Van Nuys, CA: Kulture Krash, 1989. 4to, saddle-stapled wraps. Addressed and mailed, with "SAMPLE" stamp to mailing portion. The debut catalog for the distro focusing on independently released music, from A Produce to Scratch Acid. Descriptions of most releases and a couple special features, a remarkable document of independent music..... More
New York: c. 1981? 8 1/2 x 14" flyer, offset printed on white paper. Flyer for this early A.O.D. show, as they cross the river from New Jersey to play at legendary East Village hardcore club A7. Artist uncredited. Folded once, a little roughly cut at lower margin, with some..... More
New York: The Tunnel, 1987. 5 1/2 8 1/2" invitation postcard. Invitation to a fashion show and costume contest at Tunnel made in conjunction with the film. The verso includes the rules for the show, and lists the judges, including Michael Alig and Haout Montaug. Surface marred by some overall..... More
Kitakyushu, Japan: Center for Contemporary Art, 2009. First edition. 8vo, [196] pp, bound in black wraps. Designed by Manuel Rader. Early artists' book from Allora & Calzadilla in collaboration with Manuel Rader, exploring the lyrics to songs used by the U.S. Government in Guantanamo Bay to torture and interrogate prisoners..... More
Atlanta: 1994. 2 1/8 x 8 3/4" ticket, letterpress printed in silver on black chipboard. Beautifully designed and printed by Bruce Licher of Independent Project Press. An unused ticket for the 1994 festival which boasted a remarkable line up - AMM, Faust, Tony Conrad, Jim O'Rourke, Zeena Parkis, Thurston Moore..... More
New York: New Wilderness Foundation, 1978. First edition. Tabloid format,. [8] pp. including covers. Early issue of this amazing artists' periodical devoted to avant-garde music, which was associated with, and later published above, the famous Ear Inn on Spring Street. This issue includes contributions from John Cage - his Branches..... More
San Francisco: Anstendig Institute, c. early 1980's. 4to, each issue photo-mechanically reproduced and stapled once at the upper left hand corner, some illustrated by r. D. Henggeler. A collection of zines issued by the Anstendig Institute, many of them illustrated by Ron Henggeler. The Institute, which still continues today, is..... More
France: Association Théatre Accidental, 1983. 4to, 20 pp. including covers, saddle-stapled wraps. Illustrated with drawings, comics and photographs. One of 500 copies. Text in French. Superb French avant-garde music fanzine with lots of great graphic art and comics, which was related to the Antenne accidentelle show on Radio-Tele Chatenay. This..... More
France: Association Théatre Accidental, 1983. 4to, 24 pp. including covers, saddle-stapled wraps. Offset printed with a full page drawing in orange paint to back cover, with a rubberstamp. Illustrated with drawings, comics and photographs. One of 500 copies. Text in French. Superb French avant-garde music fanzine with lots of great..... More
London: Arts & Community Centre Notting Hill, 1968. ALS, with a trifold brochure [8 x 10 1/2"] and a Poetry Workshop poster [8 x 13"] folded for mailing, all housed in the original mailing envelope addressed to Tjeerd Deelstra postmarked September 5, 1968. Rare ephemera from the early days of..... More
Los Angeles: Strong Sounding Thought Press, 1984. First edition. 8vo, 105 [3] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Debut issue of the little mag devoted to music criticism, including B. A. Johnson on The Minutemen, L.M. Sousa on Chuck Berry, J.W. Talley-Jones on Tribalism and Anti-Pop, and additional contributions by Lawrence Grossberg and..... More
Los Angeles: Strong Sounding Thought Press, 1987. First edition. 8vo, 108 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Special issue of thelittle mag devoted to music criticism, this time around focusing on serious, indepth criticism of the music video as a format. With contributions from Lisa A. Lewis, Andrew Goodwin, Marsha Kinder, George Lipsitz..... More
![Item #30480 Facts You Should Know About Sound [Little Blue Book No. 1327]. L. A. Barrett, Beulah...](https://divisionleap.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30480.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1670623982)
Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1929. 32mo, stapled wraps [2 staples]. Gibbs 1327, first noted state of contents, first noted wrapper state. Intriguing work about the physics, history, and psychology of sound, written by the married Kansas couple. Wraps faded and a little rubbed at extremities, small chip to heel. Very good..... More
np: Ladd-Frith, 1990. First edition. 8" clear flexi single sided record, with illustrated card backing sheet, both housed in the original mailing envelope, with a brief note to prior owner. Catalog No. LF-058. A nm, unplayed copy, still attached to backing sheet with two spots of glue. Hand-addressed envelope very..... More
Willamantic, CT: De-Evolutionary Times, 1981. 4to, [25] pp, photo-mechanically reproduced. Side-stapled. A remarkable early 80's connection between the poetry and post-punk zine scenes, this little known post punk fanzine edited by the poets George Butterick, and Ed Kaplan. A fascinating zine, dense and text heavy with no illustrations other than..... More
![Item #30683 Merce Cunningham John Cage [Handbill]. John Cage, Merce Cunningham](https://divisionleap.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30683.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1679527803)
Portland, Ore. Reed College, 1949. 8vo, single sheet of card stock folded once. Mimeographed from typescript, the beautiful typographical design by Barbara Walker and Virginia Ragsdale. The handbill for this early performance by Cage and Cunningham at Reed College, well in advance of their Black Mountain years. It is tempting..... More
Amsterdam: In-Out Press, 1973. First edition. 8vo, 30 pp [double leaves], side-stapled in appropriated and rubberstamped covers and backed in black cloth tape. Mimeographed from typescript, with rubberstamping to each page. First edition, one of 100 numbered copies. Among the artist's earliest, and rarest artist books, published while he was..... More
New York: New Wilderness Foundation, 1986. First edition. Tabloid format, 36 pp. including covers. Special issue of the longrunning artists' periodical devoted to avant-garde music, which was associated with, and later published above, the famous Ear Inn on Spring Street. Cover photo of Jason Hwang by Sugimoto, material on Greer..... More
New York: Broadside, 1962. 4to, 9 leaves mimeographed from typescript on rectos only, and side-stapled into a mimeographed card cover sheet. With a Folklore Center rubberstamp to cover. Very early issue of the legendary little magazine devoted to the nascent 1960's folk scene. This issue prints the poem "Talking 1962..... More
![Item #29327 Devo [Dallas, August 4, 1979, at the Palladium] [Backstage Pass]. Devo](https://divisionleap.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29327.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1679007071)
Dallas: Eaton Page Productions, 1979. 3 1/2 x 5" sticker on reflective fabric with Fasson Crack n' Peel backing, which is still intact. Name of band and date handwritten on recto. Unused backstage pass printed with sticker backing. Devo played two sets and an encore, which began with In Heaven..... More
Lugo, Spain: Margen, 1995. 4to, 56 pp including covers, saddle-stapled wraps. Text in Spanish. With an ALS from an editor laid in. Third issue of the superb, dense Spanish experimental music fanzine, with material on Ron Geesin, Embruyo, Jorge Reyes, Mike Oldfield, Barry Adamson, Miriodor, A Produce, Philharmonie, Souxante Etages..... More
New York: New Wilderness Foundation, 1982. First edition. Folio, 36 pp, Tabloid format. Single issue of this amazing artists' periodical out of the seventies avant-garde downtown music scene, which was associated with, and gave its name to, the famous Ear Inn on Spring Street. This issue includes R.I. P. Hayward..... More
New York: New Wilderness Foundation, 1977. First edition. Tabloid format, [8] pp. including covers. Early issue of the longrunning artists' periodical devoted to avant-garde music, which was associated with, and later published above, the famous Ear Inn on Spring Street. This issue includes contributions from Bill Hellerman, Dick Higgins, Philip..... More
New York: New Wilderness Foundation, 1977. First edition. Tabloid format, [12] pp. including covers. Early issue of the longrunning artists' periodical devoted to avant-garde music, which was associated with, and later published above, the famous Ear Inn on Spring Street. This issue includes a cover drawing by Ilene Astrahan, and..... More
New York: New Wilderness Foundation, 1980. First edition. Tabloid format, 16 pp. including covers. Single issue of the longrunning artists' periodical devoted to avant-garde music, which was associated with, and later published above, the famous Ear Inn on Spring Street. This issue is a special issue devoted to sound environments..... More