London: Blades, East & Blades, 1913. First edition. Cloth. First edition. One of 200 copies printed and SIGNED by the publishers. Elephant folio. Two tone cloth binding. Superb color plates. Mild soiling to covers, but overall a superb copy. Well bound. Bookplate to inside front board. Books about Books. Very..... More
San Francisco: Intersection, 1968. First edition. Paperback. Oblong 8vo. Catalog of the San Francisco city-wide exhibition celebrating two decades of underground art. Featuring works from the Lucien Labaudt Art Gallery, Cellini Gallery, Arline Lind Gallery and much more. 64 pp. Some minor toning to rear cover else a fine copy..... More
New York: Other Scenes, 1971. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Thick paperbound book. Illustrated with numerous photographs and reproductions of Warhol's artwork. Text by a huge cast of friends and Factory personnel including Viva, Brigid Polk, Ultra Violet, Taylor Mead, Paul Morrissey and much more. Small paper loss near bottom of..... More
Stuttgart, London, Reykjavik: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1976. First edition. Loose Sheets. Complete set of sixteen (9 x 6" tall) postcards published in 1976 by Hansjorg Mayer to accompany Oldenburg's Photo-Log, May 1974 - August 1976 exhibition. Cards are held together with a printed belly band. Although not called for, the..... More
New York: Leo Castelli Gallery, No date (1962). First edition. Loose Sheets. Large folded single sheet of paper. Measures 22" wide x 17" tall. A poster announcing an exhibition of work by Frank Stella and John Chamberlain at Leo Castelli Gallery October 16 - November 7 [1962]. Folded for mailing..... More
London: Everyday Press, 2014. First edition. Paperback. Small paperbound quarto. An artist book by MacKillop who recreates in facsimile an entire Argos catalog from 1976. Unpaginated. This is copy 15 of only 40 printed (plus two artist proofs). Argos was a company that sold contemporary household items. A near fine..... More
New York: Center for New Art Activities, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Folded tabloid newspaper format. The May / June 1974 issue of Liza Bear and Willoughby Sharp's contemporary art magazine. This issue, like the last several in the run, were enlarged from the original glossy magazine format of the first..... More
New York and Los Angeles: John Gibson + Multiples, 1971. First edition. Record LP. Double LP audio record in gatefold sleeve. Association Copy, INSCRIBED BY REICH TO FELLOW ARTISTS ATHENA TACHA AND RICHARD SPEAR in 1982. The first pressing of this recording was limited to 500 numbered copies and came..... More
No Place: Privately Printed, 1963. First edition. Paperback. Slender volume of poems by Clements who is well known as the publisher of a bibliography of the works of beat poet Michael McClure as well as being friends with numerous writers including Barry Gifford who based his first novel, in part..... More
Rockville, MD: Quill & Brush, 1994. First edition. Cloth. 8vo. 116 pp. Short prose contributions by all of these authors provided for the Fifth PEN / Faulkner Gala held in 1993 at the Folger Shakespeare Library. SIGNED by all contributors. This is one of 200 numbered copies in slipcase. Fine..... More
Madison, MN: Privately Printed, 1965. First edition. Loose Sheets. For sale is an original two page handwritten letter (one sheet, double-sided) by poet Robert Bly dated 7 July 1965 to fellow poet Lewis Turco. The letter is on The Sixties Press letterhead. Bly writes to discuss a submission by Turco..... More
Chicago: Poetry &, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Seventeen early issues of JoAnn Castagna's poetry newspaper. Includes Volume One Numbers 1-5, 7-11, Volume Two Numbers 1, 3, 4-8. Folded tabloid newspaper format. All issues in good to very good condition. Paper is uniformly tanned with age. More
New York: Hurst & Company, 1908. First Edition. Linen. First edition (nap) of this beautiful children's book printed in color on linen cloth pages. Hurst's Limp Cloth Books Number 16. Very scarce. Very good condition. More
Baltimore: Exquisite Corpse, 1983. First edition. Paperback. A broken run of the first two years of this small press magazine devoted to poetry and the world of books. Edited by Codrescu who has INSCRIBED or at least commented in ink on three of these issues. All in very good condition..... More
New York: St Martin's, 1992. Book Club. Hardcover. Fine copy in dustwrapper of the author's first book. Although it looks, tastes and smells like a first edition, it is actually a book club edition due to the "HB5X" present on the last page of text. SIGNED by the author on..... More
New York: Dim gray Bar Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Narrow 8vo. A handsomely produced poetry chapbook. This is number 78 of only 125 copies, SIGNED by the author, Printed letterpress on Arches paper. A hint of soiling to covers else a fine copy. Book measures 9 x 4 1/2"..... More
No Place: No Publisher, 1992. No Edition. Loose Sheets. Orignal watercolour painting by Fluxus artist Geoffrey Hendricks. 11" wide x 7 1/4" tall. On semi-stiff paper. Signed and dated by the artist in 1992. With handprinted caption " A Cape Breton New Moon For Anne and Jackson On Gay Pride..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition in fine priced dustwrapper. Only the author's third major published collection of poems. This copy SIGNED by Gilbert on the title page. Signed by Author. More
No Place: No Publisher, No Date. No Edition. Unique item. A wooden artist's palette that was used in a NYC bookstore as a "guest book" for celebrity visitors. Approx. 20 signatures on theis piece including well know writers, artists and show peple including Ray Johnson, R. Crumb, Gregory Corso, Herbert..... More
Berkeley: Ithaca House, 1977. First Edition. Paperback. A fine copy of this poetry chapbook by the author of Legends of the Fall. Ever so slight wear to edge of front cover. Simple plain brown wrappers. Unpaginated. One of 500 copies printed. More
New York: Viking, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the author's second book and first novel. Fine in price clipped dustwrapper, else fine and unrubbed. Beautiful copy. More
Durham: Center for Documentary Studies, 2001. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of this remarkable collaboration between Luster and Wright. A fine copy in photographic stapled wrappers. Louisiana inmates in photographs and words. Scarce and beautiful. More
Houston: Harvest, 1973. First edition. Paperback. Wide 8vo. The fourth issue of this small press literary journal. This issue notable for the inclusion of poems and other writings by both Mark and Ruth Doty. A very good copy in stapled illustrated wrappers. Some of the earliest poems we have found..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. The third and final book written in collaboration by these two authors. A clean near fine example in near fine price intact dustwrapper. More
Italy: Arcadia Edizioni, 1991. First Edition. Paperback. Wide paperbound quarto. Text in Italian. First edition of this slender book with text by Paolo Costantini. Near fine in tall gold printed wrappers. This copy was a gift from Baltz to artist James Turrell and his wife. Although Baltz did not sign..... More
