Product Type
Condition
Binding
Collectible Attributes
Seller Location
Seller Rating
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 2024
ISBN 10: 1887123288ISBN 13: 9781887123280
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. "A collection for the general reader and the specialist, A Book of the Book is an accessible and erudite set of readings on the book as a mythic and material object. These texts comprise a vivid exploration of the poetics of the book, a multifaceted study nurtured by the literary and ethnographic scope of its editors' vision, that argues compellingly for the continued survival of this most mundane and metaphoric of artifacts. In a moment when irresponsibly inflammatory ravings about the demise of print rage through the cultural landscape, this collection offers serious reflection upon the real profundity of the book as a symbolic force within the poetic and spiritual imagination that remains the wellspring of human culture. Drawn from diverse realms-of avant-garde art, anthropology, textual criticism, literature, and speculative thought-this will be the definitive collection for decades to come-a volume whose very physical presence in the hand performs the rhetoric of its pages in offering its riches to the reader." - Johanna DruckerA Book of the Book is broken down into four sections: "Pre-faces" includes work by Rothenberg, Steve McCaffery, & bp Nichol, Keith A. Smith, Michael Davidson, Anne Waldman, Jacques Derrida, Edmond Jabs (translated by Rosmarie Waldrop), among others; "The Opening of the Field" includes work by Gertrude Stein, William Blake, Susan Howe, Maurice Blanchot, Marjorie Perloff, André Breton and Jerome McGann among others; "The Book is as Old as Fire & Water" includes work on Guruwari designs, novelty books, pattern poetry, celestial alphabets, among others, while "The Book to Come" presents work by Tom Phillips, Johanna Drucker, Alison Knowles, Charles Bernstein, Jess (a complete re-issue of his 1960 work 'O!'), Ian Hamilton Finlay, Barbara Fahrner and many others.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from £ 39.82
Used offers from £ 8.86
Also find Softcover First Edition
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 1887123555ISBN 13: 9781887123556
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 2004
ISBN 10: 1887123695ISBN 13: 9781887123693
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Softcover. Condition: New. 2nd Revised ed. "From codex to document, from performance to self-image, the world of artists' books is made available to student and teacher, collector and connoisseur. -Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, Library Journal Now Back in Print! Johanna Drucker's The Century of Artists' Books is the seminal full-length study of the development of artists' books as a twentieth-century art form. By situating artists' books within the context of mainstream developments in the visual arts, Drucker raises critical and theoretical issues as well as providing a historical overview of the medium. Within its pages, she explores more than two hundred individual books in relation to their structure, form, and conceptualization. This latest edition of the book features a new preface by Drucker and includes an introduction by New York Times senior art critic Holland Cotter.Prior praise for Johanna Drucker's The Century of Artists' Books:[Drucker] locates the artists' book, in all of its multitudinous aspects, within every significant modern movement and draws on an extensive bibliography of scholarly references to reveal the philosophical and artistic connections among the several emerging avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century. The book vastly expands our understanding of the interdependence of structure and meaning in artists' books.--Buzz Spector, Art JournalA folded fan, a set of blocks, words embedded in lucite: artists' books are a singular form of imaginative expression. With the insight of the artist and the discernment of the art historian, Drucker details over 200 of these works, relating them to the variety of art movements of the last century and tracing their development in form and concept. This work, one of the first full-length studies available of artists' books, provides both a critical analysis of the structures themselves and a basis for further reflection on the philosophical and conceptual roles they play. From codex to document, from performance to self-image, the world of artists' books is made available to student and teacher, collector and connoisseur. A useful work for all art collections, both public and academic. Paula Frosch, Metropolitan Museum of Art Library, Library Journal.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from £ 26.04
Used offers from £ 43.04
Also find Softcover
Published by Brand: GRANARY BOOKS, 1998
ISBN 10: 1887123172ISBN 13: 9781887123174
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
Used offers from £ 24.58
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 1887123571ISBN 13: 9781887123570
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from £ 86.29
Used offers from £ 26.08
Also find Softcover
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 1999
ISBN 10: 1887123261ISBN 13: 9781887123266
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 1887123482ISBN 13: 9781887123488
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from £ 38.49
Used offers from £ 43.43
Also find Softcover
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 1996
ISBN 10: 1887123083ISBN 13: 9781887123082
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: very good.
More buying choices from other sellers on AbeBooks
New offers from £ 57.13
Used offers from £ 42.91
Also find Softcover
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 2002
ISBN 10: 1887123709ISBN 13: 9781887123709
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 1998
ISBN 10: 1887123202ISBN 13: 9781887123204
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 1998
ISBN 10: 1887123237ISBN 13: 9781887123235
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 2000
ISBN 10: 188712327XISBN 13: 9781887123273
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: very good.
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 2005
ISBN 10: 1887123717ISBN 13: 9781887123716
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Granary Books/Z Press, 2004
ISBN 10: 1887123660ISBN 13: 9781887123662
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 2000
ISBN 10: 1887123350ISBN 13: 9781887123358
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 1999
ISBN 10: 1887123210ISBN 13: 9781887123211
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 2006
ISBN 10: 1887123725ISBN 13: 9781887123723
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Granary Books, 2012
ISBN 10: 1887123806ISBN 13: 9781887123808
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.