The Sea is a Magic Carpet
  • artists' book
  • cloth boards issued without dust jacket
  • offset-printed
  • glue bound
  • slipcase
  • black-and-white & color
  • 4 vol. 18.6 x 21.7 cm. (books each) ; 19.8 x 22.3 x 11.9 cm. (slipcase)
  • [unpaginated]
  • edition size 100
  • signed and numbered

The Sea is a Magic Carpet

[4 Volume Boxed Set]

David Bunn

The Sea is a Magic Carpet

description

Boxed four volume artist's book by David Bunn featuring selected and scanned discarded cards from the card catalogues of the Los Angeles Central Library and the Liverpool Central Library. Each book includes an index and are housed in a slip case.

"These poems were selected from the sheafs of the Liverpool Central Library. They are composed of the title lines of sequences of cards taken in order from the sheafs, using all pages beginning with a given word or words." -- Colophon, "The Sea is a Magic Carpet" (purple book).

"These poems are selected from the discarded main card catalog of the Los Angeles Central Library. They are composed of the title lines of sequences of cards taken in order from the catalog, using all cards beginning with a given word or words." -- Colophon, "The Sea is a Magic Carpet" (green book).

"These plates were drawn from the local history sheaf of the Liverpool Central Library. They represent a sequence of pages taken in order ... using all pages beginning with the word Beatles." -- Colophon, "B."

"These plates were drawn from the discarded main card catalog of the Los Angeles Central Library. They are composed of a sequence of cards taken in order ... using all cards beginning with the word Doors." -- Colophon, "D."

Los Angeles, CA: [self-published],
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$800.00
Condition:  Very Good / Fine. All books signed and numbered. 1 mm. yellow mark on recto of "B" book. Minimal scuffing of slipcase, otherwise Fine. Includes an exhibition announcement card to a David Bunn exhibition at Brooke Alexander Gallery. This set numbered 22/100.
[Object # 36687]