Search Results: Authors starting with R from Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix

np: np, [196-]. Very good.. Brief comic discussing science from a radical-left perspective,with the only authorial information being the name Bob Maier on final leaf. As the former collector notes on front, Bob Maier also contributed to a 1968 issue of the anarchist/situationist magazine BLACK & RED, published in Kalamazoo, MI by Fredy Perlman and others. The comic consists of pictures of scientists, with Marxian speech bubbles added; e.g. "If a scientist is to be a good observer, one must observe reality - never, never change reality. Changing reality must be left to the 'experts,' i.e., AUTHORITY." Scarce; OCLC finds two copies: one at Michigan State, and another at Northwestern. Wraps. 8vo. Unbound self wraps - two folded sheets. Very good. Moderate toning, surface creasing, and handling wear. Collector's penciled notations to front cover. Else clean and unmarked. [8] pp.

[Various], 1960. A large and diverse collection of amateur radio cards assembled by Royce A. Fish (call letters W3HEQ) of Rockville MD, broadcast engineer for CBS News and President of I.B.E.W Local 1200. As amateur radio developed, QSL card collecting became an important part of the ham radio culture, used to confirm contact between stations and operators. Cards from distant locations were exchanged and often used to decorate the walls of one's station. Production of QSL cards ranged from a DIY affair to professionally printed photographic cards, commonly showing the operator at his station (almost always a he, almost always the sort of pasty guy you would imagine). The cards show trends in graphic design, new printing technologies, even geopolitical developments. Particularly interesting in this collection are a large group of cards from Soviet block countries. Cards in this collection come from Czechoslovakia, Belarus, Poland, Yugoslavia and other Soviet republics, where amateur radio broadcasters… Read More

Burlington: Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, 2011. First edition. Near fine.. Signed catalogue for the 2011 exhibition of the same name. Contains an essay on Raftery's work. Illustrated throughout with B&W reproductions of selected works from the exhibition. Rather scarce. 10.5'' x 8''. Perfect bound pictorial wrappers. 36 pages. Signed by Raftery on the title page. Trace shelfwear. Else clean, bright, sharp, and sound.

Chicago: Modern Poetry Association, 1956. First Edition. Very Good +.. An uncommonly strong issue with O'Hara contributing "For James Dean," four poems by Merwin, and early work from Carruth and Kinnell. Paperback. 8vo. Original wraps. Touches fading at edges, a couple of small stray pen marks to cover. Else clean and sound throughout. VG+ overall.

Adelaide: Experimental Art Foundation, 1979. First Edition. Very good.. Documentation of Ramsay's performance pieces and installations, presented to "permit the suggestion that some proposals may in fact be actual works of art, rather than documentation." Contents include: Read, Peanuts, The Swing, Of Voice to Sand, Eureka, and At Home. With comments by Paul Williams. Wraps. 8vo. Stapled wraps. Wraps toned and moderately shelfworn; pages clean. Very good. 82pp.

Gloucester, MA: Bezoar, 1977. First Edition. Very good.. Issue of the periodical BEZOAR, featuring work by Elaine Randell, Tim Reynolds, and Larry Eigner. Bezoar was issued between 1975 and 1981 by a number of editors including Fred Buck, Thorpe Feidt and Paul Kahn in a number of different formats and iterations. This issue was mailed to DC poet Doug Lang. [Clay and Phillips, 265]. Wraps. 4to. Six leaves stapled at top left corner. Very good. Folded for mailing with moderate toning and edgewear; else clean and bright.

(Washington, D.C.): Edge Books, 2007. First Edition. Near fine.. First printing of this late collection by the renowed British poet, with a nice association to Lang, the D.C. Language poet. Wraps. 8vo. Perfect-bound wraps. Near fine. ASSOCATION COPY, INSCRIBED by Raworth to poet Doug Lang at half title: "For Doug / groupingly - / love - Tom / D.C. March 8th 2007." Trivial rubbing to wraps; clean, sharp throughout. 43pp.

New York: Cape Goliard Press/Grossman, 1969. Second edition. Very good +.. Second edition of this book of verse by the English poet, illustrated throughout by Barry Hall. Hardcover. Small 4to. Gold/black cloth with gilt stamped title to spine. Very good plus. Mild foxing to top edge, and remainder mark (red marker) to fore-edge. Small bump to boards at fore edge. Interior bright, clean throughout. Good and sound. [50] pp.

Chicago: Swallow Press / Ohio University Press, 1981. First Edition. Near fine in a very good jacket.. Anthology of poems originally published in NEW LETTERS magazine, with an impressive list of authors: Robert Bly, Anselm Hollo, William Carlos Williams, Galway Kinnell, Denise Levertov, Philip Levine, and Gerard Malanga (to name a few). From the collection of contributor John Calvin Rezmerski. Hardcover. 8vo. Red cloth in original dust jacket. Near fine in very good DJ. Review copy with slip laid in. Light wear and small chips along jacket edges. Trace rubbing to boards' edges. Interior clean, bright throughout. 259pp.

Berkeley: Ishmael Reed Publishing Co, 1990. First edition. Very good plus.. Signed copy of Reed's Berkeley-based literary magazine, featuring in this issue Amiri Baraka, Frank Chin, Thulani Davis, J.J. Phillips, Priscilla Lee, Anna Chupa, Diane Weathers, Karla Brundage, Danny Romero, and others. Original saddle-stapled wrappers. Inscribed by Reed on front cover. Moderate edgewear, corners lightly scuffed, touches of soil. 36 pages.

Berkeley: Ishmael Reed Publishing Co, 1990. First edition. Very good plus.. Second issue, featuring an interview with William Melvin Kelley by Reed and Quincy Troupe; Frank Chin on Amy Tan, David Hwang, and Maxine Hong Kingston; Cecil Brown on Driving Miss Daisy; poetry by Patricia Jones, E. Ethelbert Miller, and J.J. Phillips; and essays and short fiction by Jennifer Elstad, Jane Churchon, Mike Brodsky, Elizabeth Marie Kim, and C.J. Wallia. Original saddle-stapled wraps. Signed by Reed on front cover. Moderate edgewear, corners lightly scuffed, touches of soil. 36 pages.

New York: Bee-Line Books, Inc, 1972. First Edition. Very good.. Sleaze erotica, set on safari in "THE TROPIC OF SEX" "A Stag Book." Bee Line Book #5120T. Wraps. Mass market paperback. Color photographic wraps. Moderate wear and creasing to wraps; faint soil to back cover. Minor foxing to inside covers. Very good. 155 pages.

(Hagersten): (Vargens Forlag), 1974. Near fine.. Original issue of this eclectic and colorful arts review with contributions by J.O. Mallander, Olle Granath, Kjell Alinge, and Harry Schein, and excerpted texts by R.D. Laing, Raoul Hausmann, and Kenneth Patchen. Formerly owned by Izzy Young, an important figure in the 1960s NYC folk music scene. Wraps. 4to. Side stapled wraps. Text in Swedish. Trace soil to wraps. Former owner's name written on final leaf. Overall, quite clean and sharp. Interior crisp, bright throughout. Unpaginated.

Atlanta: Southern Regional Council, 1964. First Edition. Very good +.. 20th anniversary issue of the monthly magazine of the Southern Regional Council. Content focuses on the founding of the organization and significant events during its first two decades. An influential magazine of the civil rights movement, surviving issues uncommon. 32pp. Wraps. 8vo. Printed stapled card wraps. Mild toning to front. Otherwise clean, sharp, unmarked.

(London): n.p., 1976. First Edition. Very good.. Original flyer from a series of dates that would help define the legendary and infamous band. Beginning in 1976, The Sex Pistols' took up Tuesday night residency at the 100 Club (a venue better known until then for jazz), gigs that would be pivotal for the band. As Jon Savage has written in his definitive ENGLAND'S DREAMING: "In the intimate setting of the 100 Club, the group could relax enough to take risks with their material and their performances. There they began to master their equipment, using the acoustics of the small club to experiment with overload, feedback and distortion. Electric amplification had provided much of the excitement of early Rock'n'Roll: pushing their equipment to the limit [...] the Sex Pistols twisted their limited repertoire into a noise as futuristic as their rhetoric" (177). The club also served as location for the famed 100 Club Punk Special, a two-day festival featuring the Pistols, The Damned, The Buzzcocks, The… Read More

New York: Folklore Press, 1967. First Edition. Near fine.. First printing of Reinhold's first book, printed by Izzy Young at the Folklore Center, from an edition of 250. Uncommon, with only a handful located in OCLC. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled in photographic wraps. Wraps suffer minor edgewear and toning. Interior bright and clean. Near fine.

Grandville, MI: Nada Press, 1981. First Edition. Very good +.. Issue of this Michigan poetry magazine. Other contributors: David Cope, Benjamin Gleisser, Rich Murphy, and David Montgomery. Wraps. 4to. Side-stapled pictorial wraps. Very good plus. Touches of foxing to covers. Interior bright, clean. Good and sound. 33pp.

Paris: Yeo, 1992. First Edition. Near fine.. An erotic chapbook livre-de-artiste pairing Reut's poem with Cousinier's art. Rare. OCLC located just one location, at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France. Wraps. Small 8vo. Original plain wrappers in glassine jacket with pasted title label - all as issued. Includes original pen-and-ink drawing by Cousinier as frontis. Near fine overall. Some toning to wraps and glassine. Small bump at corner. Else clean and sharp. From a limited edition of 30 copies, this copy marked "HC," one of an unspecified number of out-of-series hors-de-commerce examples "reserves a l'auteur, a l'artiste et aux collaborateurs." SIGNED by both poet and artist to colophon, as called for. This copy additionally warmly INSCRIBED to early prelim by Cousinier with a small original abstract watercolor.

Binghamton, NY, 1975. First Edition. Very Good +.. First edition of this debut verse collection from this well-respected poet. Scarce in the signed limited edition. Paperback. 8vo. Wraps. Very good plus. Mild rubbing, touches of shelfsoil. Else bright and tight. 1 of 100 numbered copies signed by author Revell, this number 55.

Seattle, WA: Body Press, 1964. First Edition. Very good.. Second issue of this scarce little poetry magazine, from the poet, translator and longtime Portland fixture Carlos Reyes. This issue features work from Judson Crews, John Weiners and others, and a translation of Arthur Rimbaud. Wraps. 8vo. Side-stapled in wraps. Slight wear to edges and some creasing near staples. Rear wrap rubbed. Library stamps at front wrap and title page. Interior clean and bright. Very good. 32 pp.