Collector's Shit : Detachment from the Collection Todd Alden New York, NY: Ted Donald Editions. 1993 In 1961, Italian artist Piero Manzoni collected his own excrement in tins which he sold for the price of gold on the day of the sale. Beginning in 1993, Todd Alden embarked on a project in response to Manzoni, in which he invited some 750 contemporary art collectors to conserve their own feces for canning and collection. A total of 81 collectors participated in this consideration of abjection, market relations, scatological taboos, and authenticity. Alden situates the collector as artist creator, while his own role becomes that of collector fetishist. Bound in a file folder, this publication consists of meticulously organized copies of correspondence with an anonymous collector, support materials, and essays by Alden and Ted Donald. Category: Book $75.00 [-10% discount to Printed Matter members at the Member level]

Fragments of NameemaN Peter Barnett New York, NY: P. Barnett. 2003 The pages of this unbound artist's book are stacked neatly into a clear plexiglass box, but once you remove the lid and begin to read, the story it contains is anything but orderly. Each page unfolds into a series of four physically connected fragments of text with no prescribed reading order. Created by Barnett to be laid out, stacked, and overlapped into a sculptural text-object by the reader, the book's meaning is the product of artist's concerns in conversation with his readers' design sensibility. Category: Book $250.00 [-10% discount to Printed Matter members at the Member level]

Apollo's Stage Amanda Barrow Groton, MA: Quick Brown Fox & Grigg. 1996 A square shape cut out of the cover undergoes a choreographed metamorphosis similar to the experience of travelling through space, as the shape of the cut-out is altered in ever more elaborate ways on each page. A formal and technical study of the evolving interactions of ink, blade, and paper--and, at the same time, an abstract autobiographical narrative--this book approximates a sequel to Barrow's popular Tagore Nagar (1992). “‘Apollo's Stage’ is a remarkable bookwork, because it has a sewn binding and each page is cut by hand and is manipulated. This book, therefore, is handmade but a bargain at any price, but especially this one. Printed black on buff paper, the illustrations, sometimes direct, sometimes abstract, become interlaced playing one upon the other. A treasure." --Umbrella 20, no.2, 1997. Category: Book $30.00 [-10% discount to Printed Matter members at the Member level]

Josephine's Quilt Amanda Barrow Kerala, India: G.R. Printers. 1999 The abstract prints in this book have windows of different sizes and shapes cut out of them, making the experience of reading Josephine's Quilt a three dimensional exploration of two dimensional space. If there is a narrative, it is about pattern and penetrability. Category: Book $50.00 [-10% discount to Printed Matter members at the Member level]

Junior/Senior Prom Lori Christmastree Rochester, NY: Lori Christmastree. 1984 A tale of disillusionment printed on both sides of a paperdoll chain of empty prom dresses. When unfolded, it stands alone. Category: Small Book $6.00 [-10% discount to Printed Matter members at the Member level]

Evidence of Attendants MJ Connors Rosendale, NY: Women's Studio Workshop. 1991 “Evidence of angels among us! A collection of objects considered as debris left by angels on their visits to the mortal world. Cards documenting each object are housed within the ten pockets that comprise the pages of this book. Printed on each pocket is a brief introduction to the heavenly bodies that carry out divine work. Offset printed and concertina bound; housed in a translucent envelope."--Women's Studio Workshop. Category: Small Book $125.00 [-10% discount to Printed Matter members at the Member level]

Elegy for the Natural World Joyce Cutler Shaw San Diego, CA: Joyce Cutler Shaw. 2003 Elegy for The Natural World is an accordion fold artist's book that duplicates Joyce Cutler Shaw's 65 foot long by 3 foot high public installation of large scale drawings of sycamore branches, cascading leaves and silhouettes of wild birds. Printed in black on translucent white vellum and bound beneath handmade bark-like paper, the book was conceived as an homage to our disappearing natural landscape. Category: Book $100.00 [-10% discount to Printed Matter members at the Member level]

Matchbox Galaxies Virginia DuQuette Brooklyn, NY: V. DuQuette. 1999 This tiny book lets you hold the universe in the palm of your hand. Two miniature boards are held together with strips of book-binder's cloth and glued into the accordion fold body of the book so that the book and its binding form a single unit. Each page is packed with digital collages of outer space titled with phrases like "alien invasion", "space cowboy," and "close encounter." Astronauts, rocketships and alien beings float in the zero gravity of this psychedelic sci-fi ride that packs aways neatly into a match box, black as the night sky. Category: Book $25.00 [-10% discount to Printed Matter members at the Member level]

Tide : Edit David Faithfull Edinburgh, Scotland: Semper Fidelis. 1997 This dazzlingly complex book consists of a series of four color lithographs printed on an accordion-folded cardboard sheet, to which are affixed two small offset books of black and white photographs. David Faithfull describes his work as "An experimental double gate fold/concertina bound palindromic/retronymic book, incorporating supplementary titles/books ‘Tide’ and ‘Edit.’ The explorative imagery and text investigate personal mythologies, memories and elements based on a specific island coastline in western Scotland. The complete volume functioned as a guide/catalogue to two solo exhibitions of mixed media work in Verona and Lake Garda in northern Italy in 1997." Category: Book $80.00 [-10% discount to Printed Matter members at the Member level]

It : A Poem / Play / Installation Coco Gordon New York, NY: W Space. 1987 IT is a 12 foot tall sculpture installation of paper on wire. IT fits tight to the ceiling height according to where it is placed. In this book IT is photocopied onto acetate and interspersed with the pages of the Play which is also a Poem. Each book is hand bound and comes with a unique mini etching. Category: Book $125.00 [-10% discount to Printed Matter members at the Member level]

Bilder I Glass Guttorm Guttormsgaard Blaker, Norway: G. Guttormsgaard. 1997 Beautiful, abstract geometrical images silkscreened on transparent, semi-transparent and opaque leaves. Spiral binding. Issued in a glassine envelope. References: Umbrella v.21, no.2, July 1998, p. 56. Category: Book $32.00 [-10% discount to Printed Matter members at the Member level]

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