ROOSEVELT AFTER INAUGURATION
(1964)
Uncommon Burroughs item from Ed Sanders' legendary mimeo press.
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COLORED PEOPLE
1972
Signed copy of the first and only printing of this Ruscha photobook, his second in color.
A THOUGHT IS THE BRIDE OF WHAT THINKING
1976
First edition of Hejinian's second book (the first was suppressed by the poet and is all but unattainable) and the first title from her Tuumba Press, one of the first and arguably most important outlets for the movement that would soon be known as L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E.
Original Handbill Advertising the Sex Pistols at the 100 Club, Oxford Street, London, June 29 and July 6, 1976
[1976]
Original flyer from a series of dates that would help define the legendary and infamous band.
THE DHARMA BUMS
(1959)
First UK edition of Kerouac's classic Beat novel, published the year after the U.S. edition, in the striking Bernard Blatch dust jacket.
OP LOSSE SCHROEVEN: Situaties en Cryptostructuren
1969
Scarce catalogue of the 1969 exhibition of Arte Povera and Conceptual Art, less known but as innovative and groundbreaking as the same year's more-mythologized "When Attitudes Become Form," and similarly an expression of its own curator's personality and vision.
TERCERA BIENAL DE LA HABANA '89 CATALOGO
1989
Rare catalogue of the third Havana Biennial, a rich and energetic exhibition with a global reach, curated by the staff of the Centro Wifredo Lam under Cuba's Ministry of Culture, opening a week before the fall of the Berlin Wall.
MAGICIENS DE LA TERRE
(1989)
First edition catalogue of this major international exhibition, conceived as a anti-colonialist corrective to the contemporary art-world ethnocentrism typified by MoMA's much-criticized 1985 "Primitivism" show.
ONE YEAR PERFORMANCE 1981-1982
(1983)
Rare signed portfolio documenting Hsieh's third extended performance piece, a full year in New York City spent outside shelter of any kind (save for 15 hours inside a police station courtesy of the NYPD), issued in conjunction with an installation at Franklin Furnace.
LIVE IN YOUR HEAD - WHEN ATTITUDES BECOME FORM
(1969)
Uncommon catalogue of Szeemann's innovative and controversial 1969 exhibition, an international survey of Postminimalist and Arte Povera work which played a major role in redefining the role of the modern curator.
FLASH AND FILIGREE
(1958)
First US edition of Southern's first novel (published just after the UK edition), inscribed "with great admiration" to V.S. Pritchett.
BLUE MOVIE
(1970)
First printing of Southern's notorious comedy of the adult film industry and Hollywood's artistic pretensions, warmly inscribed to poet Richard Howard.
FLASH AND FILIGREE
(1958)
First edition of Southern's first novel, inscribed to legendary editor and critic Malcolm Cowley, who appreciated the younger writer as well as he was able.
ABC EROTIQUE
(2003)
Unique miniature erotic artist's book, hand-painted and collaged onto a France Poste mailing label booklet.
BUSINESS CARDS
1968
Signed first and only edition of Ruscha and Bengston's collaborative book.
BABYCAKES WITH WEIGHTS
1970
First edition of Ruscha's eleventh book, featuring one bespoke baby (his own) and many mass-produced commercial cakes.
RECORDS
1971
Signed first edition of these black and white photographs of 30 selected records and album covers from Ruscha's collection, photographed by his friend and fellow artist Jerry McMillan.
HARD LIGHT
(1978)
Signed first edition of Ruscha and Weiner's photo-novel, starring Shelley Chamberlain, Suzanne Chandler, and Susan Haller in a captivatingly oblique visual drama.
REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES
1970
Signed first edition of Ruscha's last solo photobook to use the minimal 'house style' made famous by TWENTYSIX GASOLINE STATIONS and other early works.
VARIOUS SMALL FIRES
(1970)
Signed second edition of Ruscha's second artist's book, an enigmatic series of controlled burns in the human landscape.
FUCK YOU: A Magazine of the Arts, Number 5, Volume 9 (June/July 1965)
1965
Scarce final issue (the fourteenth) of Sander's legendary and infamous mimeo, printed "At a Secret Location on the Lower East Side" — from the library of poet and publisher Kenward Elmslie.
THE THIRD SEX
(1959)
Scarce first edition of this classic '50s lesbian novel with a happy ending, by the activist, poet, futurist, and author of the equally groundbreaking ODD GIRL and THIS BED WE MADE.
MENTALITY AND HOMOSEXUALITY
(1937)
First printing of this psychology book written with the aim of finding and removing the "cause" of homosexuality and gender-nonconformity, owned by a doctor who espoused less harmful practices.
RADIO DAY IN SOMA CITY
(1971)
Inscribed first edition of Barrett Watten's rare first book (one of just 75 copies) that helped launch L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry.
REALMS OF THE UNREAL: The Work of Henry Darger
(1977)
Scarce exhibition catalogue from the groundbreaking first show of Darger's previously unknown works.
