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The second and final issue of the short-lived artists' magazine dedicated to concrete, visual and sound poetry. With contributions and works by Bertini, Jochen Gerz, Maurizio Spatuola, Ugo Locatelli, Henri Chopin, Shimizu Toshihiko, and others. Strikingly printed in lime green and red/pink. Text in Italian and French.
Condition: Very Good, toning to covers, pages and light edgewear; foxing along spine and rust to staples.
Item #1120
An original two-sided flyer for a DEVO after-party at Danceteria, in New York in 1982. Also advertises a party for Neutral Records' "Vortex" film soundtrack release. The film starred Lydia Lunch and Ann Magnuson.
Condition: Very Good, toning to paper; edges unevenly trimmed.
Item #1119
The first paperback edition of Kerouac's beat classic that defined a generation.
Condition: Very Good+, light edgewear to covers and toning to pages; light bump to top right cover visible on first 24 pages;.
Item #1118
The scarce first printing of Walt Curtis' love story on the streets of Portland, which became Gus Van Sant's first feature film that launched a career. Sprinkled with photographs of Curtis and his protagonists in old Portland.
Condition: Very Good, toning to pages and covers; top staple loose from cover but tight on all other pages.
Item #1117
A silkscreened poster for an anti-war art exhibit organized by the New Mobilization Committee (West) to end the war in Vietnam. Held at the First Unitarian Church in San Francisco from June 20-July 10, 1970.
Condition: Very Good, a few minor surface scratches, spots, dents and nicks.
Item #1116
In October of 2004, Tom Sachs and Van Neistat toured the Alps by motorcycle and made this publication documenting their journey with hand-drawn maps and appendices listing various information, including a calendar, crashes, expenses, dinner seating and exhibition charts, travel restrictions, and their meals, ranked. Signed in an edition of only 25 copies, this #6 of 25. Color copied onto heavy paper stock. In a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Condition: Near Fine.
Item #1113
The out-of-print survey of Martens' wonderfully bright and colorful letterpress monoprints that were created between 2014 and 2018. All are reproduced at actual size (except for two larger prints in "magic square" configuration from Vedic mathematics). The book was originally released with two different covers which was achieved by printing all the content of the book in three layers on one print sheet, which was then cut and folded into the two different covers.
Condition: New, sealed with barcode sticker as issued.
Item #1112
The fourth and final issue of the surrealist journal VVV, which included André Breton, Marcel Duchamp and Max Ernst as its editorial advisors. Its subtitle/description on the masthead reads "Poetry, plastic arts, anthropology, sociology, psychology." This issue with a cover by Matta and including several color half-page inserts and a version of Duchamp's Allegorie de Genre, a die-cut of his profile against a printed and embossed background. Finely printed. Text in French, with some English. Scarce. In a custom protective mylar jacket.
Condition: Very Good+, light edgewear and some bending.....
Item #1111
One of Swiss artist Warja Honegger-Lavater’s charming “folded stories” - this one Lucky Jack, adapted from a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Richly lithograph-printed and accordion-folded, with a small string loop attached to one end for wall-hanging. Honegger-Lavater told her stories in a pictorial language of form and color, and always included a key of symbols for reading the story.
Condition: Very Good, edgewear and scuffing to covers; toning to interior pages.
Item #1110
A 1965 catalog for this Pop Art exhibit at the Milwaukee Art Center, with an essay by Tracy Atkinson, Director. lncludes an exhibition checklist of 86 works, at least 14 of those by unknown artists or vernacular works, comparing them with pop's sensibilities. With works by William Copley, Tom Wesselman, Billy Al Bengston, Dorothy Grebenak, Stuart Davis, Robert Indiana, Richard Lidner, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Man Ray and many, many more. Ilustrated in black and white.
Condition: Very Good, reader’s creasing and rubbing along spine edges; light edge and corner.....
Item #1108
A scarce modern architecture periodical from Japan with black and white photos of modern architecture, interiors and furniture, plus detailed diagrams and floor plans. No copies found online, and only two found in OCLC (British Library and MIT). This issue a special issue on store and retail design, including storefronts and signage. Text in Japanese.
Condition: Good, scuffing and soiling to covers; lifting to paper along spine; crease to front cover; Japanese character in pen or pencil on front cover.
Item #1107
A rare poster from the Viennese architecture collective, Haus-Rucker-Co, who explored radical interpretations of architectural space and meaning through pneumatic structures, prosthetics, and staged events or happenings. They were players, if lesser-known, in the utopian architecture movement of the 1960s, along with groups such as Superstudio, Archizoom and Ant Farm. This mirrored poster, with two different images, announces “a presentation of urbanlandscaping concepts” at the 4th Environmental Design Conference held in 1973 at the College of Architecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Condition: Very Good, light spotting and wrinkling to poster; folded.....
Item #1106
A catalog of classes offered at the Free University of New York in the year of its founding, possibly the first catalog, stating "The Free University of New York has been forged in response to the intellectual bankruptcy and spiritual emptiness of the American educational establishment." Faculty included Paul Krassner (Editor of The Realist), Tuli Kupferberg and Ed Sanders, among others. Scarce.
Condition: Good-, soiling and creasing overall; note written in pen on front cover; recipient's name and address in pen on back cover.
Item #1105
The rare October, 1965 mimeographed second printing of the Fugs’ Songbook, from the counterculture NYC band founded in 1964 by poets Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg. In a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
Condition: Good, previous moisture staining to lower left corner, visible on interior pages and front and back covers; the number "2" with a dash is written next to four songs in blue felt pen on the Table of Contents.
Item #1104
Four pages of xeroxed Ray Johnson correspondence art, stapled and tri-folded, as received by the recipient.
Condition: Very Good, toning to paper, lower right corner crease to first page, and additional soft crease vertically along left side.
Item #1103
The first issue of this Bay Area counterculture publication, with features and full-page photo spreads on the Cockettes, a conversation with Allen Ginsberg, writings on counterculture politics and sex, plus comics by S. Clay Wilson, classifieds and more.
Condition: Good-, chips, tears and nicks to brittle newsprint along edges and spine fold; toning to newsprint.
Item #1102
A rare copy of the second printing of "Our Bodies, Our Selves," after the name was changed from the 1970 first printing of "Women & Their Bodies," the coursebook originating out of the Boston Women’s Health Course Collective.
Condition: Good-, previous moisture staining to lower left corner, visible on interior pages and front and back covers; soiling to covers and paint spot on front cover; rusting to staples, nicks, dogears and soft creasing to covers; toning to newsprint.
Item #1101
Act Up's poster for the 10th Anniversary “Crash the Market” action to demand AIDS treatment for all, including a reduction in the price of medication. Also promotes an activist conference occurring over the preceding weekend.
Condition: Fine.
Item #1100
A poster for a Holly Woodlawn performance at the Continental Sauna, the gay bathhouse in the basement of New York’s Ansonia Hotel on West 56th Street, where Bette Midler gave some early performances. The Warhol superstar appeared in Warhol’s films Trash and Women in Revolt, and was the “Holly” in Lou Reed’s song Walk on the Wild Side.
Condition: Very Good, lower left corner crease, some edgewear to black border; edges of poster unevenly cut and possibly trimmed from a larger size.
Item #1099
From John Dowd and John Jack Baylin, this issue of the cult magazine Fanzini explores masculinity and athleticism in America through images of male sports and American pop culture, such as surfer dudes, field & track, and the Olympics.
Condition: Very Good, reader’s creases and rubbing along spine edges; light edge and corner wear.
Item #1098
A collage of correspondence art and images from the Canadian art collective Image Bank (and friends), including Mr. Peanut, Ray Johnson, General Idea, Genesis P-Orridge, Andy Warhol, Les Levine and John Giorno, plus photos of Vincent Trasov and Michael Morris (who organized this issue) by Jimmy De Sana.
Condition: Very Good, toning to newsprint; residue from previous price sticker visible on front cover.
Item #1097
Highlighting individual titles for the holidays, each book in this catalog gets a photo and description, including Ed Ruscha’s Crackers ($8), Sol LeWitt’s Autobiography ($16.95), John Baldessari’s Close-Cropped Tales ($6.50), plus books by Kathy Acker, Jenny Holzer, Michael Snow, General Idea and others.
Condition: Good, wrinkling and soft creasing to covers; bleeding of ink on front cover over the word "Printed"; toning along spine; address label to recipient on back cover; lower staple not present at spine.
Item #1096
An early catalog from the much-loved bookstore and distributor, Printed Matter, still supporting artists and books today. With an alphabetical listing of hundreds of new artists’ books in stock, with prices, including books by Don Celender, Stanley Brouwn, Louise Lawler, Geoffrey Hendricks, Dick Higgins, Jenny Holzer, Lucy Lippard, N.E. Thing Co., plus LPs by Robert Ashley, Keith Sonnier, Lawrence Weiner, and many, many more. Order form in back.
Condition: Fine.
Item #1095
The catalog for “An International Exhibition of Recent Artists’ Books and Ephemera,” a traveling exhibit at Artists’ Space NY, Herron School of Art (Indianapolis) and New Orleans Contemporary Art Center (all 1978), co-curated by Judith A. Hoffberg and Joan Hugo. Includes a brief definition and history of mail art by Mike Crane in the form of a list/chronology; a select bibliography of artists’ books and catalogs; a supplier list for artists’ books; plus a check list of artists, organizations and titles including Art-Rite, Agnes Denes, Don Celender, Vito Acconci, Marcia.....
Item #1094
A mimeographed printing of Eldridge Cleaver’s Affidavit #1, sprinkled with Black Panther Party insignia and images of Cleaver. Likely not officially issued by the Party, but a privately printed and distributed leaflet.
Condition: Good, overall toning with edgewear and dogears.
Item #1093
