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!1 of !77 Ruined Books Blog A Book of Bibliolages—initial post, Feb. 27, 2013 A Book of Bibliolage makes a good place to begin this blog. The website goes back a few weeks now. The practice of bibliolaging goes back seven to ten years, depending on your definition. The word bibliolage goes back about three years, my invention, I think. And the blog starts now. A bibliolage is always an “altered book”—that’s the family—but, strange child in the corner, it abides by its own rules, sucks its very own thumb. (When I came up with the motto “Puerility Taken to a Whole New Level!” it made me smile, but it’s not terribly self-respectful.) A bibliolage is also always a collage, but it so severely does not hang on a wall, I had to build a website to hang it anywhere. A bibliolage sits on a shelf, here a creaky one, because the art takes a heavy book and makes it heavier. It takes a page and squares it, so the binding typically bulges. A library shelf keeps books aloft, vertical, slim, and Ssshhh-ed! My shelves sag, and the engorged volumes seem angry with being books. They protest at gravity, clamoring mirth. They revel in ruin and rue preservation. They do not resign to a system, least of all Dewey decimal. They do not speak for authority but squeal for special attention from the court. On the site you can find a list of titles, some eighty-six in the columns as of now, but the ranks are uneven, as some have struck off in wayward directions, but so far no new tendency has turned me from the !2 of !77 extraillustrative ‘lage. -
Limited Editions Club
g g OAK KNOLL BOOKS www.oakknoll.com 310 Delaware Street, New Castle, DE 19720 Oak Knoll Books was founded in 1976 by Bob Fleck, a chemical engineer by training, who let his hobby get the best of him. Somehow, making oil refineries more efficient using mathematics and computers paled in comparison to the joy of handling books. Oak Knoll Press, the second part of the business, was established in 1978 as a logical extension of Oak Knoll Books. Today, Oak Knoll Books is a thriving company that maintains an inventory of about 25,000 titles. Our main specialties continue to be books about bibliography, book collecting, book design, book illustration, book selling, bookbinding, bookplates, children’s books, Delaware books, fine press books, forgery, graphic arts, libraries, literary criticism, marbling, papermaking, printing history, publishing, typography & type specimens, and writing & calligraphy — plus books about the history of all of these fields. Oak Knoll Books is a member of the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB — about 2,000 dealers in 22 countries) and the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA — over 450 dealers in the US). Their logos appear on all of our antiquarian catalogues and web pages. These logos mean that we guarantee accurate descriptions and customer satisfaction. Our founder, Bob Fleck, has long been a proponent of the ethical principles embodied by ILAB & the ABAA. He has taken a leadership role in both organizations and is a past president of both the ABAA and ILAB. We are located in the historic colonial town of New Castle (founded 1651), next to the Delaware River and have an open shop for visitors. -
JAMES CUMMINS Bookseller Catalogue 126
JAMES CUMMINS bookseller catalogue 126 JAMES CUMMINS bookseller catalogue 126 To place your order, call, write, e-mail or fax: james cummins bookseller 699 Madison Avenue, New York City, 10065 Telephone (212) 688-6441 Fax (212) 688-6192 [email protected] jamescumminsbookseller.com hours: Monday – Friday 10:00 – 6:00, Saturday 10:00 – 5:00 Members A.B.A.A., I.L.A.B. front cover (l to r): items 67, 59 & 29 inside front cover: item 50 inside rear cover: item 33 rear cover: item 46 photography by nicole neenan terms of payment: All items, as usual, are guaranteed as described and are returnable within 10 days for any reason. All books are shipped UPS (please provide a street address) unless otherwise requested. Overseas orders should specify a shipping preference. All postage is extra. New clients are requested to send remittance with orders. Libraries may apply for deferred billing. All New York and New Jersey residents must add the appropriate sales tax. We accept American Express, Master Card, and Visa. 1 AUSTEN, Jane. Novels. The Text Based on the Collation of the Early Editions by R.W. Chapman. With Notes, Indices. Illustrations (some in color) from contemporary sources. 5 vols. Large 8vo, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1923. Large paper edition. Limited to 1000 sets. Original blue-grey cloth over marbled boards, untrimmed edges. Extra label at end of each volume. Some toning to spines, bookplates; mixed set (vol. 5 with rubbing to spine label, small ecclesiastical library stamp on fyleaf, otherwise unmarked). Overall very good plus. The best edition (and the source for many Oxford re-issues), comprising Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfeld Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. -
Fine Printing & Small Presses A
Fine Printing & Small Presses A - K Catalogue 354 WILLIAM REESE COMPANY 409 TEMPLE STREET NEW HAVEN, CT. 06511 USA 203.789.8081 FAX: 203.865.7653 [email protected] www.williamreesecompany.com TERMS Material herein is offered subject to prior sale. All items are as described, but are consid- ered to be sent subject to approval unless otherwise noted. Notice of return must be given within ten days unless specific arrangements are made prior to shipment. All returns must be made conscientiously and expediently. Connecticut residents must be billed state sales tax. Postage and insurance are billed to all non-prepaid domestic orders. Orders shipped outside of the United States are sent by air or courier, unless otherwise requested, with full charges billed at our discretion. The usual courtesy discount is extended only to recognized booksellers who offer reciprocal opportunities from their catalogues or stock. We have 24 hour telephone answering and a Fax machine for receipt of orders or messages. Catalogue orders should be e-mailed to: [email protected] We do not maintain an open bookshop, and a considerable portion of our literature inven- tory is situated in our adjunct office and warehouse in Hamden, CT. Hence, a minimum of 24 hours notice is necessary prior to some items in this catalogue being made available for shipping or inspection (by appointment) in our main offices on Temple Street. We accept payment via Mastercard or Visa, and require the account number, expiration date, CVC code, full billing name, address and telephone number in order to process payment. Institutional billing requirements may, as always, be accommodated upon request. -
The Gate on the “Golden Gate” Published on Iitaly.Org (
The Gate on the “Golden Gate” Published on iItaly.org (http://www.iitaly.org) The Gate on the “Golden Gate” Laura E. Ruberto (September 23, 2008) 4451_Girlwithbird_1221968362.valenti [2] Reading Valenti Angelo’s “Golden Gate” to my five-year old son. I recently read Valenti Angelo’s novel Golden Gate to my five-year-old son. The children’s book, published in 1939, tells the story of Nino, a young boy from Northern Italy who emigrates to California, passing briefly through Ellis Island and spending one night in “a lodging house run by a Neapolitan” somewhere on Bleecker Street (63). It’s a compelling story. For one, it’s unusual for any American novel, let alone one meant for kids, to emphasize the under-told story of everyday Italians in California. Second, it offers a series of details, couched in terms accessible to a child, about how Italian immigrants negotiated their entrance into US life, suggesting ways new immigrants sometimes ignored or refigured assimilationist pressures. Angelo (1897-1982) emigrated as a child from Massarosa (Tuscany) in 1905 and his family eventually settled in the town of Antioch, not far from San Francisco. He held a number of manual labor and factory jobs in and around Antioch, and later in San Francisco, until he landed a job at a photo-engraving shop in the city. It was there that he realized he had an artist’s mind. He wrote a number of children’s novels—Golden Gate is part of a series that feature Italian kids and take place both in the U.S. -
May Artist and Binding
Book Arts and design bindings window to the texture of Lux Mentis, Booksellers papers that evoke Lux Mentis specializes in fine press, fine bindings, and Jerusalem stone, from the olive green color meant to esoterica in all areas, books that have been treasured and evoke the Jerusalem will continue to be treasured. As a primary focus is the landscape to blind building and/or deaccessioning of private collections, our embossment of a Jewish selections is diverse and constantly evolving. If we do not star–I am always evoking have what you are seeking, please contact us and we will meaning in a multiplicity strive to find it. All items are subject to prior sale. Shipping of ways. Over the past ten years and handling is calculated on a per order basis. Please do making The Amichai not hesitate to contact us regarding terms and/or with any Windows, I wanted people questions or concerns. to experience this artist book not only by reading A Selection of Book Arts the poems but by lifting a and Design Bindings curtain, handling the papers, touching the blind embossment. Aside from playing with the visibility of 1. Amichai, Yehuda [poet]; Black, images in a window, I am also toying with the materiality Rick [artist]. The Amichai of the book itself. Windows. Arlington, VA: Turtle Light Press, 2017. Limited I spun my own metaphors out of Amichai's poems. I also Edition. Tight, bright, and mirrored Amichai's own process of combining images unmarred. from different places and time periods in my collages. Numbered limited edition, this These multi-layered spreads–which include letterpressed being 6 of 18 copies. -
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MARY HEEBNER & simplemente maria press fine art books 1995-2018 mary heebner cassandra a poem by stephen kessler mmxix Cassandra is a major work, one that unites a complex understanding of the way perspective and diverse materials fracture time and space, while the hand and memory of the artist unite them. Heebner’s visual dialogue with Kessler’s poem powerfully brings to life the legendary voice of Cassandra. To paraphrase the poet, a lovely myth rises in art to beggar disbelief. Bruce Robertson Director, Art, Design & Architecture Museum Professor, History of Art & Architecture University of California, Santa Barbara Images from the collage series, Veiled/Unveiled, paired with the poem Cassandra by Stephen Kessler, and printed letterpress across a 14 panel accordion fold book, 10 x 10 x 1,” The images printed on the spreads are then individually embellished with collage and pigment. The book rests in a handcrafted zinc box, the lid is etched with a drawing. In addition, a handsewn booklet of rag and handmade paper contains the poem, a description of the mythological character of Cassandra, the colophon and a quotation, all printed letterpress, and it also includes an image from the Veiled/Unveiled series, printed on cotton rag paper. CASSANDRA read more The edition is limited to 25 copies. $4000.00 INTIMACY: drawing with light; drawn from stone 2017 16 x 16.75 x 1.5” watch the video: https://vimeo.com/192957730 Twelve watermarked sheets of handmade paper, pigmented ivory or ultramarine blue, with graphic elements printed in letterpress and also embellished on the verso with graph- ite or watercolor, a plexiglass viewing easel, and two 6” x 4” books, Schizzi, containing a suite of fourteen prints from the Rome Sketches series, and Marmo, an accordion fold book with original text about the livingness of marble, also translated into Italian. -
Quarterly News·Letter
the Quarterly news·letter volume lxxix · number 2 · spring 2014 A Brief Editorial Manifesto by Peter Rutledge Koch What is Fine Printing Anyway? by Peter Rutledge Koch Forthcoming from the Publications Committee by Jennifer Sime Report from the Toronto Book Fair by Bruce Whiteman Review by Crispin Elsted Like a Moth to a Flame by Bo Wreden Southern California Sightings by Carolee Campbell News from the Library by Henry Snyder News & Notes Letter to the Editor New Members published for its members by the book club of california the book club of california is a non-profit membership corporation founded in 1912. A Brief Editorial Manifesto Based on One It supports the art of fine printing related to the history and literature of California and the Hundred Years of Tradition With a Few Minor western states of America through research, publishing, public programs, and exhibitions. Suggestions To Account for Changes in Our The Club is limited to 1,250 members, and membership in the Club is open to all. Annual renewals are due by January 1 of every year. Memberships are: Regular, $95; Sustaining, $150; Patron, Perception of Fine Printing in the Real West $250; Sponsor, $500; Benefactor, $1,000; Apprentice, $35; and Student, $25. All members by Peter Rutledge Koch receive the Quarterly News-Letter and, except for Apprentice and Student members, the current keepsake. All members have the privilege—but not the obligation—of buying Club publications, which are limited, as a rule, to one copy per member. All members may purchase extra copies of keepsakes or QN-Ls, when available. -
2018-2020 Impact Report
IMPACT REPORT I Message from the University Librarian Since we celebrated the 75th anniversary of UC Santa Barbara last year I have been reflecting on how the UCSB Library has always been a community hub, supporting our faculty and students to be successful in everything they do and engaging the Santa Barbara community in the intellectual and cultural life of UC Santa Barbara. The last few decades have shown how the internet and the web have transformed libraries. Having been a librarian throughout this transition, I can assure you that libraries are—and I believe will remain—adaptive and durable institutions in the digital age. Libraries have embraced new technologies, leveraging them to make many of our unique collections available to the world and to bring the world of scholarship to the desktops of our researchers and students. But the digital library revolution is also complex and brings with it unintended consequences. Since journals began to move online in the 1990s, scholarly journal publishing has grown to become a $10 billion industry, largely funded by research Kristin Antelman libraries, and one in which most content sits behind increasingly expensive paywalls. Over the last year, the University of California has found itself on the world stage showing unprecedented leadership in standing up to publishing giant, Elsevier, by terminating our contract with them until we can negotiate both a more sustainable price and open access publishing for all UC-authored articles. As a public institution whose research is funded largely by public money, it is core to the UC mission to make that research openly available to be used by the residents of California, and beyond. -
December, 2017
HOLIDAY MISCELLANY Selections from Recent Collections December, 2017 786 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California 94109 Telephone (415) 474-9067 Fax (415) 474-2537 Email [email protected] http://www.argonautbookshop.com All items are guaranteed as described. Any item may be returned within seven days of receipt provided notice is given immediately. Telephone orders must be confirmed in writing. We accept Master Card, Visa, American Express, Discover, Diner’s Club, personal checks and PayPal. California residents will be charged sales tax at the prevailing rate. New customers are requested to send payment with order. Libraries and other institutions will be billed. All prices are net, postage and insurance not included. Please write if you wish to be on our mailing list for future catalogues. Let us know of your current interests so that we may give them special attention. We are open six days a week, ten until five on weekdays and ten until four on Saturdays. We are closed on Sunday. Other times by appointment. We are actively buying fine books in all fields. Please let us know what you have to offer. Holiday Miscellany, December 2017 Our current list really is a Holiday Miscellany with, we hope, something for everyone. Included within are good, solid and quite scarce titles on the American West, all in superb condition. Also within are a number of early California Press Books including collectible Leaf Books, a run of significant books on dog breeds, mid-19th century Lady’s Fashion Books, a few superb illustrated books, significant books on California, and much more. -
Year of Exhib. Dates of Exhibition Title Of
File Cab.- Drawer File #1: File #2: File #3a: File #4: Year of Exhib. Dates of Exhibition Title of Exhibition or Row/Shelf Objects/Installation Publications Press Background 1941 June 5-September 1 Painting Today and Yesterday in the U.S 19-1 ? Yes Yes ? Masterpieces of Ancient China from Jan 1941 October 19-November 23 Kleijkamp Collection 19-1 ? Yes ? ? Arts of America Before Columbus: 500 B.C. - AD 1942 April 18-June 1500 (Ancient American Art) 19-1 ? Yes Yes ? United Nations Festival and Free France Exhibit Lent by Mr. & Mrs. Walter Arensberg and Edward 1942 May G. Robinson. 19-1 ? ? Yes ? Yes 1942 July 1-July 31 Modern Mexican Painters 19-1 Yes ? ? Five Centuries of Painting lent by Jacob 1943 March 7-April 11 Heimann 19-1 ? No ? ? Paintings, Sculpture, and Lithographs by Arnold 1943 June Ronnebeck 19-1 No No Yes 1943 October 3 - ? America in the War. 19-1 No Yes 1943 November 16-December 7 Paintings by Agnes Pelton 19-1 ? No ? ? 1944 February 9-March 12 Paintings and Drawings by Jack Gage Stark 19-1 ? Yes ? ? Annual Exhibition of the California Watercolor 1944 March 15-April 7 Society 19-1 Yes ? ? ? 1944 April 8-April 30 Paintings by Hilaire Hiler 19-1 Yes ? ? ? 1944 July 8-July 23 Abstract and Surrealist Art in the United States 19-1 ? Yes ? ? 1944 September 5-October 5 First Annual National Competitive Exhibition 19-1 ? Yes ? ? Chinese Sculpture from the I to XII Centuries A.D. from the collection of Jan Kleijkamp and Ellis Monro. (“12 Centuries of Sculpture from Yes (Call# China”) Rare NB 1944 October-November 26 Row 21, Shelf 3 ? 1043.S3) ? ? Charlotte Berend: Exhibition of Paintings in Oil 1944 November 9-December 10 and Watercolor 19-1 ? Yes ? ? 1945 March 11- The Debt to Nature of Art and Education 19-1 ? Yes ? ? Memorial Exhibition: "Philosophical & Allegorical" 1945 March 15-April 11 Paintings by Spencer Kellogg, Jr. -
FROM ARTIFACT to ICON: an Analysis of the Venus Figurines in Archaeological Literature and Contemporary Culture
Durham E-Theses From artifact to icon: an analysis of the Venus gurines in archaeological literature and contemporary culture Lander, Louise Muriel How to cite: Lander, Louise Muriel (2005) From artifact to icon: an analysis of the Venus gurines in archaeological literature and contemporary culture, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3027/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 FROM ARTIFACT TO ICON: An Analysis of the Venus Figurines in Archaeological Literature and Contemporary Culture Volume 5 of5 Louise Muriel Lander A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Durham Department of Archaeology 2004 A copyright of this thesis rests with the author. No quotation from it should be published without his prior written consent and information derived from it should be acknowledged.