Thing Quarterly Issue (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition Missing dust jacket. Clean inside.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Issue 21 by experimental novelist Ben Marcus; "this issue includes a custom tin of Thompson Cream - a salve for people and things, as well as an accompanying booklet containing text by Marcus. It can applied to most any situation."; box size: 13-1/4 x 8-1/2 x 2-1/4in; booklet with text by Ben Marcus is 8 pages; edition size is unknown by the quaretly normally comes in an edition of 1,500; this issue is not signed; "Our Thompson Cream was handmade with the help of Metaphor Organic, an SF-based purveryor of fine soaps and salves. It was mixed and poured in Co-Editor Will Rogan's backyard in Albany, California. It contains all natural ingredients including sunflower oil and beeswax, and a selection of herbs and supplements including bacopa monnieri, gingko biloba, gotu kola, Spanish sage, 5-HTP, and coenzyme Q10. Net weight is 2.5 ounces of salvey goodness."; all housed in the original mailing box has some, marks, tears and dints, otherwise objects inside in VERY GOOD COND.

Condition: Very Good. San Francisco: The Thing Quarterly, [2013]. First Edition. Side-stapled booklet (5" x 5"); 8pp + tin of Thompson Cream (2.5 oz). Housed in original cardboard presentation box. Booklet clean and crisp with faint bend at top fore-edge corner. Thompson Cream tin unsealed but unperturbed, with plastic seal still present. Box is sturdy with some light distress to opening flap, a patch of sticker residue on top, and a written number at bottom with some smudging and the ghost of a mailing label with no residue or abrasion. From publisher's website: "Issue 21 is by experimental novelist Ben Marcus. The issue includes a limited-run tin of Thompson Cream - a salve for people and things - as well as an accompanying booklet containing a short story by Marcus. The story traces the disturbing origins of Thompson Cream: 'A child was sick in Kansas. He had fever. His father prodded him awake, dressed him in gear, lead him outside in the dark morning for chores,' read the first few lines. "Our Thompson Cream was handmade with the help of Metaphor Organic, an SF-based purveyor of fine soaps and salves. It was mixed and poured in Co-Editor Will Rogan's backyard in Albany, California. It contains all natural ingredients including sunflower oil and beeswax, and a selection of herbs and supplements including bacopa monnieri, gingko biloba, gotu kola, Spanish sage, 5-HTP, and coenzyme Q10. Net weight is 2.5 ounces of salvey goodness. Thompson Cream can be applied to most any situation.".

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. THE THING Quarterly s issue 23 is by LA-based visual artist David Korty. Each issue contains a set of six hand-made ceramic dice (made by Oakland-based ceramic studio Atelier Dion), a custom dice-carrying bag, and instructions for the game "Mr. Natural"; size of cardboard box: 6 x 4-1/2 x 1in; edition size is unknonw, it is not signed; in VERY GOOD COND.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Issue 24 takes the form of a clear vinyl picture disc encased in a special sleeve, jacket, and signature Thing box. It includes: Imagery by director/photographer Todd Cole; One 12 inch LP / 180 grams / 45 RPM; 2 tracks by experimental punk group; A digital download card; Limited run of 1500, it is not signed; "This is Issue 24 published by THE THING by Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, with contributions from experimental punk group No Age and director/photographer Todd Cole. It thematically revolves around the idea of deconstruction, a common theme in Rodarte's design work. The record's sound and imagery are repurposed from Aanteni (2010), a short art and fashion film produced by Rodarte, which also features direction by Todd Cole and an original soundtrack by No Age. The film explores similar themes of balance and chaos. The 12" picture disc on clear vinyl features two tracks by No Age. Side A provides the ambient 9-minute soundtrack from Aanteni with an abstracted film still by Todd Cole. Side B features a 13-minute live version of the track, "ruined" by looping the sound repeatedly on itself, with burnt remnants of Cole s same film still. A conceptualized inner sleeve and gatefold jacket house the issue, displaying more of Cole s imagery. The issue also includes a free download of both No Age tracks and comes shrink-wrapped in a signature THING Quarterly custom box."; in original sealed box and in VERY GOOD COND.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This multiple (clock) is hand SIGNED by Tauba Auerbach (she signed with a blue & red marker at the same time to give it that 3-D affect); Published by The Thing Quarterly, CA. 2013; this is Issue 20 which takes the form of a 24-hour wall clock; edition size of the publisher varies from edition to edition and they are mostly unsigned; trade edition 1,500 unnumbered copies; BUT at the 2013 MoMA Fair it appears she only signed approx. 50-65 copies on the back of the clock; "Made entirely in the United States, the clean design of the clock features black aluminum hour and minute hands and Auerbach s 24 gold-hued numerals against a clean white face. The clock measures 10-1/2 inches in diameter, can be hung up with a built-in hook, and is powered by a single AA battery (not included). THE THING and Ms. Auerbach collaborated with New York-based design team Assembly to design and manufacture this issue almost entirely from scratch."; PROVENANCE: singing Saturday, Sept. 21, New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, NYC 2013 (NOTE: not selling the Thing Quarterly poster about the book signing); housed in original clam shell cardboard box; on the front of the clock seems to be a few tiny handling imprints when it was manufactured because it has never been removed from box except for photographing; otherwise in VERY GOOD COND. Signed by Author(s).

Objects. Condition: Fine. First Edition. "2 Standard Pillowcases" (each 20" x 26"), each silkscreened by John Baldessari. Pristine in their pictorial red card covers and unopened plastic bag. And contained snugly within a printed plastic box, which shows a bit of creasing. Edited by Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan, Graphic Design by MacFadden & Thorpe. "THE THING Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. It's like a magazine, except that each issue is conceived of by a different contributor and then published on a useful object." Also includes the original New Museum of Contemporary Art Store (New York) receipt.