The Liberties
Guilford, CT: Loon Books, (1980). First Edition. 4to, 83pp, side-stapled in printed card covers. One of 300 copies in the edition, produced with the mimeograph machine at the St. Marks Poetry Project in New York. More
Guilford, CT: Loon Books, (1980). First Edition. 4to, 83pp, side-stapled in printed card covers. One of 300 copies in the edition, produced with the mimeograph machine at the St. Marks Poetry Project in New York. More
[Cambridge, Massachusetts]: (1966). Single leaf, 8-1/2 x 14 in. printed on one side. Bulletin board poster for a screening of experimental films, this one belonged to the avant-garde filmmaker Tom Chomont who has drawn on the reverse in ballpoint pen, storyboarding an untitled short film. The drawing comprises sixty frames..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: (1966). Single leaf, 8-1/2 x 11 in. printed on one side. Bulletin board leaflet-poster for an early screening of Warhol's film, which had premiered earlier in the same month at the Film-makers Cinematheque in New York. This copy derives from the collection of experimental film maker Tom Chomont..... More
Madison, Wisconsin: Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, (1991). First Edition. 4to, 32pp, wrappers. Catalogue from Xu's first U.S. exhibition, illustrated throughout with photographs. Xu's installations were part of the movement toward cultural and social liberalization that culminated in the demonstrations at Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989. More
London: Spot Press, (1982). First Edition. Tall 4to, unpag. six leaves of stiff Somerset Cream paper in plain wrappers, saddle stitched with printed red dust jacket. One of 174 numbered copies (out of an edition of 200) with Tyson's woodcut initials uncolored. More
London: Spot Press, (1982). First Edition. Tall 4to, unpag. six leaves of stiff Somerset Cream paper in plain wrappers, saddle stitched with printed red dust jacket. The edition comprised 200 copies, of which the first 26 were lettered with Ian Tyson's woodcut initials being hand colored. This copy is hand..... More
London: Tetrad Press, (1992). First Edition. Folio, unpag. six leaves in stiff wrappers. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Rothenberg and Tyson. Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Three British Book Artists: Finlay, Phillips, Tyson" at the Mandeville Gallery of the University of California at San Diego. More
Chicago: Harper Theater, 1968. Bifolium, 5-3/4 x 8-1/2 in. with two single leaf inserts. Printed program from Cunningham's appearance at the Harper Theater Dance festival, where he had previously premiered "How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run." Over two days and three performances, the program included dances choreographed by Cunningham..... More
Stuttgart: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, (1955). First Edition. 12mo, 65pp; black cloth stamped in gilt. Celan's third book, this copy has the neat ownership signature of the American poet Jerome Rothenberg who was Celan's first English-language translator. Rothenberg's 1959 book New Young German Poets was published in the City Lights Pocket Poets..... More
Madras & New York: Hanuman Books, 1987. First Edition. 16mo, 2-3/4 x 4 in. printed wrappers. More
Ashland, Massachusetts/Kyoto, Japan: Origin Press, (1959). First Edition. 4to, unpag.; original burlap covers lettered in cut velvet-textured fabric. One of 210 numbered copies (#200) signed at the colophon in rear by Corman and Ohno. The images were produced by collotype from original ink wash drawings and the text handset in..... More
New York: Caterpillar, (1967). First Edition. 8vo, printed wrappers, stapled. One of 300 copies, this one is an intimate presentation copy, inscribed by Samperi at the time of publication: "4/22/67 To Aunt Fran and Aunt Yolie with love, Frank." After the death of his mother when he was just eleven..... More
Milwaukee: Membrane Press, 1984. First Edition. Small 4to, unpag. in printed wrappers, perfect bound. Includes "postface" text by both Rothenberg and Cohen. A fascinating collaboration joining the spiritual world with the computer world. Rothenberg's renderings of the Yaqui songs which call on otherworldly forces are joined with Cohen's computer-generated art..... More
New York: View Editions, 1946. First Edition. 8vo, unpag.; original smooth white boards with a photo of Breton's face. Duchamp's cover design features the Statue of Liberty rendered in ben-day dots with a cutout oval revealing Breton's face in place of the face of the statue. More
San Francisco: Re/Search, (1982). First Edition. 8vo, 128pp; printed wrappers. Stamped "Advance Proof Copy" on the title page, and with a publisher's promotional sheet laid in. More
N.P. The Grenfell Press, (1992). First Edition. 8vo, 82pp; wrappers. One of 200 copies in the edition, signed by Laughlin at the colophon and additionally inscribed at the front to Jerome Rothenberg: "For Jerry, this fabrication, from J." Laughlin published some dozen books by Rothenberg under the New Directions imprint..... More
Mt. Horeb [Wisconsin]: Perishable Press, (1970). First Edition. 8vo, unpag.; patterned boards with printed label. One of 183 copies in the edition, this being one of 136 printed on white Shadwell paper. This copy has a terse presentation inscription by Laughlin on the first leaf: "JR/JL 1973." The recipient was..... More
Madison, Wisconsin: Salient Seedling Press, 1982. First Edition. 12mo, unpag., wrappers. One of 175 copies printed in Gill Sans Monotype on Frankfurt Cream with graph-paper illustrations including a pop-up title page. The work shows the influence of the master printer Walter Hamady who taught printing and papermaking at the University..... More
Driftless [Mt. Horeb] Wisconsin: Perishable Press, 1975. First Edition. Oblong 12mo with sewn insert that extends past the width of the book; marbled wrappers. Copy number two of 76 press-numbered copies, all signed by Rothenberg. The "small gift" is a paper sculpture by Jody Shields that is sewn into the..... More
Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1979. First Edition. Miniature book, 2-1/2 x 3-1/4 in. unpag., wrappers. One of 225 copies, the entire edition, "hand & tweezer set from moveable types made in Europe & Kalamazoo. . ." (colophon). More
Mount Horeb: Perishable Press, (1972). First Edition. Square 8vo, unpag.; wrappers. One of 112 copies in the edition printed in handset Palatino on handmade Shadwell paper and signed by the poet. In addition, this copy has been inscribed by Economou on the half-title to Jerome and Diane Rothenberg. More
Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, (1977). First Edition. 8vo, unpag., wrappers. One of of 144 press-numbered copies (#109), the entire edition signed by Olson. More