Ars Libri Ltd.
Specializing in Art, Architecture, Archaeology, Photography, Modern Illustrated Books, Rarities of the Modern Avant-Garde
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Ars Libri maintains the largest stock in America of rare and out-of-print books on art. We specialize in academic library collection development, and offer scholarly collections en bloc, as well as individual rare books and documents, with an emphasis on avant-garde movements such as Dada, Surrealism, Constructivism, Bauhaus, and Fluxus. Founded in 1976, it has an international reputation as a source for scholars, collectors, artists, and everyone else with an interest in the visual arts. Ars Libri covers all periods and all fields of art history, from antiquity to the present, including architecture, archaeology, photography, and the decorative arts.Terms of Sale
All items are in good antiquarian condition, unless otherwise described.All prices are net. Massachusetts residents should add 5% sales tax. Reserved items will be held for three business days pending receipt of payment or formal orders. Orders from individuals unknown to us must be accompanied by payment or by satisfactory references.All items may be returned, if returned within two weeks in the same condition as sent, and if packed, shipped and insured as received. When ordering, please cite the bibliographical i.d. number(s) indicated. Overseas clients who wish to pay by methods other than credit card, must remit in U.S. dollar funds, payable on a U.S. bank, or transfer the amount due directly to the account of Ars Libri Ltd., Cambridge Trust Company, 1336 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02238, Account No.39-665-6-01. Clients maintaining accounts in Germany may remit to our German account: Commerzbank, Filiale Bad Soden, 65812 Bad Soden/Taunus, Germany, Account No.1160159 (BLZ 500 400 00). Mastercard, Visa and American Express accepted. Shipping/handling charges are additional. Our usual method of shipping is UPS for domestic orders and registered surface or air mail for overseas clients. We also use several other carriers. Please let us know the shipping method you prefer.
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Recently Added Books
Quindici. Giornale mensile. Numero 8, 14 febbraio-15 marzo [1968]: Forza Giap. Agitazioni studentesche a Roma, Firenze, Lecce, Padova, Milano.
by Quindici. Giornale mensile. Numero 8, 14 febbraio-15 marzo [1968]: Forza Giap.
Expression. No. 3. (1947).
by Expression. No. 3. (1947).
Venezianische Gemälde des 18. Jahrhunderts. Bearbeitet von Rolf Kultzen. Vollständiger Katalog. (Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Alte Pinakothek, München: Gemäldekataloge. Bd. X, 2.)
by München. Alte Pinakothek, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen.
The Royal City of Susa: Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in the Louvre. Edited by Prudence O. Harper, Joan Aruz, and Françoise Tallon.
by Harper, Prudence Oliver, et al. (editor).
Aztecs: An Interpretation.
by Clendinnen, Inga.
Instant Media Dispatch: The Journal of Quick Art. Editor:
by Instant Media Dispatch: The Journal of Quick Art.
Gods of Flesh, Gods of Stone: The Embodiment of Divinity in India. Edited by Joanne Punzo Waghorne and Norman Cutler in association with Vasudha Narayanan.
by Waghorne, Joanne Punzo, et al. (editors).
Recently added catalogues
Including artists' books, prints, graphic design, and a group of original photographs by William Reagh. Also including items by the Coracle Press, John Furnival, Antonio Frasconi and Eric Gill.
A complete run, nos. 1-57, and selected individual issues of this influential and genre-bending periodical founded in 1991 by Stephen Gan, Cecilia Dean, and James Kaliardos, out of a small West Village apartment. At the intersection of fashion, contemporary art, photography, design, and culture, "Visionaire" is a series of monographic issues, each of which stands as a work of art on its own, defying categorization and formal boundaries. Karl Lagerfeld, John Baldessari, and Steven Klein have been guest artists; guest editors include fashion designers Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Garçons), Tom Ford (Gucci), Hedi Slimane (Dior Homme), and Riccardo Tisci (Givenchy). Other artists and designers contributing work include Barbara Kruger, Shirin Neshat, Yoko Ono, Vik Muniz, Maurizio Cattelan, Marina Abramovic, Bruce Weber, Nan Goldin, Bill Cunningham, Mary Ellen Mark, Mario Testino, Edward Gorey, Philippe Starck, Steven Meisel, Inez & Vinoodh, Alexander McQueen, and Vivenne Westwood, among others. Famed for its radically lavish design, “Visionaire” is as much a series of original multiples as a periodical as such, housed in wildly differing and elaborate high-style boxes and cases (metal, molded plastic, vinyl, plexiglass, and wood, as well as cloth), and extensive incorporation of original fabrics, fur, ceramics and other materials in its contents.
A list of 90 rare contemporary illustrated books.
Electronic list 119, a list of 165 items by and on Christian Boltanski, Sol Lewitt, Richard Tuttle and Lawrence Weiner.
A list of rare modern and antiquarian books to be exhibited at the RBMS conference in Las Vegas at the ABAA Booksellers' Showcase, June 24-25, 2014