Stuttgart: Edition Hansjorg Mayer, 1967. First edition. Loose Sheets. Collection of twelve post cards (12 x 16 cm) illustrated by Diter Rot, EACH CARD INITIALED AND DATED BY HIM IN 1967. One of only fifty sets printed. These cards were cut up from four screenprints, each cut up into twelve..... More
Zurich: Parkett Verlag, 1984. First Edition. Paperback. Issue number 2 of this long running art journal. This issue features collaborations with artist Sigmar Polke, a piece on Gary Indiana, architecture in Berlin, and much more. A fine, as-new copy still in shrinkwrap. By far, the scarcest issue of this magazine..... More
New York: Leo Castelli Gallery, 1980. First edition. Loose Sheets. Large single sheet of paper, foldedfor mailing. A poster announcing a 1980 exhbition at Leo Castelli Gallery featuring two major commissioned works by Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg at 142 Greene Street. Light wear at folds, else a clean very..... More
New York: Artworkers Coalition, 1969. First edition. Paperback. 4to. 142 pp. Thick side-stapled wrappers. A very good copy of this scarce collection of mimeographed copies of letters , artist statements other documents associated with the A.W.C, a group of disparate artists, architects and filmmakers who formed demonstrations at the Museum..... More
New York: Tibor de Nagy Editions, 1964. First edition. Paperback. Tall stapled pictorial wrappers. Unpaginated. First and presumed only issue of this outre artist zine edited by Forakis and including artwork and comic illustration by Yampolsky and Fleming. A bizarre publication, but intriguing in that it was published by Tibor..... More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1962. First edition. Paperback. Simultaneous first paperback printing of this early collection by Ashbery. 94 pp. First, the good news about this copy: it has been INSCRIBED by the author to fellow poet James Tate and his spouse and dated in 1976. The not-so-good news about..... More
Berkeley: Blue Wind Press, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. First edition, the simultaneous edition in bound wrappers (large trade paperback size format) of this uncommon poetry book. Very good condition, tight and sound. A special copy in that this has been INSCRIBED by Berrigan in year of publication "and stopping here..... More
Goshen: Siegmann Printing, 1966. First edition. Paperback. Scarce first issue of this little poetry magazine edited by John Taggert. Cover artwork by Herbert Bayer. A very good copy in oblong stapled wraps. Contributions by Russell Edson, Ken irby, Paul Blackburn and more. Laid into this copy is a short one-page..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this short story anthology including contributions by Eudora Welty, Jessamyn West, Jean Stafford and Paul Bowles among others. Bowles has briefly inscribed his contribution (The Echo). Very good copy in very goodprice intact dustwrapper with fade to spine and general..... More
Hartford: J. H. Eckhardt, 1892. First edition. Cloth. Oblong clothbound volume. A volume of artotypes by Bierstadt from original negatives by R. S. De Lamater. Black and white photographs of the city of Hartfordm, Connecticut and environs including the Charter Oak tree, the state capitol, churches, famous residences including the..... More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. First edition of the author's uncommon second novel. Published during wartime on inexpensive paper stock. This copy has offsetting to the front endpaper and inside front pastedown, else a clean and handsome very good copy in price intact dustwrapper. The scarce dustwrapper..... More
New York: Hawthorne Books, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of John Fante's only children's book. Beautifully illustrated by Marilyn Hirsh. Prior owner inscription to front endpaper else a fine clothbound copy in fine price intact dustwrapper. Scarce. More
New York: Junior Council of the Museum of Modern Art, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Newsprint folio. Stapled at top edge and hole-punched (calendar-style). Illustrated with black and white images from previous staged Happenings. Unpaginated artist book. A very fragile item. The newsprint paper is lightly tanned with age. The last..... More
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the poet's first book. INSCRIBED by Hugo on front endpaper to a friend. A very good copy with prior owner's blindstamp to front endpaper and a two thin tape marks to inside front endpaper. Price intact dustwrapper in..... More
Japan: Ribun Shuppan Co., Ltd, 1989. First edition. Paperback. Thick paperbound quarto in dustwrapper. Magnificent monograph of the work of Yoshi Toshi, Japan's master Ukiyo - e woodblock print maker of the late nineteenth century. Text all in Japanese. With spectacular color illustrations. Highly recommended for fans of this artist..... More
Bei jing: Zhi shi chan chu ban she, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Six uniform volumes in printed slipcase. Published in English and Chinese. All in fine condition in fine dustwrappers. All part of The International Poet's Classics Translation 2014 at The Rainbow Bridge Poets Gathering at The Slender West Lake..... More
New York: Atheneum, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Special limited edition of 100 copies in cloth in slipcase. A beautiful production. Fine, as-new condition. This copy specially INSCRIBED to Harry Ford (Atheneum editor and designer) in year of publication. Fine clear acetate wrapper. Signed by Author. More
New York: Out Of London Press, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Wide paperbound octavo. 476 pp. With some illustrations. A collection of essays on language and art among other subjects by Richard Serra, Richard Lyons, Michael Metz, and many more. Also includes drawings and poems by Brion Gysin, Bruce Nauman, John..... More
Cleveland: Ghost Press. First Edition. Paperback. First and only edition of this massive tribute volume to poet d. a. levy with several bright silkscreens folded in by t. l. kryss. This volume was published to raise money for levy's defense fund. A near fine copy in oversized wrappers. Recommended for..... More
New York: Poetry on Films Inc., 1970. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Trade edition of this book of poems by Malanga. One of 474 copies. 61 pp. With dense and informative half-page inscription by the poet. Malanga discusses the origins of and inspiration for these poems including the fact that they..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this Ed and Am Hunter mystery novel. Very good plus with slight lean and evidence of bookplate removal to front endpaper in fine and bright unclipped jacket. More
London: Collins, 1989. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition of the author's third crime novel. Near fine in near fine price intact dustwrapper. This copy INSCRIBED by the author in year of publication. Quite scarce thus. Signed by Author. More
Mendrisio, Switzerland: GCE - Gabriele Capelli Editore, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Hardbound volume issued without dustwrapper. 94 pp. Text in Italian and English by David Strieff and others. A fine copy with beautiful full-page black and white photographs by Garduno. SIGNED by the photographer and dated in 2006. Scarce title..... More
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Folio size hardbound volume in dustwrapper. 175 pp. With 80 double-page black and white photographs. With an eight-page preface by Klein himself. A handsome near fine copy in slightly worn dustwrapper. SIGNED by Klein and seldom found thus... More
London: Photography Magazine, 1956. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. First edition. The first book, of four, that Klein would produce, celebrating a particular city. Unpaginated. No text - simply filled with gorgeous black and white gravure photographs of New York and its denizens. A handsome very good plus copy in simple..... More
