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
[San Francisco]: [1969]. 17 x 22", offset printed in color on recto, and in b/w on verso. No imprint or authorship information; date and authorship attributions from OCLC. The verso is taken up with a striking psychedelic drawing in color; the verso prints a long single poem, along with an..... More
New York: Ork Records, [1977]. 14 x 17", black and white xerox from photograph and typescript. Overall creasing; very good. The original poster announcing Lester Bangs' punk "debut", at CBGB's in June of 1977. The poster announces that his band will consist of J. D. Dougherty, Robert Quine, Jody Harris..... More
Np: None, 1943. `. 8vo, xi, 303 pp, bound in black cloth titled in gilt at spine. No dust jacket. A privately issued edition of the Guy Wernham translation into English. Cloth a bit dulled and grubby, paper covering the front hinge cracked with webbing exposed, but binding holding strong..... More
np: Caterpillar, 1969. Small 8vo, 3 pp, saddle-stapled in orange illustrated wraps. Prints the single poem of the same name. This is perhaps an offprint from Caterpillar magazine, with the inside cover stating "Copyright Caterpillar 1969," but this is the first time we've seen it, and OCLC locates no holdings..... More
Albany: State University of New York Press, 2004. First edition. 8vo, 174 pp, hardcover, bound in glazed, illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by the author at the title page. A very good example, with some minor wrinkling to laminate to front panel, tiny stain to first blank..... More
Oxford: Tattoo Club of Great Britain, 1990. 8vo, 20 pp, [incl. covers], saddle-stapled wraps. This issue of the tattoo periodical includes a report from Painless Jeff o fKent, a selection of 5 full page photographs of work by Lal Hardy, and more of the usual letters, reports, etc. Near fine..... More
Oxford: Tattoo Club of Great Britain, 1990. 8vo, 20 pp, [incl. covers], saddle-stapled wraps. This issue of the tattoo periodical includes covers, drawings, and a biographical statement by Steff Muschetz, an interview with tattoo collector Chuck Eldridge of Berkeley and San Francisco, letter from Jeff Baker, and more of the..... More
Amsterdam: Art & Project. 4to, single sheet folded once. Addressed and postmarked to fellow artist Athena Tacha. Single issue of the remarkable periodical issued from the influential gallery run by Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren. Over the course of almost 20 years the gallery issued 156 of these..... More
Detroit: Black Graphics International, [1970]. 8vo, 22 pp. Saddle-stapled wraps. Title on back cover, with pagination beginning in last page and running to front, as issued. Illustrated througout by Ibn Pori Pitts and Rocque Jackson. Cover illustrated by the author. A beautifully designed and illustrated book of poetry issued under..... More
Rotterdam: Galerie Delta, 1963. First edition. Square 4to, [28] pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Illustrated with black and white plates on coated stock, one plate printed in two colors. Text by C. Caspari (in German) and Constant (in Dutch). A beautifully designed catalog devoted to Constant's New-Babylon drawings, with a lengthy text..... More
New York: Art Workers Coalition, 1969. 24 x 28" poster, offset color lithograph. Jon Hendricks, Frazer Dougherty, and Irving Petlin designed this Art Workers Coalition poster, which is illustrated with a photograph by Army photographer Ron Haeberle. The text, which is printed in red overlay is taken from a radio interview..... More
Paris: Galerie 1900-2000, Galerie de Poche, Galerie du Génie, 1988. 12 x 25" poster, machine-folded into thirds. The poster for this collaborative series of exhibitions in Paris, held at Galerie 1900-2000, Galerie de Poche, and Galerie du Génie. The poster prints a text by Jean-Jacques Lebel, and is is illustrated..... More
[New York]: [Publishing Institute of American Art], [1965]. 8vo, comb-bound at upper and lower margin, with the bound pages die-cut in half, two of which are printed glassine, with 27 loose black and white plates laid in beneath the bound pages, bound and laid into a card folder with the..... More
Amsterdam: Art & Project, 1974. 4to, single sheet of translucent glassine folded once to make four pages. Single issue of the remarkable periodical issued from the influential gallery run by Adriaan van Ravesteijn and Geert van Beijeren. Over the course of almost 20 years the gallery issued 156 of these..... More
np: 1969. 7 1/4 x 9 1/4" postcard, silkscreen on card stock. A gorgeous print to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Zaj Group. Near fine with light creasing to extremities. More
Warminster, PA: Constant Cause, nd [c. early 1980's]. 16mo, [8] pp, including covers. Offset printed on yellow textured paper. Mini-comic zine distriuted by Constant Cause. Fine. More
np: Stagger Fancy Press, 2014. First edition. 12mo, 88 pp, wraps. Near fine with some light wear to edges of wraps. More
Berkeley: Negation, 1973. Revised edition. 4to, 16 pp, mimeographed from typescript on rectos only. Side-stapled in yellow card covers. On negation of the objects of Capitalism, by the Bay Area post-situ group. Covers creased and soiled, name written neatly in ink to first page. About very good. More
New York: Fillmore East, c. 1968-71. 4to, 120 pp, cfirst sheet mimeographed from typescript on both recto and verso, and subsequent sheets offset printed. Comb-bound in printed wraps. A large anthology of sheet music issued by the Fillmore East and featuring bands that performed at the legendary venue. "We proudly..... More
[New York]: The Artist, 1976. 8vo, 7 pp, stapled wraps. Artists' book. An installment in the artists' rewriting of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, published in installments and distributed in a limited fashion in the 1970's. Rare. OCLC locates only a single holding of this chapter. Name written in ink..... More
Winfield, IL: Urban Autograff, c. 2000-01. 4to, offset printed in color throughout. Saddle-stapled wraps. This issue features lots of freight train shots, as well as an interview with Sacramento's End Kings. A heavily creased copy, with the ragged edge here and there else ery good. More
San Jose: Joe's Nairobi Lounge, [1970]. 8 1/2 x 11", offset printed on green paper. Illustrated with three photographs. Original poster for performances by Sir Lady Java, here billed as the "World's Loveliest Female Impersonator" at the San Jose club Joe's Nairobi Lounge in 1970, with Shirley Butler opening. Sir..... More
Bruxelles: Les Levres Nues, 1968. First edition. 4to. Single sheet folded twice to make 8 pp., including covers. The eighth installment in the artist's Le Fait Accompli series, one of 45 numbered copies "sur verge" out of a total edition of 70. "Noir" is crossed out on the cover in..... More
Bruxelles: Les Levres Nues, 1970. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Single sheet folded to make (8) pp. One of 95 numbered copies on Verge, out of a total edition of 100. The 39th entry in the artist's Fait Accompli series. Mariën was the editor of the important avant-garde magazine Les Lèvres..... More