Johanna Drucker’s The Century of Artists’ Books is the seminal full-length study of the development of artists’ books as a 20th-century art form. By situating artists’ books within the context of mainstream developments in the visual arts, Drucker raises critical and theoretical issues as well as providing a historical overview of the medium. Within its pages, she explores more than two hundred individual books in relation to their structure, form, and conceptualization. This paperback edition of the book features a new preface by Drucker and includes an introduction by New York Times art critic Holland Cotter.