Stamp Collection, Signed (9 results)

viii, 272 pp, profusely illustrated iwth coloured and black & white illustrations. Signed by the Author on title page. Original orange cloth with gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper. 25 cm x 19.5 cm. Dustwrapper soiled with some minor wear to its spine head, light fading to extremes of cloth,

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. AS PICTURED : FIVE IMAGES. First Edition/ First Impression, 1984. Large, heavy square quarto in dustwrapper and with original slipcase which matches the book's beige textured boards. INLAID, A card addressed to Mr and Mrs J Mills at Hinxworth House in Hertfordshire from 1981 showing b/w photo of 'Turning Dog' from Frink's then current exhibition at the Waddington Galleries. Also a b/w folding card with images and list of exhibits from a Private View of her work at the same gallery in 1965. The book tight, bright and clean throughout - Signed in pen ' For John with love from Lis' to green ffep, John Mills' Ownership stamp verso. John William Mills PPRBS ARCA FRSA was an eminent Figurative sculptor and author of several books, as well being Head of the Sculpture Dept at St Albans School of Art. He won the commission to create 'The Women of World War II' monument on Whitehall, unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in 2005.He died in 2023, at the age of 90. A light pencil note from former bookseller to ffep. Also Signed in black pen 'Elisabeth Frink' bold and clear on Title Page. 216pp. Profusely illustrated in b/w and colour with accompanying texts from various experts. A superb copy. FREE P&P IN UK. Non-UK customers quoted Shipping prior to purchasing. (25% proceeds to the Motor Neurone Disease Association). Inscribed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Chipped DJ. First Edition. 113pp Illus By the managing editor of "Scott's Monthly Journal.". Signed Presentation Copy.

paperback. Condition: Very Good tight clean copy. colour illustrations (illustrator). The Wilma Tabacco volume from 'The Stamp Collection', being a series of artists' books made with rubber stamps from a concept developed by Ron McBurnie and Stephen Spurrier; participating artists were given a blank book and rubber stamp - the rubber to be put in the oven until workable, from which the artist produced a bon a tirer proof; the stamp books were then printed in editions of 60 signed copies; numbering was left to the artists, thus (as here) not all are numbered; Tabacco's contribution is a series of colour abstract designs; Signed by the artist to last page; Very Good tight clean copy. . unpaginated. landscape 8vo. Very Good tight clean copy.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. colour and b&w illustrations (illustrator). The Noreen Grahame volume from 'The Stamp Collection', being a series of artists' books made with rubber stamps from a concept developed by Ron McBurnie and Stephen Spurrier; participating artists were given a blank book and rubber stamp - the rubber to be put in the oven until workable, from which the artist produced a bon a tirer proof; the stamp books were then printed in editions of 60 signed copies; Grahame has employed a postal theme, with a 'Postage Paid Australia' stamp motif, empty envelope pasted-in, all combined with a variety of other stamps in red and black; Signed by Graham to colophon, numbered to reverse side of rear cover; minor knock to lower corner, with subsequent mild creases to some pages, o.w. Very Good. . unpaginated. landscape 8vo. Very Good.

The drawings are in fine condition. The drawings are in fine condition For many years he (Cox) had practised shutting his eyes, concentrating, drawing. All sorts of effects were achieved in blind drawings, a whirling ballet in line on white. Each was signed, dated and given a BD stamp of affirmation in red". - Chambers, Franklin & Tucker 30, Gogmagog - Morris Cox & The Gogmagog Press (London: Private Libraries Association, 1991), pp.156-158. In a letter to collector Corrie Guyt, Cox confessed to "doing these [Blind Drawings] for many years as a test of visual memory concentration" never "intend(ing) them for anyone but (him)self. They are personal, autobiographical to some extent." Cox prepared four different sizes of original Blind Drawings, the smallest measuring 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches and the largest measuring almost 12 x 16 1/2 inches. Each set of drawings was signed and dated within a given period to show sequence in order to see how one drawing tends to lead to another. - Chambers, Franklin & Tucker, pp.87, 90-94 The drawings are in fine condition n y n Gogmagog Press 7500.00 1 23072 COX, Morris A collection of 126 original Blind Drawings of female figures, black ink on 11 3/4 x 16 3/8 inch sheets of white paper, each signed and dated by the artist and bearing the red BD "stamp of affirmation", with the artist's printed statement on a separate sheet, laid in a morocco-backed, illustrated Japanese paper over boards felt-lined folding box (London) 1971-1973 For many years he (Cox) had practiced shutting his eyes, concentrating, drawing. All sorts of effects were achieved in blind drawings, a whirling ballet in line on white. Each was signed, dated and given a BD stamp of affirmation in red". - Chambers, Franklin & Tucker 30, Gogmagog - Morris Cox & The Gogmagog Press (London: Private Libraries Association, 1991), pp.156-158. In a letter to collector Corrie Guyt, Cox confessed to "doing these [Blind Drawings] for many years as a test of visual memory concentration" never "intend(ing) them for anyone but (him)self. They are personal, autobiographical to some extent." Cox prepared four different sizes of original Blind Drawings, the smallest measuring 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches and the largest, offered here, measuring almost 12 x 16 1/2 inches. Each set of drawings was signed and dated within a given period to show sequence in order to see how one drawing tends to lead to another. - Chambers, Franklin & Tucker, pp. 87, 90-94. The present portfolio represents some of Cox's finest achievements using this idiosyncratic mode of drawing. Far from a mere curiosity, Cox's blind drawings clearly reflect a spiritual accomplishment of a high order; though the result of an unconventional discipline, the drawings are marked with the elegance of line and subtlety of feeling that come only from long submission to the constraint of technique.

1st Edition. 1st Edition. Outstanding Association Presentation Copy with ownership stamp of Alfred Pellan. Inscribed by Léger on the half-title to Alfred Pellan. "A mon ami Pellan / votre confrere / F. Léger." First Edition. Squarish 8vo, decorated black and red wrappers, pp. 100. 38 pp. of dramatic black and white reproductions. Very uncommon thus. Poem by Francois Hertel, philosophical argument by Leger, critical text by Maurice Gagnon, M.- A. Couturier, S. Giedion, S. M. Kootz and James Johnson Sweeney. Entire text In French. The international art comm u nity recognized a half century ago, the truly momentous contribution made by Alfred Pellan, to the arts and none more so than Léger himself, whom Pellan called both an inspirational colleague and a dear friend. During the war years, Léger spent time in North America, living for a brief period in Montreal, where he had an opportunity to enjoy Pellan's company as they had during Pellan's Paris years. Léger Presentations are Rare and Association Copies Impossible to acquire. A near fine copy showing just a hint of rubbing. A superb portfolio of his art. [. Signed.

First Edition. A collection of mail-art ephemera including: (1) 3 double-sided 29.5 x 21cm Mark Pawson sales lists (1991-1993), one list annotated in red with wholesale prices; (2) 7 iconic original 'Assume This Phone is Tapped' stickers, three of which are early runs with 'assume' misspelt as 'assmue'; (3) 83 x 59cm folded double-sided colour poster by Mark Pawson, 2000, depicting collaged Levi 501 jeans, the reverse featuring overlaid Aggressive School of Cultural Workers logos. Horizontal and vertical fold-creases; (4) a pair of 34 x 25cm printed tracing paper posters with foldcrease; (5) 4 bookmarks for Mark Pawson's Disinfotainment; (6) 4 'Larks Council England' badges in the style of the Arts Council England logo; (7) small pouch containing Aggressive School of Cultural Workers stickers and a badge; (8) 6.5 x 6.5cm [36pp] booklet dated 7 July 2001 comprised of various textured and marbled papers purchased by Pawson in 1995 from "a printer/bookbinders a few doors along from the 121 Centre on Railton Road, Brixton"; (9) 1989 29.5 x 21cm bifold German catalogue for Heindesign Stempel - possibly the only European mail-art rubberstamps catalog at this time. Eclectic designs. Includes card advertising 1989 exhibitions at Heindesign Stempelspass Galerie for cartoonist Stefan Knop and ceramics artist Cornelia Garbe; (10) early digital art colour A4 card poster dated 1988 for 'Europe Against the Current: Alternative Dissident Radical Information Carriers Fair' held in Amsterdam, Holland at the Beurs van Berlage Galerie (11) several small artworks including 'Media Disinformation & Distortion' and the avatar of J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs of the Church of the SubGenius assailed by ants; (12) a number of unattributed flyers and untitled mail art pieces including an undated flyer for a music event, a photobooth sequence, a card signed by Tony Credland, a number of xerox strips titled 'Voodoo Beer', a small flyer titled 'From Bindu to Ojas' [after Ram Dass] citing Gurdjieff's "you are in prison", and a printed glassine bag containing a few stamped and printed items relating to London's Oblivion Boys Press (ref: 149).

2 vols. Mostly 2 3/4 x 1 5/8 inches card size, volumes 12mo size. A few showing railroad motifs, one embossed card with a pen drawing of a cat and mouse inscribed "R. W. Reynolds, Wyoming, R.S." An interesting collection of this 19th century ephemera collected by Abe Stransky, known best for his fine photography collection. Modern half cloth hand-made folders 2 vols. Mostly 2 3/4 x 1 5/8 inches card size, volumes 12mo size.