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Published by Chronicle Books, 1995
ISBN 10: 0811806200ISBN 13: 9780811806206
Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by Univ of Tennessee Pr, 2002
ISBN 10: 157233178XISBN 13: 9781572331785
Seller: The Happy Book Stack, Murfreesboro, TN, U.S.A.
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Condition: VeryGood. The book is in very good condition. Cover may have minor imperfections. Book has little or no highlighting/underlining inside. Fast shipping!.
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Published by Chronicle Books, 1995
ISBN 10: 0811806200ISBN 13: 9780811806206
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Sewn in binding is tight with light wear to extremities. Bottom corners are bumped and very worn. Text and images unmarked. Single panel dust wrapper has two edge tears and a small area of sticker residue. Unpaginated folio. NOT AVAILABLE FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING.
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 3BY5 postcard announcement, image on front.NO SCANS.(VV2/0/6).
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2000
Seller: Sekkes Consultants, North Dighton, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: fine. Timothy C. Ely (illustrator). first edition. The Booklover's Repair Manual: 8½" x 10½", 160-page hard-cover, gloriously illustrated with more than 65 photographs and instructional drawings. No dust-jacket as issues 6½" - 9½". book.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1807 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 494 Volume 7.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1803 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 498 Volume 3.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1806 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 498 Volume 6.
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in., 6 pp., folded sheet with insert. Catalog for an exhibition of unique artists' books, paintings, monotypes, and objects at Granary Books (Nov. 30, 1989-Jan. 12, 1990). Includes essay by David Abel and exhibition checklist. Printed letterpress and offset at Oliphant Press. As new.
Published by San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1995., 1995
ISBN 10: 0811806200ISBN 13: 9780811806206
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. Color Illustrations (illustrator). First Edition. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1995. Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. The signature is on a page before the text section with the sheet printed 1985 ? . Folio, backcover has a wraparound printed wrapper which is slightly torn .
Published by University of Georgia Press 2013-04-30, Athens, 2013
ISBN 10: 0820344990ISBN 13: 9780820344997
Seller: Blackwell's, London, United Kingdom
Book
paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG.
Published by Donald H. Sheehan Gallery, 2004
ISBN 10: 1880269171ISBN 13: 9781880269176
Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.
Book
paperback. Condition: Very GOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: NONE. This a 47 page large format catalog for gallery show in Walla Walla, Washington in 2004. Very crisp and flat covers and pages. Creased along front cover spine. Very lightly bumped at the front cover lower corner.
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Published by San Francisco. Chronicle Books.
Seller: Richard V. Wells ABA, ILAB, TEIGNMOUTH, United Kingdom
(355 x 280). Unpaginated. Printed and illustrated in colour. Laminated boards with clear protective wraps. A large book that may require extra postage to be quoted.
Published by Chronicle Books, 1995
Seller: Granary Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
Printed paper over boards, 11 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. Includes a foreword by Terenece McKenna, an introduction by Timothy C. Ely, and an interview with Ely conducted by Steven Clay. This publication is a reproduction of a one-of-a-kind hand-painted and bound book by Ely completed in 1985. "In Tim Ely's world, we meet the book as artifact, as concrescence of cognitive process . Words, signs, maps, and the presence of hidden energies all combine into a course of visual epistemology. This is a Grimoire for our times, a book of angelic conjuration. The original flight into Egypt was angelically inspired and so, too, is this work. All angelic messages are recast by human intent, by which means they become comprehensible. 'Every angel is terrible,' wrote Rilke in 'The Duino Elegies.' Never more so than now at the end of our history. The Flight into Egyptis ultimately accessional and alchemical. To experience it leads to a rarefaction and an internal integration that is the essence of art and life." Terence McKenna, from the foreword. Fine condition with publisher's translucent printed belly-band, also fine.Though uncalled for, signed by the artist.
Publication Date: 2023
Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, India
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LeatherBound. Condition: New. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1802 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 876 Volume 2.
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2000
ISBN 10: 0375411194ISBN 13: 9780375411199
Seller: Maya Jones Books, Cerrillos, NM, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Timothy C. Ely (illustrator). As New. Book and supplies in box as issued. NOTE: Large, heavy item, may require additional shipping charges. Size: 4to.
Published by San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1995., 1995
Seller: OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994), West Brookfield, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
First Edition Signed
First edition. Decorated gloss paper boards backed with decorated faux pigskin. Signed by author on half title. 4to. pp. [56]. As New/No jacket, as issued/Near Fine. The published reproduction of the 1983-5 one of a kind original 16.5x13-inch book based on his grandfather's (Clyde James Ely) 16-week journey/journal into Egypt. Repair to tear in belly band to near fine.
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in., 6 pp., folded sheet with insert. Catalog for an exhibition of unique artists' books, paintings, monotypes, and objects at Granary Books (Nov. 30, 1989-Jan. 12, 1990). Includes essay by David Abel and exhibition checklist. Printed letterpress and offset at Oliphant Press. This is one of a few copies hand-colored by Ely. As new.
Published by Chronicle 1995, 1995
Seller: Peter J. Hadley Bookseller ABA ILAB, Ludlow, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
Near Fine in publishers decorated boards. Signed by Ely on title page.1st edition, 1st issue. Small Folio. ISBN 0811806200.
Published by O.O. The Poote Press 1987., 1987
Seller: Buch + Kunst + hommagerie Sabine Koitka, Basel, Switzerland
Kl.-4°. 12 nn. Bll. Mit Textill. Orig.-Fadenheftung (2 Lederriemchen). Eines von 85 Ex. (Nr. 85), gedruckt auf handgeschöpftem Papier. - Timothy C. Ely (*1949) ist ein zeitgenössischer amerikanischer Maler, Grafiker und Buchbinder, der dafür bekannt ist, handgefertigte Einzelbücher als Kunstobjekte zu erstellen. Viele von Elys Arbeiten sind mit seinen eigenen Glyphen beschriftet, die er "cribriform" nennt. Er unterrichtete am Center for Book Art in New York. Seine Arbeiten befinden sich in vielen privaten und öffentlichen Sammlungen, darunter die Library of Congress, das Brooklyn Museum, das Boston Athenaeum, das Getty Research Institute, das Victoria and Albert Museum und die Lilly Library. - Phantasievolle Zusammenarbeit mit Joe Napora (*1944), dem leidenschaftlichen und produktiven amerikanischen Dichter, Essayist, Herausgeber, Verleger und Aktivist. Lang en.
Published by Caliban Press, (Ogdensburg, NY), 1989
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Signed
Ely, Timothy (illustrator). Octavo. (iii), 15pp. One of 125 copies, signed by both the author and the artist. With three full-page and two tailpieces in full color by Ely, who lucidly emphasizes the psychedelic and geometric motifs of Berrigan's short story. Designed, printed, and bound by Caliban proprietor Mark McMurray in printed paste-paper boards backed by orange cloth. Fine.
Published by Waterstreet Press, Brooklyn, NY, 1986
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine Archival Box. Limited Edition. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Ten folios, offset printed on Arches cover buff. This copy bound in 1998 in a unique binding by the author/illustrator Timothy C. Ely. "'Approach to the Site' is one of the very few editioned books I have made. In itself it is a departure from my other editioned books because the printing was done using commercial offset lithography. I made this choice having seen some impressive examples of work produced by Waterstreet Press in Brooklyn, a fine book and art printer. My paper choice suggests oxidation and entropy. We all go yellow in the end. I received a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation which funded the printing and supplies for the binding. 'Approach to the Site' is a reflection on my ideas of libraries and how those ideas both inspired and directed some of my work at that time. In the early 80's, when this book was produced, a core idea for me rippled out from the image of Library as Island. I had visited national libraries in England, Italy and France and, of course, the Library of Congress and the New York Public library. I always look in on any library I pass for they seem to me to be like ponds of influence and all you have to do is throw in a stone. I am one of those stones. In addition to the visits, absorbing architecture and the direct influence and inspiration of physical books, I read a book on the history of the early Christian Church called 'THE LIVES OF THE DESERT FATHERS'. I became intrigued with the idea of an archetypal library as a radiant island or colony of thinkers and seekers. North Africa seems to be a string of beads, a constellation of sorts, each bead or star a monastery, many with a library. For some forgotten reason I set the archetype in central Turkey. The library was not Atlantis-like or special beyond just being an amazing repository of world knowledge, perhaps concealed or requiring clearance like the Vatican Library and its veiled basement. I began a small series of now lost sketches mostly done in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. These would guide my ideas as I drew each mylar color separation by hand. A few images used 4 colors, some two, and many were monochromatic reflecting a set of subjects I would have liked to have found in this secret library. The edition took decades to complete as I am a reluctant edition binder. With my work on unique manuscript books and other projects there has always been something more compelling to do. I tended to bind a few copies of 'Approach to the Site' at a time or when a client showed some interest." [Timothy C. Ely, February 2017] As often happens with editioned books, copies of 'Approach to the Site' were not completed and numbered sequentially. Ely retains copy #1, unbound. Over time, many of the case bound copies were repurposed. Far fewer than the stated edition of 49 copies were issued or actually exist. Timothy C. Ely is a renowned and enigmatic figure in the book world. His one-of-a-kind manuscript books combine elaborate and often mysterious painted and drawn folios contained within finely crafted bindings, most of which are original designs or variations on traditional binding techniques. Each book carries layers of both materials and meaning. Each drawing and element elicit revelations, personal to each viewer. "For the last forty years, his books and other works have sprung from a central core of concepts, owing to a fascination with obscure or seemingly incomprehensible forms inspired by science and other projections from the history of the human imagination. This spectrum of inspiration includes such things as fractured and whole grids, cypher systems, landforms and landscapes as viewed from a satellite, and the archeological overlay of some of these sites, especially those containing libraries. Originally, the atlas format provided a platform for the rendering of his complex maps, which gradually gave way to an expanded psychological viewpoint of a larger universal scheme. Much of Ely's work is richly annotated with his own glyphs he calls "cribriform." While they are made up of a finite set of marks, they take on many different "meanings" depending on the tool with which they are drawn. He has written and spoken often about the roots and evolution of these drawings. Gestural in their formation, these trailings evoke a sense of language and meaningful discourse. Though suggestive, they never yield up a firm translation." [A. Schoolman]. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Boards covered in remaindered leaves and fragments from the printing (partially revealed) and then given a crusticular treatment using various sands and aggregate compounds from many high desert landscapes, conventional sewing. Housed in a custom clamshell box by the artist. fo 27.5cm x 37cm. Numbered limited edition, this being 42 of 49.
Published by Paperworks, Portland, OR, 1981
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Loose mounts. Condition: Fine in Very Good Archival Box. Unique. Unique. Loose mounts. Paperworks was the name of Ely's d/b/a before he moved to NYC. This set of photos, from rather early in Ely's career, has been in his ex-wife's private collection until now. Timothy C. Ely is a renowned and enigmatic figure in the book world. His one-of-a-kind manuscript books combine elaborate and often mysterious painted and drawn folios contained within finely crafted bindings, most of which are original designs or variations on traditional binding techniques. Each book carries layers of both materials and meaning. Each drawing and element elicit revelations, personal to each viewer. "For the last forty years, his books and other works have sprung from a central core of concepts, owing to a fascination with obscure or seemingly incomprehensible forms inspired by science and other projections from the history of the human imagination. This spectrum of inspiration includes such things as fractured and whole grids, cypher systems, landforms and landscapes as viewed from a satellite, and the archeological overlay of some of these sites, especially those containing libraries. Originally, the atlas format provided a platform for the rendering of his complex maps, which gradually gave way to an expanded psychological viewpoint of a larger universal scheme. Much of Ely's work is richly annotated with his own glyphs he calls "cribriform." While they are made up of a finite set of marks, they take on many different "meanings" depending on the tool with which they are drawn. He has written and spoken often about the roots and evolution of these drawings. Gestural in their formation, these trailings evoke a sense of language and meaningful discourse. Though suggestive, they never yield up a firm translation." [A. Schoolman]. Minor shelf/edge wear, cloth on box shows some bubbling, else bright and clean. Black cloth archival box with cutout/inlayed b/w photograph; seven handmade paper covered mount boards, each with inlaid b/w photograph. 11x13.5" Illus. (b/w plates).
Published by Timothy Ely, Portland, OR, 1984
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Unique. Unique. Hardcover. This work, from early in Ely's career, has been in his ex-wife's private collection until now. Printed and mss elements, nearly all in tones of black (the only color is a clot of red over the title on the title page). Overall, a more organic feel than much of his later work. Timothy C. Ely is a renowned and enigmatic figure in the book world. His one-of-a-kind manuscript books combine elaborate and often mysterious painted and drawn folios contained within finely crafted bindings, most of which are original designs or variations on traditional binding techniques. Each book carries layers of both materials and meaning. Each drawing and element elicit revelations, personal to each viewer. "For the last forty years, his books and other works have sprung from a central core of concepts, owing to a fascination with obscure or seemingly incomprehensible forms inspired by science and other projections from the history of the human imagination. This spectrum of inspiration includes such things as fractured and whole grids, cypher systems, landforms and landscapes as viewed from a satellite, and the archeological overlay of some of these sites, especially those containing libraries. Originally, the atlas format provided a platform for the rendering of his complex maps, which gradually gave way to an expanded psychological viewpoint of a larger universal scheme. Much of Ely's work is richly annotated with his own glyphs he calls "cribriform." While they are made up of a finite set of marks, they take on many different "meanings" depending on the tool with which they are drawn. He has written and spoken often about the roots and evolution of these drawings. Gestural in their formation, these trailings evoke a sense of language and meaningful discourse. Though suggestive, they never yield up a firm translation." [A. Schoolman]. Minimal shelf/edge wear, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Quarterbound, black leather spine, exposed black cords, black pigment and resin covered board (highly textured); painted pastedowns, heavy black paper free endpages. to. np. Illus. (b/w plates, colored plate). Signed and dated by the artist.
Published by Granary Books, New York, 1992
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Fine. Signed Limited First Edition. First edition. An artist's book containing drawn and painted images by Timothy C. Ely, set against text written by Terence McKenna, with typography by Philip Gallo. From a limited edition of only 75 copies, signed by McKenna and Ely. Of those 75, there were 55 numbered copies and 20 hors commerce copies lettered G-Z, and this is copy letter O. Pages printed letterpress on Rives BFK in pairs on single leaves, wrapped around and pasted onto thick card stock and adorned with original watercolor paintings by Ely; sewn binding with brass rods securing textblock to black embossed paper-covered boards with decorative brass piece affixed to upper board, housed in original black cloth chemise case with printed paper title label to spine. Fine. In 1991, McKenna visited an exhibition at Granary Books featuring Ely's work, and this collaboration would result. A fantastic push and pull of Gallo's refined typography set against Ely's abstract watercolor, offering a visual landscape for the eye to wander, perfectly paired with McKenna's text on broad themes such as art, language, history and nature.
Six drawings 22 x 10 in. on Strathmore paper folded in half and house in a handmade quarter leather clamshell box. The title, Landbridges,is blindstamped on the spine of the box. Onthe hand drawn and lettered interior label the title is rendered as Landbridge: 6 Folio Drawings. The label also has a small drawing and is dated 1979 and signed by the artist. The drawings (primarily ink and watercolor) depict with precision and skill a range of visionary landscapes populated with grids, maps, emblems, equations, and Ely's form of asemic notation that he identifies as cribriform. His access to the imagination and mastery of materials is on full display. We have handled Tim Ely's work since the mid-1980s and this is the earliest piece we've offered. It comes from the period after he finished graduate school in 1975 and before 1982 when he travelled to Japan, Italy, and England on an NEA grant to study bookbinding and papermaking. In the mid to late 1970s Ely was working with ideas about how to present his drawings. Landbridge seems to be a marker on his path toward formal bindings. Drawings are fine. Box is very good plus to near fine with minor shelf wear and a 3/8 in, circular blemish to spine.
Published by New York: Granary Books, 1992
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. First Edition. Limited Edition. No. 39 of 55 copies. Artist book. 36 unnumbered pages, color illustrations, 25cm. Drawn and painted images are articulated glossolalia by T.C. Ely refracted from a text by Terence McKenna. Typography & stratified latterpress printing by Philip Gallo at the Hermetic Press. Bookbinding as a teleological process by Daniel E. Kelm & staff at The Wide Awake Garage. The paper is Rives BFK, set in Eurostile normal and extended"--Colophon. Pages printed in pairs on single leaves are folded around and pasted on to thick card with watercolor illustrations and decorations. Thin brass rods inserted support sewn bands securing textblock to boards covered in black paper embossed with designs relating to the images within, and bearing a brass label. White endpapers blind printed with script-like pattern. In black cloth bound solander box, with white title label on spine.
Published by Timothy Ely, Portland, OR, 1992
Seller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Unique. Unique. Hardcover. This work, from rather early in Ely's career, has been in his ex-wife's private collection until now. As with much of Ely's work, it is comprised of various techniques (print, mss, paint, collage, etc.) and exquisitely bound. Smaller in hand than much of his work, it embodies an interesting, experimental expression of his work. "I was experimenting with fusion [dry mount] techniques and so made this small book and gifted it to [then wife] Ruth. I had a lot of alchemical source images around, transferred them onto tissue and fused them with a bit of over drawing." [artist statement] Timothy C. Ely is a renowned and enigmatic figure in the book world. His one-of-a-kind manuscript books combine elaborate and often mysterious painted and drawn folios contained within finely crafted bindings, most of which are original designs or variations on traditional binding techniques. Each book carries layers of both materials and meaning. Each drawing and element elicit revelations, personal to each viewer. "For the last forty years, his books and other works have sprung from a central core of concepts, owing to a fascination with obscure or seemingly incomprehensible forms inspired by science and other projections from the history of the human imagination. This spectrum of inspiration includes such things as fractured and whole grids, cypher systems, landforms and landscapes as viewed from a satellite, and the archeological overlay of some of these sites, especially those containing libraries. Originally, the atlas format provided a platform for the rendering of his complex maps, which gradually gave way to an expanded psychological viewpoint of a larger universal scheme. Much of Ely's work is richly annotated with his own glyphs he calls "cribriform." While they are made up of a finite set of marks, they take on many different "meanings" depending on the tool with which they are drawn. He has written and spoken often about the roots and evolution of these drawings. Gestural in their formation, these trailings evoke a sense of language and meaningful discourse. Though suggestive, they never yield up a firm translation." [A. Schoolman]. Tight, bright, and unmarred; archival box shows light shelf/edge wear, light even toning. Quarterbound, leather spine, painted wooden boards with inlayed and onlayed elements, painted pastedowns and endpages. np (10pp plus endpages and blanks). Illus. (colored plates). Signed by the artist. Fine in Very Good+ Archival Box.
Published by G L M, a Paris 6 rue Huyghens, 1938. # 408 of 1,000 on "velin bibliophile" paper (of a total of 1,120)., 1938
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. (Oscar Dominguez, Max Ernst, Espinoza, Rene Magritte, Andre Masson, Matta Echaurren, Joan Miro, [Wolfgang] Paalen , Man Ray, [Kurt] Seligmann, [Yves] Tanguy. Une table analytique. Des documents. Repercussions.) Binding: 5 3/4 x 7 3/4" (original book size: 14.3 x 19.1 mm.); 415pp., plus Table Generale: (4)pp.+ colophon leaf. Includes 12 full-page, bound-in black & white illustrations by Surrealist artists. In a special handcrafted inlaid & overlaid leather binding by book artist Tim Ely. Bound in full orange/brown morocco leather with inlays or overlays of black, gray, red, blue/gray, violet & orange/brown leather & applied areas of "textured" or "puckered" leather in red/brown, orange/brown, tan & gray; black inked lines; lines, dots, circles, curves, "horse shoes", etc. stamped in gold, silver, copper or iridescent toned metallic foils to form an overall design spanning both covers & spine. Label area on lower spine reading: Comte De Lautremont. Double headbands sewn in many colored threads echoing binding colors. Top edge gilt & toned with a red wash. Dark brown endpapers & extra flyleaves bound in. Fore & bottom edges untrimmed; original front paper cover & spine removed & included loose in the clamshell case. Binding design executed with great skill but undated; it uses elements of some of the great Surrealist painters' illustrations in this book as Matta, Miro, Tanguy, Masson (those who mainly worked in a more "abstract" style). In a sturdy clamshell case (box) covered in gray cloth with title in black on spine; inner section lined with gray felt. Book shows some age spotting to fore edge; else, text, plates, binding & case in fine condition. This illustrated & bound book is both the quintessential surrealist & neo-surrealist object. No better title than the 1938 GLM edition of Lautreamont could have been found for this project & Timothy C. Ely's mildly unusual binding does this still very unusual work justice. Les Editions G. L. M. 190. (French text).
ELY, Timothy. Diaglyphic Monad. For Doctor Dee. One-of-a-kind manuscript book. 80 pp. Illustrated with 40 painted and drawn folios plus painted endpapers, drawn and painted throughout by Timothy Ely with each page containing drawings in ink, dry pigments, watercolour, gouache, dilute acrylics and gilded metals. 8vo., 233 x 140 mm, bound in a hand-painted relief binding consisting of heavy boards, with symbolic writing and mathematical equations intermixed with cosmological symbols, black morocco spine preserved in a new cloth box. Portland, Oregon: T. Ely, 1993. Unique painted manuscript. Signed and dated by the artist on the title page. Timothy Ely's Diaglyphic Monad is a visual laboratory, a metaphysical realm, consisting of symbolic images of architecture, floor-plans, geometry, perspective, celestial spheres, phantasmagoric spaces, ideograms, horizons, and symbolic mathematical writing. The mystical text, labeled "cribiform" by the artist, is a hybrid of scripts by ancient scribes, engravers and calligraphers, Chinese characters, ciphers, Egyptian hieroglyphics, cryptographs, codes and various secret writings. The cribiform is meant to function "as an intermediary to other types of meaning." Certainly, the connection to Carl Jung's theories on single marks and symbols as messages from the collective unconscious comes immediately to mind. This painted manuscript echoes the style and interpretative world of illustrated works of Pacioli, Vitruvius, Serlio, Boullée, Tyco Brahe, Mercator, Celarius, Leonardo and Galileo, as well as evoking the modern sensibility of Max Ernst and Iliazd, as seen in their masterpiece Maximiliana of 1964. Timothy Ely began making books in the 1950s with one surviving example from that time: a small cookbook covered in stars. Ely has taught bookbinding, drawing and creativity workshops in many places in the world from Scandinavia to Central America. His books and other works can be found in museums and libraries, most extensively in the United States and Europe. PROVENANCE: Thomas Vroom with his bookplate on the front paste-down.