van Bruggen, Coosje. JOHN BALDESSARI. 256 pp. with 200 b&w and 175 color illustrations. Large 4to, cloth. New York, Rizzoli, 1991.
The first monograph on this southern California conceptual artist, with six pieces created exclusively for the book.

Hannover. Kestner Gesellschaft. JOHN BALDESSARI: Photoarbeiten. 56 pp., 15 color plates, and 11 b&w text illustrations. Small 4to, wraps.

Irvine. Art Gallery UC-Irvine. Throwing a Ball Once to Get Three Melodies and Fifteen Chords. [JOHN BALDESSARI] Unpaginated with 15 color illustrations. Oblong 4to, wraps. 1975.

San Diego. Museum of Contemporary Art. JOHN BALDESSARI: National City. 113 pp., illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. 4to, wraps. 1997.
This catalogue documents Baldessari's seminal conceptual photographic series and also includes eleven new works from his National City II series.

Cranston, Meg, Diedrich Diedrichsen and Thomas Weski. JOHN BALDESSARI. Works 1988-1999. While something is happening here, something else is happening there. 124 pp., illustrated in colour. 4to, boards. Cologne, Walther Konig, 2000.
This publication surveys the past 10 years worth of work created by seminal conceptualist John Baldessari. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Sprengel Museum, Hannover and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden. Text in English and German.

BALDESSARI, JOHN. Choosing: Green Beans. 28 pages, including 9 color plates. 4to, wraps. Milano, Edizioni Toselli, 1972.

Bashkoff, Tracey et al. JOHN BALDESSARI: Somewhere Between Almost Right and Not Quite (With Orange). 104 pp., illustrated in color and b&w. 4to, boards. New York, Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2004.
This monograph looks at new work Baldessari has created for a show in fall 2004 at Deutsche Guggenheim.

Pakesch, Peter (editor). JOHN BALDESSARI. Life's Balance: Werke/Works 84-04. Text by various authors; 240 pp., illustrated in color and b&w. 4to, plastic covered wraps. Cologne, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2005.
Published to accompany an exhibition at the Kunsthaus Graz. Text in English and German.

BALDESSARI, John. Ingres and Other Parables. [24] pp. Illustrated with 10 black and white photographic plates. Oblong 4to., 270 x 305 mm, bound in publisher's cream-coloured paper wrappers. Preserved in tan cloth box with brown morocco title label on spine. London: Studio International Publications, 1972.
$ 2000.00
First Edition. This represents Baldessari's first artist book presented in hanging wall calendar format. It is complete with a thumb-tack hole, as issued at lower margin. An image is placed on the upper side of the "calendar" with a parable on the lower half translated into four languages, English, French, German and Italian. Each parable has a moral - usually a witty remark - such as "Historical mispronounced sounds like hysterical" and "Beware of artists with a golden tongue." A fine copy.

De Brugerolle, Marie. JOHN BALDESSARI: From Life. 158 pp., illustrated in color. 4to, wraps. Nimes. Carré d'Art - Musée d'Art Contemporain, 2005.
The first French retrospective of Baldessari's work covers his entire career. Text in English and French.

BALDESSARI, JOHN. Prima Facie: Marilyn's Dress. A Poem (In Four Parts). Unpaginated, 16mo, boards. Cologne and New York, Walther Koenig, 2006.

Gronert, Stefan and Christina Vegh (editors) et al. JOHN BALDESSARI: Music. 143 pp., color and b&w illustrations. 4to, wraps. Cologne, Walther Koenig, 2007.
Exhibition at the Kunstmuseum, Bonn and the Bonner Kunstverein. Text in German and English.

Hurowitz, Sharon Coplan. JOHN BALDESSARI: A Catalogue Raisonné of Prints and Multiples, 1971-2007. Introduction by Wendy Weitman; 540 pages, roughly 280 color plates. 4to, boards. Manchester and New York, Hudson Hills Press LLC, 2009.

Morgan, Jessica, Leslie Jones et al. JOHN BALDESSARI: Pure Beauty. 330 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. 4to, cloth. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in association with Munich, Berlin, London, New York, DelMonico Books - Prestel, 2009.
Exhibition in Los Angeles, London, Barcelona, and New York.
Includes fold-out poster created especially for this edition.

Auster, Paul et al. Yours in Food, JOHN BALDESSARI [SIGNED]. 144 pp., roughly 55 color and b&w plates. 8vo, cloth. New York, Princeton Architectural Press, 2004.
This book features specially commissioned essays on food and eating from a variety of contemporary writers on culture and the arts. This copy has been signed by - John Baldessari, Tim Griddin and David Byrne.

Drohojowska-Phillip, Hunter (essay) et al. JOHN BALDESSARI: A Print Retrospective from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and his Family Foundation. 160 pages, roughly 140 color plates. 4to, cloth. Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation and San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2010.
Exhibition in San Francisco, Palm Springs and San Diego.

BALDESSARI, JOHN. Parse. Edited by Beatrix Ruf; unpaginated, illustrated in color and b&w. Oblong 4to, boards. Zurich, JRP/Ringier, 2010.

Pardo, Patrick, and Robert Dean (editors). JOHN BALDESSARI: Catalogue Raisonné. Volume One: 1956-1974. Includes text by Yve-Alain Bois and Christopher Knight; x and 462 pages, over 500 color and b&w plates. 4to, cloth in slipcase. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2012.

Morgan, Jessica, Leslie Jones et al. JOHN BALDESSARI: Pure Beauty. 330 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. 4to, wraps. Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in association with Munich, Berlin, London, New York, DelMonico Books - Prestel, 2009.
Exhibition in Los Angeles, London, Barcelona, and New York.
Includes fold-out poster created especially for this edition.