New York: Grove Press, 1960. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. 454 pp. First edition. Perhaps the most noteworthy and influential poetry anthology of the last seventy-five years. Donald Allen brought together the works of many little known poets of the time in one place, many of whom had only been published..... More
No Place: Language, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Wide paperbound volume reprinting Volume One Numbers 1 to 6 of Andrews and Bernstein's seminal poetry journal entitled L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E. Featuring work by Larry Eigner, Clark Coolidge, Hannah Weiner, Kit Robinson, Robert Grenier, Michael Palmer, Steve McCaffrey and much more. A handsome very..... More
Halifax and New York: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1981. First Edition. Paperback. First edition in tall bound wrappers in photographic paper dustwrapper. Edited and annotated by Benjamin H. D. Buchlah. Includes a long interview with Andre. Near fine condition. This copy SIGNED by Carl..... More
London - Edinburgh: Fabian Carlson - Graeme Murray, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Long, narrow oblong boards in dustwrapper. Publisher's Sample stamp to front endpaper, else a tight near fine example in bright unclipped dustwrapper. One of the artist's earlier works. More
Munchen, Zurich et al: Kunstverein Munchen, Kunsthalle Zurich et al, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Thick paperbound quarto. 198 pp. With text in English and German by Philippe Parreno, Liam Gillick et al. Published on the occasion of a 1999 - 2000 traveling European exhibition. Illustrated in color. A very good..... More
New York: Visual Arts Museum, 1976. First edition. Loose Sheets. Large single-sheet poster created by Sol Lewitt to accompany an exhibition at Visual Arts Museum in New York in 1976. The poster is in fine condition and is printed on thick paper stock. The poster measures just over 13 1/2"..... More
No Place: Thousand Islands Spit Fire Bananna Peal Appealling Apple Press, 1998. First edition. Paperback. Beautifully constructed hand-made artist book. Author(s) unstated. The author's poetic reminiscenses of a visit to upstate New York in 1998 to visit the bucolic home of poets Bernadette Mayer and partner Philip Good. Includes reproductions..... More
Holland: Oce-Nederland B. V., 1980. First edition. Paperback. Roughly 16" square metal spiral bound calendar with twelve pages corresponding with the months of the year. Each page includes a photograph by Fulton. Due to the awkward size and dimensions of this piece the edges have become creased and worn. Still..... More
London: Grafton Books, 1991. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition of the author's first book. This copy only very good with fairly heavy foxing to foredge, slight lean and mild wear to spine ends. Unclipped dustwrapper is outwardly near fine but with staining to verso. Still, a decent copy..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966. First Edition. Paperback. Long string tied (using shoelaces, no less) galley proof in plain pale blue wrappers. Covers somewhat soiled. Internally clean. We have not seen another. More
Northridge: Lord John Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Quarter navy cloth spine over illustrated boards. A 45 pp short story by the author of Spartina. This is one of 250 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. Fine condition in a fine example of the unprinted navy dustwrapper. The first copy we have..... More
New York: Creative Times, 2010. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 338 pp. An exploration of the ideas of Samuel Beckett's play set in the streets of a post Katrina New Orleans. Texts by Susan Sontag, Anne Pasternak, Kalamu Ya Salaan, Chan and others. With dozens of color and black and white..... More
Wales: Blackheath Books, 2011. First edition. Paperback. First edition of this scarce volume of poems by Childish. Published in a slender trade edition of 200 copies plus a special stamped limited edition of 52 copies. Each of the limited copies has a playing card and several original photographs bound in..... More
New York: William Morrow, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this early collection of poems by the former U.S. poet laureate. Selected by Edward Hirsch for the National Poetry Series. Collin's fourth book and his first by a renowned trade publisher. True first edition not to be confused with..... More
New York: Duffield & Company, 1917. Reprint. Cloth. 8vo. 350 pp. Frontis photograph by Alvin Coburn. Early reprint edition. Introduction by John Fox, Jr. A good to very good copy in olive green cloth binding with heavy toning to spine colors. Still well bound and complete with many savory southern..... More
Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Co., 1860. Second Printing. Leather. Second printing of this 400 pp anthology of female poets. Elaborate full leatherbound edition. Silk endpapers, gilt edges. Five raised bands to spine. Some overall light wear to covers, but a superb binding nonetheless. Some of the poets included in..... More
Ashland, MA: Origin Press, 1957. First Edition. Paperback. Lovely fragile softcover production by Origin Press. Printed in Italy. Uncommon early work by Corman. About near fine with light wear. More
Berlin: Graphis, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Prospectus for the limited fine press edition of Creeley's A Day Book with color plates by R. B. Kitai. Folio. (12 x 16"). Single sheet of fine paper, folded once to form a four page booklet. One full page of text by Creeley. One..... More
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1963. First American edition. Cloth. 8vo. 401 pp. First American edition of the author's second novel. Precedes the British edition by one year. A handsome very good copy in oatmeal cloth binding in lightly used dustwrapper with ASM $6.00 price to the front flap. This..... More
New York: Elephant / Fashion Institute of Technology, 1960. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single folded sheet of paper announcing the first performance of Peripateia and Tableaux by James Waring and Dance Company with Valda Setterfield, Katherine Ramsey, David Gordon and Vincent Warren. Music provided by David Tudor and Terry Jennings..... More
Wiesbaden, Berlin and Kassel: Harlekin Art Berliner Kunstlerprogramm Des DAAD, 1982. First Edition. Paperback. First edition. Fantastic 377 pp catalogue documenting twenty years of fluxus. Profusely illustrated. The Spirit of Fluxus booklet tipped in at rear. Very good condition in tall, thick bound wrappers. More
Nice: Self-Published, 1963. First edition. Loose Sheets. Rare collection of collages, editions, texts, and multiples in printed folder. Created between 1962 and 1963, an early and scarce offering by Vautier (sometimes just known as "Ben"). Loose pages laid into folder. This copy retains only a small fragment of the 45..... More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1971. First edition. Cloth. Stated first edition. The author's first book. An effective novel of horror and suspense. very good copy in red cloth binding in very good clipped dustwrapper. This copy INSCRIBED by Tryon on the front flyleaf. More
Paris: Shakespeare and Company / Sylvia Beach, 1928. First edition. Paperback. Printed wrappers. Small paperbound octavo. 195 pp. With "Made In Great Britain" rubberstamped on the title page. Includes extracts from Joyce's Finnegan's Wake. Contributions by Samuel Beckett, his first book appearance as well as Robert Sage, William Carlos Williams..... More
Japan: Japan Wool Show Commitee, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Quarto. Thick sewn wrappers. Intoduction in English by Shukichi Kimura. Unpaginated volume of wool samples from Japan. Some light cover wear, but overall a well-preserved very good copy. Quite scarce with only two examples noted in O.C.L.C.... More
