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Luxembourg: 1977-1981. Ed. Marcello Angioni, with corresponding editors Franco Beltrametti & Harry Hoogstraten. Wrps. Contributors include John Giorno; Joe Brainard; Julien Blaine; Michael Gibbs; Ulises Carrión; Jack Hirschman; Adriano Spatola; Anne Waldman; Philip Whalen; Steve Lacy; Carl Weissner; Susanne Hahn; Charles Plymell; Steve McCaffery; Richard Kostelanetz; Joanne Kyger; Blaise Cendrars;... more
NY: 0 to 9 Books, 1968. First edition. 4to. Slim wrps., mimeographed, stapled. Unpaginated. Acconci's typographically-arranged poems, some incorporating pages from the New York City telephone directory, which prefigure his later performative experiments with language. The first of five book publications by the 0 to 9 Press, an offshoot of... more
(Paris: nd.). Edited by Jochen Gerz & Jean-François Bory. Quarto printed sleeve containing 4 b/w prints, each measuring 63x46cm. and folded three times, reproducing visual poems by Gerz, Bory, Julien Blaine, and Pierre Garnier. Contents Fine, sleeve slightly worn. ... more
Malmö: Konsthall, 1978. Ex-cat. 8vo. Wrps., 200pp. Profusely illustrated throughout. Foreword by Eje Högestätt. Bi-lingual Swedish-French text. Superb survey of visual poetics, with reproductions of works by Apollinaire; El Lissitzky; Rodchenko; Emmett Williams; Jirí Kolár; Raoul Hausmann; John Furnival; Tom Phillips; Kurt Schwitters; Dom Sylvester Houédard; Ian Hamilton Finlay; Jørgen... more
(Genova: Edizioni AE, 1965. Ed. Martino Oberto (OM), Anna Oberto and Ugo Carrega. Three octavo booklets (24pp., 27pp., and 70pp.), contained in a folded paper sheet printed in red and black, with a clear plastic outer dustwrapper. Tri-lingual Italian/French/English texts. Besides the editors, contributors to this typographically interesting journal of... more
(Genova: Edizioni AE, 1965. Ed. Martino Oberto (OM), Anna Oberto, Ugo Carrega, and Felice Accame. Three octavo booklets (8pp., 14pp., and 40pp.) along with several single leaves (bulletins) and a folded broadside ("Anaexplosion"), contained in a folded paper sheet printed in red and black, with a clear plastic outer dustwrapper.... more
(London: Arts Together/Writers Forum, February 1961-March 1966). Wrps., 28pp. (#2&3), 30pp. (#4). Ed. John Rowan & Bob Cobbing. And magazine first appeared in 1954 with the sub-title Hendon Arts Review, and thereafter it was published infrequently and irregularly. Contributors to these three issues include Gerda Mayer; Anselm Hollo; Ernst Jandl;... more
(London: The Sarum Press, Jan. 1977). Sm. 8vo. Wrps., unpaginated. Cover by Martin Fidler. Poems by Simon Cutts, Anne Gardner, and Thomas Meyer; "Deuteronomy" by Stephen Duncalf. Fine. ... more
Sherborne, Dorset: South Street Publications, 1968. Oblong 8vo. Wrps., bound with blue plastic clasp, 56pp. Fully illustrated, letterpress and litho. Ed. Charles Verey. Cover and introduction by Dom Sylvester Houédard. The catalogue for (and extension to) Arlington Quadro, the 1968 expo of British/Portuguese experimental poetry. Contains work by E. M.... more
Catalogue to the exhibition of concrete, intermedia and related work held at Arlington Mill, Bibury, Gloucestershire, July-Sept. 1966, organised by Ken Cox, John Furnival, Dom Sylvester Houédard and Charles Verey. Sq. 8vo. Wrps., bound with a red plastic clasp, 84pp. Fully illustrated. Introduction by dsh. The participants, some of whose... more
Np: Sub Rosa, nd. CD audio-recording (SR195). Dadaist sound poetry featuring recordings of Arp (1961), Schwitters (1932), and Hausmann (1956-1957), as well as an interview with the Lettristes. Booklet features an introductory text by Marc Dachy. Fine. ... more
London: A&D, 1995. Lge. 4to. Wrps., 96pp. Ed. Nicholas Zurbrugg. Illustrated in colour throughout. Contributors include Kathy Acker; Ken Friedman; John Giorno; and interviewees John Cage, Henri Chopin, Bob Cobbing, and Ian Hamilton Finlay. Near Fine. ... more
(Stuttgart): Intercord Tonträger GmbH, 1975. LP record (26 551-2 H). The Viennese experimental writer reading from his own work, recorded at ORF-Studio, Salzburg, February 3, 1975. Artmann co-founded the Wiener Gruppe of avant-garde poets with Gerhard Rühm, Konrad Bayer, Friedrich Achleitner and Oswald Wiener in 1952. Near Mint in sleeve.... more
London: Coracle Press, 1981. First edition. 16mo. Wrps., with die-cut front cover. Fine. ... more
incl. discussion of the work of Ian Hamilton Finlay, and Ilse and Pierre Garnier, among others. Also: "The Groupe Recherche d'Art Visuel, Paris: Texts 1960-1965" (18pp., illus.), edited and translated by Reg Gadney and Stephen Bann. Very Good plus. ... more
East Markham, Notts.: Tarasque Press, nd. (c. 1980). First edition. 16mo. Wrps. One of 250 copies. Fine. ... more
Torino: Edizioni Geiger, 1971. 8vo. Wrps., 60pp. A (one-shot?) multi-lingual poetry magazine, named after the cliffs of Monte Generoso in Switzerland. Features work by, among others, Adriano Spatola; James Koller; Urban Gwerder; Liliane Lijn; Harry Hoogstraten; Lew Welch; Allen Ginsberg; and Han Shan/Gary Snyder. Near Fine. ... more
London: ICA, Oct. 1965. Comb-bound printed card wrps. 84pp. Catalogue to this seminal exhibition, curated by Jasia Reichardt, featuring the work of Pierre Albert-Birot; Claus Bremer; Henri Chopin; Bob Cobbing; Ken Cox; Ian Hamilton Finlay; John Furnival; Pierre Garnier; Eugen Gomringer; Raoul Hausmann; Bernard Heidsieck; dsh; Ernst Jandl; Jirí Kolár;... more
(Canada): See/Hear Productions, nd. (1968). LP record (ST-55850). Photo-collage sleeve design. Two prints featuring b/w drawings by Bissett loosely inserted, as issued. Lyrics/vocals by Bissett, accompanied by experimental rock group The Mandan Massacre (flute, guitar, keyboards, percussion, and tape loops), who are illustrated on the sleeve along with Bissett. Sleeve... more
London: Writers Forum, 1973. First edition. Stapled A5 wrappers, folded Japanese style. Cover by the author. Near Fine. ... more
Paris: Les Carnets de L'Octeor, 1966. First edition. Sq. 8vo. Loose sheets (some folded to make 4pp.), contained in printed cream card folder. One of 400 numbered copies. The author's first book, this copy signed and inscribed by him on the title page (and with his name/address written out inside... more
Paris: Editions Galérie Denise Davy, nd. (1968). Sm. Sq. 8vo. Wrps. Illustrations and text printed on red and cream paper, with circular die-cut windows throughout showing multiple layers. The author's second book. Near Fine. ... more
(Sherborne, Dorset: South Street Publications, nd. [1968?]). Wrps., 12pp. Ed. Thomas A. Clark. Contributors incl. Charles Verey; Edwin Morgan; dsh; and the editor. Minor edge-creasing. Near Fine. ... more
Np: Contexte, nd. (1967). First edition. Oblong 18mo. Unpaginated. The author's first book. Reading crease to spine, o/w Very Good plus. ... more
Paris: Eric Losfeld Editeur, 1970. First edition. 8vo. Wrps., unpaginated. Profusely illustrated. A classic collection documenting Bory's evolution away from purely verbal texts into more visual work. Lettering on spine slightly faded, o/w a Very Good plus copy. ... more
Brescia: Studio Brescia, 1972. First edition. 16mo. Wrps., 16pp. Ten b/w illustrations. Texts (in Italian) by Rossana Apicella, Giovanni Lista, and Jean-François Bory. Near Fine. ... more
Stuttgart: Edition Hansjörg Mayer, 1966. Futura 8. Broadside (63x48cm.), folded. Bremer's "engaged text", encouraging the reader to make his/her own interpretation. Slightly age-toned and lightly creased. Very Good. ... more
Glücksberg/Hamburg/Paris/New York: Petersen Press, 1962. First edition. 4to. Stapled wrps., with an additional outer wrapper of purple card. One of 40 numbered copies. A collection of poems (incl. phonetic), accompanied by abstract drawings. Bryen's first book of poetry, "Opopanax", was published in 1927, and after collaborating with Raoul Ubac and... more
Cullompton, Devon: Beau Geste Press, 1973. First edition. Wrps., 86pp. Printed offset by Felipe Ehrenberg in different colour inks on Huntsman white cartridge. One of 400 softcover copies (there was also a deluxe issue). A sequence of 25 'Arguments' employing the repetition of various names spatially arranged on the page... more
(Paris): Revue OU Cinquiéme Saison, 1966. Printed stiff card folder containing four loose posters/prints by Castro, Julien Blaine, Cozette de Charmoy, and Jacques Spacagna. The first measures 25x72cm. (unfolded), the other three each measure 25x50cm. (unfolded). Printed in Portugal under the technical guidance of José Alberto Gomes. Creasing to the... more
London: Tangent Records, 1971. LP record (TGS 106). Recordings made in 1968/69: "New Departure for Phases and J. Petithory"; "La Peur (first movement)"; and "Pluralité 1.1.1.1.". Sleeve notes print a brief history of sound poetry, with a 5-line quote from William Burroughs. Near Mint in sleeve. ... more
München: Edition S Press, 1972. Audio cassette (S Press 09). 18min. Printed inlay sheet. Recordings made by Chopin in August and September 1971. Near Fine in box. ... more
Ingatestone, Essex: Collection OU#5, 1975. First edition. 4to. Wrps. English section translated by Jean Chopin. Includes numerous reproductions of Henri Chopin's visual work reproduced in red, grey, and purple inks. One of 500 numbered copies from a total edition of 550. Fine. ... more
London: Ruby Editions (Larry Wallrich), 1975. Printed card wrps. Edition limited to 360 copies, this being one of the deluxe edition of 40 copies numbered and signed by the author. Includes a loosely inserted silkscreen print (25x20cm.), also numbered and signed by Chopin (a witty design consisting of the repeated... more
(14.8x18cm.). Np. (Ivry-sur-Seine): Rougier Atelier d'art L.P. Edition livres d'artistes, nd. (1990s). Each stamp measures 2.5x2cm., with gummed verso, and prints a design in black and blue, with the artist's name and publisher in a tiny font in the margin. Fine. ... more
(Berlin): Tochnit Aleph, 2007. LP record (TA 073). Produced and recorded by Henri Chopin, November 2003-January 2004. Inner sleeve photo of Chopin by Florence Gonot-Yterce. Limited edition of 491 copies. Mint in sleeve (partial split to upper seam). ... more
London: Whitechapel Art Gallery/Ideas Gallery, 1974. Ex-cat. 4to. Signed by Chopin. Single sheet folded to make 4pp. + single sheet insert printed on both sides listing details of the works included in the exhibition. Prints three photos of Chopin and reproductions of three works, along with a brief biography, bibliography,... more
(Sceaux: Winter 1961/Spring 1962). Sq. 8vo. Wrps., 64pp., illustrated, with a pocket inside the lower wrapper containing a 7" vinyl single featuring recordings of poems by Gérard Murail ("Flûtes de sang") read by Françoise Golea and the author. Front cover art by Luc Peire and Henri Chopin. Signed by Henri... more
(Ingatestone, Essex: Feb. 1970). Double issue of Chopin's Revue OU. Various inserts contained in printed gatefold card folder (27x26cm.), supported by two wooden blocks. Mounted red plastic relief by Gianni Bertini on front cover. Inserts include a 10" vinyl 331/3rpm record featuring sound poetry and electronic music recordings by Ladislav... more
(Ingatestone, Essex: Feb. 1971). Double issue of Chopin's Revue OU. Various inserts contained in printed gatefold card folder (27x26cm.), supported by two wooden blocks. Inserts include a 10" vinyl 331/3rpm record featuring sound poetry by Henri Chopin, Bengt Emil Johnson, Sten Hanson, and Jacques Bekaert, together with original poster graphics/texts... more
(Ingatestone, Essex: March 1972). Double issue of Chopin's Revue OU. Various inserts contained in printed gatefold card folder (28x26cm.), supported by two wooden blocks. Mounted black plastic relief ("Portrait of Ernest") by Hansjörg Gisiger on front cover. Inserts include a 10" vinyl 331/3rpm record featuring audio-poems and readings by William... more
Ingatestone, Essex: March 1972. 10" LP record featuring audio-poems and readings by William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Henri Chopin, Bernard Heidsieck, and J. A. da Silva. Most were issued with the complete periodical; this is one of approximately 75 copies released separately. Mint in cellophane inner sleeve (short split) and plain... more
(Ingatestone, Essex: 1974). Triple (and final) issue of Chopin's Revue OU. Various inserts contained in a printed gatefold card folder (27x26cm.), supported by two wooden blocks, housed inside a wooden slipcase covered in red cloth and lined with marbled paper. Cover design by Axel Knipschild. One of 10 copies (from... more
Ingatestone, Essex: 1974. 10" LP record featuring readings by William Burroughs, Åke Hodell, Charles Amirkhanian, Ladislav Novák, Arthur Rimbaud, and Henri Chopin. Originally issued as part of Revue OU, this is one of a few copies released separately by Chopin. Disc Mint in cellophane sleeve (slightly torn) and outer plain... more
Gillingham, Kent: Arc Publications, 1974. First edition. Stapled wrps. Fine. ... more
Np. (Nailsworth, Glos.): Moschatel Press, nd. First edition. Twelve loose leaves printed with drawings and short texts, in a folding brown card sleeve. Fine. ... more
London: South Street Publications, 1971. First edition. 4to. Wrps., unpaginated (16pp.). B/w illustrations. One of 150 numbered copies from a total edition of 300. Near Fine. ... more
London: Writers Forum Poets Number 7, January 1965. First edition. Silkscreened wrps., designed by the author, (28pp., duplic.). The first book dedicated solely to Cobbing's own work (he co-authored "The Massacre of the Innocents" with John Rowan, 1963). Cobbing performed the poems at one of the regular readings held at... more
London: Writers Forum (WFF6), 1969. First edition. Five 21cm. sq. cards plus introduction contained in manila envelope, with printed pink label. This work was prepared as a score for tape-poem made for the second Stockholm festival of Text-Sound compositions. One of 75 unsigned copies from a total edition of 100.... more
London: Writers Forum (1970), 3rd edition, December 1972 (not stated). Tall narrow 8vo. Wrps., duplic., stapled. Consists of 250 suggested titles for a projected book from Vertigo Press, accompanied by typestracts. Inscribed inside the back cover "Xmas Greetings Love Bob" and signed again in full. Near Fine. ... more
Sunderland: Ceolfrith Press, nd. (c. 1969/70). 4to. Artist's box, with printed fluorescent green paper label, containing 32 printed loose sheets designed by Crozier, featuring drawings incorporating words and text. One of 25 numbered and signed copies (from a total edition of 350 copies) containing an original work by the artist.... more
London: Coracle Press, 1981. First edition. 16mo. Wrps. (16pp.), sewn with ribbon-tie. Printed letterpress in two colours. One of 300 numbered copies signed by the author. Fine. ... more
London: Coracle Press, 1982. First edition. 16mo. Folder made from cloth boards with sewn signature laid in (16pp.). One of 200 numbered copies. Printed letterpress in two colours. Fine. ... more
Consists of 8 poem cards (11x8cm.), printed in blue, loosely enclosed in a blue card folder, stating "line Sails was written by Simon Cutts and originally published by Gallery Number Ten, London, 1969." Fine. ... more
Ingatestone, Essex: Collection OU no.4, 1974. First edition. 4to. Wrps. (unpaginated). Texts in English, with French version and layout by Jean Chopin. Includes an essay on de Charmoy by Henri Chopin. One of 500 numbered copies from a total edition of 550. Slight offsetting to upper wrapper, o/w Fine. ... more
Düsseldorf/München: S Press Tonbandverlag, 1977. Audio cassette (S Press 65/66). 44min. Printed inlay sheet. Recordings made between 1967 and 1972. Near Fine in box. ... more
London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1971. LP record (AC 1971). Sleeve made from thick, coated paper with the text of the poems printed inside, contained in a clear plastic outer sleeve. Experiments in Disintegrating Language was the name given to a number of readings by Thomas A. Clark, Neil... more
London: Fulcrum Press, 5th edition 1965 (offset from the first edition, Wild Flounder Press, 1961). 12mo. Wrps. (28pp.). Papercuts by John Picking and Pete McGinn. Fine in dw. (slightly sunned at spine) and outer clear plastic wrapper. ... more
Np. (Nottingham): Tarasque Press, 1968. First edition. Tall 8vo. Blue wrps, with white paper dw. Tissue endpapers. Drawings by Robert Frame. Prints 8 poems, turquoise on white. Near Fine in very lightly soiled dw. ... more
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First edition. 4to. Afterword by Stephen Bann. One of 5 copies hors commerce, this one marked "Publisher's Copy" on the colophon, from an edition of 31 signed copies (26 lettered copies were for sale, 5 copies were not for sale). Handbound in orange cloth... more
(Cambridge: April 1977) - all published. 4to. Pale blue wrps., 80pp. Ed. Paul Johnstone; David Thomas; and Malcolm Williams. Includes "Heroic Emblems" by Finlay, drawn by Ron Costley, with commentaries by Stephen Bann (15pp.). Also: John Stezaker; Tom Raworth; Iain Sinclair; Basil Bunting; Roy Fisher; Andrew Crozier; Fielding Dawson; others.... more
(Belper, Derbyshire: Stuart Mills, 1973). 4to. Pictorial wrps., 8pp. The issue consists of 9 photographs by Stuart Mills of Finlay's home, Stonypath (the name was changed to Little Sparta in 1983). Very Good plus. ... more
London: Victoria Miro, 1986. Sq. 8vo. Wrps. A four-page text by Bann, with no illustrations. Near Fine. ... more
Edinburgh: Reaktion Books, 1985. First edition. 4to. Blue cloth. 246pp. Introductory notes and commentaries by Stephen Bann. Signed and briefly inscribed by Finlay on the front free endpaper. Features more than 370 illustrations, many in colour (including a series of photographs of the Stonypath garden), bringing together a wide range... more
Np. (Lanark): Wild Hawthorn Press, 1981. First edition. 16mo. Plain white wrps., stapled. Near Fine in pictorial dw. ... more
Np. (Dunsyre, Lanark: Wild Hawthorn Press, nd. (1983). Cream-coloured folded card (16x53.5cm., unfolded), lettered in brown, featuring an illustration of a topiary, with insert sheet of grey paper printing an outline version of the illustration and a key to the family name of each tree (eg. Ethel's George, Great-Uncle Albert,... more
Dunsyre, Lanark: Wild Hawthorn Press, nd. Postcard, featuring a b/w photograph by Paterson of a model glider with strings made by Finlay. Very Good plus. ... more
NY: Nolan/Eckman Gallery, 1994. Ex-catalogue, designed by Finlay and Pia Maria Simig. Oblong 16mo. Sewn wrps. Six tipped-in plates of photographs by Antonia Reeve of Purbeck Portland stones carved by Stirling with texts by Finlay. Commentary by Siegfried Blasche. One of 250 copies. Fine. ... more
(Sherborne, Dorset): South Street Publications, nd. (1968?). Large printed portfolio, stitched, containing 5 broadside posters, offset litho, b/w & colour, each measuring 55.5x43.5cm. Ken Cox (" Space-time poster"); Dom Sylvester Houédard ("Semaine euclidienne franco-britannique"); Thomas A. Clark ("Mantra"); Charles Verey ("Enfin le monde"); and Andrew Lloyd ("10th dolphin transmission"). Slight... more
(Cambridge: December 1966). Ed. Philip Steadman, Mike Weaver, and Stephen Bann. Sq. 8vo. 30pp., illustrated. Contains "Poems" by Ian Hamilton Finlay (2pp.); "Phonic poetry" by Ernst Jandl, Paul de Vree, and Kenneth Robinson (5pp.). Also: texts by Charles Biederman (including a note by Victor Pasmore); El Lissitzky; Robert Pinget; Hans... more
(Cambridge: April 1967). Ed. Philip Steadman, Mike Weaver, and Stephen Bann. Sq. 8vo. 30pp., illustrated. This issue was published to coincide with the Brighton Festival Exhibition of Concrete Poetry, directed by Stephen Bann, and includes exhibition notes and a map along with a text on the early years of concrete... more
Toronto: Starborne Productions, nd. (1977). LP record (STB-0177). Live recordings of the Four Horsemen (Rafael Barreto-Rivera, Paul Dutton, Steve McCaffery, and bp Nichol) at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg and the Western Front in Vancouver from February 1974. Sleeve notes by Paul Dutton, with blurbs by Dick Higgins and... more
(Woodchester, Gloucestershire): Openings Press, nd. (c. 1970). Poster, b/w, offset litho, 50.5x44.4cm. A reproduction of John Furnival's free standing screen of three panels of the same title done in 1968/69. Unlimited edition. Faint handling creases, o/w Near Fine. ... more
Sunderland: Ceolfrith Press, 1971. Folio. Wrps., with printed cover design by Furnival. Staple bound, 16pp., tissue guard endpapers, with inserts loosely contained in pocket inside lower wrapper. Published on the occasion of the John Furnival Retrospective Exhibition held at the Laing Art Gallery, Sunderland, Nov.-Dec. 1971, featuring a catalogue for... more
London: The British Library, 2005. First edition. 4to. 160pp. Illustrated throughout, incl. some plates in colour. Charts the development of Futurist typography, with chapters on the French precursors (Apollinaire, Albert-Birot), the artist-poets in Russia (Kruchenykh, V. Khlebnikov, Zdanevich), and Dada (Hausmann, Tzara, Schwitters), and detailed studies of Futurist publications (Zang... more
Np: LTM Publishing, 2000. CD audio-recording (LTMCD2301), approx. 63min. Original recordings by Guillaume Apollinaire; Jean Cocteau; Marcel Duchamp; Luigi Grandi; Richard Huelsenbeck; Marcel Janco; Wyndham Lewis; Filippo Tommaso Marinetti; Antonio Russolo; Kurt Schwitters; and Tristan Tzara. Illustrated booklet, with notes composed by James Neiss and Paul Hammond, based on source... more
Single illustrated sheet folded to make leaflet. Includes list of previous performances by Anna Banana & Dadaland. Together with: gestetnered programme from a London performance on the 1978 tour, and "Bananology?", an illustrated single sheet folded once, featuring programme info for a performance by A. Banana, with biography, etc. Near... more
Np. (Nottingham): Tarasque Press, 1970. First edition. Oblong 16mo. Plain white wrps. with printed cream dw. Poems by Ian Hamilton Finlay, Stuart Mills, and Simon Cutts "visualised by Ian Gardner", colour silkscreened. Signed and briefly incribed by Gardner. Light soiling to dw., staples rusted, o/w Very Good plus. ... more
Np. (Bradford): Blue Tunnel, nd. (1972?). Narrow 16mo. Sewn wrps. Drawings by Martin Fidler. Signed and briefly inscribed by the author. Cream wrappers lightly dust-soiled, o/w Very Good plus. ... more
Np.: privately printed, nd. Plain red wrappers, stapled and tape strengthened at spine. Oblong 24mo. 28pp., printed on rectos only. One of 50 numbered copies (#15), designed by R. Pearson. Near Fine. ... more
Np. (Bradford): Blue Tunnel, 1974. First edition. 4to. Wrps., loose sheets bound by a plastic clip at spine. Essays by Simon Cutts, Edward Lucie Smith, and Jonathan Williams. Light soiling and age-toning to buff card wrappers, o/w Near Fine. ... more
Paris: Éditions André Silvaire (Les lettres 8ème série Numéro 29), 1963. 8vo. Cream portfolio printed in black and red containing two unbound sections, 16pp. and XVIpp. (complete). Garnier has written out his name/address at the foot of the title/first page, and at the top signed and inscribed it (dated "Fevrier... more
Paris: Éditions André Silvaire (Les lettres 8ème série Numéro 30), 1963. 8vo. Cream portfolio printed in black and red containing unbound sheets, 28pp. Prints Garnier's second manifesto, along with his "Calendrier - poemes visuelles". Also: Franz Mon (extracts from "Artikulationen"); Henri Chopin ("Les Mutations Poétiques"). An important collection of statements... more
Stuttgart: Max Bense & Elisabeth Walther (Rot 15), 1964. Wrps., 15x15cm. Very Good plus. ... more
Exeter: Kontexts Publications, 1972. Printed wrps., stapled. 4to. Unpaginated. Contributors include William Burroughs ("Abstract"), who has signed this copy at his contribution; Harold Norse; Brion Gysin; Allen Ginsberg; Mary Beach; Jan Herman; Carl Weissner; Jürgen Ploog; Claude Pélieu; Bob Kaufman; Tuli Kupferberg; Charles Plymell (mailing envelope addressed to him from... more
Frauenfeld: Eugen Gomringer Press, nd. (1963). First edition. Sq. 8vo. Wrps. (unpaginated). The Bolivian-born Swiss poet's collected constellations, the first sections of which were published in 1953. Damage and some loss to surface of upper wrapper, o/w Very Good. ... more
NY: Something Else Press, 1968. First English-language edition. Translated and edited by Jerome Rothenberg, who has signed and inscribed this copy to Bob Wilson (of the Phoenix Bookstore, New York), dated 1968. Near Fine in dw. (short, closed tear to crown of spine). ... more
London: Writers Forum & Pirate Press, nd. (1974). 4to. Stapled wrps., 12pp., made up of four A4 sheets and three folded A3 sheets. Visual texts by Sean O'Huigin. Very Good plus. ... more
(Toronto: Ganglia Press, March 1969). Ed. bp Nichol. 4to. 29 sheets, duplicated, stapled, loosely contained within an outer red card wrapper featuring a photo-collage on the front and a photo of a human skeleton on the back. This issue devoted to "Motion/Pictures" by david uu (aka David W. Harris), illustrated... more
(Toronto: Ganglia Press, no date). Ed. bp Nichol. 4to. 3 sheets, duplic., stapled. This issue solely devoted to work by Steve McCaffery. Minor handling wear, o/w Near Fine. ... more
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1973. First edition. Cloth. 614pp. Contains sections devoted to "Metapoetry: The Poetry of Changes", "Language Happenings", "Found Poetry", and "The Poetry of Survival". Enormous number of contributors, including John Cage; Jackson Mac Low; Lorine Niedecker; Louis Zukofsky; George Brecht; Robert Filliou; Ian Hamilton Finlay; Dick Higgins;... more
London: Writers Forum Quartos Number Two, 1966. First edition. 4to. Duplicated sheets, stapled, incl. lithographic prints. Edited by Bob Cobbing (who also designed the cover and endpapers); introduction by John Rowan. Issued at the time of Group H's thirty-sixth exhibition held at the Drian Galleries in October 1966, and including... more
Therwil, Switzerland: Hat Hut Records, 1982. 12" 45rpm record (Hat Musics 3504). Audio-poems read by Gysin, dedicated variously to William Burroughs, Keith Richards, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg, John Giorno, Mick Jagger, and others, with musical accompaniment by Ramuntcho Matta, African musicians, and Don Cherry. The centre... more
Milano: Alga Marghen, 1997. LP record (8vocson021). Recordings made in 1958 (stated, though possibly later) at the Beat Hotel, Paris, on a UHER 4400 tape recorder. Front cover reproduces a detail from "RollerPoem"; back cover reproduces a photo of Gysin by François Lagarde and a text from 1963 by Gysin.... more
Cambridge: The Blackmoor Head Press/Collection OU, 1970. First edition. Sm. folio. Bi-lingual French/English text (translation by Jean Chopin). Hausmann's last published work, containing a series of articles written between 1920 and 1970, including his important essay, "Optophonetics" (1922). From a total edition of 440 copies, this is number 40 of... more
Cambridge: The Blackmoor Head Press/Collection OU, 1970. First edition, trade edition in wrappers. 4to. 69pp. One of 400 numbered copies. Near Fine. ... more
München: S Press Tonbandverlag, 1978. Audio cassette (S Press 02). 51min. Printed inlay sheet. Phonèmes recorded by Henri Chopin (1956-57); a soundreel and "Interview Avec Les Lettristes" recorded by Bureau Limoges (1959); and "R.L.Q.S. Varie En 3 Cascades" recorded by Henri Chopin in Limoges (May, 1966). Near Fine in box.... more
Np. (Ingatestone, Essex): Collection OU, 1973. First edition. 4to. Printed white wrappers (93pp.). One of 500 numbered copies from a total edition of 550. Prints Heidsieck's poèmes-partitions dating from 1958 and 1961, short poem-scores that he used as cues for his live performances. Contains a 7" 331/3rpm flexi-disc inserted into... more
