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(HUGHES, HOWARD). Sederberg, Arelo, Lawrence A. Hyland, General Ira C. Eaker, Frank Risch, Ph.D., James Bacon, et. al,. Los Angeles: EPI-HAB, L.A., Inc., 1976. First Edition 1/500. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Cinema Monograph. Near Fine.. np (92pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. "Howard Robard Hughes Jr. was an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, film director and studio magnate, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world. He first became prominent as a film producer, and then as an influential figure in the aviation industry." EPI-HAB Inc. was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organization with the mission to provide meaningful employment to individuals with epilepsy by performing valued work for customers. On February 19th 1977, the Los Angeles chapter of the organization produced a posthumous, celebrity-studded "tribute Ball for Howard Hughes" at The Century Plaza Hotel to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Howard Hughes. "EPI-HAB LA Salutes Howard Hughes (!905-1976)" is the souvenir program that was published a few months after the actual event. It features dozens of tribute ads (most from the Hughes Corporation, its Hotels, and various subsidiaries), scores of historical Hughes photos and press clippings (none from later than 1952), and most interestingly, nearly one hundred photographs of the civic movers and shakers that organized and attended the event. These included John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Jayne Russell. Virginia Mayo, Mel Torme, Lorne Greene, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse, Carlotta Monti, Mrs. Harry (Sybil) Brand, Mrs. Jackie (Barbara) Cooper, Mrs. Jack (Emily) LaLanne, Mrs. Mervyn (Kitty) LeRoy, Mrs. Lloyd (Mell) Nolan, Mrs. David (Barbara) Simmons, Mrs. Rudy (Eleanor) Vallee, Mrs. Del (Toni) Webb, and many, many more. A bright, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item stated as having been limited to five hundred unnumbered copies which were seemingly never meaningfully distributed that is neither in the holdings of the Margaret Herrick Library of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nor does it appear in OCLC WorldCat. Inventory Number: 026403

(SISKIND, AARON). Siskind, Aaron. Foreword by Gordon Parks. Charles Traub & Ann Banks, Editors. Providence, RI: Matrix Publications, Inc., 1981. First Edition #100/100 Deluxe. Oblong Small 4to. Cloth in Dust Jacket,Slipcased. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 80pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Malcolm Grear. This is the historically significant compendium of the esteemed late Chicago-based photographer Aaron Siskind's photographs from the 1930s of Harlem and its denizens. A brand new, most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1981 Matrix Publications deluxe first hardbound edition in dust jacket limited to one hundred copies NUMBERED (100/100) AND SIGNED "Aaron Siskind" in black ink on the vellum limitation page at front, as issued, showing some mild wear and sunning to the publisher's printed slipcase. 0-936554-06-1 Inventory Number: 026401

(EMIGRE MAGAZINE) (V23) (4AD). Vanderlans, Rudy, Editor/Designer. Typeface Designs by Zuzana Licko. Berkeley, CA: Emigre Graphics, 1988. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Tabloid Wrappers. Graphic Design Periodical. Good +.. 32pp, profusely illustrated in monochrome. This ninth installment of Rudy Vanderlans' highly influential quarterly contemporary graphic design and typography survey "Emigre" is devoted to output of London-based record label 4AD, and its graphic designers 23 Envelope collaborators Vaughan Oliver and Ralph Grierson (soon to become v23 with Grierson's departure). It features interviews with label founder Ivo Watts-Russell, Oliver and Grierson, along with articles on The Cocteau Twins and Throwing Muses, quotes from numerous 4AD artists, and most significantly an eight page design insert produced by 23 Envelope especially for this issue. An internally bright,handsome example of this most uncommon, highly prized v23 / 4AD document showing some mild dampstaining and insect damage to its bright orange covers along with some creasing through the heel of the spine. It has been priced accordingly. ISSN 1045-3717 Inventory Number: 026397

(RAUSCHENBERG, ROBERT). Kotz, Mary Lynn. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 320pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. With a collections listing, exhibition history and bibliography. Published in 1990 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., this is the beautifully illustrated, comprehensive monograph on the pioneering late American artist Robert Rauschenberg featuring a lengthy, insightful text by Mary Lynn Kotz. A bright, most handsome example of the first edition of this important document additionally BOLDLY SIGNED "Mary Lynn Kotz" in black ink and "BOB RAUSCHENBERG" in gold marker across the half title page. 0-8109-3752-2 Inventory Number: 026394

(POLLOCK, JACKSON) (NAMUTH, HANS). Namuth, Hans, Jackson Pollock, Barbara Rose, Rosalind Krauss, Paul Falkenberg, Francis V. O'Conner, William Wright & B.H. Friedman. New York: Agrinde Publications Ltd., 1980. First American Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Very Good/Near Fine. np (120pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Bea Feitler. "Pollock Painting" is the most complete presentation to date of the late Hans Namuth's myth-making photographs and film stills of Jackson Pollock at work in his and Lee Krasner's East Hampton home and studio during 1950 and 1951. In a series of photo shoots and finally a film also entitled "Pollock Painting", Namuth relentlessly documented the artist mid-creation in innovative ways. The emergence of this work gave birth to Pollock's nickname of "Jack the Dripper", and some believe contributed to the depression and alcoholism that preceded his early death in 1956. The book features scores of these iconic images accompanied by texts from Rosalind Krauss, Paul Falkenberg, Francis V. O'Conner, William Wright, and B.H. Friedman. A most handsome example of the 1980 Agrinde Publications first American hardbound edition additionally bearing the BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED PRESENTATION "to Connie Lembark / with more wishes than I can say - / Hans Namuth / May 1986." in black ink across the half title page showing some typical minor discoloration to the gutters of the inside covers and a bit of shaking along with the tiniest bit of sunning along the spine. There are traces of some discreet later gluing to the gutters of the textblock to reinforce the bindery's original use of cheap mucilage glue. The late Connie Lembark was a well-known Los Angeles art collector and her printed bookplate is affixed to the inside front. She was the co-author of the catalogue raisonné of prints by her close friend, Sam Francis, and this volume was acquired by us directly from Ms. Lembark prior to her passing. 0-960-10686-3 Inventory Number: 026390

(GOLDBERG, JIM). Goldberg, Jim. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2013. First New and Revised Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. As New/As New. "From 1977 to 1985, Jim Goldberg photographed the wealthy and destitute of San Francisco, creating a visual document that has since become a landmark work. Through the combination of text and photographs, "Rich and Poor"'s mass appeal was instantly recognizable. In 1984 the series was exhibited alongside Robert Adams and Joel Sternfeld in the "Three Americans" exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and was published the following year by Random House. Out of print since 1985, "Rich and Poor" has been completely redesigned and expanded by the artist for this Steidl edition. Available for the first time in hardcover, it builds upon the classic combination of photographs and handwriting and adds a surplus of vintage material and contemporary photographs that have never been published or exhibited. The photographs in "Rich and Poor" constitute a gripping portrait of America during the 1970s and 80s that remains just as relevant today." A brand new, most handsome example of the greatly revised and expanded 2013 Steidl hardbound edition of this gem (whose 1985 first edition is cited on pages 250-251 of "The Book of 101 Books" and page 231 of Fred Ritchin and Carole Naggar's "Magnum Photobook: A Catalogue Raisonné") additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Jim Goldberg / 2014" WITH A TAPED DOWN PHOTOGRAPH INSCRIBED "Bapdapa - 65" in blue marker and hand-bordered in gold ink on the title page by the Magnum photographer at our shop. 3-86930-688-2 Inventory Number: 026389

(WOOD, JONAS). Sharp, Brian & Jonas Wood. J.C. Gabel, Editor. Los Angeles: David Kordansky Gallery, 2015. First Edition. Tall 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 68pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Brian Roettinger. With an exhibition checklist. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2015 David Kordansky Gallery exhibition of eighteen paintings and twenty-five drawings by the noted Los Angeles-based artist Jonas Wood. It features scores of color illustrations accompanied by a transcribed interview between Wood and fellow artist Brian Sharp. A brand new, pristine example of the first - and only - printing of this uncommon, unavailable gem additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED "Jonas Wood / 2015" WITH A DRAWING OF A BASKETBALL in the year of publication in black marker on the title page. Inventory Number: 026383

(WOOD, JONAS). Sharp, Brian & Jonas Wood. J.C. Gabel, Editor. Los Angeles: David Kordansky Gallery, 2015. First Edition. Tall 4to. Illustrated Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 68pp, profusely illustrated in color. Designed by Brian Roettinger. With an exhibition checklist. This is the hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2015 David Kordansky Gallery exhibition of eighteen paintings and twenty-five drawings by the noted Los Angeles-based artist Jonas Wood. It features scores of color illustrations accompanied by a transcribed interview between Wood and fellow artist Brian Sharp. A brand new, pristine example of the first - and only - printing of this uncommon, unavailable gem still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Inventory Number: 026382

(BIRGISSON, JON THOR) (SIGUR ROS). Birgisson, Jon Thor & Alex Somers. NP (Reykjavik, ICELAND). ND (2009).: Parlophone. First Edition #1970/3500. 12mo. Loose Contents in a Box. Artists' Books + Audio CDs. Fine (But Incomplete)/No Jacket - As Issued. np (52pp) + np (32pp), profusely illustrated in color. "This powerful and enigmatic small volume is a facsimile reprint of the first artist's book "Riceboy Sleeps" from Sigur Ros frontman Jon "Jonsi" Thor Birgisson and his boyfriend Alex Somers, which was originally released only in Iceland. Birgisson designs Sigur Ros' album sleeves, and garnered the band a Grammy-nomination for his artwork. "Riceboy Sleeps" is beautifully produced, bearing faux taped and tattered edges, hand drawing, and distressed and collaged elements. Every detail of production has been exquisitely refined, from the softly rounded corners to the paper stock, from the print quality to the subtle embossing both inside and out. It contains no text, just Birgisson and Somers' highly expressionistic works created from found photographs and layers of textures". A most handsome example of the deluxe 2009 Parlophone edition of this must-have object limited to three thousand, five hundred NUMBERED (1970/3500) copies containing the "Riceboy Sleeps" book, two Jonsi & Alex Audio CDs - "Riceboy Sleeps" and "All Animals", and their collaborative coloring book accompanied by a tiny box of six colored pencils housed in a pictorial paper-over-boards box reroducing the CD cover, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: This copy is lacking its small pin-backed badge component, and is priced accordingly. 1-933045-80-9 Inventory Number: 026380

(HOPPER, DENNIS). Hopper, Dennis, Michael McClure & Walter Hopps. Pasadena, CA: Twelvetrees Press, 1986. First Edition #39/100 Deluxe. 4to. Cloth in Jacket, Slipcased. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in gravure. Designed by Jack Woody. With a filmography and exhibition history. Dennis Hopper was the young man with a camera in the right place at the right time in the new Hollywood. Issued in 1986 in gravure with the typically austere and lovely Twelvetrees Press aesthetic, "Out of the Sixties" was the first published collection of Hopper's photographs. Divided into "Artists and Collectors", "Hollywood", "Music", "Civil Rights March, Selma to Montgomery", "Mexico", and "The Scene", it is a tour de force view of the clash of the old and the new in sixties culture! A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon deluxe limited slipcased edition of the 1986 first printing limited to one hundred copies BOLDLY SIGNED "Dennis Hopper" in black ink below his introductory text and NUMBERED (39/100) in ink on the rear colophon, as issued, showing some mild sunning along the extremities of its slipcase. 0-942642-25-2 Inventory Number: 026375

(PRINCE, RICHARD) (PARKETT). Prince, Richard. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1992. First Edition. 45 RPM Single + Sleeve. Artist Multiple. Near Fine./Fine.. PRINCE, RICHARD) (PARKETT). Prince, Richard. Zurich, SWITZERLAND: Parkett, 1992. First Edition. 45 RPM Single + Sleeve. Artist Multiple. Near Fine./Fine.. One 7 inch, 45 rpm vinyl record in white paper sleeve. This double-sided single contains two compositions arranged and performed by Richard Prince entitled "Good Revolution" (1:46) and "Don't Belong" (1:46). These were recorded and mixed by Soul Coughing's Mark Degli Antoni at Harmonic Ranch in New York in 1992 as for use as a component of Prince's limited edition multiple entitled "Good Revolution" for Parkett number 34. Issued in a numbered edition of one hundred copies, the artwork consisted of a gold-plated version of this record, engraved plaque, and chromogenic color print mounted in a framed plaque that mimicked an RIAA gold record award. THIS IS NOT THAT ARTWORK, NOR IS IT SIGNED. This is a standard, unplayed 7" 45 rpm black vinyl single suitable for play on a turntable. A most handsome hors commerce example of this exceedingly uncommon item that was presented by the artist to a colleague at the time of its issue housed in its original unprinted white sleeve showing some mild surface wear. Inventory Number: 026367

(BEARD, PETER). Bowermaster, Jon & Peter Beard. New York: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown & Company, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 200pp, 153 b&w and 13 color illustrations. "The Adventures and MisAdventures of Peter Beard in Africa" is Jon Bowermaster's copiously illustrated, semi-salacious 1993 biography of the noted photographer, adventurer, and liver of the high life. A brand new, most handsome example of the 1993 first edition additionally bearing a UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED INSCRIPTION "July 12, '94 / from Peter Beard" in dark blue ink WITH A LARGE WATERCOLOR HAND PRINT WITH FLOURISHES in blue and red across the entire half title and facing pastedown. PLEASE NOTE: This "Sample" copy is NOT SIGNED by Peter Beard! Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-8212-1907-3 Inventory Number: 026366

(BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter Hill. Foreword by Joseph Murumbi. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1988. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Ruth Ansel. "The End of the Game" was Peter Beard's prescient first book. Originally subtitled "The Last Word From Paradise: A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of The Big Game in Africa", it weaves his own photographs with vintage historical images into a narrative chronicle of the European exploration and exploitation of The Dark Continent, and the ensuing destruction of much of its native wildlife. A brand new, most handsome example of the second printing of the 1988 Chronicle books hardbound edition of this classic photobook (whose 1965 first edition is cited on pages 208-209 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book" and pages 170-171 of "The Book of 101 Books") with a UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED FULL PAGE INSCRIPTION "Salaams + regards / and elephantine memories / from Peter Beard" in blue ink WITH A MULTI-COLORED INK HAND PRINT AND WATERCOLOR FLOURISH across the entire half title page showing just a bit of light sunning along the spine. PLEASE NOTE: This "Sample" copy is NOT SIGNED by Peter Beard! Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-87701-521-X Inventory Number: 026365

(BEARD, PETER) (BLIXEN, KAREN). Beard, Peter, Kamante & Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen). San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1990. First Edition Thus. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Near Fine. np, profusely illustrated in duotone and b&w. Designed by Peter Beard and Marvin Israel. ""Isak Dinesen and the land and people she loved are nowhere so real and compelling as in "Longing For Darkness", written by Dinesen's majordomo, Kamante. Readers familiar with "Out of Africa" may recognize many of these enchanting stories - retold here from Kamante's perspective to famed photographer Peter Beard - and enhanced with his drawings, letters, Dinesen's words and snapshots, and photographs by Beard throughout." A most handsome example of the 1990 first Chronicle Books hardbound edition additionally bearing the UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED AND DATED INSCRIPTION "warm Salaams / from Peter Beard / July 1994" in blue ink accompanied by a full hand print in blue ink across the half title page showing a bit of sunning to the spine and extremities of the dust jacket. PLEASE NOTE: This "Sample" copy is NOT SIGNED by Peter Beard! Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-87701-724-7 Inventory Number: 026350

(BEARD, PETER). Turle, Gillies, Mark Greenberg & Peter Beard. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1992. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 164pp, 115 b&w and 80 color illustrations. Designed by Virginia Tan. "The Art of the Maasai" presents for the first time three hundred extraordinary ceremonial artifacts - discovered by Gillies Turle and never before seen outside the villages to which they belong - that were created over many generations by members of the Maasai tribe of Kenya. What makes their discovery particularly exciting is that high art has been found in a part of the world in which, until now, it was believed no art had ever been created. The ceremonial objects brought together here are extraordinary, and Peter Beard's photographs of them are in themselves works of art. This is a book whose publication is an event in the worlds of art and African culture". A brand new, most handsome example of the 1992 Alfred A. Knopf first hardbound edition additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "to Lee with gruntings and / greetings / (infinite)Ly / Peter / Beard" in black ink across the title page with Peter Beard's thumbprint in dark grey ink under which he has annotated "#37610" OVER A COLLAGED 4 x 6" color c-print from the sequence of images of the photographer famously being tossed by a charging Rhinoceros along with a piece of snakeskin. 0-394-58323-X Inventory Number: 026349

(BEARD, PETER). Bowermaster, Jon & Peter Beard. New York: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown & Company, 1993. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. 200pp, 153 b&w and 13 color illustrations. "The Adventures and MisAdventures of Peter Beard in Africa" is Jon Bowermaster's copiously illustrated, semi-salacious 1993 biography of the noted photographer, adventurer, and liver of the high life. A brand new, most handsome example of the 1993 first edition additionally with a UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED TWO PAGE INSCRIPTION "To Lee / infinitely from PB / .... reaching from one / cement jungle / to another / gasp / etc -" in dark grey watercolor ink accompanied by a HAND-ASSEMBLED COLLAGE BY PETER BEARD comprising three 4 x 6" color c-prints from the sequence of images of the photographer famously being tossed by a charging Rhinoceros along with some fragments of snakeskin. PLEASE NOTE: This "Sample" copy is NOT SIGNED by Peter Beard! Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-8212-1907-3 Inventory Number: 026348

(BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter Hill. Foreword by Joseph Murumbi. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1988. First Edition Thus, Later Printing. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Fine/Fine. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Ruth Ansel. "The End of the Game" was Peter Beard's prescient first book. Originally subtitled "The Last Word From Paradise: A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of The Big Game in Africa", it weaves his own photographs with vintage historical images into a narrative chronicle of the European exploration and exploitation of The Dark Continent, and the ensuing destruction of much of its native wildlife. A brand new, most handsome example of the third printing of the 1988 Chronicle books hardbound edition of this classic photobook (whose 1965 first edition is cited on pages 208-209 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book" and pages 170-171 of "The Book of 101 Books") with a UNIQUE, BOLDLY SIGNED FULL PAGE INSCRIPTION "infinite Salaams Richard! / elephantine memories / and all best / over the last / 4 years * * * * / inestimables / Peter (Beard) / Box 47616 / Nairobi" in red and blue ink to a colleague accompanied by a full watercolor hand and forearm print across the entire half title page and a portion of the verso of the front pastedown. PLEASE NOTE: This "Sample" copy is NOT SIGNED by Peter Beard! Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-87701-521-X Inventory Number: 026347

(BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter Hill. Foreword by Joseph Murumbi. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977. First Paperback Edition. 4to. Pictorial Wrappers. Photography Monograph. Very Good.. np, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Ruth Ansel. "The End of the Game" was Peter Beard's prescient first book. Originally subtitled "The Last Word From Paradise: A Pictorial Documentation of the Origins, History & Prospects of The Big Game in Africa", it weaves his own photographs with vintage historical images into a narrative chronicle of the European exploration and exploitation of The Dark Continent, and the ensuing destruction of much of its native wildlife. A most presentable example of the 1977 first Doubleday & Company, Inc. paperbound edition (whose 1965 first edition is cited on pages 208-209 of The Hasselblad Center's "The Open Book" and pages 170-171 of "The Book of 101 Books") of this classic photobook showing just a bit of light rubbing and creasing to the front cover. PLEASE NOTE: This "Sample" copy is NOT SIGNED by Peter Beard! Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 0-385-13124-0 Inventory Number: 026344

(BEARD, PETER). Beard, Peter & Owen Edwards. Nejma Beard & David Fahey, Editors. Koln, GERMANY: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2006. First Edition Thus. Elephant Folio. 3/4 Leather over Boards, Boxed. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 616pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Text in English, German and French. Art Direction and Design by Ruth Ansel. One of the most lavish books published to date on the work of a single photographer, Benedikt Taschen's sumptuous, already out of print 2006 monograph on Peter Beard rivals Helmut Newton's "Sumo" in both scale and grandeur. "Photographer, collector, diarist, and writer of books Peter Beard has fashioned his life into a work of art; the illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolved into a serious career as an artist and earned him a central position in the international art world. He was painted by Francis Bacon, painted on by Salvador Dali, and made diaries with Andy Warhol; he toured with Truman Capote and the Rolling Stones, created books with Jacqueline Onassis and Mick Jagger - all of whom are brought to life, literally and figuratively, in his work. As a fashion photographer, he took Vogue stars like Veruschka to Africa and brought new ones - most notably Iman - back to the U.S. with him. Spilling out over the pages of this massive tome, Peter Beard's collages are reproduced as a group for the first time at the size they have always meant to be seen, some as foldouts. Hundreds of smaller-scale works and diaries fill the remaining spreads - magnified to show every detail, from Beard's meticulous handwriting and old-master-inspired drawings to stones and bones and bits of animals pasted to the page. All color illustrations are color-separated and reproduced in Pan4C, the finest reproduction technique available today, which provides unequaled intensity and color range". This elephant folio sized book is bound in half leather-over-boards, housed in a clamshell box, and is accompanied by a wooden viewing stand that is reminiscent of an African headrest. Its companion volume: "PB2" contains an image index with captions for all the pictures reproduced in the main book, personal photos and early work of the artist, an interview with the artist by Steven M. L. Aronson, a facsimile reprint of Beard's 1993 handwritten essay from the sold-out first issue of "Blind Spot" magazine, an extensive bibliography, and an exhibition history. A brand new, most handsome example of a Taschen "Sample" copy meant for promotional display at the time of publication that was issued WITHOUT the sheet containing Peter Beard's signature along with the edition's number, and is rubber stamped "Sample" in black ink on the title page. Other than lacking the signature and numbering, it is identical to an editioned copy in every way and is still housed in the publisher's original printed shipping carton, as issued. PLEASE NOTE: This "Sample" copy is NOT SIGNED by Peter Beard! Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. 3-8228-2606-5 Inventory Number: 026339

(BASQUIAT, JEAN-MICHEL). Marshall, Richard, Ingrid Sischy & Fred Braithwaite (aka "Fab 5 Freddy"). London: Serpentine Gallery, 1996. First Edition. 4to. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (16pp) + np (6pp), profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Area. With an exhibition checklist. This is the slender catalogue featuring an essay by Richard Marshall published in conjunction with a posthumous 1996 Serpentine Gallery exhibition of twenty-five works by Jean-Michel Basquiat that subsequently traveled to Malaga. A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item with the inclusion of the separate eight page booklet of a transcribed reminiscence of the artist between Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Braithwaite and Ingrid Sischy. Inventory Number: 026324

(WOODRUFF, HALE). Woodruff, Hale. NP. ND (Circa 1935).: Self-Published. First Edition. 4to. Printed Paper. Color Linoleum Block Print. Near Fine.. One 8 x 10 ¼" sheet of cream wove paper printed in colors recto only, neatly folded vertically to make 8 x 5 1/8" mounted with archival photo corners in a heavy white 14 x 11" beveled mat, 1 color illustration. This is the vibrant linoleum block print in colors entitled "The Travelers" self-published in the 1930s by the noted muralist, painter, and printmaker Hale Woodruff. Sent to a friend as a holiday card, it features three doves flying above three riders on asses underneath a brilliant star, in what was likely a stylized depiction of the three wise men. The recipient was Ms. Marjorie Green, a modest art collector and employee of Los Angeles' Golden State Mutual Insurance Company, the city's largest black-owned insurer for most of the twentieth century. Golden State Mutual collected work by many of the major "negro artists" of the period, and in 1949 commissioned a mural from Woodruff in collaboration with Charles "Spinky" Alston entitled "The Negro in California History". A native of Cairo, Illinois, Hale Aspacio Woodruff began his career as a political cartoonist, first for a high school newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee, and later for an African American newspaper in Indianapolis. In 1926 he won an award from the Harmon Foundation that enabled him to study art in Paris from 1927 to 1931, where he met Henry Ossawa Tanner, leading figures of the French avant-garde, and began collecting African art. Returning to the U.S., Woodruff secured work as an art teacher to support himself, and subsequently became the art director at Atlanta University - a Historically black college - where he taught classes at the university's Laboratory High School, as well as for students at Morehouse and Spelman, a related college for black women. He founded the annual competition, "Atlanta University Annual Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, and Prints by Negro Artists". In 1936 Woodruff traveled to Mexico to study as an apprentice under the renowned muralist Diego Rivera, learning his fresco technique and becoming interested in portrayal of figures. Keenly aware of the racism and poverty African Americans in the South faced during the Great Depression, the artist turned to painting and printmaking for social advocacy. Woodruff returned to Atlanta later that same year to his teaching position, and began traveling to Talladega College in Alabama to teach and work on a commission for what became his "Amistad Mutiny" murals. In 1946, Woodruff joined the faculty at New York University in Manhattan, where he helped establish the Spiral Group (with fellow artists Romare Bearden, Charles Alston, and Norman Lewis) and taught for more than twenty years before retiring in 1968. Woodruff died in New York City on September 6, 1980. A bright, unfaded, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon artwork - identified by the African-American Art department at Swann Auction Galleries as the earliest example located of a graphic work in color by Hale Woodruff - TITLED AND SIGNED "The Travelers" / "H. Woodruff" in pencil along the lower margin, as issued. Inventory Number: 026310

(PEARSON, ANTHONY). Griffin, Tim, Anthony Pearson & John Rasmussen. Minneapolis, MN: Midway Contemporary Art, 2009. First Edition. 8vo. Debossed Linen Over Boards. Artist Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 72pp, 32 duotone and 12 b&w illustrations. Designed by Abi Chase. With an exhibition checklist. This is the elegant hardbound catalogue of a 2008 Minneapolis gallery exhibition featuring the abstract photographs of Los Angeles-based artist Anthony Pearson. It includes installation views, an essay by Tim Griffin, and an interview between Pearson and John Rasmussen discussing his unorthodox approach to photography along with this body of solarization and lens flare pieces. A brand new. most handsome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-9768664-3-9 Inventory Number: 026306

(DE KOONING, WILLEM). Butler, Cornelia H., Paul Schimmel, Cornelia H., Paul Schimmel, Richard Shiff & Anne M. Wagner. Los Angeles & Princeton, NJ: Museum of Contemporary Art & Princeton University Press, 2002. First Edition. 4to. Cloth in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine/Fine. 200pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by Tracey Schiffman. With an exhibition checklist and bibliography. This is the lavish hardbound catalogue published in conjunction with a 2002 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles retrospective of seventy-eight figurative works on paper by the famed Abstract Expressionist pioneer Willem De Kooning. A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 0-691-09618-X Inventory Number: 026305

(BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES). Bellas, Bruce aka Bruce of Los Angeles. Los Angeles. ND: Bruce of Los Angeles. First Edition. 4to. Silver Gelatin Photograph. Near Fine.. One 8 x 10" silver gelatin print printed recto only, mounted with archival photo corners in a heavy white 11 x 14" beveled mat. This is a classic male physique photograph by Bruce Bellas - better known as Bruce of Los Angeles - picturing the nude, dramatically lit muscular model John Hackett posing in Bruce's studio. A bright, most handsome vintage silver gelatin print on heavy fiber-based paper bearing the stamp BRUCE OF LOS ANGELES / Box 73505, Sanford Station / Los Angeles 5, Calif." in black ink on the verso along with the name of John Hackett handwritten in pencil along the bottom edge showing a bit of browning of the emulsion along the lower margin of the recto not affecting the image. Inventory Number: 026270

(CASEY, BERNIE). Casey, Bernie. NP (Los Angeles): Self-Published, 1977. First Edition #14/130. Folio. Framed Lithographic Print. Artist's Multiple. Fine.. One 20 x 15" sheet of textured heavy art paper printed lithographically in colors, recto only. "Neighbors" is a 1977 lithograph by the noted late Los Angeles-based African-American artist, poet, and actor Bernie Casey. An All-American athlete at Bowling Green State University, Casey went on to a standout NFL career as a wide-receiver with the Los Angeles Rams. Following his retirement, he focused on his visual artwork as well as well as featured roles in such varied cinematic fare as "Cleopatra Jones", Black Gunn", "Hit Man", the James Bond film "Never Say Never", and "Revenge of the Nerds." A bright, most handsome example housed in a contemporaneous aluminum sectional frame with a glass face NUMBERED (#14/130), SIGNED "Bernie Casey", and DATED "77" by the artist in pencil along the lower margin, as issued. Inventory Number: 026267

(STELARC). Stelarc. Various. 1976-1981.: Self-Published. First Editions. Oblong 12mo. Printed Postcards. Artist Multiples. Very Good - or Better.. Fifteen 4 1/8 x 5 7/8" cardstock postcards printed offset b&w, recto and verso. Text in English. This is a collection of fourteen photographically illustrated, self-published postcards documenting noted Cypriot-born, Australian-based artist Stelarc's public performances - primarily in Japan and Australia - between 1976 and 1981. A handsome group of these uncommon artist's multiples issued for the following performances: "Event for Stretched Skin (May 16th, 1976 - Tokyo)", "Event for Penetration / Extrapolation (August 14th, 1976 - Mexico City)", "Event for Stretched Skin No. 4 (August 8th, 1977 - Munich)", "Event for Inclined Suspension (January 7th, 1979 - Tokyo)", "Event for Amplified Tension (August 6th, 1979 - Tokyo)", "Pull Out / Pull Up Event for Self-Suspension (March 2nd, 1980 - Tokyo)", "Sitting / Swaying Event for Rock Suspension (May 11th, 1980 - Tokyo)", "Event for Obsolete Body (August 13th, 1980 - Melbourne)", "Up / Down: Event for Shaft Suspension (August 17th, 1980 - Melbourne)", "Tilted / Twisting Event for Cone Configuration (December 30th - Tokyo)", "The Third Hand. The Third Hand (May 8th, 1981 - Tokyo)", "Seaside Suspension: Event for Wind and Waves (May 30th, 1981 - Jogashima)", "Sculpture Space Suspension (August 16th, 1981 - Mexico City)", "Deca-Dance (November 15th, 1981 - Tokyo)", and "Curves / Event for Three Hands (December 28th, 1981 - Tokyo)". Inventory Number: 026265

(BOULEVARD MAGAZINE). Maclaren, Norrie, Editor & Art Director. London: Legion Publishing Ltd., 1979. First Edition. Folio. Stapled Tabloid Wrappers. Periodical. Near Fine.. 78pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Cover by Bob Carlos Clarke.This is the fifth installment of the London-based late-seventies fashion, music, cinema and culture rag "Boulevard". A handsome example showing some light overall wear. Inventory Number: 026254

(CIVILIAN WARFARE GALLERY). Kroll, Eric. New York: Eric Kroll, 1984. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Silver Gelatin Photograph. Near Fine.. One 8 x 10" silver gelatin print printed recto only, mounted with archival photo corners in a heavy white 16 x 18" beveled mat. Taken in 1984, this is Eric Kroll's dramatic photographic portrait of the owners and artists of Civilian Warfare Gallery. Located at 526 East 11th Street, Civilian Warfare was a mainstay of the burgeoning mid-eighties East Village art scene supporting an adventuresome and often controversial roster of artists. Pictured from left to right in the rear row are Richard Hambleton, Michael Spyluski, Jane Bauman, Greer Lankton, Luis Frangella, David Wojnarowicz, Huck Snyder, Steve Doughton, Bronson Eden, and Judith Glantzman. Reclining on the floor at front are gallerists Alan Barrows and Dean Savard. A near fine condition vintage silver gelatin print on heavy paper SIGNED "Eric Kroll" and bearing his studio stamp "ERIC KROLL / BOX 4184 / GRAND CENTRAL STATION / N. Y. C. / COPYRIGHT 198_ / (212) 684-****" in black ink on the verso showing a small area of surface discoloration at the upper right margin. Inventory Number: 026245

(WEEGEE). Fellig, Arthur, aka Weegee. Los Angeles. (circa 1950).: Weegee. First Edition. Oblong Folio. Silver Gelatin Photograph. Fine.. One 8 x 10" silver gelatin print printed recto only, mounted with archival photo corners in a heavy white 14 x 15 ½" beveled mat. This is a photographic portrait by Weegee "The Great" of noted Hollywood columnist, screenwriter and novelist Jimmy Starr. Starr is pictured on set laughing and enjoying the company of three actresses decked out in howlingly inauthentic outfits comprised of skull caps with wild hair, seashell necklaces, bangles, and sarongs in a culturally misguided attempt at Oceanic exoticism. Images of the actors without Starr photographed at the same sitting appear in both "Weegee's Naked Hollywood (1953)" and "Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles (2011)". Beginning as an office boy at Metro Studios in 1919, Starr graduated to writing intertitles, dialogue, and screenplays for dozens of films in the 1920s and 1930s. His 1944 novel "The Corpse Came C.O.D." became the basis for a 1947 Columbia Pictures feature starring Joan Blondell and George Brent. Starr left studio work to write regular columns for "The Los Angeles Herald-Express", "New York Daily Mirror", and "Sunday Daily Mirror" before leaving town entirely for a successful career in Arizona with Ramada Inns. Weegee, following the success of Jules Dassin's 1948 feature "Naked City" - based on his pioneering 1945 photobook of the same title - moved to Los Angeles with the expectation of trading the late-night Manhattan crime and street photography he'd grown weary of for more lucrative process photography and cinematography jobs with the Hollywood studios. While there was some behind the scenes work along with few bit parts to be had, Weegee was primarily reliant on making distorted trick portraits of the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield to sell to magazines to make ends meet. In late 1951, newly-divorced he returned to New York where he remained active until his passing in 1968. A bright, fine condition vintage silver gelatin print on single weight glossy paper bearing the stamps "Arthur (Weegee) Fellig / 6606 St. Frances Terrace / Hollywood 28, Calif." in red and "FROM THE / JIMMY STARR COLLECTION" in purple ink on the verso. This was most likely a gift from Weegee to Starr, and as there was very little chance of selling this shot from the series for publication, there cannot be many - if any - other prints of this particular image in circulation. Inventory Number: 026241

(PUNK MAGAZINE). Holmstrom, John & Eddy "Legs" McNeil, Editors. New York: Punk Publications Inc., 1976. First Edition. 4to. Illustrated Tabloid Wrappers. Music Periodical. Fine.. 40pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. "The Legend of Nick Detroit" cover art by John Holmstrom. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. Published by the precocious, preternaturally snotty John Holmstrom and "Legs" McNeil, "Punk" was the primarily New York-centric late seventies standard-bearer for the punk rock music scene. Part "Creem" wannabe, part comic book, it mixed fan adoration, eclectic illustration, and irreverent attitude to burn into a relatively short-lived, delightful mash-up of coverage of the burgeoning music scene. This special sixth installment "The Legend of Nick Detroit" takes the form of Roberta Bayley's New York Noir photo-novella starring Richard Hell as private dick Nick Detroit alongside such stalwarts of the local scene as Lenny Kaye, Robert Quine, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, Lisa Persky, Gary Valentine, Jimmy Destry, David Johansen, Cyrinda Fox, Robert Gordon, Terry Ork, Helen Wheels, Anya Phillips, Debbie Harry, Patti Kane, Terrence Sellers, Gyda Gash, Ivan Julian, Ms. Bayley, and more. A bright, most handsome example of this amazing document. Inventory Number: 026211

(HEPBURN, KATHARINE). Maddox, Carlton L. & Steve Campbell. Burbank, CA: Carlton L. Maddox & Steve Campbell, 2004. First Edition. 4to. Velobound Wrappers. Artist Monograph. Fine.. np (290pp), 134 color illustrations. Published as what seems to be a labor of love, "this tribute to Katharine Hepburn by a long-time fan is presented with the desire to record the artistic efforts of an important figure of the 20th Century." "My Escape" collects one hundred and twenty-eight full page color reproductions with details of Hepburn's paintings and drawings drawn substantially from the June 11th, 2004 Sotheby's auction of the renowned late actor's estate. A brand new, most handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon, unstated limited edition - this is copy # 22 - additionally BOLDLY SIGNED AND INSCRIBED "Enjoy! / Steve Campbell / Carlton Maddox" in black ink by the authors. Inventory Number: 026200

(OLDENBURG, CLAES). Oldenburg, Claes. Los Angeles: Margo Leavin Gallery, 1991. First Edition. Elephant Folio. Printed Poster. Exhibition Poster. Fine.. One 24 x 17 ½" sheet printed color offset recto only, 1 color illustration, machine-folded in fourths, as issued. This is the striking poster produced for the 1991 exibition of "20th Century Collage" organized by Los Angeles' Margo Leavin Gallery. The show featured ninety-one significant practitioner of the medium - from Kurt Schwitters to Edward Ruscha and Joseph Cornell to Richard Prince - and subsequently traveled to the Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, and the Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain, Nice, France. The image reproduced is Claes Oldenburg's 1961 ink and newspaper collage on paper entitled "Street Figure (Using Movie Section, with Manhole)". A brand new, most handsome example of this uncommon item folded for mailing, as issued. Inventory Number: 026192

(KANDER, NADAV). Kander, Nadav, Ian McEwan, David Campany & David Lynch. Gottingen, GERMANY: Steidl, 2019. First Edition. Stout 4to. Debossed Cloth. Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket - As Issued. 324pp, 151 color and 118 b&w illustrations. "Regardless of his sitter - whether family member or influential celebrity - the portraiture of London-based photographer Nadav Kander shows what makes that particular individual human. His aim is to move beyond capturing an accurate likeness to access the emotions within, the uncertainty, the shadow as much as the light, the complex sense of self that otherwise lays hidden. “Revealed and concealed, beauty and destruction, ease and disease, shame and shameless,” explains the photographer, “These paradoxes are essential to all my work and represent what is common to all my varied subject matter.” This collection, the first book dedicated to his portraiture, shows the range and nuance of Kander’s work from Barack Obama, John le Carré and Alexander McQueen to Tracey Emin, Robert Plant and Prince Charles. Layered and penetrating, these remarkable images reveal unexpected moments of reverie and vulnerability." A brand new, most handsome example still in the publisher’s shrinkwrap. 3-9582961-5-7 Inventory Number: 026185

(HOEFNAGEL, JORIS) (BOCSKAY, GEORG). Hendrix, Lee & Thea Vignau-Wilberg. Foreword by John Walsh. Preface by Thomas Kren. Malibu, CA: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1992. First Printing. 12mo. Gilt-Stamped Cloth in Slipcase. Illustrated Book. Near Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 414pp, 170 color illustrations. Text in English. Designed by Lorraine Wild. "In 1561-62 Georg Bocskay, imperial secretary to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, inscribed the Mira calligraphiae monumenta as a testament to his preeminence among scribes. He assembled a vast selection of contemporary and historical scripts, which nearly thirty years later were further embellished by Joris Hoefnagel, Europe's last great manuscript illuminator. This book, now in the collection of the Getty Museum, is reproduced here in complete facsimile form, accompanied by a commentary that includes a full description; a discussion of the work's patron, Rudolf II, and his cultural and historical milieu; biographies of Hoefnagel and Bocskay; and an analysis of the manuscript's role in their careers. The manuscript's remarkable calligraphy will be of particular interest not only to scholars but to collectors, graphic designers, and typographers as well". Designed by the estimable Lorraine Wild, this gem-like volume faithfully reproduces the manuscript's exquisite plates alongside translations of the original text and iconography. A most handsome example of the exceedingly uncommon 1992 first J. Paul Getty Museum printing of this important work in the publisher's gilt-stamped linen slipcase that shows some light soiling along with minute fraying to the seams of the cloth along two of the edges. 0-89236-212-X Inventory Number: 026159

(SPIEGELMAN, ART). Spiegelman, Art. Roma, ITALY: Sellerio Editore-La Centrale dell'Arte, 1999. Second Printing. Large 4to. Wrappers in Illustrated Jacket. Artist Monograph. Fine./Fine.. 104pp, profusely illustrated in color and b&w. Designed by RAW Books & Graphics. "Breakdowns..." is a 1977 large-format, pre RAW Magazine anthology of short strips by "Maus" creator Art Spiegelman. A handsome example of the "disputed" 1977 first hardbound printing which was according to Belier Press publisher J.B. Rund limited to one thousand, six hundred and sixty-seven copies bearing a Nostalgia Press Inc. imprint on the title page with Rund's "Don't Believe Everything You Read..." bookplate correcting that misconception and substituting his own alternate ISBN (0-914646-14-1) affixed to the facing page next to what appears to be a non-authorial inscription in red ink. It has been priced accordingly. 0-915043-07-6 Inventory Number: 026158

(COE, SUE). Metz, Holly & Sue Coe. London: Knockabout Comics, 1983. First British Edition. Folio. Stapled Illustrated Wrappers. Graphic Novel. Fine.. 44pp, profusely illustrated in duotone. Designed by Francoise Mouly and Art Spiegelman. Published in 1983 as RAW Magazine One-Shot #2, "How to Commit Suicide in South Africa" is Holly Metz and Sue Coe's chilling collaborative investigation of the fate of South African political prisoners during the reign of apartheid. A bright, most handsome example of the 1983 Knockabout Comics first British edition with glossy covers. 0-86166-013-7 Inventory Number: 026155

(NEEL, ALICE), Harris, Ann Southerland & Guy Luster. New York: Graham Gallery, 1978. First Edition. Small Oblong 8vo. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Exhibition Catalog. Good.. np (10pp), 4 color illustrations. With a biography, exhibition checklist, exhibition history, bibliography and collections listing. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. "Alice Neel - one of the great portrait painters of the 20th century, reinvented the genre by expressing the inner landscape of her subjects, who included luminaries such as Andy Warhol, Bella Abzug, and Allen Ginsberg as well as her neighbors in Spanish Harlem. This is the slender ten page catalogue cum brochure published in conjunction with a 1978 Graham Gallery retrospective exhibition of fifty-seven works on paper executed between 1926 and 1978. A presentable example of this uncommon item which is according to its bibliography the first monographic publication on the beloved late artist showing soiling, wear and creasing to the covers along with a short closed tear to the foredge of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026153

(MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT). Mapplethorpe, Robert & Susan Sontag. Pasadena: Twelvetrees Press, 1985. First Edition 1/5000. 4to. Cloth in Pictorial Dust Jacket. Photography Monograph. Near Fine/Very Good. np (112pp), 93 illustrations in monochrome gravure. Designed by Dimitri Levas. "Mapplethorpe’s portraits taken over the past ten years are exquisitely presented in gravure. His undeniable strength of vision is apparent in all styles of portraiture shown, ranging from stark studio shots of celebrities to environmental portraits of children. Here are many of his well-known images, including the self-portraits, as well as lesser-known work. Susan Sontag’s short essay on portraiture adds insight to the "Mapplethorpe mystique". A handsome example of the 1985 Twelvetrees Press first edition of what what was the first mnongraph on the iconic late photographer additionally INSCRIBED "for Nick - / Robert Mapplethorpe '86" in black ink on the half title page showing light soiling along with a tiny bit of insect damage to the edges of the textblock. 0-942642-14-7 Inventory Number: 026146

(AVALANCHE). Sharp, Willoughby, Publisher. Liza Bear, Editors. New York: Avalanche, 1972. First Edition. Small Square 4to. Stapled Pictorial Wrappers. Art Periodical. Near Fine.. 59pp + advertisements, profusely illustrated in b&w. Cover image - Yvonne Rainer by Gianfranco Gorgoni. This is the fifth installment of New York's premier Conceptual Art periodical of the seventies, "Avalanche". In addition to the "Rumbles" news section and advertisements for virtually every gallery on the planet showing Minimal and/or Conceptual work at the time, it contains transcribed interviews with Jannis Kounellis, Philip Glass, and Yvonne Rainer along with contributions by Braco Dimitrijevic, Joseph Beuys, and Keith Sonnier. A most handsome example of this uncommon item. Inventory Number: 026131

(BERMAN, WALLACE) (SEMINA). Berman, Wallace. Larkspur, CA: Self-Published, 1961. First Edition 1/200. 8vo. Chipboard Portfolio. Artist's Periodical. Good.. np, 18 individual inserts printed offset on cardstock or paper housed a printed paper pocket, 11 monochrome illustrations + front cover. This seventh installment of "Semina" - Wallace Berman's legendary, and legendarily scarce handmade literary and art periodical - is subtitled "Aleph". Published in Larkspur in 1961, unlike its predecessors that anthologized work from the movers and shakers of the West Coast Beat scene, this number is entirely devoted entirely to contributions by Berman himself. It is comprised of eighteen loose reproductions of photographs, drawings, and text - many of which combine these elements. A complete, internally handsome example of this exceedingly uncommon item limited to two hundred unnumbered copies. The eleven photographic reproductions on cardstock are bright and fresh, while several of the text pieces printed on matte paper show typical minor soiling, offsetting, and age-toning. The printed white pocket into which these are gathered is still securely affixed to the inside rear cover. Externally, the title pastedown on the front cover shows some mild rubbing and foxing, and the brittle, highly acidic chipboard covers have light overall wear, age-toning, and soiling. More notably, the covers have separated cleanly along the length of the spine, and there are two triangular chips of paper loss along the bottom edge - one on the rear at the heel of the spine, and a tiny one at the foredge front corner. Both detached fragments are present, and we have decided to let the next owner deal with their preferences for any paper restoration. All in all, this is a most presentable copy of a truly remarkable Wallace Berman item that looks far nicer in hand than it describes that has been priced accordingly. Inventory Number: 026125