[Highlands, NC]: The Jargon Society, 1974. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Oblong quarto (23.5cm); purple cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [4],5-17,[104]pp; illus. Hint of sunning to spine and board extremities, lower corners gently tapped (though still sharp); Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $12.50)..... More
Zurich: Memory/Cage Editions, 1995. First Edition. Trade Issue, one of 1,500 copies. Square quarto (22.75cm); photo-illustrated paper-covered boards; [10],11-54,[6]pp; illus. A Fine copy of this short story, first written in 1962, illustrated throughout with photographs by Vittorio Santoro. More
New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957. First American Edition. Attractive copy of this collaborative work between Bowles and Swiss photographer Peter Haeberlin, who capture in text and images accounts of daily life among the desert and hill country tribes of Northwestern Africa. Miller A8b. First Printing, one of 3,500 copies. Quarto..... More
New York: Kunst Editions, 2001. First Edition. One of 35 numbered copies (from a run of 65), this being copy no.3. Eight preliminary and four terminal leaves (11" x 12.75"), with text letterpress printed in red, black, and blue, together with 18 bifolium gatherings, each containing a letterpressed poem, with..... More
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1995. First Edition Thus. A travelogue of the author's trip to Germany, where he was treated as something of a celebrity, and illustrated throughout with numerous photographs by Montfort. Krumhansl 143d. Deluxe Issue, one of 26 lettered copies specially bound and signed by Michael Montfort..... More
San Francisco: City Lights Books, 1979. First Edition. First Printing, one of ca.300 hardcover copies. Oblong quarto; black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [120pp]; illus. Hint of foxing sprinkled at upper edge of text, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $14.95), with a 1" closed tear..... More
Paris: The Black Sun Press, 1930. First Edition. One of 25 Review Copies marked "Hors Commerce" in pencil on the colophon, with the publisher's compliments slip laid in. Quarto (27cm); original white card wrappers, with titles printed in black and red on spine and front cover; publisher's original glassine overlay;..... More
New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1972. First Edition. First Printing. Quarto (26cm); goldenrod stapled wrappers, with titles printed in black and an illustration by Big Sur painter Emil White tipped onto front wrapper; [24]pp; illus. Though not called for, this copy is signed by Ginsberg on the title page. A...... More
Boston: South End Press, 1984. First American Edition. First Printing, wrappered Issue. Square octavo (21cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers; 168pp; illus. Some pinpoint wear to extremities, else a tight, Near Fine copy. An early, important account on the evolution of hip-hop music and culture, exploring its roots and various manifestations. Contents..... More
Cambridge, MA: Pym-Randall, 1971. First Edition. Attractive collaborative work between Malanga and Warhol, stemming from their Death and Disaster series, including a substantial collection of poems both inspired by and dedicated to various Factory figures, and reproducing six of Warhol's Death paintings, along with a portrait of the two men..... More
Winston-Salem, NC: The Jargon Society, 1995. First Edition. First Printing, trade issue. Oblong quarto (26cm); dark green cloth titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [84]pp; illus. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $40.00), with some sunning to spine and light wear to extremities. A collaborative work between Matheson..... More
New York: Random House, 1968. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 500 numbered copies specially bound and signed by the author, this being copy no.209. Octavo (24.25cm); beige canvas cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and Spanish crest embossed onto front cover; dark blue topstain; map endpapers; dustjacket;..... More
Santa Barbara: Arabesque Books, 1981. First Edition. One of 1,500 copies. Quarto (31.5cm); full beige cloth, with title label mounted to spine, and a three dimensional front cover, comprised of a mounted hinged mat framing one of Outerbridge's Carbro-color prints ("Woman with Claws"); publisher's original printed acetate dustjacket; [10],11-238,[2]pp, with..... More
Winston-Salem, NC: The Jargon Society, 2001. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Square quarto (25.5cm); pictorial card wrappers with French flaps; [104]pp; illus. About Fine. Debut work by Steinmetz, featuring his photographs of Tuscan trees accompanied poems by Janet Lembke. Issued by Jonathan Williams as Jargon 104. Provenance: From the..... More
London: Pluto Press, 1984. First UK Edition. First Impression, published simultaneously with the Ameircan edition by South End Press. Square octavo; photo-illustrated card wrappers; 168pp; illus. Contemporary owners name (in ink) to verso of front wrapper; light rubbing to joints and extremities, otherwise well-preserved; Very Good+. An early, important account..... More
Penland, NC: The Jargon Society, 1971. First Edition. First Printing, cloth issue. Quarto (29.25cm); brown cloth, lettered in royal blue on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xxxv,63,[6]pp, with 63 halftone plates. Hint of sunning to spine and upper board edges, else contents are fresh and complete; Near Fine. Dustjacket is..... More
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1990. Limited Edition. Fine press edition of this poem from Whitman's 1856 collection, Leaves of Grass, brought to life by American photographer Aaron Siskind (1903-1991). "The illustrations for Song of the Open Road transform Whitman's symbolic journeyings into the language of modern urbanism...The photographer's..... More
Washington DC: Visual Press, 1979. First Edition. One of 300 copies. Slim octavo (14cm); photo-illustrated card wrappers; [24]pp; chiefly illus. Pinpoint wear and a hint of sunning to spine-fold, else very Near Fine. An intensely visual volume, containing 46 color-lithographed photos of Jonathan Williams on the occasion of his 50th..... More