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THE BUZZ SPECTOR COLLECTION LOTS 120 – 196

THE BUZZ SPECTOR COLLECTION OF ARTISTS’ BOOKS

THE BUZZ SPECTOR COLLECTION OF ARTISTS’ BOOKS LOTS 120 – 196

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120* BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN Classe Terminale du Lycee Chases en 1931. Castelgasse - Vienne. Vienna: by the artist and the Maison de la Culture et de la Communication de Saint-Etienne 1987.

Large 12mo, black and red printed wraps. Catalogue for and exhibition at the Maison de la Culture et de la Communication de Saint-Etienne April 9-May 24, 1987. Featuring close-up faces within a group photograph of a class from the Lycee Chases in 1931. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400 121*

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BOLTANSKI, CHRISTIAN A group of four works.

Archives. Arles: Actes Sud, 1989; Monuments. Paris: Association Francaise d’Action Artistique, 1986; Geo Harly, danseur parodiste. Dijon: Association pour la diffusion de l’art contemporain, 1988; Dies Kinder Suchen Ihre Eltern. Munich: Gina Kehayoff, 1994. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400

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122* BROODTHAERS, MARCEL A group of four works.

Korrespondenzen. Stuttgart: Oktagon-Verlag, 1995; Vignt Fois sur le Metier. Dijon: ADAC, 1988; Le Cadran S(c)olaire. Berlin: Edition des Amateurs, 1974; The Complete Prints New York: Michael Werner, 1991. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400 123* HEINECKEN, ROBERT He:/She:. Chicago: R. Heinecken, 1980.

Oblong 12mo, original spiral bound paper wraps. First edition of this artist’s book comprising a series of polaroids of young couples juxtaposed with a back and forth conversation between a man and a woman, signed by the artist “For Buzz” to the title page. Heinecken states on the last page: “These writings began in 1974 and since that date have been exhibited as collage elements in art galleries and portfolios.” Very light wear to wraps. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400 124* JOSEPHSON, KENNETH The Bread Book. [s.l.]: self published, 1973.

Oblong 12mo, original photo-pictorial wraps. Signed by the author on the front cover. Illustrated with photographs of sliced bread. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $80-120

125* MARSHALL, NANCY Ossabaw. Atlanta, GA: Nexus Press, 1982.

Oblong 4to, original purple silkscreen wraps. Limited to 300 copies, of which this is number 44, signed, featuring photographs by Nancy Marshall. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 126* NETTLES, BEA A group of five works.

Turning 50. Urbana, IL: Inky Press, 1995; Grace’s Daughter. Urbana, IL: Inky Press, 1997; Corners. Urbana, IL: Inky Press, 1988; Mountain Dream Tarot. Australia: P.A.M. Pambook, 2008; Stonescipher. Urbana, IL: Inky Press, 2011. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 127* RUPPERSBERG, ALLEN 23 Pieces [and] 24 Pieces. [Los Angeles]: Sunday Quality, [1968-1969, 1970].

2 vols. Oblong 12mo, spiral-bound printed wrappers, title of 23 Pieces supplied in mss; other printed. Featuring photographs by Gary Krueger of public settings in Los Angeles, juxtaposing interior scenes with exterior outdoor ones, including, in 23 Pieces, institutional interiors and, in 24 Pieces, motel and hotel rooms. Both first editions. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

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128* RUSCHA, ED Every Building on the Sunset Strip. Los Angeles: self published, 1966.

Small 8vo, contents tipped in accordion-style in original printed wrappers and silver foil-covered slipcase. Fold-out panorama, featuring two strips of photographs by Ruscha of both sides of the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. First edition. Slipcase worn and detached at the top and bottom; light soiling to wraps; interior is fine. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $1,000-2,000 129* RUSCHA, ED Various Small Fires and Milk. Los Angeles: Anderson, Ritchie & Simon, 1970.

12mo, original printed paper wraps, glassine jacket. Second edition, limited to 3,000 copies. Illustrated with 15 sepia-toned photographs. A few small chips to jacket. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400

130* RUSCHA, ED Crackers. Hollywood, CA: Heavy Industries, 1969.

Thin 8vo, original card wrappers, white dust jacket with red lettering. First edition. Illustrated with reproductions of Ruscha’s photographs illustrating a story by Mason Williams entitled “How to Derive the Maximum Enjoyment from Crackers. A few nicks to the top edge of the jacket. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 131* RUSCHA, ED A group of three works.

Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles. s.l.: self published, 1967. Second edition; Royal Road Test. New York: G. Wittenborn, 1967. Third edition; S Books. Los Angeles: Ed Ruscha, 2001. Zurich: self published, 2001. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

132* RUSCHA, ED Twentysix Gasoline Stations. Alhambra, CA: The Cunningham Press, (1969).

12mo, original white paper wraps lettered in red. Third edition, limited to 3,000 copies. Spine faded. [Together with:] three other works imitating Ruscha’s works, including Twentysix Gasoline Stations, by Michalis Pichler (NY: Printed Matter, 2009); Twentysix Abandoned Gasoline Stations, by Jeffrey Brouws, limited edition, signed (Santa Barbara, CA: Hand Job Press, 1992); sun, set, strip, by Stefan Eberstadt (Munich: self published, 1997). (4 total) Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 133* ZELLEN, JODY A group of 11 works (including three duplicates). California: Self Published, various dates. All square 16mo (eight are uniformly 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches; the rest between 4 2/3 and 5 2/3 inches), contents stapled in printed wraps.

Includes: Rewording Images, [s.l.], 1987. Number 19 of 50 copies; Untitled [History begins at ground level], [s.l.], 1989; Untitled [The Present Literally], [s.l.], 1991; Beneath the Ruins, [s.l.], 1996. 2 copies (one reproduction). Text adapted from Maurice Blanchot’s Disaster; Blur, San Diego, 1997. 2 copies (one reproduction). Text by Susan Kandel; Standing Still:Still Standing, [s.l.], 1999/2000. Text adapted from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities; Untitled [City Views], San Bernandino, 2001; The Blackest Spot, [s.l.], 2002. Text from “Crowds and Power, by Elias Canetti; If, [s.l.], 2013. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 134* (PHOTOBOOKS) A group of 11 works, including works by Michelle Grabner, Bernard Lassus, Barbara Kruger, M.E. Carroll, Constance Giamo, Wynn Dan, Lyn Mandelbaum, Karen Savage, Bernd & Hilla Becher. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

135* (POST CARDS) BARTSCHERER, JOSEPH Canal. London: Public Art Development Trust, 1998.

18 postcards housed in original printed folder, nos. 1 and 18 and the folder are signed by the artist. Each postcard was mailed to a recipient, here Buzz Spector, over a period of time with the final being mailed with a folder; rare as a complete set.

Together with four other postcard exhibition collections, comprising Size Matters, exhibition held at Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, March 1-31, 2001, featuring various artists; Night Moves, by Charles Labelle, exhibition held at Lemon Sky, 1990; a collection of works by Diane Neumaier, for Bunny Yeager LA, 1997; a collection of works by Ann Hamilton and Ann Chamberlain, San Francisco Public Art Project, 1996. (5 total) Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

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136* (POSTCARDS) Six sets of post card and card collection produced by various artists and entities, including Richard Higgins, Thomas McEvilley and students of the Art Institute of Chicago. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $40-60 137* (FLIPBOOKS) GILSON, MATTHEW A group of four flip books featuring scenes of Chicago, including Oak Street Beach Underpass (xx/500, sample, initialled), Lincoln Park Zoo (457/500, initialled), North Avenue Beach (xx/500, sample, initialled) and From the Sears Tower (xx/500, sample, initialled). Chicago: self published, 1991. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 138* (FLIPBOOKS) OGNAR STEPHANIE A series of 12 flip books produced by Stephanie Ognar showing the artist performing a variety of human gestures, including yawning, smoking, spitting, kissing, glancing, putting on a coat and bathing. The length on the book varies depending upon the length of the action.

[s.l.], 1997-1999. Each 1 4/5 x 4 inches, inkjet printing on acid-free paper, original printed wrappers. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

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139* (FLIPBOOKS) A group of 10 books, including works by Karen Hanmer, Angie Waller, George Bures Miller, Luca Buvoli, Zweig & Anderson, Lucia Koch and Lisa Young. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 140* HENDERIKSE, JAN Broadway. New York and Rotterdam: Jan HenderikseUitgeverij Bebert, n.d.

Oblong panorama, folded accordion-style in original printed corrugated cardboard with cloth ties, map of Broadway laid into rear panel pocket. Comprising 249 photo images of Broadway on 83 panels, all but a few still intact. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400 141* MCCARNEY, SCOTT A group of four works.

Safety in Numbers. [s.l.], n.d.; Index to the Encyclopedia. Rochester, NY: Smart Books, 1994; Far Horizons. Rochester, NY: self published, 1998; Autobiography #5: C(a[e{I}o]u)P. Rochester, NY: self published, 2005. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

142* (POP-UP) AUERBACH, TAUBA [2,3]. New York: Printed Matter, 2011.

6 vols. Folio, individual volumes bound in color boards, housed in a cloth-backed blue and yellow slipcase. Limited edition of Auerbach’s oversized pop-up book, number 945 of 1,000 copies signed on an inserted card, featuring six die-cut paper designs that unfold into constructed 3-D objects, including a pyramid, sphere, gem, arc, mobius strip and ziggurat, in bright colors. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $800-1,200

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143* (POP-UP) WALKER, KARA Freedom, A Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times. Los Angeles: Peter Norton Family, 1997.

Oblong 4to, original full red leather binding stamped in blind. One of 4,000 copies of this pop-up book, featuring offset lithographs and five laser-cut, popup silhouettes on wove paper. Each year, the Norton family commissioned an art work to celebrate the Christmas season; the book was privately published for friends. Light crease to second to last pop-up. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $2,000-3,000

143A* (ARTISTS BOOKS) A group of 11 works (one duplicate).

End Game, by John Crombie and Sheila Bourne (Paris, 1990); Black Box, by Margot Lovejoy (Oakdale, NY, n.d.); Paradoxic Mutations, by Margot Lovejoy (NY/Philadelphia, 1994), two copies, one in plastic wrap; Lessons from the South, by Susan King (Atlanta, Nexus Press, 1986), inscribed to Buzz Spector; Not Altogether, by Nancy Garruba (s.l., 1986); High Tension, by Philip Zimmerman (Rochester, NY, 1993); Tropos, by Kevin Osborn (Arlington, VA, 1988); Zeichen, eine Drucksache, by Elmar Heimbach (Leporello, 1984), signed; Walking Middletown, by Emily Larned (Brooklyn, NY, Red Charming, 2002); Parallel, by Kevin Osborne (Atlanta: Nexus Press, n.d.), signed. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400

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147 144* BEUYS, JOSEPH Multiples + Grafik. Munich: Verlag Schellmann und Kluser, 1971.

Square 4to, original spiral binder with printed boards. Limited to 600 copies. Together with a postcard printed on felt, filzpostkarte, circa 1985, and a collection of notecards by Angry Art. Crease to title page of book. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

145* HENDRICKS, GEOFFREY A group of three works.

Binding. [Chicago:] White Walls, 1987. Limited, 15/50, signed; Between Two Points. Reggio Emilia: Pari & Dispari, 1975; Ring Piece. Barton, Vermont: Something Else Press, 1973. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $80-120

146* KNOWLES, ALISON AND CHRISTOPHER A group of four works.

By Alison Knowles: Gem Duck. Cavriago/Reggio Emilia: Pari & Dispari, 1977. Limited to 1000 copies; Bread and Water. [s.l.]: Left Hand Books, 1995; Footnotes: collage journal 30 years. New York: Granary Books, 2000. By Christopher Knowles: Typyings (1974-1977). [s.l.]: self published, 1979. One of 1000 softcover copies. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $50-100

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147* MACIUNAS, GEORGE Birth of Fluxus - the Ultimate Version. Ahus: Kalejdoskop, 1981.

Thin 4to, folded diagram timeline, original photopictorial folder with sticker (torn). Some light toning to folder. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

148* (LEWITT, SOL) BORGES, JORGE Ficciones. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1984.

Square 8vo, bound in full black leather stamped in blind, slipcase. Illustrated with 22 full-page silkscreens by LeWitt. Limited to 1500 copies, of which this is 1,169, signed by LeWitt. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-300

149* CLOSKY, CLAUDE A group of eight works.

Le 11 aout 1999, Paris: L’espirit frappeur et Purple Books, 1999. 100 photos qui ne sont pas des photos de chevaux, Paris: Editions de la RN7, 1995. Large 8vo, photo-pictorial wrappers; Marabout, Paris, 1996. Limited to 1000 copies; Singles, Paris, 1995. Limited to 1000 copies; The first thousand numbers classified in alphabetical order, Paris, 1989. Limited to 100 copies; A 1000 things to do, Paris, 1996. Limited to 1000 copies; Tout ce que je peux faire, Paris, 1992. Limited to 500 copies; Tout ce que jue peux etre. Limoges, n.d. Limited to 500 copies. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 150* COLP, NORMAN B. A Primer on Art Criticism [and] Freud’s Recipe [and] An Old Saw. New York: Hand & Mind Books, 1983.

3 vols. Oblong 16mo, original printed card, two folded accordion style, featuring text and photography. An Old Saw inscribed to Buzz Spector. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $50-100

151* DRUCKER, JOHANNA A group of four works.

Simulant Portrait. Oakland: Druckwerk, 1990; From Now. Buffalo: Cuneiform Press, 2005; Night Crawlers on the Web. Charlottesville: JABBooks, 2000; Otherspace: Martian Tyopography. Atlanta: Nexus Press, 1992. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $80-120

152* HANSCOM, P. WM. Call Me Bonzo. Being a typographic experiment in interpreting the listening experience of Moby Dick, the legendary solo drum performance by John Henry Bonham, of the one and only Led Zeppelin. Philadelphia: Boobytrap Press, 2006.

12mo, original green shiny paper wraps, contents folded accordion style. Limited to 32 copies enumerated as the years 1949-1980 (Bonham’s life), this being 1960, signed by Hanscom. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 153* HOLZER, JENNY A group of three works.

Laments. New York: Dia Art Foundation, 1989; Living. Paris: Galerie Yvon Lambert, 2000; Eating through Living. New York: Tanam Press, 1981. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $80-120

153A* LOHR, HELMUT Visual Poetry and Visual Prose. Berlin: Galerie Horst Dietrich, 1987, 1988.

2 vols. Oblong 4to, original pentagonal structure with black wraps. Visual Poetry limited to 150, signed, Visual Prose limited to 300, this copy EA, signed and inscribed to Buzz Spector. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

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155* NONAS, RICHARD A group of six works.

Parts to Anything. Roslyn Harbor, NY: Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, 1984; More Bulk Than Fill. New York: J. Weber Gallery, 1979; Enough’s Enough. Paris : J. Najar, 1978; Catalog. New York: The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, 1977; Boiling Coffee. New York: Tanam Press, 1980; Up from Dayton. Lund: Anders Tornberg Gallery, 1986. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $300-500

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156* ONO, YOKO Grapefruit. A Book of Instructions and Drawings by Yoko Ono. Introduction by John Lennon. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1970.

Oblong 12mo, original white boards with black lettering, dust jacket unclipped but adjusted price. New edition, stated “first printing.” Dust jacket creased with some chips to bottom of upper wrap; top corner of a few pieces creased. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $50-100 157* PRINCE, RICHARD Menthol Pictures. Buffalo: CEPA Gallery, June 1980.

8vo, original staple-bound printed paper wraps. First edition, among a series of three works which constitute Prince’s first artist’s book. Edition limited to 200 copies. Light toning and some creases. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $500-700

158* (VISUAL POETRY) A group of 20 works, including works by Michael Joseph Winkler, Diane Weintraub, David Abel, JeanFrancois Bory, Douglas Huebler, Ivor Cutler, Janet Zweig, Davi Det Hompson, Herman Damen, Hamish Fulton, Maurizio Nannucci, and James Lee Byers. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400 159* APPLEBROOG, IDA Blue Books. New York: self published, 1981.

3 (of 7) vols. only. Thin 8vo, original blue printed wraps. Includes It’s Very Simple, I Mean It, and A Performance: The End. [Together with:] Look at Me: A Performance. New York: Dyspepsia Works, 1979. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

160* ADAMSKI, HANS PETER Two works.

Nine objects that remind me of two faces. [s.l.], 1976. Limited to 500 copies; Die Hoffnung/The Hope. [s.l.], 1975. Limited to 150 copies. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 161* BALDESSARI, JOHN Throwing a Ball Once to Get Three Melodies and Fifteen Chords. Irvine: University of California, Irvine, 1975.

Oblong 8vo, stapled blue-grey printed wraps. A series of photographs of Baldessari throwing a ball over which are three primary color lines at both hands and his feet that, as the movement progresses, imitate chord progressions on a musical staff along with the artist’s limbs. First edition. One of 2,500 copies. [Together with:] Prima Facie: Marilyn’s Dress. A Poem (In Four Parts). Cologne: Walther Konig; New York: Outside Europe, D.A.P., 2006. 16mo, original teal boards, title in white. Close-Cropped Tales. Buffalo, NY: CEPA Gallery, 1981. 8vo, original printed wraps. Exhibition catalogue. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400

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162* BLOCH, RICARDO A group of four works.

Huckleberry Dick. Paris: Shandy Books, 1996; The Incredible Servant and the Master of the Unknown. Minneapolis: Shandy Comics, 1991; Only Child. Rochester, NY: Visual Studies Workshop, 1995; Terremoto. St. Paul, MN: R. Bloch, 1993. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

163* CATTELAN, MAURIZIO Acid Tests/Feuerproben. [s.l.]: Three Star Books, n.d.

Folio, contents loose as issued in cardboard folder. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 164* DENES, AGNES Map Projections Rochester: Visual Studies Workshop Press, 1979.

Oblong 4to, printed paper boards. First edition. Limited edition, number 18 of 200 copies signed by the author on the limitation page. Small tear at bottom of spine and minor loss at the corners. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $600-800 165* DOWNSBROUGH, PETER Two Lines: Six Sections. Paris: Gallery 9, 1973.

18mo, printed wrappers, offset lithograph on graph paper. First edition of the artist book featuring two perpendicular lines cut into six sections, exploring the relationship of forms and the space of the page. [Together with four others by Downsbrough]: As to Place (NY, 1978), And Now (Maison de la Culture, 1983), In Passing, cut and move (Paris, 1982), And Then They Were... (Chagny, 1985). Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400

165A* LACALMONTIE, JEAN-FRANCOIS Le Chant des Sirenes. Limoges: Sixtus/Editions, 1995.

Square 4to, 18 clear plastic slides of abstract drawings laid atop one another, wrapped in felt, loose as issued in cardboard printed slipcase. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 166* LAWLER, LOUISE Untitled [Card Books]. New York: self published, 1978.

3 vols. 12mo, original red, blue and photopictorial wraps. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 167* (LEWITT, SOL, et al.) SIEGELAUB, SETH, pubs. Untitled [Xerox Book]. New York: Seth Siegelaub and John W. Wendler, 1968.

4to, original white printed wrappers. Stated first (and only) edition of this seminal artists book, wherein Sol Lewitt’s wall drawings (Drawings Series I, II, III, IV) were first published, along with contributions by Carl Andre, Robert, Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Robert Morris and Lawrence Weiner, all of who were allotted 25pp. to comment on the Xerox format; the present work was actually printed using standard offset lithography. Limited to 1000 copies. Wrapper worn at the spine ends and edges; some light soiling to wraps. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $800-1,200

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168* LEWITT, SOL Autobiography. New York: Multiples; Boston: Lois and Michael K. Torf, 1980.

Oblong 4to, printed wraps, photo-pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of LeWitt’s sequential photographs of his apartment and possessions. Light toning to dust jacket at the spine; some light wear to extremities. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $600-800 169* LEWITT, SOL A group of 10 volumes.

Cock Fight Dance. New York: Rizzoli: Multiples, 1980; Chicago. Exeter/Edinburgh: Morning Star, 2002; Five Geometric Structures and their Combinations. London: N.&F. Logsdail, Lisson Gallery, 1979; Four Basic Kinds of Lines and Colour. London: Lisson Gallery; New York: P. David Press, 1969-1971; Sunrise & Sunset at Praiano. New York: Rizzoli/Multiples, 1980; Geometric Figures & Color. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1979; Modular Drawings. Geneve: A. von Furstenberg, 1976; Variations on I am Still Alive on Kawara. Firenze & Lugo, 1988; Squares with Sides and Corners Torn Off. New York: John Weber Gallery, 1977. Arcs and Lines. Lausanne: Editions des Massons, 1974. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $300-500

169A* ROTH, DIETER AND RICHARD HAMILTON Two works, comprising Collaborations of Ch. Rotham. By Richard Hamilton and/or Dieter Roth. Stuttgart: editions Hansjorg Mayer with Galeria Cadaques, 1977. 4to, original printed wraps. Inscribed by Roth on the half-title with a small drawing. [Together with:] Interfaces. Basel: Roths’ Verlag, 1989. 2 vols. 12mo, slipcase. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 170* POZZI, LUCIO A group of three works.

Five Stories. New York: John Weber Gallery, 1974; Hender. New York: Street Editions, 1980; Unwritten. Text by David Shapiro. Signed by Shapiro. New York: Printed Matter, 1977. [Together with:] Looking into the heart of light, the silence/Oed’ und leer das Meer. By Luciano Bartolini. Bologna: self published, 1982. 163/700, signed. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $80-120

170A* SAL, JACK A group of five works.

Wire/Works, Koln: Salon Verlag, 2001. Limited edition, number 154 of 1000 copies; Re/Flection: Collected Writings and Four Drawings, Ingolstadt: Museum fur Konkrete Kunst; London: Avivson Books, 1997; Project/Projekt, Koln: Museum Ludwig Koln, 1995; White/Wash, Kielc, 2003; Re/Place, Genoma: Genoma Edizioni, 1998. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

171* SNOW, MICHAEL Cover to Cover. Photography by Keith Lock. Halifax: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design; New York: New York University Press, 1975.

4to, photo-pictorial cloth-backed boards, pastedown printed label to spine, clear plastic title tipped in. Snow produced this sequence of 312 full-bleed photographic reproductions, flanked on the upper and lower boards with the image of a wooden door. Hinges starting; toning to spine. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400

171A* TUTTLE, RICHARD 8 Words from a Reading at Brooklyn College. Florence: Galleria Victoria Miro, 1990.

Oblong 16mo, original gray printed stapled wraps. Limitation not specified. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

172* (ARTISTS BOOKS) A group of eight books.

Book Articulations, by Jeffrey Lew (New York: Zarrett Graphics, 1976); Scraps of an Aborted Collaboration, by Erica Van Horn (s.l., 1984); Jewels I have Loved, by Erica Van Horn (Coracle, 1990), signed, limited; The Russian Son Books, adapted by Meg Cranston (Maastricht, 1988); Untitled, by the Angie and Don Painting Co. (s.l., 1990-1991), signed, limited; Secreted Contract, by Ed Epping (Granary Books, 1998); Time, by Thomas Ockerse (Providence, 1983), limited; Post Art, by Thomas Ockerse (Rhode Island, 1978). Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $80-120

173* (ARTISTS BOOKS, CONCEPTUAL MENUS) Two conceptual menus.

Human House. By Jean McGarry, Holton and A.S.C. Rower. New York: Flockophobic Press/Zeechow Press, 1990. Limited edition, number 163 of 200 copies signed by the contributors; The Menu. By Toby Lee Greenberg. Chicago: Sara Ranchouse, 1995.

[Together with:] Last Suppers: If the World Ended Tomorrow, What Would be Your Last Meal. By James L. Dickerson. New York: Lebhar-Friedman, 1999. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $50-100

174* COX, JOY DRURY Old Man and Sea. [s.l.}: Conveyor, 2012.

8vo, blue board, dust jacket. Inscribed on the title page to Buzz Spector. [Together with:] Or, Some of the Whale. [s.l.]: Conveyor, 2013. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $40-60

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175* (ARTISTS BOOKS, CATALOGUES) A group of eight exhibition and sale catalogues of artists books. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $50-100

175A* (ARTISTS BOOKS, MINIATURE) A group of 17 miniature books, including works by David and Anne Bromer, David Stairs, Carlo Belli, Athena Taha, Marija Staric Jenko, Erica Van Horn, Jean-Michel Othoniel and others. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

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178* (ARTISTS BOOKS, CHICAGO BOOKS) A group of four books published by Chicago Books.

Forever Yours by Gail Rubini (Chicago, 1980); Seeing Egypt, by Jim Snitzer (Chicago, 1980); Sweet Junk, by Gail Rubini (Chicago, 1977); The Courtship of Chairs, by Rebecca Michael, with an inscribed card (Chicago, 1979); Book Articulations, by Jeffrey Lew (Chicago, Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $60-80 179* (ARTISTS BOOKS, CHICAGO) A group of seven books by Chicago and Midwest artists.

Waiting, by Miles DeCoster (Chicago, 1978); Real Blue Skies, by Gail Rubini (Chicago, 1976); Untitled, by Barbara Tetenbaum (Chicago, 1985), signed; Monochrome Painting, by Stephen Prina (Chicago, 1989); Cupid, You Are a Killer, by Patty Carroll (Park Ridge, 1982), signed; Double Messages, by Patty Carroll (Park Ridge, 1984); How to Be Modern Art, by Trever Winkfield and Ron Padgett (West Branch, IA, 1984). Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $80-120

180* GENERAL IDEA The Getting Into the Spirits Cocktail Book, from the 1984 Miss General Idea Pavillion. Toronto: Distribution by Art Metropole, 1980.

16mo, original black cloth-backed boards, lettered in gilt. Limited edition, number 410 of 900 copies stamped and signed. Part of the Magic Cocktail Palette. [Together with two works by Ann Fessler:] Guide to Coloring Hair. Philadelphia: Magnolia Press, 1982; First Aid for the Wounded. #3 in the True Stories Series. New York: Conrad Gleber, 1987. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 181* HOLTEN, KATIE A group of five works.

Field Notes. Kilkenny, Ireland: Coracle Press for Butler Gallery, 2003. Limited edition, number 108 of 300 copies, signed; Pause. Paris: self published, 2006; Guide/Guide. [s.l.]: Tup Institute, 2003. One of 2,500 copies; Drawings, Instances, Collaborations and Texts. Together with other authors. Dublin: Atelier David Smith/Temple Bar Gallery and Studios/Tup Institute, 2002; Now, While you Can. New York: LMAK projects, 2005. Limited to 125 copies. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $40-60

182* KRAMER, MARGIA Essential Documents: The FBI File on Jean Seberg. Parts 1 and 2. [s.l.]: self published, 1979.

2 vols. Thin 8vo, original printed stapled wraps. Part of “Secret” from the “Freedom of Information Act” work by Margia Kramer. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $40-60

183* (ARTISTS BOOKS, POLITICS) A group of nine works with political themes, including Notre Silence, by Laurent Malone (Marseille, 1995), Project Entitled “The Beginnings of a Complex,” by Alice Aycock (Printed Matter/Lapp Princess Press, 1977), We Can Make Rain But No One Came to Ask: Documents from the Atlas Group Archive, essays by Jalal Toufic (Art Books Canada, 2006), Public Difference: Architecture, Shame, Photography, by Adele Duval and Dennis Adams (New York, 1989); 3 Works, by Martha Rosler (Nova Scotia Pamphlets, 1981); and four others. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

184* (ARTISTS BOOKS, FEMINISM) A group of works by women artists who take for their subjects issues concerning feminism, including works by Sandra Schwimmer, Amy Sillman, Paris Almond and Stephanie Brody. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 185* HILLER, SUSAN After the Freud Museum. London: Book Works, 2000.

Tall 8vo, original brown board with pictorial pastedown. First edition. [Together with:] Rough Seas. Gardner Center Gallery, 1976, and Auras: Homage to Marcel Duchamp/Levitations: Homage to Yves Klein, Book Works/Institute of Contemporary Arts, n.d. (3 works) Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

186* (ART CRITICISM) A group of nine critical writings and works that examine the production of visual imagery in society, including works by Barbara Bloom, David Godbold, Stan Brakhage, Vito Acconci and Richard Prince. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 187* CUTTS, SIMON AND IAN HAMILTON FINLAY Lines of Thin Pale Blue and Red. Text in French and English. Nevers: Centre d’art contemporain APAC, 1990.

18mo, original folded printed paper, sections bound with cotton thread. An exhibition catalogue and artist book produced in conjunction with a show held May 15-June 2, 1990 at the Centre d’art contemporain, Nevers. Translation of “lines” printed on the wings in black. [Together with:] Horizon to Horizon. Londonderry, Northern Ireland: Coracle Press for Orchard Gallery, 1983. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

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189* (CORACLE PRESS) An extensive collection of artists books published by the Coracle Press-Ireland, a fine press owned by Simon Cutts and Erica Van-Horn.

Including: Black Bob, by Simon Cutts, 87/100, 1985; An English Dictionary of French Place Names, by Simon Cutts, 2004; Mirror, by Simon Cutts, 300/300, 1984; Forty Fungi, by Harry Gilonis and Erica Van Horn, 1994; New Potatoes/New Irish Paintwork, 2005, by Helen O’Leary and Paul Chidester, 2005; Twilight Horizons, by Hamish Fulton, 1983; Twelve Works 1979-1981, by Richard Long, 1981; Envelope Interior Pin-Up Calendar, by Erica Van Horn, 175/200, 1997; and 15 others. [23 items total] Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 190* (GRANARY BOOKS) JABES, EDMOND Desire for a Beginning, Dread for One Single End. Translated from the French by Rosemarie Waldrop. Imaged by Ed Epping. New York: Granary Books: D.A.P., 2001.

12mo, original velvet-covered boards stamped in blind, custom cloth-backed folding case. Limited edition, number 17 of 42 copies signed in pencil by Epping and Waldrop, with numerous pieces of ephemera laid in, as called for. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400 191* (GRANARY BOOKS) MCKENNA, TERRENCE AND TIMOTHY ELY Synesthesia. New York: Granary Books, 1992.

Oblong 8vo, original painted paper boards, wire edge sewn binding by Daniel E. Kelm, cloth-covered clamshell box by Jill Jevne. Limited edition, number 37 of 55 copies signed by the McKenna and Ely. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $400-600

192* (SOMETHING ELSE PRESS; DUCHAMP, MARCEL) WILLIAMS, EMMETT Sweethearts. New York: Something Else Press, 1967.

Thick 8vo, illustrated paper wraps. Softcover edition of Williams’ erotic poem series, with cover design by Marcel Duchamp. [Together with:] two other books published by the Something Else Press by David Spoerri: The Mythological Travels... (New York, 1970); An Anecdoted Topography of Change (New York, 1966). (3 total) Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200

193* OLDENBURG, CLAES Two Works, comprising Injun & Other Histories (New York: Great Bear Pamphlet, 1966) and Notes in Hand (New York: Dutton, 1971). Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $50-100

194* (SOMETHING ELSE PRESS) ROTH, DIETER 246 Little Clouds. Introduction by Emmett Williams. New York: Something Else Press, 1968.

8vo, publisher’s gray linen-backed boards, dust jacket. First edition. Rubbing and light toning to edges of dust jacket. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $100-200 195* WHITEWALLS WhiteWalls: A Magazine of Writings by Artists. Edited by Buzz Spector, Reagan and Roberta Upshaw, Timothy Porges and others. Chicago: White Walls, 1978-1987.

17 vols. (10/11 in one, including two copies of volume 2 with variant cover designs). 8vo, original pictorial stapled wraps designed by various artists. A collection of early issues of this important journal of art and language, co-founded by Spector, Reagan and Roberta Upshaw in 1977, with contributions from notable artists, including Agnes Denes, Vernon Fisher, Christo, Ed Ruscha and others. The series includes the first work published by Christoph Wool, the first published poem by photographer Richard Prince, and the first published story by author David Sedaris. Property from the Collection of Buzz Spector, St. Louis, Missouri $200-400 196* SPECTOR, BUZZ Two artists books.

Double Readings. Chicago: 1987. Thin 8vo, original pictorial wraps, artist book produced in conjunction with a 4,500 wedge-shaped book installation of the same name at Randolph Street Gallery in Chicago, April 10-May 12, 1987. The installation, Spector’s largest in Chicago, comprised books from his own collection, Powell’s and the University of Chicago.

The Position of the Author. With an essay by Colin Gardner. New York: Visual Studies Workshop, 1993. Thin 8vo, original pictorial wraps. Produced during a one week residency at the Visual Studies Workshop in December, 1991, this artists book appropriates print elements (largely from dust jackets and images of books furnishing rooms gleaned from magazines and journals) with two critical essays by Spector and Gardner. According to Spector, “Gardner’s commissioned essay was meant to function as another art element in the book, an artifact of the history of the posing repertoire I was examining through accompanying strategies of appropriation.” $100-200

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