New Arrivals
Snapshot of a Woman Reading on A Bed
np: 1959. 3 9/16 x 3 5/8" silver gelatin print on Kodak Velox paper. A snapshot of a woman reading on a bed, a newspaper discarded at her feet, beneath a window drawn with a floral curtain. Very good. More
Temple of the Sun
np: rif Press, 1972. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. One of a limited edition of 125 copies, printed by Wesley Tanner and distributed privately as a Christian greeting. The text consists of fragments from the poem cycle of the same name, here printed with permission of Norman Holmes Pearson. Toning..... More
Burns' Night Heard
Lawrence, Kansas: Tansy Press, 1982. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps, illustrated with a cover design by Lee Chapman and John Moritz. Near fine with light toning to margins. More
The Day & Night Book
Toronto: Shuffaloff / Eternal Network Joint, 2014. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. One of a limited edition of only 99 copies. Incredibly posthumously published chapbook by one of the best. some minor rubbing to wraps else fine. More
I. T. I. L. O. E. (Top Stories #15)
Buffalo, NY: Hallwalls / Top Stories, 1983. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. 24 pp. saddle-stitched wraps. A collection of texts by one of the best prose stylists of the era. Near fine with a small spot of darkening (as if held close to a flame) affecting the fore edge of the..... More
Interim Guide for the Design of Buildings Exposed to Atomic Blast
Washington DC: Federal Civil Defense Administration, 1952. 8vo, 34 pages, saddle-stapled wraps. One of a series of Civil Defense pamphlets issued during the Cold War, this one directed towards engineers and architects. Your purchase of this pamphlet helps fund construction of the new DL bunker. Very good with a light..... More
Manuscript Book of Recipes for Lacquers, Solders, Varnishes, Glues, Stains, etc.
[American?]: Early 19th century. Square 8vo, 16 pp, consisting of an index [pp. 1-2], and receipts [5-16]. Second leaf blank. Saddle-stitched, with outer leaves detached. Outer leaves rather darmpstained, but complete legible. Interior leaves clean, with a very clear hand throughout. Printed on watermarked paper. The 29 recipies including those..... More
Untitled Photograph [Serve the People]
np: nd. 5 x 7" vintage silver print, without attribution or stamp to verso. A photograph featuring an intense looking youth in jeans and jacket smoking in front of graffiti on a wall which reads, "Serve the people." A superb image. Photographer unknown. Some minor soiling and creasing, with a...... More
Roosevelt After Inauguration
New York: Fuck You Press, 1964. First edition. 24mo, [12] pp, mimeographed from typescript and drawing. Covers illustrated with impeccable provocation and grace by Allen Ginsberg. The first separate edition of this section of the Yage Letters, which the "paranoid printers" of the City Lights edition in England refused to..... More
Love is Less Than God. The Book of the Soul.
New York: The Sunwise Turn, 1923. First edition. New York: The Sun-wise Turn, 1923. First edition. 8vo, 42 pp, bound in marbled paper over boards backed in blue cloth titled in gilt. One of the 100 copies numbered and signed by the author, out of a total stated edition of..... More
Is Dit Nu Pornografie del E bare 8? Piek Pocket Nr. 5
[Amsterdam]: Privately Published, 1967. First edition. Narrow 4to, 16 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Text in Dutch. The fifth issue of this provocative periodical published by the graphic desigher &artist Hans Ferrée. The backcover describes the periodical as provocative, prophetic, profane, and outlines the first projected 22 numbers of the periodical, which..... More
Zo Wordt u Stinkend Rijk. Piek Pocket Nr. 3
[Amsterdam]: Privately Published, 1967. First edition. Narrow 4to, 17 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Text in Dutch. The third issue of this provocative periodical published by the graphic desigher &artist Hans Ferrée. The backcover describes the periodical as provocative, prophetic, profane, and outlines the first projected 22 numbers of the periodical, which..... More
Ne de Patat: WAT? Piek Pocket Nr. 4
[Amsterdam]: Privately Published, 1967. First edition. Narrow 4to, 16 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Text in Dutch. The fourth issue of this provocative periodical published by the graphic desigher &artist Hans Ferrée. The backcover describes the periodical as provocative, prophetic, profane, and outlines the first projected 22 numbers of the periodical, which..... More
The Damned. In Ultra 3_D. D-Grading D-Moralizing D-Pressing.
San Francisco: 1985. three leaves, photo-mechanically reproduced on rectos only and stapled once at the upper left hand corner. Anonymous zine out of the Bay Area mid-1980's milieu written by an anonymous writer who describes herself as a female "from a Catholic family of 15." Attacks misconceptions about AIDS, abortion..... More
Communities. A Journal of Cooperative Living Nos. 23, 24, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 [Lot of 14 Issues]
Louisa, VA: Community Publications Cooperative, 1976-1980. First edition. 4to, mot issues about 64 pp, saddle-stapled in illustrated wraps. Printed on newsprint. Illustrated with drawings and photographs. A lot of 14 issues of this longrunning periodical devoted to intentional communities, one of the main organs of the commune and back to..... More
Enkel Jaar 1, Nr. 1
Rotterdam: Enkel, 1979. First edition. 4to, saddles-stapled wraps. Text in Dutch. Copy rubberstamped no. 172 on back cover, from an unstated limitation. First issue, of only three published, of this art periodical from Rotterdam. With contributions from Ulrich Huisraad, K. Gubbels, Vincent Haman, John Studulski, and photographs by Jan van..... More
Rubaiyat of Account Overdue
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1935. First edition. 4to, single sheet folded twice. Published in an edition of 350 copies, this example marked H.C. Morley, author of the Haunted Bookshop, was inspired to write the Rubaiyat one day while visiting Frances Steloff at the Gotham Book Mart, when he..... More
Das Hacker Hackbuch. Reisebuch für Nomaden im Computer-dschungel
Moers: Editions Aragon Verlag Willi Klauke, 1985. Second printing. 8vo, 130 pp, illustrated wraps. Illustrated with tables, diagrams, and a single photograph. Text in German. Early Hacker guide oriented towards beginners, the dedicated to Jerry Rubin, which begins by printing Cheshire Catalyst's Hacker Hymn (which first appeared in T.A.P.). Includes..... More
San Francisco Arts Festival. A Poetry Folio
San Francisco: San Francisco Arts Festival, 1963. Eight illustrated broadsides, laid into a 14 x 21" large card folder with printed title pastedown to front panel. Each broadside limited to 300 copies. A remarkable publication of eight broadsides issued on the occasion of the San Francisco Arts Festival, and printed..... More
State of Mind
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
Le Tarot des imagiers du moyen age [With Plate Volume]
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
Report of a Surveyor
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
Owls at Noon Prelude: The Hollow Men.
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