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Rep-Hair-Ation, Signed Limited Edition
Rep-Hair-Ation, Signed Limited Edition
by Diane Jacobs
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No Place Portland: Scantron Press (2007). 51 x 38 cm. An artist's book from esteemed Portland artist Diane Jacobs. A portfolio of 15 prints using a wide array of printing and imaging techniques including etching four-color reduction linoleum cut... (read more)

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Simple Harmonic Motions Signed Limited Edition
Simple Harmonic Motions Signed Limited Edition
by Inge Bruggeman and Hank Lazer
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Portland: Ink-A! Press 2001. 19x26cm. Unpaginated. Limited edition number 46 of 50 copies signed by Inge Bruggeman and Hank Lazer below the limitation statement which is printed on the front paste down. Original brown cloth portfolio case with a printed... (read more)

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Cafe Man Ray: Boxed Limited Edition
Cafe Man Ray: Boxed Limited Edition
by G. Ray Hawkins Gallery
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Los Angeles: G. Ray Hawkins Gallery 1985. Exhibition catalogue limited to 403 produced. Signed by the publisher and Juliet Man Ray. Objects: Dada Manifesto Colophon Sealed Object of Appreciation The Unfolding Interview Letter from Timothy Baum Les Objets... (read more)

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The Fall of Jerusalem Signed Edition
The Fall of Jerusalem Signed Edition
by Hermann Nitsch
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London: Atlas Press, 1997. Quarto, 21.5 x 23.5 cm, 235pp. Limited numbered edition; #45 of 300, signed by the author on the limitation page. Softcover with illustrated paper label affixed to the front panel; matching slipcase. An original signed artwork... (read more)

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A Study of Blue, Signed Limited Edition
A Study of Blue, Signed Limited Edition
by Inge Bruggeman
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No Place: No Publisher Ink-A! Press 2002. 36 x 29 cm. An artist's book from Inge Bruggeman. A blue velveteen clamshell case portfolio lid stamped in dark red containing 4 prints along with a title leaf and a signed colophon leaf. Sold as new. CGH... (read more)

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Portrait #2: Trojan, Signed Limited Edition
Portrait #2: Trojan, Signed Limited Edition
by Vanessa Renwick
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Portland: Inge Bruggeman (2006). Oblong folio 35 x 56 cm. Unpaginated. Limited edition number 5 of 10 copies signed by Vanessa Renwick on the colophon page. Original beige cloth over boards with a block print and a title label mounted on the front board.... (read more)

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Winter Count: A Forty Year Calendar
Winter Count: A Forty Year Calendar
by Anne Greenwood
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Portland: Published by artist 2008. 23 x 25.5cm. Limited edition number 16 of 25 copies signed by the artist. Forty-one prints and five text pages housed in a rust linen clamshell case portfolio. The embroideries were printed from hand-processed... (read more)

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Alphabet Tricks, Signed Limited Edition
Alphabet Tricks, Signed Limited Edition
by Diane Jacobs
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No Place Portland: Scantron Press (2000). 9 x 10 cm. A double-sided accordion-style artist's book from esteemed Portland artist Diane Jacobs. Black cloth-covered boards with a magnified printed inlay on the front board. Contains 15 stitched pocket pages... (read more)

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Felt Like the Hurt Was a Common Step, Signed Limited Edition
Felt Like the Hurt Was a Common Step, Signed Limited Edition
by Joseph Lappie
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Portland: Peptic Robot Press 2004. #4 of an edition of 15 accordian style folding book of six captioned black & white line etchings with aquatint. Ivory cloth over boards stamped in brown captions stamped in blind signed in pencil on front board by the... (read more)

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Gymnopaedia: Second Movement, Limited Edition
Gymnopaedia: Second Movement, Limited Edition
by Barbara Tetenbaum
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No Place Madison: No Publisher Triangular Press 1997. 16.5 x 39.5 cm. Unpaginated. Limited edition number 20 of 25 copies signed by the artist below the colophon. An artist's book bound in patterned paper over boards backed in cloth with a printed paper... (read more)

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Melody III Book II
Melody III Book II
by Jon Gibson
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New York City: Printed Matter Inc. 1997. Oblong quarto 20.3 x 22.7cm. Unpaginated. Accordion binding with black and white illustrations. Light rubbing and soiling. ISBN 0-89439-003-1. Very Good... (read more)

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The Hairy Times
The Hairy Times
by Diane Jacobs
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No Place Portland: Self-Published 2005. Approximately 40 x 35 cm. A one-of-a-kind artist's book from esteemed Portland book artist Diane Jacobs. A newspaper composed of handmade paper made from shredded New York Times and Los Angeles Times papers... (read more)

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The Black Hole, Signed Limited Edition
The Black Hole, Signed Limited Edition
by Diane Jacobs
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No Place Portland: Scantron Press (2003). 5 x 7.5 cm. An accordion-style artist's book composed of wooden boards handmade paper and a human hairball. One of the boards has been burned with the image of a hairball; the text has been letterpress printed... (read more)

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The Idiot: Penguin Classics Limited Edition
The Idiot: Penguin Classics Limited Edition
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Ron Arad
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London: Penguin Books (2006). 15x25cm. Limited edition one of 1000 numbered copies. Published in conjunction with Penguin Classics' 60th anniversary this book was designed by artist Ron Arad. It is without a case prelims or title page; the stitching has... (read more)

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Paper Towers, Signed Limited Edition
Paper Towers, Signed Limited Edition
by Kadya Molodowsky and Sarah Horowitz
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Portland: Wiesedruck 2005. 28 x 30 cm. Original grey paper over flexible boards with a gilt-stamped leather spine label. Patterned endpapers. Housed in the original cloth-covered Solander box with a matching spine label. Contains 5 poems by Kadya... (read more)

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How It Ends A Short Story
How It Ends A Short Story
by Maria Caruso
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Portland: Tiger Food Press / Epithet Press 2004. #10 of 50with eight wood cut illustrations handset type German case cloth binding. Text is printed in warm dark grey on cream paper. Wood cut illustrations are printed in a lighter warm grey except for two... (read more)

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Lady Chatterley's Lover: Penguin Designer Classics, Limited Edition
Lady Chatterley's Lover: Penguin Designer Classics, Limited Edition
by D.H. Lawrence and Paul Smith
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London: Penguin 2006. Octavo 16 x 24 cm. 363pp. Limited edition one of 1000 numbered copies. Full purple cloth in an embroidered silk dust jacket. Ribbon marker sewn in. Housed in the original plexiglas slipcase. Designed by esteemed British fashion... (read more)

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El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz: A New Story Beginning, Signed Limited Edition
El-Hajj Malik El Shabazz: A New Story Beginning, Signed Limited Edition
by Inge Bruggeman and John Edgar Wideman and Leonardo Nunez
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No Place Tuscaloosa: Inka Press (1992). 14 x 19 cm. An artist's book printed designed and bound by Inge Bruggeman of Ink-A! Press. Original sewn black wrappers with a printed paper title label and a red X cutout design at the front and rear of the book... (read more)

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Separated at Birth, Signed Limited Edition
Separated at Birth, Signed Limited Edition
by Mare Blocker and Chris Stern
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No place: The M Kimberly Press 1989. 17x24cm. Limited edition number 25 of 35 copies signed by Mare Blocker and Chris Stern on the colophon page; an early work by one of today's premier book artists. Original tan linen over boards front board titled in... (read more)

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Alpha Botanica, Signed Limited Edition
Alpha Botanica, Signed Limited Edition
by Sarah Horowitz
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Portland: Wiesedruck (2007). 12.5 x 13 cm. Limited edition number 13 of 45 copies signed by the artist. Original black leather decorated in gilt. An alphabet book inspired by the 2005 artist's book Paper Towers which combines Kadya Molodowsky's poetry... (read more)

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