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Medicine Dan by Ayin Es

Medicine Dan (Desolate Press): 60 pages, mixed media, hand-bound Artist's book with printed and original pages: watercolors and sketches. Book size: 7 5/8 x 6 1/8 inches.

Edition: 8
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Queersition Zine by Ayin Es

Queersition (Desolate Press): 36 pages, a printed zine with ink illustrations and watercolors. Book size: 7 x 9 inches.

Edition: 30
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This Land Catalog by Ayin Es

This Land (Desolate Press): 36 pages, an exhibition catalog from September 10 to October 22, 2022 at Craig Krull Gallery, Los Angeles. Book size: 8.5 x 8.5 inches.

Open Edition
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Outlander by Ayin Es

Outlander (Desolate Press): 36 pages, hand bound in black cardstock and housed in a recycled cigar box. Handmade, original pages; fine imported papers. Book size is approx: 4.5 x 7.5 inches.

Edition: 5
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The Spark - Artist's book by Carol Es

The Spark (Careless Press): 20 pages, hand bound in soft cover, printed with archival inks and select original art pages in a clamshell case. Includes animated movie on flash drive. Book size: 3.25 x 4.5 inches.

Edition: 20
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Carol Es une Monographie de Lignes - and Artist's book of drawings by Carol Es

Carol Es une Monographie de Lignes (Careless Press): 153 pages, 65 B&W illustrations, hardbound letterpressed covers, and original colored pencil drawing in the front of every book. 8.5 x 8.5 inches.

Edition: 30
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Today's Quandary - an Artist's book by Carol Es

Today's Quandary. (Careless Press): A little book about the process of creating Artists' books. 28 pages, letterpressed covers, saddle stitch, and an original colored pencil drawing in the front of every book. 8.5 x 5.5 inches.

Edition: 50
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Houses - an Artist's book by Carol Es

Houses (Careless Press): Cereal box covers and slipcovers, stab bound and handmade by Carol Es; original pages; fine imported papers. 20 pages, 6 x 9 inches.

Edition: 8
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Farber/Es - an Artist's book by Carol Es and Neil Farber

Farber | Es (Chance Press): Neil Farber and Carol Es. Hand bound, 36 full-color pages.

Edition: 30
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Carol Es - a catalog by Carol Es

Carol Es Catalog (Careless Press): Commercially printed, perfect bound, paperback, 27 pages. Full color images with essay, bio and artist's statement. 8.5 x 8.5 inches.

Edition: Open
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Inside/Outside - an Artist's book by Carol Es

Inside/Outside (Art House Co-op): Hand embroidered cover, 40 page moleskin with handwritten text in pen and gouache art made as part of The Fiction Project for the Brooklyn Art Library. 8.25 x 5.25 inches.

Edition: Only one
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Monsters on Jasmine St. - an illustrated poetry book by Carol Es

Monsters on Jasmine St. (Bottle of Smoke Press): Hand sewn, letterpress cover book of poems and full color illustrations. These come in 3 editions: paperback, hardcover and a small deluxe edition. 8.5 x 7 inches.

Edition: 86 in total
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Sketches - an Artist's book by Carol Es

Sketches (Chance Press): Hand sewn sketchbook which originally appeared in Scribbles in a Sandstorm. This is a private edition and includes a small original sketch of Dan. 5.5 x 3.75 inches.

Edition: 10
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Scribbles in a Sandstorm - an Artist's book by Carol Es

Scribbles in a Sandstorm (Chance Press): Hardcover, hand bound, accordion Artists' book with removable spine, containing a 40" color panorama. On the flip side: a Gocco print, a letterpress print, as well as a bound-in sketchbook and an original signed sketch. 7 x 7 inches.

Edition: 20
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Horsebucket - an Artist's book by Carol Es

Horsebucket (Careless Press): Drawings from the artist's bedside sketchbook. Pages are individually typed on an old, Underwood typewriter, making each book unique. 24 B&W pages, letterpress covers, 5.5 x 8.5 inches, comes in a cute brown box with an antique label.

Edition: 50
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Sweetnsour Pie - an Artist's book by Carol Es

Sweetnsour Pie (Islands Fold): A deep and personal publication from Islands Fold, located on Pender Island in BC, Canada. 20 Xeroxed b&w pg, 5 X 7.5 inches, die cut cover in a variety of colors.

Edition: 60
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All Done But None - an Artist's book by Carol Es

All Done But None (Careless Press): Original handmade book on indecision offers up true-to-life stories as various options for the book's direction. These childhood tales include bad dreams, avoiding school, playing drums in a rock band, and revelations of a dysfunctional family life. Each book is handwritten and illustrated in watercolor and ink with 3 etching prints. 7 x 12 inches.

Edition: 20
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1-SELF - an Artist's book by Carol Es

1-SELF (Careless Press): A handmade catalog and artists' book rolled into one. Title suggests dual meaning of both intimate self-expression and the artist's pattern-making background. Die-cut letterpressed cover, original watercolor, 14 archival full color images, original block prints, and essays. 8.5 x 8 inches.

Edition: 50
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MOMS - an Artist's book by a young Carol Es

MOMS: Ayin's first artist's book ever. A 9-page original handmade book about moms created in 1975. It is drawn in pencil and crayon and bound in scotch tape. Every page has hand written text in pencil and illustrations with pencil and crayon. Approximate size is 5 x 6 inches.

Edition: Only One
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