THE ARTIST BOOK & FINE PRESS LIBRARY

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Our book arts library has three distinct collections:

• the CODEX Book Arts Reference Library of trade publications, including the Koch Collection of over 2500 books and periodicals
• the Steven Cortright & Harry Reese (Mostly) Offset Conceptual Artists' Books Collection, including a full run of the journals Hand Papermaking and Visible Language
• the CODEX Consignment Collection of Artists' Books & Fine Press Books, a sampling of work from our biennial CODEX Book Art Fair & Symposium

The Library's primary goal is to serve educational, research, and scholarship goals.

The Library is available for:

• Research to encourage writing, scholarship, and publication in the field
• Consultation and inspiration for individuals and groups
• CODEX programming which may include:
  • educational seminars and lectures to individuals and groups
  • off-site exhibitions in collaboration with other institutions
  • representation at other book art fairs
  • CODEX publications

The creation of an on-site repository of Artists' Books & Fine Press Books, our Consignment Collection is offered for sale with 75% of the proceeds going directly to the makers of the work. The CODEX Foundation uses 25% of the sales to run the program. The goal being to promote the art of the handmade book, to make the work accessible to the public, and to support the artists, printers, and publishers working in the field.

Contact us for more information or if you are interested in visiting the collection.

You can still participate in the consignment program! The requirements are as follows:

- Must have been an artist who has previously exhibited at one of our biennial fairs
- Participants must have been exhibitors themselves. If someone's work was represented by a gallery or another organization who signed up for a table, we are unable to take it at this time.

Please contact us for more information about how to participate in this exciting program!

(sorted by ARTIST last name)

David Abel, UNR Black Rock Press, Selected Durations
Ioulia Akhmadeeva, Seda Espinosa
Islam Aly, Kinship
Annesas Appel, Layered Base
Annesas Appel, Schriftnotatie
Isak Applin, Titan & Weald, Oh, the Wind and Rain
Alice Austin, Nolli
Alicia Bailey,  Animal, Mineral, Vegetable 14
Anne Beck and Michelle Wilson, The Forest Lost its Sap
Tony Bellaver, Quite Contrary Press, EMPIRE Builder
Alberto Blanco, via CODEX Mexico, CIRCULO DEL HORIZONTE
Carolee Campbell, Ninja Press, Dispatches from the Lizard Brain
Thorsten Dennerline, The Bird Press, A Cloud in Trousers
Stephanie Dolin, First Bite Press,  The Canon of Aphrodisia
Lila Downs, via CODEX Mexico, TEMPO INDIO Y TIEMPO CIUDAD
Lauren Emeritz, Abstract Orange, Corita Rules!
Isabel Fernández Echavarría, Wiru
Casey Gardner, Set In Motion Press, Avalanche Safety Book I: Rocky Mountains and the Chamonix Alps
Sabine Golde, Carivari, ALL DAYS
Joseph Goldyne, Two Ponds Press, Going Down Singing
Graves Krishnaswami, Julie, Jae Rossman and The Jenny Press,  Interruption: A List of Words and Phrases​
Antonio Guerra, Nahualli
Antonio Guerra, Animales en Peligro de Extincion y Especies Protegidas
Dirk Hagner, Inkswine Press, IT CAN HAPPEN HERE
Brooke Holve, scrapped
Sarah Hulsey, Allochronologies
Kenro Izu, Veritas Editions / Craig Alan Huber, Impermanence
Diane Jacobs, Owed to the Mountain
Rebecca Josephson, Presence of Absence
Bryan Kring, Insecta Coleoptera
Lucie Lambert, Les Roses
Virgile Legrand, Editions Virgile, SAPPHO
Bela Limenes, Geisha
Nicola Lopez, Anemona Editores, The Vast Sky
Peter Malutzki, 100
Amanda Marchand,  The World is Astonishing with You in it: A 21st Century Field Guide to the Birds, Ferns, and Wildflowers
Mary V. Marsh, Quite Contrary Press, California Landmarks
Kitty Maryatt, Two Hands Press, La Prose du Transsibérien Re-creation
Krista Narciso, PERENNIAL
Laila Nahar, Night Rain Press,  Fading Away: Unbound and Free (Spiti Valley)
Meri A. Page, Seaweed Press, Atlantic
Ximena Pérez Grobet, Nowhereman Press, Reading Finnegans Wake
Agathe Piroir, The Atelier-Galerie A. Piroir, Your Fingers
Elies Plana,  Did We Save Our Volcanoes or Did They Save Us?
Lisa Rappoport, Littoral Press, Zane Grey and Me
Sol Rébora, Sol Negro - Black Sky
Felicia Rice, Moving Parts Press, Heavy Lifting
Harry & Sandra Reese, Turkey Press & Editions Reese,  The Sea Gazer
Abigail Rorer, The Lone Oak Press,  Extinct: The Western Black Rhinoceros
Caroline Saltzwedel, Hirundo Press, QUERSCHNITT durch die Schwarze Kunst
Mark Sarigianis, The Prototype Press, Rikki-tikki-tavi
Veronika Schäpers, Do
Jessica Spring, Springtide Press, One Liners
Jack Stauffacher, Letterform Archive, Edited by Chuck Byrne, Only on Saturday: The Wood Type Prints of Jack Stauffacher (Deluxe Edition)
Christopher Stern, Red Butte Press, Something Lived, Something Dreamed
Mark Summers and Colin Johnstone, Psyche Pursued by Persephone
Jocelyne Thibault,  Un Artiste! Quest-ce que ca Mange en Hiver?
Claire Van Vliet, Janus Press,  The Silences Between
Ines von Ketelhodt, Mienenspiel
Richard Wagener, Mixolydian Editions, From Here and There
Gail Wight, Salt Point Press, Copepodilia Collectenea
Adriana Williams, via CODEX Mexico, BALI Covarrubias
Dan Wood, DWRI Letterpress, The Linotype Daily Boxed Set
Nanette Wylde and Kent Manske,  PreNeo Press,  Foodies: Seven West Coast Foodie Vignettes

Rainmaker Editions

Five Poems, Author: Toni Morrison; Artist: Kara Walker; Printer: Peter Koch
Coffehouse Days, Author: Ismail Kadare; Artist: Peter Koch; Printer: Peter Koch
Spirit of the River, Author: Russell Banks; Artist: Barry Moser; Printer: Barry Moser and Bradley Hutchinson
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed, Author: John Irving; Artist: Gilbert Neri; Printer: Inge Bruggeman
The Gatekeeper, Author: Joyce Carol Oates; Artist: Barry Moser; Printer: Barry Moser and Bradley Hutchinson
Who's Afraid of the Tasmanian Wolf, Author: Kenzaburo Oe; Artist: C. Mikal Oness; Printer: Sutton Hoo Press
The Firebird's Nest, Author: Salman Rushdie, Artist: Alfredo Benadias Bodoya (Argentina), Printer: Red Butte Press
Samarkand and Other Markets I Have Known, Author: Wole Soyinka; Artist: Robert Kleinschmidt, Printer: John Balkwill
The Chain, Author: Tobias Wolff; Artist: Gaylord Schanilec; Printer: Sharon Degraw (Empyrean Press)