Agro. "Pilot Issue" Dec. 1969 (all published)
by London Street Commune
Folded poster-pamphlet with texts and images printed in black ink on cream paper stock, opens to large color poster on verso. 4to [opens to 17.5 x 22.5 in] Near fine ; old central crease. Loose folded sheet. [1319] A delightfully riotous publication with texts attributed to former King Mob member Phil Cohen and associates in the London Streeet Commune. The poster illustration on the pamphlet's verso depicts a youth with a huge erection being sentenced to correction bu authorities at... Read More
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Have You Heard About the Rebirth of Yolo's Winds of Change? [flyer]
by R. Crumb
Single leaf, buff paper stock, printed recto only, illus. 8.5 x 14 in. Near fine, with three old folds. broadside. [1076] Advertisement for the publicly funded community newsletter, "one of 12 regional newsletters operating under a grant from the National Center for Appropriate Technology," serving residents of Yolo county, California, notable for R. Crumb's cover illustrations.
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Révolution Typographique depuis Stéphane Mallarmé
by Damase, Jacques
First Edition. 130 pp. Text in French, chiefly illustrated, a few in color. 4to. Very good +. Stiff wrappers. [1889] A remarkably clean and fresh copy of this excellent, comprehensive catalog of avant-garde typographic experimentation "since Stéphane Mallarmé." A brief introductory text in French is followed by 130 full-page reproductions of typographic designs (a handful are printed in the primary red, yellow, and blue of the cover), identified by a table of contents at the rear. Uncommon in such good condition.
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Analytical Philosophy of Action; with: Analytical Philosophy of History, and Analytical Philosophy of Knowledge
by Danto, Arthur C
First Edition. 226 pp., brown cloth in printed, price-clipped dust jacket. 4to. Very good. Minor edgewear, short closed tears to jackets, otherwise essentially unread. [2021] Philosopher and art critic Arthur C. Danto's author's copy of his book Analytical Philosophy of Action, as indicated by his ownership inscription to the first endpaper. Here offered together with copies of the earlier Analytical Philosophy of History (1968 reprint of the 1965 first edition), and Analytical Philosophy of Knowledge (1968, first edition), both also from... Read More
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From Bindu to Ojas
by Dass, Ram [Richard Alpert]
First Edition. Very good. Printed cardboard box, 13 x 13 x 2.25 in., containing various loose and bound items. [1891] Original box set which preceded Dass's best-selling book Be Here Now. Contents of that book are represented here in separately printed and bound books and pamphlets, along with additional materials. Materials include: [1] From Bindu to Ojas. Book of string-bound signatures with color mandala print tipped to cover (detached, as often, from this copy, but present and intact), 108pp. [2] Our-Story,... Read More
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Both Sides of Broadway
by De Leeuw, Rudolph M.
504 pp. photographically illustrated book showing the structures at every address on both sides of New York City's most famous street from its point of origin to Central Park. Oblong 4to. Very good. Original wrappers preserved in recent linen boards. [439] A fascinating project intended to provide a photographic atlas of Manhattan's premiere commercial strip. De Leeuw's book offered businesses along the route advertising space to accompany the images of their location. Now it remains a marvelous document of a... Read More
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The Realist. No. 81 (August, 1968) (special Diggers issue)
by [San Francisco Diggers]
22 pp., offset on commercial stock, saddle-stapled in printed self-wrappers. Occasional illustrations. 4to. Very good. General toning, one short closed tear near bottom corner of one leaf. [2617] Special issue of The Realist, guest-edited by the San Francisco Diggers group and advocating their anarchistic "free city" ideas. Individual contributions are uncredited, but include writings and graphics by such beatniks as Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, Richard Brautigan, Wallace Berman, George Herms, and many others.
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Bernard Jay Presents Divine. The Neon Woman.
by Divine. Written by Tom Eyen ; directed by Ron Link.
Small poster promoting an Off-Broadway revival of the Tom Eyen play at San Francisco's Alcazar Theater. 8.5 x 14 in. Near fine. Loose as issued, stored flat. [1318] Poster promoting the off-Broadway revival of the Tom Eyen play at San Francisco's Alcazar Theater which opened on January 24, 1979. The play is an outrageous murder mystery set in a seedy Baltimore burlesque house run by a retired stripper. Magenta ink illustration of Divine printed on light pink paper. Scarce.
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Espacio del Espacio
by Dorantes, Maka C. [here given as "Maka"]
This item is currently on reserve; please contact dealer for more details.First Edition, signed. Unpaginated (ca. 30 pp.) book of poems printed in silk screen on heavy unbleached cardstock stock. 8vo. One of 400 copies. Signed. Very good. Silkscreen heavy cardstock covers, tie bound. [774] A nice example of the early "cartonera" style of handmade Latin American poetry chapbooks using humble materials, especially cardboard covers. Ediciones el Mendrugo, founded by Argentine poet Elena Jordana in the early 1970s, is thought to... Read More
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As to Place
by Downsbrough, Peter
Unpaginated artist's book, [ ca. 112 pp.], illus. throughout. 12mo. Very good, with scuffing and marginal old fold to rear cover. Illus. stiff wraps. [1283] The work consists of five chapters: "AS," "TO PLACE," "AND," "TO PLACE," "AS/AGAIN" paiiring examples of the artist's "two lines" drawings with eight images ashowing full-bleed vertical photographs of New York City street views. A scarce and attractive work.
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Beside
by Downsbrough, Peter
Unpaginated artist's book, [ ca. 65 pp.], illus. throughout. 12mo. Near fine. Illus. stiff wraps. [1284] The work consists of five chapters: "AS," "TO PLACE," "AND," "TO PLACE," "AS/AGAIN" pairing examples of the artist's "two lines" drawings with eight images showing full-bleed vertical photographs of locations in London, Poissy, (France), and Bruxelles. A gorgeous copy of a rare and attractive work.
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Black Reconstruction: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880
by Du Bois, W. E. B
First Thus. 746 pp., letterpress on commercial stock in black cloth-covered boards. No dusk jacket. 8vo. Very good. Only minor shelf wear, one small abrasion to cloth at head of spine. Binding just beginning to loosen towards middle of text block, but holding. [2347] A nice, relatively early edition of Du Bois's magnum opus. This copy is from an uncommon edition, reprinted by the Philadelphia-based publisher Albert Saifer by arrangement with Harcourt, Brace & Co., who held the rights from the... Read More
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[JEAN DUBUFFET] Production and correspondence archives for an unreleased publication, Album de Gouaches
by Dubuffet, Jean
Typed letter, signed by Dubuffet accompanied by ca. 32 leaves of additional manuscript materials, typescripts, and hand annotated mimeograph correspondence and production notes from Sewell Sillman, Arnold Glimcher, and the office of Jean Dubuffet. Includes original documents and their French-English translations ; seven (7) silver gelatin photographic page proofs showing monochromatic gouaches by Dubuffet (images ca. 4 x 6 in. to 6 x 8 in. ; one printed on 11 x 14 in. photo paper) ; six (6) negative transparencies... Read More
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Angel Books Series: Nos. 1 - 10 (box set) (complete)
by ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING FOR JAPANESE CHILDREN USING JAPANESE FOLKTALES. Matsumoto, Toru and Ikuo Kubota
Ten unpaginated children's books [16 pp. each] printed in color on glossy boards, illus., with texts in English and a flexi disk sound recording (providing English narration.) Box set includes promotional flyer and the Angel Books Guide Book with simultaneous English-Japanese dual translations and vocabulary lessons (also illus.) Minor spotting throughout with a slight odor of basement storage. Illus. self wrappers, books with in clear vinyl protective covers, housed in bright blue case printed with the title series. [1223] Ten-book... Read More
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La Casa Solariega, Poemas. Portada de Rosario Sansores y Alberto Bolio Avila
by Esquivel Pren, José
285, [1] pp. book of poems in Spanish. 8vo. Affectionately inscribed by the author for "la Señorita Montserrat" in 1963 on the half title page. Very good. Illus. stiff wraps are larger than the text block, with small folds and tears at the overhang. A handsome copy. [1389] A founder of Grupo Esfinge and an important figure in Yucatecan letters, Esquivel Pren was also a novelist, historian, and literary critic. The front cover features a bold, uncredited illustration evocative of... Read More
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maybe it was all the magick…"
by FAUVES, the (an all female U.K. punk band)
Multicolor ink on white commercial stock. Color print, pencil signed. A4 (ca. 8.25 x 11.75 in. Very good ; loosely inserted into an acid free shadow box frame (maybe shipped framed or unframed as the customer wishes).
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Die Toten: 1967-1993
by Feldmann, Hans-Peter
First Edition. [194 pp.], offset on commercial stock in stiff printed wrappers. Chiefly illustrated. 4to. Very good. Head of spine slightly bump, small area of abrasion to back cover, otherwise fine. [2027] Archival photobook by conceptual artist Hans-Peter Feldmann. Constrained by the two dates of the title, the book austerely presents photographs of people were killed in Germany during acts of political uprising and terrorism, printed with accompanying death dates in chronological order on rectos only. An appendix at the rear... Read More
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Reglamentos de Atletismo : Para las competencias internacionales de pista y campo y reglas generales para los juegos olímpicos
by Pubicaciones de la Secretaria de Educacion Publica. Departmento de Bellas Artes. Direccion de Educacion Fisica
[Cover title: Reglas Oficiales de Atletismo.] 66 pp. rule book for international sporting competitions. 8vo. Very good. Illus. stiff wraps, saddle stapled. [1185] Primarily of interest for the superb but uncredited estridentismo illustration that graces the front cover. "Aceptados por la Federación Atlética Internacional de aficionados, en el Congreso de La Haya, en agosto de 1926, con las adiciones y reformas hechas en el congreso de Amsterdam, en 1928." As of February 2021, we can locate only one holding in... Read More
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A Mirror for Witches
by Forbes, Esther; Gibbings, Robert (illus.)
First Trade Edition. 213 pp., letterpress on commercial stock in cream cloth spine and patterned paper boards and illustrated dust jacket. Woodcut illustrated frontispiece and occasional illustrations throughout. 8vo. Very good. Jacket with minor shelf wear and some light chipping, mostly to head of spine and fore corners, a couple short closed tears. Two clippings laid in concerning 1950s stage adaptations of the novel. [2315] Simultaneous first trade edition of Forbes's second novel, about the Salem witch trials. Quite attractive in... Read More
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Paris Liberated (Statistically)
by [Forward Echelon Command Party, U.S. Army]
Mimeograph, with stipple and ink illustrations, 5 leaves of text presenting a timeline ; 5 leaves of names and addresses for company personnel. 8vo. Very good. Front wrapper embellished with stamps in red indicating "Top Secret" "Secret" "Confidential" "Restricted" all crossed out in blue pen, under which "Aw, What the Hell!" is written in black ink. [526] A curious memento of a Forward Echelon Command Party company's involvement in the liberation of Paris, with a timeline showing the group's movements... Read More
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Fr. L. Jahns politische Pädagogik
by [Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Nazism, gymnastics] Rückert, Leonhard
48 pp. bound typescript with manuscript corrections, German language. 4to. Very good. Black paper wrappers with title texts and author in white ink. [1315] A fascinating original work, perhaps by an advanced student or young teacher, concerning the political pedagogy of Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, founder of modern gymnastics, and his importance for German ethno-nationalism's spiritual and athletic preoccupations. The text is a chilling demonstration of the links between the sport of gymnastics and ideas of physical perfection and the purification... Read More
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"Capitali All'Estero - Miseria Nel Sud Alt!"
by GAL (Gino Galli).
Illustrated posters, lithographically printed in red and black on semi gloss translucent commercial stock Dimension: Approx. 27.5 x 13 in. each [1384] Very good overall, to near fine. Original posters from the student protests of 1968. This lot acquired from a private collection in California.
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Me and My Captain, Chain Gangs, Negro Songs of Protest
by Gellert, Lawrence (ed.); Lan Adomian (arr.)
First Edition. 32 pp., letterpress on commercial stock in printed gold stiff wrappers. 4to. Good. Cover lightly soiled with a few light creases and minor edegwear. Interiors clean. [2158] An unusual and uncommon pamphlet of African American protest songs, published from the collection of Lawrence Gellert following one earlier, titled "Negro Songs of Protest", and advertising two more forthcoming titles on the inside cover which appear not to have materialized. Gellert, born in Hungary, became an avid collector of African American... Read More
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File magazine. Vol. 4, no. 2, Fall 1979.
by General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz & Jorge Zontal)
64 pp. artist's magazine, illustrations. [1069]"Special Transgressions Issue" of File, including pieces by or about Jimmy de Sana Martha and the Muffins, Stephen Lack, Tim Guest, Jim Dawson, David Byrne, Bzz Bzz Bzz, Jean Genet, Colin Campbell, Francesco Clemente, The Clichettes, Kathy Acker, Robert Mapplethorpe. (cf. Gwen Allen, Artists Magazines, pp.164-174. Aarons-Roth, In Numbers, pp.167-184.)
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White Male Power : Senators, Game Show Hosts, National Monuments, Clergy, etc.
by Glier, Mike
Twelve offset lithographic poster prints on commercial stock, each one showing a darkly satirical vision of white male privilege and its abuses as reflected by American popular culture of the era. Folio. Near fine. Loose as issued in a folded cardstock portfolio. [465] Glier's portfolio featured in The Ritz Hotel Project, a collaborative exhibition organized by COLAB group in conjunction with the D.C.-based Washington Project for the Arts. The groups hoped to produce an event similar to COLAB's notorious Times Square... Read More
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