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Alison, I'm not sure there is truly a short, simple one-stop shop solution, but if you want breadth and depth and someone who has been internationally recognized and something fairly recent you might investigate Joanna Drucker. The Century of Artists' Books 1st edition, 1995; 2nd edition 2004 It's divided into various sections that you might assign, with lots of ab examples. I have the 1995 edition in hand. Illustrations are black and white and it's sufficiently illustrated but not profusely so. TOC for the 2004 edition below. I find it fairly easy to read, but I'm used to thinking in terms of the theoretical with artists books.. so I'm not sure my suggestion is the best solution for your group. Here's my artist book guide in case it may help: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/md2z/art/artistsbooks.html. Feel free to e-mail me individually! Mo TOC Drucker. The artist's book as idea and form -- Conceptualizing the book: precedents, poetics and philosophy -- Artists' books & the early 20th-century avant-garde -- The artist's book as a democratic multiple -- The artist's book as a rare and/or auratic object -- The codex and its variations -- Self-reflexivity in book form -- The book as a visual form -- Books as verbal exploration -- The book as sequence: narrative and non-narrative -- The artist's book as an agent of social change -- The book as conceptual space (performance and exhibition) -- The book as document -- Metaphor and form: the artist's book in the 20th century. Mo Mo Dawley Art and Drama Librarian Senior Librarian Carnegie Mellon University [log in to unmask] 412-268-6625 From: ARLIS/NA List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alison Huftalen Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 11:37 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ARLIS-L] Book recommendation Collective wisdom, Might anyone be able to recommend a book that is in someway connected to the topic of artists books, books as objects, history of the book etc. that is quite readable (and not too long) and lends itself to discussion? I am attempting to connect an Art Book Club discussion to an upcoming exhibition of a book artist. It can be any kind of writing, fiction, short stories, essays, non-fiction... Thank you for any recommendations or insight!! -Alison Alison L. Huftalen, MA, MLS Head Librarian 419.255.8000 ext. 7386 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Toledo Museum of Art PO Box 1013 Toledo, Ohio 43697 This message is a private communication. It may contain information that is privileged or confidential. Please do not copy or disclose it to others. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, and then delete it and any attachments from your system. Thank you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~