Manifesto
by Goldstone, Brett
First Edition. Unpaginated artists' book [ca. 16 pp.] chiefly illustrated, with a brief text concerning the horrors of nuclear conflict. 4to. Very good. Saddle stapled printed wrappers. [1449] Goldstone is a noted Los Angeles artist who has collaborated with Brad Hwang, Chris Burden, and Mark Pauline of Survival Research Laboratories. According to the colophon of the Manifesto, "All proceeds and donations gratefully accepted on behalf of the Artists Alliance for Survival are to be used to fund... Read More
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Xerox™ Oracle
by Gottlieb-Roberts, Marilyn
Deck of 73 illustrated cards, two-color offset on stiff coated commercial stock. Housed in folded, printed paper box, 14.5 x 10.5 cm. Very good. Slight bumps to box edges. Cards loose in box. [1992] Conceptual deck of cards designed to be used for tarot-style oracle readings. Consists of 64 purely pictorial cards, 8 key cards which group the other 64 according to obscure categories such as "open + closed" or "plants + traces", and one card with minimal instructions for performing... Read More
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¡Patria o Muerte! The Great Zoo and Other Poems
by Guillén, Nicolás; Robert Márquez (ed. and trans.)
First Thus. 223 pp., offset on commercial stock in stiff printed wrappers with flaps and identical printed dust jacket. Text in Spanish and English. 8vo. Very good. Light shelf wear to jacket, mostly to top edge near spine. [2405] This particular book by the acclaimed Afro-Cuban poet seems to have been published in a few different editions, with different publishers and cover designs, in the span of a few years. This edition "specially dedicated to English-speaking African readers," according to jacket... Read More
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Cantos para soldados y sones para turistas
by Guillén, Nicolas. Prologue by Juan Marinello, illus. by José Chávez Morado
First Edition. 84 [4] pp. book of poems in Spanish, illus. with woodcuts by José Chávez Morado. 8vo. Very good. Illus. stiff wraps, age toned, rubbed at extremities, spine with author / title neatly inscribed. [1754] One of the best known works of Nicolás Guillén, a renowned Afro-Cuban poet who collaborated with Langston Hughes and was outspoken antifascist. José Chávez Morado's bold hand-printed design for the work's cover depicts a field of stars and bolts of lightning. An essential title for... Read More
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American Folksong
by Guthrie, Woody (text and illus.); York Cunningham, Jr. (illus.)
First Edition. 48 pp., offset on commercial stock, stapled in stiff printed wrappers with cloth taped spine. Illustrated throughout. Folio. Good. Small loss to top fore corner. Spine tape lifting. General minor toning, edgewear. Interiors clean. [2145] The first edition of this collection of lyrics, writings, and drawings by Woody Guthrie, with additional illustrations by York Cunningham, Jr. With an eight-page autobiographical text, "My Life," and a six-page piece on Lead Belly, "Leadbelly is a Hard Name," followed by lyrics to... Read More
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Constructive cover designing : A book of seventy-six original designs reproduced in color on sunburst cover paper.
by Hampden Glazed Paper and Card Co. Frank Randolph Southard (introduction).
First Edition. 24 pp. front matter and text prefacing 76 plates in vibrant colors. Small folio. Very good ; previous owners' names at top right margin of the first page. 3/4 leather over brown boards, gilt embossed title badge to the front cover, gilt spine titles. Extremities rubbed, but all the same, a handsome copy. [1748] According to its front matter, "this book was made possible through the cooperation of the various artists," among them Frank T. Ellis, of the Thomson... Read More
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Codex des Chocolats
by [COOKERY - CHOCOLATE. Manuscript in an unknown hand]
117 pp. manuscript recipie book and instruction manual for the production of chocolates. 8vo. [1618] A fascinating and detailed work concerning the use of cacao in culinary practice, mostly toward the production of chocolate confections including "choco-lait" or milk chocolate, which -- while invented in 1875 -- only rose to wide popularity in the early 20th century. Other recipes given include those for pralines, fondants creme, chocolat a la noisette, and a number of proprietary recipes for chocolate candy shells and... Read More
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The Soap Opera
by Heliczer, Piero
Collection of poems by the author, illustrated throughout with reproductions of original works by Wallace Berman, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Jack Smith, Andy Warhol and others. Square 8vo. Signed, "piero heliczer new york 16.XI.70" One of 500 copies. Near fine. Cloth hardcover in silk-screened wrappers. [758] A gorgeous copy of the author's most sumptuous work.
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Common people
by Hewlett, Jamie (illus.) Pulp, rock band (words).
Limited circulation promotional comic book illustrating the lyrics to a pop song. Tall thin 4to. Near fine. Illus. stiff wraps. [1313] Pulp's anthem of class consciousness, drawn by the genius who gave us Tank Girl. According to the comically Franglish introduction, "They're part of melodic continuum that began in England's dance hall during WWI. More recent points on that timeline have included The Kinks, Roxy Music, Bowie (Diamond Dogs era), The Smiths, and Blur. Pulp's songs present a very English... Read More
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A theory of form and color
by Hinterreiter, Hans
Limited ed. of 500 signed and numbered copies. Unpaginated book [ca. 42 pp.], chiefly illustrated, with color plates and diagrams. Texts in English. Small folio. Very good. Black cloth stamped in gray. [1437] A remarkable work with an introduction by Grete Ostwald and text by the artist, describing Hinterreiter's experiments in color and form deriving from Wilhelm Ostwald's color theory and the organic forms of Ernst Haeckel. Per a web article concerning a 2013 exhibition of Hinterreiter's paintings at the Fine... Read More
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I Need More.
by Iggy Pop ; with Anne Wehrer, foreword by Andy Warhol.
128 pp. memoir, illus. throughout. 4to. Very good. Illus. stiff wraps. [1497] A better than usual copy of the autobiography of a Stooge, with photographs by Sam Wagstaff, Robert Mapplethorpe, Mick Rock, and others. Scarce in such good condition.
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1a Gran Carrera de Meseros
by Illus. by "RAM" (Héctor Ramirez Bolaños).
Four richly inked color posters advertising waiter's races in Mexico. Folio. [30 x 39.5 cm and smaller] Surface marks, old folds, edge wear, and light soiling. Still bright and attractive. Loose as issued. [1323] The four posters advertise races in the following locations: Acapulco, Febrero 17 de 1957 ; Veracruz, Abril 20 de 1957 ; Monterrey, Junio 30 de 1957 ; Puebla, Noviembre 20 de 1957, each with an illustration by Héctor Ramirez Bolaños printed in vibrant colors. While the... Read More
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Satan. Vol. 1, No. 1 (Feb. 1957) through Vol. 1, No. 6 (Sept. 1957) (all published)
by Jonathan, Eric (ed.)
First Edition. Complete run in six issues, black and white and color offset on glossy commercial stock in glossy wrappers. Illustrated throughout. Very good. Minor edgwear, overall clean and bright. [2139] Playboy-like monthly men's magazine ("devilish entertainment for men") which lasted only six issues. Contents include articles, fiction, cartoons, softcore photography. Issue 2 cover and centerspread feature "Queen of Pinups" Bettie Page. Scarce, collectible men's magazine with an amusingly on-the-nose title.
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Sixth Festival of Arts Shiraz-Persepolis, 31 Aug. - 8 Sept. 1972.
by [Karlheinz Stockhausen, Robert Wilson, Merce Cunningham etc.] Jashn-i Hunar (6th : 1972 : Shiraz-Persepolis, Iran)
Shishumīn jashn-i hunar, Shīrāz-Takht-i Jamshīd, 9 tā 17 Shahrīvar 1351 / N.p. [Iran]: N.d. [1972]. Portfolio with six interior folders, loose inserts within each, chiefly texts (in dual translation Persian-English), some with calligraphy and additional minor illustrations. 4to. Very good. Red full leather folding portfolio embossed with silver foil. [1176] The interior folders present accompanying texts, artist and performer bios, and other notes for presentations by international artists and performers in attendance at the festival, including Karlheinz Stockhausen, Robert Wilson,... Read More
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Periodics. No. 1 (spring 1977) - 7/8 (winter 1981) (all published)
by [Kathy Acker, et al.]
Complete run in seven fascicles (66,63,84,80,83,91,198 pp. - final issue is a double number) of the literary magazine published by Paul De Barros and Daphne Marlatt. Chiefly text. Oblong 8vo. Very good. Perfect bound and stab-stapled illus. wrappers. [1300] A scarce complete set of the important and influential journal of postmodern experimental prose, notable for early publications of Acker's Blood and Guts in High School and the beginning of Great Expectations. Sets of Periodics are rare in the marketplace and... Read More
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Either/Or. Vols. 1 and 2
by Kierkegaard, Søren
2nd Printing. Complete in two volumes, 387 and 304 pp. respectively. Letterpress on commercial stock in dark green cloth-covered boards and printed dust jackets. 8vo. Very good, in Good + unclipped dust jackets. Jackets with minor edgewear and light chipping, with small bits of loss, mostly to heads of spines and top and bottom fore corners. [2313] A nice set of this first English-language edition of Kierkegaard's proto-existential work. One of his last to make it into English translation, about a... Read More
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Culture Contains the Seed of Opposition Becoming the Flower of Liberation, Amilcar Cabral
by Kirkpatrick, Garland [a.k.a. Helvetica Jones] ; Jade Jewett; Bony Toruño.
Illustrated poster, screen printed in red and black on thick white paper stock. Very good overall, to near fine. Text is paired with an abstract image of a clenched fist. [1385]
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![Moskau I & Moskau II [album cover titles] containing 186 original color photographs showing daily life in Moscow and the Soviet Union during the era of Glasnost.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/502/472/1681472502.0.l.0.jpg)
Moskau I & Moskau II [album cover titles] containing 186 original color photographs showing daily life in Moscow and the Soviet Union during the era of Glasnost.
by Lauer, Udo
Two (2) albums of original photographic snapshots (approx. 80x120 mm each) mounted to paper backings. The binders also contain two (2) large color promotional posters and 13 pages of photocopied German newspaper reports concerning Lauer's photographic project and its public exhibitions in Germany and Russia, ca. 1989-1990. Large 4to. Very good. Photographs housed in two large ring-bound albums with top-load poly sheet protectors. [1572] A powerful document of late 1980s daily life in the USSR under Mikhail Gorbachev, who is pictured... Read More
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Negro Folk Songs as Sung by Lead Belly
by [Lead Belly]; Lomax, John A. and Alan Lomax
First Edition. 242 pp., letterpress on commercial stock in yellow cloth-covered boards with red printed title. Lacking dust jacket. Photographic frontispiece. 8vo. Very good. Minor soiling to covers. Interiors mostly clean and bright with one pencil annotation in margin, binding sturdy. [2182] One of the richest and most attractive books on the blues legend Lead Belly, by the legendary father-son ethnomusicologist duo in their second collaborative volume. With a biographical introduction including many quotations directly transcribed from Lead Belly's oration, and... Read More
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Voyages d'Ali Bey : Explication Des Planches Composant l'Atlas des Voyages D'Ali Bey
by Ali Bey el Abbassi [pseud. of Domingo Francisco Jorge Badía y Leblich]
14 pp. descriptive texts and 92 illustrations in all, including a series of 85 plates, several folding, numbered as I-LXXXIII (incl. XII bis. and XXVIII bis.) ; 5 unnumbered maps, four of them large, folding (Carte géographique de l'île de Chypre, Carte géographique du royaume de Maroc, Carte géographique de l'Afrique septentrionale, Carte géographique de la côte d'Arabie, Carte routière du voyage d'Ali Bey du Caire à Constantinople) ; the frontispiece portrait of Badia y Leblich as Ali Bey El... Read More
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La Tapisserie de Bagneaux. 1ère époque Gromelo & Jurette
by Lemant, Albert
No. 12 of 25 copies signed by the author, of an edition of 30 in total (5 hors-commerce). Artist's book consisting of [2] 12 unnumbered leaves of engraved and tinted plates on Arches vellum [4] in accordion fold, chiefly illustrated, printed texts in French and fanciful Latin story captions inscribed on the plates. Oblong small folio. Original drawing of Ubu Roi by Lemant on the colophon. Near fine contents in a very good portfolio. Custom embroidered beige linen boards enclosure... Read More
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The Community Yellow Pages 1982 First Annual Edition
by [GAY & LESBIAN]
104 pp. gay and lesbian community directory, illus. 4to. Very good. Illus. stiff wraps. [1752] From Cordova's introduction: "Just a short ten years ago, the list of LA's lesbian and gay organizations could be squeezed onto a 3 x 5 file card. The first (and only) Metropolitan Community Church, the Gay Community Services Center, The Advocate newspaper, the Daughters of Bilitis Lesbian Center, One inc., and the Crenshaw Women's Center were the only numbers you could dial and expect a warm... Read More
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Polemic. Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring, 1957)
by [Lichtenstein, Roy]
First Edition. 80 pp., letterpress, lithography, and woodcut on various stocks, in stiff illustrated wrappers. Occasional illustrations throughout, both original and reproductions. Small 4to. Very good. One small chip to foot of spine. Light offsetting from a few illustrations. [2220] Single issue of this attractive "journal of contemporary ideas," with contents including a symposium on intellectualism and academia, various articles on arts and culture, as well as original fiction, poetry, and graphic art. In the last area, this issue especially notable... Read More
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Mother (Delcassee) of the Hoboes and Other Stories
by A-No. 1 (Leon Ray Livingston)
Later printing. 135 pp., letterpress on brown stock in printed wrappers. With some black and white illustrations. Stated fifth edition. Small 4to. Good +. Minor, general toning, edgewear, spotting, but interiors clean and binding sturdy, overall remarkably intact considering its age and cheaper production. [2019] A book of stories by A-No. 1, pseudonym of Leon Ray Livingston, "The Famous Tramp, Written by Himself from Personal Experiences," per the title page. Sometimes called "The King of the Hoboes," Livingston (1872-1944) had many... Read More
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American Ballads and Folk Songs
by Lomax, John A. and Alan Lomax (eds.)
Later printing. 625 pp., offset on commercial stock in grey cloth-covered boards and printed dust jacket. Stated 14th printing. 8vo. Very good in very good jacket. Jacket with a few light spots, minor edgewear and a couple areas of minor chipping with minimal loss, but overall bright and intact. Sparse light pencil annotations to a few pages and on last flyleaf, in the hand of previous owner Maynard Solomon, noted musicologist and co-founder of Vanguard Records. [2176] Perhaps the bible of... Read More
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