San Francisco: Poetry Flash, 1982. 4to, 12 pp, saddle-stapled wraps. Single issue of the longrunning periodical devoted not only to information about the west coast poetry scenes, but also lots of opiniated coverage of readings, critical articles, photographs and even poems- a whole strata of information that is not published..... More
[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 prose poems by the Chilean..... More
Cornwall: 1968. First edition. 8vo, mimeographed from typescript, saddle-stapled wraps. With a holograph letter from the editor laid in discussing the difficulties of distribution and aims of the magazine laid in. Second issue of three eventually published. With contributions from W. S. Graham, Patrick Henry, Peter Redgrove, Tony Netherwood, David..... More
Np: Zephyrus Image, 1978. First edition. 7 x 11", four unbound leaves. Linotype in black on cream card stock. This copy missing the clear laminated plastic sleeve, as usual. Fine. This last book from the press is a spoof on fine printing. The title refers to the first English language..... More
London: Hachette, 1944. First edition. 8vo, 35 pp, printed wraps. Text in French. Illustrated by his collaborator Franciszka Themerson. One of 40 copies issued Hors Commerce and rubberstamped "HC" on the copyright page, out of a stated total edition of 500. A beautiful long poem by Themerson, dedicated to his..... More
London: Gaberbocchus Press, 1975. First edition, wrappered issue. 8vo, 127 [1] pp, bound in white wraps titled in red. Inscribed by Themerson at the half title; "For David & Nancy / with best wishes / Stefan." Illustrated with drawings by Franciszka Themerson. Wraps a little toned and slightly grubby, a...... More
San Francisco: White Rabbit Press, 1964. First edition. 8vo, unpaginated, saddle-stapled wraps. A collection of poems based on the major arcana, each of which is printed over a yellow drawing of the card in question. The book was issued as a supplement to the fifth issue of Open Space... More
Eugene: Toad Press, 1967. First edition. 8vo., 10 pp., saddle-stapled wraps. Warsh's first book, dedicated to Liam O'Gallagher and published by Bill Thomas at the Toad Press in Eugene Oregon. Old ink price to front and back cover in a neat hand, a couple light creases, else very good. More
San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1965. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. One of 500 copies. Printed from the author's calligraphic holograph, and dedicated to the legendary calligrapher and teacher at Reed College, Lloyd Reynolds. Near fine with a touch of curling and a bare hint of fading along spine. More
[Berkeley]: [1970]. The beautifully designed and illustrated poster for this 1970 reading at the Le Conte School Auditorium in 1970, probably as a benefit for Jack Shoemaker's Maya Press. The poster is illustrated in a psychedelic fashion with two two moths, though the work is unattributed. This was likely one..... More
New York: James A. Carr & Robert A. Wilson, 1964. First edition. 8vo, 72pp, printed on watermarked paper and bound in leatherette stamped in gilt at the spine; yellow silk bookmark sewn in. In the original unprinted glassine wrapper. One of 12 presentation copies, with a holograph poem bound in..... More
Roswell & Denver: DBA & JCA Editions, 1983. First edition. 4to, clip bound in printed covers and glassine. Copy no. 62, of course, inscribed and initialled for Dick (Higgins). A great assocation. Near fine with some wear to the glassine and a touch of fading to cover. More
Roswell & Denver: DBA & JCA Editions, 1983. First edition. 4to, clip bound in printed covers and glassine. Copy no. 62, of course, inscribed and initialled for "The Kolonel and Sand." Near fine with some wear to the glassine and a touch of fading to cover. More
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1962. First edition. 8vo. String-bound in wraps. First edition, one of 750 copies. With a "compliments of the author" card laid in, as well as a printed letter on Auerhahn Press stationary from Dave Haselwood, soliciting funds to be sent directly to Mr. Williams as a...... More
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[Healdsburg, CA]: [Zephyrus Image], nd. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2", black text overlayed onto a zinc print photographic image of the Pope & Co on brown card stock. Insignia print at verso reads "Christus Regnet." According to Johnston, Teter's only explanation for the piece was "Christ Reigns", a play on..... More
San Francisco: Zephyrus Image, nd. First edition. 9 1/4 x 14" broadside, linocut no newsprint. An early broadside from the press, dating from the Collins Street days, and with the newsprint paper utilized, and early spelling of the press name as "Zephyrous", similar in feel to the companion pieces Help..... More
Healdsburg, CA: [Zephyrus Image], nd. 8 1/2 x 16 1/8" broadside, linocut on salmon newsprint. Another beautiful example of the jobwork the press did for their local library. The poster features a striking linocut by Myers, which depicts a book tangled in several plastic six-pack rings. Given the limited scope..... More
Healdsburg: [Zephyrus Image], nd. 8 1/2 x 11" poster, original xerox in b/w reproducing the text of a newspaper article with past up captions by Holbrook Teter. One of three items produced by the Zephyrus Image to protest the Warm Springs Dam, which was completed in 1983 after two decades..... More
Np: [Zephyrus Image], nd. 4 1/2 x 8 1/2 " broadside, letterpress printed with Cheltenham type. Of three paper variants, this example is on light green paper stock. Among the earliest ephemera from the press, dating from the Collins St. days. The simple design gives the text, a powerful manifesto..... More
[San Francisco]: [Zephyrus Image], nd. 5 1/2 x 7" broadside, linocut and zinc block print on fluorescent crack-n-peel sticker backing. Illustrated with a found zinc block print of a photograph of S. I. Hayakawa and Mickey Mouse, who is here identified in the caption as Ed Davis, who was the..... More
[San Francisco]: [Zephyrus Image], nd. Approximately 5 1/2 x 7" die-cut broadside, linocut and zinc block print on fluorescent crack-n-peel sticker backing. Illustrated with a found zinc block print of a photograph of S. I. Hayakawa and Mickey Mouse, who is here identified in the caption as Ed Davis, who..... More
Np: [Zephyrus Image], nd. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 ", broadside on red crack and peel paper with backing still intact. Peter Howard, in the Serendipity Books catalog of the Holbrook Teter archive (no. 43), suggests that this was directed at the Republican culture of fear, and that "one can..... More
Np: [Zephyrus Image], nd. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 ", broadside on red crack and peel paper with backing still intact. Of two known variants, this is the one printed on white paper. Peter Howard, in the Serendipity Books catalog of the Holbrook Teter archive (no. 43), suggests that this..... More
[San Francisco]: Zephyrus Image, [1970]. First edition. 6 1/2 x 12 1/2", linocut in green on newsprint. The rare first state of the broadside, originally distributed by posting them on telephone poles around Berkeley. One of the greatest posters of the 70's, deriving a strange power from Myer's masterful linocut..... More
Healdsburg: Zephyrus Image, nd [c. 1978]. 6 x 6 1/2" sheet of wood veneer, letterpress and linocut, folded into a 1.5" square box. According to Johnston, the final work of the press, which prints a fold-out schema to cut and create a "snack-pack" box of earwigs - perhaps a satire of..... More