np: nd. 16 x 20" vintage black and white photograph. A remarkable, large format, high contrast photograph of William S. Burroughs, descending a narrow stairway or trapdoor into darkness, with his shadow thrown large on the wall, foregrounded by a sinister laughing silhouette of a face. Though the verso bears..... More
New York: The Offices of Fend, Fitzgibbon, Holzer, Nadin, Prince & Winters, [1980]. A poster announcing visitation hours at 325 Spring Street for an event by one of the least documented and enigmatic artists' groups of the era, announcing that the members will be present “To answer questions and discuss..... More
New York: The Kitchen, [1977]. Postcard, illustrated with a photograph of Duchamp at recto. The invitation to one of the most conceptually provocative and infamous events at the Kitchen, in which the artist John Sanborn showed a series of videotapes purporting to be late works by Marcel Duchamp, whose life..... More
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1980. First edition. 8vo, 387 pp, bound in blue buckram titled in gilt at spine. No dust jacket as issued. Fine. More
Bowie, MD: XXX Thrillseeker, 1983. 4to, 64 pp, offset printed and side-stapled into two color, photographically illustrated covers. Second issue of this dense, indepth DC punk fanzine, with numerous interviews of local and visiting acts, reviews both of shows and records, and much local information that make it an essential..... More
Berkeley: Bureau of Public Secrets, 1992. 4to, single sheet folded once to make a 4 panel brochure. A new translation of the Situationist text by the Bureau of Public Secrets. Not in Ford. Fine. More
Köln: Walther König, 2002. First edition. 4to, 207 pp, wraps. Profusely illustrated in both color and b/w. A mammoth and indepth bibliography of the artists' books of Hanne Darboven, Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Hanne Darboven. Bucher 1966-2002" at the Westfälischen Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster in..... More
Bondeno, Italy: Rocca Possente Di Stellata, 1983. First edition. Oblong 8vo, wraps. Texts in Italian and English. Illustrated with b/w plates. Inscribed by Enzo Minarelli to Dick Higgins. The catalog for the 1983 exhibition of concrete poetry and other experimental poetries, which included work by Timm Ulrichs, Luciana Arbizzani, Mirella..... 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
CAmbridge, MA: Katalanché Press, 2005. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled in corrugated cardboard wraps with a title pastedown to cover. One of a limited edition of 100 copies. A collection of poems "written in the darkened theater as the films themselves took place on the screen." Remarkably, the exterior of the..... More
Unionville, Indiana: Matchbooks, 1989. 16mo, saddle-stapled in in wraps illustrated by Thorpe Feidt. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the poet Gerrit Lansing. A beautiful chapbook on blues and jazz themes, including a poem about calling the Thelonius Monk residence. Some minor soiling to the wraps, else fine. More
Berkeley: Neo-Baroque, 2011. First edition. 16mo, hand-stitched in wraps. A beautifully designed chapbook, designed by the author and Ian Thorpe-Childers. Fine. More
Buffalo, NY: Editions Hérission, 1994. First edition. One of 125 copies. 8vo, unpaginated, saddle-stapled wraps. Faint smudge to cover else fine. More
[Scarborough ME, or Buffalo NY]: [Punch Press], 2010. First edition. 8vo, [8] pp, saddle-stitched in letterpress printed wraps. Beautiful chapbook, without publisher location or info, but likely published by Richard Owens under the Punch Press imprint [attribution based on the OCLC information for the University of Sheffield copy]. Fine. More
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Firenze: GAF - Alfa Cure, 1977-. 4to, each issue offset printed and saddle-stapled in two color covers. Text largely in Italian, with some English. A substantial run of this rare IItalian comics periodica of the 1970'sl, which was published by the GAF [Gruppo Amatori del Fumetto]. The group included Gaetano..... More
New York: Mudd Club, [1981]. 11 x 17" flyer, offset printed in two colors on heavyweight white paper. Folded twice, addressed and mailed to a fanzine editor. Striking flyer for this 1981 show by the Mechanical Servants at the Mudd Club. Some minor abrasions to verso from posting, short closed..... More
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Vancouver, BC: New Sounds Gallery, nd [c. 1980's]. 8 1/2" square flyer, offset printed on recto, with a smaller, xeroxed piece of mail art taped to verso by Juppiter-Larsen entitled "A Map to Lead You Nowhere in Particular." Folded twice, with a small abrasion to verso. Very good. More
New York: Folder Editions, 1964. First edition. 8vo, bound in grey boards with rust red titles at spine. Printed dust jacket. The noted filmmaker and poet's second book of poetry, a superb work. A scarce book, especially in cloth. Heavy page toning to endpapers, as usual, with a light outward..... More
New York: Printed Matter, 2017. First edition. 8vo, wraps. With illustrated fold out poster as dust jacket. A superb and essential reference, heavily illustrated with special regards to ephemera. Near fine in a near fine jacket. More
San Francisco: Smart Art Press and CCAC, 2001. First edition. Oblong 4to, unpaginated, bound in full blue cloth with embossed titles. Pictorial dust jacket. Profusely illustrated. An essential reference. Fine in a near fine jacket with a couple light creases. More
Stirling: AK Press, 1991. 8vo, wraps. Near fine with previous owner's signature to first blank. More
Liverpool: Museum of Modern Alienation, nd. 4to, xeroxed and side-stapled. Sixth issue of the post-situ periodical, with articles on the Art Strike, anti-intellectual tendencies in the UK, plagiarism, anti-copyright material etc. Very good with some minor toning. More
Powys, UK: AUX, 1992. First edition. 4to, saddle-stapled wraps. Second issue, with contributions from Jamie Reid, Temple of Psychic Youth London, Stewart Home, Vittore Baroni, Lawrence Burton et al. Fine. More
Powys, UK: AUX, 1992. First edition. 4to, saddle-stapled wraps. Third issue, with graphic contributions by Jamie Reid, Lawrence Burton et al, and articles on graffiti, drugs, the occult, Bob etc. Fine. More
