Pointless Acts : 1-41 (Or Any Sequence From 2-41 Therein)
Roberta Allen
New York, NY: The Collation Center. 1977

In the opening gesture of this book, the artist draws 15 pointless arrows (15 being the number of letters in the phrase "pointles arrows." ) For the rest of the book the drawn marks and the photographed artist interact. It closes with the following tidbit: "The total number of possible sequences for 40 unnumbered Pointless Acts is so great that it is impossible to determine an exact number. This inexact number can only be represented by the following notation: 8.159152832478972E47. E denotes adding significant places where the numbers are unknown, in this case 47 significant places. In order to conceive of the incredible number of sequences possible one can bear in mind that trillion has only 12 significant places (or zeros)."

Category: Small Book

$5.00

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Pointless Arrows : 12 Situations or Any Sequence From 1 - 10 Therein
Roberta Allen
New York, NY: R. Allen. 1977

Highlights include "20 Pointless Arrows Cancelled Out By Directional Conflict" and "26 Pointless Arrows Fuse in An Ascending Formation." References: Franklin Furnace Archive Artists Book Bibliography, 1977-1979.

Category: Small Book

$6.00

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I Am Working on It
Finn Thybo Andersen
Copenhagen, Denmark: Space Poetry. 1997

A tiny color book documenting the artist “working on it” until "it " is done and fully installed.

Category: Small Book

$10.00

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Bull's-Eye
The Mother, THe Daughter & The Holly Ghost
New Jersey, USA: Abaton Garage. 2005

A manifesto on the rapid growth of technology bringing about an untimely cultural resurgence towards a religious and atavistic sense of reality.

Category: Small Book

$5.00

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Broken Dishes
Stacey Armstrong
Seattle, WA: S. Armstrong. 1993

Handmade, color photocopy illustrated narrative about missing a man: "Traces of me in that sly smile that sits on his lips." The sights, smells, tastes, and sounds of a morning full of coffee, burnt toast and memories of the night before, are captured in collages containing scenes from a diner.

Category: Small Book

$15.00

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Temporary Sequence. #10
Gill Arno
Brooklyn, NY: G. Arno. 2004

"I began this series of booklets to keep a record of the projections done for the Seasonal series of mixed media events. As Season brought together sounds and visuals in a diaologically open environment, I became interested in the idea of exploring the relationships between these found slidesŃmnemonic fragments that had lost connection with their original context.
The bookletÕs layout reflects the typical performance setup, where two projection screens were juxtaposed in a room allowing for the way in which narratives can develop in the mind of the observer. I see these narratives as mental lines, an invisible web connecting people and situations actually distant in both space and time. Various degrees of exhibitionism and voyeurism interlock to create an experience that is ultimately quite personal and subjective." ŠArtistÕs Statement

Category: Small Book

$30.00

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Temporary Sequence. #4
Gill Arno
Brooklyn, NY: G. Arno. 2003

"I began this series of booklets to keep a record of the projections done for the Seasonal series of mixed media events. As Season brought together sounds and visuals in a diaologically open environment, I became interested in the idea of exploring the relationships between these found slidesŃmnemonic fragments that had lost connection with their original context.
The bookletÕs layout reflects the typical performance setup, where two projection screens were juxtaposed in a room allowing for the way in which narratives can develop in the mind of the observer. I see these narratives as mental lines, an invisible web connecting people and situations actually distant in both space and time. Various degrees of exhibitionism and voyeurism interlock to create an experience that is ultimately quite personal and subjective." ŠArtistÕs Statement

Category: Small Book

$30.00

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Under Toes
Molly Barker
San Francisco, CA: Tigertooth Press. 1991

One of a series of pocket size picture books which employ pen and ink drawings coupled with scant texts to convey dark and humourous narrative vignettes.

Category: Small Book

$10.00

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Architexts
Harriet Bart
Minneapolis, MN: H. Bart. 1990

Wordless book of books in various poses.

Category: Small Book

$8.00

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Booklet : Consumed
Alyson Beaton
Chicago, IL: Alyson Beaton. 2003

A collection of the artist's favorite products photographed at her kitchen table and annotated with information about the price, estimated life span and usage to-date. Alongside this presentation of empirical data, each product is also paired with a line from a love song promising eternal devotion to the dear household companions. In a final gesture of uber-appreciation, the images are captioned with an advertising slogan that grows over the course of the fourteen pages to staggering almost unpronounceable length. An amusing demonstration of the overblown and somehow, in this case, magically fulfillable promises of the market.

Category: Small Book

$8.00

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Bill Burns
Roy Colmer
Simon Cutts
Stefan Eberstadt
Stephen Ellwood
Endwar
Gray Fraser
Brad Freeman
Leslie Grant
Susan Happersett
Michael Harvey
Paul Heimbach
Noah Lyon
Athena Tacha