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BURDEN, CHRIS). Burden, Chris
        CHRIS BURDEN: 71-73
      Chris Burden, Los Angeles 1974 - 96pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Chris Burden. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the first of two early catalogues raisonné cum artist books privately published by Chris Burden detailing his own conceptually based performance work. It presents copious photographic documentation accompanied by the artist's own notes for each of twenty-three projects executed between 1971 and 1973. A most presentable copy of this uncommon item showing noticeable overall wear, scuffing, and handling to its covers along with some mild soiling to the edges of the textblock. It has been priced accordingly. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. [Attributes: First Edition; Soft Cover]

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STARK (F). MOOREHEAD (C), ed.:
        Freya Stark Letters. Edited by Caroline Moorehead. NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
      Michael Russell, [Wilton, 1974-82]. 8 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, coloured endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises Vol. I: The Furnace and the Cup 1914-30 (1974); Vol. II: The Open Door 1930-1935 (1975); Vol. III: The Growth of Danger 1935-1939 (1976); Vol. IV: Bridge of the Levant 1940-1943 (1977); Vol. V: New Worlds for Old 1943-1946 (1978); Vol. VI: The Broken Road 1947-1952 (1981); Volume VII: Some Talk of Alexander 1952-1959 (1982); Vol. VIII: Traveller's Epilogue 1960-1980 (1982). COMPLETE SETS IN THIS CONDITION ARE NOW EXTREMELY SCARCE. . Catalogs: travel & exploration.

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Richard Nixon
        ?With the staunch support of the American people and with the loyalty and confidence of friends like you, this Administration can continue moving toward the great goals it was elected to achieve?? Six months later, President Nixon resigned
      Typed Letter Signed ?RN? as President, 1p, 6.75? x 9?. The White House, Washington, D.C., February 5, 1974. To Congressman C.W. (Bill) Young (R-Florida). Blind embossed with the presidential seal at top center. Fine condition.In full, ?Thank you very much for your January 30 letter. It was very thoughtful of you to write as you did. I appreciated having an opportunity to learn of the widespread support of my conduct of the Office of the President which you found throughout your Congressional District. Your report adds emphasis to my own conviction that, with the staunch support of the American people and with the loyalty and confidence of friends like you, this Administration can continue moving toward the great goals it was elected to achieve.? On August 6, 1974, Congressman Young told the Associated Press he would vote to impeach President Nixon. On August 9th, President Nixon resigned. Note: In 1995, Young voted to impeach President Clinton. Republican Charles W

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MOORE, Henry.
        Girl Seated at Desk III
      Henry Moore. 1974. - Original 4 colour lithograph on J. Whatman paper. Size: 34.9 x 43.2 cm. (13½ x 17 inches) Fine condition. Framed. No VII of X proofs and an edition of 50. Signed and dated in pencil lower right. Printed by Curwen Prints Ltd. Moore found that printmaking facilitated a departure from his sculptural interests, allowing more freedom to experiment with colour, light and subtleties of tone. His exploration in printmaking techniques can be traced from woodblock prints of 1931. Cramer 339 [Attributes: Signed Copy]

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HEYEN, William, director
        Brockport Writer's Forum: Four Days in April, 1974
      1974 - A program issued for a joint poetry reading held at SUNY Brockport in 1974. One of 100 numbered copies Signed by each featured poet. This particular copy is one of ten copies which were sent out to be bound by Heyen. Inscribed by Heyen to his editor, Ernest Stefanik: "Dear Ernest, I've had ten of these signed programs bound, and thought you might like one. My friend Al Poulin surprised me by billing our four days' celebration as a spectacular to mark the birth of Noise, which didn't show up for another couple of months! Sent to you with warm wishes. Bill Heyen, Brockport, November, 1974." Contains poems and Signed by John Anderson, Stanley Plumly, Heyen, William Stafford, Jarold Ramsey, Terry Stokes, Galway Kinnell, Louis Simpson, Erica Jong, C.K. Williams, Richard Howard, Carolyn Kizer, Ishmael Reed, Michael Waters, Robert Bly, and John Logan. With binder's receipt tipped onto the half-title page. Very scarce. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Strand, Paul
        Paul Strand: Sixty Years of Photographs
      Aperture (1974), New York - 1/350. Sm. quarto. 182pp. Black cloth in matching slipcase with original publisher's paper band. Two tiny stains on front cover. Profusely illustrated with b/w reproductions of photographs on glossy paper. Includes excerpts from correspondence, interviews, documents, chronology and selected bibliographies. Profile by Calvin Tomkins. Accompanied by a hand-pulled, dust-grained 5 1/2" x 7" gravure (Fisherman, Gaspè, 1937) of an Iris, window-mounted on stiff sleeve and protected by printed tissue guard within gray paper folder, all in original shipping sleeve. Gravure was made from the original negative. Blind-stamp of Paul Strand Estate on lower right margin of sleeve. Gravure in fine, book in near fine condition. All items in publisher's large original shipping box. Rare. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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        Original Poster: "Joe Levy, Multi Millionaire Property Developer [...] Whose Side Are The Police On?"
      N.p, n.d. [London: All London Squatters, ca 1974?]. Poster calling attention to the plight of those evicted from the Camden Street Squat, formerly located at 220 Camden High Street. The owner of the building, Joseph Levy (1906-1990), was a wealthy London property developer whose company Stock Conversion helped rebuild the city during the 1950's-60's after WWII. In February 1974, Levy enlisted the help of 100 police officers to evict the occupants of the Camden Street Squat, had the building boarded and locked, leaving numerous families displaced. Levy was despised by the All London Squatters, the group behind Camden Street, and according to their meeting notes (see http://www.wussu.com/squatting/als17024.htm), plans were in motion to picket both his offices as well as the local courts, though they were ultimately unsuccessful in regaining entry into the squat. A rare poster, not listed in OCLC. Original silkscreened poster, printed in navy blue on yellow stock, measuring 52cm x 65cm (20.5" x 25 5/8"). Edgeworn and creased, with tears at the margins and shallow loss to three of four corners (none affecting image); Very Good.

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Alexander Calder (1898-1976)
        Untitled etching from the Santa Clause portfolio (98/175)
      L'Herne, Paris 1974 - Alexander Calder (1898-1976) Etchings from the Santa Clause Portfolio Limited edition of 175 copies; each signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Published by L'Herne Paris: 1974 Signed Calder, lower right Dimensions: 20 1/4 x 26" E.E. Cummings (1894-1962), an American poet, essayist and playwright, first published his one-act play, Santa Clause, in the Harvard Wake in the spring of 1946. The play was inspired by his reunion with his estranged daughter Nancy, whom was married to Willard Roosevelt, grandson of Theodore Roosevelt. Cummings considered the play Santa Claus, which expressed his belief in the joys of love, his most successful. The allegorical Christmas fantasy recounts the tale of Santa Claus and the sinister character Death, who exchange identities in a cynical scheme to sell shares in a worthless wheel mine. A little girl, whose innocence allows her to see through their deception, finds them out. Remorseful, Santa reveals his true identity, reaffirming his faith in love and giving and reconciles with his estranged family. Alexander Calder illustrated this monumental artist book with nine full-page etchings, whose simplified linear motifs deftly convey the emotional power of the story. Each original etching is signed and number in pencil by Calder.

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Stephen King
        Carrie
      Doubleday & Company, 1974. Hardcover. Good. New York: Doubleday & Company, 1974: First Edition, First Printing, with "P6" code at the gutter of page 199. In original dust jacket with proper price of $5.95 intact. In Good condition. Pages show foxing and creasing, some light separation between a few hinges. Staining to side of page block. Cloth shows discoloration, soiling and wear. Lean to spine, wear at spine ends, rubbing to stamping on spine. The dust jacket shows moderate wear and damp staining. First Edition, as stated.

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SNYDER, Robert
        This is Henry, Henry Miller from Brooklyn: Conversations with the Author from The Henry Miller Odyssey
      Nash Publishing, Los Angeles 1974 - First edition. Quarto. Fine in very good plus dustwrapper with one longish tear. Inscribed by Miller to his second wife June Mansfield: "For June, Merry Xmas! Henry 1974." Mansfield was perhaps Miller's most important influence, and his muse for most of his earliest and most famous works. In the text of this book Miller relates: ".I was married a few years when I finally ran into 'Mona,' in my books, you know, in the dance hall, and we were caught in bed one morning when I thought my wife had gone on a vacation. So I left her immediately and went to live with June -- 'Mona.' And it was through my new wife that I got the courage to make my final decisions and to live by them. she used to say to me, 'Look, give up that job; Start to write.'" A nice association. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Canetti, Elias [Kafka, Franz]
        Kafka's Other Trial [Signed]
      London: Calder and Boyars, 1974. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. A Fine copy of the first UK edition, first printing (prior owner's neat signature to the front free end paper), in a Fine dust jacket (with less toning to the rear panel and flaps, and with brighter spine lettering, than usually seen), SIGNED BY ELIAS CANETTI on the half-title; Canetti's examination of Franz Kafka's letters to Felice Bauer, his fiancÃ©e, through which Canetti provides insights into Kafka's life and shows how the letters inspired his writings. Elias Canetti won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power". Signed copies of his works are not terribly common to the market and signed copies of his work in English translation are scarce. A Fine copy, SIGNED BY ELIAS CANETTI. SCARCE.

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British Political Sources: Political Party Year Books]
        THE LIBERAL AND RADICAL YEAR BOOK / THE LIBERAL YEAR BOOK [A run of 41 uniformly-bound facsimile volumes]
      The Harvster Press 1972 to 1974, Brighton, UK - 8vo, A few volumes are lightly scuffed & some have a former owner's bookplate on the front endpaper; else each in vg condition. First published in 1887, ten years after the establishment in England of a national Liberal Party, this is an invaluable and comprehensive historical, statistical, and political publication. The volumes cover the years from 1887 to 1889, 1905 to 1932, and 1934 to 1939. Each volume was reproduced from the best original copy available, although the publishers (Harvester Press) observe in a prefatory note to the 1887 edition that "the original, in the British Museum, [had] been tightly re-bound and this has affected the reproduction of the inner margin of some few pages. Extensive inquiries have failed to locate an alternative copy for reprinting." Each volume typically includes complete information on the organization of the Liberal Party, composition of both Houses of Parliament, the various government departments, a summary of legislation passed the previous year, a riding-by-riding account of the previous general election, or by-elections, including candidates and vote counts, and an enormous amount of financial and budgetary data. As this is a very heavy set, we ask that you consult with us prior to placing an order, as to the options and costs to ship. Each volume bound in green buckram with gilt titles [Attributes: Hard Cover]

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(MATTA-CLARK, GORDON). Matta-Clark, Gordon
        SPLITTING BY GORDON MATTA-CLARK
      (MATTA-CLARK, GORDON). Matta-Clark, Gordon. SPLITTING BY GORDON MATTA-CLARK. New York: 98 Greene Street Loft Press, 1974. First Edition. Oblong 4to. Stapled Printed Wrappers. Artist's Book. Near Fine. np (32pp), profusely illustrated in b&w. In a protective clear acetate dustwrapper. This is the influential self-published artist's book documenting Gordon Matta-Clark's now legendary 1974 chainsaw-assisted drawing and quartering of an abandoned house located at 322 Humphrey Street. A bright, most handsome example of this uncommon document showing just the slightest bit of light soiling and age-toning along the extremities. PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase. Inventory Number: 023548&

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CINATTI, Ruy [Vaz Monteiro Gomes].
        Timor-amor, ou de como sentindo o que fui vendo e ouvindo proclamo alto & bom som o que penso neste momento historico em que todos devem sentir, ouvir, ver, meditar, para poder agir. Tudo redigido em estilo poético pelo dito ?.
      Lisbon, The Author, 1974 [colophon] Composto e impresso na Gráfica Maiadouro - Vila da Maia - e acabou-se imprimir em Dezembro de 1974. - 16 pp. [not counting the self-covers]. 4° (22 x 15.8 cm.), self-covers, stapled. Some browning, but not brittle. Author's three-line signed presentation inscription to António Barahona on verso of front cover. Brief annotation (by Barahona?) in ink on p. 14. ---- FIRST EDITION of these poems about Timor, dated between 11 and 30 June 1974, one of the author's rarest works. It was reprinted in Rio de Janeiro, 2013.Born in London, Cinatti (1915?1986), poet, agronomist, and anthropologist, studied agronomy and meteorology in Lisbon at the Universidade Técnica, and went on to study social anthropology at Oxford University before entering Portuguese government service, first in Timor and later in Lisbon. He spent a good part of his life in Timor, and also spent time in São Tomé e Príncipe, writing about both places in his poems and scientific works. During his active and distinguished literary career, he was founder and co-director of @Cadernos de Poesia, which also published his @Nós não somos dêste mundo as well as works by other aspiring poets, founder and editor of the literary review @Aventura (1942-44), and author of several later poetry collections. His work departs from that of the @presencistas, displaying a marked affinity for the styles and themes of the nineteenth-century Romantic poets.@Provenance: António [Manuel Baptista] Barahona [da Fonseca], Portuguese poet (born Lisbon, 1939), lived for some time in Moçambique, and in Lisbon in the late 1950s belonged to the "Grupo do Café Gelo". Influenced by surrealism, he contributed to the first and second fascicles of @Poesia experimental (1964 and 1966), converting to Islam in 1975 and adopting the name Muhammed Rashid. He has been involved in a number of heated polemics. See Álvaro Manuel Machado in @Dicionário da literatura portuguesa, p. 200; Jorge Colaço in @Biblos, II, 643-4; @Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, VI, 529-31.---- On the important poet Ruy Cinatti, see Lourinda Bom in Machado, ed., @Dicionário de literatura portuguesa, pp. 128-9. Saraiva & Lopes, @História da literatura portuguesa (16th ed.), p. 1175. Maria João Borges in @Biblos, I, 1146?7. @Dicionário cronológico de autores portugueses, IV, 574?5. @Grande enciclopédia XXXIX, 330. OCLC: This first edition not located; cf. 861686764 for the 2013 edition (Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, European Register of Microform and Digital Masters). Porbase locates two copies [? both with the same call number], both in the Biblioteca João Paulo II-Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Not located in Copac. Not located in Hollis or Orbis. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy]

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Kren, Kurt
        Zeichenfilm (d.i. 26/71 Zeichenfilm oder Balzac).
      Köln, Selbstverlag (bei Kochenrath) 1974).. 31 x 22 cm. Pappschachtel mit schwarzem Leinenbezug und illustriertem Deckel. (= Box 5).. Eines von 50 numerierten Exemplaren, auf dem Deckblatt gestempelt, numeriert und signiert von Kren, mit der Filmspule (Super 8 Kopie) offen auf Karton. 15 Tafeln einzelner Kader, jeweils numeriert und signiert, darunter der Siebdruck 'Aber Otto', einer Reverenz vor Otto Mühl, dessen frühe Aktionen Kren filmisch begleitet hat und 1 Blatt der Partitur des im Oktober in Wien 1971 hergestellten Zeichenfilms (Tuschzeichnungen auf 35 mm Blankfilm): mann kommt / hängt / frau kommt / blasen / plop / vögeln etc. Andrea Winklbauer: Am direktesten ist der Zusammenhang zwischen Film und Kunst ... in der Zusammenarbeit mit den Wiener Aktionisten Otto Muehl und Günther Brus festzumachen. Zwischen 1964 und 1966 entstanden sieben Filme zu verschiedenen Aktionen der beiden und 1967 ein weiterer aktionistischer Film in Zusammenarbeit mit Günther Brus. Nach dem Muster der von Wolfgang Ernst hergestellten vier Boxen von 1972-1973, nunmehr selbständig und in Köln ansässig, ehe er später in die USA übersiedelt ist. 1977 war er Teilnehmer der Documenta 6. - Diese späte, von Kren selbst auf Kunstmessen im Bauchladen angebotene Box, ist sehr selten. Tadelloses Exemplar.

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COLVERSON, Ian and Edward Lucie-Smith
        Consulat des Arts la Garde Freinet
      Riccobono, [Paris?] 1974 - First edition. Photographs by Colverson; verse by Lucie-Smith. Twelve photo postcards of St. Tropez viewed from the Consulat des Arts, laid into a folding case. A small stain on the rear of the portfolio, else fine. One of 50 numbered copies with a hand-numbered limitation. Inscribed by Edward Lucie-Smith and Signed by Ian Colverson. Scarce. *OCLC* locates a single copy. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Soft Cover]

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BRENAN Gerald.
        A charming original pen-and-ink sketch, entitled 'The Return with the Woman', caricaturing himself, his great-aunt, Adeline, baroness von Roeder ('Tiz') and her tiny,'rat-like', dog.
      - Approx. 11 x 12cm. A fragment only, torn-out (by Brenan himself),from a letter of his to Dora Carrington, but not posted. On the verso are eight lines in Brenan's hand describing part of the incident, but crossed-out and which differs from the version finally sent (see below). Brenan devotes a chapter to an amusing account of his aunt and her eccentricities in 'Personal Record', 1974. He stayed with her several times in her London flat and was her heir. In the letter eventually sent, dated Framlingham, August 9th, 1921, he records the incident :- A dreary evening led to a still drearier dinner at the Pall Mall Restaurant. I was not hungry and took only the hors d'oeuvres & the ice. I did not even TRY to conceal my anger, boredom and dismay. She thought I looked ill and suggested we should walk back across the park, to get the night air and save 1/6d taxi fare. We did this, and she tripped along behind me, like the mummy of some ancient Pharonic jade - half skeleton, half beetle, half clock-work, half-human and wholly vampire - with her face all painted and shrivelled,long dirt-marks under her eyes (she never washes), a little rat-like dog rolled-up in red flannel under her arm [but in the sketch the dog is walking] a long swishing silk skirt below, and on her head a black Mrs. Siddons hat. Envíos para España: el pago contra reembolso conlleva un recargo de 2 Euros.

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McCarthy, Cormac
        Child of God
      Random House 1974 - New York: Random House, 1973. First Edition, First Printing. In Very Good condition, in a price clipped dust jacket. Clean text. Sound binding. Foxing to end papers and to side edge of page block. Boards show light edge wear. Spine cloth is lightly faded, light lean to spine. The dust jacket shows a tape repair from the verso at the head of the spine panel, as well as crimping at the head. Fading to red print on spine. Light edge wear and light surface wear, with a few areas of light damage to the surface. Rear flap shows a creases. Rare. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

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Adams, Ansel
        Images 1923-1974 (Signed, with signed silver print)
      New York Graphic Society, Boston 1974 - Number 223 of the monumental DELUXE edition, limited to 1000 copies. Illustrated with duo tone reproductions of Adams's photographs. SIGNED by Ansel Adams on the colophon page. Foreword by Wallace Stegner. Oblong folio, black cloth in photographic, price clipped, dust jacket. Both book and dust jacket are in fine condition. With the additional loose gelatin silver print "Fern Spring, Dusk, Yosemite Valley, California" (31.4 x 22.8 cm.) SIGNED on the mount by Ansel Adams. Book and silver print come in the original silver stamped clamshell box that shows some wear. The silver print has been cleaned and a small crack (9 mm) was professionally repaired by a renowned photo restoration atelier leaving just a little 'scratch ' on the surface. An affordable copy of this rare item. Please email for more information or additional photographs. May require extra shipping costs due to weight and value. Google 'Ceebe100' to watch a video of this book. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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Gregory, Jack, and Strickland, Rennard
        American Indian Spirit Tales, Cherokee Spirit Tales, Choctaw Spirit Tales, Creek Seminole Spirit Tales 4 Signed Limiteds
      Oklahoma: Indian Heritage Assn.. NF/NONE. 1st Edition. Hardcover; 1st Printing. Rare set! 4 books: AMERICAN INDIAN SPIRIT TALES, CHEROKEE SPIRIT TALES, CHOCTAW SPIRIT TALES, & CREEK SEMINOLE SPIRIT TALES. Authors: Jack Gregory (Univ. Of West FL) & Rennard Strickland (Univ. Of Tulsa, OK). Each illustrated by a different artist, Lim. Ed. Of 1000 & is the 1st edition/1st printing, publisher: Indian Heritage Assn, OK. 12-1/2" tall x 9-1/2" wide, cloth bound w/ gilt printing, no DJ's as issued. Included are newspaper clippings about the books. 1) American Indian Spirit Tales, Redbirds, Ravens, & Coyotes, illustrator Blue Buzzard, 1974, #184/1000, SIGNED by both authors. Binding: red cloth. Near fine + (only a few tiny, very faint flecks to cloth). 2) Cherokee Spirit Tales, Tribal Folklore, Legend, & Myth, illustrator Willard Stone, 1969, #302/1000, SIGNED by both authors + the illustrator, & additionally inscribed & SIGNED again by both authors & the illustrator (For Miss ..........., We hope you can follow the good spirits! Rennard Strickland, Jack Gregory, Willard Stone, 1969). Near fine + (only a few tiny spots to cloth). 3) Choctaw Spirit Tales, Tribal Folklore, Legend, & Myth, illustrator Chief Terry Saul, 1972, #252/1000, SIGNED by both authors & the illustrator & additionally inscribed (no name) in Gregory's writing on limitation page: "May you know the way of the spirit!". Near fine + (a hint of wear to upper spine end). 4) Creek Seminole Spirit Tales, Tribal Folklore, Legend, & Myth, illustrator Fred Beaver, pub. 1971, #8/1000, SIGNED by both authors & the illustrator, with just a line at the top of the limitation page "To" a name, & additionally again, a drawing by the illustrator of an Indian Chief, down by the signatures. Near fine +, with previous owner's name. ; Vol. 4 vol; Folio; Signed by All Authors .

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Meatyard, Ralph Eugene.
        THE FAMILY ALBUM OF LUCYBELLE CRATER. With texts by Jonathan Green, Ronald Johnson, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Guy Meades, Thomas Mayer, and Jonathan Williams
      The Jargon Society, N.p. 1974 - 4to., 84 pp., b&w photo-plates. Cloth with photo-illustrated dw. The dw is lightly soiled, with one small closed tear on the rear panel. A near fine copy in the illustrated dw that has one short closed tear at the edge of the rear panel, otherwise fine. 'The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater' is the best known body of Ralph Eugene Meatyard's work. At once comic and tragic, grotesque and beautiful, the series of 64 images features his wife, Madelyn, in a crone Halloween mask together with a different friend or relative in a transparent mask. [Attributes: First Edition]

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SMITH, Patti with Tom Verlaine, Lenny Kaye, and Richard Sohl
        [7" vinyl record]: Hey Joe (Version) [and] Piss Factory
      [New York]: Mer Records. 1974. Original 7" vinyl 45 RPM record. Fine in modestly age-toned, about fine plain white sleeve as issued, in the original mailing envelope. Signed by Patti Smith on the white sleeve. Also included is a small, age-toned clipping from The Village Voice advertising a contemporary performance by Smith at Max's Kansas City, listing the book and record stores where this record could be purchased, and noting that it could be purchased directly for $2.50 from Sunburst Industries. Patti Smith's first vinyl single, "Hey Joe" and "Piss Factory" on the B side, produced by Lenny Kaye for Robert Mapplethorpe. The record, mailer, and clipping are housed in (and easily removable from) an acrylic stand. An exceptionally uncommon record, the original mailer is rare. This copy is addressed to R.W. Bayley in Forest Knolls, California, with the return address of The WARTOKE Concern in New York (listing the same Broadway address as Sunburst Industries), and postmarked September 26, 1974. The recipient, Roberta Bayley, is a photographer who created one of the most important photographic records of the punk scene as it germinated in New York City, and she was also the co-author (with Victor Bockris) of the first biography of Patti Smith (Patti Smith. New York: Simon & Schuster 1999). The clipping is pictured in the biography. Her iconic photographs (including the photo that graced the jacket of the first Ramones album) helped define the New York punk aesthetic. Her reminiscences in Leg McNeil and Gillian McCain's Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, possibly the best single volume source of the early history of punk, were central to the book. .

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Leonard, Elmore
        Fifty-Two Pickup
      Delacorte Press, New York 1974 - [1974]. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Gray boards quarterbound in black cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. Red endpapers. 254pps. Stated First Printing. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, bright, square, and soundly bound. All tips are sharp. The textblock is immaculate; no apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, is very mildly rubbed and has a thin and unobtrusive scratch in the front flap; the original price (6.95) is intact. SIGNED by the author -- without further inscription -- on the title-page. ".What Harry Mitchell least expected, as he entered the darkened room, was the perverted version of 'This is Your Life' on a home movie screen, starring pillar of the community Harry Mitchell and the beautiful, golden-haired Cini, produced and presented by a trio of psychopaths and for sale at the new low price of $150,000, payable now. Otherwise worldwide distribution. What the unholy three -- the dealer in porno flicks, the trigger-happy coke head, the vodka-swilling boss of the nude model joint -- least expected was a mark who'd come on strong. He was not the straight-A stiff he had looked like at first but a tenacious dude with a spine like steel. When they threw their punch -- the shattering second home movie with its depraved, entangling climax -- he didn't even crumble. For Harry Mitchell was a tough, selfmade man. He had gone from assembly line to ownership of a multimillion dollar company, had a wife and children he loved, and had a good reputation, and he was not about to lose everything to three psycho punks with their blackmail scheme. Not even after that scheme turned to murder." Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. To assist with your decision, photos, comprehensive, can be emailed upon request. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

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