n.p.: Privately published, 1979. Single 16mo sheet folded to make four pages. Front and back covers reproduce Berman verifaxes of hands holding transistor radios, inside features the poster for his Ferus Gallery show and another work by Berman with a small photo of him. Faint touch of sunning to top..... More
n.p.: Privately produced by the artist, 1962. Small framed etching that Berman found and gifted to Meltzer. Inscribed on the verso by Berman who has done a small drawing of Meltzer: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID From Wallace, Shirley & Tosh 1962." A charming artifact linking these two longtime best friends. The..... More
LA: Wallace Berman, ca. 1964. Affixed to the card is a small photo by Berman of a flower in silhouette against an abstract background. "Love from the Bermans" is printed above. Fine with a few minute remnants of archival tape to verso from previous framing (4" x 3")... More
Larkspur, CA: Wallace Berman, 1960. The front of the card features a lovely, soulful close-up self-portrait of Berman's face looking directly into the camera. The photo has intentionally been torn with irregular edges and affixed to the card. The back of the card is stamped and hand-addressed by Berman in..... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1963. Arguably Berman's most interesting poster design utilizing various photographs culled from newspapers and magazines to create a dynamic collage effect (Support the Revolution, p. 170.). Old creases where folded as issued, paper slightly toned, the toning a bit accentuated at the center fold, but an exceptionally..... More
LA: Privately published by Wallace Berman, 1957. The second issue of Berman's legendary handmade mixed-media periodical that was produced in various formats for nine issues from 1955-1964. This number is the only one that was bound as a booklet stapled at the spine. Published after Berman's first exhibition at Ferus..... More
Larkspur, CA: Hand-printed and assembled by Wallace Berman, 1959. Limited to 350 copies. Printed folder featuring a cover photo of a phallic rock by Charles Brittin. Laid into a pocket inside the folder are 17 (of 18) inserts printing poems, photographs, and drawings, with contributions by Philip Lamantia, Bob Kaufman..... More
Larkspur, CA: Privately printed and hand-assembled by Wallace Berman, 1961. Limited to 200 copies. Folder with an altered photographic still of actress Susan Hayward on the cover. Laid into a pocket inside the folder are 18 inserts of various sizes printing photographs, texts, and drawings. This issue is devoted entirely..... More
LA: Gemini G.E.L., 1974. Originally issued as the colophon lithograph for a set of lithos titled Radio/Aether Series 1966/1974, but here offered separately. It features a bold line of Berman's Hebrew lettering that extends from one side to the other. This colophon lithograph was the only one signed by Berman..... More
LA: Gemini G.E.L., 1974. An offset lithograph photographed from Berman's original Verifax collage. Limited to 50 copies. Originally issued as part of a set of lithos titled Radio/Aether Series 1966/1974, but here offered separately. On this print the images within the four hand-held radios are: a nebula swirling in outer..... More
LA: Gemini G.E.L., 1974. An offset lithograph photographed from Berman's original Verifax collage. Limited to 50 copies. Originally issued as part of a set of lithos titled Radio/Aether Series 1966/1974, but here offered separately. On this print the images within the four hand-held radios are: a woman sitting in a...... More
n.p.: Privately published, 1965. Printed in black on yellow stock. (Wallace Berman: American Aleph, p. 86.) Fine (21" x 17"). More
NY: Reynal & Co., [1956]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jcket. First edition in English. An anthology of material from the magazine L'oeil. Profusely illustrated. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a chip to top of spine and back panel. More
Bern: Kornfeld & Klipstein, [1979]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated throughout. Text in English, French, and German. Fine. More
LA: Kohn Gallery, [2016]. 4to. Hardbound, issued without a dust jacket. First edition. Terrific book on Berman profusely illustrated throughout. Published on the occasion of an exhibition. As new in publisher's shrinkwrap. More
Milan: Galeria Fabia Calvasina, [1998]. Single sheet of accordion-folded thick stock printed on both sides. First edition. Features color illustrations of surreal collages based on paintings of the wives of Henry VIII, with bilingual Italian-English text on the verso. Published in conjunction with an exhibition. Fine... More
NY: Whitney Museum, 1984. Pamphlet. First edition. Exhibition catalog for his 1984 Whitney show. Illustrated with photos of his work. Fine. More
[London: Phaidon, 1994]. Square 4to. Softbound. First printing. Color photos, architectural diagrams etc. Published as part of the Architecture in Detail series. As new. More
[Bath]: Dempsey Parr, [1999]. 4to. Hardbound in dust jacket. First edition. Profusely illustrated. Fine. More
LA: Black Sparrow Press, 1971. Hardbound in acetate dust jacket. First edition. Cover illustration by Joe Brainard. One of 200 numbered copies signed by Elmslie. As new. More
LA: Black Sparrow, 1968. 4to. Hardbound in acetate dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated with many charming drawings by Joe Brainard. One of 100 numbered copies signed by Elmslie and Brainard. As new. More
NY: Siamese Banana Press, [1971]. 4to. Mimeographed sheets stapled at the edge. First edition. One of 26 lettered copies signed by Brainard (handwritten colophon by Brainard). Minute indentation to one corner, else fine. More
n.p.: Don Allen for the S. F. Arts Festival, 1964. Folio-sized folder containing 10 illustrated poetry broadsides created for the San Francisco Arts Festival. Limited to 300 copies signed by both poet and illustrator (except for David Meltzer who refused to sign his, and artist Phyllis Bailey). Includes the broadside..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1925]. The second issue of the preeminent Surrealist journal, published in Paris at the height of the Surrealist Movement. Prints the famous "Le Suicide Est-Il Une Solution?" with responses by Artaud, Breton, Reverdy, et al. Texts and poems by Eluard, Artaud, Desnos, Aragon, Breton, Crevel, Vache, and others. Illustrations..... More
n.p.:n.p., [1926]. The preeminent Surrealist journal, published in Paris at the height of the Surrealist Movement. This issue edited by Andre Breton. Prints "Lettre a la Voyante" and "Uccello le Poil" by Antonin Artaud, also contributions by Breton, Peret, Eluard, Desnos, et al. Illustrations by Tanguy, Miro, Ernst, Masson, Man..... More