[Los Angeles]: Edward Ruscha, 1965 [i.e. 1970]. Second edition, one of 3000 copies, after the first printing in 1965 of 700 copies. Perfect-bound printed wrappers, with original glassine wrapper. Slight toning to glassine at spine, else fine. Photographed by Ruscha, with 34 black and white reproductions of mid-sixties Los Angeles.....
[Los Angeles]: Edward Ruscha, 1967. First edition. Perfect-bound printed wrappers, with original glassine wrapper. The folding flap to the last image is present. Some toning to glassine, top edge of rear panel slightly creased with a small chip, overall near fine. "When he was working on Thirtyfour Parking.....
New York: Alexandre Iolas Gallery, 1970. First edition. [36] pp. Original white printed wrappers. Introduction by Henry T. Hopkins, fourteen color reproductions. Catalogue of Ruscha's second exhibition in New York, at the Alexandre Iolas Gallery (his first New York exhibition was at the same gallery three years earlier). Some very.....
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Boston: William J. Margolis, 1961. First edition. [36] pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Covers toned with some minor soiling. Only issue of this little magazine. Contains a six-page reproduction of Patchen's picture-poems, along with work by Stuart Z. Perkoff (on Aleister Crowley), James Boyer May, and others. See Semina Culture, p......
Paris: Olympia Press, 1953. 110, [10] pp. Plain white wrappers with printed dust jacket folded on, as issued. Jacket extremities rubbed, small nick to fore-edge of last three leaves. An uncommon early Olympia Press publication, published June 1953. Kearney notes, "A translation, reportedly by Richard Seaver, of Les Exploits d'un.....
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, 1965. First edition. 66 pp. Original printed wrappers. Spicer's last book to be published in his lifetime (published June 10, Spicer died August 17). Some toning to cover extremities, minor spotting to lower corner of front cover. Johnston, White Rabbit, A30.
San Francisco: Auerhahn Society, 1962. First edition. 109, [3] pp. Perfect-bound printed wrappers, lettered in black and decorated in blue. Lithographs by Fran Herndon. Spine a little creased and slightly browned. One of 750 copies in wrappers. Johnston, Auerhahn, 21.
Boston: Fire Exit/William Corbett, n.d. [1975]. First edition. Single sheet, folded several times, as issued, to form [16] pages. A twenty-eight stanza poem and very early Howe publication. Cover by David von Schlegell. Some browning to exterior fold. Quite uncommon.
n.p. [Highlands]: The Jargon Society, 1974. First edition. 84 pp. Oatmeal cloth, lettered in black on the front board and the spine, with the dust jacket. A few stray white marks to the cloth, slight tideline mark to upper edge of boards and last few leaves; jacket crisp and clean.....
[Paris]: Collection “Le Terrain Vague”, [1955]. First edition. [78] pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine slightly browned, some mild age-toning. One of 970 copies on Alfama (of a total edition of 990 copies), this copy unnumbered. Cover illustration by Max Walter Svanberg, five interior illustrations by Leonor Fini (uncredited, save.....
[The Hague]: [’s-Gravenhage, F. Batten; Printed by N.G. van der A (Drukkerij Albédon)], 1945. First edition thus. First edition thus [together with:] second edition. [8] pp. String-tied textured wrappers. Minor wear to spine, else fine. One copy each of the first edition (March 1945) and the second edition (April.....
Paris: [Pierre Argillet], 1962. First edition. Unbound signatures laid into a chemise with an original Dali print on silk inlaid on the front board, housed in a clamshell case. The case is faded at the spine and edges with some rubbing to the corners. Contains original lithographs and etchings.....
[New York]: [Printed by the Gemor Press], 1942. First edition. [16] pp. Unbound folded sheets laid into a printed wrapper. Minor handling wear to cover, near fine. “Limited to one hundred copies handset in light italic Bernhard Gothic type of twelve point… designed and edited by Caresse Crosby as.....
Topanga [CA]: n.d. [1973]. Broadside flyer. 8 ¾ x 10 inches. Folded once, likely for mailing. Fine copy. One of Berman’s only solo exhibitions during his lifetime, a one-day event held at the Mermaid Tavern in Topanga Canyon. (He famously never exhibited in a commercial gallery after his 1957.....
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Paris: Aux Nourritures Terrestres, 1950. First edition. [12] leaves; title-page and colophon, ten lithographs. Unbound as issued, laid into a folding chemise and slipcase. Light marginal spotting to edge of sheets, as usually seen, gift inscription to title-page. A couple of mild stains to printed spine of chemise. Slipcase expertly.....
Paris: Éditions GLM, 1935. First edition. Unbound folded gatherings laid into publisher’s photographically illustrated wrapper, as issued. Some creasing to the front cover at the spine, as often seen, slight rubbing to head and tail of spine. Interior clean and bright. Housed in a custom chemise and slipcase, with title.....
Paris: Pierre Seghers and Imprimerie Union, 1953. Folded concertina, made up of three sheets assembled and attached to the back with strips of cloth. Original hangers attached to verso. With the publisher's original rhodoïd case. A gorgeous, fine copy, bright and fresh. Now housed in a custom clamshell box...
Prairie City, IL: The Press of James A. Decker, 1946. First edition. 52 pp. Tan cloth boards, front board and spine lettered in gilt, with the dust jacket. Slight toning to endpapers; jacket has some edgewear and a couple of short closed tears. Housed in a custom clamshell box...
New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1928. First edition. xii, 164 pp. Patterned paper boards over purple cloth backstrip, printed labels on front and spine, with the dust jacket. Some spotting and rubbing to backstrip, interior a little musty. The jacket shows some edgewear and browning, slight soiling to the.....
Paris: Editions du Carrefour, 1930. First edition. 237 pp. Original wrappers. One of 370 copies on vélin pur-fil, of a total edition of 500 copies. Spine a little creased, slight bump to front top and rear lower corners, overall an excellent copy. Illustrated with ten full page heliogravures of photo.....
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Stuttgart: Jonathan Williams, 1956. First edition. Publisher's printed rice-paper wrappers with design by Celia Zukofsky, side-stitched Japanese style, with the original acetate dust jacket and slipcase. One of 50 copies of the Author's Edition, signed by Zukofsky, and further inscribed to art historian Meyer Schapiro. Designed and published by Jonathan.....
Prairie City, IL: The Press of James A. Decker, 1946. First edition. Original light-brown cloth, lettered in black on the front board and spine, with the dust jacket. 69, [3] pp. Some soiling to jacket, spine panel tips chipped, fold corners with tears, edges toned. Inscribed by Zukofsky on the.....
Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1901. First edition. [6], 157, [3] p. Original paper wrappers. Spine reinforced with old tape, cover edges chipped and rubbed; a good copy of a very rare book, particularly in the original wrappers. Renée Vivien's first book, dedicated to N..... [Natalie Clifford Barney], who was its primary.....
Milan: [Stampato nelle Officine de la Grafica Moderna], 1930. First edition. [6], 7-30, [2] pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Some wear to edges, light creasing, overall a very nice copy. Signed by Bunting on the title-page and dated 1976. Laid in a Typed Letter Signed on Bunting’s stationary in an air.....
Paris: Agori, 1973. First edition. Pictorial boards with Fini-designed cats, printed paper label on spine, in publisher’s slipcase with same pattern and printed label. One of 230 numbered copies on Arches (another 20 on Japan and 35 for the author were also produced), signed by Fini on the colophon. Contains.....