A large collection (128 examples) of fine Ex Libris bookplate etchings on paper from a printer who worked in Zurich and Vienna in the early 1900s, dating from approximately 1914-1921. The printer is unknown, although the bookplates themselves reveal the owner's names and sometimes the artists commissioned to produce them. Most bookplates are untrimmed and printed on larger-sized paper up to 7" x 9". Of the 128, 36 plates are in mats having been exhibited at the Shoen Library at Marylhurst University in Oregon. Images and symbols employed are varied.....
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A charming 1954 oversize event poster for the Teatro Greco di Siracusa (the Greek Theatre of Syracuse, Italy), promoting productions of Prometeo Incatenato (Prometheus Bound) and Antigone presented by the Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico (National Institute of Ancient Drama). With a who's who list of Italian actors, directors and composers involved, including Vittorio Gassman, Luigi Squarzina, Goffredo Petrassi, Gennaro Perrotta, Mario Chiari, Guido Salvini and Fiorenzo Carpi. The Teatro Greco di Siracusa, a classic example of traditional Greek amphitheater architecture, overlooks the city of Syracuse in southeastern Sicily. It.....
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The print edition map reproducing Miguel Covarrubias' mural "Native Dwellings of the Pacific," one of six murals in the series "The Pageant of the Pacific" commissioned for the Golden Gate Exposition of 1939. Covarrubias was a contemporary of Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and other prominent Mexican artists of the period. He died in 1957 in Mexico City. After the Exposition, the six murals were loaned to the American Museum of Natural History (New York) and exhibited there until 1953, then placed in storage until 1959. When returned to San Francisco.....
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A rare copy of the first Japanese-English Buddhist dictionary published in Japan. An initial editorial conference was held in 1958 with over 10 Japanese scholars and Dr. Richard Gard of Yale University and Stanley Weinstein of London University. A process ensued to select 5,000 passages from a previous publication of over 24,000 passages by distributing the work to 20 scholars. The selections were then edited for this English presentation. The preface lists the large editorial group that contributed to the project. Text in English and Japanese.

Condition: Very Good; scuffing.....
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A hand-colored etching of Middlesex by Emanuel Bowen "Divided into its hundreds containing the Cities of London and Westminster, Market Towns..." Emanuel Bowen was a Welsh map engraver, who became the Royal Mapmaker to both King George II of Great Britain and Louis XV of France. Bowen was highly regarded by his contemporaries for producing some of the most detailed and most accurate maps of his era.

Condition: Very Good, one 1.0" x 1/8" piece of tape along left edge; right edge has ghosting of previous tape; folded as issued.....
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The outrageous, true story of a raucous unsupervised Bronx childhood in the 1970s - a rough journey through a deteriorating Bronx jungle-wonderland where kids ruled the streets. Fedorchak includes never-before-published photos of graffiti art and Bronx cityscapes, as well as first-hand accounts of legendary graffiti artists such as DONDI, BLADE, COMET, NOC 167, BOOTS 119, and others. With more than 300 images. Out of print and scarce.

Condition: Near Fine, light scuffing to covers.
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A set of ten stylish and handsomely-designed mid-century exhibition catalogs from Galerie Charles Lienhard in Zurich, dating from 1959 to 1963. Exhibitions include Ben Nicholson, Nicolas de Staël, Hans Falk, Alan Davie, Victor Pasmore, Pietro Consagra, Conrad Marca-Relli, Alicia Penalba, Frank Kupka, plus a group show entitled "Accrochage." Most interior images in black and white, with four catalogs (Nicholson, Kupka, de Staël and Falk) containing a few color images. The language varies with some catalog texts in German, French or English only, and others in a combination of the three.....
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A circa 1980 newsletter from Dick Higgins promoting his books and other products, including musical works. With an order form printed on the last page. One 11x17" sheet folded and printed on both sides.

Condition: Good-, with a grease stain to cover and visible on all pages; tri-folded.
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The postcard for Dick Higgins' exhibition "Books and Publications, A Retrospective" at Franklin Furnace in March of 1979. With a reproduction of Higgins' artwork "Snowflake: On Turning Forty" on the front fo the card. Franklin Furnace was founded in 1976 by Martha Wilson "to champion ephemeral forms neglected by mainstream arts institutions". It began as an artists' books store, and when Printed Matter opened up a few blocks away, through a mutual agreement, Printed Matter became an artists' books store and Franklin Furnace became an artists' books archive. It now.....
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A relatively early fine press printing for Stafford of 11 poems in a numbered edition of only 250 copies, this number 10. Published by Walter Hamady's Perishable Press on fine deckled paper with a hand-sewn binding and printed dust wrappers.

Condition: Very Good, with a few scuffs and light dent impressions to covers; toning along spine and to edges of paper; now in a custom-made protective mylar jacket.
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The autobiography of this avant-garde artist who admitted herself to a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo in the 1970s, where she has been living, by choice, ever since. She continues to create work on a regular basis. First English edition translated by Ralph McCarthy. Out of print and uncommon in hardcover.

Condition: Fine, like new.
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The original poster for Almodóvar's 2006 film "Volver" starring Penélope Cruz. Oversized and double-sided with the reverse image flipped or mirrored from the front.

Condition: Very Good, pinholes in four corners with one having a 3/8 tear/pull; some edgewear and a few surface dings or dents; a .5" area of residue on front likely from a degraded rubber band near bottom credits.
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A rare, original signed etching by Michael Bowen, the co-organizer of San Francisco's Human Be-In during 1967's Summer of Love. Bowen was also the co-founder of San Francisco's Oracle, the legendary counterculture publication known for its psychedelic artwork and multi-colored printing. Bowen painted and studied art throughout his life, along with practices and studies related to mysticism and spirituality. Bowen died in Stockholm in 2009. Finely detailed and printed in purple and orange hues, and embellished with gold and silver leaf. Signed and dated by Bowen in pencil in the lower.....
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