Dieter ROTH:
Daily Mirror Book. 1961.

Artist book. Minuscule.
Approximately 150 sheets cut out of newspapers.
2x2x2 cm. Adhesive binding.
Printed by Daily Mirror, London.
Published by Forlag Verlag ed. Reykjavick, 1961.
220 signed copies.
One of the proof copies, not signed.
Reference:
D. Roth, Gesammelte Werke band 20, n° 15.
Joan Lyons (ed.): Artists's books: A Critical Anthology and Sourcebook,
Peregrine Smith Books, 1987, p. 92.
Celant; Book as Artwork 1960/1972, p. 32.
A. Moeglin-Delcroix, Livres d'Artistes, Centre Pompidou, Coll.
Sémaphore, 1985, p. 7, 12.
Dirk Dobke: Dieter Roth Books + Multiples: Catalogue Raisonné,
p. 159.
Extremely scarce.
Provenance:
Collection Helmut Rywelski (co-founder of the famous contemporary
art gallery, Art Intermedia, in Cologne, Germany).
Diter ROT,
(Dieter ROTH): Dagblegt Bull. 1961.
Artist book.
Minuscule book of approx. 150 sheets of newspapers cuttings,
bound and rolled four times in a paper cover. Outside: artist's
name, title, publisher's name; inside: quotation by P. Loti.
In a double slipcase, one white, one black. Book: 3.3x3.2x2.4
cm. Slipcase: 5.2x3.3x4.2 cm. #8 of the periodical "Daily
Bul", A. Balthazar and P. Bury, La Louvière, (1961).
Reference:
Gesammelte Werke, Band 20, Bücher und Grafik (1. Teil),
#17. D. Roth: Boeken, cat. Stedelijk, 1975, #17, p. (5). Celant
G.: Book as Artwork, p. 32.
Dieter ROTH: 8 Postkarten. Tagebuchseite nr 6.
Edition.
A postcard with reproduced images from D. Roth’s Diaries on the recto. In a transparent plastic envelope.
11.2 x 21 cm.
Editon Hansjörg Mayer, Stuttgart, 1967.
Edition of dated, numbered and signed 150.
Dieter ROTH:
Die Kakausenner Gemeine

Artist publication.
12pp. Offset on brown paper. Text in German.
Stapled.
47 x 33 cm.
First edition of 1000 copies.
Sunday supplement of the newspaper for kakausen and surroundings part 1. Serialized novel in form of a newspaper.
Edition Hansjorg Mayer , Stuttgart, 1968.
As often, folded in two (a long time ago), the fold, flattened by time, still show a little. Wear to spine. Still Very Good/Very Good+.
There was a reissue in 2015 published by Les Presses du Réel, Dijon, France, on the occasion of the D. Roth’s retrospective show at the Frac de Bretagne. Our copy is, of course, a copy of the true first edition.
Dieter ROTH:
Daily Mirror. Gesammelte
Werke Band 10. Collected works volume 10. 1970.
Artist book.
(472)p. of which 464 cut from the newspaper "Daily Mirror'.
Softcover. 23x17.2 cm. H. Mayer, Stuttgart, 1970.
Dieter ROTH:
Franz Eggenschwiller, der Jungling, der Mann, die Zeit das Werk.
(bis heute 2 X 71). Eine Essay von D.R. 1971.
Artist book.
Title, colophon page and 60 plates on blue paper. H. Mayer, Dusseldorf,
1971. Edition of 400 numbered copies.
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Dieter ROTH
Schnelle Trollis. 1971-1972
Artist stamps.
Full sheet of 60 stamps, full margins.
Offset in colors.
31.5 x 57 cm.
Edition of 85.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Reference:
Dobke, 276. 17-18
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Dieter ROTH:
Der Tränensee. 1973.
Artist book. Object.
Unpaginated (c. 1200 pages). 53 issues of the Swiss twice weekly
free ads magazine "Anzeiger Stadt Luzern" bound with
a white gauze strip mounted on the spine, with grey cardboard
front and back covers. 47x33 cm. Edition of 150 copies, numbered,
dated and signed on the front cover, with black and blue pencils,
by the artist. Reykjavik, D. Roth, 1973. Rare.
During approximatively one year, 1971-1972, D. Roth published
ads in this magazine, texts such as "Die Kühe haben
uns die meisten Filetsteaks serviet"; "Man der ist
richting verückt"... This work is close, for instance,
to the Kostelanetz's one, publishing anonymous works in Artforum
(1968-69) one year long. But, if the process is the same, the
final result is totally different. Not only because the Roth's
ads are signed. But the choice of that particular medium, the
free ads magazine, with a bad quality paper and printing means
a special esthetic, very typical of D. Roth's work. Trashy. And
further more, these issues, in the way they are bound together,
give, at the end, what Kostelanetz's work does not achieve: a
book. Which becomes, in fact, even if it still looks like a book,
something else than a book: an art object. A wonderful one.
D. Roth, Gesammelte Werke Band 40, Bücher und Grafik (2.
Teil) u.a.m., n° 65. G. Schraenen, D'une oeuvre l'autre,
p. 159. Dieter ROTH: Bücher, 1974, n°65.
Dieter ROTH:
Das Tränenmeer, Band 2. 1973.

Artist book.
528 pages. Text in German. Softcover. 19.5x13 cm. H. Mayer, Stuttgart,
1973. Edition of 200 numbered and signed copies.
Ref.: Gesammelte Werke Band 40. Collected works volume 40, #67.
Dieter ROTH:
Dieter Roth Pictures. Zug (Switzerland). Katalog 1973. Catalogue 1973.
Artist publication/Exhibition catalogue.
72p./pl.+4p., cover. Description of the pictures in german and
english. Wrappers. 24x17 cm. Edition of 3000 numbered and signed
copies.
Dieter ROTH:
Murmel.
(1974).

Artist book.
176pp. of sound/visual poetry.
Softbound.
18.2x11.7cm.
Edition of 232 unnumbered copies.
[Stuttgart, H. Mayer, 1974].
Signed and dated 74 by D. Roth inside the back cover in black
pencil.
D. Roth, Gesammelte Werke Band 40, Bücher und Grafik (2.
Teil) u.a.m., n° 69.
Dieter ROTH:
Bücher.
1974.
Exhibition catalogue/artist book.
(24)p. title, list and description, in German, of the 70 Roth'
artist books presented, biography, list of the exhibitions, catalogue
of Editions H. Mayer + 120 coloured plates + 12p. ads. Cover
by D. Roth. Exhibition, May 10-June 30, 1974. Hannover, Kestner
Gessellschaft, 1974.
D. Roth, Gesammelte Werke Band 40, Bücher und Grafik (2.
Teil) u.a.m., n° 70. A. Moeglin-Delcoix: Du catalogue comme
oeuvre d'art, Les Cahiers du MNAM n° 56/57, 1996, p. 99.
Dieter ROTH:
Munduculum.
Gesammelte Werke Band 16. Collected works volume 16. 1975.
Artist book.
336 pages. Text in German. Softcover. 23x17 cm. H. Mayer, Stuttgart,
1975. With the original printed paper band.
Ref.: Gesammelte Werke Band 40/Collected works volume 40, #78.
Dieter ROTH:
Boeken. 1975.
Exhibition catalogue.
In two leaflets: 1: Drawings album, 128p., 120 portraits by D.R.,
8 by Vera Roth, offset, large sheets folded and stapled, 33.5x23.3
cm; 2: list and description of the 72 works, 16p., 21x29,7 cm.
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and Staib et Mayer, Stuttgart, 1975.
Edition of 2000 copies.
Gesammelte Werke, Band 40, Bücher u. Garfik (2. Teil), #82.
M. Glasmeier: Die Bücher der Künstler, #334.
Dieter ROTH:
Das Weinen/Das Wähnen Band 2A, (Tränenmeer 4). 1978.

Artist book.
152 pages. Text in German. Softcover. 37x13 cm. H. Mayer, Stuttgart,
London, and Zug, 1978. Edition of 400 numbered and doublesigned
copies.
Ref.: Gesammelte Werke Band 40/Collected works volume 40, #88.
Dieter ROTH:
Unterm Plunderbaum, Fax Hundetraum (die Sonetten 195?-1979) =
Das Weinen no. 2 = Das Wähnen, Bd 2B (Tränenmeer 5). 1979.

Artist book.
Unpaginated. Text in German. Softcover. 17.5x12 cm. H. Mayer,
Stuttgart, London, 1979. Edition of 200 numbered and signed copies.
Dieter ROTH:
Eine Bastel-Novelle No.1; 2; 3, 1974, 75, 78.
Artist periodical/Artist publication. Set of three:
Eine Bastel-Novelle
No.1 von Max Plunderbaum, "Das Original". (1974).
40 pages. Staple bound. 22x15 cm. Cover: 4-color original offsetprint
by D. Roth. H. Mayer, Stuttgart, London, Reykjavik, (1974). 1st
edition.
Ref.: Gesammelte Werke Band 40/Collected works volume 40, #76.
Eine Bastel-Novelle
No.2 von Fax Hundetraum, "Das Original 2.Teil". 1975.
44 pages. Staple bound. 22x15 cm. Cover and supplement: 4-color
original offsetprint by D. Roth. Edition of 1000 copies. H. Mayer,
Stuttgart, London, Reykjavik, 1975.
Ref.: Gesammelte Werke Band 40/Collected works volume 40, #83.
Eine Bastel-Novelle
No.3 von Wix Studenschaum, "Das Original 3.Teil". 1978.
48 pages. Staple bound. 22x15 cm. Cover: 4-color original offsetprint
by D. Roth. H. Mayer, Stuttgart, London, 1978. Edition of 1000
copies. This copy is SIGNED ("D.R.") and DATED ("78")
in black pencil by D. Roth on he front cover.
Ref.: Gesammelte Werke Band 40/Collected works volume 40, #89.
Dieter ROTH:
Ein Tagebuch (aus dem Jahr 1982)/A Diary (from the Year 1982).
1984.
Artist book.
430 pages. Texts in German and English. Softcover. 31.2x22.2
cm. D. Roth Verlag, Basel, 1984. 1st edition.
Dieter ROTH:
Bilder, Zeichnungen, Objekte. 1989.
Exhibition catalogue.
Unpaginated. Texts in German. Profusely illustrated. Reproduction
of his computer drawings. Softcover. 27x21 cm. For the show at
Galerie Klaus Littmann, Basel, April-May, 1989.