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Keeping Things Whole, Anne Chequer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

14 pages. Title from cover. Edition of ten numbered copies. "Designed by Anne Chequer, Printed Books, RISD, Fall 1984, Text by Mark Strand."--Colophon. Cover and text pages made with heavy black craft paper. Text printed in black on white strips of paper. Accordion fold. This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class. Library has copy no. 2. Gift of Jan Baker.

How To Talk About Art, Miriam Schenitzer, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[22] pages : illus. Printed on double leaves. Printed cloth cover. Printing method: Offset, die cut.

Tea, C, D&C / Cycles Interrupted, Amy Wilson, Women's Studio Workshop, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

[36] pages. "Printed at the Visual Studies Workshop Press .. in an anticipated edition of 500, In February 1994"--Colophon.

Index To The Encyclopedia, Scott Mccarney, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

perfect bound with soft cover, cover image foil stamped; cover; interior page and spreads. This book, though an artist book in itself, functions as an Index to "The Encyclopedia" a separate but related sculptural bookwork.

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.

Weirdo, No. 28, Aline Kominsky-Crumb (Editor), Special Collections, Fleet Library

Underground Comix

28 volumes : illustrations. Frequency: quarterly. Publication dates: No. 1 (spring, 1981), ceased with no. 28 (summer, 1993). Editor: R. Crumb. With issue #10, P. Bagge became editor; with issue #18, Crumb's wife, Aline Kominsky-Crumb became editor (except for issue #25, which was again edited by Bagge).Color illustrations on covers, b&w interiors. Cover title of no. 28 (Summer 1993) entitled Verre d'eau [Glass of water] and called "one-time-only special international issue, absolutely the last issue ever." Early issues of Weirdo reflect Crumb's interests at the time outsider art, fumetti, Church of the SubGenius-type anti-propaganda and assorted "weirdness." It also introduced …

To Judge A Book By Its Cover: An Exhibition Of American Publishers' Bindings From The Oberlin College Library, Dina B. Schoonmaker, Oberlin College Library

Exhibition Catalogs

Exhibition Dates: March 7 to June 7, 1993
The goal of this exhibition is to show the evolution of cloth binding in the United States through the nineteenth into the first decade of the twentieth century.

Bibliothèque Jacques Matarasso : Le Surréalisme ; Éditions Originales, Livres Illustrés, Manuscrits Et Correspondances Autographes, Reliures, Revues, Tracts Et Documents ; Dont La Vente Aux Enchères Publiques Aura Lieu À Paris, Hôtel Drouot; Jacques Matarasso Library: Surrealism; First Editions, Illustrated Books, Manuscripts And Autograph Correspondence, Bindings, Reviews, Tracts And Documents; Whose Public Auction Will Take Place In Paris, Hôtel Drouot., Loudmer, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Art History

[286] p. : ill. (some color). Dealer catalog. Title on spine: Bibliothèque Matarasso. "Jeudi 2 décembre 1993 à 14 heures, numéros 1 à 274; vendredi 3 décembre 1993 à 14 heures, numéros 275 à 571; samedi 4 décembre 1993 à 14 heures, numéros 572 à 857."

The Bald Man And The Fly, Douglas Rugh, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Animals

This book was created for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

The Art Of Grocery Shopping, Cyrilla Suwarsa, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Food

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Country City, Terry Peterson, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class Printed Books.

A Pot Of Tea, Patricia Tan, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Food

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Papermaking.

Letters, Kelly Ehrgott, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Letters

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Daggers And Mauratame, Christine Woody, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Stories

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Picto Diary: After 1983, Bing Lee, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 22 x 22 cm. Includes three page introduction: "Calligraphic automatism" by Eleanor Heartney.

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

Artists' Books

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

Ivy Leaves, 1992-1993, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 1993 edition of the Anderson College journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were David R. Peebles, Kim Emanuelson, Marissa Glover, Sharon Keaton, Tracey Kulesh, Alison L. Lowery, Melissa Perry, John Skardon, Shanon Betsinger, Tyler Butler, Wendy Church, Karla Fousek, Lisa Hadden, Amanda Hughes, David Moore, Rion Pinckney, Jeffrey S. Walker, Anita Albert, Dr. Wayne Cox, Doug Davison, and Susan Wooten. Cover art by Shannon Betsinger.

Predators In My Garden, Miriam Macgregor, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Miniature Books

2 volumes : color illustrations, [14] leaves of proofs ; 60 mm (in case: 70 mm). "Printed for Lorson's Books & Prints Fullerton, California, by the Whittington Press, Risbury, Herefordshire."--Title page verso. Hand colored illustrations. Fine Bindery (Firm), binders. "250 copies printed at Whittington ... 20 are individually bound, 180 are quarter-bound, and 50 full-bound in leather with a set of proofs; by Fine Bindery. Jan 1993. [Handwritten] VIII."--Colophon. Bound in red leather with title stamped in gilt on spine. Second "volume" is bound in gold silk over boards and is a case for 14 black and white proofs. Issued …

Visionaire 10: Alphabet, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Alexis Rockman, Greg Foley

Visionaire

32 unnumbered sheets (some folded) : illustrations (some color) ; 36 cm + 1 case (37 x 29 x 2 cm), Title from inside of case, at back. "Winter 1993-1994." Unbound photographs, prints, and prose, printed on papers of varying color and texture, laid in a cardboard case. Includes "XYZ: the fall/winter '93 fashion collections / by Bill Cunningham." "Greg Foley, who had been collaborating with us on our cover designs since the day he graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, really went to town with this one. He sliced out every letter he fancied and created one gigantic …

The Cuna Creation, Yolanda Monteza, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

A Time To Eat, Stephanie Milanowski, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Food

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

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

Merged Texts, Mark Snyder, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Culture

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class Printed Books.

Lines And Circles, Douglas Rugh, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Letters

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Life: The Weaver Of Dreams, Devika Khanna, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Senses

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class, Printed Books.

Light And Shadow, Mary-Ann Wohlfarth, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Senses

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Fragments, Sonal Jha, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker

Stories

This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.

Visionaire 08: The Orient, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Bill Cunningham, Greg Foley

Visionaire

72 unnumbered sheets, 3 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 36 x 14 cm + 1 case (38 x 15 x 2 cm), "Spring 1993." "This issue was sponsored by Esprit." Unbound photographs, prints, and prose, printed on papers of varying color and texture, laid in a cardboard case tied with ribbon. Includes "Highlights from the Paris spring collections, 1993" and "Highlights from the New York spring collections, 1993" by Bill Cunningham. Includes an advertisement by clothing manufacturer Esprit, folded and secured with a black tie with a silver-tone medallion. "This issue came out quite late …

Visionaire 09: Faces, Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, James Kaliardos, Ruben Toledo, Greg Foley

Visionaire

36 unnumbered sheets (72 unnumbered pages) : portraits (some color) ; 28 cm + 1 case (34 x 27 x 2 cm), Title from inside case. Unbound photographs, prints, and prose, printed on papers of varying color and texture, laid in a stiff cardboard case with the cut-out shape of a face on the cover and a foam rim (2 cm in height) on the inside; secured with an elastic band. "We envisioned 'Faces' as an album of one hundred portraits. The die-cut cookie-cutter technique we love so much came into full play and enabled Mario Testino, Cecilia Dean, and …