May 05, 2009 - Sale 2179

Sale 2179 - Lot 204

Price Realized: $ 3,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(MISCELLANEOUS SMALL PRESSES.) Group of 12 creative contemporary small American press publications. Illustrated. Various sizes and bindings. Condition excellent. should be seen. Vp, mostly 1980s-90s

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Kobayashi, Theresa. With Respect to the Frog's Croak. Engraved illustrations. 8vo, sewn Japanese paper; orignal painted wood box. 19/50 copies. San Francisco: Ta Press, 1987 Barton, Carol June. Tunnel Map. Tunnel book of the world map. 113/150 signed copies. Np: Women's Studio Workshop, 1988 Davidson, Laura. Dog House (shown above). 6/6 signed copies. 8vo, wooden boards, 1992 Goswell, Joan Iversen. From the Police Exercise Six Levels of Control to Handle Situations. Accordion-folded multi-color inked broadside. Laid into portfolio covered in navy serge with aluminum police badge mounted on front, with belt tie. 1992; Ancient Song. Scroll on handmade paper unfolding to hanging scroll; beads and small clay sculpture; all laid into wooden box. Nd; Why, Why Not? Watercolor and stamp illustrations. 8vo, handmade wooden boards with paper and multiple cloth ties; Japanese paper folding case. Number 89 of an unspecified number of copies. Np, 1989 King, Ronald. Turn Over Darling. AP copy of 75. London, 1990 Steven Ferlauto and Grant McGuire / Sailor Boy Press. Two Tribes. Mixed media on papers. 30/50 copies. New York and Madison, 1989 Schmidt, Leslie. Snake Book. Mixed media: chipboard, paint, and magazine cut-outs. 8vo, handpainted box. Np, 1991 Sheckley, Robert. Specialist. Illustrated by Susanna Bergtold. Printed on 27 leaves die-cut in the shape of a space-ship, and accordion folded. Designed by James Wintner. Bound into etched aluminum covers enclosed in a clear, soft vinyl case fitted to the space ship. 25/200 signed copies. New York: JHW Editions, 1996 Faye, Jules Remedios. The Annunciation. An Allegorical Tale printed on folding panels to be used as a portable altar. 12/50 signed copies. Np: Street of Crocodiles, Nd Kennedy Jr., Amos Paul. African Proverb. Painted wavy pages resembling snake bodies; wooden clasp; laid into wooden box. Unspecified limitation. Np: Idiot Press, nd.