New York: Adventures In Poetry / Boke Press, 1972. First edition. Paperback. Tall side-stapled wrappers. A 66 pp play by the New York School poet. Cover artwork by Alex Katz. Some light wear around the staples else a clean very good example. More
New York: The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, 1992. First edition. Paperback. Oblong stapled wrappers. 47 pp. Illustrated in both color and black and white. Introduction by William C. Agee. A very good copy of this uncommon catalog for this prominent New York School painter... More
Long Beach: Long Beach Museum of Art, 1980. First Edition. Paperback. Scarce exhibition catalogue for a showing of Brainard's work in 1980. Large single sheet of paper, folded three times to form an eight page booklet. Faint vertical crease else a very good copy. Brief text by Russell J. Moore..... More
New York: The Arts Publisher, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition in slipcase. The deluxe edition of this beautifully designed book. #12 of 100 copies with original SIGNED etching by Brandt. Includes a poem by Barbara Guest who has also SIGNED this copy. Brandt has additionally INSCRIBED this copy on..... More
New York: Gruenbaum Gallery, 1986. First edition. Paperback. Stapled quarto. 16 pp. Illustrated in color. Essay by Robert S. Mattison. Some unfortunate offsetting to the front cover, else a very good example of this uncommon catalog. New York School. More
Germany: Steidl, 2007. First Edition. Cloth. Tall, hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. Unpaginated. First edition of the first major retrospective of this talented New York School painter. A fine clothbound copy in dustwrapper. Marvelous. A large and heavy book. More
New York: Random House, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 285 pp. First edition stated of the renowned gallerist, editor and publisher's first book. An inside view of four decades in the New York art world. Myers supported the first major exhibitions of works by such artists as Larry Rivers, Helen..... More
Lausanne: Art and Literature, 1965. First edition. Paperback. Paperbound octavo. Issue 6 (of 12) of this international magazine of literature, art and poetry. A stunning fine copy in fine delicate cello wrapper. This copy from the library of an Inscribed by New York School artist Nell Blaine... 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
New York: Adventures in Poetry, 2000. First Edition. Paperback. One of 500 unnumbered copies. A fine copy in sewn illustrated wrappers. An attractive production. 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
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 175 pp. A substantial collection of poems by the author of the Tennis Court Oath. A near fine copy in dustwrapper. This copy has been affectionately INSCRIBED by Ashbery to a fellow poet and dated in 1996... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 175 pp. A substantial collection of shorter poems by the author of The Tennis Court Oath. A fine copy in dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by Ashbery and dated in 1996. More
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1991. First edition. Cloth. Large square 8vo. A collection of poems by the author of Some Trees and Rivers and Mountains. This copy nicely INSCRIBED to a friend and fellow poet and dated in year of publication. Thin line of sunning at top of book else..... More
New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1966. First Edition. Cloth. First edition of the poet's award winning collection. Fine condition in cloth binding in near fine unclipped dustwrapper somewhat faded at spine color. A very nice copy overall of an important work. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of the New York School poet's first regularly published book and winner of the 1956 Yale Series of Younger Poet's award. A fine copy in lightly used dustwrapper. This copy INSCRIBED to artist R. B. Kitaj (and with Kitaj's..... More
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1962. First Edition. Cloth. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 94 pp. First edition stated of the poet's fourth collection. A fine copy in very good dustwrapper with a closed tear near the top of the front panel and a chip on the bottom of the rear panel..... 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
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1968. Third edition. Cloth. 8vo. Stated third printing of the author's fourth book. A collection of poems. Clothbound book has a bit of light staining near top of front panel. Otherwise a sharp clean copy in clipped dustwrapper. SIGNED by Ashbery and uncommon thus... More
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. A fine copy in dustwrapper. This copy very nicely INSCRIBED by Ashbery to a fellow poet and dated in year of publication. Also, laid in to this copy is an Announcement Card from FSG and Tibor De Nagy Gallery..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition of this playful social satire by two of the New York School poets. 191 pp. A very good copy in very good unclipped jacket with a closed tear to front panel and some light rubbing to rear panel... More
Lebanon, IN: Pioneer Printing, 1957. First Edition. Paperback. Scarce piece of New York historical ephemera. A very good copy in decorated blue wrappers. Includes a poem by John Lawrence Ashbery "Pultneyville in Winter". For the Ashbery completist. More
New York: General Theological Seminary, 1975. First edition. Loose Sheets. Single 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. A poetry reading announcement flyer for readings by John Ashbery and Douglas Crase at the General Theological Seminary in New York on January 9, 1975. Illustrator unknown. A sinple flyer that looks..... More
Lausanne: S. E. L. A., 1964. First edition. Paperback. Complete set of twelve issues of this important literary magazine edited by John Ashbery and others. Several of the first six issues in original cello wrappers. Condition is uniformly bright and clean. A very good plus to near fine set. Contributions..... More
New York: Tibor De Nagy Gallery, 1953. First edition. Paperback. First edition of the poet's first book of poems. #13 of 300 copies printed in delicate paper wrappers. A notoriously fragile production, this copy is only in fair condition. Interior pages are loose from the decorated covers which show much..... More
