New York: Privately Published, 1963. First edition. 4to, 6 pp, mimeographed from typescript on rectos only and stapled once at the upper left hand corner into a mimeographed cover sheet with Dick Higgins' 423 Broadway address. One of Higgins' rarest works, a diminuitive book of poems written in the summer..... More
San Francisco: Communication Company, [1967]. 8 1/2 x 11" leaflet, mimeographed from typescript. Offsetting to margins, with some faint creasing and a 1" spot of soiling to right margin, else very good. More
New York: Causeway Books, 1974. 4to, xlviii, 268 pp, bound in orange cloth, in the publisher's dust jacket. Illustrated throughout with diagrams and drawings in the text. With a preface by Michael Lord, prepared for this edition. A sturdy very good example, with some light soiling to the edges of..... More
Paris: Two Cities Editions, 1960. First edition. 8vo, 63 pp, printed wraps illustrated after drawings by Brion Gysin. One of 1000 copies. Signed by both Burroughs and Gysin at the title page. Burroughs' third book, and the first standalone publication to employ the cut-up technique as Gysin & co. envisioned..... 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
![Item #30643 Le Tarot des imagiers du moyen age [With Plate Volume]. Oswald Wirth](/pictures/thumb/30643.jpg?v=1675386723)
Paris: Le Symbolisme, 1926-27. First edition. 4to, 337 pp, publisher's original printed wraps. Illustrated with numerous line drawings in the text. With the rare separate folder of plates, published the year prior, which features lithographs of the 22 Major Arcana on 11 sheets, each printed in color and gilt. Text..... More
London: Editions Hansjörg Mayer and Tate Gallery Publications, 1984. First edition. 4to, 6o pp, bound in thick, textured french fold wraps. Text in English. Artist's book in the form of a proposal to the United Nations, exploring the divisions of language and the relationship between art and the state. Slight..... More
Brisbane: Institute of Modern Art, 2008. First edition. Small 4to, 105 pp, bound in illustrated card wrappers. Profusely illustrated. With essays by Martin and Bellour. This small, beautifully produced monograph was produced in the wake of the Brisbane Institute of Modern Art exhibition in 2007. Profusely illustrated with tills from..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First American edition. 8vo, xxii, 415 pp, bound in blue cloth decorated in gilt and green. No dust jacket. From the library of NASA scientist Ralph Donaldson, with his signature to ffep. Later bookplate of Mrs. John McCormick, aka Laura McCormick to fep. An..... More
London: John Lane, [1922]. 8vo, xi, 96, [4] pp, bound in illustrated green cloth. No dust jacket. Here published c. 1924 as volume XXIV in the Handbooks of Practical Gardening Series. Complete and collated with all 8 photographic plates in addition to the frontispiece. A handsome edition of this classic..... More
![Item #29985 Lil Picard [Exhibition Poster]. Lil Picard](/pictures/thumb/29985.jpg?v=1675384385)
Wuppertal: Galerie Parnass, 1963. 8 5/8 x 10 3/4 placard, printed on white card stock. A very early exhibition placard from the German exhibition, one of her earliest. Rather foxed, with creasing along right hand margin, else very good. More
Rotterdam, Netherlands: Grafische Werkplaats de Lantaren, 1977. First edition. 4to, 103 pp, printed on newsprint and bound in illustrated wraps along upper edge. Text largely in Dutch, with some English contributions. Artists' book created in conjunction with the 1977 experimental intermedia festival Ongelukkige Liefde [aka Unhappy Life] festival in Holland..... More
San Francisco: Blank Expression, 1986. 4to, [8] pp. [incl. covers], saddle-stapled. Unnumbered issue of this San Francisco fanzine, featuring interviews with Flying Color and General Public, and reviews of a Savage Republic show in LA, etc. OCLC locates no holdings. Minor creasing to tips else fine. More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1932. 8vo, 288 pp, bound in red cloth titled in black. Lacking the rare dust jacket. First edition of this collection of supernatural fiction by the editor, novelist and associate of Rose Macaulay, with whom she hosted an influential salon in London. Her fiction sometimes dealt with..... 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
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
np: The Artist, 2011. First edition. One of a limited edition of 100 numbered copies, signed by the photograph at colophon. A superb artist book / zine / photobook produced in conjunction with the exhibition that year at Claire De Rouen's Exit Gallery in London. OCLC locates only a single..... More
France: Kaugummi, 2010. First edition. One of limited edition of 500 copies. 8vo, [16] pp. including covers, saddle-stapled wraps. This issue of the French art zine is devoted completely to drawings, published in conjunction with the Kaugummi exhibition held at L'amicale Gallery in Brussels that year. It includes contributions from..... More
Paris: Acéphale, 1937-38. Large 8vos, each issue saddle-stapled in wraps, 3/4 a double number. With errata slip laid into the second number The first four issues, lacking only the rare fifth number. Acéphale was the public review of the secret society of the same name, Each issue of Acéphale was..... More
Los Angeles: Rough Weather Press, 1988. 4to, saddle-stapled wraps. Rohwedder was a magazine started in 1986 by a group of poets and writers in Los Angeles. The periodical ran to 8 numbers, including a zero number. The name, which could be translated into English as Rough Weather, was a reflection..... More
London: Adventure in Bereznik! c. 1980's. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. Photo-mechanically reproduced. Third issue of the indie fanzine, with lots of space devoted to bands on the Creation label. Membranes, Pastels, Avengers, X-Word, Jasmine Minks, Let's Active, Tea, Physics, The Loft, etc. Old price sticker to cover else fine. More
Golden Valley, MN: Crystal Blue Persuasion, 1996. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. Photomechanically reproduced. With an ALS from the editor laid in. This issue devoted to some great articles on the background of various indie labels, zine reviews, and palindromes. Addressed and mailed to a record label, very good with enclosure stickers..... More
Strasbourgh: Transe, nd [d. 1980's?]. 8vo, [28] pp incl. covers, saddle-stapled wraps. Photo-mechanically reproduced. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Text in French. Third issue of this obscure French fanzine devoted to avant-garde music, with some superb layouts - a beautiful zine.. This issue includes an article on Christian Vander of..... More
Nantes: CRDC, 1991. First edition. 4to, [80] pp, bound in illustrated card covers, and housed in the original translucent illustrated glassine dust jacket. The gorgeous catalog for the travelling exhibition devoted to the record work by the late designer, whose indelible work created the look of the 4AD label. Includes..... More
Kent U.K. Waterbomb! 1990. 8vo, 28 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. This issue of the C86 / indie fanzine includes material on Paintbox, The Ammonites, Steve Kilbey, The Chills, Shoes, Velvet Crush, and Action Painting! Flexi disc not present. Fine. More