Artists' books : a critical anthology and sourcebook / edited by Joan Lyons.

Includes bibliographies and index.

A preface /Dick Higgins -- Plates: a visual preface -- Book art /Richard Kostelanetz -- The new art of making books /Ulises Carrion -- The artist's book goes public /Lucy R. Lippard -- Conspicuous consumption: new artists' books /Lucy R. Lippard -- Words and images: artists' books as visual literature /Shelley Rice -- The page as alternative space: 1950 to 1969 /Barbara Moore and Jon Hendricks -- Some contemporary artists and their books /Clive Phillpot -- The book stripped bare /Susi R. Bloch -- The artist as book printer: four short courses /Betsy Davids and Jim Petrillo -- Independent publishing in Mexico /Felipe Ehrenberg, Magali Lara and Javier Cadena -- Photobookworks: the critical realist tradition /Alex Sweetman -- Systemic bookds by artists /Robert C. Morgan -- Artists' book collections.