Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1963. xvi, 80p., coated paperstock throughout with b&w reproductions in the extensive text; 9x7 inch glossy wraps, very good. More
Cat.No: 173771
![Medunarodna islozba, Naivi '87. Zagreb, June 26th / August, 30rd [sic] 1987 // International...](/pictures/thumb/236148.jpg?v=1554346359)
Zagreb: The Gallery of Primitive Art / The Gallery of Contemporary Art / Glyptothyeke JAZU, 1987. Paperback. 196p., color and b&w reproductions on clay-coated alkaline paperstock, captioned with extensive vitae and running texts in Croatian and English; softbound in 11.5x8 inch glossy frenchfold white wraps. Cover is somewhat handled, with..... More
Cat.No: 236148
Vienna: Wiener Kunst Auktionen, 1998. Unpaginated, displays items 201-422 from a very large, multi-day, multi-catagory auction. Softbound, 11.5x8.5 inch glossy (super-glossy!) white wraps; slight edgewear, no markings, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 232129
Berlin: printed by CON Literaturvertreib GmBH for Haus Kulturen der Welt, 1992. 144p., numerous vignette artists' portraits and site photography, coated paperstock thoughout with exhibit-quality reproductions of artwork (mostly in color). First edition 10.5x8 inch decorated cardstock wraps, mild edgewear to cover with a small price sticker. A very good..... More
Cat.No: 169162
Paris: Editions Karthala, 2013. Paperback. 377p,, publisher's menus, numerous b&w exhibit and site photos, a line map and several plat (street) maps, large (9x6 inches) softbound in colorphoto glossy wraps, covers show a little edgewear but are entirely sound, a clean, unmarked copy. More
Cat.No: 249984
San Jose CA: University Press of Mississippi and San Jose State University, 2005. Paperback. xii, 225p., alkaline coated paperstock throughout with runnings texts and plenty of color site and exhibit photography; substantial paperbound in 11x9 inch colorphoto wraps. Lower corner has a small crease and it and adjacent leaves are..... More
Cat.No: 227018
Washington DC: Museum of Modern Art, 1991. Promotional brochure on glossed paperstock folded to make twelve 9x4 inch upright panels, most with a fullcolor reproduction extensively captioned, mild wear else very good condition. Brochure of William H. Johnson (1901-1970) art exhibit. Intellectual primitivism: African American painter who lived to be..... More
Cat.No: 174362
San Francisco: Custom and Limited Editions, 1997. [104p.] 9.5x12.25 inches, preface, introduction, illustrated with 42 duotones, work that is technically and emotionally very successful. An excellent copy in dust jacket. Autobiographical works, self-portraits, revealing the German-born San Francisco photographer's struggles with the Holocaust, her son's mental illnes, alcoholism and breast..... More
Cat.No: 97056
[New York City]: [artist], 1987. Unpaginated, perhaps 55p., substantial coated paperstock throughout with (mostly) color reproductions and terse captionings, rounded out with artist's vita and photoportrait. 9.5x9 inch glossy white wraps decorated front and back with extra color images. Entirely clean and sound, a very good copy. OCLC records four..... More
Cat.No: 178238
Kyoto: Kyoto Shoin International Co., 1989. Hardcover. Unpaginated, coated paperstock throughout with fullpage color exhibit and site photography, vitae and photoportraits of artists, texts in English and Japanese. Slender 12x9 inch laminated glossy boards which are monochrome yellow (front cover) and dove grey (back). The yellow is faintly sunned along..... More
Cat.No: 179870
San Francisco: Printed at The Grabhorn Press for The Book Club of California, 1963. Hardcover. Unpaginated, a brief introduction followed by full-page color reproductions (details below), letterpress folio (14.5x10 inches) with openweave raw linen spine over brocaded cloth boards; luckily this exemplar lacks the woefully acidic kraft-paper dj originally furnished..... More
Cat.No: 231664
![Forever [& The Thing]. Ari Marcopoulos](/pictures/thumb/257640.jpg?v=1602126037)
[San Francisco]: [The Thing], 2008. Newspaper. [40p] folded tabloid newsprint in two sections, b&w photographs reproduces on full sheets, digital dates at bottom corners, limited to 1000 copies. originally offered in a yellow plastic bag which is missing from this copy. New York photographer and videographer. Partner with artist Kara..... More
Cat.No: 257640
New York: David Beitzel Gallery, 1991. [16p] 10x8.5 inches, landscape format, essay by Johnson, catalogue of the exhibition, color plates, very good limited edition of 1000 copies in stapled white wraps with pictorial dj. American Outsider art. More
Cat.No: 204832
Chicago: Terra Museum of American Art, 1994. 104p., 9x12 inches, preface, introduction, essays, biographies, checklist, profusely illustrated with works by the three artists, lightly-used first edition paperback exhibition catalogue in pictorial wraps. Two of the artists - Philpot and Mr. Imagination (Gregory Warmack) - are African American; Orth is white..... More
Cat.No: 102134
Pittsburgh: Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, 1966. 121p. exhibition catalog, profusely illus. with black/white reproductions of the African American artist's work, along with works by the other two "naive" European American artists, 8x11 inches, plain printed wraps, spine panel somewhat sunned with a nick at the tail. More
Cat.No: 86935
![Discovering Ellis Ruley [inscribed & signed by Smith]. Ellis Ruley, Glenn Robert Smith, Robert...](/pictures/thumb/178971.jpg?v=1484086425)
New York: Crown Publishers, 1993. Hardcover. 108p., 10.25x10.25 inches, personal inscription to a friend & signed by Glenn Robert Smith on the endpaper, preface, foreword, introduction, essay, b&w photos of the artist and the period, color plates of the works, very good first edition boards in dj. African American primitivist..... More
Cat.No: 178971
New York: Crown Publishers, 1993. Hardcover. 108p., 10.25x10.25 inches, preface, foreword, introduction, essay, b&w photos of the artist and the period, color plates of the works, very good first edition boards in dj. African American primitivist painter (1882-1959). More
Cat.No: 23245
London: Pentagram Design, Undated, circa 2000. Pamphlet. Unpaginated, about 24p., a short text and many color photos softbound in 8x6 inch title-less black wraps, staplebound with a stiff informative dust jacket; presswork is on alkaline matte paperstock; less than finest quality for ordinary snapshots but still a pretty nice Pentagram..... More
Cat.No: 233248
Birmingham, AL: Birmingham Museum of Art, 1995. 247p., profuse color photography, captioned and coordinated with the texts, 11x8.5 inch color wraps, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 168226
Jackson: University of Mississippi Press, 1995. Glossy Pictorial Cover. 72p., first printing. illus. with color and black/white photos of the African American artist and his work. Folk art and artists. More
Cat.No: 49482
