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Suhail Academy Lahore, 2011. Thick hardcover, with jacket. LVII, 890 pp. Some insignificant shelfwear and wear to outer edges else clean and overall a very good copy. Heavy and extra shipping will apply. Islamic Spirituality - Classical, Early & Medieval Works on Islamic Mysticism (Sufism): Ibn al-Farid or Ibn Farid; (1181 – 1234) was an Arab poet. His name is Arabic for "son of the obligator" (the one who divides the inheritance between the inheritors), as his father was well regarded for his work in the legal sphere. He was born in Cairo to parents from Hama in modern Syria, lived for some time in Mecca, and died in Cairo. His poetry is entirely Sufic and he was esteemed as the greatest mystic poet of the Arabs. Some of his poems are said to have been written in ecstasies. The poetry of Shaykh Umar Ibn al-Farid is considered by many to be the pinnacle of Arabic mystical verse, though surprisingly he is not widely known in the West. (Rumi, probably the best known in the West of the great Sufi poets, wrote primarily in Persian, not Arabic.) Ibn al-Farid's two masterpieces are The Wine Ode, a beautiful meditation on the "wine" of divine bliss, and "The Poem of the Sufi Way", a profound exploration of spiritual experience along the Sufi Path and perhaps the longest mystical poem composed in Arabic. Both poems have inspired in-depth spiritual commentaries throughout the centuries, and they are still reverently memorized by Sufis and other devout Muslims today.Publishers note: "His prose and poetry reflect his profound knowledge of the intellectual heritage of mankind. His understanding of traditional symbolism hardly finds a parallel in our times. His being multi-lingual gives him direct access to the repositories of knowledge. His understanding of world spirituality deepens his own spiritual experience. Farid is one of the outstanding masterpieces of Saraiki mystical poetry and belongs to the rich and illustrious tradition of wisdom poetry, or contemplative poetry in the Islamic civilization. It reaches heights of poetic excellence. It has expanded the Kafi genre in both its vertical and horizontal dimensions. It has revealed the essence of poetry which is a passionate openness on to the Transcendent, a passion intimately linked with knowledge participating in Truth, Beauty and Love. Understanding arid is a sequel to Dr. Shahzad Qaiser’s earlier work of translating Khawaja Ghulam Farid whose original text and translations have been kept. The verses of the Diwan, in the current work, have been explained for fostering a plain understanding of the doctrines, without going deep into the technicalities of metaphysics and its realisation, to facilitate an understanding of Khawaja Ghulam Farid’s experience of ‘love and gnosis’ and thereby his attainment of ‘deliverance and union’ within the traditional matrix.".

Omnibus Press 2015. Publishers hardcover, w jacket. VIII, 327 pp. With illustrations. Fine clean, unread copy. First edition, hardcover. "Ultimately, Dream Baby Dream is a book about history, and a vital one given its subject. Suicide paved the way for so much, from punk to no wave to industrial, but are cited more often as an influence than an important band in their own right. How they survived through all the upheaval of New York over the past half-century, and how their music stayed so bracingly unique, had to be documented permanently. Needs has thus done a service, and in the process told a tale that anyone interested in unbreakable artistic dedication will find fascinating."

Institute for Research in Art, Tampa and Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana, 2003. (8th Havana Bienal). 4to in wraps as issued, jacket protected. 142 pages, illustrated in colour. Text in English and Spanish. Light wear to spine of jacket (see photo) else fine copy. 1st ed.

London: Kingfisher Books, 1984. Large oversized heavy book in the original decorated cloth in protected dustjacket (hardcover). 267 pages, color illustrated. Text in English. Some foxing to topedge and light wear to jacket (see photo). Overall a clean and very good attractive copy. First edition thus. Christines Picture Book is a beautifully bound scrapbook of 122 leaves, originally dating from 1859 meant as gift and not for publication. On the right-hand pages and some of the left-hand ones, more than 1,000 pictures of widely varying kinds have been pasted in, most of them printed in colour or hand-coloured. In many instances, amusing little hand-written captions or verses have been added. It was compiled by Hans Christian Andersen and his friend, a Danish magistrate named Adolph Drewsen, who is named on the first sheet as being Christine's grandfather. The occasion was her third birthday, 30 October 1859. Christine was the great-grandchild of Jonas Collin, a civil servant who had been of great support to the young Hans Christian Andersen, and to whose family Andersen became closely attached. Its 122 pages contain over 1,000 pasted-in pictures plus a few paper cuts, an art form at which Andersen was adept. The images were collected from all kinds of European publications, and the result offers a unique pictorial snapshot of European culture of the 1850s.

New York: The Merchants' Association of New York - Colton, G.W. & C.B. 1897. Tiny 16mo pocket booklet with folded map printed on both sides. 15 x 17 inches (38.1 x 43.2 cm. ). More photos available upon request. A late Colton pocket map that covers Manhattan to 109th Street, with parts of Long Island City, Brooklyn and New Jersey. This marketing map was provided compliments of "The Merchants' Association of New York." The very large inset at right "Plan of the Northern Portion of the City of New York" extends the main map up to Yonkers on a larger scale. The focus of the map is the extensive street transportation systems which are highlighted in red overprinting. Different line styles are used to delineate the Broadway Cable R.R., Surface Railroads, Elevated Railroads, and Steam Railroads. Railway stations are identified. The Brooklyn Bridge is clearly shown as "Suspension Bridge," the East River bridge is "under construction" and there is a "Proposed N.Y. & N.J. Bridge" aligned with West 59th Street. Stretching across Blackwell's Island is another bridge. On the verso is a same sized map "Map of New York City ("Greater New York")." Folds into printed wrappers (3.5 x 5.5"), titled "Guide Map of New York City issued by The Merchants' Association of New York." On the inside and back cover is a long list of hotels with addresses and rates (The Waldorf is $3 per night) and the names of 19 of New York's leading daily newspapers. With several fold splits and a smalltear to right margin (Rikers Island) but overall well preserved and the colors are not faded. A beautiful very decorative map of New York. Scarce.

Copenhagen: Kunsthal Charlottenborg, 2008. 4to in wraps as issued. 300 pages. Text in both Danish and English. Near fine copy. First edition. - "‘Action’ because both artists worked with actions, performances and works that in various ways encouraged active participation from the viewer. ‘Remains’ because what is left are the remains of these projects, performances and actions, but also because both of them employed the debris of the everyday in their production. Al Hansen and Arthur Køpcke shared era, colleagues and zeitgeist. They brought international currents to Denmark at a time when the Danish art scene felt far removed from the metropolises in Europe and the US, both physically and mentally. Both artists had an unpretentious and casual relationship with the audience, encouraging active participation – and thus helped create the bedrock of our contemporary art’s cross-medial works as well as interventions, performances and social design. An American, Al Hansen (1927-1995) primarily worked in New York but being an inveterate nomad he spent long periods of time in Denmark, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. A seminal figure in the Fluxus network, he if any dissolved the boundaries between the life he led and the art he created. Hansen was Fluxus – always on the move and always with the materials for his works at hand. His works are a humorous and intelligent conglomerate of neo-Dada, Fluxus and pop art. Arthur Køpcke (1928 – 1977) was German, married a Dane and settled in Copenhagen. For half a decade, until 1963, he ran Galerie Køpcke in the city which, nourished by his radical innovation and driving force – became the centre of European avant-garde. Here came Robert Filliou, Diter Rot, Jean Tinguely, Daniel Spoerri, Piero Manzoni and others, and from the domestic art scene Albert Mertz, Gunnar Aagaard Andersen, Preben Hornung and others. An impressive array of exhibitions was presented at Galerie Køpcke but it was also a significant stomping ground for an alternative art practice that bloomed on the Fluxus scene in Copenhagen as well as abroad. The Al Hansen exhibition is concentrated on the works he ‘left’ in Denmark, supplemented by works from two pivotal collections in New York and Berlin. Curator is Maria Gadegaard, Kunsthal Charlottenborg. The Arthur Køpcke exhibition is the most comprehensive one of its kind to date, comprising works from more than forty collectors and six institutions in Denmark and Germany. Curators are artist Claus Carstensen and Helle Bøgelund, Kunsthal Charlottenborg. The bilingual catalogue has been produced for the exhibition, containing 300 pages with colour photographs of all the exhibited works, texts on the artists and their time as well as a list of works and CV’s. The writers are Helle Bøgelund, Maria Gadegaard, Simon Anderson, Morten Søndergaard, Claus Carstensen and Marianne Bech. The photographs are taken by Anders Sune Berg, and the graphic design is by Rasmus Koch Studio".

Thames & Hudson, 2010. Large thick and heavy 8vo hardcover, no jacket as issued. 1020, LXII pp. Illustrated richly. One barely visible small dent to lower back edge (see photo) else a very good and clean copy with only minor edgewear. First edition. - extensive volume documenting more than 700 works produced over twenty years, selected by the artist himself. A"lways in search of the essential nature of things, Creed uses the simplest materials to create a world in which reality appears transformed by conceptual rules, as well as by the unexpected breaking of those rules. His work is simultaneously subtle and spectacular, austere and playful whether it be a sheet of paper crumpled into a ball, a protrusion from the wall, a door opening and closing, the lights going on and off, or a soundtrack inside a moving lift. The book features a foreword by the artist and accompanying texts by Germaine Greer, Darian Leader, ColmTóibín and others, supplemented by an exhibition history, bibliography and biography" - HEAVY BOOK EXTRA POSTAGE MIGHT BE REQUIRED.

Seventeen Magazine, 1954. Large magazine format in original wrappers. 192 pages. Complete magazine. Some edgewear, overall a good to very good copy. A rare original vintage Seventeen Magazin. This issue with a special on Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

ATypI - Graphis, 2002. Tall slim 4to hardcover with jacket. X, 374 pages. Fine clean copy. 1. ed.

Yale University Press, 2007. Large oversized and heavy hardcover with dustjacket, now protected. 183 pages, with 58 colour and 7 b/w illustrations. Fine copy. 1st edition. - "A stunning mid-career retrospective of an important and influential contemporary Afro-Cuban artist With a diverse oeuvre ranging from painting to mixed-media installations to performance, video, and photography, María Magdalena Campos-Pons is one of the most significant artists to emerge from post-Revolutionary Cuba. Her evocative works probe questions of race, class, cultural hybridism, and national identities in African diasporic communities. María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Everything Is Separated by Water is the first full-scale survey of the artists career. The title, borrowed from one of her works, evokes at once the dangerous sea crossings faced by her enslaved ancestors from Africa and her Cuban contemporaries seeking greater freedom in America, and the sense of dislocation felt when physical and geopolitical barriers divide family and friends, past and future. Lisa D. Freiman considers how Campos-Pons s practice, which is predicated on concepts of separation, memory, and fragmentation, developed and transformed from her artistic training and early production in Cuba in the 1980s through her move to the United States in 1991 and her subsequent recognition as a major figure in the international art world. Okwui Enwezor interprets Campos-Pons expressive materials--reassembled fragments of lost traditions and symbols, and memories of personal and collective history, religion, and mythology--within the context of post-colonial theory".

Stuttgart & London: Gerd Hatje / The Architectural Press, London, 1963. Large 4to hardcover with unclipped jacket. pp. [5] [188] : illustrated in black and white throughout. Jacket rubbed and a hint of foxing to edges and a couple of pages dog-eared, in all still a very good copy.

Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company, 1944. 8vo in original green hardcover with protected dustjacket. 203 pages. Clean, attractive well preserved copy. Hardcover, beautiful wartime copy, First Tower Books Edition (stated) with original dustjacket depicting Dick Powell, from the 1944 film.

Borgen, 1976. 128 pp. Hft. Små brugsspor, pænt eksemplar. Første udgave.

Copenhagen: SMK, Statens Museum for Kunst 2000. 4to in stiff wraps as issued. 231 pages, richly illustrated. Text in English. Fine clean, as new copy. First edition.

København: Forlaget Rhodos, 1971. Lille 8vo hardcover med originalt omslag. 86 pp. Bogen er smukt tilrettelagt af Michael Malling. Fint eksemplar. Første udgave i denne form / First edition thus.

Alfred A. Knopf for Whitney Museum, 1978. Large square hardcover with jacket, now protected. 256 pages, very richly illustrated. Clean solid very good copy. The classic Steinberg monograph by the most important American art critic of the twentieth century: "Harold Rosenberg invites the reader to an in-depth exploration of one of the most fascinating artists of the 20th century. Steinberg's unique style, which fuses image and text, offers a playful yet thought-provoking dialogue that challenges traditional notions of art. With 274 illustrations, including 64 in full color, the book provides a comprehensive overview of his career, from early drawings to the iconic covers of The New Yorker magazine. Rosenberg, a respected art critic and professor of art history, delves into Steinberg's life and work. Through his biographical essay, he highlights key turning points in the artist's life and how these shaped his creative process. Rosenberg also analyzes the graphic techniques and imaginative elements that characterize Steinberg's art, such as personalized furniture and geometric shapes. This gives the reader a deeper understanding of the complex world that Steinberg created. - - One of the most interesting parts of the book is the pictorial journal section, where Steinberg himself has compiled drawings and photographs with his own comments. This provides a personal insight into his life and artistic reflections, allowing the reader to relate to his thoughts on everyday events and deeper philosophical questions. Here Steinberg's unique perspective on creation and memory emerges. - - "Saul Steinberg" is more than an art book; it serves as a tribute to an artist whose work continues to fascinate and inspire. Rosenberg's insights and Steinberg's creative expression make this book a valuable resource for anyone interested in art history. Whether you are an art lover, student, or just curious about the art world, this book offers an opportunity to deepen your understanding and appreciation of Steinberg's significant contributions to art. - - With its combination of richly illustrated material and in-depth analysis, "Saul Steinberg" stands out as an invaluable resource for both beginners and more experienced readers. The book is an invitation to discover and enjoy an artist who has left a lasting mark on art history." - First edition.

Faber and Faber, London, in association with Opal Records Ltd., 1986. Large 4to in wraps as issued. 144 pages, richly illustrated. Text in English. Some scattered ink notes in text, and edgewear (see photos). Overall a good, acceptable copy of this sought after Eno item! First edition. " (...) the lyrics to Eno's songs, each accompanied by an artwork inspired by the song's lyrics by Mills. Most of the lyrics and artworks are accompanied by notes by Eno and Mills on the lyrics and the interpretation of them as used for the artwork. The book is arranged chronologically, with songs arranged according to the album on which they appeared. Each album forms a chapter and is introduced by a commentary by Rick Poynor, these commentaries are largely formed through interviews with Eno. The commentaries cover Eno and Mills's influences, working methods, biography and philosophies, and are illustrated with excerpts from Eno's working notebooks. The chapters – and the albums which they precede – are: The Prepared Observer (Here Come the Warm Jets), The Painted Score (Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)); The Dynamics of the System (Another Green World);The Hidden Intention (Before and After Science); and The Words I Receive (this last chapter accompanies various collaborative songs)." The book was issued concurrently with the compilation albums More Blank than Frank and Desert Island Selection.

Editions du Griffon - Neuchâtel - Suisse, 1971. Portfolio with 10 loose prints as issued (27x27 cm / 11x11 inch each) printed in héliogravure on glossy paper. Printed in 1971. Impressive quality. Included in the catalogue raisonné. One plate with discoloring to paper edges else very good set. 1st edition.

London and Los Angeles Royal Academy in collaboration with The Broad 2017. Large ocversized extra heavy square 4to hardcover with pasted on illustration to front. 264 pages, profusedly illustrated, mainly in color. Fine clean copy. 1st edition.

Los Angeles, USA: The Guild Of Tutors Press, 1978. 4to in the original illustrated wraps, as issued. 120 pages. Text in English, with many black and white photographs by Magubane. Tanning to spine and minor wear to cover. Overall a very good tight copy of tis extremely rare publication. First edition, 1st printing. Poetry written by Zindzi Mandela, daughter of Nelson, inspired by the awful conditions endured by the inhabitants of apartheid-era South Africa's shanty towns. Accompanied by the stark black-and-white photos by Peter Magubane, whose career began at a time when, as a black person, he could be arrested simply for carrying a camera in public. With a foreword by American civil rights activist and politician Andrew Young, and rear cover praise from Kenneth Rexroth.

Copenhagen: Nikolaj 2010. Tall 8vo in original wraps as issued. 160 pp. Richly illustrated. Light wear to cover. 1. ed. "This book presents a series of original queer theoretical and artistic contributions relating the archive and writing of history to gender and sexuality. What gets forgotten in history writing, what has been forgotten in archives, and what is excluded from cultural canons? The book investigates how experiences and histories not shared and lived by the majority are remembered and told in an alternative language. The book contains 4 essays and the works of 13 contemporary artists. In the article "Lost and Found: Queerying the Archive" the curators Jane Rowley and Louise Wolthers discuss the challenge posed to traditional archives and history writing by analysing the works of 13 contemporary artists represented in the book and eponymous exhibition. Analysing the strategies of speculation, flirtation and confrontation, art historian Mathias Danbolt then maps the role of the archive in the text "Touching History: Archival Relations in Queer Art and Theory". In her text "Photographing Objects: Art as Queer Archival Practice", the American cultural theorist Ann Cvetkovich discusses the role of art as an 'archive of feelings' based on the artists Tammy Rae Carland and Zoe Leonard. And in "The Art of Losing" the American literary theorist Heather Love emphasises the importance of the inclusion of loss, pain, isolation and loneliness in queer history writing -- experiences so often excluded from mainstream narratives of homosexual liberation. Beautifully bound in two sections, the book also presents works by the artists Elmgreen & Dragset (DK/NO), Tejal SHah (IN), Conny Karlsson (SE), Cecilia Barriga (CHI), Flemming Rolighed (DK), Aleesa Cohene (CA), Mary Coble (US), Kimberley Austin (US), Al Masson (DK/FR), Heidi LUnabba (FI) and Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay (CA). The publication is interspersed with excerpts from I Remember (1970) by the American poet Joe Brainard. Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name curated by Jane Rowley and Louise Wolthers at Nikolaj Copenhagen Center of Contemporary Art in Copenhagen and Bildmuseet in Umeaa, Sweden."

Copenhagen: Charlottenborg, 1956. 4to in original spiral wraps. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout with tipped-in reproductions in black and white. Fine clean and well preserved copy. 1st edition. Outstanding book design by Aagaard Andersen with Ib Geertsen and Ole Schwalbe.

Uppsala, 1993. Large 8vo in slightly worn wraps. 263 pp. Illustrated. Inside clean and overall a very good copy from a private collection. First edition (Diss.). Presentation copy.

Kehrer Verlag, 2014. 8vo in softcover. 271 pages. Light edgewear else fine. The first book to explore the history of the Swedish electronic music studio EMS. Studio EMS was established in 1964 with the intent to create an international center for research in sound and sound perception, and to build one of the world's most advanced hybrid studios. The principal creators of the studio were rooted in Swedish modernism, and had the EMS-project shaped in accordance to the social democratic cultural policy of the time. This enabled the project to achieve continuous financial support, e.g., to purchase computers in 1969. Today EMS holds events and owns six studios and a library archive with a unique collection of books on electroacoustic music and sound art. The book includes a CD with diverse samples from EMS productions.

Semiotext(e), USA, 2007 (1980). Tall hardcover in super octavo, illus heavy boards, yellow & lettering to spine, xvi + 300pp + unpaginated graphic novella to rear. Illustrated. Initials to free front endpaper, else clean and very good copy of this very hard to find publication. Semiotext(e) foreign Agents Series 1. Re-issue of the legendary examination of the Marxist Autonomism movement that emerged in Italy in the 1960s, "the only first-hand document and contemporaneous analysis that exists of the most innovative post-'68 radical movement in the West." Contributors include Toni Negri, Mario Tronti, Paolo Virno, Guy Debord, Felix Guattari, Gilles Deleuze etc.