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1946rif. 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
1947rif. 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
1947rif. 514070Urbana Illinois: Department of English of the University of Illinois 1947. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. 64pp. Stapled printed wrappers. Foredge and wrappers with small stains 2" chipped tear at spine foot covers slightly tanned 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
1960rif. 384904New York: Reuben Gallery 1960. Softcover. Near Fine. Single spirit-duplicated sheet. Quarto. Near fine with light wear along the foredge with a few tiny tears. A program for an early Happening performance held at the Reuben Gallery in New York by Allan Kaprow who coined the phrase to describe the emerging performance art that incorporated various forms of artistic expression such as text dialogue sounds colors music and audience participation. The pieces at this show featured: "Gossoon a chamber event movement" arranged by George Brecht with performances by James Waring John Baker and Jerry King; "E.G." by Robert Whitman starring Jim Dine Rosalyn Drexler Pat Oldenburg and Lucas Samaras; "Intermission Piece" by Kaprow; "Electronic Music" by Richard Maxfield who co-curated the Fluxus concerts at Yoko Ono's loft with LaMonte Young; and "Vaudeville Collage" written and performed by Dine. An important piece of ephemera from the then-emerging New York performance art scene of the early 1960s. OCLC locates no copies of this 1960 performance but one from 1959. Reuben Gallery unknown books
1960rif. 384904New York: Reuben Gallery 1960. Softcover. Near Fine. Single spirit-duplicated sheet. Quarto. Near fine with light wear along the foredge with a few tiny tears. A program for an early Happening performance held at the Reuben Gallery in New York by Allan Kaprow who coined the phrase to describe the emerging performance art that incorporated various forms of artistic expression such as text dialogue sounds colors music and audience participation. The pieces at this show featured: "Gossoon a chamber event movement" arranged by George Brecht with performances by James Waring John Baker and Jerry King; "E.G." by Robert Whitman starring Jim Dine Rosalyn Drexler Pat Oldenburg and Lucas Samaras; "Intermission Piece" by Kaprow; "Electronic Music" by Richard Maxfield who co-curated the Fluxus concerts at Yoko Ono's loft with LaMonte Young; and "Vaudeville Collage" written and performed by Dine. An important piece of ephemera from the then-emerging New York performance art scene of the early 1960s. OCLC locates no copies of this 1960 performance but one from 1959. Reuben Gallery unknown
1965rif. 415839New York: Greenwich Mews Theatre 1965. Unbound. Fine. One mimeographed leaf folded to make four pages. Playbill for performances of Bentley's translation of Brecht's play with Hughes' "Gospel songplay The double bill was at its heart a marriage of financial convenience but Hughes admired Brecht and was happy with the pairing. The 21 May 1965 New York Times review commented to its readers "We know now that there are many other aspects to the Negro . but if we remember that this is only one side of his nature and potentialities we can share in his gift for rapturously innocent song and dance." The double-bill enjoyed success with over 100 performances. Greenwich Mews Theatre unknown books
1965rif. 415839New York: Greenwich Mews Theatre 1965. Unbound. Fine. One mimeographed leaf folded to make four pages. Playbill for performances of Bentley's translation of Brecht's play with Hughes' "Gospel songplay The double bill was at its heart a marriage of financial convenience but Hughes admired Brecht and was happy with the pairing. The 21 May 1965 New York Times review commented to its readers "We know now that there are many other aspects to the Negro . but if we remember that this is only one side of his nature and potentialities we can share in his gift for rapturously innocent song and dance." The double-bill enjoyed success with over 100 performances. Greenwich Mews Theatre unknown
rif. 2369Prague Nase Vojsko 1962. 4to. Cloth bound book with original dust jacket. Translated by Ludvik Kundera with illustrations by Hoffmeister. 117 pp. unknown books
rif. 2369Prague Nase Vojsko 1962. 4to. Cloth bound book with original dust jacket. Translated by Ludvik Kundera with illustrations by Hoffmeister. 117 pp. unknown
1970Milano, Mondadori, 1970, 16mo brossura con copertina illustrata, pp. 430 (Oscar, Per conoscere, L23) .
1962rif. 369061New York: LeRoi Jones / Diane Di Prima 1962. Softcover. Very Good. Magazine. 12pp. Single sheets printed both sides and secured with a staple. Folded once for mailing with post office cancel stamp and mailing label with some toning and wear at the extremities and a couple tiny holes at the fold very good. An influential mimeograph published by Jones and di Prima featuring some of the most important poets of the 20th Century. Unlike other magazines this so-called "newsletter" was distributed via a mailing list many of which were noted poets journalists critics publishers and artists. For this reason most copies were hand addressed or affixed with a mailing label and stamp and folded for mailing. This copy is addressed to poet Cid Corman editor of the influential poet magazine Origin. This issue features contributions from Jones Charles Olson David Meltzer Mike Strong Joseph LeSueur George Brecht John King and Frank Buck. [LeRoi Jones / Diane Di Prima unknown books
1962rif. 369061New York: LeRoi Jones / Diane Di Prima 1962. Softcover. Very Good. Magazine. 12pp. Single sheets printed both sides and secured with a staple. Folded once for mailing with post office cancel stamp and mailing label with some toning and wear at the extremities and a couple tiny holes at the fold very good. An influential mimeograph published by Jones and di Prima featuring some of the most important poets of the 20th Century. Unlike other magazines this so-called "newsletter" was distributed via a mailing list many of which were noted poets journalists critics publishers and artists. For this reason most copies were hand addressed or affixed with a mailing label and stamp and folded for mailing. This copy is addressed to poet Cid Corman editor of the influential poet magazine Origin. This issue features contributions from Jones Charles Olson David Meltzer Mike Strong Joseph LeSueur George Brecht John King and Frank Buck. [LeRoi Jones / Diane Di Prima unknown
rif. 10580B&w illus. Unpaginated. 12mo pictorial softcover. Amsterdam: Tuja Books 2005. Scarce catalogue of Brecht editions multiples etc.; edition of 1000 copies. Near fine. unknown books
rif. 10580B&w illus. Unpaginated. 12mo pictorial softcover. Amsterdam: Tuja Books 2005. Scarce catalogue of Brecht editions multiples etc.; edition of 1000 copies. Near fine. unknown
1970rif. 590922London: The Review 1970. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 80pp. Stapled wrappers. Fine. Featuring "Poets of East Germany Introduced by Michael Hamburger." Robert Lowell by John Bayley Peter Porter by Clive James Ted Hughes by John Fuller and more. Poetry by Bertolt Brecht Wolf Biermann Gunter Kunert and others. The Review unknown books
1939rif. 617082New York: Contemporary Play Productions 1939. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. Gray wrappers printed in red. Small chips and tears at the bottom margin of four leaves toning on the spine and edge of wraps very good. Six plays the best known being Bertolt Brecht's The Informer. Other contributors include Peter Bernt Jerome L. Schwartz H.S. Kraft Peter Nikl and Wiliam Kozlenko. Contemporary Play Productions unknown books
1939rif. 380726New York: Contemporary Play Productions 1939. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Small octavo. 108pp. Gray wrappers printed in red. Slight age-toning just about fine. Six plays the best known being Bertolt Brecht's The Informer. Other contributors include Peter Bernt Jerome L. Schwartz H.S. Kraft Peter Nikl and Wiliam Kozlenko. Contemporary Play Productions unknown books
1970rif. 590791Lisbon: Grupo de Capolide Almada 1970. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 97 1 pp. Text in Portuguese. Printed wrappers with mimeographed pages. Ex-Harvard library with a stamp inside the front cover and blindstamp on first page front cover with creased corners and unprinted lower wrap rubbed with a tiny stain very good and sound. A collection of texts about Brecht's work with contributions by M. Abramson A. Gurevitch and N. Klesnitski; Hugh Thomas; Frederico Chabod; Enzo Collotti; Paolo Chiarini; Elisabeth Roudinesco; Walter Benjamin two pieces; and one piece by Brecht; "Diário de Trabalho algumas páginas. Grupo de Capolide Almada unknown books
1979rif. 398068Philadelphia: The Brecht Theatre of Temple University 1979. Unbound. Near Fine. 8.5" x 11". Photocopy. Old folds as mailed near fine. Addressed and mailed on verso undated but postmarked in 1979. The flyer describes the show as "A bizarre goofy farout original performance art junk collage." OCLC not surprisingly locates no copies. The Brecht Theatre of Temple University unknown books
1961rif. 597290New Orleans: Tulane University 1961. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. 138pp. Printed wrappers. Spine and wraps lightly toned very good or better. Contributions by Bertold Brecht Kurt Weill Max Frisch Eric Bentley Werner Hecht James Schevill and Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Tulane University unknown books
1966rif. 587334New York: Chalk Circle Productions 1966. Softcover. Near Fine. Volume 1 Number 1 all published. Illustrated by Ed Crawford Leopoldo Mendez John Thamm John Giannetti Ed Druck Landfeld and Maro Riofrancos. Octavo. 72pp. Light wear pinhole burn mark on the lower wrap and a tiny bit of staining on the final page spread just about near fine. Prints "The Necessary Decision: 10 Working Theses of an Author in the Divided World" by Peter Weiss; "The Anachronistic Procession of Freedom and Democracy" by Bertold Brecht; "Criticism West of Suez" by John Berger; the poem "The Negros Sing" By Andrei Voznesensky; "Is Kafka Necessary" by Lee Baxandall as well as Kafka's "The Propertyless Workingmen's Association"; and Gerard Malanga's poem "The Young Mod" among other material. Although the lower wrap promises future issues featuring Carlos Fuentes on Moby Dick never-before-translated Neruda and an interview with John Berger we find no evidence of a second issue being published. Uncommon. Chalk Circle Productions unknown books
rif. 31702-Bloomsbury Methuen Drama 2014. First edition first impression 2014. Cloth. Very good indeed in dustjacket damaged & repaired with sellotape front panel see our image with sunning to the spine. This first English language biography of Bertolt Brecht 1898–1956 in two decades paints a strikingly new picture of one of the twentieth century’s most controversial cultural icons. Drawing on letters diaries and unpublished material including Brecht’s medical records Parker offers a rich and enthralling account of Brecht’s life and work viewed through the prism of the artist. Tracing his extraordinary life from his formative years in Augsburg through the First World War his politicisation during the Weimar Republic and his years of exile up to the Berliner Ensemble’s dazzling productions in Paris and London Parker shows how Brecht achieved his transformative effect upon world theatre and poetry. Ask to see our other Bertolt Brecht titles. Bertolt Brecht: A Literary Life 9781408155622 -Bloomsbury Methuen Drama (2014) hardcover
1966rif. 587334New York: Chalk Circle Productions 1966. Softcover. Near Fine. Volume 1 Number 1 all published. Illustrated by Ed Crawford Leopoldo Mendez John Thamm John Giannetti Ed Druck Landfeld and Maro Riofrancos. Octavo. 72pp. Light wear pinhole burn mark on the lower wrap and a tiny bit of staining on the final page spread just about near fine. Prints "The Necessary Decision: 10 Working Theses of an Author in the Divided World" by Peter Weiss; "The Anachronistic Procession of Freedom and Democracy" by Bertold Brecht; "Criticism West of Suez" by John Berger; the poem "The Negros Sing" By Andrei Voznesensky; "Is Kafka Necessary" by Lee Baxandall as well as Kafka's "The Propertyless Workingmen's Association"; and Gerard Malanga's poem "The Young Mod" among other material. Although the lower wrap promises future issues featuring Carlos Fuentes on Moby Dick never-before-translated Neruda and an interview with John Berger we find no evidence of a second issue being published. Uncommon. Chalk Circle Productions unknown
1979rif. 398068Philadelphia: The Brecht Theatre of Temple University 1979. Unbound. Near Fine. 8.5" x 11". Photocopy. Old folds as mailed near fine. Addressed and mailed on verso undated but postmarked in 1979. The flyer describes the show as "A bizarre goofy farout original performance art junk collage." OCLC not surprisingly locates no copies. The Brecht Theatre of Temple University unknown
1970rif. 590791Lisbon: Grupo de Capolide Almada 1970. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 97 1 pp. Text in Portuguese. Printed wrappers with mimeographed pages. Ex-Harvard library with a stamp inside the front cover and blindstamp on first page front cover with creased corners and unprinted lower wrap rubbed with a tiny stain very good and sound. A collection of texts about Brecht's work with contributions by M. Abramson A. Gurevitch and N. Klesnitski; Hugh Thomas; Frederico Chabod; Enzo Collotti; Paolo Chiarini; Elisabeth Roudinesco; Walter Benjamin two pieces; and one piece by Brecht; "Diário de Trabalho algumas páginas. Grupo de Capolide Almada unknown
