Mexico: c. 1940's. Roughly cut, approximately 8 1/2 x 26”, printed in red and green on thin orange paper. An early Lucha Libre poster which includes by Kid Vanegas, aka Arsacio Vanegas. Vanegas was the wrestler who taught Che Guevara, Fidel Castro and the soldiers of the Granma Yacht expedition..... More
Various Places: nd [c. 1900's-40's]. A substantial archive of materials relating to the early 20th century comedy team Clark and McCullough, documenting their remarkable trajectory across several popular 20th century theatrical forms- from Circus, to Vaudeville to Burlesque to popular film. The two had been high school friends n Springfield..... More
London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., 1825. First edition. 8vo, x, [ii], 356 pp, lacking the half title. Bound in half red morocco, gilt and blind-tooled spine by Philip Dusel. First edition of this anonymously published collection of Gothic tales written by a gender non-conforming author who was aided by Mary..... More
Mainz: Josef Aumüller, [1871]. Broadside, printed on yellow paper, text in Fraktur printedwithin an elaborate border, priced at 3 Kreuzer. A very early, and curious anti-fashion tract from the Franco-Prussian War and the beginning of haute-couture, this "wanted poster" issued for Eugenie Napoleon, urging that her her and..... More
![Item #30165 Optimistic Boxes 1-5 [Complete]. Robert Filliou](https://divisionleap.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30165.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1663697706)
Remscheid, Germany: VICE-Versand, 1968-1981. Three wooden boxes, a stone, and a pink ceramic pig, each in varying dimensions, with affixed labels, each initialled by the artist. A rare complete set of Filliou's most infamous, linguistically canny series of poetic multiples, issued in numbers over a 13 year period..... More
Amsterdam: Stedelijk Museum, 1986. First`edition. Oblong 4to, 83 pp, printed wraps. text in Dutch and English translation. With a preface by Wim Beeren. First edition of this landmark catalog issued in conjunction with Haring's first solo museum exhibition, this copy signed and dated in the year of publication with drawings..... More
![Item #30962 [Mobile Testing Laboratory]. Insektensekte](https://divisionleap.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30962.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1688253129)
np: c. 1971. Lab testing kit, consisting of a thermostate, glass tubes holding seeds, batteries, and labelled leaf, all held inside a handmade glass fronted mobile case. Provenance: from the collection of Tjeerd Deelstra. A sculpture used during a 1971 performance by the Insektensekte at the opening of..... More
Paris: l'Internationale Situationniste, [1962]. 4 7/8 x 6" postcard, printed in black on white card stock, and illustrated with an appropriated comic taken from Superman. Typewritten address of Mr. J. Dellstra [aka Tjeerd Deelstra] at verso. Postmarked and sent from the Rue St. Denis post office in Paris on September..... More
Stuttgart: J. H. M. Dietz, 1904. First edition. 4to, 19 leaves housed in a printed folder, with cloth ties. Jentzsch was born into a family of carpenters, and originally studied ceramic painting. While studying with Hildenbrandt and Ferdinand Pauwelsat the Dresden Academy he began to show as a painter, with..... More
![Item #30111 Mitmedien [With Original Collage, Rare Kodak Reading Machine and ALS]. Ferdinand Kriwet](https://divisionleap.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/30111.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1669233711)
Germany. With a signed postcard [APS] from Kriwet to Klaus Peter Dencker. A cache of items sent from Ferdinand Kriwet to his fellow artist, writer, and TV producer Klaus Peter Dencker, aka KPD. The postcard reads "Ahoj KPD, hier eine kleine Kodak Publikation.(Bräuchte man 1 Lesegerät.ein solches hatte Kodak für..... More
![Item #29289 Hanegal: Gallisk Poesialbum [with] Exhibition Tickets. Jørgen Nash, J. V. Martin](https://divisionleap.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/29289.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1688929083)
Paris: Edition Internationale Situationniste, 1961. 4to, [64] pp, bound in illustrated yellow boards, and all housed in a slipcase with the title stenciled to front panel, and enclosed in chicken wire. Lacking the unprinted inner card chemise, as often. One of limited edition of 750 numbered copies signed by both..... More
Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1925. First edition. 4to, 40 pp. + 24 photographic plates, reproducing 94 photographs. One of the most important early scholarly tattoo works, remarkable for the superb 94 photographs of tattooed subjects which make up the latter half of the work, which number as one of the most..... More
[Madrid]: Casa Ed. Blanco, [1919]. [Madrid]: Privately Printed, [1918]. 12mo, 110 pp, bound in purple cloth embossed with a snakeskin pattern, and titled in gilt at the spine. With a foreword by Valle Inclán. Illegible signature and date to title page. The impossibly rare first edition of this series of..... More