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Reminder: An Open Book Test, Wilber Chip Schilling, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1994

Reminder: An Open Book Test, Wilber Chip Schilling, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

accordion fold with 2 slipcases, one of which looks like the top of a pack of Marlboro cigarettes. Cover; interior pages, accordions, folded out; detail. Self-guided test to determine personality through color with an underlying suggestion that smoking addiction can be predicted based on psychological testing.


Aunt Sallie's Lament, Margaret Kaufman, Claire Van Vliet Jan 1993

Aunt Sallie's Lament, Margaret Kaufman, Claire Van Vliet

Artists' Books

[25] pages : color illus. Originally published in an edition of 150 by Janus Press, Newark, Vt. 1988. Concertina binding. Stanley F. Moss Pop-Up Book Collection, Gift of Eugene B. Navias.


Instructions For Assembly: Three How-To Projects That Will Improve Your Life., Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1993

Instructions For Assembly: Three How-To Projects That Will Improve Your Life., Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

tab binding with pop-up overlays; cover; page spread "The Style";. edition of 600?


Three Cages, Joyce Cutler Shaw, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1993

Three Cages, Joyce Cutler Shaw, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

accordion variation in triangular shape, with folded paper wrapper; book enclosed in wrapper; partially unfolded wrapper with closed book; book closed; page spread; partially unfolded; colophon. number 12 in an edition of 250, signed by the artist, paper engineering by Allwyn Bookbinder


My Mother's Book, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1993

My Mother's Book, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

saddle stitch with soft cover and two overlapping "French Door" spines; cover; interior spreads and pages. Stories of the artist's mother's family who immigrated in the early 20th century from the Ukraine.


Denial, Wilber Chip Schilling, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1993

Denial, Wilber Chip Schilling, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet stitch; cover; interior pages and spreads. Various definitions of "denial" provide a broader understanding of the phenomenon of Elvis sightings.


The Position Of The Author, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1993

The Position Of The Author, Buzz Spector, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

saddle stitch with soft cover; cover; title page; interior spreads and pages. Portraits of various authors, as typically found on book dust jackets, convey the personality of the author through body language, pose, and props. Behind these portraits are scenes of various personal library collections, reading spaces and bookshelves.


Complexities, Bea Nettles, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1992

Complexities, Bea Nettles, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

perfect bound with soft cover; cover; interior pages. With each photograph, the artist recounts stories revealing the complexities of her life as a mother, artist, and professor and the balancing act it requires to play all those roles.


Bologna Sample, Angela Lorenz, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1992

Bologna Sample, Angela Lorenz, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

. "The 179 colors were all painted by hand in watercolor and glued individually onto acid-free paper produced by Cartiere Fedrigoni. The text was lithographed at Stamperia Valdonega in Verona, Italy in Univers." Edition of 50 signed by the author, Bologna 1992. The cover is four-fold, the text pages have twelve-folds.


Auto Communication, Miriam Schaer, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1992

Auto Communication, Miriam Schaer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

concertina fold spine with pamphlet sewn signatures, bound in paper covered boards, housed in a cloth covered clamshell box; book and box decorated with plastic toy trucks; box cover; cover; interior spreads; detail. Assorted bits of paper signs, pamphlets, business cards, flyers and other debris found on the streets of Manhattan are collaged to communicate street life in a busy city.


Emissions Book, Katharine Meynell, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1992

Emissions Book, Katharine Meynell, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet stitch variation with parchment reinforced spine, some acetate double layer pages enclose tiny ziploc bags, stitched in place; interior spreads; cover . Disturbing images and unknown substances sealed in ziploc bags suggest that the reader should be careful touching this book. Fear of disease is now associated with the pleasures of physical intimacy.


Domestic Science: Idioms, Nance O'Banion, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1990

Domestic Science: Idioms, Nance O'Banion, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, slipcase, 50 pages. Added title-page has subtitle: Pop-up icons. "Edition of 150 copies and a deluxe edition of 15 copies"--Colophon. Printed on both sides of a continuous strip with additional leaves attached, folded accordion style and laid loose in a box. The "idioms" appear on 1 side of the strip, the "pop-up icons" on the other. Julie Chen printed the book and designed the book structure and engineered the pop-ups. Letterpress printed from handset metal type; linoleum block prints.


A Murder Of Crows, Brad Freeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1990

A Murder Of Crows, Brad Freeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet stitch binding with dust jacket; front cover; interior page; page spreads. edition size unknown


The Gynecologist, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1989

The Gynecologist, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

saddle stitch with soft cover; cover; title page; interior pages and spreads. Conversation between a woman and her male gynecologist. The physician is trying to convince the woman her reproductive organs are "totally unnecessary when child bearing is not a desired end."


Water Safety, Ann Fessler, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1989

Water Safety, Ann Fessler, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[28] pages : color illus.. True stories series ; bk. 4 True stories ; bk. 4. 2nd copies is a gift of the artist. RISD Faculty.


Loom, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1989

Loom, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

book inside clear plastic box; tunnel book variation; accordion side-panel; front, view into tunnel structure;. copy 61 of 600, Anonymous Persian verse


This Book Is Extremely Receptive, Janet Zweig, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1989

This Book Is Extremely Receptive, Janet Zweig, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[144] pages : illustrations. Title and statement of responsibility span three leaves. "Printed at Pyramid Atlantic, Washington, DC by Brad Freeman. Bound by Mueller Trade Bindery, Middletown, CT"--Colophon. Sewn signatures glued into a reflective silver paper wrapper. A flip book with three lines on each page. Each line presents a narrative throughout the book. "Television text transcribed from The Burns and Allen Show, The Honeymooners, The Love Connection, The New Newlywed Game, The People's Court."--colophon.


Seas Of The Moon, Katharine Meynell, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1988

Seas Of The Moon, Katharine Meynell, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

hand sewn signatures with metallic paper hand stitched to the cover pages, book enclosed in a denim cloth slipcase; cover; title page; interior spreads. Images of the poetically named "seas" of the moon's surface are conveyed with images of parts of baby clothes, implying the relationship between the full moon and childbirth.


Memory Loss, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1988

Memory Loss, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 sheet folded. Folded accordion style; binding consists of end boards and cord tie.


Parallax, Karen Chance, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1987

Parallax, Karen Chance, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 folded strip, 70 pages, chiefly color illustrations. Printed on both sides of a strip folded accordion style. "Printed at Nexus Press in the fall of 1987"--Colophon.


Alphabook 3, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1986

Alphabook 3, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

2 accordion fold books with pop-up elements, enclosed in vellum wrapper; cover; interior views, pop-up. Cut outs unfold to reveal in one accordion book the letters A-M and in the other N-Z.


In Case Of Emergency, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1984

In Case Of Emergency, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

pamphlet stitch variation with shaped pages and fold outs, enclosed in a triangular wrapper; cover; first opening; flat view; folded out; detail . When folded, the book wrapper represents a nuclear hazard warning. Inside the pages unfold in a dizzying confusion as images of planes and bombs are revealed.


Joe, Brad Freeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1984

Joe, Brad Freeman, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

staple bound, paper cover with cloth spine; front cover; page spreads; pg 39. edition size unknown, gift of the artist


Beyond The Page, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1983

Beyond The Page, Carol Barton, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

spiral binding, die cuts; page spread 4-5; page spread "at dinner table"; page spread "gloves on table"; page spread "woman in bathroom". copy 142 of 200, signed by the artist


Book 91, Keith A. Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1982

Book 91, Keith A. Smith, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 24 leaves each strung together with linen cords. An art work, without printing except for the embossed t.p. Termed a "string book" in the artist's Structure of the visual book, 1984, p. 95. Its leaves are strung together with linen cords and punched with holes to create varying effects of light and shadow when viewed with a single light source.


Marbling In Miniature, Christopher Weimann, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1980

Marbling In Miniature, Christopher Weimann, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Miniature Books

[11] pages, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates : 12 mounted color samples ; 75 mm (7.5 x 5.6 cm). "350 copies printed and bound by Christopher Weimann with assistance from Muir Dawson, Stephen Tabor, Ingrid Weimann, Rene Patron, and Pall Bohme"--Colophon. Case binding. Marbled paper cover. Signed by the author and Muir Dawson on the colophon.


Autobiography Sol Lewitt 1980, Sol Lewitt, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1980

Autobiography Sol Lewitt 1980, Sol Lewitt, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume, 126 pages. Printed by Morgan Press Inc., Dobbs Ferry, New York.


Flamingo In The Dark, Bea Nettles, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1979

Flamingo In The Dark, Bea Nettles, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

case bound in hard cover, foil stamped cover text; cover; interior pages. A series of complex layered photo montages in color.


Abby Rogers To Her Grand-Daughter, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1978

Abby Rogers To Her Grand-Daughter, Joan Lyons, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

saddle stitch with soft cover; cover; title page; interior spreads and pages. Stories about childhood memories, stitched into a family quilt that is passed down to a grand daughter.


Brutus Killed Caesar, John Baldessari, Special Collections, Fleet Library Jan 1976

Brutus Killed Caesar, John Baldessari, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

Spiral Binding, 34 leaves, chiefly illustrations.