Unpaginated (approximately 225 pages) artist's book of copies of artworks by a number of artists, including prints of colored drawings, pages of concrete poetry, reworked artwork from advertising brochures, and other works. Quarto (10 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches). Original hand-painted artwork on lightweight tin boards, cloth-backed binding, housed in original wooden case with title stenciled to lid. Covers slightly rubbed, interior bright and clean, hand-written name and address for Buchhandlung Walter König to back of wooden box, overall excellent. Watford, England/Stuttgart: Watford School of Art/Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1969. Limited edition of 100 hand-numbered copies, of which the first 50 copies were intended for Edition Hansjörg Mayer and the second 50 for the Watford School of Art.

According to the colophon page, this artist's book was produced between May 1968 and May 1969 at the Watford School of Art in England, and was printed with a Rotaprint R70. The design and binding were the work of Graham Pow and John Wells. The contributing artists to this volume include Richard Buckley, Ian Burton Elliott, Frank Challenger, Veronica Lovelss, Hansjörg Mayer, Graham Pow, Kathryn Wallbridge, Cilla Weeks, and John Wells.

A brief write-up from the Metropolitan Museum of Art says, "Hansjörg Mayer's 'Hardy Annual' is an assembling that he printed with students and faculty at the Watford School of Art using a single-color offset press. It is a great artifact of experimental printmaking that emphasizes a freestyle approach to illustration and color on the printed page...Editions Hansjörg Mayer printed nearly all of Dieter Roth's books, those of Richard Hamilton, as well as many other artists. His reputation as an exceptional printer and designer is well known among those who appreciate exceptionally published books...Mayer's skills and ability to translate an artist's vision accurately to the printed page is peerless." (https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/artists-publications-study-collection)

A very scarce English artist's book; as of May 2026, OCLC locates only three copies of this volume in North American institutional libraries, and one in the UK.

Book ID: 53498

Price: $4,500.00