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Mail Art: An Annotated Bibliography.
Metuchen, NJ & London: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1991. First edition. 8vo. Brown cloth boards, with black and gilt title illustration to front cover and spine lettering in gilt. 534pp.
SIGNED on the dedication page by the bibliographer, a prominent promoter of mail art and a mail and performance artist in his own right.
Foreword by Belgian artist Guy Bleus. Introduction (3pp.) and three essays on mail art (32pp.) by Held, who compiled this bibliography of nearly 2200 sources (from 36 countries) of information on mail art from books, magazines, newspapers, and catalogue essays between 1955 and 1989.
Three appendices print “The ‘Suppressed’ Big Introduction” by Al ‘Van Wyck’ Ackerman, a list of the book’s numerous contributors from across the world, and Held’s “Letter to Contributors” (5pp.) + author, title and subject indexes.
Fine (issued without dw.).
Price:
£85.00
