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1989ref. 159616N.p.: N.p. 1989. Vintage flyer for a performance by Danielle Hell and Iao Core on Saturday September 2 1989 at the Hat Heads Gallery of the San Francisco College of Art. Danielle Willis a self-described San Francisco-based poet writer and vampire who often went under the pseudonym Danielle Hell in the late 1980s and early 1990s is best known for her one-woman shows "The Methedrine Dollhouse" 1990 and "Breakfast in the Flesh District" 1992 as well as her acclaimed 1990 poetry collection "Dogs in Lingerie." The experimental rock band Iao Core combines classical experimental electronica avant-garde industrial speed metal and other genres and frequently features as many as 16 musicians. The band has released over 20 albums. 8.5 x 11 inches on shocking pink paper. Very Good plus with two small bruises to the upper left. N.p. unknown books
1763ref. 395.1763Munich & Ingolstadt for J. Fr. X. Crätz 1763. 8vo. contemporary gray boards lightly rubbed; 21 pages of manuscript notes in an 18th century hand on the front and rear endleaves. Handsome woodcut printer's mark on the title. This fifth edition is an interesting COMPENDIUM listing among other things the founding dates of European universities the various Orders of Knighthood heresies dynasties important peace-treaties etc. There are also large sections which have geographical interest. See: Holzmann-Bohatta I. No. 873. In Boards Munich & Ingolstadt for J. Fr. X. Crätz hardcover books
1979ref. 156737Studio City CA: EMI Television Programs 1979. Revised Shooting script for the 1979 television film here under the working title "Can You Hear the Laughter The Freddie Prinze Story." Copy belonging to sound mixer Keith A. Wester with his name in manuscript ink on the top right of the front wrapper and his annotations in manuscript ink and pencil on 20 pages. Bound in preceding the script are a six page Staff and Crew contact list a 30 page Shooting Schedule 17 pages of Call Sheets with annotations in manuscript ink and a map to the Comedy Store West. Originally aired on CBS on September 11 1979. Based on the article "Good Night Sweet Prinze" by Peter Greenberg published in the June 1977 issue of Playboy magazine. A portrayal of the sudden rise and success of the troubled Puerto Rican stand-up comedian and actor Freddie Prinze who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on January 29 1977. White titled wrappers rubber-stamped copy No. 60. Title page present dated March 19 1979 noted as REV. SHOOTING SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Dalene Young. 125 leaves with last page of text numbered 119. Xerographic duplication rectos only with green and goldenrod revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/23/79 and 5/4/79. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with three gold brads. EMI Television Programs unknown books
1988ref. 2092First Edition. 67-99 pp. each black toner on white commercial stock in stiff printed wrappers. Occasional illustrations. 8vo. Very good. Minor spotting toning handling marks to wrappers interiors clean and bright. 2092 Complete run of Richard Hell's literary magazine sponsored by The Poetry Project at St. Mark's with contributions from across the downtown NYC scene including David Wojnarowicz Eileen Myles Rene Ricard Hell himself and many others. The Poetry Project books
1959ref. 35107New York: Grove Press 1959. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Full maroon cloth. 118 pp. With occasional illustrations. Minor browning to endpapers; outer edges browned. In worn dustjacket. Grove Press hardcover books
1968ref. 587263New York: Genesis : Grasp 1968. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Small octavo. 49pp. Illustrated. Wrappers with light wear and the front cover a bit foxed topedge with a tiny stain and first two leaves with a corner crease very good or better. Inaugural issue of this literary magazine that prints a manifesto and contributions from Richard Meyers Thomas Merton David Giannini Jim Jowers George Wagner William Leo Coakley Richard Eberhart and Yuki Hartman. Richard Meyer would later reinvent himself as Richard Hell; according to an article in The New Yorker he typeset some of the issues himself on a Varityper machine. Genesis : Grasp unknown books
1996ref. 62572New York: Scribner 1996. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 22cm; cream paper-covered boards and black cloth backstrip with titles stamped in silver on spine; dustjacket; 67-1751pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Light wear to extremities faint vertical fold smoothed out on p.29-30 with a few tiny stains to endpapers; Near Fine. Dustjacket is price-clipped lightly edgeworn with a stain at mid-spine; Very Good. The former punk musician's first novel. Scribner unknown books
ref. 201814Tubingen: Ernst Wasmuth. hardcover. very good/very good. Many Photo. Illus. by the author. 4to gray cloth lightly rubbed d.w. Tubingen: Ernst Wasmuth n.d. circa 1970. vg Photography of mostly historic sites. Text in German. Ernst Wasmuth unknown books
1995ref. 198367Paris: Foundation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran September 28 through December 10 1995. Features text in English and French with contributions by Jean-Michel Ribettes Heinrich Hell and Roland Barthes. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in illustrated boards with some slight wear to the bottom edge No dust jacket as issued. Foundation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain unknown books
1977ref. 386338San Francisco: Sun King 1977. Softcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Magazine. Folio. 47pp. Newsprint wrappers. Near fine with some light toning and wear. A first wave punk zine that includes the Lester Bangs article "The Roots of Punk"; Richard Meltzer's column Bebop on Your Mama; a Patti Smith penned piece on Robert Bresson; a full-page comic by Spain Rodriguez; articles on The Nuns The Dils The Avengers Richard Hell and Cheap Trick along with heap of coverage of the San Francisco music scene. Sun King unknown books
1978ref. 370971New York: New York Rocker 1978. Softcover. Very Good. Magazine. Folio. 56pp. Newsprint wrappers. Very good with toning and a small tears at the extremities. A New York-based tabloid magazine founded by former zine publisher Alan Betrock and published for a total of 55 issues before it was canceled in late 1982. This issue features an article about Television Richard Hell and Tom Verlaine breaking up the murder of Nancy Spungen and arrest of Sid Vicious and articles on The Romantics Dave Edmunds The Fleshtones Regina Richards and others. New York Rocker unknown books
1978ref. 151059New York: CBGB's 1978. Vintage CBGB'S 2nd Avenue Theater four-page program Grand Opening Concert Bill the only concert bill printed for the short-lived club for late December 1978 announcing its Tuesday night opening with Talking Heads and Tuff Darts on December 27 The Dictators and Dead Boys on December 28 and Richard Hell and the Voidoids with Patti Smith December 29-31. These acts would be the theater's last perfomances. Included in the program are bios for headlining acts Talking Heads Dead Boys and Richard Hell and the Voidoids as well as listing of CBGB'S Bowery schedule for December 27th through December 31st. CBGB'S owner Hilly Kristal opened CBGB'S 2nd Avenue Theater in late 1977 in the old Anderson Theatre at 66 2nd Avenue. The venue was designed to accommodate the growing crowds bands like Talking Heads the Patti Smith Group and Richard Hell and the Voidoids were attracting to the small Bowery club. With a capacity of just over 1700 seats massive compared to the 350-person capacity of CBGB'S it opened on Tuesday December 27th with Talking Heads headlining and Tuff Darts as the opener. Due to the decrepit state of the theater the cost of bringing the theater up to code even with backing from the likes of Sire records president Seymour Stein were too great. Kristal nearly went bankrupt trying to make a go of it ultimately closing the theater in early 1979. The last performance at the venue was New Year's Eve 1978 featuring The Patti Smith Group Richard Hell and the Voidoids the Erasers and Mars. 5.5 x 8 inches Two page bi-Fold. Near Fine. CBGB's unknown books
1952ref. 238186New York 1952. pamphlet. Very scarce signed Playbill featuring "The First Drama Quartette" a loose ensemble of friends consisting of Charles Laughton Charles Boyer Cedric Hardwicke and Agnes Moorehead appearing in the 1952 Broadway production of Bernard Shaw's "Don Juan in Hell" at the Plymouth Theatre. Signing on the cover next to a fantastic photo are Laughton Boyer and Hardwicke. Moorehead's autograph is absent. Near fine condition. unknown books
1470ref. ST17764Delft ca. 1470. Leaf: 175 x 122 mm. 6 7/8 x 4 3/4"; Frame: 250 x 195 mm. 9 3/4 x 7 3/4". No text on recto or verso. In an attractive wooden frame. A FINELY PAINTED MINIATURE OF THE HARROWING OF HELL within an arch-topped compartment the mouth of hell depicted on the left with a fiery red interior and five people emerging from it the figure of Christ on the left holding a cross on a long staff and half-clothed in a pink and blue robe the background with a castle in the distance ALL OF THIS BENEATH A VERY DETAILED ARCHITECTURAL CANOPY suspended in the sky AND THE WHOLE WITHIN A FULL BORDER of acanthus leaves and other foliage and flowers in reds blues greens yellows and brushed gold along with very many small burnished gold ivy leaves and buds on hairline stems a small stork in the bottom border and a large delicately shaded angel in the left border. ◆Left margin trimmed very close to decoration just escaping loss and the other three margins ample mild darkening right at fore and tail edge but not reaching into borders otherwise IN FINE CONDITION the colors rich and true and the burnished gold still shimmering. This extraordinary miniature notable for its uncommon subject matter memorable imagery and fine workmanship was produced by a talented artist belonging to the stylistic group known as the Masters of the Delft Half-Length Figures. The subject here is infrequently depicted in Books of Hours: the Harrowing of Hell appears as a full-page miniature in only three of the 119 prayer books described by Roger Wieck in his "Time Sanctified" and three others contain a Harrowing depiction inside an initial. Christian theological tradition tells us that after his crucifixion Christ went to liberate souls from Limbo--a location inhabited by those barred from entry into Heaven because they died before the Redemption. In our scene Christ wrapped in a regal cloak and carrying a long staff his hands and feet still bleeding from the wounds he received on the Cross reaches into an absolutely wonderful Hellmouth to extricate Adam and Eve and other naked souls while the recently deceased and original saint John the Baptist still clad in an animal skin garment waits patiently for his turn to emerge. The great maw of Hell as depicted here has bulging eyes a distended snout thickly matted hair and a bad complexion; his gaping mouth punctuated by sharp gray teeth glows red hot and one can tell from the creature's expression that he is loath to comply with this rescue of souls. In addition to its compelling subject matter there is a high level of artistic achievement here including delicately molded figures impressively detailed architectural elements and a lovely color palette. The elegance and quiet sophistication observed in this miniature distinguishes the artist responsible for this work as a particularly talented member of his circle. Active from about 1450-80 the Masters of the Delft Half-Length Figures were named by James Marrow after the angels and other figures whose upper bodies are typically found emerging from a cloud within the borders. Although the present leaf uncharacteristically contains a full-length angel in the border it shares other stylistic similarities such as the elaborate architectural canopy hovering over the main composition; and it particularly resembles the work of the artist of Keble College MS 77 an illuminator described in "The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Illumination" as "one of the more articulate of the group" whose "figures are more fully modelled and his palette . . . deeper and brighter" than that of his contemporaries. Because the subject of the present miniature goes beyond the standard image program seen in routine productions and because of the high level of artistic accomplishment seen here this leaf was almost certainly part of an elaborate Book of Hours produced in response to an important commission. unknown books
1976ref. 90224New York: Punk Publications Inc 1976. First Edition. Slim quarto 27.5cm; original pictorial newsprint wrappers; 22pp; illus. Light wear to extremities a few faint creases with a touch of dust-soil and one faint stain to rear wrapper; Near Fine. Early issue of John Holmstrom's groundbreaking punk fanzine with the entirety of the issue dedicated to Richard Hell's film treatment "The Legend of Nick Detroit". 90224. Punk Publications, Inc unknown books
2013ref. 12046New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art 2013. First Edition/No DJ as issued. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition/No DJ as issued. Hardcover. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Catalog for the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute's exhibition on punk fashion featuring essays on punk performers Richard Hell and John Lydon richly illustrated. Light shelfwear else tight bright and unmarred. Black paper over boards. Black pictorial endpapers. 4to 240pp b/w color illus. Matte paper. Metropolitan Museum of Art hardcover books
2005ref. 23435Milwaukee WI: Repair 2005. First edition. Signed by Richard Hell. One of 500 copies bound in wrappers. Very fine copy. 8vo original wrappers. Very fine copy. Repair unknown books
2005ref. 23434Milwaukee WI: Repair 2005. First edition. One of 16 hardbound copies hors commerce signed by the authors; this being copy number 13. The entire edition consisted of 42 hardbound copies and 500 copies in wrappers. Very fine copy. 8vo original red cloth dust jacket. Very fine copy. Repair unknown books
1982ref. 167880Los Angeles: New Line Cinema 1982. Three vintage studio still photographs from the 1982 film. A teenage runaway travels from New Jersey to New York in order to become famous in the punk subculture only to discover the punk scene long since faded and relocated to Los Angeles. Susan Seidelman would go on to direct "Desperately Seeking Susan" with some considering "Smithereens" a stylistic precursor to that film. The first American independent film to be invited to compete for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. 10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned else Near Fine. New Line Cinema unknown books
1988ref. 35308München; Cambridge: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; Houghton Library Harvard University 1988. Paperback. Quarto. Wrappers. 138 pp. In English and German. Catalog of a joint exhibition of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and the Houghton Library issued by the Bavaria-Harvard Committee for 20th Century Music History. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; Houghton Library, Harvard University paperback books
1988ref. 106150Munich and Cambridge: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and Houghton Library 1988. stiff paper wrappers. Music. square small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 138 pages. Alban Berg and The Second Viennese School Musians in American Exile. Illustrated exhibition catalogue. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek and Houghton Library unknown books
1969ref. 152122N.p.: N.p. 1969. Vintage reference photograph from the 1969 Swedish television film showing actor Anders Ek in a menacing demonic mask. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's UK release affixed to the verso. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. A theatrical troupe is called before the Swedish courts due to their obscene performance material and personal lives leading each troupe member to crack under psychological strain. The film originally aired on September 18 1969 on Sveriges Radio. 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
2007ref. 13531New York: CUZ Editions 2007. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. Near Fine in Wraps. First Edition Thus. Original Wraps. The first compiled edition consists of 250 copies 50 of which were numbered and signed by author. This copy un-numbered but includes the inscription on title page. 'or "Sailing with Hermes" for Joshua Richard Hell NYC 2007'. A handsome copy. Discrete tiny crease in bottom front wrapper minor shelf/edge wear else tight bright and unmarred.Glossy white staplebound warps gold lettering np. 8.5x11. Inscribed and dated by the author. CUZ Editions unknown books
1994ref. 45299New York: Poetry Project 1994. Very Good. New York: Poetry Project 1994. First Edition. Octavo 23cm; publisher's white pictorial card wrappers by Shen Chen; 127pp. Light soil to textblock margins else Very Good to Near Fine. Poetry Project unknown books
2008ref. 135149Bona Editio 2008. First edition. Oblong hardcover. Text in English and German. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Scarce with no copies listed in OCLC. Bona Editio unknown books
