Skoob Works
New York: Lisson Gallery, 2018. First edition. 4to, 64 pp, wraps. The catalog for the retrospective exhibition, profusely illustrated in color. With texts by Pavel Pys and Laure Prouvost. Fine. More
New York: Lisson Gallery, 2018. First edition. 4to, 64 pp, wraps. The catalog for the retrospective exhibition, profusely illustrated in color. With texts by Pavel Pys and Laure Prouvost. Fine. More
Düsseldorf: Städtische Kunsthalle, 1975. First edition. 4to, 60 + 34 pp, illustrated wraps. Texts in German, with some English. Profusely illustrated. The catalog for the 1975 exhibition, dedicated to the memory of Bernard Bertschinger. With a foreword by Jurgen Harten and an essay by Rosetta Brooks and John Stezaker, the..... More
np: 1961. 18 3/4 x 13 1/2", ink and wash on both sides of a sheet of sketch paper. Unsigned and undated. Provenance: acquired by Peter Howard of Serendipity Books from Bobbie Louise Hawkins, former wife of Robert Creeley. The immensely talented Laubies was a visual artist associated at different..... More
np: 1961. 18 3/4 x 13 1/2", ink and wash on both sides of a sheet of sketch paper. Unsigned and undated. Provenance: acquired by Peter Howard of Serendipity Books from Bobbie Louise Hawkins, former wife of Robert Creeley. The immensely talented Laubies was a visual artist associated at different..... More
np: 1961. 13 x 20", ink on paper. Signed and dated by the artist. Provenance: acquired by Peter Howard of Serendipity Books from Robert Creeley. The immensely talented Laubies was a visual artist associated at different times with the Tachisme, Art Informel, and Nuagisme movements. He was also the first..... More
np: 1957. Provenance: acquired by Peter Howard of Serendipity Books from Robert Creeley. The immensely talented Laubies was a visual artist associated at different times with the Tachisme, Art Informel, and Nuagisme movements. He was also the first translator of Ezra Pound into French, and it was Ezra Pound who..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1959. First UK edition. 8vo, 38 pp, bound in yellow cloth titled in copper at the spine. A collection of poems published simultaneously in the US by New Directions as "Selected Poems." Fine in a dust jacket that shows some minor toning and traces of soiling, else..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, nd. 32mo, stapled wraps [1 staple]. Gibbs 1610, noted variation, second wrapper state. Near fine with minor toning. More
np: Folk-Lore, 937. First separate edition. 8vo, pp. 115-182, printed wraps. Profusely illustated with drawings. An offprint from Folk-Lore, and the first separate edition of this fascinating work addressing labyrinth ritual and threshhold South Indian and Malekulan tattoo designs. This was Layard's second work in the series, following his lecture..... More
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1927. 32mo, saddle-stapled [2 staples] in wraps. Gibbs 1471, first noted variation, in an LBB(2) binding with a small union + 1 to front panel - a state of the wrapper that doesn't seem to have been recorded by Gibbs. Le Chatelier's classic essay, here translated from..... More
Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1974. 4to, single sheet folded twicxe to make a six pager. Single issue of the remarkable periodical issued from the influential gallery run by Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren. Over the course of almost 20 years the gallery issued 156 of these bulletins, in..... More
Paris: Galerie des Quatre Saisons, 1960. 11 x 17 1/2", offset printed on recto only on thin rose paper. Illustrated with a photograph of a guillotine in use. The poster announcement for this early Happening organized by Lebel and Jouffroy, incorporating the work of Victor Brauner, Wilfredro Lam, Jorge Camacho..... More
np: Signal, 1984. First edition. 4to, 5 sheets printed on both recto and verso on coated paper stock and housed in a printed folder. Catalog No. SV004. Artists' publication issued in conjunction with the rare cassette on signal (cassette sadly not included here). With sheets dedicated to the Legendary Pink..... More
New York: Breaking Point, 1967. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled yapped wraps. An irascible attack on the sexual revolution, by the author of Peregrine Penis. Some minor chipping and creasing to extremities of wraps and a bump to crown, and a couple faint droplet stains to back cover, still a sturdy..... More
Leipzig: 1683. Philosophy. 8vo, pp. 199-254, rebound in later marbled wrappers. Two small textual figures in the text. With typed bookseller catalogue entry for the book laid in, though the bookseller is not noted. Very good. More
Paris: chez l'auteur et Garnier frères, 1847. First edition. 12mo, 305 pp, bound in 19th century marbled paper over boards backed with crushed brown morocco crudely stamped in gilt, with gilt compartments. Illustrated with a single engraved plate. Text in French. Ex Libris G. Sabattini, with his superb and topical..... More
London: Arcade, 1964-1967. 8vo, each issue saddle-stapled wraps. The first issue complete with both stickers affixed to cover, the second issue with the rose-tinted spectacle multiple intact and laid in, the third issue with affixed lenticular lips, all as issued. A complete run of this innovative little magazine at the..... More
Glasgow: Caledonian Press, [1952]. 21mo, saddle-stapled wraps. An uncut copy. The first separate appearance of the text which first appeared in the National Weekly. Very good with minor toning. More
London: George Redway, 1896. First edition. 8vo, x, 108 pp, rebound in full black leather in a snakeskin pattern, with 4 raised bands at the spine, with the motif from the original binding pasted down onto the cover, with glassine interleaved between each original page, perhaps to preserve the original..... More
London: International Times / Lovebooks, 1966-71. Tabloid format, printed mostly on newsprint, with spot color. A substantial lot of one of the most influential and longrunning underground newspapers of the 1960’s, including several of the rarer issues - including the first, the third, with the Burroughs contribution "Invisible..... More
Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1966. First edition. 4to, mimeographed from typescript on rectos only, and side-stapled, with an original painting print by Mara to cover, and "under the sheets i touch me," a mimeograph stencil as print by levy tipped onto the verso of the second sheet. One of a limited..... More
Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1964. First edition. 8vo, letterpress printed in on various colors of paper stock, and side-stapled into letterpress printed white card wraps. Illustrated with prints by Katherine Wasil, Cuz, and Kent Taylor. With a foldout sheet bound in, spirit-duplicated from typescript, giving thanks and noting Asphodel Bookshop and..... More
Paris: Carnets de Rhinocéros Jr., 2007. First edition. Square 12mo, 48 pp, bound in flexible boards. Text in French. One of a limited edition of 450 copies, of which 50 were colored, this being one of the uncolored copies. Fine. More
Phoenix: Independent Project Press, 1995. 3 1/2 x 6", numbered ticket letterpress printed in three colors in beigh card stock. Beautiful ticket for the 1995 installation of the festival designed and printed by Bruce Licher, featuring The Apples in Stereo, Alison's Halo, Dart, Aberdeen, Monte Verdict Stars, Half String, For..... More
Sedona, AZ: Licher Art & Design, 2005. First edition. Sheet of nine stamps, offset printed on gummed stock and perforated paper, and housed, along with a detachable postcard, in a letterpress-printed folder in two colors on manila tag board stock. Fine. More