Notice: Due to budget reductions, effective August 15, 2025, the MSU Libraries will no longer ship materials to addresses within a 50-mile radius of the MSU Main Library.  Faculty, staff, and students that live within 50 miles of the Main Library will need to pick up materials requested at the Main Library Circulation Desk, at the lockers in the north vestibule of the Main Library, or at the Gast Business Library.
Notice: Due to budget reductions, effective August 15, 2025, the MSU Libraries will no longer ship materials to addresses within a 50-mile radius of the MSU Main Library.  Faculty, staff, and students that live within 50 miles of the Main Library will need to pick up materials requested at the Main Library Circulation Desk, at the lockers in the north vestibule of the Main Library, or at the Gast Business Library.

Browse the Artists' Books Collection

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Title Description Author Publisher
Dolly y algunos cuentos desde Africa Mimeographed reproduction of typescript on sheets of grained off-white, brown, and sand-colored papers stapled at left margin, attached to brown paper wrappers, and tied with red and black cords. Most illustrations are mimeographed on brown paper and mounted, with black tissue-paper corners, to suggest snapshots in an album. Mounted on front wrapper is an airmail envelope holding a mimeographed portrait. One decorated paper cutout, a bouquet, laid in at p. 7. Part of a collection of handmade books, most with cords for hanging (literatura de cordel), published by Ediciones Vigía under the auspices of the Cuban Ministry of Culture. Foreword by Eliseo Diego. Publication information from colophon. Consta de doscientos ejemplares numerados ... --Colophon. MSU has copy no. 128. MSU copy: gift of Jeanne Drewes (2000).
  • Alpízar, Mayra, 1956-
  • Fernández de Juan, Adelaida, 1961-
  • Ediciones Vigía
Domestic postage Limited edition artist's book consisting of imaginary stamps illustrating the theme of 'domestic' postage. Each stamp depicts a common household object used to symbolize a particular postal service. MSU copy: Copy 4 of 200.
  • Davidson, Laura
  • L. Davidson
Domestic science : idioms ; domestic science : pop-up icons Sheet printed on both sides, accordian-folded, with pop-up illustrations and folded leaves laid in. Designed to be read from each end; separate t.p. at each end. Issued in a case. Printed by Julie Chen; linoleum block illustrations by Nance O'Banion--Cf. inside case. Limited ed. of 150 signed and numbered copies.
  • Chen, Julie
  • O'Banion, Nance
  • Flying Fish Press
Don Juan tras la pared Play in thirteen scenes. Typescript with decorative border and illustrations mimeographed on individual leaves of grained off-white and brown papers stapled at left margin and sewn with yarn to white art-paper wrappers. Collages on front wrapper and at center of book (p. [45]) incorporate imitation wood (wallpaper) 'walls.' Preliminaries include colored and corrugated papers, tissue paper and collages. Wrappers are illustrated also with decorated paper, cutouts, cloth, wooden dowels, and painted wood veneer. Some materials vary. Part of a collection of handmade books, most with cords for hanging (literatura de cordel), published by Ediciones Vigía under the auspices of the Cuban Ministry of Culture. Publication information from colophon. Consta de doscientos ejemplares numerados, firmados por su autor ... --Colophon. Premio Nacional de Teatro José Jacinto Milanés --P. [7]. MSU has copy no. 127, without author's signature. LC has copy no. 63, without author's signature. MSU copy: gift of Jeanne Drews (2000).
  • Rodríguez Febles, Ulises, 1968-
  • Trujillo, Yohan Enrique
  • Ediciones Vigía
Donde la luna bebe : antología de narrativa Short stories. Limited ed. of 200 copies. Text black printed primarily on sand-colored paper; titles, index, and a pullout leaf of illustrations printed on white bond paper. Brown tissue-paper endpapers printed and decorated with Vigía logos and applied cutouts. Cover with flaps made of heavy wine-colored handmade paper is decorated with applied cutouts. Part of a series of handmade books made with recycled and industrial papers. MSU copy: Has copy no. 11.
  • Cuesta, Mabel R., 1976-
  • Estévez Trejo, Patricio
  • García, Rocío, 1958-
  • Ruiz Montes, Laura, 1966-
  • Ediciones Vigía
Dos leyendas del agua Typescript and drawings mimeographed on paper of various colors with mimeographed decorative border; green tissue-paper endpapers. The single gathering is tied with green and blue yarn to brown paper wrappers, which are illustrated with decorated-paper collages. Front wrapper has translucent pocket holding a samara or key fruit from a tree in the Parque de la Ciudadela in Barcelona and a folded, decorated-paper tag explaining the samara's significance. Part of a collection of handmade books, most with cords for hanging (literatura de cordel), published by Ediciones Vigía under the auspices of the Cuban Ministry of Culture. Una leyenda catalana: Por qué el agua del mar es salada? Una leyenda cubana: La gaviota del San Juan --Front wrapper. Consta de doscientos ejemplares numerados --Colophon. MSU has copy no. 138. MSU copy: gift of Jeanne Drews (2000).
  • Alvarado, Américo
  • Amades, Joan
  • López, Ariel, 1978-
  • Ediciones Vigía
Eight slices of pie Disposable pie plate containing 8 sheets folded and illustrated to resemble pie slices, printed with pie recipes and anecdotes. Cover sheet printed to resemble latticed pie crust. Published in an edition of 25. This is no. 6.
  • Martin, Emily, 1953-
  • Naughty Dog Press
El ángel discierne ante la futura estatua de David Reproduced typescript on grained sand-colored and brown paper, with reproduced decorative borders with black tissue endpapers, stapled and glued to heavy brown paper wrappers. Wrappers have collages of black and red tissue paper, white gauze, mounted decorated cut-outs of white and ivory bond, and incorporate red and brown yarn. Consta de doscientos ejemplares numerados, iluminados a mano ... --Colophon. MSU has copy no. 134. Handmade books published by Ediciones Vigía under the auspices of the Cuban Ministry of Culture.
  • López, Adrián
  • Sánchez Rodríguez, Francis, 1970-
  • Ediciones Vigía
El animal Story. Reproduced typescript and line drawings on leaves of grained light brown paper, with hand-lettered preliminaries and page numbers, and decorative borders. Stapled and tied to heavy brown paper wrappers with twine. Front wrapper decorated with cutouts of black and green tissue paper and coarse brown paper, upon which are mounted decorated white bond paper cutouts of reproduced hand-lettered title information and an illustration with hand-colored detail. Consta de doscientos ejemplares numerados, firmados por su autor... --Colophon. MSU has copy no. 6. Handmade books published by Ediciones Vigía under the auspices of the Cuban Ministry of Culture.
  • Naranjo, Violeta
  • Quintero, Aramís
  • Ediciones Vigía
El árbol parlante : poemas en prosa Spanish translations of selections from 7 books of Lundkvist's poems, including Det talande trädet (The talking tree). Mimeographed reproductions of typescript, border designs, and drawings on individual leaves of coarse paper, stapled at left margin and glued to decorated paper wrappers. Collages on wrappers include mimeographed paper cutouts, burlap and other cloth, cord, seeds (some colored), other plant matter, and sawdust, as well as a tiny book containing many repetitions of the title of the present work and tied with a cord. Part of a collection of handmade books, most with cords for hanging (literatura de cordel), published by Ediciones Vigía under the auspices of the Cuban Ministry of Culture. Publication information from colophon. Consta de doscientos ejemplares numerados... Fueron usados para esta edición papeles reciclados de distintos colores, texturas y gramajes, así como recortería de papeles industriales, espigas y textiles, aserrín, cordeles rústicos y semillas. --Colophon. LC has copy no. 180. MSU has copy no. 94. MSU copy: gift of Jeanne Drewes (2000).
  • Lundkvist, Artur, 1906-1991
  • Trujillo, Yohan Enrique
  • Vazquez Díaz, René
  • Ediciones Vigía