Asger Jorn. Bibliothèque d’Alexandrie, Complete collection
Aarhus/ Copenhagen/ Paris, L'Institut Scandinave de Vandalismes Comparé, 1959 - 1968. Rare and important collection published by Asger Jorn through his Situationist-inspired imprint Bibliothèque D’Alexandrie. Contains all six volumes; the seventh volume 'Origines de l’Internationale Situationniste', announced in 1964, was never issued. The fifth volume includes a dedication by Jorn.
(1) Constant. Paris, Bibliothèque d’Alexandrie, 1959. Staplebound, 26 x 19.5 cm, 14 pp. (2) Michelle Bernstein & Asger Jorn. Pinot-Gallizio. Paris, Bibliothèque d’Alexandrie, 1960. Staple-bound, cover in monochrome black (front) and red (rear), 26 x 19.5 cm, 32 pp. (3) Asger Jorn & Pierre Wemaere. Le Long Voyage. Paris, Bibliothèque d’Alexandrie, 1960. Softcover, 26 x 19.5 cm, 52 pp. Includes an invitation for the vernissage (with cocktails) of 'Le Long Voyage' at Galerie des Quatre Saisons in Paris on Dec. 16, presenting tapestries by Jorn and Wemaere. (4) Guy Ernest Debord. Contre le Cinéma. Aarhus, Institut de Vandalisme Comparé, 1964. Softcover, 26 x 19.5 cm, 97 pp. (5) Asger Jorn. Signes gravés sur les églises de l’Eure et du Calvados. Copenhagen/Paris, Edition Borgen/Minotaure, 1964. Hardcover, printed wrapper, 27.5 x 21.5 cm, 327 pp. With handwritten dedication by Asger Jorn on title page dedicated to Olga/ O.V. Andersen. Age-related wear to jacket, tear to fold on front wrapper, interior fine. (6) Asger Jorn & Noël Arnaud. La langue verte et la cuite. Étude gastrophonique sur la marmythologie musiculinaire. Paris, J.J. Pauvert, 1968. Hardcover, with printed dust jacket, 27.5 x 21.5 cm, 383 pp. Ill. in b/w and colour. Light rubbing to wrapper on spine, very good condition. (total 6)