PAYMENT
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SHIPPING
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We prefer to use Royal Mail “Signed and Tracked“ option where possible but for some larger or more valuable items we may insist on using direct priority couriers.

We charge flat rate shipping ( up to a certain weight or value) based on three zones:

£15
United Kingdom

£25
Europe and USA and Canada


£45
Rest of the World including Asia and South America


If your order contains only items listed under Cards & Ephemera the following discounted rates apply:

£7
United Kingdom

£18
Europe and USA and Canada


£20
Rest of the World including Asia and South America


PACKING
We try to keep costs down and we are also aware of the effects of packing on the environment.

Where possible we try to recycle packaging materials. If you require new pristine packing boxes/envelopes (say for a gift) then please let us know.

Large posters are usually rolled and sent in firm tubes - if you require flat packing for any large item then please let us know on ordering:in such cases, there may be a surcharge to cover the extra costs.

Other items are send in appropriate packaging.

INSURANCE
We will cover all shipments with full loss insurance up to £250. Thereafter a surcharge is needed.

We will consider sending items without full insurance but this is at the purchaser’s decision and risk. If you wish us to do this then please indicate in writing what you want us to do.





Unoriginal Sins is an established venture trading in the field of the contemporary and modern avant garde movements from 1900 to the present day. We have a vast inventory of books, documents, artworks, ephemera, object multiples, LPs and other digital media as well as representing major collections from significant artists.

We trade almost entirely online - we purchase new material all the time and offer regular clients email lists (which you can sign up to here) of new arrivals. Soon after the distribution of those lists, new items are placed online so it is worth returning regularly to this site to see what new things are for sale.

It may be possible to visit in person and see our inventory but that is by appointment only - please email us. We can supply references for new clients should that be required.

We are always looking for new material to add to our stocks - we have a desiderata here but we are interested in all material that is similar to our core interests. Do get in touch.
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LA LIBERTE DU MODELE SUIVVE DE QUELQUES CINEMATOGRAPHIES LILLOISES. 2020. ONE OF 550 NUMBERED COPIES.

N.p. (Lille): n.p. (A. Buyse), n.p. (2000) 23 x 18cm, 16pp (loose signatures) plus outer folder.  Artist's book issued on the occssion of the exhibition "Du rose à la liberté du modèle" - the six colour images are of a naked woman along with a text about each named model. This is one of 550 copies, each numbered (the first 50 were signed by the artist with an original photograph). One slight mark on the back of the yellow folder else VG+.

£75.00

VERGLEICH VON GERÖLL DER WEISSEN UND ROTEN SAAR. 1977. ONE OF 200 COPIES.

Dudweiler: AQ Verlag, 1977 25 x 18cm, 16pp plus card covers. Artist's book where Gette carried out a scientific comparison between the stones found at two rivers - Geröll der Weißen and the Roten Saar (with a particular interest in volcanised material). B/w images of stones and three graphs of distributions. An early contribution of science-art and land/environmental art. One of 200 copies issued. VG+.

£195.00

PAUL-ARMAND GETTE. 1972.

Paris: Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1972 24 x 18cm, printed outer folder content of six blue on white 1pp inserts displaying large images of various mineral deposits and stones found by Gette between the periods of 1967 and 1969. A scarce artist's book/exhibition catalogue. VG+.

£195.00

LE LAC.  RINGSJÖN. CONTRIBUTION À L’ÉTUDE DES LIEUX RESTREINTS. 1976. ONE OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES.

Liège: Yellow Now, 1976 13 x 19,5 cm, 14pp plus card covers. Artist’s book which investigates the flora and fauna around a lake in Sweden (Ringsjön). The book consists of 7 b/w images of the lake, insects and vegetation with legends as to location.  This is one of 229 copies (aside from another 20 deluxe copies) -  Gette investigated what might be found within the boundary of a squared off area and documented his finding.   The book is hand numbered in pencil by Gette on the colophon page. Scarce. VG+.  

£245.00

DU RHIN A LA PRAIRIE ALPINE NOTES ET OBSERVATIONS SUR LA PRINCIPAUTE DU LICHTENSTEIN. 1974. ONE OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES.

Liechtenstein: Apeiros, 1974 30 x 21cm, unopaginated (48pp) plus card covers. Artist’s book which documents flora and fauna from the Rhine to the Alpine prairies in Lichtenstein. The book consists of b/w images of insects, minerals, landscapes of the lakes, tables of statistics and local flowers as well as one b/w portrait of the artist taking a photograph. There were 40 deluxe copies of this book but this is the trade example issued as nr 7 of the Art Joural Apeiros. Small brown spots on card covers in places else VG. Scarce.

£195.00

ÜBER DIE VERWIRRUNG DE LA PERTURBATION. 1981.

Dudweiler: AQ Verlag, 1981 26 x 21cm, 110pp plus card covers. Artist’s book which reproduces 94 b/w images of young women and late teens with all the images charged with a faint eroticism along with drawings of panties. VG+.

£175.00

CALCINATIONS WITH NAPLES YELLOW. 1991. SIGNED & NUMBERED FROM AN EDITION OF 75.

N..p. (Paris): n.p., c. 1991 24 x 24cm, 1pp black and yellow offset lithographic print. The image is reproduced photograph of a pressed black ink from rumpled paper with the artist's hands applying Naples Yellow to the image. Gettte was fascinated with rocks and lava and created a series of works over the decades of burnt paper to represent stones and lava (Calcinations) to which he would add the colour yellow usually by smearing. This is one of 75 signed and numbered prints. VG+.

£100.00

UNTITLED. 2009. SIGNED & NUMBERED FROM AN EDITION OF 30.

N..p. (Paris): n.p., 2009 21 x 21cm, 1pp black, red and green offset lithographic print. The image is a reproduced torn and reassembled photograph of a roman or Greek statue with overprinted colour on the nipples and a carefully placed green shrub to hide the genitalia. This is one of only 30 signed and numbered prints. VG+.

£145.00

PAUL-ARMAND GETTE? UN GOUT CERTAIN POUR LA PUBLICATION? 2012.

Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche: Centre des Livres d'Artistes, 2012 15 x 21cm, 4pp announcement card for a book exhibition and also the launch of the catalogue raisonne of artist books and publications by Gette. One such book reproduced on front, the back of the card is a subscription form that can be detached. VG+.

£25.00

ARTEMIS FOR EVER !! (sic) SOPHIE V. EN DEESSE DE LA NATURE. 2021. One of only 250 copies.

Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche: Le Centre des Livres d’Artistes. 2021 21 x 15cm, 8pp. Artist’s book with text in French by Gette and 6 b/w photographs of "Sophie V" - a number of which show the clothed woman covered in leaves from an oak tree. Issued on the occasion of the exhibition "Artemis for ever !" (sic). This is one of only 250 copies issued by Gette. VG+.

£30.00

PAUL-ARMAND GETTE? UN GOUT CERTAIN POUR LA PUBLICATION? 2012. ELECTRONIC USB STICK.

Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche: Centre des Livres d'Artistes, 2012 5..5 x 8.5cm, 4pp credit card format with inserted plastic and metal USB card which contains the entire catalogue raisonne of artist books and publications by Gette. Printed with name and catalogue title over two sides. Unused so we do not know if the USB is still functional but else VG+ in original small glassine sleeve.

£25.00

AU DELA DE L’OMBRE ENTRE MER & VOLCAN. 1998.

Sète: Centre régional d'art contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, 1998 17  x 15cm, 18pp plus card covers woth French folds. Artist's book with two texts one by Gette "Au-delà de l'ombre, entre mer et volcan" and another by Christine Dolbeau: "Du modèle et de sa relation à l'artiste de Christine Dolbeau" and six full colour full page images of the model Christine Dolbeau.  VG+.

£35.00
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