THE ARTIST BOOK & FINE PRESS LIBRARY

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

We have a significant library with three distinct collections:

• the Steven Cortright & Harry Reese (mostly) Offset Conceptual Artists’ Books Collection
• the CODEX Consignment Collection of Artists’ Books & Fine Press Books
• the CODEX Book Arts Reference Library of trade publications on the book arts

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
  • educational lectures to groups and individuals
  • tours
  • off-site exhibitions in collaboration with other institutions
  • CODEX publications
  • representation at other book art fairs
• To encourage participation and to create an on-site repository of work for people to engage with, our Consignment Collection of Artists’ Books & Fine Press Books is offered for sale with 75% of the proceeds going directly to the artists. 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, The Tapestry of Dream Weaver
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
Lisa Rappoport and Mary Risala Laird, Littoral Press & Quelquefois Press, Birdiary
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
Jessica Spring, Springtide Press, One Liners
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