Second Thoughts by Ulises Carrion (3 results)
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Published by VOID Distributors, Amsterdam 1980
- Softcover
Seller: Fenrick Books, Queens, NY, U.S.A.Fenrick Books
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Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Very Good. UlisesCarrión. Second Thoughts. Amsterdam: VOID Distributors, 1980. Softcover. 70 pages. Edition of 500. Very good. Light wear / creasing to top right. Inscribed "To Peter because he knows Judy". Scarce collection of Carrión's essays published in 1980 by Hetty Huisman's Void Distributor…s. "This book includes the theoretical and polemical works by Ulises Carrión, from the Other Books and So Archive. Covering such themes as bookworks, rubber-stamps and mail-art, these texts are here for the first time assembled in onevolume,after having been publishedin periodícals and catalogues in various countries. Forthis edition, numerous annotations (references and anecdotes) have been added by the author." - Void Distribution copy.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc., New York, NY, U.S.A.Jonathan A. Hill, Bookseller Inc.
Contact seller5-star seller70 pp. Small 4to (210 x 160 mm.), pictorial semi-stiff wrappers, title on spine. Amsterdam: VOID distributors, 1980. The essential compendium of Ulises Carrión's polemical essays; printed in an edition of 500 by Hetty Huisman's VOID Distributors. His trailblazing theories and beliefs about artists' books and mail art remain infl…uential to this day. "The New Art of Making Books," first published in Plural no. 41 (1975), is frequently cited by contemporary book artists. The book includes his most important essays: "The New Art of Making Books," "From Bookworks to Mailworks," "Rubber Stamp Theory and Praxis," "Rubber Stamp Art," "Mail Art and the Big Monster," "Table of Mail Art Works," "Personal Worlds or Cultural Strategies?" "Bookworks Revisited." Each has printed notes in the margins, providing clarifications or revealing Carrión's latest views on a subject. Fine copy. This book is now rather rare on the market. ? John Held, Jr., ed., Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography (1991) 6"Highly recommended.".
More imagesPublished by VOID Distributors, Amsterdam 1980
Seller: William Allen Word & Image, London, , United KingdomWilliam Allen Word & Image
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Condition: Very good. Ulises Carrion, Second Thoughts, VOID Distributors, Amsterdam, 1980. 157 x 207 mm. 70pp. Printed black on brown stock in black and pink printed wraps. Edition of 500 copies. A collection of essays by Ulises Carrion on the nature of bookworks, mail art and rubber stamp theory. Includes the texts 'Rubber Stam…p Theory and Praxis', 'Mail Art and the Big Monster', 'Table of Mail Art Works', 'Personal Worlds or Cultural Strategies' amongst others. Together with flyer laid in, some light toning and handling marks. Very good condition. The book was sent to Klaus Groh of International Artist's Centre (I.A.C.) by Carrion, and comes together with a Carrion Other Books and So postcard with hand-written letter to Klaus Groh signed by Ulises Carrion. Carrion writes 'I wont sell the books, since this is an archive, not a bookshop. I'm sending you my latest book and would appreciate your comments. I still hope to get some day a complete series of the little IAC booklets!!!'.
