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L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Volume 1 Number 7
New York: Language, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Wide paperbound poetry magazine. The seventh issue of Bernstein and Andrews' journal devoted to what is now loosely known as the Language Poets. A very good plus copy in printed stapled wrappers. More
Discipline and Bondage Vol. 1 No. 1; A Magazine of Short Works
Chicago: Never Again Press, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Oblong 12mo. Scarce first issue of Aprill's small press poetry magazine. A very good example in sewn illustrated wrappers. Unpaginated volume of very short poems. There is a table of contents noting that the contributors include Berrigan, Notley et al, but there..... More
Eva Hesse Sculpture; The Catalogue Raisonne
New York: Timken Publishers, 1989. First edition. Paperback. Softbound quarto. 274 pp. The catalogue raisonne of the artist's sculpture. Sharp very good plus copy in thick bound wrappers. Very heavy book. More
Max Bill; malerei und plastik 1928 - 1968 (Inscribed to Herbert Bayer)
Bern: Kunsthalle Bern, 1968. First edition. Paperback. Wide octavo. 92 pp. An illustrated catalog published to coincide with a 1968 exhibition. Near fine in bound printed wrappers. This copy briefly INSCRIBED by Bill to fellow artist and Bauhaus teacher Herbert Bayer and dated in year of publication... More
Max Bill In Italia; Lo Spazio Logico Dell'Architettura
Milano: Bruno Mondadori, 2011. First edition. Paperback. Wide trade paperbound volume. 165 pp. Illustrated in both color and black and white. Text in Italian. A very good copy in bound wrappers with wide French flaps. More
Bill Viola
New York: Whitney Museum and Flammarion, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Wide paperbound quarto. 205 pp. With contributions by Lewis Hyde, Kira Perov, David A. Ross and Bill Viola. Published on the occasion of a major retrospective of the video artist. A fine copy in bound photo-illustrated wrappers... More
Bill Traylor His Art - His Life
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1991. First edition. Cloth. Oblong quarto. 192 pp. Text by Frank Maresca and Roger Ricco. A fascinating monograph on the artwork of Traylor, a freed slave who began painting at the age of 85. A near fine clothbound copy in near fine dustwrapper... More
Bill Viola: The Passions
Los Angeles and London: The J. Paul Getty Museum in association with The National Gallery, 2003. First edition. Paperback. 10" square thick paperbound quarto. 307 pp. Edited by John Walsh. With essays by Peter Sellars and John Walsh. Includes a conversation between the artist and hans Belting. Sources and notes..... More
A Daybook
London: Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. Color illustrated calendat bound in boards. Part of this gallery's series of daybooks featuring different artists. Integral cloth bookmark. Boards are splayed opened slightly else a very good copy in fine photo-illustrated dustwrapper. More
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House Writings 1973-1994
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1995. First Edition. Paperback. First edition in thick perfectbound wrappers. 302 pages. INSCRIBED by Viola and scarce thus. Near fine copy. Signed by Author. More
B. Wurtz Selected Works 1970 - 2015 (Inscribed by the Artist)
Gateshead: Baltic, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound quarto. Issued without dustwrapper. 160 pp. Text by Helene Winer. A retrospective on the artist published on the occasion of a 2015 exhibition in the U.K. Very slight handling wear. A handsome near fine copy. This copy has been INSCRIBED by the artist..... More
VILE International Vol. 3 Number 1
San Francisco: Banana Productions, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Stapled quarto. 66 numbered pages. Volume 3 Number 1 of this dada-esque take-oo on File Magazine, the brainchild of the folks at General Idea. Profusely illustrated in black and white. A handsome very good example. Contributions by Bark Blarett, Myra Peanut, Harvey..... More
VILE International Vol. 3 Number 2
San Francisco: Banana Productions, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound quarto. 98 numbered pages. Volume 3 Number 2 of this dada-esque take-oo on File Magazine, the brainchild of the folks at General Idea. Profusely illustrated in black and white. A handsome very good example. Contributions by John Nist, John Ross, Rick..... More
Lillabulero Being A Periodical of Literature and the Arts Volume I Number 1 through Number 14 (Complete Set of 14 issues in 13 volumes)
Chapel Hill: Lillabulero, 1966 - 1974. First edition. Paperback. Sold here together are the fourteen issues (in thirteen volumes) comprising the complete set of Lillabulero, an arts and literature periodical that was the brain child of a young Russell Banks. The format of the first series (the first five issues)..... More
Laughing In The Hills (Signed)
New York: Viking, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of author's first book, a memoir revolving around horses and horse racing. Very good with wear along board edges in very good unclipped jacket. This copy has been SIGNED by the author and is quite scarce thus these days. More
Laughing in the Hills (Unpublished Proofs)
New York: Viking Press, 1980. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound volume. A near fine copy of the rare unpublished proofs copy of Barich's first book. Dark olive wrappers printed in black with sticker afixed to the front cover stating that "First Serial Rights Sold to The New Yorker". Scarce proof..... More
Blue Is The Hero (Inscribed)
Kensington: L Publications, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Tall trade paperbound volume of poems by Berkson. 124 pp. General light soiling. A good to very good copy in simple tan bound wrappers printed in blue and red. This copy has been nicely INSCRIBED by Berkson and dated in 1981. Additionally, laid..... More
Expect Delays (Inscribed); Poems
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2014. First edition. Paperback. Trade paperbound original volume of poems. 136 pp. Slight bump to one corner, else a fine copy in bound printed orange wrappers. Rear cover blurbs by John Ashbery, Charles Bernstein, Bernadette Mayer and Publisher's Weekly. INSCRIBED by Berkson to a friend on..... More
Our Friends Will Pass Among You Silently (Inscribed)
Woodacre: The Owl Press, 2007. First edition. Paperback. Wide and tall trade paperbound volume. A 62 pp poetry collection. In near fine condition. INSCRIBED by the author on the half-title page. More
Parts of the Body (Inscribed)
New Orleans: Fell Swoop, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. A 1970's - 80's scrapbook of Berkson's. n.d. Fine condition in side-stapled illustrated wrappers. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by the poet. Fell Swoop #78. Berkson has also added a separate small inscription on a pink "sticky" removacble from the title..... More
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New York: Angel Hair, 1973. First Edition. Paperback. First edition in tall card wrappers with cover art by George Schneeman. Some fading to top of front cover. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by Berkson to two fellow poets. Signed by Author. More
The Recital (Poetry Broadside Card)
Cambridge: Pressed Wafer, 2000. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single folded sheet of stiff decorated paper. Containing a short single poem by Berkson. Published by Pressed Wafer on the occasion of a reading by the poet at MIT in October 2000. Light soiling, else fine. Card measures 5 1/2 x 4..... More
Red Devil (Poetry Broadside)
Grindstone City: The Alternative Press, No Date. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet broadside poem by Berkson. Published by The Alternative Press. Not dated. A fine example printed on delicate brown paper stock with illustration above the poem. The broadside measures approx 7 3/4 x 10 3/4" tall. An uncommon..... More
Saturday Night Poems
New York: Tibor De Nagy, 1961. First Edition. Paperback. Paperbound book. 35 pp. Edited by John Bernard Myers. First edition of the poet's first book. Very good in oblong bound red white and blue wrappers. On of only 300 copies printed. New York School. More