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
St. Ives, Cornwall, UK: The Latin Press, The Private Press of Guido Morris, 1952. First edition. 8vo, 16 pp, saddle-stitched in pale blue wraps. The 8th number in the Crescendo Poetry series, the poems here beautifully and ably translated into English by the great Michael Hamburger. A touch of toning..... More
![The City of the Midnight Sun... [Manuscript]. Abdu Wadud, Cyril Kalfin Robert Smith](/pictures/thumb/26509.jpg?v=1611619142)
[New York]: c. 1962. 4to, twenty leaves clipbound into a green card folder, typewritten on rectos only, with holograph corrections and additions in pencil, as well as brief holograph passages to the verso of several leaves. Cover, and verso of final leaf illustrated with drawings in ink, graphite, and colored..... More
Niagara Falls: press:today, 1966. 4to, 11 sheets mimeographed from typescript on rectos of various colors of paper, with a plastic bag stapled inside rear cover containing the crumbs of a crumbled cracker. Second installment of one of the moreinteresting and over the top little mags of the Mimeograph Revolution, which..... 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. Scarce, especially inscribed in the year of publication. Old ink price to front and back cover in a neat hand..... 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
[San Francisco]: [Cranium Press], [1971]. First edition. 5 1/8 x 4" postcard, letterpress on recto only; lower edge deckled. Probably printed by Clifford Burke at the Cranium Press. Fine. 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
Sonoma: Student Union, California State College Sonoma, 1977. Small folding card, folded size 4 1/2 x 6", offset lithograph on white card stock. The nicely designed announcement for this reading by Whalen at the college. Small ink mark inside else near fine. More
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1959. First edition. Paperback. 8vo. Single sheet folded into sixths and tipped into card wraps. Whalen's third book, beautifully designed at the Auerhahn Press. A sharp, fine copy. 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
Highlands: The Nantahala Foundation, 1. First edition. Paperback. [2] pp. Saddle-stapled oblong wraps [illustrated by R. B. Kitaj]. Published as Jargon 61. Jaffe 27. Some small spots of soiling to wraps and the title page, light toning,old pencil price to cover. Very good. More
Albany: State University of New York Press, 1982. First edition. 8vo, bound in orange cloth embossed in gitl and black. No dust jacket as issued. The scarce cloth / hardcover edition of this superb work. Near fine with a bare touch of rubbing to the gilt and some faint, almost..... More
![Christus Regnet [Prayer for Rain]. Zephyrus Image](/pictures/thumb/20837.jpg?v=1650320642)
[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 chief..... 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 was..... 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