, 1960 to Now (New York: Museum of Modern

Art, 2006), p. 157


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18 KRATER UND WOLKE. 5. Dedicated to JAMES LEE BYARS. Herausgeber: Ralf Winkler [i.e. A.R. Penck]. (202)pp. Most

prof. illus. throughout. Lrg. 4to. Wraps. One of an edition of 300 unnumbered copies. Köln (Michael Werner), 1985. $300.00 Wye, Deborah & Weitman, Wendy: Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples, 1960 to Now (New York: Museum of Modern

Art, 2006), p. 157


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19 (LOWELL, JIM). A Tribute to Jim Lowell. (102)pp. 5 color silkscreened prints. Stapled 4to. Screenprinted wraps. An

impressive collection of tributes to Lowell, the reknowned Cleveland bookseller and owner of Asphodel Bookshop. An early champion of the underground poetry and “mimeo” scenes, he was indicted in December 1966 for possession and distribution of obscene literature. Contributors include Charles Bukowski, Jonathan Williams, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Denise Levertow, Charles Olson, Robert Lowell, Guy Davenport, R. Wolter, Mitchell Goodman, Russell Atkins, Marvin Malone, William Wantling, Jacob Leed, T.L. Kryss, Dwight Macdonald, Paul Carroll, Carol Woideck, d.a. Levy, Douglas Casement, George Dowden, Hubert Selby, Jr., Mike Murphy, Franklin W.W. Osinski, Geoffrey Cook, Kent Taylor, D.R Wagner, Donald Cauble, J.M. Edelstein, James Laughlin, Brown Miller, Philip Kaplan, Gilbert Sorrentino, Felix Pollak, Michael McClure, Dave Cunliffe, Ron Caplan, Carl Weissner, David W. Harris, Walter Lowenfels, John Cornillion, Allen De Loach, Jasper Wood, and Walter R. Keller. Also includes two copies of a June 1967 prospectus letter. Front cover neatly detached.

Cleveland (Ghost Press), 1967. $150.00

20 [MCCLURE, MICHAEL.] Unto Caesar. (24)pp. Oblong 12mo. Letterpress gilt-marbled self-wraps. Though unstated, one of

60 copies. After the dissolution of the Auerhahn Press, "Haselwood returned to hand-made books, producing a series of exquisite booklets by the authors closest to him. Printed on dampened hand-made papers and exotically bound, they are his finest work. They were a non-commercial venture and evoked criticism for being deliberate rarities. Most copies were given away by poet and printer." -Bibliography of the Auerhahn Press. Small area of sunning on front cover. Back cover slightly soiled.

[San Francisco (David Haselwood), 1965]. $450.00


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21 MOSER, BARRY. Thirteen Botanical Wood Engravings. Preface by John V. Brindle. (8)pp., 13 wood-engraved plates.

Printing size 2 x 3 inches, sheet size 8 x 10 inches. Each plate signed by the artist. Sm. 4to. All contents loose in paper chemise as issued. Limited to an edition of 100 suites of 13 engravings. A fine copy.

Easthampton, Massachusetts (Pennyroyal Press), 1964. $1,250.00


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22 MUNARI, BRUNO. Supplemento al dizionario italiano. 112, (6)pp. 53 gravure illus. Photo-illus. wraps. Parallel texts in

Italian, English, French and German. A dictionary of hand gestures, with 46 full-page plates. American distributor’s stamp to title-page.

Milano (Muggiani Editore), 1963. $500.00 Maffei, Giorgio: Munari: I libri (Milano, 2002), p. 92


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23 NOISE. 5. Mattia Bonetti, Werner Büttner, Graziella da Gioz, André Derain, Barry Flanagan, Elizabeth Garouste, Witold

Gombrowicz, Philippe Lacque-Labarthe, Françoise Martin, Pierre Moignard, Frederic Paul, Jacques Perry, Andrea Zanzotto. 56pp. With original lithographs by François Martin, Graziela Da Gioz, and Elizabeth Garouste and Mattia Bonetti. Sm. folio. Wraps.

Paris (Maeght Editeur), 1986. $75.00


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24 NOISE. 6. Edouard Pignon, Stefano Benni, Vincent Corpet, Luis Mizón, Antonio Saura, Marc Le Bot, Peter Chevalier,

Pascal Bonafoux, Hélène Delprat, Juan Manuel Bonet. 56pp. With original lithographs by Edouard Pignon, Vincent Corpet, Antonio Saura, Peter Chevalier, Hélène Delprat. Sm. folio. Wraps. A fine copy.



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25 NOISE. 15/16. Philippe Favier, Robert Walser, Rover Thomas, Tahar Ben Jelloun, Sophie Ristelhueber, Jean-Patrick

Maslier, Yves Bresson, Jean-Pierre Bibring, Detlef Orlopp, Guy de Maupassant, Norbert Prangenberg, Jean Oury, Olivier Ouidette, Lucette Desvignes, Christophe Boutin, Alekseï Leonov. 64, (16)pp. With original lithographs by Philippe Favier, Rover Thomas, Robinson, Norbert Prangenberg, Olivier Oudette, Christophe Boutin and Alekseï Leonov, and photography by Detlef Orlopp, Yves Bresson and Sophie Ristelhueber. Sm. folio. Dec. wraps. (apparently by Norbert Prangenberg). A fine copy.



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26 PHILLIPS, TOM. The Singing Mushroom: Poem for John Cage. (Opening. 9.) (6)pp. (=one folding sheet). Dark brown

handmade paper. Tall 8vo. Self-wraps. Limited to an edition of 500 copies, of which this is a proof copy, printed using brown ink. A more legible white ink was chosen for the edition. A fine copy.

Gloster/[London] (Openings Press/ John Furnival), 1967. $450.00


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27 (REAGH, WILLIAM). A Group of 9 Original William Reagh Photographs. 9 black-and-white photographs, 8 by 10 inches,

7 of which are signed, titled and dated on verso: “Santa Monica Walkway - 1970” “Santa Monica Beach - 1972” “The Merchant - 1972” “Pop-Venice - June 1975” (2 different images with this title and date) “Santa Monica ‘75” “Pop-February 1975” All contents loose. TOGETHER WITH 3 A.l.s. from William Reagh dated 1975. Reagh, described as “the Ansel Adams of the Angels,” spent more than fifty years photographing Los Angeles through its

many changes. Drawn to “seedy, tragic buildings, ragamuffin kids and old folks--everything that is sympathetic through its vulnerability” (William Wilson, art critic of the Los Angeles Times), he was by training a graphic designer. His work was documentary in nature, often returning to the same neighborhoods year after year to chart their evolution.

Three of these images document the demise of P.O.P., Pacific Ocean Park, constructed in 1955 on Venice Beach, closed in 1967, and finally demolished in 1975.

Los Angeles, 1970-1975. $2,250.00


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28 SHAW, JOYCE CUTLER. Three Cages. Paper engineering by Allwyn Bookbinder. (28)pp. (=one sheet, folded into a

triangular leporello and printed on recto only). One illus. Sm. triangular 8vo. Boards. Slipcase. “The text is typeset in the Alphabet of Bones, an original calligraphy based on the hollow bones of birds, and in Malibu Italic.” Limited to 250 signed copies, of which this is no. 3. Slipcase slightly bumped.

New York (Center for Book Arts), 1993. $50.00


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29 (STEELE, JEFFERY). Campos, Augusto de. Opening number two. Poet: Augusto de Campos / Artist: Jeffrey Steele. (Opening 2.) (4)pp. (=one folding sheet, printed on rectos only). Tall 8vo. Self-wraps. One of an edition of 500 numbered

copies. A fine copy. Woodchester (John Furnival/Openings Press), [1964]. $250.00


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30 THEMERSON, FRANCISZKA, & THEMERSON, STEFAN. An Excerpt from a Code. (Opening Unfolder no. 5.) Two

separate foldout leaves, one with a dada-face, the other with a concrete poem. Tall 8vo. Stiff card. Edition of 500 numbered copies, of which this is no. 463. Covers slightly soiled, corners bumped.

[Stroud] (Downfield Press), 1965. $325.00

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