Visions of Wright.
Boston: Bullfinch, [1997]. Oblong 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket. Second printing. Introduction by Terence Riley. Photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright's buildings with excerpts from his writings. As new.
Art
Transfigurations.
Rochester, VT: Inner Traditions, [2001]. Large 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Inscribed by Grey with a small drawing of a pyramid-with-third-eye: "To Judy, With love and light. Alex Grey." Grey has elevated metaphysical, psychedelic art to a higher level of achievement. Essays by Albert Hofmann and others. About fine.
Handbill by Rick Griffin announcing "A Sing Out for Sight.''
n.p.:n.p.,n.d. "An Historic Hootenanny" held at Carnegie Hall to benefit the SEVA Foundation, ca. 1970's. Odetta, Tom Paxton, John Sebastian, Ram Dass, Bob Gibson and others were scheduled to play, with Wavy Gravy acting as MC. Features an illustration of eyeballs playing musical instruments. Fine.
Maui Time, July 19, 1999.
n.p.:n.p., [1999]. A local newspaper from Maui featuring a full-cover color illustration by Rick Griffin of an eyeball riding a surfboard. Very fine.
''The Oracle.''
Berkeley: Berkeley Bonaparte, 1967. Poster featuring a b&w illustration of a holy man with arms outstretched and rays emanating from him. The same illustration was featured on the cover of Oracle, No. 6. This is the second printing of this poster that was originally issued by Co-op Oracle Posters earlier...
The Funny Place.
[NY]: Adventures in Poetry, [1973]. 4to. Mimeographed sheets stapled at the edge. First edition. Cover by Red Grooms. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Grooms and Snow. Fine.
Love Above All, and Other Drawings.
NY: Dover, [1971]. 4to. Softbound. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Lamination starting to peel at corners, else fine and bright.
Goya.
NY: Abrams, [1964]. Folio. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout with tipped-in plates. Fine.
The Gutman Letter.
[NY: Something Else Press, 1969]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated with photographs and graphics. Gutman was a stock analyst, an artist, and a friend of Kerouac and the Beats. He produced the film, Pull My Daisy. "Compliments of the editors" card laid in. Fine.
Color photograph (recent print) of Brion Gysin and Ian Sommerville sitting on either side of a dream machine, looking directly into the camera.
n.p.:n.p., [1962]. The photo was taken in late 1961 or early 1962 by famous jazz photographer, Herman Leonard. As new (8" x 8").
Color photograph (recent print) of Brion Gysin and Ian Sommerville staring into a dream machine.
n.p.:n.p., [1962]. The photo was taken in late 1961 or early 1962 by famous jazz photographer, Herman Leonard. As new (8" x 8").
Fabulous color photograph (recent print) of Brion Gysin staring into a dream machine.
n.p.:n.p., [1962]. A magnificent portrait of Gysin, trance-like, in front of an elaborate dream machine, his face bathed in the warm glow of the light. The wall behind him is painted with his calligraphy. The photo was taken in late 1961 or early 1962 by famous jazz photographer, Herman Leonard...
Picasso: Fifty Years of His Art.
NY: Museum of Modern Art, [1946]. Small 4to. Hardbound, lacking the dust jacket. First edition of the first comprehensive survey of Picasso's work in English. This is artist Brion Gysin's personal copy with his ownership signature. Gysin was a Surrealist in the '30s and he later collaborated with William Burroughs...
Back in No Time.
NY: Guillaume Gallozzi, 1994. Pamphlet. First edition. Exhibition catalog from Gysin's 1994 show at the Guillaume Gallozzi in New York City. Prints previously unpublished texts by Gysin as well as color illustrations of his work. Includes photographs of him and a chronology of his career. Nicely printed. Fine.
Art of Crete, Mycenae, and Greece.
NY: Abrams, [1969]. Square 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Illustrated throughout. Fine (trivial touch of soiling to dj).
Art of Rome, Etruria, and Magna Graecia.
NY: Abrams, [1969]. Square 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket. First American edition. Illustrated throughout. Fine.
Andy Warhol.
Paris: Fernand Hazan Editeur, [1972]. Hardbound in photo-illustrated boards. First edition. Early, profusely illustrated (many in color) overview of Warhol's career. (French text.) Very near fine.
19th and 20th Century Art.
NY: Abrams, [1970]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated, massive study. Fine in dust jacket with a small price sticker remnant to front panel.
Phantoms of the Imagination.
NY: Abrams, [1981]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated. Fine in somewhat spine-faded dust jacket.
Late Nineteenth Century Art: The Art, Architecture, and Applied Art of the "Pompous Age.''
[NY]: McGraw Hill, [1972]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition in English. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine.
Keith Haring color sticker showing a figure on a skateboard.
NY: Privately published by the artist, 1980's. Vintage self-adhesive sticker designed by Haring and sold at his Pop Shop. Printed in three colors against a white background. As new (3.5" diameter).
History of Italian Renaissance Art.
NY: Abrams, [1969]. Thick 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Fine.
The Real World of the Surrealists.
NY: Rizzoli, [1978]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Introduction by Barbara Rose. Profusely illustrated, many in color. Fine.
Henry Moore: Energy in Space.
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, [1973]. Square 8vo. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated with photos of Moore and his work (many in color). Portrait of Moore printed on clear acetate laid in. Text in French, English, and German. Erasure abrasion to f.f.e, else fine.
Man Ray 1890-1970.
Koln: Taschen, [2000]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition thus. Essays by Andre Breton, Katherine Ware, and Emmanuelle de L'Ecotais. Profusely illustrated. Very fine (barely perceptible touch of yellowing to page edges).