New York: Marianne R. Petit, 2020. Hardcover. Number 5 of 5 copies. A dark modern day reinterpretation of seven classic nursery rhymes. Georgie Porgie who "kissed the girls and made them cry" is portrayed in this version as a middle-aged sex offender. Jack "be nimble" is shown jumping over a wall to escape ICE. John who "went to bed with his britches on" is a drug addict. Humpty dumpty, the old woman that lived in a shoe, and others are also shown with sinister implications. All seven rhymes are illustrated with pop-ups. The book is an accordion and can be displayed open to show each rhyme simultaneously. Size: 8 x 10 inches closed. 80 x 10 inches open. [8 pages.] Marianne is "an artist and educator whose work explores fairy tales, anatomical obsessions, and collective storytelling practices through mechanical books that combine animation and papercraft. My interests are in combining technology, traditional book arts, and sequential storytelling to create new forms of narrative for the 21st century. [Her] artwork has appeared internationally in festivals and exhibitions, been featured in publications such as Hyperallergic, Make, and Wired, and broadcast on IFC and PBS. My movable books can be found in numerous museum and library collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the British Library, the Berlin Public Library, Boston Library, as well as numerous University and private collections. [She is] an Associate Arts Professor at New York University’s ITP and IMA (Interactive Media Arts) Program located in the Tisch School of the Arts in New York. I am a co-founder of the Interactive Media Arts Program at NYU Shanghai and I also serve as an Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Network Academic Planning for the University. I received the University Distinguished Teaching Award in 2016" (artist's statement). ARTB/061522. Fine. More

New York: Marianne R. Petit, 2020. Hardcover. Number 3 of 20 copies. An anti-personality book drawn from workplace encounters. According to the artist, this project "began with a long list of 'personalities' built over numerous meetings and encounters." She then asked her friends to choose one 'personality' from the list and record themselves demonstrating it. The undesirable personalities depicted include the smartest guy in the room, the silent (and delighted) bystander, the bully, the compromised coward, the shallow prophet, the constant schemer, the intentionally marginalized, the opportunist, the palpably ambitious, the hypocrite, the self-aggrandizing narcissist, the insufferable bore, and more. Using the video clips received, the artist used 8 - 12 frames to create short animations which she then produced in two formats: a set of cards and a swatch book. Each of the 21 printed cards features a movable waterfall sequence that can be manipulated to show an animated sequence of one of the personalities. They are digitally printed with archival ink on Moab paper. The personality swatch book features single images of the same undesirable personalities, and is meant to be viewed with a companion augmented reality (AR) app, through which the 21 short animations can be accessed. This limited edition set includes the 21 hand-assembled waterfall cards plus the open edition swatch book. Readers are encouraged to download the artist's AR app in order to view the digital animations that work with the swatch book. Following are links for downloading the free app: ANDROID / GOOGLE PLAY: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.MarianneR.Petit.PersonYouDontWantToBe IOS / APP STORE: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/person-you-dont-want-to-be/id1500287968 An innovative, modern artist's book that explores workplace dynamics and relationships. Each card is about 12 x 5.5 inches. The swatch book is 8 x 2 inches. The collection is housed in a brown paper covered box with the artist's calling card adhered to the front panel. Marianne is "an artist and educator whose work explores fairy tales, anatomical obsessions, and collective storytelling practices through mechanical books that combine animation and papercraft. My interests are in combining technology, traditional book arts, and sequential storytelling to create new forms of narrative for the 21st century. [Her] artwork has appeared internationally in festivals and exhibitions, been featured in publications such as Hyperallergic, Make, and Wired, and broadcast on IFC and PBS. My movable books can be found in numerous museum and library collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the British Library, the Berlin Public Library, Boston Library, as well as numerous University and private collections. [She is] an Associate Arts Professor at New York University’s ITP and IMA (Interactive Media Arts) Program located in the Tisch School of the Arts in New York. I am a co-founder of the Interactive Media Arts Program at NYU Shanghai and I also serve as an Associate Vice Chancellor for Global Network Academic Planning for the University. I received the University Distinguished Teaching Award in 2016" (artist's statement). ARTB/061522. Fine. More

New York: Sarah Plimpton, 2021. Number 2 of 8 copies written and illustrated by the artist. Sarah Plimpton was born in New York City and divides her time between New York and France. She works in several media; oil painting, printmaking and artists’ books and is also a poet. Her books are in such collections as The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The New York Public Library, The Morgan Library, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this handsome work, Plimpton illustrated each letter of the alphabet with a drawing and wrote a few poetic words for each on the page following. She did the original drawings for this during the Covid lockdown. She found the thought of doing all of the letters daunting but is pleased that they are now in a book. Set in Caslon 540 type and printed on Somerset paper. The images were printed by Erik Hougan at LESP and the text was printed by Brad Ewing at The Grenfell Press in NY. The book is softcover bound with a Coptic style binding and housed in a green clamshell box with black titling. Both were made by Claudia Cohen. In fine condition. Measures 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Unpaginated. ARTISTSB/070522. Fine. More

Moscow: Emile Goozairow, 2021. Hardcover. Emile Goozairow is a Russian artist who paints and draws, produces movies, and creates exceptional miniature handmade books that are printed on rare types of paper and published in limited editions. His techniques create unique designs that often are made with natural materials alone or in combination with relief decorations made from metal or polymeric clay. He creates books that he describes as "pop up," “kinetic carousel," “liporello” or “3D origami.” He also writes fairy tales, stories and mystical scenes. 7 of 10 copies, signed and numbered by the artist. The text block is dated 2016; however, this binding is 1 of 10 copies, created in 2021. This is a striking new book by Emile, with a new visual interpretation by him of Poe's famous poem, "The Raven." The book is a do-si-do with the text in English on one side and a Russian translation by Konstantin Balmont in 1894 on the other. Each side has a pop-up of a raven with the title and author written on its body and wings. Bound in green felt with an inset hand-painted 3-D print on each cover of the title and author. In fine condition. Size 70 x 70mm (2.75 x 2.75 inches.) ARTISTSB/052323. Fine. More

New York: Purgatory Pie Press, 2010. Paperback. Number 70 of 150. Each card was set and printed by Dikko Faust. A collection of 12 postcards contained in a box labeled "Elongated Postcards." The designers include: Elizabeth Duffy, Mike Topp, Marc Nasdor, Bryan C. Baker, Rosamond S. King, Jessi Nebraska Gifford, Eve Eisenstadt, Kit Kennedy, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Dikko Faust, and anonymous. Each card is signed by the printed and designer. Each card is printed on a different type of paper. Some designs are typographic, one is printed on velvet, one is embossed, most are humorous, all are interesting. Housed in a white cardstock envelope with a velcro closure. [12 pages.] PRI/010213. Fine. More

New York: Purgatory Pie Press, 1994. Number 100. Signed by the book artists. An old record that has been re-produced by the Purgatory Pie Press with a new label printed on both sides: "Roberta 'N' Rob Smith - Lame!" and "Roberta 'N' Rob Smith - Worse!" This "random re-issue" pokes fun at bad records with lots of typos, slogans, and gimmicks. The words 'Lame / Stale' and 'Worse / Fukt-Fi' have been scratched into the record. The record sleeve is printed with information about the fictitious Roberta N Bob fan club and is also signed by them. The plastic bag that covers the sleeve has several stickers which further emphasize the poor record quality "30 years after ... New British Infestation", "This record waz wuns mor popular than it is NOW", etc. The label, sleeve, and stickers are letterpress printed. PRI/010213. Fine. More

New York: Purgatory Pie Press, 2004. Slipcased. Number 71 of 100 copies. An inventive and interesting work from the Purgatory Pie Press, designed by Esther Smith and typeset and printed by Dikko Faust. The book compiles quotes on infinity from such figures as Aristotle, Georg Cantor, Einstein, and Dan Quayle. The book is done in accordian style with cutouts on dark blue paper, with the writings and designs in gold and orange. It is covered in lovely orange silk and housed in a stiff blue paper slipcase. In fine condition. 2 x 9 inches. PRI/010213. Fine. More

Moscow: Emile Goozairow, 2020. Hardcover. Emile Goozairow is a Russian artist who paints and draws, produces movies, and creates exceptional miniature handmade books that are printed on rare types of paper and published in limited editions. His techniques create unique designs that often are made with natural materials alone or in combination with relief decorations made from metal or polymeric clay. He creates books that he describes as "pop up," “kinetic carousel," “liporello” or “3D origami.” He also writes fairy tales, stories and mystical scenes. This small open edition miniature book offers the poem "The Prophet" by the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, printed in both Russian and English. The poems are digitally printed on each side of a "two-way" book and accompanied by 17 striking illustrations. The diamond shaped three dimensional binding in gilt, black, and red has a beautiful design of the prophet. Something inside mysteriously rattles. Size: 70 x 35 x 40 mm. A stunning book in fine condition. ARTB/052323. Fine. More

Portland, OR: Relay Replay Press, 2008. Number 13 of 20 copies. Shu-Ju Wang founded the Relay Replay Press in 2008 after receiving a 2008 Regional Arts and Culture Council Grant, which she dedicated to working with the elderly suffering from various stages and forms of memory loss. She worked one-on-one with five seniors meeting with each over a period of several months. Wang writes: "Of the seniors that I worked with, Marion was perhaps the most far along in her dementia, but of the memories that she returned to again and again, she recounted them with great fondness. I tried to convey that sense of love and familiarity in the text that I wrote to accompany her images. It took me a long time to figure out that Marion wanted to paint watercolors. Once I figures that out she and I spent many wonderful afternoons chatting and painting. She [repeatedly chose]the image of a meadow with trees, hills, and a sunset sky." The images are ethereal and beautiful. An accordion structure book that is Gooco and inkjet printed on Rives BFK and Nepal Heavyweight papers. In fine condition. Measures 7 1/16 square. ARTISTSB/041421. Fine. More

Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 2021. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of her friend and mentor the composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. This is one of a series of lovely unique works by Satin, each signed by her. Each book is created with Cordenons paper, a fine paper that has been manufactured in Italy since 1630. Created from blue Cordenons paper, this book uses whole and segmented letters, plastic elements, various papers, sequins, and crystals to create precise and inventive designs on the cover and each page. Claire "plays and experiments with letters as abstract forms and sets them into unique aesthetic configurations."In a light blue gauze bag. In fine condition. Measures 5 x 7 inches. Unpaginated [12 pages]. ARTISTSB/011222. Fine. More

Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 2020. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of her friend and mentor the composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. This is one of a series of lovely unique works by Satin, each signed by her. Each book is created with Cordenons paper, a fine paper that has been manufactured in Italy since 1630. This book uses various metallic papers, postage stamps, small green plastic shapes, sequins, crystals, and monofilament to create precise and inventive designs on the cover and each page. In a light blue gauze bag. In fine condition. Measures 5 x 7 inches. Unpaginated [8 pages]. ARTISTSB/032521. Fine. More

Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 2020. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of her friend and mentor the composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. This is one of a series of lovely unique works by Satin, each signed by her. Each book is created with Cordenons paper, a fine paper that has been manufactured in Italy since 1630. This book uses various metallic papers, postage stamps, images from Japanese art, small green and orange plastic shapes, sequins, crystals, and monofilament to create precise and inventive designs on the cover and each page. In a white gauze bag. In fine condition. Measures 5 x 7 inches. Unpaginated [8 pages]. ARTISTSB/032521. Fine. More

Dania Beach, FL: Claire Jeanine Satin, 2020. A unique artists' book from Claire Jeanine Satin, a well known book artist, sculptor and designer of public art installations. Satin's work has been extensively exhibited and collected in the United States and in Europe, including at The Library of Congress, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Getty (CA), MOMA, and The Victoria and Albert Museum. She is known especially for her conceptual works in uenced by the ideas of her friend and mentor the composer/visual artist John Cage, and the conversion of ordinary industrial materials into environmental constructions and book works of layered transparent mass. This is one of a series of lovely unique works by Satin, each signed by her. Each book is created with Cordenons paper, a fine paper that has been manufactured in Italy since 1630. This book created on bronze colored paper uses various metallic papers, postage stamps, small green plastic shapes, sequins, crystals, and monofilament to create precise and inventive designs on the cover and each page. In a light blue gauze bag. In fine condition. Measures 5 x 7 inches. Unpaginated [8 pages]. ARTISTS/050621. Fine. More