London: George Allen & Unwin, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. 167 pp monograph on Sir Edwin Lutyen. Bump to lower front corner else a near fine clothbound copy in bright near fine unclipped dustwrapper. From the library of P. F. Norton with his name to front endpaper. More
New York: The Vanishing Rotating Triangle, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Tall, side-stapled wrappers with mylar cover. 21 pp (mostly text with one image). The text describes of the images visible during one of the rare performances of Deafman Glance by Robert Wilson in 1971. It is the first section of..... More
Detroit: Detrott Artists Monthly, 1978. First edition. Paperback. 4to. 19 pp. The February 1978 issue of this scarce Arts periodical. This issue contains an interview with mail artist Ray Johnson (Featured in a photograph on the front cover) plus an article by Tom Blooner and with an interview with Mary..... More
No Place: Privately Printed, 1994. First edition. Paperback. Tall, plastic spiral bound book. Home-made book by the renowned visual poet and mail artist among his many other talents. An early artist book comprised of color xeroxed images (no text). Very good condition in simple printed yellow wrappers. Some light staining..... More
No Place: Privately Printed, No Date. First edition. Paperback. Privately printed hand-made artist book. A charming collaboration between Larry Fagin and artist George Schneeman. The book consists of ten numbered images. Hand-labeled 9 / 25 copies. Printed on thick rag paper stock. Slightly oblong stapled wrappers. The book is very..... More
Lenox: Qua Books, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Number 99 of 100 special copies SIGNED by both Ashbery and Tom Burckhardt who provided the cover artwork. A fine copy in fine glossy illustrated dustwrapper. More
San Francisco: Auerhahn Press, 1959. First edition. Loose Sheets. Small single sheet of paper measuring approx. 5 1/2" wide x 7" tall. Scarce publisher announcement sheet for the publication of Narcotica by Philip Lamantia. This card is not dated, but the book was published in 1959 by Auerhahn. Horizontal fold..... More
Ireland: Dolmen Editions, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto in dustwrapper. A fine hardbound copy in dustwrapper. Illustrated bibliography of twenty five years of publications by the Dolmen Press. Compiled by Liam Miller. One of 650 trade copies. Beautiful and useful. 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
New York: Random House, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine first edition of Bowles' third novel. A lovely fine crisp copy in bright price intact dustwrapper with a small triangular chip to top of rear panel. Much nicer condition than typically found. More
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Wide hardbound 8vo in dustwrapper. Unpaginated and illustrated children's book by Low with drawings by de Larrea. Some spotting to edges of the covers. Reinforced library binding with special library price of $3.29. The dustwrapper is clipped, but is in..... More
Ashland, MA: Origin Press, 1959. First edition. Paperback. Oblong folio. 12 x 15" wide. A lovely fine press poetry book handset in Bodoni Bold by the Matsuoka Printing Co. This is copy 173 of 200 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies by Corman. A good to very good example with large cover..... More
London: Collins, 1981. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. First UK and true first edition of the author's second "Sharpe" adventure novel. A fine copy in near fine priceclipped dustwrapper with light sticker shadow to inside front flap. More
Canada: Coach House Press, 1973. First edition. Paperback. Small stapled wraps. A slender chapbook of poems by Creeley with b/w erotic photographs by Dorfman. Light soiling to thick paper covers. A very good copy. This copy has been affectionately INSCRIBED by Creeley to poetry editor and friend Don Allen (think..... More
New York: Cordier & Ekstrom, Inc., 1965. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound quarto. Unpaginated catalog from the 1965 exhibition featuring works by Duchamp from the Mary Sisler Collection. Foreword and catalog texts by Richard Hamilton. Illustrated in black and white with several large tipped on color plates. This copy in only..... More
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2009. First edition. Paperback. Thick trade paperbound volume. 737 numbered pages followed by two unnumbered pages. The scarce Uncorrected Proof copy of this major collection. Very good condition in very thick canary yellow wrappers, printed in black. Contains a laid - in sheet numbered..... More
No Place: Privately Printed, 1996. First edition. Paperback. 4to. Unpublished synopsis for a book by Tuppy Owens "who has been following and documenting the international sex scene with her self-published Sex Maniac's Diary since 1972". A fine copy in plastic ring binding. Includes b/w photographs. The book, which was published..... 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
No Place: Fantod Editions, 1990. First edition thus. Paperback. Small paper wrappers. First separate edition of this illustrated book by Gorey written under one of his many humorous pseudonyms. A fine copy in stapled illustrated wrappers. This is copy 456 of five hundred hand-numbered and SIGNED copies (Signed as Mrs..... More
New York: Angel Hair Books, 1975. First edition. Paperback. Tall, side-stapled wrappers. A volume of poems by Greenwald printed on rectos only. Cover artwork by fellow New York School artist George Schneeman. This is copy number one of twenty six special copies which has been SIGNED BY BOTH POET AND..... More
California: Kelsey St. Press, 1988. First Edition. Paperback. First edition, number 26 of only 50 copies in wrappers with hand tinted cover by Felter. SIGNED by both writer and artist. Fine copy. Signed by Author. More
Cambridge: Pym-Randall Press, 1967. First Edition. Paperback. First edition of this poetry chapbook. One of Harrison's earliest "A" items and one of the scarcest. One of 100 copies (out of a total of 126). This copy not numbered or signed. A fine copy in saddle-stitched oblong wrappers... More
New York: The Poetry Center, 1989. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet of paper approx. 8 x 10 1/2" tall framed under glass. An announcement of a poetry reading event at The Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y in NYC on November 20, 1989 featuring John Ashbery and James..... More
Los Angeles: L.A. Sports Arena, 1968. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet, 8 1/2 by 11" presidential fundraising / concert poster for a May 24, 1968 event at the L.A. Sports Arena on Wilshire. Condition of this flyer is fine. printed on striking yellow paperstock with artwork in dark ink..... More
Port Townsend: Graywolf Press, 1979. First edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo. 66 pp. A poetry collection. A fine copy in two tone cloth binding with paper label afixed to spine. Printed on Curtis Rag. One of 220 hand-numbered and SIGNED copies of the limited edition. Protected in lightly rubbed clear acetate..... More
