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Published by Gefn Press/ Janus Press, West Burke, Vt., 1990
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
No Binding. Condition: Fine. Single thick sheet of paper with brown duotone images, 8 1/2 by 4 inches, printed in black. A fine copy.
Published by Gefn Press, 1988
Seller: Basin Book Trader, Klamath Falls, OR, U.S.A.
Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed "For Carol". Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by Gefn Press, 1988
Seller: Orca Knowledge Systems, Inc., Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Relief prints by Susan Johanknecht. Susan Johanknecht is Senior Lecturer and Subject Leader of the Book Arts specialism, MA Visual Arts, at Camberwell College of Arts. . Her work focuses on the development and production of artistsâ books under the imprint of Gefn Press. Paper wrapper around the book. 20pp.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. Hes got a gun! by David Thome acts as a photographic roster of everyday objects that the police have mistaken for deadly weapons along with the name of the man shot down for possessing them. These objects, including a broom, telephone, I.D., and key-chain, are pair and printed along side pictures of government leaders, linking police violence with state terror. This book is one part in a twenty volumes series. 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". Very good + condition.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Pbk, 24pp square 12mo, illustr in b+w, lacks title band, gift inscr neatly on title page, otherwise a very good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy of this interesting Gefn Press title.
Published by Gefn Press, London, 2000
ISBN 10: 1902596234ISBN 13: 9781902596235
Seller: 246 Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Book
Paperback. Condition: New. Johanknecht, Susan; Meynell, Katharine (illustrator). Volumes ( of vulnerability ) is the exhibition catalog for the 2000 show at Standpoint gallery in London of artists' books curated by Clive Phillpot. Essay by Phillopot. Artists include Elaine Worth, Claire Van Vliet, David Thorne, Ulrike Stoltz, Gary Stevens, Colin Sackett, Hayley Newman & Casey Orr, Jim Mooney, Katharine Meynell, Johanna Hoffman, Helen Douglas, Stephen Bury, and others. 8 pages, black and white reproduction. Stiff, folded paper. Folded 26 x 15 cm, open 81 x 74 cm. Edition of 1000. New.
Published by Gefn Press, London, 1988
Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Paperback. Condition: Fine. White duodecimo with two inch original paper band printed with title; [24] p, b&w illus; 14 cm. Signed and inscribed by author. Biblical poetry; Christianity. A fine, crisp copy in tight binding. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated).
Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A slight tan to the page edges. Good condition book. Minor Shelfwear.
Published by Gefn Press, Christchurch, 1980
Seller: Archway Books, Mana, New Zealand
Book First Edition Signed
Papered Boards. Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Susan Johanknecht - woodcuts (illustrator). First Edition. 26 cm, [19] pp, woodcut illus, papered boards. Copy 121 of 150 copies signed in pencil by author and illustrator. Very tidy library-cancelled copy which has minimal markings, and has seen little use. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Gefn Press, Newark, Vermont, 1977
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Blue Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Covers trifle marked. One of 60 nubered copies signed by author. The poem's first publication. K. stands for Kafka.
Published by Gefn Press: London, 1999
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Photos, 5.5 x 4.25, spiral-bound pict wraps, unpag, minor cover wear else a nice copy of this scarce artist's book. Everyday objects (phone, remote, keychain, etc) that were mistaken for guns, leaving the handler shot by police. Powerful little book.
Published by Gefn Press, 1988
Seller: Taos Books, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
First Edition
Condition: Used: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good Plus or Near Fine condition, with band, hand sewn binding, beautiful little volume, clean and unmarked, relief prints by Susan Johanknecht.
Published by Gefn Press, (London, 1990
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Signed
Gefn Press (illustrator). 4to. Khadi covered boards with 13 pages which foldout and are joined with gold paper strips. 13 pages. Lomited to 50 numbered copies signed by the author and the printer, Susan Johanknecht (Gefn Press Catalogue Raisonné p.39). A fine copy. Contains three original collagraphs printed in bronze ink by Johanknecht and was set by hand and printed on an Albion by her and Graham Bignell at the New North Press on smerset paper, and bound with Indian handmade papers. Khadi covered boards with 13 pages which foldout and are joined with gold paper strips.
Published by Gefn Press, [London, 1992
Seller: William Reese Company - Literature, ABAA, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
[20]pp. Small quarto (22 x 15 cm). Open-sewn vellum- strip backed archival plastic sheets and sleeves. One of the three threads is broken (but present), otherwise fine. Enclosed in original drafting paper sleeve. First edition. Copy #48 of 150 copies signed by the collaborators. A novel artist's book, involving three screen print images (two translucent white and one red-brown), five encapsulated plastic bags containing hair, wax and other emissions, and four photographic transparencies. The text is in 12 point Times screen printed in red-brown with colophon and 72pt Times Outline title on cover in white.
Published by Gefn Press, London, UK, 1992
Seller: Marcus Campbell Art Books, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Near fine. First Edition. 15 x 22cm 20pp a near fine artists' book which takes the form of clear plastic sheets, secured with thread, the contents involving three screen print images (two translucent white and one red-brown), five encapsulated plastic bags containing hair, wax and other emissions, and four photographic transparencies. Clear sheets secured with thread.
Published by Gefn Press, (Newark, VT), 1977
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Signed
Gefn Press (illustrator). 16mo. cloth, with strip of Chinese tea-chest paper on front cover on fore-edge side. unpaginated. Limited to 75 numbered copies, signed by author and illustrator on colophon (Gefn Press Catalogue Raisonne p.33). There is some oxidation of that, else a near fine copy. The second publication of this press. Wood engravings by Susan Kronfeld. Written as a tribute to artist Gwen John. Silver in binding is Chinese tea-chest paper. cloth, with strip of Chinese tea-chest paper on front cover on fore-edge side.
Published by Newark: Gefn Press,, 1984
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. [26 pp]. Fine in individually collaged covers, four panels all together, bound by a metal strip fastened with two screws. A poem by Luck, with the collages by Susan Johanknecht. Printed by Johanknecht at the Janus Press. One of 150 numbered copies SIGNED by Luck.
Published by Gefn Press, Newark, VT, 1984
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Signed
Gefn Press (illustrator). oblong 32mo. quarter metal, plastic over paper collage, decorated endpapers. unpaginated. Limited to 150 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon (Gefn Press Catalogue Raisonne p.33). Collage covers and endpapers by Susan Johanknecht. quarter metal, plastic over paper collage, decorated endpapers.
Published by Gefn Press / Janus Press, London, 1990
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Signed
paperback. Condition: Fine. Meynell, Katharine and Susan Johanknecht (illustrator). Designed by Susan Johanknecht. Images by Katharine Meynell and Susan Johanknecht. Additional relief printing at the Janus Press where the book was sewn by Linda Wray. One of 150 copies signed by Meynell and Johanknecht. Text includes recipes and writings on food, with black and white textual illustrations and full page brown and white illustrations (one two sides, another folds out to four sides). Textured brown cover (13x9 1/2 inches, 34 x 24 1/2 cm). Wrapped and tied in a miniature white tablecloth (21 x 21 1/2 inches, 54 x 55 cm).Fine condition.
Published by London: Gefn Press,, 1981
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. [42 pp]. Fine in wrappers of lunar-like, textured iridescent paper, housed in a soft denim slipcase. Letterpress text illustrated throughout with collagraphs by Susan Johanknecht. One of 40 numbered copies SIGNED by Meynell and Johanknecht.
Published by Gefn Press of London., London, 1988
Seller: Pages For Sages, Beachwood, OH, U.S.A.
Book Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. collagraphs by Susan Johanknecht (illustrator). Limited Edition. This 23rd copy of a Limited Edition of 40 copies of Mare Fecunditatis: Seas of the Moon, by Katharine Meynell with collagraphs by Susan Johanknecht was published in 1988 by Gefn Press of London. They were printed at the Gefn Press and the Camberwell Press, Department of Graphic Arts, Camberwell School of Art. The book is signed by both Katharine Meynell and Susan Johanknecht. The book, which measures approximately 11 by 10 ¼ inches, is bound in flexible paper wrappers covered with a bubbled/corrugated type of iridescent plastic, with subtle wire stitching along the outer edges of the cover. The book has a total of 42 unnumbered pages, containing deeply textured collagraphs, by Susan Johanknecht, printed on thick paper, and thinner, tissue guard-type leaves with printed lunar surface details. An original dark, denim cloth sleeve in which the book had been inserted is missing. The book is in fine condition. The illustrations accompanying this description provide an overview of the book and its contents. They are: ? The front cover ? The title page, with the first half of the title visible through a tissue guard leaf (2-page spread) ? A typical 2-page spread, with text viewed through a guard sheet and a collagraph on right ? A second 2-page spread, with text viewed through a guard sheet and a collagraph on right ? A 2-page spread showing the inside back cover, on the right, and the colophon information printed on a guard sheet, on the bottom left. Some type from the previous thick paper page can be seen just below the colophon Katharine Meynell is a British video artist, a scholar and an author. Her books include Seas of the Moon, Gefn Press, London 1988, Eat Book, Gefn Press, London & Janus Press, Vermont 1990, Emissions, Book Works, London & Gefn Press, London 1992, Janet! John! Lets go to the toilet!, Gefn Press, London 2000, and It's Inside, Marion Boyars, London and New York 2005. [Wikipedia] Susan Johanknecht's work focuses on the development and production of artists' books under the imprint of Gefn Press. She studied English Literature at the University of Vermont, and Fine Art specialising in printmaking at Central Saint Martins. Her artists' books are in many collections, including the New York Public Library, Saison Poetry Collection, Tate Library, National Art Library (V&A Museum), Museum of Modern Art, New York, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris and Museum van het Boek, Netherlands. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Gefn Press London 1988. "Forty copies have been printed by Susan Johanknecht at the Gefn Press and The Camberwell Press, Department of Graphic Arts, Camberwell School of Art. This is copy number 15. [signed] Katherine Meynell Susan Johanknecht., 1988
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 11 x 10 1/4", unnumbered pages with 8 deeply textured collagraphs by Susan Johanknecht, printed on a thick paper, & thinner, tissue guard-type leaves with printed lunar surface details. In flexible paper wrappers covered with a bubbled/corrugated type of iridescent plastic, with wire stitching along the cover fore edges, & housed in a dark blue, denim cloth sleeve. Fine. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by London & Vermont: Gefn Press,, 1987
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
First edition. McPherson's poem printed on an accordion-fold sheet attached to the base of an elaborate paper construction, housed in the publisher's box along with a sheet of semi-opaque black fabric. All elements fine. One of 50 copies SIGNED by McPherson. Printed and bound at the Janus Press, paper construction made at the Gefn Press.
Published by Gefn Press, London, 1989
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.
Johanknecht, Susan (illustrator). Relief printed wrappers, 4 x 4 inches, 4 pp, plus an 8-page fold out. One of 50 copies.
Boxed poem-object. (247 x 750 x 140 mm). McPherson's poem 'Eve' printed in grey on an accordion-folded cream-coloured sheet attached to the base of a paper hanging construction of the same colour by Susan Johanknecht, both wrapped in sheer black fabric; two loose pieces of paper-covered card with printed publication details to inner lid and base of box. Original publisher's cream linen box with 'Eve' printed in silver to the long edge. A highly original collaborative poem-construction, 'Eve.' This is one of 50 copies, signed by McPherson in pencil at the foot of the poem. McPherson's poem had previously appeared in the American Poetry Review before being transformed, with Johanknecht's original hanging construction, into this unique and beautifully conceived poem-object. Susan Johanknecht is an artist and founder of the Gefn Press. There is are no other copies of 'Eve' on the market.
Published by Gefn Press, Newark, Vermont, 1983
Seller: Bibliophilia Books, Tampa, FL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Large 8vo. (24x18 cm). - Title from inside of lower half of fall-down-back case. - Printed on inside of upper half: "EARTH - WOOD - fire - METAL - WATER". - Case contains 5 strips folded accordion-style, each having [7]) pp. printed on one side only. - Each strip is devoted to a single "element", with illustrations on pp. [1]-[6], and poem on p.[7]). - "An edition of twelve copies", inside of lower half. - Very fine (as new). - Johanknecht began her Gefn Press in 1977. This book is her rarest and most sought-after production.