Recent Arrivals from Harper's Books, Inc.

New York and Buffalo: Artists Space / CEPA Gallery / Printed Matter, 1980. This set in overall near fine condition, with typical thumb-soiling and a few blemishes to side-stapled wrappers, with faint discoloration to endpapers of Menthol Wars. A scarce set.. First Editions. Slim octavos. Three experimental narrative works from Richard Prince, in which he explored the themes… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Times, 1969. Though printed to common newsprint, this copy is remarkably clean and sharp; just a hint of wear along the edges, otherwise fine.. First Edition. Quarto. Offset on newsprint; cover image after a photograph of Ruscha's oil-on-canvas painting. For the December 7, 1969 issue of West-the Sunday supplement of The Los Angeles Times-Ed… Read more about this item

Berlin: Self-published, 1979. Minor abrasion to lower portion of front cover and some wear to lower edge, else a near fine copy with supple newsprint. With only 4 OCLC records located in North America.. First Edition. Oversized folio. An energetic, No Wave compendium from Martin Kippenberger, published after his return from the States. With contributions from a number… Read more about this item

Hollywood, CA: Arkitip, 2000. Stapled match-book binding. Some scuffing to front panel, else near fine.. Limited Edition. Oblong octavo. Hand-numbered as copy 28 of 175 to rear cover. Fourth issue of this influential skate-culture artist's magazine, with mostly-visual contributions from Harmony Korine, Green Lady, Misha Hollenbach, and Tobin Yelland.

Self-published, [1987]. A fine copy in side-stapled wrappers with contemporary glassine, showing some toning and tear at front joint. Scarce.. Expanded Edition. Octavo. First published on the occasion of Carolee Schneemann's 1983 exhibition at Max Hutchinson Gallery, as a supplement to her video sculpture War Mop, which was on view alongside other works from her Lebanon Series. For this… Read more about this item

[Saint Paul. MN]: Little Brown Mushroom, 2008. All elements fine and housed in custom half-leather slipcase with linen chemise. An exceptional artifact from Soth's creative process, for the first DIY publication from his Little Brown Mushroom.. Folio. Handmade maquette used in the production of Alec Soth's elegiac The Last Days of W (2008), in which the photographer revisited… Read more about this item

[Brooklyn, NY]: Self-published, 2005-2006. A fine copy in stapled photo-illustrated wrappers.. Limited Edition. Octavo. Hand-numbered as copy 124/150. The fourth installment of Paul Sepuya's occasional zine, featuring a photoshoot with a topless model named Dean. Interior with 8 black-and-white images and short erotic poem, with covers featuring two additional images in color. (Copy Machine Manifestos, 354-355). Issued with… Read more about this item

[San Francisco: Self-published, 1968]. Very minor bump to top of spine, else a close to fine copy. A highspot of 1960s artist's books.. First Edition. Quarto. Bruce Nauman's cheeky response to Ed Ruscha's Various Small Fires and Milk (1964), featuring a sequence of 15 black-and-white photographs that document a destructive performance by Nauman, in which he tore up… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Kōsakusha, 1978. Bright orange wrappers illustrated after a 1975 Kusama design; minor bumping to edges, thus close to near fine. In stylish orange jacket, featuring chapter titles printed in their English variants (e.g. "gonorrheal nebula declares sperm rejection" / "no suicide ward in earth general hospital") and a dramatic portrait of Kusama to inner flap; minor fading to… Read more about this item

San Francisco: NFS Press, 1978. Just a touch of rubbing to the printed blue wrappers, with faint foxing to margins; close to near fine. Uncommon.. First Edition. Oblong octavo. Artist's photobook from Hal Fischer, documenting the lively comings-and-goings at a bus-stop bench in San Francisco's Castro district across a 24 hour period. Each of the hourly photos accompanied… Read more about this item

Stockholm: Moderna Museet, 1968. Remarkably fine in the distinctive silkscreened flower wrappers, with an equally fine example of the printed cardboard box.. First Edition. Quarto. An exceptional copy of Warhol's famous "Stockholm Catalogue," published on the occasion of his first European solo show at the Moderna Museet, Stockholm (Feb.-Mar., 1968). The concept for the catalogue was developed by Kasper… Read more about this item

New York: Pat Hearn Gallery / Renaissance Press, 1996. A fine copy, including original tissue guards. Scarce, with no OCLC records located. An elegant memorial.. First Edition. Folio. A posthumous portfolio of 12 photogravure plates derived from the intimate photographs of Mark Morrisroe (1959-1989); produced by Pat Hearn Gallery (New York), where Morrisroe received his first solo exhibition… Read more about this item

Salzburg: Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 2009. Stapled self-wrappers; 20 pages. Fine. Scarce, with single OCLC record located at MoMA.. Limited Edition. Zine. One of 125 copies, hand-stamped as number 73 to rear cover. Published on the occasion of Tom Sachs' Skateboards exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac, with details of his sculptural skateboard edition printed to rear cover. With contributions from… Read more about this item

New York: Lustrum Press, 1971-1972. Signatures near fine, with minor signs of handling. The photograph is in fine condition, with editorial notes to verso in pencil. All elements housed in half-leather slipcase, with silken pull-tab chemise.. Quarto. One of only four sets of unbound proof signatures gathered for this Special Edition during the printing process of the first… Read more about this item

Düsseldorf: Städtische Kunsthalle / Druck Alfried Holle, 1972. This copy bright and sharp, with minor bumping to corners; near fine. Scarce, with no OCLC records located. One copy illustrated full-page in MoMA's landmark retrospective catalogue.. Exhibition poster printed to thick cream stock (23.5 x 16.5 inches); unframed. For one of the final installments of his Musée d'Art Moderne cycle… Read more about this item

Self-published, circa 1997. A fine copy, with titles printed to acetate covers, stapled over color illustrated wrappers. Rare.. First Edition. Staple-bound octavo. Published on the occasion of Jason Rhoades' second exhibition at David Zwirner ("Deviations in Space," Mar. 22-Apr. 26, 1997), in which the artist occupied the entire gallery with his Spaceball sculpture. This zine, which operates as… Read more about this item

Goslar: Edition Mönchehaus-Museum, 1988. Near fine copy, in stapled illustrated wrappers. Scarce, with only 4 OCLC records located in North America.. First Edition. Artist's book published on the occasion of Gerhard Richter being awarded the 1988 Goslarer Kaiserring. Contents: [24] pages, with commemorative text from Dieter Honisch (in German), illustrated after 10 of Richter's out-of-focus photographs of Goslar,… Read more about this item

Mostly Southern California, 1963-1978. Uniformly fine to near fine in printed wrappers, with original glassines where called-for. These volumes each housed in custom plexiglass cases, allowing for wall-mounted display.. Few contemporary artists have incorporated the book into their practice quite like Ed Ruscha. As the recent MoMA retrospective (Ed Ruscha / Now Then) so brilliantly displayed, the book… Read more about this item

Paris: Éditions Jeanne Walter, 1931. Trace foxing to the top edge of textblock, else a beautiful, close to fine copy. In plain wrappers, enclosed by the distinctive French-fold jacket that boasts the masterful superimposition of smokestacks over stone colonnade; also close to fine. Housed in custom cloth slipcase with a matching lettered chemise. A memorable copy of this consensus… Read more about this item

Paris: Librairie des Arts Décoratif, 1930. Minimal foxing to edges of some plates (8.75 x 6.25 in., sheet), but otherwise an exemplary copy in the original portfolio, with cloth ties; close to fine. Printed label to front panel shows marginal foxing, with a contemporary ownership inscription (1931). Housed in a custom cloth clamshell case, with leather lettering piece to… Read more about this item