New York: Horizon Books, 1967. First edition. 8vo, bound in full linen cloth. Photographically illustrated dust jacket. Association copy, warmly inscribed by Boyle at the half-title to the critic Stanley Kauffman and dated July, 1978; With all warm good wishes, and my admiration of many years' standing, to Stanley Kauffman... More about The Autobiography of Emanuel Carnevali
Belgium: Parti Communiste de Belgique, 1964. 8 1/4 x 11 3/16" poster, offset litho in orange on glazed paper. A poster created by the Belgian Surrealists Philippe Brachet and Tom Gutt (the latter unattributed) for the municipal elections in Belgium in October 1964. A few light handling creases, else a clean, fine example. More about VOTEZ CHEZ OU NE VOTEZ PAS
New York: Angel Hair Press, 1970. First edition. 4to, saddle-stapled in photographically illustrated wraps. One of a limited edition of 700 copies. The first publication of the first installation of Brainard's most enduring work, published in three parts by Angel Hair. Wraps rather foxed, light creasing along spine, with some... More about I Remember
Np: nd. A collection of 37 sheets made to print two very early books by Joe Brainard, the Baby Book - published by his own Boke Press - and Power Plant Poems, a collaboration between Elmslie and Brainard which was published by C Press. Both of these books were printed... More about Collection of Solarized Film Sheets Used in the Printing of The Baby Book and Power Plant Poems
New York: Lorenz Gude, 1964. First edition. Foolscap, mechanically duplicated on rectos only; stab-stapled. First, and much scarcer issue of the two issues of Brainard's artist periodical devoted to storyless or abstract comics. Illustrated throughout by Brainard with texts by many important poets of the New York School, including Bill... More about C Comics No. 1
New York: Boke Press, 1964. First edition. Foolscap, mechanically duplicated on rectos only; stab-stapled. The second and last issue of Brainard's artist periodical devoted to storyless or abstract comics. Illustrated throughout by Brainard with texts by many important poets of the New York School, including Bill Berkson, Ted Berrigan, Edwin... More about C Comics No. 2
Penland, NC: The Jargon Society, 1971. First edition. 8vo, hardcover in dust jacket illustrated after a photograph by Frederick Sommer. Published as Jargon 70. Review copy, with slip laid in. Very good in a very good jacket lightly rubbed and a bit frayed at extremities. More about Bad Land
San Francisco: 1968. 6 1/4 x 7" folder, photographically illustrated, housing 8 seed packets, each letterpress printed with the name of the plant and a poetic text at recto, with planting directions at verso. Illustrated with photographs by Bill Brach. Printed by Graham Mackintosh. A remarkable artist's book by Brautigan... More about Please Plant This Book
Chicago: Black Swan Press, 1969. First edition. 8vo., saddle-stapled wraps. First separate US edition, published by the Chicago Surrealist imprint. Fine. More about Fata Morgana
Chicago: Black Swan Press, 1969. First edition. 8vo., saddle-stapled wraps. First separate US edition, published by the Chicago Surrealist imprint. Fine. More about Fata Morgana
Paris: Le Terrain Vague, c. 1961. 8 1/2 x 11" sheet, offset litho in two colors. An unused sheet of stationary for the Surrealist periodical, edited by Breton. Brilliantly designed - the verso is printed with Breton's name and the address of Le Terrain Vague printed in reverse, so that... More about Unused Sheet of Stationary for La Brèche: Action Surrealiste
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1952. Three hefty volumes, each bound in deep purple cloth titled in gilt. Printed dust jackets. The first two volumes are the second impression of the work first published in 1927, with the third volume the original first printing, all in the same uniform format... More about The Mothers. A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions [Three Volume Set
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1962. First edition. 8vo, 291 pp, bound in green cloth titled in gilt. Includes bibliography and index. Previous owner's blindstamp and rubberstamp to fep; light foxing to top edge of text block and prelims, else a bright near fine example. Dust jacket shows some overall... More about Pale Hecate's Team. Team. An Examination of the Beliefs on Witchcraft and Magic among...
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First edition. 8vo, bound in full cloth with printed title label to front panel. Unprinted glassine jacket. One of a limited edition of 125 hardcover copies, numbered and signed by Bromige. Near fine with some light fading to extremities of cloth. More about The Ends of the Earth
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1968. First edition. 4to, 15 pp, saddle-stitched wraps. Illustrated by Sherril Jaffe. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Bromige, out of a total edition of 300. Very good with a touch of fading and some crimping to spine ends. More about Please, Like Me
New Rochelle: Elizabeth Press, 1980. First edition. 8vo, 244 pp, printed wraps. Designed by Martino Mardersteig, and printed from Imprint type in Verona by Stamperia Valdonega. Some faint creasing to spine, and a tiny droplet stain. Very good. More about The Brother in Elysium. Ideas of Friendship and Society in the United States
Providence, RI: Burning Deck, nd. First edition. Ten letterpress postcards, letterpress printed on various colors of paper stock, housed in the original mailing envelope. Poets include William Bronk, James Camp, Tom Disch, George Hodgkins, Eli M. Mile, Diane Wakoski, Keith Waldrop, Rosmarie Waldrop, Brick Washington, and Kirk Wilson. Postcards fine... More about Burning Deck Postcards: The First Ten
Knokke-Zoute: Ronny Van de Velde, 2012. First edition. 4to, 104 pp, bound in black boards with photographically illustrated pastedown in color to front panel. Text in English, French, and Dutch. The beautifully produced bibliography issued in conjunction with the 2012 exhibition, an essential reference. Some faint rubbing to boards, else fine. More about Marce Broodthaers: The Complete Prints and Books
Maastricht: Bonnefantenmuseum, 1987. First edition. 4to, 248 pp, bound in printed French wraps. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions. The hefty catalog for the 1987 exhibition in Maastricht, which prints an astonishing number of photographs from the 1960's. With a foreward by Alexandre van Grevenstein, and texts by MB and Ian... More about Marcel Broodthaers in Zuid-Limburg. Foto's Photographies Photographien 1961-1970
Bruxelles: 1947. Single sheet folded once to make a 4 pp. booklet. printed by letterpress. A manifesto originating from the Belgian Revolutionary Surrealist group, attacking the perceived slowness of the larger Surrealist movement to engage with political identity in the postwar period. It is notable for being signed by a.... More about Pas de quartiers dans la révolution!
Knokke-Duinbergen: Galerie Jos Jamar, 1989. First edition. 4to, 127 pp, profusely illustrated (some in color). Text in Dutch, English, French, and German. Copy no. 843 of an unspecified edition. Essential, beautifully produced reference issued in conjunction with the 1989 exhibition. Very good with some light toning to wraps. More about Het Volledig Grafisch Werk en de Boeken
Various: nd [c. early 1900's]. Fourteen cabinet photographs mounted on card, one sheet of stationary with a two color photographically illustrated header, and one real photo postcard. The Brown Brothers were an acrobat and equilibrist duo active in the early part of the century. One of the brothers was one-legged... More about Collection of Photographs and Ephemera Documenting a One-Legged Equilibrist
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1919. First edition. 8vo, xvi, [2], 395 pp. Includes bibliography and index. Bound in gilt-stamped blue cloth. No dust jacket. Rare and unusual work which, according to O'Regan, was the first to apply the concept of hyperspace to the exploration of consciousness. "The direct application of... More about The Mystery of Space: A Study of the Hyperspace Movement in the Light of the Evolution of New...
np: Ouroboros Press, 1999. First English Edition. 8vo, 138 pp, bound in full black cloth titled in gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. Illustrated. With a preface by William J. Kiesel. Fine. More about Cantus Circaeus: The Incantations of Circe. Which Has Been Arranged with Regard to the Work on...
Buffalo: Student Book Shop, 1965. First edition. 8vo, saddle-stapled wraps. The second and final number of this littlemagazine, which ceased publication with it's second issue - a shame, given that this is a knockout issue, with contributions from Ed Dorn, Robert Creeley, Mac Hammond, John Wieners, Charles Olson, Denise Levertov... More about Fubbalo Volume 1 No. 2