|  Artist's Books LibraryWhile important precedents can be found for the artist’s book in numerous Futurist, Dada, Surrealist and Situationist publications, the book as a medium equivalent to painting or sculpture was consolidated in the early 1960s, its leading exponents being Ed Ruscha, Sol Lewitt and Dieter Roth. In her seminal history of the form, The Century of Artist’s Books, Johanna Drucker writes: “In the 1960s books as an artist’s medium took off in the United States and Europe. They fit the sensibility of the 1960s alternative scene, whether produced independently by artists or by galleries as an extension of an exhibition, also giving rise to the hybrid genre of the catalogue as artist’s book.” In the 70s, artist’s books gained further hybridity in the uses of print for feminist art and activism, punk (and zine culture generally) and the early mergings of comic books with “high art.” Today, though no reliable definition of the parameters of an artist’s book exists, the ubiquity of the term and such events as Printed Matter’s New York Artist’s Book Fair attests to its massive international expansion as a practice at the beginning of the twenty-first century. | TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX UCCA/Koenig BooksISBN: 9783863356231
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Primary Information/Teknisk Industri ASISBN: 9780985136499
USD $30.00 | CAD $40Pub Date: 12/31/2014
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preromanbritain & monitor galleryISBN: 9780982139509
USD $57.00 | CAD $75Pub Date: 2/28/2010
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Atlas PressISBN: 9781900565738
USD $35.00 | CAD $47.5Pub Date: 2/23/2016
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ValizISBN: 9789492095435
USD $50.00 | CAD $69.95Pub Date: 2/19/2019
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Spector BooksISBN: 9783959052542
USD $35.00 | CAD $55Pub Date: 11/20/2018
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Walther König, KölnISBN: 9783865608703
USD $39.95 | CAD $53.95Pub Date: 4/30/2011
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SiglioISBN: 9781938221255
USD $45.00 | CAD $63 UK £ 40Pub Date: 6/9/2020
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Walther König, KölnISBN: 9783865607966
USD $35.00 | CAD $47.5Pub Date: 3/31/2011
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Koenig BooksISBN: 9783863355456
USD $45.00 | CAD $60Pub Date: 8/31/2014
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DESTE Foundation for Contemporary ArtISBN: 9786185039332
USD $29.95 | CAD $45Pub Date: 5/21/2019
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Primary InformationISBN: 9781732098688
USD $20.00 | CAD $28Pub Date: 4/14/2020
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Holzwarth PublicationsISBN: 9783935567275
USD $45.00 | CAD $60Pub Date: 3/1/2006
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Edizioni PeriferiaISBN: 9783907474846
USD $25.00 | CAD $34.5Pub Date: 4/30/2011
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Edizioni PeriferiaISBN: 9783907474839
USD $29.00 | CAD $39.5Pub Date: 4/30/2011
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Spector BooksISBN: 9783959052450
USD $30.00 | CAD $45Pub Date: 5/21/2019
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Spector BooksISBN: 9783959053204
USD $60.00 | CAD $85Pub Date: 2/3/2026
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BooklynISBN: 9780692166789
USD $25.00 | CAD $34.95 UK £ 22Pub Date: 1/22/2019
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Walther König, KölnISBN: 9783865608802
USD $19.95 | CAD $27.95Pub Date: 6/30/2011
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Atelier ÉditionsISBN: 9781733622004
USD $60.00 | CAD $75 UK £ 47Pub Date: 7/21/2020
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UCCA/Koenig BooksISBN: 9783863356248
USD $30.00 | CAD $40Pub Date: 4/28/2015
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UCCA/Koenig BooksISBN: 9783863356279
USD $30.00 | CAD $40Pub Date: 4/28/2015
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NievesISBN: 9783907179086
USD $24.00 | CAD $31Pub Date: 8/20/2019
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Spector BooksISBN: 9783959052948
USD $25.00 | CAD $34.95Pub Date: 8/20/2019
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Primary InformationISBN: 9780978869762
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The Museum of Modern Art, New YorkISBN: 9781633451025
USD $45.00 | CAD $63Pub Date: 9/29/2020
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Walther König, KölnISBN: 9783960984337
USD $40.00 | CAD $55Pub Date: 2/19/2019
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Hauser & Wirth PublishersISBN: 9783906915517
USD $125.00 | CAD $172Pub Date: 12/14/2021
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Actes SudISBN: 9782330124076
USD $39.95 | CAD $55 UK £ 34.99Pub Date: 3/3/2020
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UCCA/Koenig BooksISBN: 9783863356224
USD $30.00 | CAD $40Pub Date: 4/28/2015
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The Song Cave/Merce Cunningham TrustISBN: 9780998829074
USD $25.00 | CAD $34.95 UK £ 22Pub Date: 6/18/2019
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Lars Müller PublishersISBN: 9783037785911
USD $40.00 | CAD $60Pub Date: 8/20/2019
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Inventory PressISBN: 9781941753347
USD $45.00 | CAD $63 UK £ 40Pub Date: 8/11/2020
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Schaulager, Laurenz Foundation/Badlands UnlimitedISBN: 9783952397152
USD $252.00 | CAD $340Pub Date: 7/31/2014
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D.A.P./National Gallery of ArtISBN: 9781942884576
USD $14.95 | CAD $21 UK £ 13.5Pub Date: 6/2/2020
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SiglioISBN: 9781938221033
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SteidlISBN: 9783958293069
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SteidlISBN: 9783869306605
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SteidlISBN: 9783865215864
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UCCA/Koenig BooksISBN: 9783863356262
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Primary Information/Printed Matter, Inc.ISBN: 9781732098664
USD $16.00 | CAD $24.95Pub Date: 9/17/2019
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UCCA/Koenig BooksISBN: 9783863356217
USD $30.00 | CAD $40Pub Date: 4/28/2015
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Inventory Press & RITE EditionsISBN: 9781941753248
USD $55.00 | CAD $75 UK £ 50Pub Date: 8/20/2019
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D.A.P./SFMOMAISBN: 9781942884552
USD $50.00 | CAD $69.95 UK £ 45Pub Date: 4/21/2020
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Granary BooksISBN: 9781887123693
USD $29.95 | CAD $39.95 UK £ 27Pub Date: 11/2/2004
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Wakefield PressISBN: 9781939663474
USD $14.95 | CAD $19.95 UK £ 12.99Pub Date: 1/21/2020
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Spector BooksISBN: 9783959051040
USD $45.00 | CAD $60Pub Date: 2/2/2017
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Damiani/R & CompanyISBN: 9788862087162
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Walther König, KölnISBN: 9783863357528
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Hatje CantzISBN: 9783775746854
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BakhallISBN: 9789177424802
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| | | Artists' Books: Recommended Reading & Exhibition Catalogs"Is the scale of the book format inherently resistant to the American art world's obsession with colossalism, exemplified now by the size of Chelsea gallery spaces? Does the interactive nature of the book account for its neglect? Real art objects, as opposed to craft objects, are supposed to just sit there looking pretty, but books invite engagement, often demand it. Or maybe the sheer range of the artist's book is too wide for the market to grasp and process?" --Holland Cotter, excerpted from The Century of Artists' books. | FORTHCOMING
A monumental, three-volume encyclopedia of alphabetically organized images, Ferdinand Kriwet: Stars was first published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in 1971. In the 1960s, German author and media artist Ferdinand Kriwet (1942–2018), inspired by concrete poetry and its interest in the visual quality of linguistic signs, began to approach the literary medium of the book in a new way. Imagining new ways of reading that resisted linearity, Kriwet experimented with alternatives, encouraging a rapid back-and-forth between the pages of the book and the texts and images on them. In Stars, he treats images like words and arranges them in alphabetical order . . . .go to book page >> |  | STATUS: Forthcoming | 2/3/2026 This title is not yet published in the U.S. To pre-order or receive notice when the book is available, please email orders @ artbook.com | SPECTOR BOOKS
ISBN 9783959053204
Pbk, 3 vols, 5.5 x 8.75 in. / 416 pgs / 416 bw. | 2/3/2026 | Awaiting stock | US $60.00 |
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ISBN 9783863356231
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ISBN 9780985136499
Pbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 430 pgs / 420 color. | 12/31/2014 | In stock | US $30.00 |
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ISBN 9789492095435
Pbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 488 pgs / 150 color / 1200 bw. | 2/19/2019 | In stock | US $50.00 |
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ISBN 9783959052542
Clth, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 346 pgs / 102 color / 10 bw. | 11/20/2018 | In stock | US $35.00 |
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ISBN 9781938221255
Hbk, 10 x 7.25 in. / 332 pgs / 1155 color. | 6/9/2020 | In stock | US $45.00 |
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ISBN 9783865607966
Pbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 96 pgs / 39 color. | 3/31/2011 | In stock | US $35.00 |
|  | KOENIG BOOKS
ISBN 9783863355456
Pbk, 8 x 10 in. / 144 pgs / 74 color / 22 bw. | 8/31/2014 | In stock | US $45.00 |
|  | HOLZWARTH PUBLICATIONS
ISBN 9783935567275
Hardcover, 8.75 x 10.75 in. / 226 pgs / 248 color. | 3/1/2006 | In stock | US $45.00 |
|  | SPECTOR BOOKS
ISBN 9783959052450
Pbk, 6 x 7.75 in. / 592 pgs / 800 bw. | 5/21/2019 | In stock | US $30.00 |
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ISBN 9780692166789
Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 236 pgs / 60 color / 20 bw. | 1/22/2019 | In stock | US $25.00 |
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ISBN 9783865608802
Pbk, 6 x 8.5 in. / 180 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 6/30/2011 | In stock | US $19.95 |
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ISBN 9783863356279
Pbk, 6.75 x 9 in. / 246 pgs / 36 bw. | 4/28/2015 | In stock | US $30.00 |
|  | SPECTOR BOOKS
ISBN 9783959052948
Pbk, 5.5 x 8 in. / 164 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 8/20/2019 | In stock | US $25.00 |
|  | THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK
ISBN 9781633451025
Hbk, 9.5 x 9.5 in. / 112 pgs / 111 color. | 9/29/2020 | In stock | US $45.00 |
|  | HAUSER & WIRTH PUBLISHERS
ISBN 9783906915517
Slip, hbk, 2 vols, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 252 pgs. / 167 color. | 12/14/2021 | In stock | US $125.00 |
|  | ACTES SUD
ISBN 9782330124076
Flexi, 7.75 x 9 in. / 182 pgs / 161 color. | 3/3/2020 | In stock | US $39.95 |
|  | UCCA/KOENIG BOOKS
ISBN 9783863356224
Pbk, 6.75 x 9 in. / 256 pgs / 51 color. | 4/28/2015 | In stock | US $30.00 |
|  | THE SONG CAVE/MERCE CUNNINGHAM TRUST
ISBN 9780998829074
Pbk, 6 x 9.25 in. / 188 pgs / 16 color / 160 bw. | 6/18/2019 | In stock | US $25.00 |
|  | LARS MüLLER PUBLISHERS
ISBN 9783037785911
Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 392 pgs / 392 bw. | 8/20/2019 | In stock | US $40.00 |
|  | INVENTORY PRESS
ISBN 9781941753347
Pbk, 8.5 x 10.25 in. / 496 pgs / 3000 color. | 8/11/2020 | In stock | US $45.00 |
|  | SCHAULAGER, LAURENZ FOUNDATION/BADLANDS UNLIMITED
ISBN 9783952397152
Clth, 7.75 x 10.75 in. / 1082 pgs / 1010 color. | 7/31/2014 | In stock | US $252.00 |
|  | D.A.P./NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
ISBN 9781942884576
Pbk, 8.5 x 7 in. / 96 pgs / 76 color. | 6/2/2020 | In stock | US $14.95 |
|  | STEIDL
ISBN 9783958293069
Hbk, 8.25 x 11.75 in. / 120 pgs / 4 color / 75 bw. | 11/10/2020 | In stock | US $30.00 |
|  | STEIDL
ISBN 9783869306605
Hbk, 5.75 x 11.25 in. / 83 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 12/15/2013 | In stock | US $35.00 |
|  | STEIDL
ISBN 9783865215864
Hardback, 5.5 x 7.75 in. / 40 pgs / 36 tritone. | 4/1/2008 | In stock | US $20.00 |
|  | PRIMARY INFORMATION/PRINTED MATTER, INC.
ISBN 9781732098664
Pbk, 8 x 8 in. / 36 pgs / 16 color / 16 bw. | 9/17/2019 | In stock | US $16.00 |
|  | INVENTORY PRESS & RITE EDITIONS
ISBN 9781941753248
Pbk, 10.25 x 10.25 in. / 252 pgs / 300 color. | 8/20/2019 | In stock | US $55.00 |
|  | D.A.P./SFMOMA
ISBN 9781942884552
Hbk, 8.25 x 11.75 in. / 256 pgs / 485 color. | 4/21/2020 | In stock | US $50.00 |
|  | GRANARY BOOKS
ISBN 9781887123693
Paperback, 6 x 9 in. / 378 pgs / 200 bw. | 11/2/2004 | In stock | US $29.95 |
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| Artist's Books Library Out of Print Titles | UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE/LOST LITERATURE SERIES
ISBN 9781933254203
Paperback, 8.5 x 11 in. / 650 pgs / 40 bw. | 10/15/2006 | Not available | US $45.00 |
|  | UCCA/KOENIG BOOKS
ISBN 9783863356255
Pbk, 6.75 x 9 in. / 28 pgs / 18 color. | 4/28/2015 | Not available | US $30.00 |
|  | WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
ISBN 9788896501795
Pbk, 6.75 x 9 in. / 128 pgs / 111 color / 4 bw. | 3/31/2012 | Not available | US $35.00 |
|  | JRP|RINGIER
ISBN 9783037640647
Spiralbound, 8.75 x 11.25 in. / 192 pgs / 105 color / 60 bw. | 1/31/2010 | Not available | US $59.00 |
|  | SIGLIO
ISBN 9780979956287
Pbk, 7 x 7 in. / 44 pgs / 16 bw. | 4/30/2012 | Not available | US $24.95 |
|  | PRIMARY INFORMATION
ISBN 9780985136437
Pbk, 6.25 x 9.25 in. / 342 pgs / 316 bw. | 2/28/2014 | Not available | US $28.00 |
|  | EVIL TWIN PUBLICATIONS
ISBN 9780976335559
Slip Hbk, 5 vols., 5.25 x 7 in. / 130 pgs / 75 color / 75 bw / ltd ed of 300. | 1/15/2012 | Not available | US $65.00 |
|  | D.A.P./DISTRIBUTED ART PUBLISHERS
ISBN 9781891024658
Clothbound, 8.25 x 11 in. / 368 pgs / 150 color / 46 bw. | 3/2/2003 | Not available | US $55.00 |
|  | JRP|RINGIER
ISBN 9783905770940
Boxed, 32 volumes, 7 x 10.5 in. / 480 pgs / 32 color / 480 bw. | 3/1/2008 | Not available | US $135.00 |
|  | 6 DECADES BOOKS
ISBN 9780982969403
Pbk, 5.5 x 7 in. / 104 pgs. | 1/31/2011 | Not available | US $20.00 |
|  | EDIZIONI PERIFERIA
ISBN 9783907474778
Pbk, 4.5 x 8 in. / 280 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 3/31/2010 | Not available | US $19.00 |
|  | GRANARY BOOKS
ISBN 9781887123792
Hbk, 7 x 5.25 in. / 122 pgs / 112 color / 10 bw. | 1/31/2011 | Not available | US $20.00 |
|  | ONESTAR PRESS
ISBN 9782915359305
Pbk, 6 x 8 in. / 224 pgs / 224 color. | 12/31/2009 | Not available | US $40.00 |
|  | EVIL TWIN PUBLICATIONS
ISBN 9780976335511
Clth, 8.5 x 8.5 in. / 380 pgs / 800 color / 90 bw. Limited edition of 500 copie | 7/31/2009 | Not available | US $150.00 |
|  | WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
ISBN 9783865602336
Hardcover, 9.75 x 12.50 in. / 240 pgs. | 3/1/2008 | Not available | US $299.00 |
|  | WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
ISBN 9783865608192
Hbk, 10.25 x 12.5 in. / 116 pgs / illustrated / limited edition of 800 copies. | 3/31/2011 | Not available | US $200.00 |
|  | WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
ISBN 9783863352684
Hbk, 7.5 x 4.75 in. / 192 pgs / 86 color / Ed of 2,000 signed. | 9/30/2013 | Not available | US $95.00 |
|  | GRANARY BOOKS
ISBN 9781887123563
Paperback, 7 x 10 in. / 48 pgs / 40 color. | 5/2/2002 | Not available | US $24.95 |
|  | WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
ISBN 9783865606587
Pbk, 4.25 x 6.5 in. / 265 pgs / 800 bw. | 3/31/2010 | Not available | US $19.95 |
|  | JRP|RINGIER/CHRISTOPH KELLER EDITIONS
ISBN 9783905770179
Hardcover, 5 x 7.5 in. / 304 pgs. | 7/1/2007 | Not available | US $45.00 |
|  | KERBER
ISBN 9783866783720
Slip Clth, 9 x 12 in. / 552 pgs / 725 color. | 2/28/2011 | Not available | US $175.00 |
|  | JRP|RINGIER
ISBN 9783037640852
Slip Hbk, 8.75 x 12.25 in. / 504 pgs / 300 color. | 3/31/2010 | Not available | US $90.00 |
|  | JRP|RINGIER
ISBN 9783037640753
Pbk, 6 x 8.25 in. / 344 pgs / 70 color / 115 bw. | 3/31/2010 | Not available | US $55.00 |
|  | ASPEN ART PRESS
ISBN 9780934324458
Flexi, 4.25 x 5.75 in. / 1,496 pgs. | 11/30/2009 | Not available | US $15.00 |
|  | ONESTAR PRESS
ISBN 9782915359312
Paperback, 5.5 x 9 in. / 160 pgs / 1 color. | 3/1/2008 | Not available | US $45.00 |
|  | CANDELA BOOKS
ISBN 9780984573943
Hbk, 8.5 x 10.5 in. / 96 pgs / 54 color. | 12/31/2014 | Not available | US $55.00 |
|  | GRANARY BOOKS
ISBN 9781887123716
Paperback, 7 x 10 in. / 350 pgs / 20 color / 95 bw. | 7/15/2005 | Not available | US $39.95 |
|  | WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
ISBN 9783865607003
Pbk, 8 x 10 in. / 142 pgs / 100 color. | 2/28/2010 | Not available | US $49.95 |
|  | JRP|RINGIER
ISBN 9783905701456
Other, 6 x 8.5 in. / 196 pgs / 120 color. | 8/15/2006 | Not available | US $38.00 |
|  | WALTHER KöNIG, KöLN
ISBN 9783865602466
Paperback, 8.25 x 8.25 in. / 64 pgs / 25 bw. | 1/15/2008 | Not available | US $16.00 |
|  | GRANARY BOOKS/CORACLE
ISBN 9781887123686
Clothbound, 9 x 8.5 in. / 48 pgs / 50 bw. | 11/2/2004 | Not available | US $35.00 |
|  | HATJE CANTZ
ISBN 9783775728331
Hbk, 6 x 9 in. / 332 pgs / 272 color. | 8/31/2011 | Not available | US $45.00 |
|  | JRP|RINGIER/VANCOUVER SPECIAL SERIES
ISBN 9783905770025
Hardcover, 9.5 x 11.75 in. / 172 pgs / 40 color / 15 bw / with CD. | 3/1/2007 | Not available | US $39.00 |
|  | NIEVES
ISBN 9783905999563
Slip, Pbk, 4 vols, 9 x 10 in. / 72 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 1/27/2015 | Not available | US $60.00 |
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ISBN 9780982074787
Pbk, 5.5 x 7 in. / 454 pgs. | 7/31/2010 | Not available | US $25.00 |
|  | EDIZIONI CORRAINI
ISBN 9788890345920
Pbk, 6.25 x 7.5 in. / 144 pgs / 105 color / 150 bw. | 2/28/2010 | Not available | US $40.00 |
|  | GRANARY BOOKS
ISBN 9781887123754
Paperback, 5.5 x 8.5 in. / 176 pgs / 72 color / 24 bw. | 6/1/2007 | Not available | US $25.00 |
|  | ACTES SUD
ISBN 9782330019808
Clth, 4 x 7.5 in. / 72 pgs / 22 color. | 9/30/2013 | Not available | US $25.00 |
|  | VIOLETTE EDITIONS
ISBN 9781900828284
Hbk, 5.5 x 7.5 in. / 296 pgs / 85 color / 373 bw. | 11/30/2013 | Not available | US $39.95 |
|  | RGAP
ISBN 9780956902450
Pbk, 6.75 x 9 in. / 206 pgs / 26 color / 54 bw / 2 duotone. | 2/28/2014 | Not available | US $29.95 |
|  | BLIND PONY BOOKS
ISBN 9780979972607
Paperback, 5.5 x 6.5 in. / 217 pgs / 25 color / 1 bw. | 3/1/2008 | Not available | US $30.00 |
|  | FOURTHWALL BOOKS
ISBN 9780992226312
Clth, 8 x 11 in. / 800 pgs / 800 color. | 10/31/2014 | Not available | US $85.00 |
|  | CHARTA/WUNTERNAUM PRESS
ISBN 9788881587551
Clth 5.5 x 5.5 in. / 252 pgs. | 1/31/2010 | Not available | US $39.95 |
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