PATTI SMITH, Seventh Heaven, 1979 [poetry]

PATTI SMITH, Seventh Heaven, 1979
18 x 12 cm
SC, 48 pp.
uncommon, i.e. this 1979 version with different type font
excellent condition
published by Expanded Media Editions, Göttingen, Germany
€ 55,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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The photo on the front was taken by Robert Mapplethorpe.
This book contains all 22 poems, including Patti’s tributes to Edie Sedgwick and Marianne Faithfull.

A separate version (paperback, 48 pp.) was published by Expanded Media Editions, Bonn, Germany in 1979. See image above.

Additional information
The first publication from 1972 included 50 signed and numbered copies.

History of price:
2e Hands-ebbo, Belgium, February 2025 € 75,-

CHRISTIAN BURNOSKI, Print Response, 2012 [special edition with DVD]

CHRISTIAN BURNOSKI, Print Response, 2012
32 x 24 x 1,5 cm
folder contains the following items:
publication ‘print response’, 48 pp.
certificate and printed letter by the artist
edition 200, here numbered 80/200
signed, dated.
This special edition comes with a DVD, 2 strips of foam
limited edition 50, here Nr 23/50, also with certificate, signed and dated
Available at Motto Books, Berlin. Ref. http://www.mottodistribution.com/shop/print-response-special-edition.html
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THICK AIR, 1983 [9 Icelandic artist’s books]

THICK AIR, 1983
cardboard box with 9 artist’s books
22 x 16 x 3 cm
edition 250 of which 100 are signed
each booklet signed, numbered, here Nr. 31/100
mint condition, apart from aged cardboard box
published by Museum Fodor, Amsterdam
€ 220,- plus € 15,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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Participating artists:
Árni Ingolfsson
Da∂i Gubjornsson
Eggert Petursson
Helgi Fri∂jonsson
Ingolfur Árnasson
Ivar Valgardsson
Kristínn Har∂arson
Steingrímur Kristmundsson
Tumi Magnússon

RICHARD LONG, A Walk Past Standing Stones, 1980 [leporello]


RICHARD LONG, A Walk Past Standing Stones, 1980
9,9 x 6,6 cm
leporello, 10 pp.
edition 1000
published by Anthony d’Offay, London, UK
splendid condition
€ 170,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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This is an accordion booklet with photographs of standing stones taken during a walk in Cornwall in 1978 and includes a summary list of places crossed.

JONATHAN MONK, The making of ten posters, ten languages, ten colours, ten words, ten euros, 2011 [set of 10 books]

JONATHAN MONK, The making of ten posters, ten languages, ten colours, ten words, ten euros, 2011
each book 17 x 11,5 x 0,5 cm
10 books, each 50 pp.
published by Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
pristine
rare as set
set of 10: € 920,- plus € 20,- registered mail Track & Trace
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Each artist’s book contains 50 pages of color photographs documenting the creation of an edition of Jonathan Monk posters. All ten books come in different couver colours, in original cellophane wrapping. No wonder Jonathan Monk says during a studio interview by U. G. Lambert, 26 April 2012: “… Once something has been done, it can be done again in a different colour.” This stack of ten books in different colours demonstrate this idea, in an almost sculptural way.

ANSELM KIEFER, Hoffmann von Fallersleben auf Helgoland, 1980 [artist’s book]

ANSELM KIEFER, Hoffmann von Fallersleben auf Helgoland, 1980
30,3 x 21,6 cm
HC, artist’s book
edition 500
splendid condition, slightly yellowed couver
published by Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
€ 200,- plus € 12,- Track & Trace registered EU mail
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History of prices:
Demien Books, Antwerp, Belgium April 2024 € 350,-
Copyright, Antwerp, Belgium April 2024 € 250,-
Antiquariat Querido, Dusseldorf, Germany April 2024 € 250,-
Demien Books, Antwerp, Belgium February 2022 € 350,-
Printed Matter, Inc., New York, USA November 2021 US$ 440.-
Joot.nl, Amsterdam July 2009 € 850,-

SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON, ‘Ofrím – ljód eftir Sigurd Gudmundsson’, 1972 [artist’s book]

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SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON, ‘Ofrím – ljód eftir Sigurd Gudmundsson’, 1972 
16 x 14,9 cm
offset, book block, stapled, 10 pp.
edition 300
numbered (here not numbered)
condition: aged, without cover
published by Silver Press, Reykjavik / Amsterdam
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In the nineties Sigurdur Gudmundsson gave this book to me. It was his last copy that missed its cover. It is the first edition of Ofrím’ (English translation: ‘Over-rhyme’) with subtitle ‘Ljód eftir Sigurd Gudmundsson’. This was skipped in the second edition.

BERT MCLEAN and DAVID KLOOSTERBOER, Apples and Pears, 2024 [artists book]

BERT MCLEAN and DAVID KLOOSTERBOER, Apples and Pears, 2024
29,7 x 21 cm
artists book, 14 pp., photo copy print, hand stamped cover recto/verso
signed, numbered
edition 18
€ 25,- plus € 18,- Track & Trace registered EU mail

 

Bert McLean and David Kloosterboer were asking themselves what it means to be a fan of each other’s work. They began to draw each other’s work that they remembered with pencil on paper. This handmade artists book shows their drawings alternately on each page.
Each copy has either a hand stamped apple and pear on the front or back of the cover: