berkeley ca the codex foundation (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 8vo. Hard cover. 520 pp. Very good. Color plates. **Additional shipping costs may apply**.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine / Very Good Plus. Folio, 12.25 in. x 9.25 in., pp. 441, [3]. Richly illustrated with 735 color images. Black cloth boards with white title to front and spine. Light rubbing to dustjacket edges. Protected in mylar. From the front flap: Book Art Object is a record of the first biennial Codex Book Fair and Symposium: "The Fate of the Art," Berkeley, California, 2007. The event showcased contemporary artist books and fine press and fine art editions produced by some of the world's most esteemed printers, designers, book artists, and artisans. The foreword is written by Peter Rutledge Koch, and David Jury provides an introduction to the subject. Transcripts of the symposium lectures are included: *Sarah Bodman, Research Fellow, Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol: "The hybrid lexicon: an overview of contemporary artists publishing in the UK" *Robert Bringhurst, poet, translator, and typographer: "Spiritual geometry: the book as a work of art" *Felipe Ehrenberg, artist, Mexican Diplomat, former publisher of the Beau Geste Press, London: "Cutting and pasting: metaphor of life" *Dr Stefan Soltek, Director of the Klingspor Museum, Offenbach, Germany: "Recto verso: aspects of contemporary German book art".

Softcover. Zustand: Fine in like Slipcase. Six separate staplebound pamphlets (each 7 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.) housed in a card slipcase, containing Numbers 1 through 6 in the CODE (X) + 1 Monographic Series of feuilletons, deliberations and Provocations. Monograph One: Bringhurst, Robert: "Why There Are Pages and Why They Must Turn"; Monograph Two: Koch, Peter Rutledge: "ART: definition five (and other writings)" Monograph Three: Loney, Alan: Each New Book Monograph Four: Stoltz, Ulrike & Uta Schneider: "(usus), typography and artists' books (and stars number the pages) Monograph Five: Marek, Russell: "Visionaries and Fanatics: Type Design and The Private Press" Monograph Six: Mutel, Didier: "Acide Brut Manifesto".