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1969Best.-Nr. 87093Paris: François Maspero 1969. Softcover. Octavo 18cm; white paper wrappers; dustjacket; 67-1535pp. Petite Collection Maspero. Text in French. This copy is from the library of noted poet translator and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn 1928-2024 with his pencilled ownership to front flyleaf and occasional pencilled marginal marks. Trace soil to front cover; Very Good. Dustwrapper lightly spine-tanned with trace soil and light rubbing to extremities; Very Good. First published as Versuche über Brecht 1966 this collection of essays explores the works of Bertolt Brecht. 87093. François Maspero unknown books
1993Best.-Nr. 81868Norwalk CT: Easton Press 1993. Limited Edition. Quarto 27cm; full dark brown leather with titling and decorations stamped in gilt on spine and covers; silk endpapers; all edges gilt; 21011-1551pp; illus. A Fine copy without the Publisher's Note pamphlet. Part of "The Collector's Library of Famous Editions" series. 81868. Easton Press unknown books
Best.-Nr. 11316Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. English version by Eric and Maja Bentley. Very Good in a Very Good jacket unclipped but struck-through $3.50 generally toned and rubbed a chip at the bottom edge of the back panel. Black boards rubbed at the bottom edge with white ink lettering on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound clean internally. The first book appearance in any language of these two plays by the author of The Threepenny Opera. University of Minnesota Press hardcover books
1972Best.-Nr. 9031846New York: Random Hosue 1972. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Edited by Raolph Manheim and John Willett. With editorial notes. Random Hosue hardcover books
1958Best.-Nr. 64799New Haven: William Byler 1958. First edition. Attractive periodical letterpress printed. There seems to have been one issue. One thousand copies. Poetry by Russell Thomas Roberto Retamar and others; translations of Brecht; reproductions of work by Barry Schactman Stephen Rosenthal and Arnold Bittleman. Light wear to the stiff printed paper covers the fragile tissue covers toned and split along the spine area. William Byler unknown books
1982Best.-Nr. 021047New York: Limited Editions Club 1982. Hardcover. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Jack Levine. Tall octavo 8-1/2" x 11-1/4" bound in black linen imported from Holland and stamped in gold. English version by Desmond Vesey with English lyrics and a new introduction by Eric Bentley. Illustrated by Jack Levine including an ORIGINAL THREE-COLOR LITHOGRAPH frontispiece created for this edition. Of 2000 copies SIGNED by Levine and Bentley this copy is out-of-series and is not numbered. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1966Best.-Nr. 41602New York: Abrams 1966. Very good. Inscribed first edition of this founding document of performance and environmental art - the first such work by a major publisher Abrams. A founding document of performance and environmental art and the first by a major publisher Kaprow's ASSEMBLAGE ENVIRONMENTS & HAPPENINGS was originally planned as an official Fluxus publication see CODEX p. 288 but eventually evolved into this broader book. Artists covered include Robert Rauschenberg Claes Oldenburg Red Grooms and George Segal with contributions from Wolf Vostell George Brecht Kaprow and others. The recipient is almost certainly photojournalist Paul Berg whose photos are included in this volume and fall roughly where Kaprow suggests they should though there is no such plate 164. Berg photographed and covered Kaprow's happening "Push and Pull" for the ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH in 1963. The uncommon hardcover issue of this important resource it is scarce signed especially with any kind of association. 12'' x 12''. Original brown burlap covered boards. Lacking original clear vinyl jacket. Black endpapers. 341 3 pages. Inscribed by Kaprow to early preliminary: "For Paul on / his birthday - / A nostalgic / time in which / you played a / part see pl. / 164 somewhere / deep inside! / - in friendship / Allan K." Sunning to lower edges spine faded. Else clean and sound throughout. Abrams unknown books
1965Best.-Nr. 9026530Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press 1965. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Revised English version by Eric Bentley. Dust jacket is a bit chipped at the edges. University of Minnesota Press hardcover books
1982Best.-Nr. 018795New York: Limited Editions Club 1982. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Jack Levine. Tall octavo 8-1/2" x 11-1/4" bound in black linen imported from Holland and stamped in gold. English version by Desmond Vesey with English lyrics and a new introduction by Eric Bentley. Illustrated by Jack Levine including an ORIGINAL THREE-COLOR LITHOGRAPH frontispiece created for this edition. Copy #887 of 2000 SIGNED by Levine and Bentley. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1982Best.-Nr. 9025836New York: Limited Editions Club 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Jack Levine. Bound in publisher's original black cloth with spine and cover stamped in gilt. Publisher's original slipcase in black textured paper with minor scratching otherwise fine. One of 2000 numbered copies signed by the artist and Eric Bentley. LEC monthly newsletter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1982Best.-Nr. 016499New York: Limited Editions Club 1982. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase in the original shipping carton. Jack Levine. Tall octavo 8-1/2" x 11-1/4" bound in black linen imported from Holland and stamped in gold. English version by Desmond Vesey with English lyrics and a new introduction by Eric Bentley. Illustrated by Jack Levine including an ORIGINAL THREE-COLOR LITHOGRAPH frontispiece created for this edition. Copy #457 of 2000 SIGNED by Levine and Bentley. Monthly Letter laid in. Limited Editions Club hardcover books
1968Best.-Nr. UBREDIE00acmfSuhrkamp 1968. Very Good. Brecht Bertolt. Die Dreigroschenoper. Berlin: Suhrkamp 1968. 109pp. 16mo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with gentle rubbing and yellowing. Former owner's name written inside front cover. Suhrkamp paperback books
1966Best.-Nr. UBREGAL00acmfGrove Press 1966. Very Good. Brecht Bertolt. Galileo. NY: Grove Press 1966. 155pp. 16mo. Mass Market. Book condition: Very good with gentle rubbing and yellowed edges. Grove Press paperback books
1987Best.-Nr. UBRECAU00drpGrove Press 1987. Very Good. Brecht Bertolt. The Caucasian Chalk Circle. Bentley Eric. NY: Grove Press 1987. 144pp. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with rubbing and bumping. Grove Press paperback books
1961Best.-Nr. 137682New York: The Living Theatre 1961. First edition. Softcover. 16 pages. Text by Judith Malina and Julian Beck. Includes a statement by Bertand Russell along with program information about shows by Bertrand Russell Jack Gelber Bertolt Brecht and William Carlos Williams. A near fine copy in stapled wrappers. Scarce with only 1 copy listed in OCLC. The Living Theatre unknown books
1970Best.-Nr. 168340New York: Heiner Friedrich 1970. Second Edition a trade softcover original with all inserts present. The faithful reprint of the seminal Fluxus manifesto originally published in 1963. INSCRIBED by editor Jackson MacLow on the front wrapper verso: "This copy for David and Ellie and Blaine / Jackson / 3/11/74." Good to Very Good in perfect bound red-and-black wrappers with loss at the bottom fore-edges and moderate fading on the spine and page edges. Fluxus Codex US. Heiner Friedrich unknown books
1990Best.-Nr. 168375New York: Tellus 1990. Vintage cassette tape created by Tellus audio arts nonprofit Harvestworks and the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts at The Ohio State University. As New. Tellus was an audio cassette magazine based out of Manhattan active between 1983 and 1993. Strongly inspired by Fluxus and no wave art the publication was founded by visual artist and noise musician Joseph Nechvatal Shaker Museum curator Claudia Gould and new music composer and Harvestworks director Carol Parkinson. Fine in publisher's shrinkwrap. Tellus unknown books
1960Best.-Nr. 160202New York: The Living Theatre 1960. Vintage flyer for an experimental music show held at The Living Theatre on March 14 1960. Flyer advertises performances by John Cage George Brecht Alfred Hansen Allan Kaprow Richard Maxfield John Herbert McDowell and Robert Rauschenberg. Among the pieces performed were Kaprow's "Sound Piece 1958" Brecht's "Candle Piece for Radios" and "Card Piece for Voice" Rauschenberg's "Telephone Music" Maxfield's "Cough Music" and "Symphonie Pastorale" Cage's "Imaginary Landscape No. 5" and "Suite for Toy Piano" Hansen's "Bibbe's Tao" and McDowell's "Music for a While." Founded in 1947 The Living Theatre laid the foundation for a robust underground art scene in the New York City. After more than a decade of successful original radical stage productions and adaptations of works by playwrights such as Bertold Brecht and Gertrude Stein founders Judith Malina and Julian Beck used their space and resources for the nourishment of the arts more broadly offering the theatre for literary benefits film screenings and musical performances such as the ones advertised here. 8.5 x 12.75 inches. Near Fine. The Living Theatre unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. S11452New York:: Grove Press 1966. 1966. Sm. 8vo. 155 pp. Printed wrappers; rubbed. Grove Press, (1966). unknown books
1966Best.-Nr. 45211New York: Abrams 1966. Very good plus. First edition of this founding document of performance and environmental art - the first such work by a major publisher Abrams. A founding document of performance and environmental art and the first by a major publisher Kaprow's ASSEMBLAGE ENVIRONMENTS & HAPPENINGS was originally planned as an official Fluxus publication see CODEX p. 288 but eventually evolved into this broader book. Artists covered include Robert Rauschenberg Claes Oldenburg Red Grooms and George Segal with contributions from Wolf Vostell George Brecht Kaprow and others. This important resource is uncommon in the hardcover issue. 12'' x 12''. Original brown burlap covered boards. In original clear vinyl jacket. Black endpapers. 341 3 pages. Jacket with three small circular indentations on front panel; book with sunning to spine. Interior clean. Abrams hardcover books
1991Best.-Nr. 554305New York: Grove Weidenfeld 1991. Softcover. Fine. First Grove Weidenfeld Evergreen edition. Complete and unabridged English version by Eric Bentley. Trade paperback. 126pp. Fine. A play. Grove Weidenfeld unknown books
1947Best.-Nr. 505047Urbana Illinois: Department of English of the University of Illinois 1947. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 64pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Slightly wavy with water stains throughout darkest on first few pages about very good. Contains the first appearance of "In the Element of Antagonisms" by Wallace Stevens Edelstein C176; additional contributions by Bertolt Brecht Byron Vazakas Howard Moss Nelson Del Bittner and more. Department of English of the University of Illinois) unknown books
1946Best.-Nr. 505048Urbana Illinois: Department of English of the University of Illinois 1946. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 148-207pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Slightly wavy with moderate dampstain at spine about very good. Contains the first appearance of "Men Made Out of Words" by Wallace Stevens Edelstein C165; other contributions by Harry Levin Bertolt Brecht Howard Nutt Josephine Miles John Malcolm Brinnin S. Raiziss William Carlos Williams and more. Department of English of the University of Illinois) unknown books
1976Best.-Nr. 506683Boston: David R. Godine 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. First American edition . Translated by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman. Printed wrappers. Lightly toned spine near fine. David R. Godine unknown books