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Published by The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1971
Seller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Sterling condition softcover copy cover being illustrated and pictorial, with tight binding and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear. Comprised of the exhibition of the 11 L.A. artists sponsored by the Hayward Gallery, 30 September-7 November 1971. Black-and-white and duotone and full-color, full-page reproductions. Unpaginated, but roughly 45 pp., with captioned reproductions and artist biographies.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
Published by Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Oakland Museum; Chronicle Books, 1988
ISBN 10: 0877014736ISBN 13: 9780877014737
Seller: W. Lamm, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. Over 100 Color & B/w Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. Numerpus full page color plates. Preface by Linda L. Cathcart and Christiana Orr-Cahall. With contributions by Jane Livingston, Karen Tsujimoto, Henry T. Hopkins, and Maurice Tuchman. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston and at the Oakland Museum, CA. ; Tight, clean and crisp. A gently read book in excellent condition. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. ; 4to; 143 pages.
Published by Contempory Arts Museum, The Oakland Museum, and Chronicle Books, Houston, TX & Oakland and San Francisco, CA, 1988
ISBN 10: 0877014736ISBN 13: 9780877014737
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Over 100 Color & B/w Illustrations (illustrator). First edition. Oblong softcover. 143 pages. Published in conjunction a traveling exhibition Preface and acknowledgements by Linda L. Cathcart and Christiana Orr-Cahall. Features text contributions by Jane Livingston, Karen Tsujimoto, Henry T. Hopkins, and Maurice Tuchman. Includes numerous illustrations, chronology, checklist, list of previous exhibitions, and a selected bibliography. A fine copy in French style wrappers.
Published by London, Arts Council of Great Britain,, 1971
Seller: Antiquariat Knacke, Berlin, Germany
Sprache: Deutsch Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Unpag. 4°. OriginalKarton, etwas berieben u. angeschmutzt. Buchblock vom Einband gelöst. Seiten gut u. frisch!.
Published by Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, 1972
Seller: Book Merchant Jenkins, ANZAAB / ILAB, Woolloongabba, QLD, Australia
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 28cm x 22cm. [12] pages, black and white illustrations. Lettered saddle-stapled wrappers. Catalogue for an exhibition of young Los Angeles artists, May 11 - June 3, at Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. Features work by Charles Arnoldi, Jack Barth, David Deutsch, Scott Grieger, Patrick Hogan, Richard Jackson, Don Karwelis, Allan McCollum, Ann McCoy, Wolfgang Stoerchle, William Wegman, and Thomas Wudl. Minor shelf and edge wear. Shipped Weight: .09 kilos.
Published by [London]: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1971., 1971
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, Canada
4to. unpaginated. b/w & colour illus. wrs. (bit scuffed, nick to spine).
Published by The Arts Council of Great Britian, London, 1971
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Quarto, un paginated (62 pages), illustrated in black and white + some in color. Illustrated wrappers. - First edition.
Published by Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, The Oakland Museum, and Chronicle Books, San Francisco, Houston, 1988
ISBN 10: 0877014736ISBN 13: 9780877014737
Seller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Over 100 Color & B/w Illustrations (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Soft cover. Photographically illustrated French-fold wrappers; no dust jacket as issued. Paintings by Billy Al Bengston. Text by Jane Livingston, Karen Tsujimoto, Henry T. Hopkins and Maurice Tuchman. Includes a chronology, exhibition checklist, selected exhibitions and a selected bibliography. Designed by Dana Levy. 144 pp. (including two 2-page gatefolds), with 60 four-color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations. 9-5/8 x 10 inches. This first edition was limited to 7,500 copies. Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, and The Oakland Museum. Near Fine (light wear and sunning to the extremities, else Fine).
Published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles, CA, 1971
Seller: Specific Object / David Platzker, New York, NY, U.S.A.
[4] pp.; 28 x 21.5 cm.; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Large-scale exhibition announcement / brochure published in conjunction with show held May 11 - July 4, 1971. Text by associate curator Jane Livingstone and senior curator Maurice Tuchman. Artists include John Alberty, Michael Asher, James Bradley, Vija Celmins, Ron Cooper, Mary Corse, Robert Cumming, David Deutsch, Guy Dill, Laddie John Dill, Frederick John Eversley, Jack Goldstein, Scott Grieger, Patrick Hogan, Richard Jackson, Peter Lodato, Alan McCollum, Barbara Munger, Peter Plagens, Joe Ray, Allen Ruppersberg, Wolfgang Stoerchle, John White, and William Wegman. Recto / verso features uncredited photograph by Jerry McMillan of 20 of the 24 participating artists -- Richard Jackson, Michael Asher, Jack Goldstein, John White, Robert Cumming, Barbara Munger, Vija Celmins, Wolfgang Stoerchle center: Mary Corse, Peter Plagens, Frederick Eversley, William Wegman, Scott Grieger, Peter Lodato, David Deutsch, Guy Dill, Ron Cooper, Joe Ray, James Bradley, Patrick Hogan. Not shown: John Alberty, Laddie John Dill, Alan McCollum, Allen Ruppersberg -- on the steps of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In conjunction with the exhibiton the Museum "co-sponsored a new work by Allen Ruppersberg called 'Al's Grand Hotel'." Good. 1.2 cm. tear to top edge of spine and 4 mm. tear to bottom edge of spine edge. 2.5 cm. dog-ear to top left corner of publication with 9 mm. dog-ear to bottom left corner of publication. Additional light bumping and creasing of corners. Contents clean and unmarked.
Published by The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) (for Billy) and The Contemporary Arts Museum, The Oakland Museum and Chronicle Books (for Billy II), Los Angeles (Billy) and Houston, Oakland and San Francisco (Billy II), 1968
ISBN 10: 0877014736ISBN 13: 9780877014737
Seller: Vincent Borrelli, Bookseller, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Over 100 Color & B/w Illustrations (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1968/1988. Set of two books (Billy and Billy II), each signed, inscribed and dated 2003 on acetate dust jackets. Billy: First edition, first printing (1968). Inscribed and signed by Bengston, "For the sweetest of Malibu kooks / Billy Al Bengston / AKA Moondoggie." Soft cover. Sandpaper wrappers with the title "Billy" in pink flocking on cover, bound with machine screws and nuts, with a pink satin ribbon page marker. Paintings by Billy Al Bengston. Text by James Monte. Includes a list of plates, exhibition history and bibliography. Designed by Ed Ruscha. Unpaginated (64 pp.), with 10 four-color and 36 black and white plates and additional illustrations printed in Los Angeles by Toyo Press. 9 x 11 inches. This first edition was limited to 2,500 copies. Published on the occasion of the 1968 exhibition "Billy Al Bengston" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (installation designed by Frank Gehry). No ISBN. [Cited in Andrew Roth, ed., The Open Book. (Göteborg, Sweden: Hasselblad Center in association with Steidl Verlag, Göttingen, Germany, 2004).] Very scarce. Billy II: (Paintings of Three Decades): First edition, first printing (1988). Inscribed and signed by Bengston, "To the cool Malibu kooks / Billy Al Bengston / AKA Moondoggie." Soft cover. Photographically illustrated French-fold wrappers. Paintings by Billy Al Bengston. Text by Jane Livingston, Karen Tsujimoto, Henry T. Hopkins and Maurice Tuchman. Includes a chronology, exhibition checklist, selected exhibitions and a selected bibliography. Designed by Dana Levy. 144 pp. (including two 2-page gatefolds), with 60 four-color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations. 9-5/8 x 10 inches. This first edition was limited to 7,500 copies. Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, and The Oakland Museum. ISBN: 0877014736. Billy: Near Fine (moderate wear to the extremities, front cover slightly curled, 1/8-inch chip to upper edge of front cover, 1/8-inch closed tear to upper edge of front cover, pin hole at lower right front corner [affecting all pages]). Billy II: (Paintings of Three Decades): Near Fine (moderate surface wear and wear to the extremities, faint crease to back cover, first two pages stuck together, sticker residue on first page, pin hole at lower right corner [affecting all pages]). Featuring one of Ruscha's most inventive book designs, with the front cover being a sheet of 100-grit sandpaper and the back cover a coarser 50-grit sheet. The contrasting pink flocked title provides yet another witty articulation of Ruscha's and Bengston's collaborative sensibilities as demonstrated in their book Business Cards, published the same year. Signed by Author.