viaLibri ~ Rare Books from 1968

Tomatsu, Shomei
        Afghanistan / Salaam Aleikoum / Salaam Aleikum / Saraamu Areicomu / Saramu Areikomu
      Tokyo: Shaken, 1968. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine hardcover in the original clear vinyl dust jacket, now lightly yellowed and soiled at the edges with no tears or chips. A very nice copy. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Tomatsu's extremely scarce documentary photo-essay on Afghanistan in the early 1960s; the third book issued by Shaken, the publishing house he started in 1967. Photographs and text by Shomei Tomatsu (1930-2012.) Unpaginated; 101 full-page gravure-printed b&w plates + 1 map; 7-5/8 x 8-7/8 inches. Text in Japanese. LAID-IN are two publisher's leaflets for the other two books issued by Shaken, Nihon and 11:02 Nagasaki. Due to size and weight, international and expedited shipping will be more than quoted.

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        Werkmeister, Wolfgang. - "Ein Fluß mündet ins Meer".
      - Radierung / Aquatinta, auf BFK-Rives-Bütten, 1968. Von Wolfgang Werkmeister. Auflage Exemplar Nr. 27/30. 34,8 x 45,0 cm (Darstellung / Platte) / 49,5 x 64,5 cm (Blatt). Werkmeister II 66. Rechts unter der Platte in Bleistift signiert und datiert, links betitelt sowie mit eigenhändiger Auflagenbezeichnung versehen. Am Blattrand links unten Prägestempel "Druck Werkmeister" und Wasserzeichen "BFK Rives France". - Am oberen Blattrand unscheinbar fingerspurig. Verso rEste einer ehemaligen Montierung. Sonst sehr schön erhaltenes Exemplar. Wolfgang Werkmeister (*1941 Berlin, lebt und arbeitet in Hamburg). Deutscher Grafiker, bedeutender Vertreter der zeitgenössischen Radierkunst. 1960-64 Besuch der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Fachklasse für freie Grafik und Illustration bei Gunther Böhmer. 1965 Besuch der Fachhochschule für Gestaltung Hamburg bei W. M. Busch und S. Oelke. 1966-68 tätig als Pressezeichner. 1972/73 Dozent an der Fachhochschule für Gestaltung, Hamburg. Zahlreiche Auslanfsaufenthalte und Stipendien in Marokko, USA, auf den Kanarischen Inseln, etc. 2001 Kunstpreis der Stadt Baden-Baden. Zentrales Ausdrucksmittel ist die Radierung, genauer die Aquatinta, in der er Landschaft als Hauptmotiv regelrecht zelebriert und in technisch ebenso aufwändigen wie raffinierten Blättern druckgrafisch umsetzt. Stilistisch siedelt sein Werk zwischen einem geschickt eingesetzten Fotorealismus und der lakonischen Bildsprache eines Ansel Adams. [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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Wyeth, Andrew. Meryman, Richard
        Andrew Wyeth. First edition signed & inscribed by Andrew Wyeth.
      Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968 - First edition, oblong folio (17½ x 13¼), pp. (8), 174, (1) colophon, (1) blank, signed & inscribed by the artist on the title: "To my dear friend Joe /Andy." Also inscribed on the half-title To Rosalie & Joe/ from a great admirer/ & friend with great affection/Peter Knendler. Original white lettered brown buckram backed brown lettered cream colored buckram in original color pictorial dust jacket. Fine clean bright copy in very good dust jacket not price clipped but with some scuffs and very short closed tears. Sheets clean, unmarked, complete. H7334 [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Fellini, Federico (director)
        FEDERICO FELLINI / THREE TYPED SIGNED LETTERS (1968-69)
      1968 - Archive of correspondence between Federico Fellini and Daniel Selznick regarding Satyricon and The Voyage of G. Mastorna Archive of three typed letters signed from Federico Fellini to Daniel Selznick (along with carbons of Selznick's several letters in reply, as well as an associated memo), written in 1968 and 1969, making reference to "Satyricon" and more specifically to "The Voyage of G. Mastorna," a film project very dear to Fellini that held great interest for Selznick as well -- but was never produced. Mastorna loomed over the second half of Fellini's career, the masterpiece that was perpetually in revision and on the director's mind. Marcus Perryman, in his introduction to The Journey of G. Mastorna: The Film Fellini Didn't Make (Berghahn Books, 2013) writes: "[Fellini] shrouded the film in mystery partly to keep open the option of making it. Every new project he worked on after his 'Satyricon' had first to get past the recurring thought, illusion or delusion of 'Mastorna.' After the initial failure, Fellini tinkered with the script for the next ten years. He came close to returning to it after 'Il Casanova,' which his analyst considered to be an important step in his self-therapy and one that 'Mastorna' would have extended further. "By his own admission, he repeatedly plundered the script for his new films: for the airport scene and award ceremony in 'Toby Dammit,' for the pope's regalia in 'Fellini Roma,' for verbatim inclusions and characters in 'Amarcord.' 'Prova d'orchestra' investigates the world of orchestral music, to which Mastorna belongs, albeit focusing more on the conductor as dictator than the musician as acolyte; 'La città delle donne' has numerous affinities with the unmade film. The bus and motel in 'Mastorna' are very much like Ginger's bus and motel and 'Mastorna' includes one of Fred's dance routines. Some said 'Ela nave va' was 'Mastorna' in disguise. . Fabrizio Borin calls Mastorna the character Fellini 'thought about, continually returned to, abandoned, repudiated, sought out, feared, hated and never created." Daniel Selznick, the son of David O. Selznick, is best known as a producer for films such as Peter Bogdanovich's Targets (1968) and various documentaries about Hollywood. His association with his father allowed him many opportunities to meet and correspond with numerous actors, actresses, and directors of note. Two letters in English, one in Italian, the latter with typed translation. 8 ½ x 11 in. Varying stock, all folded for mailing, NEAR FINE [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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Journal
        THE GARDEN / THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 1968-2011 (43 volumes)
      Royal Horticultural Society 1968 - paperback in hardback folders, 12 issues in each folder for a complete run of 43 volumes, (volumes 93-136 in the series), in 1976 the name of the Journal was shortened to 'The Garden' and the size increased, a good run in good binders and of course an extremely heavy collection which will incur an addiitonal postage request [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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Modiano, Patrick
        La Place De L'Étoile - 1st Edition/1st Printing
      Gallimard, Paris 1968 - A handsome first printing of the first edition in Fine condition, only minor tanning to pages, in original wraps with French flaps; Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano's first novel, also winner of the Roger Nimier Prize and Fénéon Prize, is the account of Raphaël Schlemilovitch, a Jewish collaborator. In June 1942, a German officer walks up to a young man and asked: "Pardon, monsieur, où se trouve la place de l'Étoile?" The young man points to the left side of his chest; [iv], 150, [4] pages [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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Spacal Luigi].
        Luigi Spacal. Opera grafica. 1936-1967. Testi di Rodolfo Pallucchini e Franco Russoli. Catalogo a cura di Giulio Montenero.
      Edizioni di Vanni Scheiwiller (stampa: Tipografia U. Allegretti di Campi - tavole Graphis, Trieste) 1968 - Raro e pregiato catalogo della mostra personale al museo Revoltella di Trieste. Splendide le tavole, stampate con un metodo a rilievo. Bell'oggetto, oltre che importante repertorio iconografico. Esemplare 70/100 nella tiratura di testa (tiratura comune di 900 es.), completo della silografia originale numerata e firmata a mano dall'artista. -- Scheda tecnica: pp. 31 [5], 40 tavv. a colori f.t. ciascuna in una custodia di carta velina con numero e titolo, fogli sciolti in carta forte; allegato su carta a parte un facsimile di autografo di Giuseppe Montero, e un'incisione a piena pagina numerata e firmata dall'artista, conservata in bifolio semitrasparente protettivo. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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AUDEN, W.H.
        Two Songs
      The Phoenix Book Shop, New York 1968 - First edition. 24mo. String-tied wrappers with paper label. Near fine with sunning along the spine on the front wrap and some glue remnant at the label. Limited to 126 copies. This is an out of series copy with the ownership Signature of W.S. Merwin, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry. Auden had selected Merwin's first book, *A Mask for Janus*, to be part of the Yale Younger Poets Series. In 1971 the two had a public falling out in the pages of *The New York Times Book Review* after Auden criticized Merwin for detailing his objections to the war in Vietnam and his donation of his Pulitzer Prize money to the draft resistance movement. An interesting association copy. [Attributes: Soft Cover]

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Bunting, Basil, and Jonathan Williams
        DESCANT ON RAWTHEY'S MADRIGAL CONVERSATIONS WITH BASIL BUNTING
      [Lexington, KY]: Gnomon Press, 1968. Large octavo. Paper over boards, printed spine label. Portrait. A fine copy in dust jacket with minor use at the crown of the spine panel. First edition, deluxe issue. One of twenty- five numbered copies, specially bound and signed by Bunting and Williams, from a total edition of five hundred copies. "This book remains the single most important source for biographical information, even though Bunting has, through the passage of time, confused some dates" - Guedalla. Scarce in this issue. GUEDALLA A10b.

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Beagle, Peter S.
        The Last Unicorn
      The Viking Press 1968 - First Edition, First Printing. In Very Good condition, in a price-clipped dust jacket. Previous owner address label to pastedown. Foxing to edge of page block. Stamping to spine cloth lightly rubbed. Boards show light spotting near upper edges. The dust jacket shows rubbing and edge wear, with a few short tears; sunning to spine and top edge of flaps. A nice copy. This book served as the basis for the film of the same name. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Beatles] Starr, Ringo. (b. 1940) [Edelman, Heinz. (1934 - 2009)]
        Original Portrait of Ringo
      - Enormous original ink and watercolor portrait of Ringo by Heinz Edelmann, 31 x 47 inches, showing him in a Yellow Submarine-esque striped suit jacket against a psychedelic background. Framed and in very good condition, with scattered staining and soiling. Edelmann, a German illustrator and designer, is best known for his art direction and character designs for the Beatles' 1968 animated film Yellow Submarine. This work is unsigned and was presumably intended for some sort of display, possibly a performance set or event promotion. It may have been a preliminary draft for one of those things - we have puzzled over the name spelling and frankly don't know what to make it of it. We acquired this from a French collector, who likewise didn't know what to make of that feature. But the piece is certainly contemporary to the period and based on the confidence and style of the line and overall impression, we feel confident in ascribing this to Edelman himself. However, as the work is unsigned, we must allow for the possibility it may have been executed by another hand, possibly an assistant or imitator. In any event, impressive in size and style, this is an extraordinary Beatles piece.

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MISHIMA Yukio
        Le marin rejeté par la mer
      Gallimard 1968 - - Gallimard, Paris 1968, 12x19cm, broché. - Edition originale de la traduction française, un des 26 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin pur fil, seuls grands papiers. Dos légèrement éclairci comme habituellement, bel exemplaire. [AUTOMATIC ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] First edition of the French translation, one of 26 numbered copies on vélin pur fil, the only large paper copies. Spine slightly faded as usual, a very good copy. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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POUILLON Fernand
        Mémoires d'un architecte
      Seuil 1968 - - Seuil, Paris 1968, 14,5x21,5cm, broché. - Edition originale, un des 280 exemplaires numérotés sur fleur d'alfa, le nôtre un des 55 réservés au Club de l'édition originale, seuls grands papiers. Signature manuscrite de Fernand Pouillon en dessous de la justification du tirage. Iconographie. Tampon imprimé de bibliophile en guise d'ex-libris en regard de la page de faux-titre. Petites traces d'insolation sans gravité en tête et en pied du dos, sinon agréable exemplaire. [AUTOMATIC ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOLLOWS] First edition, one of 280 numbered copies on Alfa paper flower ours one of 55 reserved to the Club of the first edition, the only major paper. Pouillon handwritten signature under the justification of the draw. bibliophile print buffer as an bookplate next to the half-title page. Small traces of sunshine minor head and foot of the back, otherwise nice copy. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

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C k Williams
        A Day for Anne Frank
      - The Falcon Press, Philadelphia, 1968. First edition of Williams's first published work: a poetic meditation inspired by the horrors of the Holocaust, with illustrations based on photographs of concentration camp victims. The volume was designed by Eugene Feldman and Sarah J. Williams, and printed by Feldman; this is => one of 1000 copies issued. 8vo (29.8 cm, 11.75"). [16] pp.; illus. Publisher's printed paper wrappers; tiny amount of rubbing to extremities. A nice copy of this uncommon debut from a major contemporary American poet. Signed inside front cover. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

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RANSOME,ARTHUR
        FOOL OF THE WORLD AND THE FLYING SHIP
      - (SHULEVITZ,URI)illus. FOOL OF THE WORLD AND THE FLYING SHIP retold by A. Ransome. NY: Farrar Strauss Giroux (1968). Oblong 4to, (10 1/2 x 9 1/4"), cloth, Fine in dust wrapper with price intact (spine ends frayed, a few closed tears and erasure mark on front flap, VG). 1st edition of this CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER, this is a Russian folk tale beautifully illustrated in color by Shulevitz. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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AA.VV
        Sagrada Biblia
      Editorial Herder, BARCELLONA 1968 - SPAGNOLO Prefazione, introduzione e revisione generale sui testi originali del R. P. Serafin de Ausejo O.F.M. Cap. Legatura editoriale in tessuto rosso con fregio in oro al piatto anteriore e titolo in oro al dorso, parziale distacco del dorso e del piatto anteriore, timbro del Centro di Documentazione al frontespizio, segnalibro in stoffa, pagine ben conservate, volume corredato da alcune cartine a colori fuori testo. Testo su due colonne La libreria offre per un periodo limitato uno sconto del 20% su tutti i suoi libri. Il prezzo originale dell'articolo era 999,00 euro.

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Zwicky, Fritz (1898-)
        Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies / by F. Zwicky . [Et Al. ] - (Complete in 6 volumes)
      Pasadena] : California Institute Of Technology 1968 - An exceptional set. Fine copies all in the original gilt-blocked buckram cloth. Particularly and surprisingly well-presented, tight, bright, clean and sharp cornered. ; 1 pages; Physical desc. : 6 v. Subject: Galaxies -- Astronomy --Physics. 12 Kg. 1 pp. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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BURLINGHAM, Dorothy (1891 - 1975)
        Typed Letter Signed about the Freuds and childhood blindness
      London, 1968. unbound. Two pages each measuring 11 x 8.5 inches, Maresfield Gardens, London, Jan. 7, 1968, concerning British psychoanalyst Ernest Jones and his relationship with Anna and Sigmund Freud, with additional recollections concerning Dr. Melanie Klein. Written to New York book editor and writer Robert Sussman Stewart, in part: "...Dr. Jones came to Vienna a few days after the Anschluss. I was there at the time. I do not think he tried to rescue Professor Freud so much as to try and make arrangements for the family to come to England as well as for some of Professor's chosen co-workers. This he did in his most helpful and competent manner. Dr. Jones's greatest wish was that Professor and his family should come to England, but above all that they should not go anywhere else...I have always understood that Dr. Jones invited Melanie Klein to come to London to start Child Analysis there. From then on he supported her point of view rather than Anna Freud's in her teaching of child analysis. What is interesting is that Melanie Klein in her later years had the feeling that Dr. Jones was not supporting her sufficiently and felt bitterly about it." With additional content pertaining to the congenitally totally blind child who she believes "should be considered quite apart from 'the blind' who have in the present, or have had in the past some degree of sight." Accompanied by the original postmarked envelope. Two horizontal folds; boldly signed and in near fine condition. World acclaimed child psychoanalyst and lifelong partner of Anna Freud, with whom she collaborated on several ground-breaking studies on the analysis of children. Her work with blind children is still considered to be a landmark of empathic scientific observation. She was the daughter of artist Louis Comfort Tiffany and the granddaughter of Charles Lewis Tiffany, the founder of Tiffany & Co.

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Irving, John
        Setting Free the Bears
      Random House 1968 - First edition. (Stated "First Printing" on copyright page.) 335 p. Very Good+ in about Very Good dust jacket. Clean text and sturdy binding. Gift inscription on ffep. Rubbing and soiling to head and tail cloth; jacket chipped and torn away there as well. Small faint stain to top edge. Some nicks and scrapes along spine panel edges. Old Doubleday bookstore sticker on back panel (can be removed easily). Front panel creased. Price intact ($5.95). The author's rare first book. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Yturbide, T., C. Mozzi
        EL TRAJE INDIGENO EN MEXICO. Indian Dress in Mexico. Tomo II
      INAH, Mexico City 1968 - In a folio box (12"x16") there are a 112 page text (in Spanish and English), 30 loose color drawings of traditional clothing, 36 loose b/w drawings of patterns, and 5 b/w leaves of photographs. The costumes covered in this volume are principally from Chiapas and of the Nahuas of Hueyapan, with lesser coverage of a number of other indigenous groups.

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MISHIMA Yukio
        Le marin rejeté par la mer
      - Gallimard, Paris 1968, 12x19cm, broché. - Prima edizione della traduzione francese, uno dei 26 esemplari numerati sul filo pergamena puro solo grandi giornali. Torna un po 'assottigliato, come al solito, copiare bene. - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale de la traduction française, un des 26 exemplaires numérotés sur vélin pur fil, seuls grands papiers. Dos légèrement éclairci comme habituellement, bel exemplaire.

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Fernand POUILLON
        MÃ©moires d'un architecte
      First edition, one of 280 numbered copies on Alfa paper flower ours one of 55 reserved to the Club of the first edition, the only major paper.Pouillon handwritten signature under the justification of the draw.bibliophile print buffer as an bookplate next to the half-title page.Small traces of sunshine minor head and foot of the back, otherwise nice copy. Seuil Paris 1968 14,5x21,5cm brochÃ©

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ANONIMO DEL CINQUECENTO; litografie di Carlo MATTIOLI.
        La Venexiana.
      Cerastico, 1968. Prefazione di Diego Valeri; litografie di Carlo Mattioli. In-folio (cm. 57x41), pp. 71 (5) su carta a mano della Filicarta, con undici litografie originali a colori di Carlo Mattioli numerate e firmate a matita dall'artista, di cui una nella copertina (anch'essa firmata), tutto a fogli sciolti entro copertina editoriale ornata in scatola in cartonato editoriale. Bellissima e non comune edizione di complessivi 120 esemplari di cui 100 numerati in numeri arabi da 1 a 100 (il nostro è il numero) e XX in numeri romani. OTTIME CONDIZIONI: unico difetto: sbiaditura del coperchio della scatola dovuta alla luce.

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BUTOR Michel ALECHINSKY Pierre & DUFOUR Bernard & HEROLD Jacques1910-1987
        Tourmente N°1
      - Fata Morgana, Montpellier 1968, 23x30,5cm, en feuilles sous chemise à lacet. - Edizione originale stampato in 130 copie numerate. Illustrato libro di disegni di Alechinsky, Dufour e Herold. firme scritte di Michel Butor Pierre Alechinsky, Bernard Dufour e Jacques Herold alla giustificazione del sorteggio. esemplare piacevoli presentati sotto la camicia di cartone, piatti di carta marmorizzata, tag title incollata sulla copertina. - [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale imprimée à 130 exemplaires numérotés. Ouvrage illustré de dessins d'Alechinsky, Dufour et Hérold. Signatures manuscrites de Michel Butor, Pierre Alechinsky, Bernard Dufour et Jacques Hérold à la justification du tirage. Agréable exemplaire présenté sous chemise cartonnée, plats de papier marbré, étiquette de titre encollée sur le premier plat.

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Williams, Miller
        So Long at the Fair (First Edition, signed in the year of publication)
      E.P. Dutton, New York 1968 - First Edition. INSCRIBED by Williams in the year of publication on the half-title page: "For -- and -- / In memory of one of history's most memorable four days, with love and other good things! / Miller / New Orleans / 3-3-68." Williams is the father of noted singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams, and this his third collection of verse, quite uncommon to find signed or in this condition.Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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LARDNER, Ring, Jr.
        [Screenplay]: MASH
      Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation and Aspen Productions. 1968. Screenplay. Quarto. 141pp. Brandbound in printed blue studio wrappers marked "Final Screenplay." Title page is present and notes: "Final February 26, 1969." General wear to the extremities, mostly at the yapped foredge which has multiple creases, near fine. The Academy Award-winning screenplay for the black comedy MASH written by Ring Lardner, Jr. and based on Richard Hooker's novel of the same name, which followed a group of doctors stationed with a mobile army hospital during the Korean War. The film was directed by Robert Altman and starred Elliott Gould and Donald Sutherland as surgeons negotiating the absurdities of war, which resonated with audiences during its release at the height of the Vietnam conflict. Though it was a difficult production with apparent friction between Altman, Lardner and many of the actors, the final film was an instant classic and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture and awarded the Palme d'Or at Cannes. .

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        Pop Music Expres: mesícník pro príznivce pop music [Pop Music Express: a monthly for pop music fans]. Vol. I, 19; Vol. II, 112; as well as the scarce Foto supplement (complete run).
      Prague: Národní rada Juvena 1968 - Folded newsprint; 612 pp. each. About very good, with horizontal folds, some toning and occasional light fraying; most issues with small postal address label to cover. The scarce complete run of this rare monthly journal, which showcases the pop-music tastes of young Czechs with an energy and freedom unparalleled in the Czechoslovak Republic. Its short-lived publication was enabled by the relaxed censorship rules during the Prague Spring, the reform movement of 1968 that was stalled by the Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia in August that year. Created jointly by Pragues music fan clubs and richly photo-illustrated, the magazine focuses on international as well as domestic representatives of Rock n roll, British beat and other pop music genres, such as The Matadors (Prague) and The Bluesmen (Olomouc). Among foreign bands extensively covered were The Doors, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and The Who. Wide coverage is also given to important Czech music festivals, such as the Second Czech Beat Festival in 1969. The issues of the first volume were largely designed by Kája Saudek (born 1935), a Czech comics artist since the 1960s, who was known for his ostentatious American style, which led the Communist authorities to label his work bourgeois kitsch and to prohibit many of his series. The last pages of vol. I feature, in serialized form, his original comic strip Honza Hrom (Johnny Thunder). Volume II features color and a more psychedelic style. PME was prominently featured in a recent exhibition on rock music and alternative visual culture in Czechoslovakia, curated by Zdenek Primus (The Pope Smoked Dope); see pp. 82: Honza Hruza and Durdis, who ran the Efko, said they were going to start up a magazine. Saudek drew comics on the back page, large format, that was the beginning of 1968 or roundabout then. In Smíchov, where the Soviet liberation tank 23 used to be, that was where the office was. That mag was called the Pop Music Expres. KVK, OCLC show only the copies at Olomouc State Library. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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Spruance, Benton (1904-1967)
        Moby Dick, the Passion of Ahab; Twenty-Six Lithographs by Benton Spruance. Text by Lawrance Thompson
      [Barre, Mass. , Barre Publishers] 1968 - Very good copy in the original clam-shell portfolio; corners slightly bumped with minor dust-toning to the panels. Thompson's text and the poems appear in a seperate pocket booklet. Additional bibliographic detail &c. On request. ; 26 pages; Description: 1 portfolio ([10], 26 l. , 26 plates) 58 cm. Subjects: Sea stories --Illustrations. Whales & Whaling in art. Related Names: Thompson, Lawrance Roger, 1906-1973. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick. 8 Kg. 26 pp. [Attributes: First Edition]

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HANS URS VON BALTHASAR
        CORDULA OVVEROSIA IL CASO SERIO
      QUERINIANA, BRESCIA 1968 - DIBATTITO SUL CRISTIANESIMO ITALIANO Traduzione dalla terza edizione in lingua tedesca di Giovanni Viola e Giovanni Moretto, edizione italiana a cura di Enzo Giammancheri, pagine in buonissimo stato di conservazione, brossura editoriale con alette, con lievi segni di usura, ingiallita e scolorita, adesivo biblioteca al piede del dorso, fioritura ai tagli La libreria offre per un periodo limitato uno sconto del 20% su tutti i suoi libri. Il prezzo originale dell'articolo era 999,00 euro.

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