Bern Porter / Founds Nos 1 to 9 Signed 1st Edition 1998

9 Chapbooks of Bern Porter's Found Images, #6/39 Signed. Author: Porter, Bern Title: Founds Nos. 1 to 9 Publication: San Francisco: X-Ray Book Company, 1998. First Edition Edition: First Edition. Description: A collection of nine small chapbooks of photocopies of found images selected by Bern Porter.

The sheets were bound by Johnny Brewton with a title page / colophon leaf, a stiff sheet for structure, a found paper leaf as the cover, and a translucent sheet printed with the title and author. Each chapbook is limited to 39 copies, signed and numbered by Porter, and it is housed in a plastic envelope sealed with a paper-backed sticker. Most of his work was published in small editions; this is one of the most substantial pieces (more than 120 images) with the smallest edition size. The publisher, Johnny Brewton of the X-Ray Book and Novelty Co.

Designs and publishes small editions of literary and artistic works, often incorporating found and waste papers, as in this series. 5-1/2 by 7 inches, with 12 or 14 leaves (printed rectos only) of Porter's images. All nine volumes are fine in wrappers, as issued, with the original plastic sleeves and paper seals intact. All nine books are numbered 6 of 39 and signed by Porter. The chapbooks came wrapped in a piece of printer's waste (probably left over from X-Ray Number Seven, one of Brewer's literary journals).

It is also numbered 20/39 in the margin. The wrapper has surface scars from the original tape seals.

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