Providence, R.I. Meredith Stern, n.d. One of an unsigned edition of 72. This powerful multi-media artists' book by the artist and musician Meredith Stern is a piece on reproductive justice. It is a silkscreened and hand stamped, and then machine and hand sewn into a stuffed cat. The cloth book "inside" the stomach starts with the words "is this mine." The pages inside begin with "when we allow them to keep taking," followed by several pages on many of the laws which have been passed in the U.S. restricting abortion rights. The text ends with "all that may be left" and a small coat hanger. The multi-colored animal is stamped all over with the words "This Space is Mine." In very good condition. 18 inches x 4 inches by 2.5 inches plus a 10 inch tail. ARTISTSBOOK/070119. Very Good. More about Mine

Philadelphia: Gebbie and Barrie, circa 1880. Hardcover. Includes 60 plates and many wood engravings. Plates are by Charles Baugniet, W.A. Bouguereau, G.R.C. Boulanger, Alex Cabanel, J.L. Gerome, Hugues Merle, and many others. Bound in three quarter dark brown leather over pebbled black cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front cover. Rubbing and wear to boards and all leather. Pulls and rubbing to leather on spine and corners. Minor dampstaining to bottom corners of first few pages. Foxing, mostly to margins, of many pages including plates. Occaional smudge marks. Clean overall. Chipping and closed tears to front free endpaper. 187 pages plus plates. This is a heavy, folio sized volume and it may require an extra shipping fee.ART/062019. Very Good. More about The Art Treasures of America Being the Choicest Works of Art in the Public and Private...

Chiapas, Mexico: Taller Lenateros, 2008. Hardcover. Taller Lenateros, or The Woodlanders' Workshop, is a community of Mayan artists who produce handmade paper, artists' books, silkscreen and wood block prints, pansey graphs, natural dyes, and magic spells. The society was founded in 1975 by poet Ambar Past, and continues to flourish while offering training and employment to men and women who have no education and no career. Inspiration for many of the projects comes from dreams, nature, and Mayan history and tradition. This book was “inspired by the canto ‘Tzotzil Maya’, the stomp of dancing feet, the masks and bright colors of the fiesta of the Jaguar, the warm hands and hearts of the book artisans who brought it to life during the first days of 2008, in the shadow of the grand avocado tree that covers Taller Lenateros.” Brown flexible handmade paper boards with embossed title and paw prints to front cover. The book begins and ends with thick handmade yellow spotted end pages. The remainder of the interior is filled with silkscreened illustrations accompanied by text in English and Mayan. Hiding in the centerfold is a pop-up jaguar with long bristly whiskers. The book is housed in a yellow spotted cardboard box with handles and title to front panel. Included with the book is a paper tiger mask and a CD with 5 different versions of the song. An inventive, engaging book. ARTB/110608. Fine. More about Bolom Chon

Chiapas, Mexico: Taller Lenateros, 2007. Taller Lenateros, or The Woodlanders' Workshop, is a community of Mayan artists who produce handmade paper, artists' books, silkscreen and wood block prints, pansey graphs, natural dyes, and magic spells. The society was founded in 1975 by poet Ambar Past, and continues to flourish while offering training and employment to men and women who have no education and no career. Inspiration for many of the projects comes from dreams, nature, and Mayan history and tradition. This book was originally volume two of the "Portable Mayan Altar," which included a small cardboard hut, 3 books, several ceramic sculptures, and some votive candles. The book is written in Tzotzil with an English translation. Bound in black handmade paper with gilt title to front board and gilt volume number to spine. It has marbled end pages, full gilt edges, and a black ribbon book mark. It contain spells, directions for casting, and illustrations. The spells read like poetry. For example: “I want him to come with flowers in his heart. With all his heart, I want him to talk to my body.” In fine condition. Unpaginated. ARTB/061219. Fine. More about Mayan Love Charms

Chiapas, MX: Taller Lenateros, 2012. A collection of directions and recipes for art, craft, marbling, printmaking, bookmaking, and papermaking projects. Text in Spanish with many full color illustrations and diagrams. Bound in multi-colored paper wrappers with a black spine panel titled in grey. Taller Lenateros, or The Woodlanders' Workshop, is a community of Mayan artists who produce handmade paper, artists' books, silkscreen and wood block prints, pansey graphs, natural dyes, and magic spells. The society was founded in 1975 by poet Ambar Past, and continues to flourish while offering training and employment to men and women who have no education and no career. Inspiration for many of the projects comes from dreams, nature, and Mayan history and tradition. Size: 8 x 8.5 inches. 175 pages. ARTB/081419. Fine. More about Alqumia

Chiapas, Mexico: Taller Lenateros, 2005. Taller Lenateros, or The Woodlanders' Workshop, is a community of Mayan artists who produce handmade paper, artists' books, silkscreen and wood block prints, pansey graphs, natural dyes, and magic spells. The society was founded in 1975 by poet Ambar Past, and continues to flourish while offering training and employment to men and women who have no education and no career. Inspiration for many of the projects comes from dreams, nature, and Mayan history and tradition. Thirty years in the making, this book was created by 150 Mayan women. The collection of spells, hymns, and incantations was originally captured on tape in the Tzotzil language (a Mayan dialect), and was then transcribed and translated by Ambar Past. The opening essay is written by Past with excerpts from many Mayan songs interspersed. Included are over 50 poetic incantations, 40 silk-screened illustrations, notes about the creators, and more. It was featured in the 2007 ‘Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artists’ Books exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Unpaginated. Bound in brown handmade paper covered boards with a large relief face depicting the Mayan goddess of the wilderness filling the front cover. The endpages are also handmade. Housed in a silkscreened box with white title to spine and black illustration of a face to front panel. The box was made from recycled cardboard, corn silk, and coffee. ARTB/110608. Fine in Fine Box. More about Incantations by Mayan Women

Chiapas, MX: Taller Leñateros (Magik Universe), 2010. This book dedicated to Mayan mothers includes lyrics for 31 songs (or spells) as well as photographic images of the singers and musicians. Includes a CD with 31 tracks featuring the voices of Mayan mothers and grandmothers. Bound in handmade brown paper boards with black title to spine and sculptural front cover featuring a face. Text in Spanish only. Some pages fold out. Housed in a brown cardboard box with title to spine "Sueño Conjuros" and silk screened illustration of a face to front cover in black ink. Track listings with times are printed on the rear box panel. Bump / depression to front panel of box with short closed tear to paper. Silkscreen printing.Taller Lenateros, or The Woodlanders' Workshop, is a community of Mayan artists who produce handmade paper, artists' books, silkscreen and wood block prints, pansey graphs, natural dyes, and magic spells. The society was founded in 1975 by poet Ambar Past, and continues to flourish while offering training and employment to men and women who have no education and no career. Inspiration for many of the projects comes from dreams, nature, and Mayan history and tradition. Size of box: about 6 x 6 inches. ARTB/081419. Fine. More about Sueño Conjuros desde el vientre de mi madre [Dream spells from my mother's womb

Mexico: Taller Leñateros, 2010. In Spanish and Mayan. Third edition. Taller Lenateros, or The Woodlanders' Workshop, is a community of Mayan artists who produce handmade paper, artists' books, silkscreen and wood block prints, pansey graphs, natural dyes, and magic spells. The society was founded in 1975 by poet Ambar Past, and continues to flourish while offering training and employment to men and women who have no education and no career. Inspiration for many of the projects comes from dreams, nature, and Mayan history and tradition. Thirty years in the making, this book was created by 150 Mayan women. The collection of spells, hymns, and incantations was originally captured on tape in the Tzotzil language (a Mayan dialect), and was then transcribed and translated by Ambar Past. The prologue is written by Juan Banuelos. Included are 45 poetic incantations, 40 silk-screened illustrations, and more. The English / Mayan version of the book, titled "Incantations of Mayan Women" which includes a few more poems than the Spanish version, was featured in the 2007 ‘Book as Art: Twenty Years of Artists’ Books exhibit at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Unpaginated. Bound in brown handmade paper covered boards with a large relief face depicting the Mayan goddess of the wilderness filling the front cover. The endpages are also handmade. Housed in a printed cardboard box with white title to spine panel. Minor wear to edges of box. 191 pages. ARTB/070110. Fine. More about Conjuros y Ebriedades: Cantos de Mujeres Mayas

New York and London: The Century Company and T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "Tom Sawyer Abroad" in each of the six parts on pages 20, 116, 250, 349, 392, and 539. Also includes stories by Tudor Jenks, Palmer Cox, Katharine Pyle, and Rudyard Kipling (Mowgli's Brothers and Rikki-tikki-tavi, Tiger! Tiger!, and Toomai of the Elephants). Very good in modern navy blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine. Filled with black and white illustrations. Split to interior near rear hinge, else tight binding. Occasional smudge marks but clean overall. 576 pages. PER/052319. Very Good. More about St. Nicholas: An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks: Volume XXI (21), November 1893 - April...

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1901. Hardcover. Includes "Extracts from Adam's Diary" on pages 762 - 767. Also has Thomas Hardy's "Enter a Dragoon. A Story" on pages 25 - 34 and Edith Wharton's "The Moving Finger" on pages 627 - 632 and "The Recovery" on pages 468 - 477. Also includes color illustrations by Howard Pyle for "The Pilgrimage of Truth" by Erik Bogh. Bound in three quarter black leather over marbled paper covered boards with gilt title and volume number to spine. Heavy chipping, cracking, and wear to leather on spine and hinges. Minor wear to boards and spine. Clean interior overall. 982 pages. PER/060619. Very Good. More about Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Volume CII (102) December 1900 - May 1901

Boston: H.O. Houghton and Company, 1880. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "A Telephonic Conversation" on pages 841 - 843. Bound in three quarter black leather over green and black marbled paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Cracking to spine on leather, fading to gilt, and wear to edges and hinges. Clean and bright overall with foxing to margins of some pages and endpapers. 860 pages plus supplement. PER/052319. Very Good. More about Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics. Volume XLV (45) January - June 1880

Boston: H.O. Houghton and Company, 1874. Hardcover. Includes Twain's "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It" on pages 591 - 594. Bound in three quarter black leather over black and white marbled paper covered boards with gilt title to spine. Rubbing and wear to spine, edges, and corners. Ex-library with embossed stamp to a few pages. Clean and bright overall. First signature is a little loose. 764 pages. PER/052319. Very Good. More about Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics. Volume XXXIV (34) July - December...