Jethro Bacon and the Weaker Sex
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. First edition. Hardcover. Small hardbound 8vo. 222 pp. A Cape Cod novel. Clean very good copy with bright unflecked spine lettering. More
New Arrivals
For Klaus Werner
Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1991. First edition. Paperback. Slender booklet. Measurements are 4 1/4" wide x 7 1/8" tall. With a single leaf of text inside the booklet. Printed on the inside rear cover is the following" Proposal for a postscript to "The Present Order" (stone: with Nicholas Slaon..... More
Frank on the Farm
Los Alamitos: Fragments West / The Valentine Press, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Oblong paperbound book. Unpaginated volume. Foreword by Mad Magazine's own Sergio Aragones. A very good copy. Illustrated in black and white. More
Baillie Life Work
San Francisco: San Francisco Cinematheque, 1995. First edition. Paperback. Wide stapled wrappers. A scrapbook of sorts put together by Wilkins in honor of Bruce Baillie's return to the Bay Area and in conjunction with a week long series of screenings, talks and other activities by and for the artist, April..... More
A Notated Vocabulary for Eve Rosenthal - 5/22 -25/78 (Signed)
Verona: Francesco Conz, 1988. First edition. Loose Sheets. Artist book as tablecloth!. One of three artist proof's SIGNED by Mac Low. Folded numerous times, but when opened measures 101 x 142 cm. Silkscreen on cloth. A performance score consisting of words created by rearranging the letters in Eve Rosenthal's name..... More
RE/Search #4/5
San Francisco: RE/Search Publications, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Tall paperbound quarto. 95 pp. Special double book issue featuring contributions by Burroughs, Gysin and Throbbing Gristle. A handsome very good copy. More
The Solid Mandala
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1966. First UK edition. Cloth. 8vo in dustwrapper. 317 pp. First UK edition of this novel by the author of Voss and The Burnt Ones. A handsome near fine cloth-covered copy in price-intact dustwrapper. More
The Vigil of Venus Pervigilium Veneris; The Latin Text With An Introduction And English Translation By Allen tate
Cummington, MA: The Cummington Press, 1943. First edition. Cloth. Cloth 8vo. Unpaginated. A handsome very good copy in black cloth binding printed in red at spine. #39 of 400 copies. More
A Quick Graph: Collected Notes & Essays (Inscribed)
San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1970. First edition. Paperback. Simultaneous first trade paperbound edition. 365 pp. Edited by Donald Allen. Covers rubbed. A very good copy overall. INSCRIBED by Creeley on the title page and dated in 1990. Published as Writing 22 by the Four Seasons Foundation... More
Seven Films
Zurich: Fridericianum Kunsthalle Zurich, 2016. First edition. Paperback. Oblong paperbound volume. 303 pp. Text in both German and English. Illustrated in both color and black and white. A near fine copy in glossy bound wrappers. Edited by Susanne Pfeffer and Daniel Bauman with contributions by Caroline Busta, John Kelsey and..... More
Fotografias
Koln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, 2005. First edition. Paperback. Oblong paperbound volume in photo-illustrated dustwrapper and contained in a cloth-covered clamshell box. A fine copy in fine dustwrapper. No text other than the copyright page. A collection of moody dark photographs. Scarce to find with the original clamshell box..... More
Rave Art; Flyers / Invitations and Membership Cards From The Birth of Acid House Clubs And Raves
London: Carlton Books, 2014. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong hardbound quarto. Issued without dustwrapper. Foreword by Mark More. 192 pp. Illustrated in color. Very light handling wear. A very good to near fine copy of the uncommon hardbound edition. Highly recommended for anyone interested in Rave culture ephemera. Correct first edition..... More
Laterna Magica
Frankfurt am Main: Portikus / Oktagon, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 55 pp. Text in both English and German by Martin Hentschel. Illustrated in color. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Doing The City / Urban Community Interventions
New York: NYU Steinhardt, 2013. First edition. Paperback. Oblong bound wrappers with French flaps. 80 pp. CD in pocket at rear of volume as called for. A book published on the occasion of a 2012 exhibition in New York curated by Michael Cohen. A fine copy... More
Shrine
Koln: Kolumba, 2012. First edition. Cloth. Thick clothbound quarto in dustwrapper. 463 pp. Text in German by Friedhelm Mennekes, Joachim M. Plotzek and others. Profusely illustrated monograph on Thek. A handsome near fine clothbound copy in lightly used dustwrapper. A large and heavy book. More
Otto Piene
Koln: Kolnischer Kunstverein, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Tall paperbound quarto. 136 numbered pages plus additional illustrations at the rear of the volume. Text in German and English by Lawrence Alloway. A terrific monograph on Piene published on the occasion of a 1974 exhibition in Koln. Beautiful near fine copy... More
Andy Warhol: The Series
New York: Triple Canopy, 2017. First edition. Paperback. Small trade paperbound book. 92 pp. With an introduction by Jennifer Krasinski. Book contains two previously unpublished television scripts by Hilton Als for a series on the life of Andy Warhol. A fine copy in bound white wrappers printed in red with..... More
Lust Is A Woman
New York: Beacon, 1958. First edition. Paperback. Pocket paperbound original sleaze novel by Willeford (name misspelled on the front cover). 192 pp. Published as Beacon B175. Small prior owner name on the title page else a fairly crisp very good or better copy. Uncreased at spine... More
Original Photograph
No Place: No Publisher, No Date. No Edition. Loose Sheets. Single color Kodak photograph taken of poet and rocker Patti Smith. Photo is taken in a bookstore so presumably this was done at a reading of her poems. No date or other printing info. Photographer unknown. The photo measures approx..... More
Rackstraw Downes
New York: Hirschl & Adler, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Oblong stapled wrappers. 19 pp. Includes a fold-out illustration. Catalog from a 1984 exhibition at Hirschl & Adler Gallery. Introduction by John Yau. A very good example. More
5 Guys (Exhibition Announcement Card)
Costa Mesa: BankAmerica Gallery, 1993. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single sheet of printed card stock measuring 8 1/2" wide x 6" tall. Printed on both recto and verso. An anoouncement card for the 27 April to 19 June, 1993 exhibition in Costa Mesa, CA. Very good condition. This card was..... More
Joseph Beuys: Multiples; Catalogue Raisonne Multiples and Prints 1965 - 80
New York: New York University Press, 1980. Revised. Paperback. Thick paperbound octavo with wide French flaps. 263 numbered pages followed by the comments section on each multiple in the catalogue raisonne. A near fine copy. This is the fifth revised edition published by NYU Press. A terrific and important reference..... More
Conditions Uncertain & Likely to Pass Away
Providence: Lost Roads, 2010. Reprint. Paperback. A trade paperback book. Published as Lost Roads Number 37. Tales by the talented Arkansas poet. 151 pp. This is the 2010 reprint edition with different cover artwork than the earlier version. A handsome very good copy. More
The Audobon Society Master Guide to Birding (Three Voluumes: Loons to Sandpipers / Gulls to Dippers and Old World Warblers to Sparrows); An Advanced Field Handbook to the Birds of North America
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Three thick paperbound octavos. Sold as a set. All are stated first printings. All in near fine condition. 447, 398 and 399 pages, respectively. With hundreds of color photographs and texts by 61 key experts. Heavy set of books. Additional shipping costs..... More