Figures of Speaking; with Collage by John Digby.
N.P. (Mt. Horeb): The Perishable Press, 1977. First Edition. 8vo, unpag.; original wrappers. One of 150 copies, the entire edition. More
N.P. (Mt. Horeb): The Perishable Press, 1977. First Edition. 8vo, unpag.; original wrappers. One of 150 copies, the entire edition. More
Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin: The Perishable Press, 1973. First Edition. 4to, 18 leaves; terracotta cloth stamped in blind. One of 175 ("or less") press-numbered copies (#143), the entire edition, hand-set in Palatino and printed on handmade Japanese Hosho paper. Signed by Laird at the rear. More
Mt. Horeb (Wisconsin): The Perishable Press, 1977. First Edition. Small 8vo, unpag. chapbook in printed wrappers, saddle-stitched. One of 150 press-numbered (#XLVI) copies, the entire edition. More
[Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin]: The Perishable Press, (1981). First Edition. 8vo, unpag. in plain wrappers and printed outer wrapper. One of just 200 copies in the edition, of which 136 were for sale. With the publisher's separately printed prospectus. More
Minor Confluence (Wisconsin): The Perishable Press, 1978. First Edition. 8vo, 11pp chapbook, saddle-stitched in plain wrappers with printed outer wrapper. One of 190 press-numbered (#63) copies, the entire edition. More
Mt. Horeb: The Perishable Press, 1973. First Edition. 8vo, unpag. blindstamped boards. One of "one hundred & fifty copies, or less, of this book" (colophon) a mix of machine- and handset type -- "we've learned our lesson & are more confirmed than ever in believing the superiority of hand-set, honest-to-god..... More
Mt. Horeb: The Perishable Press, (1973). First Edition. 8vo, unpag. in repurposed map-wrappers, saddle-stitched. One of 120 press-numbered (#18) copies, the entire edition. Includes illustrations by Ann Mikolowski. More
Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin: The Perishable Press, 1979. First Edition. 16mo, unpag. chapbook in wrappers. One of 150 copies, the entire edition of this keepsake. This copy has been inscribed and signed by printer Walter Hamady on the front endpaper. Laid in is a separately printed prospectus about this publication. More
[Mount Horeb]: The Perishable Press, 1974. First Edition. 8vo, unpag. chapbook in wrappers with a small piece of marbled paper serving as a kind of front label, not affixed but inserted through two parallel slits. One of 125 copies, the entire edition. More
Mount Horeb: The Perishable Press, (1979). First Edition. 12mo, unpag. chapbook in wrappers. One of 225 copies, the entire edition, signed by Rothenberg and done as keepsake on occasion of his son's thirteenth birthday. More
Halifax: Press of tthe Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, (1974). First Edition. 4to, 338pp; printed wrappers and matching dust jacket. More
New York: Angel Hair Books, (1977). 4to, unpag. mimeograph book, side-stapled in printed wrappers. One of 400 copies in the edition. More
New York: Frontward Books, (1977). First Edition. 4to, unpag. mimeograph book, side-stapled in printed wrappers. One of 350 copies in the edition, printed at the St. Marks Poetry Project. The cover art is by Rochelle Kraut, co-founder (with Bob Rosenthal) of Frontward Books. More
Stuttgart: Edition H.J. Mayer, 1968. First Edition. 8vo, 99pp; plain wrappers with printed dust jacket. One of 500 numbered copies with hand-applied rubberstamps by both Rot and Williams. Further, this copy has been inscribed and signed by Williams on the front flyleaf: "For Jerry, without thorns, Emmett Williams XI.21.68" The..... More
New York: Something Else Press, 1968. First Edition. 8vo, unpag.; blue cloth. Striking concept-book, Rot's "first non-visual book to appear in English" (introduction), made up of facsimiles of his drawings and writings, including an appendix reproducing his detailed instructions for the production of the book. More
Cleveland: Ghostlfower Press, 1968. First Edition. 4to, 7 mimeographed leaves side-stapled in printed paper covers. One of 236 copies in the edition, so stated. The covers were designed by Sandy Webb. This copy has been signed on the title page: "d.a. levy Swamp Erie, 1968." One of levy's last books..... More
New York: Yoko Ono, 1965. 4 legal-sized pages, 8-1/2 x 14 in., printed on rectos only. "To the Wesleyan People" is the closest thing to a manifesto of her artistic principles that Ono produced. The lecture/performance that preceded this statement was "Avant-Garde Art in Japan," delivered at the Davison Art..... More
New York: Yoko Ono, 1965. Broadside, 8-1/2 x 14 in., printed on one side only. An extensive priced list of Ono's concept pieces, including such works as "Soundtape of Snow Falling at Dawn," "Touch Poems," "Paintings," "Events," Music Scores," "Underwear to Make You High," and more. Many, most even, of..... More
Los Angeles: House of Respect, 1968. First Edition. 8vo, 90 (4); printed wrappers, stapled. Anthology compiled by Quincey Troupe after breaking away from the Watts Writer's Workshop that was founded by screenwriter Budd Schulberg in the aftermath of the Watts Rebellion of 1965. Although that workshop was a significant incubator..... More
New York: Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., December 1958. 4to, 50pp magazine in printed wrappers, stapled. Andy Warhol designed the cover for this issue with a Christmas theme showing multi-colored tree ornaments against a gold background. Inside at the table of contents is a photo of Warhol with his pet..... 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