Kingfishers & Queens by Waanders, Hans - 1987

[Paris & Nice: Published by the Author and Artist, 1985 - 6].. Folio (15.75 x 11.5"; 39 x 29 cm). Loose bifolia laid into hand calligraphed wrappers. Wrappers faintly dusty, but about fine. First edition thus. Copy #8 of ten numbered copies, utilizing serigraphed text sheets from INTEMPÉRIES (1985), reconceived and heavily worked over by the artist in acrylic and black ink with ten illustrations (some double-spread), at least five of them signed with initials by the artist, with a special short colophon in manuscript, signed by the author and artist in one of the images, and with a second, more detailed colophon in manuscript reproduced via serigraph.

[New York: The Artist, 1984].. Small octavo (125 x 102 mm). Accordion fold between cloth boards. About fine. A unique photographic artist's book by the installation artist, comprised of a sequence of seven 6.5 x 5 cm original silver print photographs, mounted on decorated Japanese paper, with rubber-stamped title. The photographs result in a sequential revelation of the subject of the book. Signed and dated by the artist, and with his business card laid in with ms. note on verso. Colp's installation, "The Commuter's Lament - A Close Shave," was commissioned by the NYC MTA, and is his most widely recognized work.

St. Paul, Minnesota:: Strong Silent Type Press,, 2021.. Edition of 15. 14 x 19.5"; 26 pages including pastedowns. Printed in relief from laser cut blocks. Verdana font. Annigoni paper. Drum leaf binding. Bound in illustrated boards with cloth spine. Signed and numbered by the artist. Fred Hagstrom: "'Pipeline' documents the ongoing protests against the construction of the Enbridge Line 3 oil pipeline that will take tar sands oil from Canada to Superior Wisconsin. It is actually a new line along a new route, leaving the old pipeline in the ground. The line crosses land that is held by tribes without honoring treaty rights. It is seen as a threat to the sources of water in northern Minnesota, including the Mississippi and numerous wetlands and streams in the Lake Superior watershed. Tribes are also concerned about the effects of possible spills on wild rice beds. The oil from this line will greatly add to emissions."

Milwuakee, Wisconsin:: Evelyn Patricia Terry,, 2021.. Series Variant, each unique. 3 x 3"; 6 panels including book boards. Miniature altered book. Materials: intaglio prints, screen prints, pastel, thread, artist's hair, permanent ink. Includes collage and handwritten text. Signed by the arist. A miniature version of Terry's original serires "America, Guests Who Came to Dinner (and Stayed)." Evelyn Patricia Terry: "'America, Guests Who Came to Dinner (and Stayed)', an altered book series, transforms books with cut, torn, sewn and glued original prints, drawings and handmade paper produced during my 50-plus year printmaking and drawing career. The distinct group of books re-purposes my 1981 screen print edition of 68 black ink images on white Stonehenge paper for each book's interior pages. The book covers repurpose predominately, assorted etchings, colored screen prints and pastel markings and sometimes handmade paper.  "Unchanging, this… Read More

Edmonton:: Sean Caulfield,, 2020.. Edition of 8. 18" x 14.5" closed. Accordion structure extending from front pastedown. Medium: relief (linocut) and letterpress on Hahnemühle. Bound in Japanese silk with ribbon tie closure. Book design and typography by Sue Colberg. Numbered. Signed by the collaborators. Sean Caulfield: "'Watercircle' was produced through a collaborative process between Sean Caulfield (visual artist), Case Caulfield (writer), and Sue Colberg (book designer). To initiate the work, Sean Caulfield drew thematic inspiration from the North Saskatchewan River, which is a major feature in the landscape of Treaty 6 Territory and is the historical and contemporary heart of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In reflecting on the landscape shaped by the river, Sean Caulfield created a large-format linocut that explored themes of ecological change and regeneration of the landscape and the individuals who inhabit it. Like much of Caulfield's relief print work exploring… Read More

Cairo, Egypt:: Islam Aly,, 2020.. Edition of 30 varianst + 5 AP. Closed: 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.75". Materials: Legal ledger paper from the late 1800s and 1900s, museum board, hand-printed Arabic letters from magnesium plates, laser-engraved wooden boards, book cloth, stiff-leaf binding with leather wrappings connected to laser engraved camel bone pieces. Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist Islam Aly: "Statera" explores the rhombic dot system behind the Thuluth script. An Arabic, elegant, cursive writing that is used on architectural monuments and manuscripts. In Arabic, this system is called "Mizan Al Horof" (balance of letters). "Statera" shows each letter's specific structure, which is built of a significant rule: the number of dots. The 28 letters are printed in Thuluth script with vibrant red color, over regular handwritten text by ordinary people. Different styles, signatures, seals, notes, and markings from legal ledger paper contrast with the Thuluth script… Read More

Tacoma, WA:: Springtide Press,, 2021.. Edition of 35. 6 x 8 inches, expands to 60 inches. Letterpress printed from single-use plastics and handset type by Jessica Spring. Paper Rite-in-the Rain and Pike. Binding leporello structure with pop-up text panels. Plastic covers. Bound by Jessica Spring & Gabby Cooksey. Signed and numbered by Jessica Spring. Jessica Spring: "'A Sublime Love Story' weaves together a 19th century poem of seduction by Percy Bysshe Shelley, with current research on bisphenol contamination in our environment, food, water and bodies. Used to manufacture plastics and resins for food and drink packaging, bisphenol A (BPA) impacts the endocrine system, impairing development and reproductive health of animals and humans. BPA analogues, including BPE and BPS, are similar reproductive toxicants with transgenerational effects. 19th century writers didn't know synthetic plastic would emerge in 1907 to change the world. Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein',… Read More

[Sebastopol, California]:: Krahn & Press,, 2022.. Edition of 20 + 4 hors de comerce. 5 x 7", 84 pages. Letterpress (text) & Indigo Electroink (images) on Mohawk Superfine papers. Bound in gray bookcloth with title on front cover. Housed in 7.5 x 11 x 4.75" lidded storage box. Title inserted in metal label holder attached to box. Hand sculpture laid in box. Numbered. Signed by both artists. Sara Press: "What if there was a standard-issue handbook that resolved grief, discord, paradox and ancestral trauma? As young artists, we dreamed of a world where there were no rules, but in this time of internal & external chaos, we wish there were more definitive answers.  "During a particularly difficult year, we traded sketchbooks back and forth, completing each other's empty hands with objects that communicated our struggles and sought solutions.  "We know nothing is simple, but we indulged ourselves with the fantasy that things could be. We knew our… Read More

Leiden / 's-Hertogenbosch: Global Art Affairs Foundation / Luiscius Antiquarian Booksellers, 2015. Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. Silver cloth covered clamshell box (24 x 17,5 x 6 cm.) containing 3 items; 1: Silver cloth covered book. # 005 of the Deluxe edition of 50 copies signed by Heinz Mack. Illustrated with black & withe photographic plates. [160 pp.] 2: a CD housed in matching cloth covered cardboard holder and 3: an original photo between plexiglas of the 'entrance ticket' on the hand of Mack for the Zero-Party at Bahnhof Rolandseck in 1966. All items kept in 'shoebox style' white cardboard box. Personal Structures Art Project # 10. .

[Seattle, Washington]:: [Lawton Press],, 2017.. Edition of 5. 8.75" x 6" x 1.75"; 74 pages including 38 photographs and 21 vellum additions. Accordion structure. Housed in clamshell box. Printing by A & A Printing. Book binding by Andrea Kohler. Bound in illustrated hard covers. Design and photography by Nancy Edelstein. Numbered. Artist statement: "Nancy Edelstein is a fine art photographer and book maker whose work explores memory and the objects that preserve it. Friday Night Dinners brings together visual and story telling components to reveal the power of forgotten memories held in her grandmother's porcelain dishes. This project is the culmination of her unique photographic process, resulting in fine art digital prints and a handmade artist book, honoring those layered images with personal stories of a lost family tradition. "'Contained within are printed translucent vellum pages, enhancing and obscuring the images beneath. As each vellum page is… Read More