Search Results: Titles starting with L from Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix

Paris: Librairie Artheme Fayard, 1950. Very good.. Attractive copy of this later printing of Gide's novel, originally published in 1909. From Fayard's "Le Livre de Demain" series with red and black woodcut chapter headings. 189pp. Wraps. 8vo. Printed wraps. Mild handling wear, toning. Overall sound, clean.

Paris: Area, 1999. First Edition. Text (in French) by Furlan, illustrated with two color plages and black and white drawings throughout by Cousinier. Limited edition also includes an original signed illustration. Association copy warmly inscribed by both author and artist to folklorist Diane Wolkstein. 8vo. Pale lavender wraps in original glassine jacket. INSCRIBED by both Furlan (in French) and Cousinier (in English) on half-title and ffep, respectively. Limited edition of 40, this copy numbered EA / 9/10. SIGNED by both author and artist at colophon. Very faint spotting to pp. 27 and 29. Near fine. 29pp.

(Clinton, NY): (Nobodaddy Press), 1976. First Edition. Very good.. Poem by Frank, issued as "the seventh in a series of poetry broadsheets. . in a limited edition of 500 copies," edited by David Lehman. 8vo. Single broadsheet printed recto/verso, folded twice into three panels. Very good, showing light yellowing and some creasing to all panels, but clean. [4] pp.

Milan: Baldini & Castoldi, 1969. First Edition. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First printing, with 46 black and white photographs and montages by Baranzelli, all depicting an uncredited and unclothed Lady, shadowed by or embedded in forest glades. Images evoke a gentle moodiness: "a dream of love" ("sogno d'amore"), as Chiara's introduction has it. Text in Italian, with a French epigraph by Paul Valery. Hardcover. Folio. Burgundy cloth boards in black and white photographic dust jacket. Very mild edgewear. Pages very faintly toned along edges.

(Barre, MA): (Barre Publishers), 1972. First Edition. Very good.. Inscribed association copy, collecting woodcut renderings of poems selected (and carved) by Hui-Ming, by authors including Charles Simic, Robert Bly, Tomas Transtromer, Diane Ackerson, and others, presented to collaborators at Alternative Press. Wraps. 4to. Printed wraps. Very good. ASSOCIATION COPY. INSCRIBED by Hui-Ming to Ken and Ann Mikolowski of Ann Arbor's Alternative Press (collaborators of Hui-Ming's) with a drawing. Mild toning to corner, trivial edgewear. Interior bright and clean throughout. Good and sound. Unpaginated.

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2003. First Edition. Very good + in a very good jacket.. First printing, illustrated with plates by various photographers, including Ansel Adams, Sally Mann, William Christenberry, Andreas Gursky, and many others. Selected and with accompanying essays by Protzman. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black boards in black and gold photographic dust jacket. Mild edgewear to jacket, with one small closed tear to upper edge. Pages faintly toned. Very good plus in very good jacket. 168pp.

New York, 1982. First Edition. Very good +.. Arguably the most important document to emerge from the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E movement, Andrews and Bernstein's journal published some 16 issues (13 issues proper, plus various supplements, as well as a final volume issued as OPEN LETTER, Fifth Series No, 1) from 1978 through 1982. With its austere production and design (by Bernstein's wife Susan Laufer/Bee), in many ways the clearest expression of the aesthetic and the moment the movement fully matured. Contributors include: Lyn Hejinian, Ray DiPalma, Larry Eigner, Bob Perelman, Ron Silliman, Kathy Acker, Rae Armantrout, Jackson Mac Low, Bernadette Mayer, Rosemary Waldrop, Douglas Messerli, Dick Higgins, Clark Coolidge, Jerome Rothenberg, Barrett Watten, Susan Howe, among many others. With fewer than 200 copies printed for each of the earliest issues, complete runs are quite uncommon. [Clay and Phillips 235]. Wraps. First 16 issues large 8vo. printed stapled self-wrappers. Final volume, 8vo. perfect bound… Read More

New York, 1978. Very good +.. Second issue of arguably the most important document to emerge from the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E movement, Andrews and Bernstein's journal published some 16 issues (13 issues proper, plus various supplements) from 1978 through 1981. With its austere production and design (by Bernstein's wife Susan Laufer/Bee), in many ways the clearest expression of the aesthetic and the moment the movement fully matured. Contributors to this issue include Roland Barthes, Bob Perelman, Ron Silliman, Ted Greenwald, and others. Fewer than 200 copies printed. [Clay and Phillips, 235]. Wraps. Large 8vo. printed stapled self-wrappers. Offset printed. Very good plus. Some toning at extremities. Else clean and sound throughout.

Toronto: Kensington Arts Association, 1975. First Edition. Very good +.. Catalogue for an exhibition curated by Richard Kostelanetz featuring language-based visual art. Reproduces many of the pieces in the show, including works by John Cage, Bill Bissett, George Brecht, bpNichol, Carl Andre, George Maciunas, Emmett Williams, Jackson Mac Low, and Charles Olson. Includes an essay by Kostelanetz titled "Writing Degree Zero." Wraps. 8vo. Perfect bound printed wraps. About very good plus. Light scratches to wraps, mild rubbing. Interior bright, clean throughout. Binding tight. 80pp.

Providence: Burning Deck, 1983. First Edition. Fine in a very good + jacket.. Inscribed first edition of this chapbook from the esteemed Burning Deck Press. Printed from linotype in two colors (black and orange). From an edition of 531 copies. Wraps. Tall 8vo. Plain beige wraps, in matching printed dust jacket. About fine in a very good plus DJ. INSCRIBED by Williams, in the year of publication, at FFEP: "For Peter / again, / Charlie / Jun 24, 1983." Light handling wear, rubbing to jacket. Interior clean throughout. Unpaginated. .

New York: Bruce Silverstein Gallery, 2002. First Edition. Fine.. Catalogue for an exhibition at Bruce Silverstein, collecting black-and-white photographs by Larry Silver. Wraps. Oblong 8vo. Perfect-bound photographic wraps. Fine condition. Sharp and clean. 59pp.

Paris: Arthaud, 1963. First Edition. Very Good in a Very Good jacket.. First edition of this handsome, heavily illustrated production on Chinese art. 4to. Original cloth and dust jacket. Text in French. 152pp. With index and bibliography. Jacket has touches of shelfwear, rubbing. Book just starting at front hinge. Else bright, clean, and sound overall.

Paris: Flammarion, 2002. First Edition. Near fine in a very good + jacket.. First printing, with photographs by Jaques Henri Lartique, selected by Martine d'Astier de la Vigerie, with introduction and commentary by Elisabeth Foch. Black and white plates throughout. In English, published simultaneously with the French-language edition. Hardcover. 4to. Grey boards in black and white dust jacket. One small closed tear to jacket at spine end; shelfwear otherwise minimal. Slight toning to page borders. Near fine in very good plus jacket. 144pp.

México, D. F., Barcelona, Buenos Aires: Editorial Grijalbo, 1978. First edition (stated). Very good plus.. Narrative photobook of the story of boxing great Ruben "El Puas" Olivares. Written in a series of "rounds," journalist Garibay interviews Olivares, romanticizing the boxer's life, fights, and hedonistic exploits. The story is accompanied by numerous photo illustrations, including candid snapshots of Olivares in and out of the ring. The work was later adapted into a movie starring Olivares as himself. OCLC located three holdings. A very scarce and fascinating publication. 8'' x 9''. Original color illustrated wrapper. Fourteen full-page black-and-white illustrations. 46, [2] pages. In Spanish. Light wear to edges; sticker removal to rear cover. Hinges a little tender. Else clean and sound.

New York: W.W. Norton, 2000. Very good in a very good jacket.. First edition of this collection of poems that immediately follwed Stern's National Book Award. Hardcover. 8vo. Publisher's boards in original dust jacket. Very mild wear at edges and shelf wear. Interior bright and clean. Tight. Near fine. 112pp.

Carmel, CA: Center for Photographic Art, 1997. Near fine in a near fine jacket.. First edition of this black and white photobook, with an essay by A.D. Coleman and an afterword by Dennis High. Hardcover. Oblong folio. Plum cloth boards in photographic dust jacket. Light edgewear. One small spot to title page; interior otherwise clean and bright throughout. Near fine.

(Washington, D.C.): (Edge Books), 1996. First Edition. Near fine.. First printing collection of poems by Johnsen, from the publisher of AERIAL magazine. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled wraps. Near fine with light toning to top edge. Sharp, clean throughout. 14pp.

New York: SUN, 1975. First Edition. Very good.. Signed first printing of the sixth collection of Shapiro's work, inscribed to fellow poet Harry Smith. Wraps. 8vo. Wraps. Light edgewear, vertical crease to front cover. SIGNED on ffep: "For Harry / Fellow dog-walker, Brooklynite, / poet in these streets"

New York: Sun, 1978. First Edition. Very good.. First printing of the seventh collection of Shapiro's work, inscribed to fellow poet Harry Smith. Wraps. 8vo. Photographic wraps. Light edgewear and some creasing to lower corner. Touches of soil to front cover, faint spotting to ffep corner. INSCRIBED on half-title: "For Harry / With admiration & affection / Harvey Shapiro". Very good. 97pp.

(Los Angeles): (Upper Limit Music), 1996. First Edition. Near fine.. First printing of this slim collection of verse by Wallace. Wraps. 8vo. Saddle-stapled wraps. Near fine with a bit of toning to upper edge of front cover. Else clean and sharp. [12] pp.